548: Chapter 548 Meeting Ye Qingxuan and his grandson

Chapter 548: Meeting Ye Qingxuan and Her Grandfather

Lin Yu listened from the side, smiling helplessly.

Over these five years, Dragon Ziyan had indeed become a "trouble-solving machine."

Whether it was trouble encountered when passing through a life star or unprovoked provocations on interstellar routes, she was almost always the first to rush in and resolve them.

With her Saint Immortal cultivation of the Five Phoenix Power, coupled with her Nine Phoenix Body, ordinary Saint Immortals couldn't last three moves against her, and even Half-step Immortal King Realm cultivators could be held off for a long time by her sheer brute force.

Nolan, on the other hand, became increasingly composed; her Order Body had long since reached full mastery, nurtured within her inner world and built upon countless Heavenly Daos.

Her cultivation had now steadily reached the late Saint Immortal stage, and as the runes of order circulated around her, even the void became orderly.

Her combat power was even slightly higher than Dragon Ziyan's, but her nature was indifferent, and she never made a move unless absolutely necessary.

As for Ling'er and Little Kun, these two little ones had long since turned "clearing out star pirates" into a travel game.

Every time they encountered star pirates, before Lin Yu could even speak, Ling'er would ride a miniature Little Kun and charge out, one smashing through the ship's armor with a small fist condensed from spiritual energy, the other shattering starships with its tail, competing to see who killed more people.

After five years, they had accumulated quite a few shiny spoils of war, all treasured and stored by Ling'er within her true form.

"Alright, stop messing around."

Lin Yu raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, his divine sense already locked onto the treasure-radiating life star ahead. "Wanbao Star has arrived. This is the core of the Danxia Star Region, the Ye family's Main Star. You all find a place to settle down first, I'll go contact Ye Qingxuan."

As he spoke, Little Kun had already carried them through the nebula layer and landed in a bamboo forest outside Wanbao Star City.

Lin Yu waved his hand to put away Little Kun and said to Dragon Ziyan and Nolan:

"You two take Ling'er and go look around in the city. Don't go far; I'll be back soon."

After Lin Yu finished speaking, he left the others and headed towards the Ye family.

Wanbao Star was immeasurably vast, far surpassing any star he had set foot on before, and as the overlord of the star region, the Ye family's ancestral land was even more boundless.

However, no matter how large, the Ye family's core area was absolutely not somewhere outsiders could casually infiltrate.

Fortunately, before arriving at Wanbao Star, he had already sent a message to Ye Qingxuan, arranging to meet in Dancheng, a large city within the Ye family's sphere of influence and adjacent to their ancestral land.

Soon, Lin Yu's figure appeared in Dancheng.

What met his eyes could only be described with one word for the entire city—extravagance.

The buildings on both sides of the street had walls paved with star jade, the eaves hung with dazzling immortal crystal palace lanterns, and even the air was filled with a faint scent of pills, inhaling which one could feel spiritual energy subtly stirring in their meridians.

Most importantly, there were places selling high-grade pills everywhere, from healing pills and breakthrough pills for Heavenly Immortal Realm to Saint Immortal Realm, almost ubiquitous.

He even sensed Immortal King level pills within a few very luxurious and high-end pill pavilions.

There was no concealment at all, clearly meant to attract customers.

One could only say it was incredibly extravagant.

Moreover, the people coming and going on the streets were also dressed in luxurious attire and possessed powerful auras, the vast majority of whom were like him, not native to this place.

They were clearly here to purchase pills, which showed that the Ye family's reputation for alchemy had already spread throughout the heavens.

Lin Yu walked through, ignoring the dazzling array of pills on the surrounding stalls, and only regained his focus when he arrived at a manor, the location Ye Qingxuan had messaged him.

The manor was unguarded, its vermilion gate ajar, and he easily walked in.

Inside the garden, the vegetation was sparse, and a thin layer of dust covered the stone path, indicating that this manor was rarely visited on weekdays, desolate and with few servants.

When he arrived at the main hall, Ye Qingxuan was already waiting there.

Waiting with her was an old man with half-white hair and beard, dressed in a green robe—

It was her grandfather, Ye Xiong, the Ye Family Second Elder.

Upon seeing him, both their eyes simultaneously lit up, especially Ye Qingxuan. Her clear and beautiful face instantly flushed, and the longing that had been suppressed for over a decade in her eyes almost overflowed.

Her hands instinctively clutched her sleeves; if Ye Xiong hadn't been there, she probably would have thrown herself into Lin Yu's arms.

However, Lin Yu keenly caught the undeniable abnormality in both of them.

Although they were joyful at his arrival, the fatigue and decadent in their brows were like a heavy shadow.

More crucially, there was no third person in the hall—Ye Feng was not present.

This completely deviated from Lin Yu's expectations!

The plan had been given to them over a decade ago. Logically, Ye Feng, this crucial chess piece, should have been brought under control long ago, becoming a hidden pawn against Ye Mu.

With his arrival, Ye Feng should have shown up no matter what.

A hint of doubt surfaced in Lin Yu's mind.

As soon as he sat down, before Lin Yu could inquire, Ye Xiong, whose hair was all white and whose aura clearly carried a sense of decay, spoke impatiently.

His voice was low and urgent as he recounted the drastic changes in the Ye family over the past decade.

From Ye Mu's forceful return with an Immortal Emperor Weapon, how Ye Lingxiao leveraged the situation to suppress dissent, to the various factions within the clan turning against them, how their lineage was gradually pushed to the brink of despair, and then to Ye Feng's disappearance triggering Ye Mu's frantic retaliation…

Lin Yu listened quietly, his expression gradually changing.

Initially, his brows were only slightly furrowed, and his eyes held confusion. As Ye Xiong recounted, his gaze deepened, and his fingers unconsciously tapped the table.

By the end, his face had completely darkened, and his aura carried a hint of chill.

He hadn't expected such significant changes to occur in the Ye family in just over a decade.

Ye Mu's rise was far faster than anticipated, clearly influenced by a surge in luck, completely disrupting his original plans.

However, one thing had not changed—

That was the chess piece, Ye Feng.

Although neither side of the Ye family had found him, it didn't mean he couldn't find him.

On that bone-digging scroll back then, he had secretly placed an immortal imprint. As long as Ye Feng still carried the scroll, he could sense him no matter where he hid.

When Ye Xiong finished speaking, the hall fell silent.

Ye Qingxuan and Ye Xiong's gazes were focused on Lin Yu, carrying their last hope.

Their faction was now less than a tenth of its former strength, almost compressed into a corner, barely breathing. Lin Yu was their only hope.

Lin Yu remained silent for a moment, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and the solemnity transformed into resolve.

"Demon Abyss…"

He slowly uttered two words, his voice carrying an undeniable meaning, "Take me to Demon Abyss."

"What?!"

Ye Qingxuan exclaimed in surprise, the color instantly draining from her face. "That place is a family forbidden area, extremely dangerous, and Ye Mu's people have already searched it repeatedly; he simply can't be found…"

She hadn't expected Lin Yu's first words to be about going to Demon Abyss.

Putting aside how dangerous it was, what was the use of finding Ye Feng now?

This was not the time when they were strong, like over a decade ago.

Now, even if Ye Feng were in their hands, he wouldn't be of much use, because they had completely lost the means to operate.