38: Chapter 38 Shuinan County

Later, with the help of his clan uncle, Ye Erhu married, had children, and expanded the Family, slowly establishing the Shuinan Ye Family. After generations of hard work by his descendants, it eventually became the current Cangjiang Ye Family.

Shuinan County is located on the south bank of the Wei River, right next to the river, and its geographical location is very dangerous.

Yao Beasts in the Wei River often run onto the shore to eat people, causing a lot of trouble for the three great families of Shuinan County.

The three great families of Shuinan County are the Ye Family, the Zhao Family, and the Li Family.

The three great families work together with the Shuinan County government to resist the Yao Beasts of the Wei River, cooperating and competing with each other.

Under the tacit cooperation of the three great families, other families simply cannot survive in Shuinan County; five of the original eight great families of Shuinan have been squeezed out to other counties.

The reason Ye Jiesheng called the Martial Artists of the first group off the boat to participate in the County Exam in Shuinan County has a lot to do with these three great families.

These three great families have had Martial Ancestor experts guarding them for generations, and the strength of their Disciples is much stronger than those of Weinan County and Jianshui County.

Without absolute strength, one cannot suppress these three great families. Ye Jiesheng brought them out to gain points, not to just go through the motions.

Ye Jiesheng led more than a dozen clansmen straight toward the Shuinan Ye Family, where there is an ancestral hall of the Ye Family, dedicated to the spirit tablet of Ancestor Ye Erhu.

Five hundred years ago, the Shuinan Ye Family and the Cangjiang Ye Family were originally the same Family. However, during the time of the third generation of the Ye Clan, the Chang generation, the leaders of the two branches had several intense conflicts.

To avoid mutual slaughter between the same Family, the two finally decided to separate. The main branch stayed in Shuinan, while the second branch led the clansmen to move far away to Cangjiang Prefecture City to establish a new Family force, which is the current Cangjiang Ye Clan.

Since then, the Ye Family split into two, each developing independently without interfering with each other.

No one knew whether this was a good thing or a bad thing!

Although the two branches had separated, they initially shared the same ancestral hall. It was not until the second branch gained a firm foothold in Cangjiang Prefecture that they moved the clothes and crowns of Ye Erhu and the remains of some of the first and second-generation ancestors of the Ye Family to Luomu Mountain to rebuild the ancestral hall.

However, the main branch did not let the separate courtyard left by the second branch in the Shuinan County ancestral hall go to waste; they have always kept it in good repair.

After arriving at the Ye ancestral hall, Ye Jiesheng first led eleven clansmen to offer a stick of incense to the spirit tablet of Ye Erhu before returning to the separate courtyard to rest.

After Ye Jiesheng assigned accommodation to everyone, he called Ye Yisong over, wanting to check his son's cultivation progress during this period.

Before the father and son could say more than a few words, the Clan Chief of the Shuinan Ye Family came to visit in person, bringing two young men with red lips and white teeth.

"Virtuous nephew Jiesheng, long time no see." Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Jielu, Jiejing, quickly pay respects to your Fifth Brother."

"Fifth Brother."

Although the two families had separated, they kept the generation characters, which was personally set by Ye Erhu, and no one dared to change it arbitrarily.

Ye Yisong looked at the two young men who were not much older than him calling his father Fifth Brother, and wanted to slip away.

Ye Jiesheng did not give him this chance. A large hand grabbed Ye Yisong by the neck and said: "Why don't you pay respects to your Grandfather Tuanzhang and your two uncles."

Ye Yisong could only obediently step forward to pay respects.

Everything about a Martial Dao Family is good, except that the Disciples of the same generation have a large age gap; some Martial Artists are already a hundred years old, while others may have just been born.

Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang and the other two did not stay long. After chatting for a few words, they left behind a booklet and left.

Ye Jiesheng opened the booklet left by Ye Tuanzhang, which recorded in detail the cultivation level and Talisman Making skill Rank of the Martial Artists from the three great families of Shuinan participating in this County Exam.

Ye Yisong also leaned over to look, and Ye Jiesheng did not stop him; anyway, Ye Yisong would know the content inside later.

After the father and son finished reading the booklet, Ye Jiesheng ordered: "Go and call your clan uncles and the others; I have something to say."

"Yes, Father," Ye Yisong said.

The entire separate courtyard was built on a micro-level third-grade Spiritual Vein. It was not very big, with only three buildings, each six stories high.

Ye Jiesheng lived in one building by himself, and the remaining two buildings were divided so that everyone had one floor, not disturbing each other, which was very convenient.

Ye Yisong called everyone down downstairs using a few first-grade communication Talismans. Climbing stairs was impossible; he was a Talisman Maker after all.

After cleaning up the mess last time, Ye Yisong had prepared many first-grade Talismans for himself, which served daily life.

After the ten people came down, the way they looked at Ye Yisong was different.

Everyone knew that the Ye Family's Talisman Maker was rich, but they didn't expect him to be this rich. A matter of a few minutes to go upstairs wasted dozens of Spirit Stones.

Ye Yisong was truly extravagant!

However, no one said anything; no one wanted to offend Ye Yisong. This guy not only had a powerful background but also had strong personal strength.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Ye Jiesheng did not drag things out and told them the intelligence he had just obtained: "For this County Exam, there are three strong opponents for you."

"They are Ye Jiejing of the Shuinan Ye Family, a Five-Star Martial Master and second-grade Medium Grade Talisman Maker; Zhao Wentao of the Zhao Family, a Five-Star Martial Master and second-grade Low Grade Artifact Refiner; and Li Yuan of the Li Family, a Five-Star Martial Master and second-grade Low Grade Artifact Refiner."

"The others are not worth worrying about."

"The Shuinan Zhao Family and Li Family actually produced two decent talents this time." Ye Jiekang said.

They came to Shuinan County this time to participate in the Martial Examination, aiming for the top ten, but now three dark horses had appeared, which was truly unexpected.

They had already heard of the name of Ye Jiejing of the Shuinan Ye Family in their own Family. In the past few years, under the communication of Ye Tuanzhang, the relationship between the two families had become increasingly harmonious, and a lot of news would circulate.

"Jiekang, Jiehua, Jieyang, do you three have confidence?" Ye Jiesheng asked.

These three clan uncles were the strongest among the eleven, all being Five-Star Martial Masters, but only Ye Jiekang was a second-grade Low Grade Talisman Maker, and the other two clan uncles were only first-grade Spirit Planters.

Wanting to get first place was indeed a bit difficult.

"Fifth Brother, we will definitely be able to defeat them and win glory for the Family." The three clan uncles said in unison.

"Good, I look forward to your good news." Ye Jiesheng encouraged.

"Others should not take it lightly either. This is the intelligence on the three families of Shuinan County. Pass it around and read it so you know what to expect, and strive for the top ten."

"Yes, Fifth Brother (Uncle)."

"Everyone go back and rest, and prepare well. Jiehua, Jieyang, stay behind," Ye Jiesheng said.

Seeing Ye Yisong following the crowd and wanting to slip away, Ye Jiesheng said: "If you run again, I will break your legs. Today, you will sleep here with your old man."

A burst of happy laughter erupted from the crowd. The rumors in the clan were true; Ye Yisong had been very afraid of Ye Jiesheng since he was a child. Every time he saw Ye Jiesheng, it was like seeing a cat, not at all like a father and son.

Ye Yisong stood in the corner, watching Ye Jiesheng whispering something to the two clan uncles, looking at him from time to time.

The two clan uncles kept nodding.

Just as Ye Yisong wanted to eavesdrop on some content, they had already finished chatting. After the two clan uncles said goodbye to Ye Jiesheng and left, leaving Ye Yisong awkwardly standing in place.

"Hehehe, Father..."