Chapter Three: The Clan Meeting Begins

  "Dong dong~~~~~~~~"

  A loud, clear and majestic bell rang out, spreading throughout the Ye family.

  "Has the clan started?"

  Innumerable people, upon hearing the bell's sound for the first time, instinctively cast their gaze towards the highest tower of the Ye family. On that tower stood a gigantic golden bell, which would inevitably be struck at this moment to signal the start of the annual clan gathering.

  "Our Ye family clan gathering has begun again!"

  "Ah, it's starting again, and I still haven't broken through with my strength. What can I do?"

  "No, how could this be? I was just a little bit short, just a little bit short of breaking through, why? Why??"

  "This is the last hope, I must break through, just a little bit more, I must break through!!!"

  "Haha, the clan meeting has begun! This time I must show off my skills at the clan meeting and let the world know of my true power!!"

  "Has it started again? Ye Fan, what kind of realm has your strength reached now?"

  "Hmph, the clan meeting has begun, my blade is sharpened, I will definitely step into the top ten and represent our family in battle."

  ……

  Countless disciples of the Ye family, after hearing this melodious bell sound, were either excited, or loudly scolding, or with tears streaming down their faces, or heartbroken, or terrified, or with a strong desire to fight, or with a fierce killing intent. All sorts of expressions appeared on the faces of the Ye family disciples as the family gathering began.

  However, this expression is not unique to this year, but has been present for three thousand years, and must be displayed on the faces of family members at the beginning of each gathering. Moreover, every year there are great battles, and in this gathering, some people make a name for themselves; some fall from the heavens and are directly cast into hell, never to rise again; some use this stage as a springboard to leave their hardships behind; some enter a deep abyss, turning paradise into a demon realm; some take this as a battlefield, waging war across the land, tempering themselves; some sharpen their blades, eager to soar to new heights; some live in terror, unable to escape their fate; some are ruthlessly cast down from this great stage; and some use others as stepping stones, rising high into the sky.

  But anyway? On this stage, however, is the hope of the Ye family's prosperity, watched by countless older generations of the Ye family, discussing with each other.

  "Haha, these little guys have grown up for another year, but I don't know which of them will be separated from their main family in this one year."

  "Yes, every year at this time, it's always inevitable, but Ye Fan seems to be sixteen years old today too!"

  "No wonder, he is indeed the imperial son with purple blood! It's unthinkable that such a remarkable person would appear in our Ye family."

  "Hmm, a purple bloodline, even among those ancient great families and clans that have been passed down for generations, having an imperial-level person is absolutely going to be an existence that will shock countless seniors. I never thought that in my Ye family, such a person would actually appear."

  "You guys say, what level has Ye Fan reached now?"

  "I'm afraid it's already been brainwashed!"

  Wash Marrow, is the sixth heaven of Lian Ti, Ye Lin was in this realm before. Generally speaking, for a Ye family disciple to have a Wash Marrow realm at the annual clan meeting, it's absolutely a huge surprise, which means that this person can break through the Lian Ti period and enter the Lian Jing period before the age of 20.

  This is a concept, to know that some people cultivate their whole lives and may not necessarily break through the cultivation period to enter the cultivation period, but they can reach the cultivation period before the age of 20.

  However, if the Ye family is a large family that doesn't lack talented individuals, then among the over 300 years of life of a cultivator, those who can enter the Qi Refining stage before the age of 20 will absolutely be able to successfully enter the Nascent Soul stage in their lifetime and become a superior generation of immortal cultivators. This is what truly inspires awe, and in Yunshui City, as long as any family has a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, then that family will absolutely not be underestimated by anyone, even if it's one of the four major families, they won't dare to brazenly bully them.

  Of course, as for breaking through the Qi Refining stage and entering the Pinnacle stage, even the four major families need opportunities, because Yunshui City does not have innate-level cultivation methods. There is no intention to enter the Innate realm and condense the Innate True Pinnacle, but it has a certain degree of difficulty.

  "Yes, I remember when I broke through the marrow washing stage, I was almost fifty!"

  In the Ye family, those who can enter the Washing Bone stage at fifty years old can also be considered a strong expert.

  "Hmph, you're underestimating the Purple Emperor's Bloodline too much. In previous years, in the entire Yunshui City, having a Green Blood was already a renowned matter, and entering the Washing Marrow Realm at 16 is also inevitable. What more can be said about Ye Fan? He has the Purple Emperor's Bloodline, how can a Green Blood compare to that?"

  The innate bloodline, the main source of which is inheritance. Without a super strong person, how can there be a super strong bloodline? In Yunshui City, the strongest existence is basically just a pre-heavenly refining strong person. Naturally, without any unexpected events, it's impossible to have an extremely talented disciple. Generally speaking, red blood is the most mediocre, while orange blood is worth cultivating with great effort in some small families. Yellow blood is a treasured existence even for the four major families, and green blood can cause a significant earthquake. In the past, Ye Lin's father, Ye Yunfei Tianzong, was so powerful that he made the entire Yunshui City unable to lift its head, but he was only at the green blood level.

  Red blood is one times the training speed, orange blood is two times, yellow blood four times, green blood eight times.

  An ordinary person's life is only about a hundred years, when your cultivation speed is more than eight times faster than others, it means you will have eight times the time to cultivate. Others cultivate for only a hundred years, you cultivate for eight hundred years, even if you are a pig, you will inevitably be many times stronger than others.

  However, Ye Fan is now a purple imperial blood. If green blood is eight times that of ordinary people, then blue blood is sixteen times, and blue blood is thirty-two times. Finally, it's the purple imperial blood, sixty-four times the cultivation speed of ordinary people. At the same age of 16, others can only cultivate for 16 years, but he can cultivate for 1,024 years. With such a long time, even a pig would be able to dominate the world.

  "Not bad, Ye Yunfei was indeed a Green Blood back then. At sixteen years old, he had already reached the Yuan Yuan realm. How could Ye Fan, with his Purple Emperor Blood, possibly be at the Washing Marrow realm?"

  Some people thought of the hero who brought the Ye family to its peak. It was his efforts that year that made the Ye family as prosperous as it is today.

  "Yè Yún Fēi?"

  As soon as they heard this name, everyone's face changed at once. One of them said: "Yè Yún Fēi is already a thing of the past, let's not mention it again."

  Ye Yunfei was once a hero of the Ye family, but heroes are short-lived and envied by others. Now that the hero is gone, his former arch-nemesis is still alive. Naturally, to suppress the influence of the hero, great efforts must be made. The Ye family is now under the control of Ye Chong, who had a fierce rivalry with Ye Yunfei in the past. Neither of them wants to offend the current ruler because of a deceased hero.

  "Hmm, but, Ye Yunfei has gone missing, and Ye Lin, as his only son, the former hero's son, is actually a waste, it's really pitiful!"

  "Not bad, he's sixteen this year too, but I don't know if he'll be separated from the family this time!"

  Yè Yún Fēi is untouchable, but Yè Lín is different, he's just a complete waste of space, a huge joke, nobody cares about him.

  "It is!!!"

  At that moment, everyone was talking about Ye Lin's rumors as if they were news, but all of these rumors were negative. For example, how many punches he had been hit by Ye Zhen, or how he had been chased by a dog and had nowhere to run. Anyway, just as long as it was negative, no matter whether it was true or not, everything was added on. Of course, the most important news was naturally about Shangguan Wan'er coming to force him into marriage, which was only three months ago, and was truly a piece of news. Many people who had just returned to the Ye family also heard about this for the first time.

  They didn't know that not far from them, walking in the same direction, were two young men, one of whom was Ye Lin, the very person they had been talking about, and the other was Xing Tian, who had just returned.

  "These bastards, young master, you should give them a good lesson."

  As for Ye Lin's strength, Xing Tian was truly shocked over the past two days. Now there are still people saying that he is a waste of resources, which naturally made Xing Tian angry.

  "No rush, the family meeting has already begun. Everything I've endured before will be returned to me. And I'll take this opportunity to thoroughly investigate how many evil spirits are hiding within the Ye family."

  With Ye Lin's current strength, the clan meeting is naturally no longer a concern. However, since there was a traitor in the Ye family, he must thoroughly investigate and not let anyone off, regardless of who they are or where they come from, as long as they are not members of the Ye family, kill without mercy!!

  Ye Lin's eyes emitted a cold glow, scanning all the people heading to the Ye family's grand square. He believed that this time, he would definitely find something.

  "But most importantly, we still need to find out all the strong members of the Ye family and figure out whether they are alive or dead."

  "Young master, what would you like to do?"

  "No rush!!"

  To find out who the traitor is, if it were in the past of the Ye family, there would be no way, but now it's different. Ye Lin is the ancestor of the Ye family clan, and anyone with Ye blood can sense it from the Temple of All Images.

  "Yefan, Purple Emperor's Blood, I hope you're not a spy!"