53: Chapter 53 The Changes in Qingyun City

"Ye Yun is now a Disciple of the Luoxue Sect and is protected by the Sect. Let alone you and I, even if the combined forces of Shiyun City were to join together, they wouldn't be able to touch him in the slightest!"

"Turn the tables? There is no room left to turn the tables!"

Zhao Tianlong was momentarily stunned as he listened to his father's demoralizing words.

Then, he suddenly burst into a sneer. The laughter was shrill and mocking, sounding particularly ear-piercing in the empty hall.

"No room to turn the tables?"

"Father, where did your ruthlessness and decisiveness from back then go? Did my brother Zhao Tianheng die for nothing? Are you just going to endure all this so pathetically?"

"I find it truly laughable! You kept saying you would avenge my brother, but in the end, you don't even have the courage to make a move against Ye Yun!"

These words were like the sharpest of blades, stabbing ruthlessly into Zhao Shanhe's heart.

He slammed his hand onto the armrest, erupting in fury as his aura surged violently.

"Presumptuous! What do you know!"

But after the roar, there was only a deeper sense of dejection.

His whole body trembled as he slowly closed his eyes, his voice low and despairing:

"It's not that I don't want to take revenge, it's that I can't..."

"Ye Yun has already entered the Luoxue Sect. That is a heaven beyond heavens, while we are but dust on the ground; the gap is like clouds and mud. Forcing revenge will only bring total destruction to the Zhao Family!"

Seeing his father's cowardly appearance, the last sliver of hope in Zhao Tianlong's heart was completely shattered.

He let out a cold snort, his face full of resentment. He flicked his sleeves, stood up, and stumbled away.

"Since Father is so timid and afraid of trouble, then I will remember this matter myself!"

"One day, I will make Ye Yun pay back this blood debt!"

The footsteps faded away, leaving only Zhao Shanhe alone in the grand hall.

The dim yellow lamplight stretched his shadow long and narrow, looking lonely and cold.

He sat there motionless for a long, long time until the dejection and despair around him slowly dissipated.

Replacing them was a trace of sinister sharpness hidden deep within his eyes.

Endure?

In his entire life, Zhao Shanhe had never known how to write the word 'endure'!

It was just that he couldn't make a move personally.

He slowly opened his eyes, a cold light flickering within them as his lips curled into a cruel and sinister arc.

Taking action personally would be seeking death.

But... killing with a borrowed knife might not be impossible.

He had plenty of ways to quietly leak Ye Yun's whereabouts.

"Ye Yun... do you think that just because you entered the Luoxue Sect, everything is fine?"

"This grudge, I have noted it down."

"You won't live long."

The cold whispers dissipated into the late-night wind. An invisible killing trap targeting Ye Yun had already been quietly set.

...

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

At dawn, outside the gates of Shiyun City, the morning breeze was cool and the mist was thin.

Ye Yun was dressed in green martial attire, his posture tall and straight, his face handsome and clear; he had already prepared everything.

Standing beside him was the Wang Family's Genius girl, Wang Yuyan.

Dressed in pink martial attire, she looked agile and charming, her eyes filled with expectation for the future and a hint of nervousness.

In front of them, the Luoxue Sect envoy Han Qingxue wore a moon-white long dress, looking cold and ethereal, like a Fairy from a painting.

She stood with her hands behind her back, gazing calmly into the distance as a faint chill radiated from her, making people afraid to approach easily.

"The time has come. Let's depart."

Han Qingxue's cold voice fell. Without any redundant words, her figure moved as she took the lead in rushing out of the city.

Ye Yun and Wang Yuyan exchanged a glance and, no longer hesitating, immediately gathered their Qi to follow.

The three figures—one icy, one clear, and one charming—soon disappeared into the morning mist, speeding towards the Luoxue Sect.

The road ahead was long; a new path of cultivation was about to begin.

...

The scene shifted to Qingyun City.

This city was once famous for the Four Great Families standing in opposition.

But now, the Ye Family had been besieged and killed by the Three Great Families.

The main forces of the Zhao Family had long since departed en masse to Wuyun City to hunt down Ye Yun and Liu Ruyan, and there had been no news of them since.

Only the Lin Family and Sun Family remained to hold down the fort in the city, and the atmosphere was already oppressive and strange.

But just half an hour ago, a piece of news from Wuyun City struck like a thunderclap, turning the two families upside down!

Inside the Lin Family's main hall, the atmosphere was so heavy it had almost solidified.

The Family Head Lin Yue was dressed in green, his face square, but now his face was deathly pale. His hands gripped the intelligence report tightly, his knuckles turning white, and his eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.

Sitting across from him was the Sun Family Head Sun Tao, who was burly with a face full of rough features.

At this moment, his pupils were also constricted and his breathing was rapid.

"Zhao Lie... is dead?"

Lin Yue's voice trembled as he repeatedly looked at the writing on the paper, as if he wanted to see through it.

"Killed by Ye Yun? Everyone sent by the Zhao Family was completely wiped out by Ye Yun?!"

Sun Tao slammed the table heavily, making the teacups jump as he growled in a rough voice.

"How could this news be true?! Zhao Lie was a Great Martial Master! What was that kid Ye Yun's cultivation before? He was just a waste who had just entered the path of martial arts! How long has it been... how could he possibly kill Zhao Lie?!"

"And..."

Lin Yue's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed hard, panic finally showing in his eyes.

"The intelligence says that Ye Yun is now at the 10th Stage of Martial Master Realm, and he even won the Wuyun City Great Competition and joined the Luoxue Sect, one of the Four Great Sects of the Tianyang Kingdom!"

As soon as the words 'Luoxue Sect' were spoken, Sun Tao was instantly silenced, his burly body shaking violently.

The Four Great Sects!

Those were existences that families from small cities like theirs weren't even worthy of looking up to!

Lin Yue's face became even more unsightly as thoughts raced through his mind:

Wasn't the reason they targeted Ye Yun and Liu Ruyan in the first place for that Mysterious Grade Technique they possessed?

But now, Ye Yun had ascended to the heavens in a single bound, becoming a Disciple of the Luoxue Sect!

Forget about stealing the technique; even if they wanted to get close to Ye Yun now, it would be as difficult as reaching the sky!

"Mysterious Grade Technique..." Sun Tao gritted his teeth, his face full of unwillingness.

"Are we just going to let it go like this? We've been watching for so long and planned so much, and in the end, we get nothing?"

Lin Yue let out a long sigh and sat down dejectedly, his eyes dim.

"What else can we do if we don't let it go? He is now a member of the Luoxue Sect. Forget about stealing the technique—if we dare to make a single move, it would mean the destruction of our families! I say we drop this matter and act as if it never happened."

Just as he finished speaking, a cold female voice suddenly rang out from one side of the hall, carrying undisguised mockery.

"Drop it?"

"Uncle Lin, you are certainly thinking naively."

Everyone turned to look and saw the Sun Family's eldest Young Miss, Sun Yan, walking out slowly.

She was dressed in red, her appearance beautiful, but her eyes were sinister and sharp, and a cold smile hung on the corner of her mouth.

Lin Yue was startled: "Niece Yan, what do you mean by that?"

Sun Yan sneered and approached step by step, her voice as cold as ice:

"Uncle Lin, have you forgotten how our Three Great Families wiped out the Ye Family? You want to drop it now, but do you think Ye Yun is the kind of benevolent person who repays grievances with kindness?"

"Once he gains a solid footing in the Luoxue Sect and remembers today's humiliation, the first ones he will settle accounts with will be your Lin Family and my Sun Family!"

Lin Yue's whole body trembled, and his face instantly became as white as paper!