Fifty miles west of the city, Ultimate Temple.
Dressed in black, Ye Yun stopped in his tracks and stood outside the Ultimate Temple.
He had heard from the Imperial Tutor that a few hundred clansmen of the Ye family were locked up here.
The Ultimate Temple in front of him was magnificent. It had vermillion doors and red walls, with the words' Ultimate Temple 'hanging in the middle.
This was the Daoist temple of the royal family. Commoners had no right to enter this place. Only the royal family and ministers had the right to come here and pray.
It was already late at night and the surroundings were quiet. Ye Yun looked up at the high walls and prepared to jump in. However, at this moment, there was a creak and the vermillion doors opened automatically.
Ye Yun frowned. It was obvious that the other party already knew that he would come here.
Hmph. Ye Yun sneered and walked into the temple with the Snowthread Sword in hand. Since the other party already knew why he was here, there was no need for him to hide anymore.
Clang! After Ye Yun entered the temple, the doors closed automatically.
Ye Yun stood in the middle of the courtyard and scanned the surroundings warily.
In front of him was an extremely wide man-made lake. The lake water was clear and rippled with blue waves. There was a pavilion in the middle of the lake. It had a simple design and was extremely elegant. There was a person sitting at the stone table in the pavilion. This person had delicate features and was dressed in white. He was holding a wine flask and drinking by himself. There were a few dishes on the stone table and beside them was a dark green sword. This was none other than the rising star of the Ye family, Ethereal Sword – Ye Lan.
There were two people standing behind Ye Lan with different expressions.
The one who wore a purple robe and had a chiseled appearance was Lightning Blade Ye Ben. He had a long saber strapped to his waist, and he was emanating a murderous aura. The other one who wore a date colored robe and had a scholarly appearance was Heartless Sword Ye Zhen. He had an elegant temperament and a gentle gaze. He held a vermillion sword and crossed his arms as he looked at Ye Yun across the lake with a smile.
"The moon is so beautiful tonight. Why don't you come and have a few drinks with me?" Ye Lan, who was slightly tipsy, said as he drank the wine in his white jade cup.
"Where did you lock up our clansmen?" Ye Yun asked coldly.
"As expected of the Master, you're always thinking about your people." Ye Lan picked up her chopsticks and put a mouthful of food into her mouth. "Don't worry, as long as you're obedient, I won't touch a single hair on those people."
"What do you want?" Ye Yun asked.
"You're such a fool," Ye Lan said as she played with the wine glass in her hand. "Don't you know what I want?"
"Weapon Forging Manual?" Ye Yun raised his eyebrows.
"And the Copper Man Atlas." Ye Lan said with a smile, "As long as you give me these two items, I will release him immediately."
"You imprisoned your clansmen for these two items and helped the Second Prince plot a coup?" As Ye Yun spoke, he tightened his grip on the Snow Thread Sword.
"I can't hide anything from you," Ye Lan said with a smile. "It seems that the State Preceptor has already told you everything. That's right, I did help the Second Prince seize the throne. However, don't make it sound so bad. What coup? Haven't there been too many such cases in the past? Li Shimin's rebellion at the Xuanwu Gate, Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robes … which of the founding emperors of the dynasty didn't act like this? The winner takes all. This has always been the case. Don't you think so? "
"The old Emperor was kind-hearted and cared for the people. The Second Prince is tyrannical by nature. You're helping the evildoer!" Ye Yun shouted.
"Don't get angry," Ye Lan said with a smile. "Back to the topic. Are you going to give me the Weapon Forging Manual and the Copper Man Atlas?"
"You're already the State Preceptor of Tibet. You have a high position and power. What do you need these for?" Ye Yun asked.
"Don't you know this better than I do?" Ye Lan stood up with a smile. "With the Weapon Forging Manual, not only can I forge divine weapons and cultivate supreme sword qi, I can also forge military equipment for the Tibetan army and increase their military strength. The Copper Man Atlas can help me achieve victory on the battlefield. In the future, unifying the Great Ming Dynasty is just around the corner. "
"You actually want to attack the Great Ming Dynasty?" Ye Yun was shocked by Ye Lan's words. He didn't think that Ye Lan, who usually lived in seclusion and treated people with courtesy, would have such great ambitions. It was really as the saying went, 'It's hard to paint a dragon or a tiger, but it's hard to paint the bones.'
"A fine bird chooses a tree to nest in. The current Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty is muddle-headed, the officials are corrupt, and the people have no way of making a living. What else is there that's worth entrusting?" Ye Lan walked to the side of the pavilion and looked at Ye Yun with his hands behind his back.
"There's another secret to this matter," Ye Yun said. "The current Emperor has been placed under house arrest. The one who truly wants to go against the Ye Clan isn't the imperial court but someone else."
"That dog Emperor has been placed under house arrest? Hmph, "Ye Lan sneered." He's a dignified Emperor, yet he can't even protect himself. What a useless and muddle-headed ruler! Enough nonsense, are you going to hand it over or not? "
Ye Yun shook his head.
As the head of the Ye Clan, he indeed had the responsibility to protect the safety of his clansmen. However, the ancestral teachings clearly stated that under no circumstances could the Weaponsmith Atlas fall into the hands of those with bad intentions. If a peerless divine weapon fell into the hands of bad people, it would cause great suffering and suffering, let alone the Weaponsmith Atlas! If he gave the Weaponsmith Atlas and the Copper Man Atlas to Ye Lan, then the number of people who would die on the battlefield in the future would be tens of thousands of soldiers, and countless commoners would be implicated. Compared to this, the lives of his clansmen were not as important.
Ye Yun's action of shaking his head was greatly beyond Ye Lan's expectations. He didn't think that Ye Yun would disregard the safety of his clansmen for these two things.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll kill them?" Ye Lan asked with raised eyebrows.
"Even if you kill them, I can't give these two things to you," Ye Yun said calmly.
"As the head of the Ye Clan, you disregard the lives of your clansmen." Ye Lan narrowed his eyes at Ye Yun. "What right do you have to sit in this position?!"
"After this matter, I will naturally accept the blame and let someone better take over," Ye Yun said as he slowly began to draw his sword. "But before that, I will clean up all of you scum of the Ye Clan!"
The Snow Wisp was unsheathed, shining like frost and snow, the roar of dragons and tigers, and the sword aura was like a rainbow!
Ye Yun held his sword with one hand and slashed horizontally in the air. With a whoosh, an invisible sword aura cut through the air, sticking close to the surface of the lake as it headed straight for the pavilion! The originally calm surface of the lake was instantly startled by the sword aura, creating a white ripple!
In the pavilion, Ye Lan turned a blind eye to the Sword Qi that arrived in the blink of an eye.
However, at this moment, the silent Lightning Saber Ye Sprinting made his move!
Before he could draw his saber, a long purple saber was already in his hand!
With a wave of his saber, a purple saber aura was instantly released, colliding head-on with the invisible sword aura!
Boom! The calm surface of the lake was instantly startled into a monstrous wave, reaching several feet high!
When Ye Yun saw this, he immediately frowned. His invisible sword aura had actually been completely blocked by Ye Sprinting's saber aura! This caused him to be truly shocked. Among the experts of the Ye Clan, there were many who could use saber aura and sword aura. However, those who could easily block his sword aura were extremely rare, let alone the sword aura released by the Snow Wisp Sword.
"Elder Ye, don't be angry!" Ye Lan said as he picked up the wine jug and filled his cup. "Hand over what I want and I'll let you go back and enjoy your old age in peace. Otherwise, "Ye Lan smiled and downed the cup of wine in one gulp, placing it on the stone table with a thud. He smiled and said," Don't even think about leaving today. "
"Hmph, with just the likes of you?" Ye Yun sneered. "Do you think you've become arrogant just because you've taken one of my attacks?" Ye Lan was indeed surprised when Ye Sprinting blocked his attack, but it was far from enough to make him nervous. Ye Lan had only used less than twenty percent of the Snow Wisp Sword's sword aura, and that was under the condition that he hadn't used the sword aura in his body.
"Since it's like this, then let us juniors learn a few moves from you." Ye Lan smiled and leaned against the stone chair. He placed his hands behind his head and placed his feet on the stone table. "Ye Sprinting, play with Elder Ye!"
Ye Sprinting smiled and slowly raised his saber with one arm, pointing it at Ye Yun. "Elder Ye, sabers and swords have no eyes. Be careful." As soon as he finished speaking, the purple saber in his hand instantly left his hand, turning into a purple streak that shot straight at Ye Yun! Its speed was as fast as lightning!
The surface of the lake, which had just calmed down, was split open by the saber!
What a fast saber! As expected of the Lightning Saber Ye Sprinting. If such a fast saber were to take someone's life, it could be said to be instantly fatal. It was no wonder that those who had died at Ye Sprinting's hands hadn't even been able to see his saber clearly! But that was for others. To Ye Yun, who had cultivated sword aura for many years, this move was nothing.
Ye Yun began to move.
The Snow Wisp Sword drew a beautiful arc in the air. When Ye Sprinting's saber flew in front of him, the Snow Wisp Sword's blade struck Ye Sprinting's saber!
Ding! A crisp sound rang out!
Logically speaking, Ye Sprinting's saber should have been sent flying by Ye Yun's Snow Wisp Sword. Ye Yun also thought so, but that wasn't the case.
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