After Ye Fan finished listening to Ye Kong's story, he couldn't calm down for a long time. He didn't think that so many things would happen the moment he was born. The Central Plains Ye Family, the Frost Dragon Sword, the Blood Moon, the Heavenly Lightning, the seal, all of these actually happened to him! He had never heard of these things before. Now that he knew all of this, Ye Fan was even more curious about what happened in his previous life. However, what made him even more shocked was that his mother didn't die in childbirth like his father said before.
Mother was still alive!
"Father," Ye Fan cried out in shock, "Mother, she … didn't die?"
"You're right," Ye Kong said calmly, "Your mother really didn't die."
Ye Kong's words made Ye Fan extremely shocked. He jumped in front of Ye Kong and asked, "Then where is Mother now?"
"Your mother, she …" Ye Kong looked at Ye Fan's surprised face and was momentarily at a loss for words.
"What happened to Mother?" Ye Fan asked.
"Your mother, she …" Ye Kong paused for a long time before saying with a frown, "She left."
"Left?" Ye Fan hurriedly asked, "Where did she go?"
"I don't know either," Ye Kong replied with a shake of his head.
"You don't know either?" Ye Fan became more and more confused as he listened, "This … what happened?"
"Your mother suddenly disappeared the day after you were weaned," Ye Kong recalled, "At that time, you were just one year old and weaned. That night, your mother drugged my tea. The next day, your mother disappeared, leaving only a letter with a few lines of words."
"What did the letter say? Did it say where Mother went?" Ye Fan continued to ask.
"There were only a few lines of words in the letter," Ye Kong thought of this and couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.
"I am gone, don't miss me. Time is like an arrow.
Twenty-five years later, we will be reunited on the Mid-Autumn Festival.
My beloved wife, Xiao Wanyi. "
"Twenty-five years later, during the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Ye Fan couldn't hold back his excitement. "I'm twenty-three years old this year. Does that mean I'll be able to see my mother in two years?"
"That's what the letter says." Ye Kong let out a long sigh. "I was too muddle-headed at that time. I didn't see through your mother's intentions. At that time, she made more than ten sets of clothes for you in advance. She rushed to make all the clothes for you before you were three. She even gestured to me that Fan Er should be this tall when he was three." Ye Kong gestured with his hands as he spoke. Then, his eyes became wet. "The night before your mother left, she personally cooked a table of food and drank wine. He said that he was in a good mood and wanted to have a few drinks with me. I didn't think much of it at that time, but who would have thought … "Ye Kong choked up as he spoke.
"Father," Ye Fan didn't feel good when he heard this. "Why did Mother leave?" Ye Fan had never seen what his mother looked like since he was young. Every time he went out with his father and saw other children being carried and comforted by their mothers, Ye Fan would feel like he had lost something in his heart and become depressed. Every time this happened, Ye Kong would have to comfort him for a long time before his mood improved.
"I don't know," Ye Kong sighed. "I've been looking for your mother for ten whole years, but I still haven't heard from her."
"You didn't look for any of Mother's relatives?" Ye Fan asked.
"Your mother was an orphan since young. How could she have any relatives?" Ye Kong said.
"Then when you were with Mother, didn't you hear her mention anything?" Ye Fan asked.
Ye Kong shook his head. "Your mother must have her reasons for doing this," Ye Kong said. "Three years. In three years, we will be able to see your mother." Ye Kong's mood improved when he thought of this.
"Father, you've been looking for Mother for so many years. Don't you have any clues?" Ye Fan asked.
"There are some clues," Ye Kong said. "Someone saw your mother leave with a yellow-clothed Daoist nun, but I don't know anything else."
"Daoist nun?" Ye Fan frowned and asked, "What Daoist nun?"
"I'm not sure," Ye Kong said. "I heard that it was a middle-aged Daoist nun, wearing yellow clothes."
Ye Fan was full of questions after hearing this. What reason could make a mother leave her one-year-old child and her beloved husband for twenty-five years?
"Father, didn't you go to the various Daoist temples to look for her?" Ye Fan asked. Since it was a Daoist nun, she should be living in a Daoist temple.
"I did." Ye Kong sighed. "I sent pigeons to the various branches of the Ye family to help me search, but there was no news."
Ye Fan didn't know whether to be happy or sad. He was sad that his biological mother had abandoned her husband and child for twenty-five years. He was happy that he would be able to see his biological mother in three years. At that time, the truth would be revealed.
"Now you know everything," Ye Kong said. "There's nothing to hide from you anymore."
"Father, why is Zhou Quan looking for the Ye family of the Central Plains?" Ye Fan thought about what had happened during the day and asked, "What is his intention?"
"I'm not sure. The Ye family of the Central Plains has many secrets," Ye Kong said. "But according to my speculation, it must be related to your previous life."
"Father, have you been in contact with the Ye family of the Central Plains all these years?" Ye Fan asked.
"No," Ye Kong said. "But your Second Uncle is in charge of military affairs in the court. Ye Zifeng of the Ye family of the Central Plains is the chief physician of the Imperial Academy of Medicine. The two of them should know each other."
"Does Second Uncle know about this?" Ye Fan asked.
"How is that possible?" Ye Kong said. "Other than me and that Ye Qiu, only you know about this."
"Then how does Zhou Quan know?" Ye Fan asked. "When I was born, he hadn't come to our Ye family yet.
"That's the problem." Ye Kong frowned. "I'm wondering if something happened to the Ye family of the Central Plains."
"Then what should we do?" Ye Fan asked. "Do you want to meet with the Ye family of the Central Plains?"
"Absolutely not," Ye Kong said. "Zhou Quan has been lurking in our Ye family for more than ten years. Other than spying on the Ye family, he must be trying to find out the true identity of the umbrella man from 23 years ago. He deliberately leaked this information to alert the enemy and lead us to contact the umbrella man. If we really do that, he will have achieved his goal."
Alert the enemy and lead the snake out of its hole? After hearing Ye Kong's words, Ye Fan broke out in a cold sweat. This Zhou Quan is so insidious. No wonder he took the initiative to reveal his purpose. If Father didn't see through it, I'm afraid I would have fallen into his trap.
"Then what should we do now?" Ye Fan asked.
"Simple," Ye Kong said with a smile. "Deal with all changes by sticking to the status quo. Relax on the outside and tighten on the inside."
"Father, that Zhou Quan knows Earthmeld. It's impossible to guard against him. I'm afraid …" Ye Fan voiced his concern.
"You don't have to worry too much about that," Ye Kong said. "Everything has its own counter. Although Earthmeld is powerful, it's not like there's no way to deal with it."
"How do we deal with it?" Ye Fan asked.
"Ziyang Temple's Temple Master Qing Chenzi is a good friend of mine. Back then, when we were talking about the spells of the world, he mentioned the Five Elements Spell. Earthmeld was one of them," Ye Kong said. "It's actually not difficult to deal with Earthmeld. There are many ways."
"What ways?" Ye Fan was very curious. He really wanted to know how to deal with it. If he encountered an expert who knew Earthmeld in the future, he would be prepared.
"The principle of Earthmeld is actually very simple," Ye Kong explained. "It's a spell that allows one to walk in the earth. This spell can only allow one to walk one foot underground. To deal with this spell, one just has to harden the earth or use a talisman that can counter it."
"Harden the earth?" Ye Fan was very puzzled. "How do you harden it?"
"Silly boy," Ye Kong said with a smile. "You can lay a hard stone slab on the ground or mix gravel in the earth. In short, as long as you can harden the earth, it'll work."
"It's that simple?" Ye Fan felt incredulous. Earthmeld looked so magical, but it was actually so easy to deal with.
"The greatest truths are the simplest," Ye Kong said with a smile. "It's that simple."
"So that's how it is." Ye Fan suddenly understood.
"I've already ordered people to bury gravel and iron sand ten feet deep under the wall, and cast it with glutinous rice paste." Ye Kong picked up the teacup. "The garden has also been covered with an iron net and laid with bluestone slabs. Earthmeld won't be able to enter our Ye Residence now. "
"Then what about the trees?" Ye Fan asked.
"Trees have deep roots. Wood counters earth, so they won't be able to enter." Ye Kong said with a smile.
"What if you encounter an expert who knows Earthmeld in the future?" Ye Fan asked.
"Under normal circumstances, when you encounter such an opponent, you should first stand on top of a rock or gravel. That way, the opponent's Earthmeld won't be effective." Ye Kong said with a smile as he looked at Ye Fan. "But for you, I'm afraid that whoever uses Earthmeld will be very unlucky."
"Why?" Ye Fan's interest was piqued when he heard this.
"With your current cultivation and the Snake Shadow Sword, oh, no, it's the Frost Dragon Sword," Ye Kong said. As long as you completely freeze the ground, what can a mere Earthmeld do to you? "
"That's right." Ye Fan slapped his thigh. "When the time comes, I'll take advantage of the moment when the opponent uses Earthmeld to seal him in the ground with cold air. At that time, he won't be able to come out even if he wants to. Hahaha …" Ye Fan couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this.
"Stinky brat," Ye Kong scolded jokingly.
"By the way, Father," Ye Fan asked Ye Kong after he finished laughing, "Father, have you tried this Frost Dragon Sword before? How powerful can it be? "
"Of course I've tried it." Ye Kong said as he drank his tea. "With my current cultivation, I can seal an area of three feet in ice. It's half a foot thick. "
Ye Fan couldn't help but click his tongue when he heard this. He knew that his father's cultivation was powerful, but he didn't expect him to be able to activate the Frost Dragon Sword to such an extent. One had to know that his father, Ye Kong, didn't cultivate spirit energy, but innate vitality. Other than his grandfather, Ye Yun, his father was probably the only one with a mortal body that could reach such an extent.
"However," Ye Kong put down his teacup. "This Frost Dragon Sword seems to have a spirit. Every time I want to activate it to the extreme with my innate vitality, the cold air won't continue to rise at the critical moment. This sword seems to be a little unwilling."
"Oh? Unwilling? " Ye Fan was shocked when he heard this. When he fought with Yin Ji, he felt that something was wrong. After the battle at the ancestral mansion, after he obtained Xue Feng's spirit energy and activated it with eighty percent of his spirit energy, the Frost Dragon Sword showed signs of being unsealed. Although it wasn't completely unsealed, it was beginning to transform into a Frost Dragon Sword. When he was in the Great Snow Mountain, he had used ninety percent of his spirit energy, but the Frost Dragon Sword had just awakened. One had to know that his current spirit energy was far stronger than when he was in the ancestral mansion. This matter had always been weighing on Ye Fan's mind, and he had always wanted to ask his Brother Kim about it. Now that Brother Kim wasn't here, and his father, Ye Kong, mentioned the Frost Dragon Sword, Ye Fan told Ye Kong everything that happened at the Great Snow Mountain in detail, as well as the doubts in his heart.
"Jin Ji? Yin Ji? "Ye Kong frowned when he heard this." I've never heard of these two names. As for the situation you mentioned, I can't explain it. After all, you and I cultivate different techniques. If you have the chance to meet your Brother Kim in the future and ask him for guidance, he should be able to tell you the reason. "
"Right now, that's all we can do," said Ye Fan.
As the father and son were talking, they suddenly heard three loud bangs from outside. The two of them immediately went to the window and opened it to look outside. They saw three huge fireworks blooming in the darkness of Ye Kong's house. It was gorgeous and very beautiful.
"It's almost the new year. This year, you and Chiko should spend the new year with mother-in-law and Xiao Zhao." Ye Kong looked at the gorgeous fireworks outside the window and said, "This year, I'm going to the ancestral mansion to celebrate the new year. I'll leave tomorrow. I'll leave everything at home to you."
"Tomorrow?" Ye Fan asked Ye Kong. "There's still half a month before the new year. Father, why are you going so early?"
"Silly boy, have you forgotten?" Ye Kong laughed. "The battle more than a month ago has already ruined the ancestral mansion. Your Brother Kim and Sky Dragon have already razed the back garden to the ground. The battle three days later has even ruined the ancestral mansion. I'm going early to help your grandfather take care of the renovation of the ancestral mansion. Secondly, I'll tell your grandfather and the other branches of the Ye Family about the recent events so that they can be prepared." At this point, Ye Kong instructed Ye Fan, "After I leave, the house must be relaxed on the outside and tight on the inside. Do you understand?"
"Father, don't worry about it," said Ye Fan. "I'm not a child anymore. You must be careful on the way."
"It's okay. I know what I'm doing." Ye Kong said, "It's getting late. You should go back and get some rest. I'll be leaving first thing in the morning tomorrow. I won't be bidding farewell to Grandma and the others. Tell them that."
"Alright," replied Ye Fan. "Then you should rest early too, Father." Ye Fan then walked out of Ye Kong's room.
As soon as Ye Fan stepped out of the door, Ye Kong's smiling face immediately furrowed. He took the Inversed-Scale Sword from the wall and simply packed his bag. Then, he bent down and blew out the candles. He pushed open the door and walked to the back garden's wall, then leaped over the wall.
It was already late at night. Seeing that there was no one around, Ye Kong immediately used his movement technique and rushed in the direction of the ancestral mansion.
Those three huge fireworks were not set off by ordinary people. They were the secret signal of the Ye Clan. Different colors represented different emergency situations. The three colors just now were a secret summon for the heads of the various branches to immediately rush to the Ye Clan's ancestral residence without delay!
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