89: Chapter 89 Family Elders' Council

Ye Jiesheng had broken through to the Tier 4 Martial Ancestor realm at the age of thirty-five, which gave him the opportunity to enter the top one hundred in the Martial Examination Provincial Examination. Later, relying on his Heaven-Defying Luck, he even made it into the top one hundred of the national Martial Examination.

He had shown outstanding talent since childhood and was considered a Prodigy by his peers, which was why he could borrow Cultivation resources from many of his clansmen. Otherwise, if anyone else tried, not even a dog would lend to them.

However, Ye Jiesheng was not the type to borrow without repaying. Often, after improving his strength, he would take on some Family missions to earn Spirit Stones to pay off his debts, and then borrow even more Spirit Stones, repeating this cycle.

Recently, however, he had borrowed a bit too much and was struggling to keep up, with over a million Spirit Stones in external debt.

That was because there was one more person to support!

Looking at the miserable state of his son, a Prodigy, Grandfather Ye Tuantu held back the harsher words he wanted to say. Besides, his grandson Ye Yisong was still here, so it wouldn't be appropriate.

"How is your body? How bad is the overdraft? Can you still recover?" Grandfather Ye Tuantu couldn't help but express his concern for Ye Jiesheng.

"It's nothing serious. The Old Ancestor gave me a Tier 5 Green-Falling Life-Returning Lotus. Even if I can't fully recover, restoring seventy or eighty percent shouldn't be a problem." Ye Jiesheng took out the jade box the Old Ancestor had given him and showed it to the grandfather and grandson.

Ye Yisong looked at the snake patterns on the jade box and instantly understood why the Tier 4 Flood Dragon had come to the Weishui River.

Risking a trip to the Weishui River, which was only a few thousand kilometers from the East Sea mouth, for a Tier 5 Spirit Medicine was not impossible. Flood Dragons were fast and could swim back and forth in a day. It was just unclear how this Flood Dragon had found out that the Flower Snake possessed a Tier 5 treasure.

The main effect of the Green-Falling Life-Returning Lotus was to restore the vitality consumed by a Martial Artist due to unexpected circumstances. For example, the fifty years of lifespan Ye Jiesheng had rapidly consumed by using a secret technique could be partially restored using this treasure. However, a full recovery was impossible; secret techniques always caused some irreversible damage that could not be healed!

As an aside, the Tier 5 Green-Falling Life-Returning Lotus was also one of the three main Spirit Medicines used to refine the Tier 5 Longevity Pill. One Tier 5 Longevity Pill could help a Martial King expert extend their life by ten years, though one person could only consume three.

"Hmm, that's good." Grandfather Ye Tuantu's heart lifted; another heavy weight had been removed. He didn't want Ye Jiesheng to cut off his own Martial Dao path just to save Ye Yisong.

Such a price was simply too high!

Grandfather Ye Tuantu couldn't afford it, and the Family couldn't afford it either!

Ye Yisong couldn't accept it even more!

"Kid, give me your Storage Pouch containing Spirit Stones. Your old man is about to run out of food." After experiencing life and death, Ye Jiesheng dropped the facade of a stern and aloof father and directly asked Ye Yisong for Spirit Stones, while mentioning that he owed a million in external debt.

By the looks of it, he wanted Ye Yisong to help him pay it off!

Grandfather Ye Tuantu turned away, unable to bear watching Ye Jiesheng's shameless behavior. He had long known that Ye Jiesheng was borrowing Spirit Stones everywhere to Cultivate, but he hadn't known that Ye Jiesheng owed so much outside. He had even been helping Ye Jiesheng out from time to time.

Ye Yisong finally understood. His father, a Body Cultivator, was naturally a big consumer of Spirit Stones and lacked any specialized skills, so where would he get so many Spirit Stones? It turned out they were all borrowed.

No wonder he had asked him to hand over 300,000 Spirit Stones at the end of the year; it turned out it was to pay off debts!

Thinking about the Cultivation resources his father had provided him over the years, which amounted to at least hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones, especially that Tier 3 dragon-tiger golden pill, which was priceless and unavailable on the market.

Ye Yisong handed the Storage Pouch containing Spirit Stones to Ye Jiesheng and was prepared to hand over the other two Storage Pouches containing Spirit Medicine and Spirit minerals as well, so he could use them to pay off his debts.

However, Ye Jiesheng only took the Storage Pouch with the Spirit Stones and did not take the other two, saying that Ye Yisong should keep them for his own Cultivation.

Having taken seven or eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones from Ye Yisong, he had to leave him something; it wouldn't do to empty all of his son's Storage Pouches.

Paying off debts was not something to be rushed!

"Yisong, how do you have so many Storage Pouches?" Grandfather Ye Tuantu asked curiously.

"Hehe, I picked them up!" Ye Yisong squinted, savoring the pleasure of collecting the Spirit Stones at the time, while explaining the origin of these Storage Pouches to Grandfather Ye Tuantu.

Grandfather Ye Tuantu was tempted upon hearing this. His thoughts were surprisingly in sync with Ye Jiesheng's, and he wondered if he should sweep the surrounding waters. These Yao Beasts were just too rich!

"Gather at the Dali Courtyard, Clan meeting."

Seeing the message on the Clan Chief's communication talisman, Grandfather Ye Tuantu asked in confusion, "Hasn't the Clan meeting already been held this year? Why another one?"

"A good thing!" Ye Jiesheng probably guessed some of the inside story.

"Rest well within the Family during this time, don't run around, and consolidate your Cultivation. Your improvement recently has been too fast," Ye Jiesheng instructed Ye Yisong.

"I'll go to Lingmu Peak to recuperate!" Ye Yisong said quietly, "And while I'm at it, I'll refine my Tier 3 Talisman-making Technique."

"Fine!" Ye Jiesheng said through gritted teeth, glaring at him, as if to say, just go be Ye Jiexin's son and don't come back!

"Tier 3 Talisman-making Technique?" Grandfather Ye Tuantu exclaimed in surprise. At this moment, he finally realized what felt off when he had observed Ye Yisong earlier.

Ye Yisong had gone out for a trip, and his Cultivation had actually broken through to the Nine-Star Martial Master.

"Father, let's talk on the way," Ye Jiesheng replied.

The two flew toward the Dali Courtyard. On the way, Ye Jiesheng used voice transmission to carefully tell Grandfather Ye Tuantu everything about what had happened recently and the situation regarding Ye Yisong.

Listening to all this, Grandfather Ye Tuantu almost fell from the sky. Since when had his grandson's Luck become so thick? How had he not noticed?

When the two entered the meeting hall of the Dali Courtyard, seven people were already waiting inside. Clan Chief Ye Tuanhui was sitting in the center of the hall, with Alchemy Elder Ye Jiefang, Talisman Elder Ye Jiexin, and Array Master Ye Jieguo sitting next to the Clan Chief.

Affairs Hall Elder Ye Tuanbang, Scripture Pavilion Elder Ye Jiezhu, and Artifact Refining Elder Ye Jietie were sitting together on the left side of the meeting hall.

Among the seven, Ye Jiexin was glaring at Ye Jiesheng with his beard bristling, as if he wanted to beat him up. The others were looking at Ye Jiesheng with concern; the aftereffects of Ye Jiesheng using the blood-burning secret technique had not yet faded, and his whole body was glowing with a red light.

"Jiesheng, how is your condition?" Clan Chief Ye Tuanhui asked with concern. Ye Jiesheng was the hope of the Family's generation; he could not have any mishaps.

Among the nine people present, Clan Chief Ye Tuanhui was a Nine-Star Martial Sect, Grandfather Ye Tuantu was a Five-Star Martial Sect, Ye Jietie was a Four-Star Martial Sect, and there was also Ye Jiesheng, the newly revealed Seven-Star Martial Sect. The other Elders' strength was still at the Early Stage of the Martial Ancestor realm.

Oh, they were still waiting for the three General Affairs Elders: Ye Tuanxin, Ye Jiefeng, and Ye Jieyi. The three of them spent the whole year outside dealing with some trivial Family matters and resolving troubles encountered by Family disciples abroad.

However, among the three Elders, only Ye Tuanxin had reached the strength of a Four-Star Martial Sect, while the other two were only Early Stage Martial Ancestor experts.

The Martial Artists listed as Martial Dao Seeds in the Family currently numbered only three: Ye Tuanhui, Ye Jiesheng, and Ye Jiefeng.

All three of them had a glimmer of hope of breaking through to Tier 5!

Ye Tuanhui was severely injured and difficult to cure, and Ye Jiefeng was still young; now it all depended on Ye Jiesheng.

That was why everyone was showing more than normal concern for Ye Jiesheng's injuries, looking at him with worry one after another.

"It's nothing serious. The Old Ancestor bestowed a precious medicine, and after recuperating for a period of time, I should be able to recover seventy or eighty percent." Ye Jiesheng gave everyone a reassurance.

Hearing that the Old Ancestor had personally acted to treat the aftereffects of Ye Jiesheng's blood-burning secret technique, their tense hearts slowly relaxed.

"Ahem." Seeing that the three General Affairs Elders had also arrived, Clan Chief Ye Tuanhui coughed lightly, attracting everyone's attention.