Looking at the few people surrounding him, Ye Xiaofan couldn't help but frown slightly.
He naturally knew these people, and they often targeted him.
But maintaining an attitude that it's better to avoid trouble.
Ye Xiaofan glanced at them indifferently, turned around intending to bypass them, but was again blocked.
"Ye Xiaofan, are you just afraid to see us? No matter what, we're all members of the Ye Race; shouldn't you greet us when you see us?"
"Or is it that you can't face people? Hahaha."
A few youths surrounded Ye Xiaofan, laughed loudly after their sarcastic remarks, their faces full of arrogance and disdain.
Ye Xiaojiang looked down at Ye Xiaofan, his contemptuous expression completely unhidden.
The two have always been at odds because of their fathers' grievances.
It was Ye Xiaojiang who signaled the others to surround Ye Xiaofan with his eyes.
"Ye Xiaofan, you're really impressive, single-handedly making the whole Ye Village lose face. If I were you, I would stay indoors for life, to avoid embarrassing myself in public."
Ye Xiaojiang stared at Ye Xiaofan, almost snorting with disdain: "I really don't know how you have the face to walk so openly in Ye Village."
Facing Ye Xiaojiang's provocation.
Ye Xiaofan remained unmoved, instead lifting his young but determined face, meeting Ye Xiaojiang's gaze: "Are you finished? If so, please step aside."
After Ye Xiaofan finished speaking, the youths were first slightly stunned, then immediately defended Ye Xiaojiang.
"Ye Xiaofan, what's your attitude? How dare you talk to Brother Xiaojiang like that?"
Ye Xiaojiang, upon hearing this, raised his hand slightly to stop them.
He looked at Ye Xiaofan with great interest, his tone extremely provocative: "What if I don't let you pass? What can a waste like you do to me?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaofan's pupils narrowed slightly, his fist slowly clenched but soon relaxed.
Considering his and his sister's current situation, he ultimately chose to avoid conflict and quietly bypassed Ye Xiaojiang and left.
This time, Ye Xiaojiang didn't stop Ye Xiaofan, instead, he looked bored and said: "Forget it, no fun, he's just like his useless father, all useless!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaofan, who was already leaving, paused his steps, slowly turned around, and stared at Ye Xiaojiang intently: "Repeat what you just said?"
However, Ye Xiaojiang failed to realize the seriousness of the situation and continued: "I said, you and your useless father... "
The next moment.
Smack!
Before Ye Xiaojiang could finish speaking.
Ye Xiaofan had already moved forward and slapped him fiercely.
The crisp sound of the slap rang out, stopping Ye Xiaojiang's words abruptly, making him stagger backward repeatedly.
He covered his burning cheek, his eyes filled with confusion, beaten into a state of bewilderment.
Ye Xiaojiang couldn't believe that he, a mid-stage Spiritual Absorption cultivator, was slapped by a recognized waste. But soon, he reacted, burning with anger.
"You're asking for death!"
Ye Xiaojiang's words were followed by a surge of spiritual energy all over him, like an angry lion, and he instantly flew at Ye Xiaofan, punching toward his face.
Ye Xiaofan didn't hesitate, sensing the surge of spiritual energy from Ye Xiaojiang, he raised his hand and clashed fists with Ye Xiaojiang.
Boom—!
A loud noise exploded in the ears of the few people, followed by a figure instantly flying backward.
"What?"
When everyone saw the person who was blasted away was Ye Xiaojiang, their expressions instantly froze.
Everyone was caught in disbelief, standing in place dumbfounded.
And the blasted away Ye Xiaojiang was full of horror, lying on the ground coughing blood, like he had seen a ghost.
"How is it possible? You, a waste, how is it possible?" Ye Xiaojiang uttered 'how is it possible' twice, seemingly only able to express his inner shock like this.
Meanwhile, many Ye Village villagers also saw this scene from afar.
"Ye Xiaojiang was actually blasted away by Ye Xiaofan with one punch? Wasn't Ye Xiaofan supposed to be a waste who couldn't even sense the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi?"
"What's going on? Ye Xiaojiang had already reached the middle stage of Spiritual Absorption, how could he not be able to beat a waste? Who exactly is the waste between them?"
Many villagers watched from afar.
These outsiders had no qualifications to intervene in things concerning Ye Race descendants, nor did they want to.
But Ye Xiaofan injuring Ye Xiaojiang with one punch surprised everyone.
Ye Xiaofan coldly stared at Ye Xiaojiang, his eyes chilling.
"From today on, I will not allow anyone to insult my father, even your brother Ye Tiannan, cannot!"
"My father is not the waste you speak of; he was the unparalleled genius among his peers in Star Moon City. It was you, the Ye Race, who pushed him step by step into an abyss where there's no return!"
"Yes, my father may have taken all the family cultivation resources to Death Valley long ago, indirectly causing the Ye Race to lose all accumulated cultivation resources."
Ye Xiaofan became more agitated as he spoke, by now almost roaring with anger.
"But don't forget, it was also the Ye Race who asked of him to take that step, it was your fathers who asked mine to go."
"The whole family's resources, it was your fathers who let him take to Death Valley; he simply didn't fulfill the family's request nor brought back more resources from Death Valley for you!"
"And just for that, what gives you the right to call him a waste? What gives you the right?"
"Since you think my father caused the Ye Race to lose all accumulated cultivation resources, why didn't your fathers go to the almost impossible-to-return-from Death Valley themselves back then? Why didn't they go themselves to seize that slight opportunity for the family's rise?"
"What you lost back then was only the Ye Race's accumulated cultivation resources, but my father remained there forever. What gives you the right to speak of my father like that now? What gives you the right? What gives you the right—?!"
At this point.
Tears began forming in Ye Xiaofan's eyes, his anger making Ye Xiaojiang's breathing rapid, not daring to take a deep breath.
Fortunately, not long after, it seemed Ye Xiaofan spoke out his heart's grievances, his emotions slowly calmed down.
He looked coolly at Ye Xiaojiang, his tone much softer but still undeniable.
"In the future, don't let me hear you slander my father's name; otherwise, I will personally ruin you!"
After Ye Xiaofan finished speaking, he slowly turned and left. With his current strength, he could easily defeat Ye Xiaojiang, who had only mid-stage cultivation, but he ultimately didn't strike fatally.
Ye Xiaojiang, hearing the surrounding murmurs, felt his cheeks burning hot and was extremely ashamed.
He didn't take Ye Xiaofan's words to heart; rather, he felt being publicly shouted at was humiliating.
He was not only beaten by a recognized waste but also yelled at helplessly; if this spreads, it would be too disgraceful for him to hold his head high in Ye Village in the future.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaojiang immediately burned with anger, staring fiercely at Ye Xiaofan's back: "Ye Xiaofan, you just wait, I won't let you off easily!"
Ye Xiaofan ignored Ye Xiaojiang's incompetent roar and left on his own.
However, the more Ye Xiaofan ignored, the hotter Ye Xiaojiang's inner fire burned.
But this scene, seen by the Ye Village people, had a different effect.
Many were stunned watching that small silhouette gradually drifting away, giving birth to a different illusion from before.
It was as if they saw the shadow of Ye Tiannan on Ye Xiaofan.