Buzz.
Soon after, a series of loud bell chimes echoed throughout the Ye Family Mansion, breaking the silence of the night.
This bell chiming only occurs when the Ye Family faces an emergency.
No matter what the high-ranking members of the Ye Family are doing, they must immediately rush to the Elder Hall to attend the meeting.
"Grand Elder, it seems Ye Ming has already learned the truth and is calling an emergency meeting. Perhaps he's trying to seek justice for Ye Chen." Inside a resplendent palace, the short elder Jiang He sneered after hearing the bell.
"Ha! He, in his current state, wants to seek justice for that loser? Such audacity! If he were in his prime, I might be cautious of him, but now he's merely a cripple with a damaged Dantian. What can he possibly do to me? I'm curious to see who's judging whom." Ye Kun couldn't help but sneer, his lips curled in mocking disdain.
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In his view, Ye Ming, with his severely damaged Dantian, is nothing short of a cripple now.
What does he have to fight him?
"Hmph! What's gotten into Ye Ming, calling an emergency meeting so late at night?" In one of the Ye Family's palaces, a burly middle-aged man with a thick beard said with discontent.
This middle-aged man was none other than the Ye Family's Second Elder, Ye Hu, and Ye Nan's father.
"His worthless adopted son, Ye Chen, dared to try to defile the Grand Elder's daughter. He must have learned about it and is convening the emergency meeting because of it. But this time, even the Patriarch won't be able to protect that loser." By Ye Hu's side, a charming woman sneered, her lips curled with schadenfreude.
This charming woman was Ye Nan's mother, Xiao Hong.
She always held a bias against Ye Chen, thinking he was merely a Dantian-shattered loser, unworthy of the Ye Family's favor.
So, upon hearing Ye Chen was in trouble, she felt no sympathy. Instead, she added insult to injury, spreading bad words about Ye Chen everywhere.
"Hmph! I've never liked that loser. This time, no matter how hard Ye Ming tries to protect him, I want him expelled from the Ye Family, or we'll become the laughingstock of Kunzhou Prefecture." Ye Hu sneered.
"Exactly, Ye Lin'Er is now a Seed Student at Celestial Flame Academy, with unlimited prospects. We can't afford to offend Ye Lin'Er for a useless waste like Ye Chen." Xiao Hong nodded, her lips sneering with thick mockery.
After a cup of tea's time, over a dozen strong individuals gathered in the Ye Family's Elder Hall.
These individuals were all high-ranking members of the Ye Family.
At this moment, Ye Kun and Ye Hu were among them, sitting at the forefront.
"The Patriarch summoned us late at night; what for?" An elder couldn't help but speak.
"Probably because of that little animal Ye Chen. After all, he attempted something improper with the Grand Elder's daughter! If he weren't the Patriarch's adopted son, we would've expelled him from the Ye Family long ago."
"Hmph! That waste has no skills, but isn't short on courage. Even if the Patriarch intervenes this time, I won't allow him to stay in our Ye Family." Many high-ranking members of the Ye Family spoke angrily.
Ye Kun, however, merely wore a playfully amused smile, as if everything was under his control.
Before seizing Ye Chen's bloodline, he'd already figured out how to frame Ye Chen.
And his plan was proceeding smoothly—all of Kunzhou Prefecture believed Ye Chen was severely injured by Ye Lin'Er because he tried to defile her.
Ye Chen was utterly disgraced, becoming a rat, shouted at by everyone.
Even the Ye Family's high-ranking members couldn't wait to expel him, no longer willing to acknowledge him as part of the Ye Family.
"The Patriarch is here." Just then, a figure appeared at the Elder Hall's entrance—it was Ye Ming.
Behind Ye Ming followed a young man in white, carrying a black sack on his shoulder, as if it contained a person.
This young man in white was Ye Chen.
"What? How is this waste not dead yet?" Ye Kun and the short elder Jiang He's pupils contracted sharply, filled with disbelief, as if witnessing the most incredible thing.
They'd already sent Ye Nan to kill Ye Chen, so how could he still be alive?
Could Ye Nan have had a change of heart?
"Isn't this waste injured? How can he move so freely so soon?"
"Did his father give him some kind of miraculous elixir?" The high-ranking members' eyes fell on Ye Chen, full of deep shock.
They'd heard from Ye Kun that Ye Chen was severely injured by Ye Lin'Er for trying to defile her. He couldn't even get out of bed.
Yet now, he seemed unscathed.
So they suspected Ye Chen's mysterious father left him some healing elixir that quickly cured his injuries.
"Ye Chen, you brazen waste! How dare you come here to face us? Get down and kneel before the Grand Elder apologizing!" Jiang He, after a brief shock, quickly recovered and shouted sternly at Ye Chen.
In his view, Ye Chen's survival must have been due to Ye Nan's change of heart.
Otherwise, with Ye Nan's power, crushing Ye Chen like a dog should've been easy.
"Ye Kun, are you surprised I'm still alive?" Ye Chen ignored Jiang He and sneered at Ye Kun.
"Waste, are you deaf? I told you to kneel immediately, didn't you hear?" Jiang He shot Ye Chen a terrifying glare when he didn't respond, even unleashing his Gang Qi as if ready to attack Ye Chen anytime.
"Shut up! Who do you think you are to speak here?" Ye Ming suddenly shouted coldly, his tone overbearingly fierce.
When did Ye Family matters become the concern of outsiders?
"Patriarch, did I do anything wrong? This worthless adopted son of yours dared attempt defiling the Grand Elder's daughter! We've already done him a favor by not killing him. What's wrong with making him kneel and apologize to the Grand Elder?" Surprisingly, Jiang He didn't shut up but became even more aggressive.
Normally, he wouldn't dare speak to Ye Ming like this.
But now, with Ye Ming's severely damaged Dantian, his combat power had drastically fallen.
Even he felt confident of crushing Ye Ming easily.
So he became shamelessly unbridled.