"A young man named Lan Chen appeared at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, beat up the Fourth Prince Xue Beng, and then the Du Gu Family and Nine Star Begonia Family disappeared from Tiandou Imperial City with Lan Chen."
This news spread completely from Tiandou Imperial City in less than a day, due to the vigorous promotion by certain individuals, especially Ye Suling. As a healing system Spirit Douluo and the most famous doctor in Heaven Dou City, many common people respected her greatly. Now that she had fled Heaven Dou City, everyone believed it was due to suppression by the Tiandou Royal Family.
For a time, the common people made various comments about this matter. Many unanimously believed that the Royal Family was too overbearing, which led to the Nine Star Begonia Family fleeing Heaven Dou City. Some also speculated that the profligate Prince Xue Beng might have had ill intentions towards the Ye Family's young daughter, which was why he was beaten up by the young man named Lan Chen.
"Who is this young man named Lan Chen? He even dared to beat up the Fourth Prince? I, Old Zhang, admire him."
"Isn't that right? That profligate Prince Xue Beng usually bullies men and women, committing all sorts of evil. Now someone has finally taught him a lesson."
"That young man named Lan Chen has finally vented our anger…"
For a time, the common people of Heaven Dou City had extremely negative opinions of Prince Xue Beng. Some individuals with ulterior motives even dug up Xue Beng's past deeds of bullying innocent women, allowing the public to discuss and criticize him. Some even started cursing the Royal Family.
"Who on earth is slandering the Royal Family's reputation?"
Emperor Xue Ye was furious when he heard this, smashing more than a dozen teacups in a row.
However, Qian Renxue, the mastermind behind the vigorous promotion of this matter, was in a great mood. The worse Xue Beng's reputation became, the more advantageous it was for her. So, she used this incident to secretly send people to fan the flames and thoroughly tarnish Xue Beng's reputation.
"Uncle, what should I do? If this continues, Father might demote me to a commoner and banish me."
Xue Beng was currently at Prince Xue Xing's residence, facing the overwhelming public opinion. Both uncle and nephew were at their wit's end.
"Xue Beng, you caused this yourself, giving Xue Qinghe a handle, so he took the opportunity to ruin you."
"But your Father will handle it. After all, some people are already cursing the Royal Family, and it makes him lose face."
Xue Xing looked at his nephew, shaking his head helplessly, thinking, if only you had been a little more low-key, this wouldn't have happened.
"Damn it! It's all because of that kid Lan Chen. If I get the chance in the future, I'll definitely kill him."
Xue Beng currently hated the young man named Lan Chen to death. The source of all these events was because of him.
"Hmph! Xue Beng, you still want to kill Lan Chen? Your uncle here lost 8 masters at his hands. You need to be careful in the future and stop causing trouble all the time."
Xue Xing warned his nephew again not to daydream all day, otherwise, he wouldn't even know how he died.
As the common people's various negative comments about Xue Beng caused Emperor Xue Ye to lose face, he finally had no choice but to let Xue Qinghe handle the matter and quell public opinion.
Xue Qinghe, played by Qian Renxue, directly issued announcements throughout the Imperial City, saying things like Xue Beng was young and ignorant, and also spoke words to appease the public. This finally quelled public opinion and also allowed her to gain a wave of positive reviews.
…
On the other side, after Ye Liangchen led everyone out of Heaven Dou City, they traveled for most of the day and entered the depths of the Heaven Dou Plain.
It was already evening, and everyone was deep in the Heaven Dou Plain, with no village or inn in sight. They had no choice but to find a small valley with a water source in the wilderness to spend the night.
"Everyone, come and meet Xiao Chen. This is the person our Ye Family will serve in the future."
Ye Suling gathered her clansmen to introduce them to each other. Most of the day had been spent traveling, and her clansmen hadn't had a chance to meet Ye Liangchen yet.
"Yes, Patriarch!"
The Ye Family members all introduced themselves to Ye Liangchen.
"Ye Shan, Spirit: Long Saber, Level 58 attack system Battle Spirit King."
"Ye Lin, Spirit: Battle Axe, Level 57 attack system Battle Spirit King."
"Chen Shao, our brothers' innate aptitude is limited. We are over seventy years old, yet we are still only high-level Spirit Kings. It's truly shameful."
"We swear by our Spirits to be loyal to Chen Shao until death."
After Ye Shan and Ye Lin introduced their Spirits to Ye Liangchen, they immediately swore by their Spirits and bowed to Ye Liangchen.
"Seniors, please rise quickly."
Ye Liangchen immediately helped the two old men up. Both old fellows were already over seventy years old, and they still wanted to bow to him. How could he accept that?
"Ye Yun, Spirit: Long Saber, Level 47 attack system Battle Spirit Ancestor."
"Molis, Spirit: Mountain Cat, Level 44 agility-attack system Battle Spirit Ancestor."
"Ye Yu, Spirit: Long Saber, Level 45 attack system Battle Spirit Ancestor."
"Qiuli, Spirit: Osprey, Level 45 agility-attack system Battle Spirit Ancestor."
"Ye Nian, Spirit: Battle Axe, Level 45 attack system Battle Spirit Ancestor."
"Yunya, Spirit: Purple Demon Vine, Level 44 control system Battle Spirit Ancestor."
"We swear by our Spirits to be loyal to Chen Shao until death."
These three couples were the current backbone of the Ye Family, all between 40 and 60 years old. After introducing their respective Spirits, they all pledged their loyalty to Ye Liangchen.
"Ye Yang, Spirit: Long Saber, Level 38 Battle Spirit Elder.
Ye Mo, Spirit: Battle Axe, Level 34 Battle Spirit Elder.
Ye Xiao, Spirit: Long Saber, Level 35 Battle Spirit Elder.
Ye Lingyun, Spirit: Osprey, Level 29 Spirit Grandmaster.
Wang Lina, Spirit: Rose, Level 32 control system Spirit Elder.
Li Mingyue, Spirit: Golden Silk Swift, Level 33 agility-attack system Spirit Elder.
Ye Xue, Spirit: Battle Axe, Level 32 Battle Spirit Elder.
Ye Xia, Spirit: Osprey, Level 29 Spirit Grandmaster.
Ye Xiangning, Spirit: Purple Demon Vine, Level 28 Spirit Grandmaster.
Ye Ying, Spirit: Long Saber, Level 26 Spirit Grandmaster.
"We swear by our Spirits to be loyal to Chen Shao until death."
The remaining 10 young people were all children of those three couples. They also followed their elders in swearing allegiance to Ye Liangchen, including two couples: Ye Yang and Wang Lina, and Ye Mo and Li Mingyue.
"Xiao Chen Didi, besides third and fourth grandpas, those three couples are my second uncle, third uncle, and fifth uncle, and their spouses. The rest are my older brothers and sisters, and two sisters-in-law…"
Ye Lingling introduced her family situation from the side, and Ye Liangchen also knew that Ye Lingling and her mother's lineage was the main branch, while the others were collateral branches. Only the main branch could inherit the Nine Star Begonia Spirit.
Among these ten young people, except for Wang Lina and Li Mingyue whose Spirits were Rose and Golden Silk Swift respectively, the other eight inherited their parents' Spirits.
Watching these people swear by their Spirits and pledge their loyalty to him, Ye Liangchen quickly expressed his acceptance and took them in.
"Everyone, please rise quickly!"
"My name is Ye Liangchen, Spirit: Life Goddess, Level 49 Spirit Ancestor. Welcome everyone to my Tenglong Pavilion. I promise you all that in the future, I will definitely let you live a carefree life."
"Buzz buzz…"
Ye Liangchen took off his mask, accepting these people with his true face, and released his beautiful Life Goddess Spirit, along with four spirit rings of yellow, purple, black, and black, flashing brightly and dazzling everyone's eyes.
"Oh my god! This is Chen Shao's true face, he's too handsome."
"Chen Shao's Spirit is too beautiful."
"The second ring is Ten-Thousand Year, the third ring is Ten-Thousand Year, even the first spirit ring is estimated to be close to Ten-Thousand Year. Chen Shao is too monstrous."
The men, women, and children of the Ye Family were all stunned by the Spirit and spirit rings displayed by Ye Liangchen. With such talent, he was bound to achieve great things in the future. No wonder the patriarch made such a choice.
"How about it? Do you all think following Chen Shao has a future?" Ye Suling asked her clansmen.
"There's a future! Patriarch, please rest assured, we trust the Patriarch, and we also trust Chen Shao. From now on, we swear to be loyal to Chen Shao until death and never betray him. If we violate this, may we be struck by lightning."
After seeing Ye Liangchen's true strength, the eighteen men, women, and children of the Ye Family were completely won over. Following such a monstrous genius, their future was boundless.
"Xiao Chen Didi, you're so handsome, is it because of your beautiful Spirit?"
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling circled Ye Liangchen, looking at his impossibly beautiful Spirit and his flawless face, feeling it was related to his Spirit.
"Two elder sisters, is appearance related to Spirit? What kind of twisted logic is that?"
Ye Liangchen put away his Spirit, feeling speechless at the two women's twisted logic. However, upon closer thought, there was some truth to it.
"Yan Yan, do you know that Xiao Chen's parents were called the Immortal Couple by the World? His father Ye Feng was already a super handsome man, and his mother Liu Ruyan was also a peerless beauty."
"That's right! That immortal couple made countless people envious. It is rumored that many women were infatuated with Xiao Chen's father back then, but they all lost to Liu Ruyan. Liu Ruyan once told those women who were infatuated with Ye Feng that if they wanted to join, they could, as long as they defeated her, but no woman could do it."
Dugu Bo and Ye Suling talked about the beautiful story of the immortal couple back then, finding it very interesting.
Ye Shan, Ye Lin, Ye Yun, and others suddenly realized that this Xiao Jiahuo was actually the child of Ye Feng and Liu Ruyan. No wonder he was so outstanding.
"Senior Dugu, Aunt Ye, I feel like you two are bragging."
Ye Liangchen felt that while his parents were indeed outstanding back then, it wasn't that exaggerated!
"Xiao Chen, you might not know this, but your mother and the Shui Lanxin Sisters are cousins. The Shui Lanxin Sisters almost married your father along with Liu Ruyan back then, but your father refused. After that, the Shui Family recruited a live-in son-in-law, and the two sisters married that person."
"I think there must be some female teachers in Tianshui Academy who liked your father, but you just don't know about it."
Ye Suling chuckled as she spoke of these secrets, surprising Ye Liangchen. He thought to himself: There's such a thing? Why don't I know?
"According to my guess, Ye Feng refused the Shui Lanxin Sisters because he was worried that his Spirit was too powerful, which would lead to the Ice Phoenix Spirit disappearing. Of course, this is just my guess, after all, Ye Feng is a very devoted person…"
Dugu Bo also babbled on at this time, piquing the curiosity of others.
"Grandpa, quickly tell us, what other legends are there about Xiao Chen Didi's parents…"
"That's right, Senior, tell us quickly…"
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling became interested at this point, clinging to their elders for stories like two little girls. Even Ye Shuier, Ye Xia, Ye Xiangning, and Ye Ying, who were all under 20, gathered around, as they also liked listening to stories, especially gossip.
"No more. Xiao Chen is still here. It doesn't feel right to talk about his parents like this."
Dugu Bo refused the girls' request, and besides, he wasn't a gossipy person.
"Xiao Chen, don't mind us!"
Ye Suling smiled at Ye Liangchen. After all, the Xiao Jiahuo's parents had been dead for six or seven years, and talking about them in front of him felt a bit inappropriate.
"Aunt Ye! It's fine."
Ye Liangchen waved his hand indifferently. He had no impression of his adoptive parents in this World.
Looking at the young people: Ye Yang, Ye Mo, Ye Xiao, Ye Lingyun, Wang Lina, Li Mingyue, Ye Shuier, Ye Xia, Ye Xiangning, and Ye Ying—a total of four males and six females—Ye Liangchen planned to cultivate them into elites later.
Through Ye Lingling's understanding, Ye Yang was the oldest, already 25 this year, and the youngest, Ye Ying, was only 17. Their aptitude was indeed not great, but for him, a cheater, it was not a problem.
At this moment, Ye Liangchen remembered that the spirit power of Ye Lingyun, Ye Xia, and Ye Xiangning were all at Level 29 peak. It seemed they had been stuck for at least half a year but had not yet broken through to Spirit Elder. So, he decided to help them.
"Brother Ye Lingyun, and two elder sisters, here are some Soul Power Pills. Take them to break through to the Spirit Elder realm."
Ye Liangchen directly took out fifteen Soul Power Pills and gave them to the three of them.
"Chen Shao, what is this?"
The three of them looked at the Soul Power Pills, which emitted a rich medicinal fragrance, with bewildered expressions. They had never seen such a thing before.
"This is a good treasure. It's a Soul Power Pill refined by Xiao Chen. Take it, it might help you break through to Level 30. I imagine you've been stuck at this level for half a year already."
"I can guarantee that the elixirs refined by Xiao Chen have no side effects, only benefits. Previously, at the Heaven Dou Auction, we only sold 50 pills and earned 1 million gold coin."
Dugu Bo explained the magic of the Soul Power Pill to the three young people from the side, dispelling their doubts.
"We have already joined Xiao Chen's force, so we must trust him," Ye Suling also reminded from the side.
"Chen Shao, we didn't mean to doubt you. We just have never seen such a miraculous thing before."
Ye Lingyun, Ye Xia, and Ye Xiangning held the Soul Power Pills, knowing they were good quality just from the rich aroma.
"Take it quickly! It should allow you to break through to Level 30."
Ye Liangchen thought, if he wanted these people to follow him willingly, he had to show some sincerity to truly win them over.
"Yes, Chen Shao."
The three immediately took the Soul Power Pills, then sat cross-legged to absorb the energy transformed from the elixir.
The other Ye Family members also curiously stared at the three young people, as they had never seen such a situation before.
"Swish swish swish…"
A quarter of an hour later, a surge of spirit power erupted from the three, and they all broke through to Level 30.
"This… they broke through just like that?"
"Ye Lingyun is already 20 years old. If he couldn't break through to Level 30, it would be very difficult for him to advance further. I never expected a few pills to help him break through. It's simply miraculous."
Ye Shan, Ye Lin, Ye Yun, and others rubbed their eyes, feeling it wasn't real.
"The three children's spirit power is also very abundant, and their foundations are very solid."
The two old men also used their spirit power to examine the situation inside their grandchildren's bodies, finding no side effects whatsoever.
"We really broke through to Level 30!"
Ye Lingyun, Ye Xia, and Ye Xiangning felt their spirit power increase as if they were dreaming.
"Thank you, Chen Shao, for your help. Your subordinates have no way to repay you, except to dedicate ourselves to you until death."
Ye Yun, Ye Yu, and Ye Nian, the three couples, immediately bowed to Ye Liangchen. This gift was truly too precious for their children.
"No need to be polite. You are my own people once you join my force. It is only right that I help you become stronger."
Ye Liangchen waved his hand indifferently. A few Soul Power Pills were simply not worth mentioning.
"Chen Shao, you are amazing."
Ye Yang, Ye Mo, and others all gave Ye Liangchen a thumbs-up. Following such a monstrous master, their future was boundless!
"This is just a small part of Xiao Chen's abilities. You will see even more miraculous things in the future."
Dugu Bo and Ye Suling had taken Good Fortune Pill, which directly evolved their Spirits. That was truly miraculous. However, they did not mention the matter of Spirit evolution, as such things were better known to as few people as possible.