120: Has something happened to the Ye family?

The days quietly slipped by in this undercurrent-filled calm.

Mysterious Ink spent every day silently guarding and engaging in boring AFK activity.

That boy, Lin Yao, would come to visit every few days, bringing all sorts of mouth-watering delicacies to talk and chat with him.

This prevented Mysterious Ink's dull AFK life from being too boring.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had quietly passed.

On this day, Lin Yao once again carried the food box that had long become his "pass," arriving at the quiet Small Courtyard.

Mysterious Ink's Divine Sense swept past.

A hint of surprise flashed in his majestic dragon pupils.

This boy truly hadn't disappointed him.

In just half a month, his cultivation had actually managed to achieve a Breakthrough to the Golden Core Mid-Stage.

It seemed the Tier 4 vital blood of the Ghost-Faced Fox was indeed quite helpful to his Kun Whale.

He thought to himself.

However.

Just as Mysterious Ink was preparing to tease the boy a bit, as usual.

He keenly sensed that something was... wrong.

Today, Lin Yao's face, which was usually full of flattery and enthusiasm, actually carried a hint of unconcealed... solemnity, and a trace of hesitant... reluctance to speak?

"What's wrong?"

Mysterious Ink's magnetic voice slowly sounded.

"Did something happen?"

Hearing this, the hesitation on Lin Yao's face was instantly replaced by complete bitterness.

He took a deep breath, and finally spoke with difficulty.

"Brother Mo, a major disaster has struck the Ye Family!"

A major disaster struck the Ye Family?

Hearing this, Mysterious Ink's eyes narrowed slightly.

"What happened? Elaborate."

He urged.

Whether the other members of the Ye Family lived or died had nothing to do with him.

But those two Elders who treated him like their own son absolutely could not be harmed.

Lin Yao swallowed, not daring to delay in the slightest, and quickly presented with both hands a Communication Jade Slip that still faintly carried spatial fluctuations.

"Brother Mo, please look."

"This is the Distress Letter the Sect just received from... the Ye Family!"

Gazing at the Distress Letter.

Mysterious Ink did not hesitate; his immense Divine Sense instantly probed into the Communication Jade Slip.

The next moment!

A terrifying killing intent, powerful enough to completely freeze heaven and earth, suddenly erupted from his massive Dragon body.

"Yin Spirit Clan!"

Mysterious Ink squeezed these four characters, filled with endless coldness and chilling killing intent, out from between his teeth!

According to the information contained within the Jade Slip.

Just a few days prior, a mysterious Yin Spirit Clan unit had launched a devastating... sneak attack, without any warning, against the Ye Family of Qingyang Town, who had long been settled in their remote corner!

If not for Ding Zhen, the Guest Elder, who fortunately achieved a Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm at the critical moment of life and death, desperately fighting to protect the Ye Family members and securing a precious window of escape time.

The Ye Family would likely have already been completely erased from the East Sea Region.

Now, those surviving Ye Family members had found a new place to settle, which was why they were able to send a distress call to the Beast Taming Sect.

"Where is the new location?!"

Mysterious Ink's voice, filled with endless coldness and urgency, boomed out.

Seeing this, Lin Yao did not dare to delay, and quickly presented with both hands a Map Jade Slip that he had already prepared.

After taking the Jade Slip and scanning it, Mysterious Ink's massive Dragon body transformed into a streak of light and tore through the air.

As for Ye Feiyan's safety... he wasn't overly worried.

Ye Feiyan was now already regarded by the entire Beast Taming Sect as their future hope.

Furthermore, Shangguan Jing, along with Ancestor Jin, who still had one breath left, were personally stationed here.

Her safety was absolutely foolproof... Two days later.

Inside a Hidden Valley situated among towering mountains and steep ridges.

When Mysterious Ink's massive Dragon body, filled with endless majesty and cold killing intent, tore through the sky and descended upon this place.

The entire valley fell silent.

Inside the valley, hundreds of Cultivators wearing Ye Family attire were numbly constructing rows of simple wooden houses.

On everyone's face hung an indelible sorrow and... despair.

Compared to the bustling, prosperous Ye Family of Qingyang Town in the past, the number of surviving Family members they had left was surprisingly few.

"L-Lord Xuan Mo?!"

A voice filled with disbelief sounded.

Mysterious Ink turned his head to look; it was the Ye Family Patriarch.

However, his current condition was very poor.

Not only were his temples graying, but he also looked much older.

Mysterious Ink knew this was the consequence of burning his Lifespan.

"It is I."

He replied indifferently.

Hearing this, an unprecedented... ecstasy instantly burst forth from the Clan Chief's eyes, which had been filled with numbness and sorrow.

As if he had seen his savior, he scrambled forward, rushing to Mysterious Ink and falling to his knees with a "thud."

"Lord Xuan Mo! You... you've finally arrived!"

However, Mysterious Ink didn't bother paying him any attention.

His majestic dragon pupils, filled with endless urgency and worry, were locked tightly onto the Clan Chief.

"Where are The Two Elders?!"

"How are they?!"

After hearing this, the Clan Chief naturally knew who The Two Elders he spoke of were.

Not daring to hesitate, he quickly replied, "Reporting to Lord Xuan Mo, they are safe and sound!"

"We desperately protected the two of them very well."

Hearing this, Mysterious Ink's heart, which had been lodged in his throat, finally eased slightly.

He no longer hesitated. His massive Dragon body merely swayed lightly before instantly appearing in front of the simplest yet cleanest wooden house.

He saw them.

He saw the two kind elderly people who had once treated him like Family, busy working in the courtyard.

Compared to their time back in Qingyang Town.

The Two Elders now appeared to have aged dozens of years in an instant.

Their faces, which had been full of kindness and amiability, were now covered in deep wrinkles, as if carved by a knife and chisel.

Their straight backs had also become slightly hunched.

Mysterious Ink's Divine Sense swept past, and while slightly startled, he also felt helpless.

The Two Elders' Lifespan... was running out.

He estimated that they could only hold on for two to three more years at most before dying from depleted Lifespan.

"You... you are..."

Seeing that massive Dragon body, filled with endless majesty and oppression.

A trace of confusion and disbelief flashed in the eyes of The Two Elders, which had been filled with sorrow.

After a moment.

It was Mother Ye who reacted first.

Her old eyes, which had become somewhat cloudy, stared intently at the fierce Dragon head, filled with endless majesty... A look of disbelief slowly surfaced on her face, accompanied by... a tentative question.

"Is... is that Xiao Xuanmo...?"