128: Chapter 128 Genius Boy

"The Ye Family is merely a secular Family that has been rooted in farming for generations. We have never had the intention of attaching ourselves to an immortal Sect. I hope Brother Lu can be understanding."

Ye Jing spoke very respectfully, but with a hint of rejection.

As soon as he said this, the atmosphere in the guest room suddenly became subtle.

The smile on Lu Shaoyou's face faded a bit.

Shang Bin, on the side, immediately darkened his face and said coldly, "Patriarch Ye, do you know how great an Opportunity it is to be favored by the Qingyun Sect and have your Ye Family become its vassal? Countless secular families would break their heads trying to obtain such a chance!"

Seeing this, Ye Jing immediately cupped his hands and said, "Two Immortal Masters, I naturally know that being favored by an immortal Sect is a huge Opportunity, but I live in the countryside and fear I am not worthy of such a high connection."

Seeing the old man refuse, Lu Shaoyou didn't say much more. This Family was established in such a remote village and looked like a small Family that started from scratch.

But there might be other considerations.

Lu Shaoyou didn't let the conversation die. He smiled and said, "Since Patriarch Ye is like this, I won't say more. The Xuanyou Sect is indeed a big trouble. Since the Qingyun Sect has promised protection, we will never go back on our word. I'll leave this Protection Scroll for you."

With that, he took out a cyan-white scroll, handed it to Ye Jing, and explained, "If the Ye Family is in trouble, you can use spiritual power to activate this scroll for help. The Qingyun Sect will then send a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to protect you!"

"Thank you, Immortal Master!"

Ye Jing respectfully took it.

The scroll emitting a cyan light gave off a wave of pure spiritual power, which immediately calmed his heart significantly.

At this moment, Shang Bin on the side was disdainful and continued, "Old man! Do you really not want to join our Qingyun Sect? If you have our Qingyun Sect as a backer, no one will dare bully your Ye Family again."

And if there are talented children in your Family, they can be sent to the Qingyun Sect to Cultivate. This is a huge blessing."

Ye Jing smiled, "Thank you for your Sect's favor. The descendants of my Ye Family will participate in the Qingyun Sect's Disciple Recruitment Trial."

He naturally knew that joining the Qingyun Sect was indeed tempting, but he knew better that attaching to an immortal Sect meant losing freedom.

In the future, every move of the Ye Family would be controlled by the Qingyun Sect, and they might even become pawns in the struggles between the Qingyun Sect and other immortal Sects. Moreover, it might be difficult to keep the Ye Family's secret techniques hidden; they must be kept secret.

This blunt change of topic left Shang Bin helpless: "This old man!"

Lu Shaoyou and Shang Bin, having completed their mission, did not stay long. They drank a few sips of fragrant tea and then took their leave.

They rose into the air on their swords in the courtyard, turning into two streaks of cyan light, and left the Ye Family compound.

Inside the guest room.

Ye Jing looked at the Protection Scroll in his hand. With it, it was equivalent to the Ye Family having a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to help, which made him breathe a long sigh of relief: "Finally, the threat of the Xuanyou Sect is temporarily resolved."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Tianhao, standing behind Ye Jing, couldn't help but ask, "Grandfather, is the Qingyun Sect really just simply wanting to protect our Ye Family now?"

Ye Jing put away the scroll into a brocade box in his robes and said solemnly, "The Qingyun Sect's move may not be without testing intentions. They might have long realized that our Ye Family is not an ordinary secular Family; they just haven't figured out our background yet."

Speaking of this, Ye Jing looked at Ye Tianhao and said in a gentle tone, "Haoer, you and Yaoer must Cultivate well now. Strive to join the Qingyun Sect to obtain a foundation establishment pill and reach Foundation Establishment. Once our Ye Family has a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, things won't be so difficult!"

Ye Tianhao listened and quickly replied, "Yes! Grandfather! Haoer will definitely not let you down!"

Meanwhile.

Lu Shaoyou and Shang Bin were flying back to the Sect on their swords. Shang Bin said helplessly, "This Ye Family really doesn't know what's good for them. If it weren't for the fact that Ye Xuan from their Family saved Junior Sister Yun Yue, who would want to win over a small rural clan!"

"Shang Bin, you're wrong. Didn't you see that youth from the Ye Family?" Lu Shaoyou said calmly.

"That youth? Senior Brother, you mean the youth whose cultivation couldn't be seen? What's so strange about that? Maybe he just started Drawing Qi into the body!" Shang Bin said dismissively.

Lu Shaoyou said speechlessly, "Shang Bin, you are ultimately too impetuous. That youth is not as simple as just having started Drawing Qi into the body."

Shang Bin's figure paused on his sword, his face full of confusion. "Senior Brother, what do you mean? I saw his aura was ordinary, without even a hint of spiritual power fluctuation. If he has spiritual power, he's just a rookie who just started cultivation."

"Unable to restrain it?" Lu Shaoyou sneered, a trace of solemnity in his eyes.

"I just secretly probed him with my Divine Sense and found that he was using the Qi Observation Method to hide his strength. His true cultivation is at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer!"

"What?!" Shang Bin was completely stunned. The sword beneath his feet trembled violently, and he almost lost his footing and fell.

He suddenly looked at Lu Shaoyou: "Senior Brother! You're not joking, right? He's only sixteen! And he's already at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, even more powerful than me?!"

"Do you think I'm joking?" Lu Shaoyou said coldly. "I'm at the Qi Refining Peak, yet I had to use Divine Sense to see through that youth's cultivation. He's simply a monster!"

After receiving confirmation from his Senior Brother, the disdain on Shang Bin's face had long since vanished, replaced by complete shock. His tongue was even getting tied.

"In our Qingyun Sect, only you, Senior Brother, were able to reach the Qi Refining Sixth Layer at sixteen! But that youth is already at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer!"

His flying speed slowed down a bit as images of the Ye Family guest room flashed wildly through his mind.

The youth behind the old man, dressed in martial attire and reticent, looked like the most ordinary youth in the secular world, but who would have thought he was a hidden cultivation Genius?

Before, when he saw Patriarch Ye, an old man, at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, he didn't have much of a reaction; after all, he was just an old man.

But a youth is different. With good bone structure and extraordinary talent, let alone our Qingyun Sect, even those unreachable great Sects would scramble for him.

Lu Shaoyou glanced at his Junior Brother, a meaningful curve appearing at the corner of his mouth. "Otherwise, why do you think I wanted to win over the Ye Family? This Ye Family is no ordinary rural clan; they hide more than what meets the eye!"

"Moreover, Ye Xuan and his younger brother Ye Yi, with strength less than the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, saved Junior Sister Yun Yue from the hands of the Qi Refining Eighth Layer Mad Blade on the battlefield. It was definitely not luck!"

"So... the Ye Family is deliberately hiding their strength?" Shang Bin clicked his tongue. "They clearly have a Genius like that youth, yet they are unwilling to attach to our Qingyun Sect. Could it be they want to..."

"Want to establish their own lineage?" Lu Shaoyou took over the thought and shook his head with a chuckle.

"Easier said than done. In this Canggu Realm, immortal Sects stand tall and the weak are prey to the strong. A small Family without a backer, even if they truly have a Genius, will be targeted sooner or later, just like that Chen Family three hundred years ago."

He looked up at the sky, the sword beneath his feet suddenly accelerating. "However, with that youth's talent, if he is brought into our Qingyun Sect, he will surely be a pillar of the Sect in the future."

Let's pay some attention during this Disciple Recruitment Trial."

"Don't worry, Senior Brother!"

Shang Bin immediately perked up, his face full of excitement.

"Such a Genius must not be snatched away by other immortal Sects! Even if the Ye Family is unwilling to attach, as long as that youth enters our Qingyun Sect, are we afraid the Ye Family won't draw closer in the future?"

Lu Shaoyou was noncommittal, but there was more inquiry in his eyes.

What exactly is the origin of this Ye Family, to have actually cultivated such a gifted youth?