Chapter 37 - Clan Meeting
Ye Xuan couldn't fathom the damages it would cause if his son seriously went into a punishment frenzy mode.
He also understood Ye Chang had been suppressing his frustration and anger toward the guilty ones for a long time.
He knew they were guilty, but it also wasn't enough to warrant a big punishment. After all, the cultivation world was meant to be brutal in general.
When he reached his current position, the number of people he had killed numbered in billions—possibly trillions. That was just how a cultivator's life was.
Without harshness and brutality, one couldn't survive.
However, that was only strictly speaking for enemies—not his clan members.
Besides, the terrible clan members who treated him badly in the past, were already eliminated.
"Wife, are you really going to let our son run amok?" Ye Xuan asked nervously.
"What do you mean run amok?" Ye Qing Lei took another sip of the fragrance tea.
"He's just cleaning the house like a good boy. You should be proud of him and stop your nonsensical lecture. If you dare ruin his show, then don't even try to approach me."
"..."
It was at this moment that Ye Xuan seriously regretted having a son and not a daughter. At least, having a daughter meant marrying her off. Not to mention, daughters were always obedient and wouldn't be such a pain.
Alas, it was a little too late for regret. Who knew one of his biggest plight would come to him from none other than his son.
The road of blocking his ecstasy was his one and only son!
Ye Xuan wanted to take this rare opportunity to converse further with his wife. Unfortunately, he was interrupted by the elders.
Some of the elders came to greet him whereas some of them were inquiring about details of when the meeting would start.
Of course, there were some even suggesting a sudden martial competition among the younger generation for some excitement. Nevertheless, the main crux was to get rewards from Ye Xuan's stash of treasures.
Just one item in his stash was enough to change a lot of things.
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Though it was more correct to say his stash was Ye Qing Lei's stash. After all, his stash was overseen by her and her stash actually had more valuables. The only reason nobody dared to look at her stash was because she was too scary.
Never let her gentle and elegant appearance on the surface fool you!
"Clan Leader, we should have some event or everyone might lose motivation." An elder proposed. Despite their intention being obvious, it was also true that having waited for an hour with nothing to do was frustrating.
There were so many things they could have done from that lost hour.
Ye Xuan was also understanding their situation and was about to cave in.
However, it was at that moment that someone suddenly emerged from a large spatial crack.
"Wassup people. You must have waited long." Ye Ming arrived in big strides and loudly greeted them all.
"And what's this that I heard? A martial competition among the younger generations? That's not as bad as the second event."
The atmosphere quickly took a sharp turn, with many pausing their things and looking at Ye Ming.
Right behind Ye Ming was his maid, Qing Lan, and another elder, Ye Chang. Given Ye Chang was already known by many, they were dumbfounded as to why he was following Ye Ming.
As for Qing Lan, granted her clothes symbolized a maid, there were not that many people who paid attention to her.
In the end, most of the people present were focused on Ye Ming, who greeted them in an abnormal way.
What the hell does wassup mean?
And why was he so late yet shown zero sign of remorse?
How could he not be apologetic when he made many of them waste so much time for his arrival?
While the crowd was stupefied by Ye Ming's lack of remorse, he ignored their reaction.
"Alright, take a seat, everyone. It can't be that you want to delay the meeting any further? That can't be right." Ye Ming waved his hand and took his designated seat.
"That's Elder Ye Chang's seat." Suddenly, one of the elders called out when they noticed Ye Ming taking the wrong seat.
Every seat was assigned with their respective roles. And since Ye Ming had been absent for so long, his role became somewhat blurry. Hence, there were no roles assigned to his original seat.
"And who are you?" Ye Ming raised an eyebrow and turned to Qing Lan for an answer.
"That's Elder Ye Fung, responsible for the storage management." Qing Lan responded.
"Storage management?" Alarmed, Ye Ming continued to ask, "Then is he in control of the rare treasures?"
"Not in control, but management as in record and list the items in the warehouse." She explained. There was a difference in her implication.
Nodding, Ye Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
"Phew, scared me for a second. I thought I would have to check every record. It would have been a nuisance to check whether the items in the warehouse are safe and sound like the book stated." He patted his chest and said, astonishing everyone in the meeting.
What he said was an indirect accusation of Elder Ye Fung of embezzlement. It goes without saying that Elder Ye Fung became offended.
He quickly turned his attention to Ye Xuan and cried for justice. "Clan Leader, the Young Master's words are too much."
"..."
Speechless, Ye Xuan already had a bad premonition that he was going to have a big headache tonight. His son had barely arrived for less than a minute and chaos already started.
"Please calm your emotion, Elder Ye Fung. I'm sure that's not my son's intention. He's been affected by the mortal's views and had yet to adjust his condition." Ye Xuan hurriedly gave a logical excuse to lower the matter.
However, Ye Fung didn't seem eager to let the matter go.
"Young Master, is that the truth?" He turned to Ye Ming and questioned solemnly.
With all eyes on Ye Ming, he calmly accepted the tea as Qing Lan gently lifted the teacup to his lips, feeding him the warm liquid with a composed grace.
After finishing the tea from the cup, he exhaled softly.
He then gazed at Ye Fung and smiled. "The truth eh? Isn't it obvious that my father was spouting nonsense to pacify the situation? You can't be that ignorant, right, Elder Ye Fung?"