Chapter 163 – Slippery (1/2)

Chapter 163 – Slippery

‘Considering cousin Zhong’s cultivation, the team shouldn’t have any problems, unless they get attacked by a rare wild beast…’ Ye Wei thought, while looking at Ye Zhong’s silhouette exiting the mansion’s gate, ‘But… It’s better to be safe than sorry!’

‘If I follow cousin Zhong, I might be able to spy on the Lu’s and find out what their plans are. Furthermore, I can put the matter of protecting my family into my own hands. Like grandpa said, they are the foundation of the family’s future and I just can’t leave anything to chance!’

Led by a ten-star condensed prime Warrior sent by the Lu’s, the group of two thousand Warriors, assembled from the ten most powerful martial family of Green Moon City, left civilization and began to search the wilderness and the mountains at an extremely slow pace.

Wild beasts usually do not hunt during hours of daylight. Therefore Ye Wei decided to spend his days at the Drakehead, and his nights hidden in the dark wilderness, watching over his family’s squad. When there were wild beasts approaching to their camps, Ye Wei was able to finish them off without anybody noticing.

Nine days had passed in the blink of an eye. Ye Wei was cultivating all this time at the pond before sunset, trying to improve as quickly as he possibly could. With the help of this sacred place, he was only a few steps away from his breakthrough to the four-star level.

The Ye family had been keeping themselves save in the mansion. There was no unannounced Lu’s visits recently; the Ye’s were also save, watched over, guarded by their family’s dedicated young Runemaster.

On the ninth day since the Ye patriarch sent the squad for the search, Ye Wei routinely stretched his body after a half day of cultivating. The sun was setting over the horizon and then, as usual, he hurried towards his family squad’s camp.

Part of the troops led by the Lu family finally reached North Hill Bay. Ye Wei became more anxious with each day, scared that they might intrude his family’s sacred ground.

At the foothill of the Ye’s ancestral burial hill, a dispute was brewing, and the Ye’s were heated. The resting place of the family’s ancestor was a prohibited area.

The Du family insisted to help with the search and were very pleased to finally have a reason to invade the Ye’s ancestral land. The two families still remembered their fight for this plot of land and the Ye’s were not happy to see their enemies so close.

The Du’s had two hundred and twenty Warriors led by their Patriarch’s brothers, Du Ji, a five star condensed prime Warrior. The pressure of their force was hanging over Ye’s.

“Get out of my way, kid!” Yelled Du Ji as his cold gaze swept over the one hundred and fifty men the Ye’s assembled and finally stopped on Ye Zhong’s face.

“I, Du Ji, am here under the command of the Lu family! We are here to explore this land and report to them if there is any hidden abnormalities! Obstructing me to my task is the same as disrespecting the Lu, kid! Your pathetic family won’t be able to deal with the consequences!” He suddenly took a step forward, his mighty Qi presence, like a massive boulder, solidly pressed towards the Ye’s men and Ye Zhong.

The might of a five star condensed prime Warrior was fierce. All one hundred and fifty Warriors involuntarily took a step back. Ye Zhong was barely able to stand steadily, marginally withstood Du Ji’s offensive Qi burst.

“Du Ji, this is my family’s ancestral land! All of my forefathers were buried under the surface of this very hill. It is a sacred ground and I won’t let anyone disturb the peace where their souls rest eternally!”

“I will never allow anyone set foot on the hill! If you wish to do so you will have to step over my dead body!” Shouted Ye Zhong as he channeled his Qi, struggling to resist Du Ji’s force, but determined to protect his family’s burial hill with his life if needed.

During the past three years, due to the protection of Master Yi, the Du’s never dared to offend Ye family. However now the tides had changed, as they had the Lu family’s support they were no longer scared of the possibilities of Master Yi’s interference.

The Du family’s assets were irreversibly damaged by the rapid expansion of Ye family’s business, especially in the trades of scrolls and mystic arms. The Du’s were no longer a family everyone was scared of, and none of them were happy about the downfall and the suppression.

Therefore, even though the North Hill Bay area spread wide across more than thousands of miles, the Du’s deliberately set their eyes on the burial hill of the Ye family.

“Ye Zhong, I think your are overstepping yourself. As I have said, we are here under the Lu family’s command to explore this mountain. You have no other choice but to let us pass through, unless you want to deal with them instead of us!” sneered Du Ji, smiling viciously after he shamelessly name-dropping.

“As an established cultivator and reasonable man, I really do not want to fight you. I am no bully. But if you are going to be difficult, that leaves me no choice but to do exactly that! Well, I guess you can use a lesson on being respectful if you are dumb enough to mess with the Du family and the Lu family!” Du Ji threatened, grunting coldly.

‘Now with the Lu’s support, we are in the right. None of the Ye’s can do anything about it, even if I decide to paralyze Ye Zhong right here and right now. Obstructing the Lu’s search is not a small matter, if they hear about how the Ye’s are trying to sabotage their search, they might even reward me for my bravery!’

Du Ji’s eyes shone a sinister glow, he had actually been planning to start a fight with the Ye’s. Ever since the Lu’s came into the picture, the Du’s have been doing whatever they could to befriend the representatives from the state-renowned martial family, hoping that their new ally could help them with their revenge against the Ye’s.

It was clear to everyone in the Du family that once Ye Wei and Ye Zhong grew up to fulfil their cultivation potential, Green Moon City will no longer have space for the Du’s.

Aware of that fact, the Du family wanted nothing more than to get rid of the two youngsters, However, it was impossible for them to do so when the Ye family was under Master Yi’s watch and because the Ye’s influence was growing non-stop throughout the past three years.

‘This is the moment we’ve been waiting for! We can start the fight and the Lu’s can finish them for us!’

Currently the Ye family was in no position and simply was not on the level the Lu’s were on. With the Lu’s wide web of connections, even Master Yi was in no position to challenge one of the most influential force in the Qing state.