23: Falling apart!

"Young Master, Ye Di of the Ye Family requests an audience." Lao Hei knew that Wang Ming was currently newly married and might find it inconvenient, so he only dared to shout from outside the courtyard, amplifying his voice with spiritual energy.

"Oh? Ye Di, what does he want with me?"

Wang Ming's eyes flickered. He patted the blushing, panting Ouyang Yaoxi and got up to walk out of the room.

"The Ye Family's heir, Ye Di, greets Brother Wang!"

Ye Di lowered his posture significantly, bowing ninety degrees as soon as he approached, and greeted him respectfully.

"The Ye Family and my City Lord's Mansion are like fire and water. Why have you come to find me at such a critical juncture?" Wang Ming glanced at him and said indifferently.

"I have a plan that can help Brother Wang dominate Qingzhou City!" Ye Di cupped his fists, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

"What a joke. My City Lord's Mansion is already the master of Qingzhou City. Why would I need your help?" Wang Ming sneered.

"What Brother Wang says is true. You are now the son-in-law of the Ouyang Family, supported by two major forces: the City Lord's Mansion and the Ouyang Family. However, if you can also gain the full support of my Ye Family, Brother Wang's position in Qingzhou City will be unshakable!" Ye Di smiled.

"So, you can represent the Ye Family?"

"Not right now, but if Brother Wang is willing to help, I can guarantee that from now on, the Ye Family will spare no effort to support you, giving their all until the very end!" Ye Di said with conviction.

"What do you intend to do?" Wang Ming became interested.

Ye Di looked around cautiously and lowered his voice to explain his plan.

After listening, Wang Ming's gaze turned strange. He patted Ye Di on the shoulder and laughed loudly, "Excellent. You're even plotting against your own grandfather. You're ruthless enough; you're someone who can achieve great things. I accept this token of loyalty!"

"Rest assured, Brother Wang. From now on, the Ye Family will be a vassal of the City Lord's Mansion. Brother Wang's voice will be the only voice of my Ye Family!" Ye Di quickly expressed his loyalty.

Soon, Ye Di left the City Lord's Mansion.

"The only voice of the Ye Family?"

"Sorry, I don't like the surname Ye. So, it would be better if your Ye Family didn't have any voice at all."

Wang Ming sneered and turned toward Wang Tianfeng's pavilion... Ye Family, back courtyard.

"Grandfather, I've found Ye Chen!" Ye Di said respectfully with his head bowed.

Ye Wudi's closed eyes opened slightly. "Where is he?"

"He refuses to return to the Ye Family, and with our strength, it's difficult to bring him back by force," Ye Di said with difficulty.

Hearing this, Ye Wudi stood up and walked out. "Lead me to him."

"Yes!"

Ye Di replied respectfully, a hint of coldness flashing in the depths of his eyes.

Old man, don't blame me.

If you must blame someone, blame yourself for living too long and not giving us young people a chance to rise!

Outside Qingzhou City, atop the peak of Qingxuan Mountain.

Ye Wudi's Divine Sense spread out to investigate, but he found no trace of Ye Chen. He couldn't help but frown. "Where is Ye Chen?"

To be safe and ensure nothing went wrong, Ye Yunlong had also followed.

Ye Yunlong didn't speak.

The respect that Ye Di had been maintaining on his face vanished completely.

"Grandfather, don't be in such a hurry. Before you see Ye Chen, I'd like you to meet someone first," Ye Di said with a light laugh.

"What do you mean?" Ye Wudi's brow furrowed. Having lived for so long, he was as shrewd as a fox and realized something was wrong.

Immediately, his spiritual energy began to circulate silently, and his Divine Sense spread out, staying alert to his surroundings at all times.

Ye Di clapped his hands and called out loudly, "Brother Wang, the person has been brought. Have your people come out!"

Brother Wang!

Ye Wudi's pupils constricted as he looked at Ye Di in disbelief. "You actually colluded with the Wang Family! How dare you, Ye Di! You said you found Ye Chen, but it turns out you deliberately lured this old man here!"

As he spoke, he looked at Ye Yunlong again. "Are you a part of this too?"

Ye Yunlong was silent for a moment. When he spoke, his face was filled with murderous intent. "Father, although you appointed me as the Family Head, the true power of the Ye Family is still in your hands. The position of Family Head is nothing but a title. If we want to strengthen the Ye Family, there can only be one voice, and that is mine!"

"So today, your son requests that you go to your death!"

"A benevolent father and a filial son. Interesting, truly interesting!" A laugh came from the side.

It was indeed Wang Ming.

However, at this moment, he was alone.

"Brother Wang, where are the people you brought?" Ye Di looked around, his brow furrowing as he asked.

At that time, he had agreed with Wang Ming that he would lure Ye Wudi out, while Wang Ming would bring people to ambush him, joining forces with Ye Yunlong to kill Ye Wudi.

But now that they had lured the person here, only Wang Ming had appeared!

"What people?" Wang Ming feigned surprise.

Ye Di's smile was a bit forced. "Brother Wang, stop joking with me. Quickly call the people out; delays lead to complications."

"What status do you have to be worthy of me joking with you?" Wang Ming sneered and looked at Ye Wudi. "Old man, this is your Ye Family's private matter. Rest assured, I definitely won't interfere."

"Wang Ming, you set me up!!" Ye Di's expression changed drastically as he glared at Wang Ming and roared.

How could he not understand by now? He had been played by Wang Ming!

The man had never intended to help him from the very beginning!

"How did my Ye Family end up with two such idiots!"

Ye Wudi laughed out of anger. His spiritual energy surged, and without a word, he raised his hand and struck Ye Di's chest with a palm.

"Pfft!"

Ye Di spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward, crashing into the ground, severely injured!

His strength was only at the Condensing Qi Ninth Layer, not even Foundation Establishment. Under Ye Wudi's Foundation Establishment Second Layer strength, the only reason this palm didn't kill him instantly was that Ye Wudi had shown mercy.

With a whoosh, Ye Yunlong quickly moved to block Ye Di, his face grim.

He looked at Ye Wudi, about to speak.

Pfft!

A cold, gleaming blade tip emerged from his heart!

He lowered his head, looked at the blade tip, and turned around in disbelief.

He saw that Ye Di had somehow forced himself up, his hands tightly gripping the hilt of the blade, his expression incredibly twisted.

"You..." Ye Yunlong tried to speak, but an intense sense of weakness swept through his body. Every expression on his face turned into helplessness, and a single tear flowed down from the corner of his eye.

Ye Yunlong used the last of his strength to raise his hand.

Ye Di thought he was going to attack and instinctively shrunk his neck.

But Ye Yunlong merely placed his hand on his head and gently rubbed it.

"Child, take care of yourself..."

After saying his final words, Ye Yunlong's hand, along with his body, slumped powerlessly.

Looking at Ye Yunlong's corpse, Ye Di's mind was in turmoil!

A strong sense of guilt almost swallowed him whole!

But soon, his face became twisted once again!

"Grandfather, it was him! He was the one who instructed me to do this!"

"I didn't want to do this either; he forced me!"

"I've killed him. From now on, the Ye Family will still be under your control, Grandfather!"

"Forgive me!!"