“What did you say? Is this true?” Ye Canghai shocked after hearing that. But Ye Guhan answered with a relief were written all over his face, “It’s true, it’s true! My son finally returned to his senses!”

Then Ye Canghai breath in for a second before continuing, “That’s good then. After that, we can ask him what happened when he had been away from here.No matter what, the appearance of the disciple from Seven Color Sect and Cleansing Ancient Sect really give this city quite a distasteful flavor.”

Even Ye Guhan frowned when hearing the name of those sects.

It was because the competition to the Door Stone Inscription which could detect and observe the change in the world to the smallest detail. Not only that but this door also showed the cultivators the path to the realm that they had never seen before.

“But he mentions about the bamboo forest more often than before. This including the event of the door that started to open!” said Ye Guhan.

“Opening? But the estimated time for it to open was five years, why is it suddenly faster!?”

Ye Canghai now did not know what to do. Not only the sudden increase of activity from the major power influenced the situation in the Wutian continent but also the life of every single people that lived on it!

“Yes but the fact that the people from the center moved on a large scale! This was confirmed by Senior Wei Liang, Hou Fei and also Wu Qing. All of the also know about this!”

Ye Guhan wanted to minimalize the casualties that they would receive in the future so he told Ye Canghai about this.

But then the young man suddenly appeared from behind along with an old man accompanied him. This two people walked towards both Ye Canghai and Ye Guhan slowly and the young man’s expression showed that he regretted something that had happened.

“Son, why are you here with Patriarch?” Ye Guhan surprised to see his own son walked outside even so with Ye Shui beside him making it like an important matter to discuss.

“Father, it’s the thing I told earlier. The great powers now went frenzy this time!” Ye Xiaobai said with his face looked up to them. Ye Shui looked at Ye Guhan, pointing his index finger at Ye Xiaobai.

“Uhm, I can only say that he needs to held responsible for his action directly or indirectly. But because there is something big we had to do after this, I’m afraid that we need his skill in both material gathering and processing. After all, he has talent in it.”

Ye Guhan had known about this from a long time ago. His son was not talented in cultivation like Ye Yingyuan nor talented in martial arts like Ye Qingcheng but what he had talent in was of course in regards to material and that indirectly made him a good seed for making the artifact!

“I know but will he accept it if someone he had never known before appearing in the middle of our family?” Ye Guhan asked urgently.

Even the news about this was already known by all the people that present there except for Ye Xiaobai who still kept in the dark. When his father mentions this, his face showed his confusion and in the end asked about it.

“What is this topic about?”

“Ah, we forgot to mention you.” Then after seeing Ye Canghai and Ye Guhan stared at Ye Shui like that which was like giving him the position as an explainer, he said it with a hoarse voice.

Then slow but steady, Ye Shui told Ye Xiaobai about it one by one because he arrived only when everything was at the critical time. Ye Xiaobai obviously surprised that a figure like Wu Qing came here.

“Does that someone here? Is he really has a relationship with her?” with his eyes lit up like a lamp, Ye Xiaobai asked in high spirit. Even he had known about the famous person like her.

“Of course they are here. But I'm worried that will end soon” shook his head, Ye Canghai smiled at this exclamation. It was almost the time where both their family and the visitor to separate and did their own things.

“But I’m not even meet them yet!” disappointed and felt cheated, Ye Xiaobai did not know whether to cry or weep on the floor.

“Senior Wu Qing is an acquaintance with my friend so of course I become their acquaintance also. But first, you need to listen to what we need to say because this is regarding the future of our family as well!”

Ye Canghai suddenly turned serious in an instant that caught Ye Xiaobai off guard.

“About that, hmm. How about Father, Uncle and Patriarch tell me in a systematic manner?” asked Ye Xiaobai in a pitiful sight. But they had known some things about him.

“What systematic manner!? You told us to tell you a tale like some sort of old man who already retired!” Ye Shui slapped Ye Xiaobai in the back and then they laughed loud for that.

Then they still told him about the strange encounter with a certain weak soul which resided in Ye Yingyuan and would not harm them. But not only that but Ye Canghai especially told the part where this weak but resilient soul had helped Ye Yingyuan in a way or two.

“Somehow, when I still trapped inside myself I can feel his presence. Yes, besides the feeling when that younger cousin gives me there was like another accompany him. Even when he binds me with his chains, I still feel that he was not alone.”

Ye Xiaobai closed his eyes for a second before opened it again. Not only he had felt it but also remember the aura the soul gave him.

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It was right in the middle of the night when a swing sweep through the yard in the Ye Residence. The owner of the weapon still used it exceptionally powerful and yet there were traces of elegance in it.

But the most important thing to notice was when the person swung its weapon, there were traces of a flowing cold air followed behind. The moon was not at its brightest and now only half of it was still visible.

Then the moon shone through the weapon which revealed to be a saber. And then the person was revealed under the moonlight which turned out to be Li Ling. Since she had already seen the improvement that Ye Yingyuan experienced, she had this spark in her heart to challenge her limits again.

‘When the night at its peak, I can feel the air become compatible with my body. That is why I always training in the midnight even though it will be dangerous for my body.’

Li Ling pondered about some important matter regarding her saber technique. ‘I already developed and combined it with this cold air which emitted from my body. I can control this cold air at will!’

This cold air was something that Li Ling had found out several days ago but recently the cold air became colder. Then she tried to combine it with her technique, Cutter Offensive.

“The cold increase the offensive capabilities of the technique!” she slashed downward and then followed by a gust of wind. The ground beneath her was covered with cracked and a thin ice layer.

But then she changed her stance. Li Ling placed her saber beside her left arm and her right arm tightly grasped the hilt of the saber. Her eyes focused and then a strange gleam in her eyes before she saw a lot of fallen leaves that was blown by the wind come to her.

“Spin...Saber!” as soon as Li Ling felt the position of the leaves, she only used her ability without using her qi. She felt that she almost grasping that, something Ye Yingyuan told her about.

Not only she did this with her new technique but she also comprehended the most basic for intent!

She only swung her saber but never actually touched those leaves. The leaves then split apart and at the line that cut the leaves into two, there was a really thin ice that only Li Ling could see.

Not only that but she just swung her saber without much power behind it and yet the result was every single thing that met the saber still cut like tofu.

But someone also saw what Li Ling had done. A pair of eyes intently watched over her like seeing the new toy. The owner of this eyes was someone that just passed by at that time but when he saw this scene, he stopped and stood at his place without moving a single inch.

The person was someone that just recently had to awaken from his slumber and wanted to take some outside air for refreshing.

‘Such a lovely girl in our courtyard, she should be not that simple for being there!’

That was the thought of this person. He wanted to take his personal bag and took the artifact and weapon that he had refined over time. He believed that girl must be had some connection with one of his family because if not then why she was able to do as she please here.

‘But who? I don’t know much and even Father said I already sleep for two whole months and now it’s autumn.’

This person was, of course, Ye Xiaobai who just recovered and strolled around. When he found this place and realized that someone used it for practice, he instantly looked towards the place immediately.

‘But even if it is autumn, there is no way that the leaves just turned to ice even the small part of it. Then is it her technique that allowed it to happen?’ Ye Xiaobai then took something from his bag.

Then a lot of winds could be felt by Ye Xiaobai that stood there.

“Oh, what’s that!?”

The winds came from the direction where Li Ling currently was. The winds also bring the cold of the night air and when the winds got closer to Li Ling, it became the wind that mixed with snow. Then a large whirl formed and then a large cone appeared.

It was like a tornado and added the snow in it and you had the perfect picture for the current situation. That was the result of combining Li Ling’ technique ‘Spin Saber’ with her cold air.

“I did it!” exclaimed Li Ling proudly. She had created her own version of technique which was unique and belonged only to her alone now.

“Oh, someone is here?” finally she could feel the presence which was concealed by his higher cultivation but now it was as if the concealment had failed.

“Ah, oh. Sorry for peeking you just now.” A young man that grabbed a bag of holding now walked sluggishly towards Li Ling. His hair was disheveled and a black layer covered his face. Despite all of that, Ye Xiaobai still insisted to keep his image!

“Hmm, I don’t know who you are but please don’t do such a thing again. Not only that but maybe even Madam Ye won’t let you go easily.” Li Ling replied with a sincere tone.

Ye Xiaobai then pondered awhile before realizing the matter. ‘What the...so she have relation with Madam Ye. I really keep in the dark regarding this!’

For those who had lived in the residence for a year, they would know that Madam Ye refers to the wife of Ye Canghai and not only that but there were several stories behind it which made Ye Xiaobai shivered in fear.

“Really!?” Ye Xiaobai jut expressed his feelings and for Li Ling, she had already grasped the other’s process of thought and smiled like an innocent while nodded her head. She placed her saber back to her own bag of holding.

“Then, who are you?”