53: Chapter 53 Rest

The descendants of the Ye Family participating in the Martial Examination, led by Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang and Elder Ye Jiesheng, were the first to emerge from the Shuinan County government office. The forty-plus individuals filed out and dispersed in the direction of the Shuinan Ye Family ancestral residence, chatting and laughing.

Every person's face was brimming with happy smiles; the Ye Family could be said to have had a bountiful harvest at this year's Shuinan County Martial Examination.

Of the eleven members from the Cangjiang Ye Clan who participated, four made it into the top ten, and they even swept the top three spots. The others all entered the top fifty, earning a total of 50 points for the Martial Examination.

The performance of the thirty-four members of the Shuinan Ye Clan was also commendable. A total of thirty-two individuals entered the top 100 of this year's Shuinan County Martial Examination, with 2 making it into the top ten, ten entering the top fifty, and twenty in the bottom fifty, earning 60 points for the Martial Examination.

Now, the Martial Artists of the Ye Family were filled with soaring pride, holding the Martial Artists of other families in contempt.

Compared to the joyous atmosphere of the Ye Family, the Li Family was, at this moment, filled with sorrow, not to mention their dismal harvest of Martial Examination points.

Their Prodigy, who had endured in silence for ten years, had been beaten to the brink of death by Ye Yisong in a single move. If not for the intervention of the Shuinan County Magistrate, he might already be a corpse by now.

The fate of their Family Prodigy caused the members of the Li Family to glare at Ye Yisong with hatred, their veins bulging, as if they wanted to devour him alive.

To avoid a collision and conflict with the Ye Family, Patriarch Li Hu exerted all his effort to control the unrest among his clansmen. Only after the Ye Family members had all left did the Zhao Family and the Li Family begin to slowly disperse.

If his clansmen dared to cause trouble for the Ye Family, Patriarch Li Hu believed that the Li Family would never see the light of day again, and their final outcome would be nothing more than cowering in Shuinan County, barely clinging to life.

The Cangjiang Ye Clan was a behemoth that the Shuinan Li Clan could not afford to provoke.

If one were to ask who hated Ye Yisong the most, it was undoubtedly Patriarch Li Hu. As a grandfather, his own grandson had been beaten nearly to death by Ye Yisong, yet he could only swallow his anger and dare not harbor any thoughts of revenge; as the Clan Chief, the outstanding descendant he had painstakingly cultivated—who was originally expected to shine brilliantly—was now hovering between life and death.

Patriarch Li Hu said nothing, silently carrying Li Yuan on his back, walking toward the Family with heavy, measured steps. His already slightly hunched back was now even more bent.

The setting sun shone upon Patriarch Li Hu, making him appear so desolate.

The entire Li Family followed behind, protecting Li Yuan together.

Zhao Jian opened his mouth, but in the end, said nothing. He handed over three Medicinal Pills and left with his clansmen in another direction!

Seeing Li Yuan's miserable state, Zhao Wentao wanted to follow them, but was stopped by a single glance from Zhao Jian, preventing him from doing so.

Zhao Jian could not help but sigh in his heart: 'This world is just like this; it will always be the domain of the strong.'

Left until the end were some Martial Artists from down-and-out families and Loose Cultivators. Magistrate Sun Nanyu recruited a portion of these Martial Artists to carry out restoration work.

The officials and soldiers of the Shuinan County government office had been understaffed for the past few years, and manpower was truly insufficient.

For the past few months, the Weishui River had been abnormally quiet. Magistrate Sun Nanyu had arranged several more groups of soldiers to patrol the banks of the Weishui River, just in case.

This action caused manpower to be even scarcer, forcing him to recruit Martial Artists to help repair the Shuinan County government office.

Shuinan Ye Family ancestral residence

Elder Ye Jiesheng said to the crowd: "Everyone, disperse. You have all been exhausted these past few days. Those who need to tend to injuries should do so, and those who need to rest should rest. Prepare for the upcoming academic assessment."

"Yes, Elder."

The crowd replied, leaving only Ye Yisong behind.

On the way back, they actually had many questions in their hearts and wanted to ask Ye Yisong, but they all knew this was a Martial Artist's trump card—a secret.

That ever-changing Green Lotus, that formidable red light!

Having grown up within large families, no one was stupid, and no one truly voiced the questions in their hearts.

To voice them would be to offend Ye Yisong deeply!

If any of them dared to probe into the secrets on Ye Yisong, Elder Ye Jiesheng would likely be the first to take action and make them disappear from this world.

After everyone had dispersed, Elder Ye Jiesheng looked at Ye Yisong with gratification and said happily: "Song'er, well done. You didn't embarrass your father."

"Of course, a tiger father produces no dog sons." Ye Yisong chuckled.

"Who praises themselves like that?" Elder Ye Jiesheng laughed heartily. Clearly, Ye Yisong's performance over the past two days had made him very satisfied, and he was in an excellent mood.

"You brat, your strikes were too ruthless. It would have been enough to beat Li Yuan until he couldn't get up for half a month; there was no need to kill him." Elder Ye Jiesheng thought Ye Yisong had done it on purpose, wanting to kill Li Yuan to vent anger for Ye Jieyang.

Upon hearing this, Ye Yisong knew that Elder Ye Jiesheng had misunderstood him, and he said: "That was a mistake. It was my first time using that move, and I didn't control the force well."

Ye Yisong was not so overbearing as to want to kill someone just because Li Yuan had defeated Ye Jieyang twice.

Elder Ye Jiesheng caught the key point and said: "First time using it?"

"Yes. In Family sparring, there's no need for such methods. They all intentionally go easy on me, afraid of hurting me." Ye Yisong complained.

"When your Spiritual Qi reaches Perfection, how many times can you unleash this kind of attack?" Elder Ye Jiesheng smiled knowingly and then asked.

He knew that Ye Yisong had been cultivating the Tier 5 Green Lotus Sea-Transformation Sutra, and that some strange things had been happening to him.

The application of the blue light, red light, and green light had all been tested and their effects verified under the accompaniment of Elder Ye Jiesheng.

Especially upon seeing that nine wisps of red light could double combat power, Elder Ye Jiesheng was incredibly envious and wanted to try again to see if he could comprehend this Tier 5 Cultivation Technique.

Families with some foundation generally possess one or two secret techniques that can double a Martial Artist's combat power, allowing them to briefly gain the upper hand among peers of the same Realm.

But they still cannot cross the chasm of a major Realm.

With the special Spiritual Qi of the red light, things were different for Ye Yisong. A secret technique combined with the red light offered the hope of achieving more than triple the attack power.

This meant that in the future, Ye Yisong would have the hope of fighting across major Realms!

The further one progressed, the more terrifying this advantage would become!

Elder Ye Jiesheng was also seeing the Green Lotus for the first time; he estimated it was a new characteristic that appeared when Ye Yisong cultivated the Tier 5 Cultivation Technique to the third level.

"I should be able to unleash it twice." Ye Yisong thought for a moment and replied.

Elder Ye Jiesheng nodded and said: "Is this another new discovery of the Cultivation Technique?"

"Yes." Ye Yisong answered honestly. He could truly feel Elder Ye Jiesheng's care for him, so until now, except for the 798 Navigation System, there was nothing he would hide from Elder Ye Jiesheng.

There was also no need to hide anything from Elder Ye Jiesheng; he could be said to be one of the few people in this world who would sacrifice his life for him, and Ye Yisong was completely at ease entrusting his back to him.

His cultivation resources were all provided by Elder Ye Jiesheng, even delaying Elder Ye Jiesheng's own cultivation progress.

Under these circumstances, Ye Yisong absolutely trusted Elder Ye Jiesheng!

"I heard people under the arena say that my strike reached the level of a Martial Ancestor expert. I have some doubts?" Ye Yisong then raised his question.

"Do you think it reached that level?" Elder Ye Jiesheng did not answer Ye Yisong's question directly, but instead asked about Ye Yisong's own feelings.

Ye Yisong carefully recalled that final strike on the arena in his mind, then compared it to the grand scenes of Martial Ancestor sparring he had seen within the clan, and affirmed: "It probably didn't."