37: The two heads of the family were dumbfounded. How come the Ye family suffered no losses?

On the fifth day of the Secret Realm opening, when that magnificent Legacy palace slowly dissipated between heaven and earth amidst a sound of unwilling buzzing, everyone knew that this trial, filled with Opportunity and slaughter, was about to come to an end.

On the White Jade Plaza, the Ye Family and the Loose Cultivator faction were clearly separated, yet the atmosphere was unusually harmonious.

"Brother Ye Hao," the Bearded Stout Man, who was the leader, cupped his fists towards Ye Hao and said, "Now that matters here are concluded, we Loose Cultivators are weak and isolated. Once we leave this Secret Realm, I fear we will face retaliation from the Liu and Wang Families."

"I propose that after the exit opens, we should go first to scout the path for all the Ye Family brothers and sisters."

These words were airtight; they expressed that they did not want to steal the spotlight from the Ye Family, while also hinting at the dangers outside, making their early departure the best choice.

"Big Brother Li is right!"

"Exactly! Let's get out first to avoid being cornered by those bastards!"

The Ye Family members, having been helped by them several times—and one could even say saved by them—now regarded them as close friends, so they naturally had no objections.

"Big Brother Li is too polite!" Ye Hao also readily agreed. "This trip to the Secret Realm would not have been safe for us without the righteous help of all you Fellow Daoists."

"My Ye Family will remember this kindness! You all go first, and we will bring up the rear!"

After an exchange of pleasantries filled with "brotherly loyalty," the two sides quietly waited for the gate of return to open.

Meanwhile, at the entrance to the valley outside the Secret Realm.

The Patriarchs of the Three Great Families—the Ye, Liu, and Wang Families—along with a group of Elders in the Foundation Establishment Realm, had been waiting here for a long time.

Inside the valley, the atmosphere was oppressive, and a strange aura known as "feigning civility" permeated between the three factions.

"Hehe, Brother Ye," the Liu Family Patriarch spoke with a fake smile, breaking the silence.

"This time in the Secret Realm, your mansion must have had a bountiful harvest, right? Every Ye Family Disciple has contracted a Spirit Beast with extraordinary potential; you must be like fish in water in this Secret Realm where Yao Beasts run rampant."

"Brother Liu is absolutely right." The Wang Family Patriarch on the side also chimed in with a sarcastic tone, "Brother Ye is truly full of hidden depths."

"With a qilin child like niece Feiyan, I fear that for the next hundred years, your Ye Family will completely suppress our two families and become the undisputed authority in this Qingyang City."

The two sang in harmony, their words filled with undisguised bitterness and probing.

Upon hearing this, the Ye Family Patriarch's heart sank abruptly!

What kind of person was he? How could he fail to understand the true meaning behind these words?

Collusion!

These two old foxes had clearly reached some kind of consensus in secret!

An ominous premonition, like dark clouds, instantly shrouded his heart.

He was almost certain that these two guys had definitely instructed their juniors in secret to join forces against the Ye Family Disciples inside the Secret Realm!

This time, the people the Ye Family sent in were likely… in grave danger!

Thinking of this, even someone as strong as him couldn't help but break into a cold sweat on his back.

Just as the atmosphere in the valley grew increasingly bizarre, the space gate that had been closed for five days finally opened slowly after a violent fluctuation!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Figures scrambled out from the light gate in a disheveled manner.

It was that group of Loose Cultivators!

The Foundation Establishment Realm experts of the Three Great Families only glanced at them indifferently and paid no further attention.

In their view, those who came out first must be failures who gained nothing in the Secret Realm or were scared out of their wits, and were not worth mentioning at all.

After all the Loose Cultivators had left, more figures walked out from the light gate.

"It's Hao'er!" a Ye Family Elder exclaimed in surprise.

Ye Hao was seen walking with his head held high, leading a group of Ye Family Disciples out of the light gate one after another.

When they saw that their team of nearly thirty people, except for two who were missing, was basically unscathed, and that everyone's aura had even improved with a bountiful harvest, all the Ye Family's Foundation Establishment Realm Elders showed expressions of unbelievable ecstasy!

However, this ecstasy was no less than a loud slap in the face to the other two families!

The smiles on the faces of the Foundation Establishment Realm experts from the Liu and Wang Families instantly froze, replaced by an unbelievable gloom!

What was going on?!

Their two families had already communicated in secret and set a vicious plan to join forces to slaughter the Ye Family Disciples!

The goal was to cause a gap in the Ye Family's younger generation, allowing them to have enough opportunities in the future to slowly devour the behemoth that was the Ye Family!

But now...

The Ye Family people were actually... completely fine?!

A strong sense of unease, like a venomous snake, suddenly surged into the hearts of the Liu and Wang Family Patriarchs!

They had a premonition that something earth-shattering and unknown to them must have happened in the Secret Realm, something capable of overturning the whole situation!

Just then, Ye Hao, as the team leader, walked up to the Ye Family Patriarch.

On the surface, he was respectfully reporting the situation, but his eyes, filled with gravity, imperceptibly gave the Patriarch an extremely subtle look.

—Leave quickly!

The Ye Family Patriarch was no ordinary man; he instantly understood the deep meaning within!

Although his heart was also filled with raging waves, he remained calm on the surface.

He laughed heartily, cupped his hands at the other two Patriarchs, and said in a booming voice: "Hahahaha! It seems that the juniors of my Ye Family had quite good luck on this trip to the Secret Realm!"

"Since everyone has arrived, I will take my leave first and go back to tally the harvest! Gentlemen, farewell!"

After speaking, he did not linger for even a moment, and didn't even bother waiting for the last two clansmen who might still be alive and missing.

He swung his sleeve violently, a gentle spiritual power swept up all the Ye Family Disciples, and they turned into a cyan rainbow, speeding towards the Ye Family Manor at top speed!

Leaving only the Foundation Establishment Realm experts of the Liu and Wang Families, who were staring at each other with gloomy faces that could almost drip water, standing in the wind, bewildered.

The cyan rainbow cut through the sky, and the Ye Family Patriarch took his juniors and sped towards the Family without stopping.

Not until he confirmed they were completely away from that place of trouble did he slowly slow down and land in a hidden mountain forest.

"Hao'er," he turned around, his face unprecedentedly grave, "Tell me everything that happened in the Secret Realm, word for word."

Ye Hao dared not hide anything and immediately detailed how they were "helped" by the Loose Cultivators, how they discovered the "trick" of the Liu and Wang Families, and finally how they joined forces with the Loose Cultivators to wipe out all the Disciples of those two families.

He originally thought that his decisive action would be praised by the Patriarch.

However, after hearing his account, the Ye Family Patriarch's face changed drastically!