Chapter 2815: Chapter 2790: Ye Nuo!
At dawn, the morning sun rises in the east.
Ye Liang walks out of Flying Dragon Hall with a smile and heads straight to Flying Dragon Forest, arriving outside Jiang Zhen’s residence. He calls out sleepily, "Jiang Zhen, stop sleeping. It’s time to train!"
"Ye Nuo handed you the ’Red Moon Sword Skill’, which requires you to completely master it within half a month. It’s already been over ten days; quickly come out and demonstrate the sword skill for me to see."
Ye Liang stands in Jiang Zhen’s courtyard, stretches lazily, yawns, and waits for Jiang Zhen to come out of the room.
But after a while, Ye Liang frowns, not hearing a response from Jiang Zhen.
Usually, when Ye Liang supervises their training, he only needs to call out once for Jiang Zhen to come out immediately, but today was somewhat unusual.
"Jiang Zhen? Didn’t you hear me?" Ye Liang calls out, somewhat displeased.
After a long time, Jiang Zhen still doesn’t respond.
Ye Liang frowns, puzzled, and approaches the door, gently opening it, immediately enveloping the room in a pungent smell of blood.
Smelling the scent of blood, Ye Liang’s expression changes drastically, stepping into the room, seeing the lifeless Jiang Zhen on the bed, his blood already staining it red.
"Jiang Zhen!"
Ye Liang runs over anxiously, realizing Jiang Zhen is already dead, and has been dead for a while!
"How... is this possible..." Ye Liang is somewhat shocked and immediately exits Jiang Zhen’s room, heading to Huo Cheng and Gu Yuzhu’s residence.
But inside Huo Cheng and Gu Yuzhu’s residence, he finds no trace of them. After pondering for a moment, he turns and moves towards the path to the Firefly Cave, where he sees Huo Cheng and Gu Yuzhu’s corpses from a distance.
"Gu Yuzhu!"
"Huo Cheng!"
"This..."
Ye Liang runs over in panic, discovering the two are already dead, and like Jiang Zhen, have been dead for some time!
"What on earth is happening?" Ye Liang exclaims in shock.
Immediately, Ye Liang anxiously leaps into action, heading to other Tianjiao residences, discovering all these Tianjiao are without exception, all dead, and have been dead for a while.
"Something major happened!"
"Something major happened!"
Ye Liang screams in panic, fleeing Flying Dragon Forest.
The direction Ye Liang heads is towards the Ye Clan.
...
Within the Ye Clan, in a Martial Arts Arena.
In the arena, a young man with a jade-like face and arrogant demeanor wields a treasure sword of white jade, thrusting it into an opposing Warrior, sending him flying.
The power of this sword is immense, and after hitting the Warrior, the Warrior flies backwards, sprawling on the ground, constantly coughing up blood.
"I... concede!"
The struck Warrior says helplessly.
The young man sheathes his treasure sword, looking at his defeated opponent and says in a low voice, "Duan Hao, you are also one of the Nine Swordsmen from the Sword God Family, and yet your strength is not what it should be!"
"And you’ve trained in the Mist Sword Art!"
The young man says somewhat displeased.
The defeated person turns out to be Duan Hao, who had once fought Lin Bai in Black Water City.
Duan Hao holds his chest, face pale, standing up from the ground, and says in a low voice, "Ye Nuo, my little strength is not worth mentioning before you!"
The handsome young man is Ye Nuo, a Tianjiao from the Ye Clan of the Sword God Family, and one of its Nine Swordsmen.
Ye Nuo looks proud, casting a scornful glance at Duan Hao, saying, "The last time I sent you to assist the Zhao Family in Black Water City, you lost, what a disgrace!"
"As one of the Nine Swordsmen of the Sword God Family, supposed to be among the elite of the younger generation in North State, you left the Sword God Family only to be defeated by an unknown Warrior!"
"What a disgrace!"
Ye Nuo says with a full face of disdain.
Seeing Ye Nuo’s anger, Duan Hao self-critically says, "I neglected my duty. If I encounter this person again, I will surely twist off his head."
"Please forgive me!"
Duan Hao pleads timidly.
Duan Hao and Ye Nuo, although both are among the Nine Swordsmen of the Sword God Family.
Yet the gap between their statuses is indeed too vast.
Ye Nuo is a direct descendant of the Ye Clan of the Sword God Family.
While Duan Hao is merely someone from a different surname, like Gu Yuzhu and others, a Tianjiao from North State invited to join the Sword God Family.
Later, valued by the Ye Clan, he was vigorously cultivated and forcibly boosted to the position of Sword Child.
Before outsiders, Duan Hao is a Sword Child of the Sword God Family, a position of great influence, yet before the Ye Clan, Duan Hao is still akin to a dog.
Months ago, Ye Nuo suddenly instructed Duan Hao to go to Black Water City to assist the Zhao Family’s Warriors in seizing the position of City Lord.
Duan Hao originally thought it a simple task, but didn’t expect, in Black Water City, he encountered Lin Bai, and if not for a Strong One from the Ye Clan who broke in to rescue him, he might have died at Lin Bai’s hands.
When Duan Hao returned to the Ye Clan, Ye Nuo heard of Duan Hao’s failure, and from that moment on, in the following months, Ye Nuo never gave Duan Hao a pleasant expression.
Especially at dawn every day, Ye Nuo would call Duan Hao to the Martial Arts Arena for a Martial Arts Competition, each time leaving Duan Hao vomiting blood before stopping.
Duan Hao harbors anger inside, yet fearful of the power of the Ye Clan, he can only swallow his grievances.
Even during the martial arts competitions with Ye Nuo, Duan Hao doesn’t dare to exert his full strength, only daring to use thirty percent, afraid that injuring Ye Nuo could bring him more trouble than now.
Use thirty percent strength, placate Ye Nuo, let Ye Nuo injure him, and let Ye Nuo vent his anger, to calm Ye Nuo’s inner fury.
Ye Nuo sheathed his sharp sword, disdainfully saying, "Duan Hao, although you are one of the Nine Swordsmen of the Sword God Family, your daily cultivation should be more diligent!"
"Else it won’t be long before someone might replace your position."
Hearing this, Duan Hao’s expression was startled, staring dumbly at Ye Nuo.
Ye Nuo chuckles lightly, "Don’t doubt it, in Flying Dragon Forest, I’ve discovered numerous promising seedlings, even more capable than you at the time!"
"Must indeed speak... Gu Yuzhu, Huo Cheng, Jiang Zhen, these three all have the Martial Soul of a Quasi Holy Son, stronger than yours, and their sword talent surpasses yours!"
"Humph."
Ye Nuo laughs coldly.
Duan Hao urgently bows, saying, "I will strive diligently in my cultivation, not to shame you!"
"Enough, today’s Martial Arts Competition ends here, come early tomorrow!" Ye Nuo finishes, strides with hands behind his back, intending to leave the Martial Arts Arena.
But at this moment, a servant briskly walks into the Martial Arts Arena, standing before Ye Nuo and saying, "Young Master Ye Nuo, Ye Liang from Flying Dragon Forest wishes to see you?"
Ye Nuo frowns displeased, "Why did he come? He should be supervising Gu Yuzhu and the others in Flying Dragon Forest, why return to the Ye Family?"
The servant, somewhat surprised, says, "Ye Liang said... Something major happened in Flying Dragon Forest, the eighteen Tianjiao invited were all killed last night!"
"What!" Ye Nuo’s previously calm demeanor drastically changes, shocked, he yells at the servant, "Bring Ye Liang to see me!"
