Chapter One: Ye Zhong's Secret

  The Secret of Ye Chung

  Ye Lin gazed at the distant Cloudwater City, which was already beginning to take shape. A faint pang echoed in his heart: "The Ye family, I'm back again."

  Yunshui City was built on the back of Lianyao Mountain Range, and the Ye family just happened to be leaning against the mountain range. Therefore, when Ye Lin followed Xing Tian into the mountains, he could directly enter the Lianyao Mountain Range. However, this time out of the mountain range, in order to avoid the search of the Tianglong Society, Ye Lin spent a lot of thought and circled around the Lianyao Mountain Range several times, descending from the branch near the East Sea, taking several thousand miles more road, spending several days' time, only now can see the outline of Yunshui City.

  Turning his head to gaze at the distant and blurry Lian Yao mountain range, Ye Lin took a deep look, feeling a slight twinge of guilt in his heart. "Muruong big brother, thank you for your help," he said. "However, now that I'm entering the Ye family, the danger is still uncertain, so naturally I can't let big brother you share this danger with me."

  Ye Lin slew a series of traitors from the Ye family in the Lian Yao mountain range, and with their blood, opened up the Zi Fu star. Afterwards, he did not go to look for Murong Bai again, nor did he let Shang Guan Wan Er follow him, but instead went on the road alone. It was not that he was heartless, but rather the road ahead was fraught with danger and uncertainty, and he could not let others follow him and suffer, so he had no choice but to force himself to be heartless.

  For Shangguan Wan'er being able to rescue herself time and again, Ye Lin felt endless gratitude in his heart, but because of this, he couldn't let the beauty accompany him.

  "The perils ahead, I can handle alone, no need for more people to accompany me."

  Now all the strong men of the Ye family have lost contact, and it is unknown whether they are alive or dead. The powerful Tianlong Society, on the other hand, is like a dark soul, always lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce at any moment. Without great strength, no matter how many people there are, it's all useless, just like moths flying into flames. In that case, I might as well go alone and test their true abilities.

  "Murong big brother, I'm sorry. I am a member of the Ye family and our family rules dictate that no matter where I am, I must return."

  Although the road ahead is fraught with danger and uncertainty, Ye Lin, as a member of the Ye family, must return home no matter how far away he is when the family council convenes.

  Ye Lin turned his head, his eyes were firm and unwavering, his face unchanged, he took big strides forward, towards the Cloud Water City that was now visible on the horizon.

  It looks extremely far away, however, as a martial artist, his speed has already surpassed that of most fierce horses. Among countless martial artists, Ye Lin's speed is even more exceptional. For a mere dozens of miles, with his speed, it would only take tens of minutes to arrive. This is still because he didn't use his full strength; otherwise, it would be even faster.

  "I had no idea, it turns out that Yunshui City has so many powerful individuals!"

  Ye Lin saw an incredibly massive super-large city pool that could accommodate tens of millions of people. Ye Lin couldn't help but open his magical divine eyes and use the divine eye technique to gaze at the atmosphere. In an instant, thousands of spiritual auras shot up into the sky, and all things were revealed. Some were like dragons soaring and tigers leaping, while others were like trees welcoming spring. Even though Ye Lin was already quite bold, he was still startled at this moment. He had never known that there were so many powerful people in Yunshui City.

  To know, Ye Lin's magical divine eye is a highly advanced technique of viewing aura, which can jump across realms to examine others' strength. Now seeing the scene of Wanxiang Senluo, tens of millions of rays of light shooting into the sky, it can only be explained that in this enormous Cloud Water City, there are at least tens of millions of powerful warriors.

  "Yunshui City is the center of a square with thousands of miles, and those who can live in the city all year round have no more than a few points of real power, and they are afraid that they will not be able to stay."

  Ye Lin knew that in this ancient Cloud Water City, except for some powerful forces' descendants, otherwise, without having a cultivation base above the Sixth Heaven of Void Restraint, it was fundamentally impossible to have the right to permanently reside in the city.

  It was then that Ye Lin gazed out at the Cloudwater City, where tens of millions of strong cultivators resided. There were over a million of them, all of whom were above the Foundation Establishment stage. Although most of these strong cultivators were only in the first or second heaven of the Foundation Establishment stage, there were still hundreds of thousands of cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage, which was enough to make Ye Lin's heart fearful. What made him even more afraid was that he knew the leader of the Tianlong Society had indirectly controlled the entire Cloudwater City, including the four major families, with his powerful strength. If he could control all the hundreds of thousands of cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage in Cloudwater City, that would be truly terrifying.

  "Huh?"

  Ye Lin was suddenly shocked in his heart, staring wide-eyed at the depths of Yunshui City, unable to calm himself for a long time.

  Ye Lin wouldn't be bored to check how many warriors were in Yunshui City, his purpose for checking Yunshui City was very simple, which was to find the location of the Tianlong Society's headquarters. As the saying goes, "know yourself and know your enemy", only then can you win every battle without danger. Although he didn't have the strength to attack the Tianlong Society now, as long as there was an opportunity, giving them some trouble, Ye Lin would be very willing to do so.

  However, when Ye Lin truly observed Yunshui City, he was shocked to discover that there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers within the city, far from being as simple as he had imagined. Ye Lin's Magic Eye could see through the strength of all those who were one realm higher than him. The entire Yunshui City was dominated by the four major families. In Ye Lin's opinion, this Yunshui City not only had a large number of Refining Qi warriors but also many Refining Body warriors below the sixth heaven. Moreover, there must be one or several dark and empty places, which would inevitably be the territory of all superpowers, including the four major families.

  But when he really looked, he found that it was far beyond what Yelin had imagined.

  "With cultivators below the sixth layer of Body Refining, they must be disciples of some super large forces. While many cultivators are in the Qi Refining stage, this is where the main strength of a large force lies. The dark and obscure place that cannot be seen through must be the existence above the Qi Refining and Spiritual Cultivation stages. Only with the power of Spiritual Cultivation can one dare to claim to be a major force in such a large city."

  Ye Lin's gaze was somewhat stern as he looked at the Cloud Water City in front of him, his entire body radiating a sharp aura. He spoke with hatred: "Eight places, there are actually eight such locations, aside from the four major families, there are four more. One must be the location of the Tian Long Society, but what about the other three? What kind of existence are they?"

  Ye Lin grew up in Yunshui City, and naturally knew a lot about the various famous forces in Yunshui City. However, he had always only known that there were four major families in Yunshui City, but did not know that there were actually another four such powerful forces.

  "I don't care where this place is, I will definitely dig you out of Tianlong Society."

  If he knew the location of the Tianlong Society, Ye Lin could even directly trade with the dragon clan in the name of the Purple Gold Dragon God. Relying on the contract between the two parties and adding the prestige of the Purple Gold Dragon God, Ye Lin knew that he would definitely be able to do it.

  "Hmm, never mind now, what's most important is finding out who the traitor in the Ye family is."

  Ye Lin knew that these things could be discussed slowly later, but finding the traitor of the Ye family was a must.

  "If the traitor is not dug out, there will be no peaceful days for the Ye family."

  Ye Lin's body surged with a fierce aura, his eyes fixed in determination, as he strode towards the direction of the Ye family residence.

  "Yè Lín that good-for-nothing has been missing for almost three months now, don't know if he's entered the Liǎo Yāo Mountains or not."

  The Ye family was quite large, but in the past, Ye Lin would enter and exit the main gate several times within a few days to search for some medicinal herbs in Yunshui City. However, since Officer Wan'er last came to force Ye Lin to annul their marriage, it had been almost three months since anyone had seen him. This naturally became a major topic of conversation among the weak and idle younger generation of the Ye family.

  "Is it true what you're saying? Was he really so devastated by that blow that he felt too ashamed to face people and took his own life?"

  "It's a pity that such a beautiful woman like Shangguan Wan'er is gone, whoever loses her will be greatly hurt and won't have the face to see people!"

  ……

  For a moment, all the disciples of the Ye family started discussing it.

  "Second Elder!!"

  Suddenly, a disciple with sharp eyes saw a figure and was shocked, hastily saluting.

  "Huh?"

  All of the Ye family disciples were shocked and turned around to look, who else could it be if not Second Elder?

  "Second Elder!"

  All of the disciples bowed respectfully.

  Ye Chong looked at these disciples, naturally, and heard all the discussions about these disciples in his ears.

  Ye Chong didn't look at these disciples, but instead gazed towards the Lian Yao mountain range, thinking to himself: "Trash? Ha! Dozens of cultivators in the Lian Jing period have already fallen at his hands, and yet these disciples still dare to call him trash?" Ye Chong looked at these Ye family disciples with a cold smile.

  Ye Zhong muttered to himself, "I just don't know what the outcome will be this time with thousands of Tianlong Society's strong practitioners entering Lianyao Mountain Range."

  "Yifeng!!"

  Suddenly, a cry of surprise came, instantly, everyone's eyes turned to the person who made the cry, surprisingly, it was a gatekeeper. Ye Chong's face looked unpleasant, and he shouted: "What's all the fuss about? Why are you making such a big deal?"

  "The goalkeeper exclaimed: 'Yes, yes, it's Ye Lin!'"

  Ye Chong's face changed slightly, he turned his head to look, and indeed, not far away, a young man stood up, it was Ye Lin, who had entered the Lian Yao mountain range for three months already, he didn't expect him to come back at this time.

  Ye Chong gazed at the upright youth and softly said in a voice that only he could hear: "He's actually back."

  However, he is the second elder of the Ye family and currently the highest authority in the Ye family. His calm demeanor naturally made him look cold as he stared at Ye Lin without saying a word.

  "Second Elder!"

  Ye Lin looked at Ye Chong with a somewhat unpleasant expression, although he bowed respectfully, his gaze remained unchanged.

  At this time, Ye Lin's heart was surging with turbulent waves.

  "Unexpectedly, Ye Chong is actually not a member of the Ye family?"