Ye Zixuan's ruthlessness made everyone present gasp.
This family head, though thirty years old, had fair skin and a handsome, refined appearance, looking no older than seventeen or eighteen. At this moment, he made the people from other families understand what true heartlessness was.
"Ye... Zi... Xuan, are you... helping a villain do evil?"
Nalan Yanqing did not expect Ye Zixuan to strike her so viciously. Enduring the intense pain, she mustered all her strength to say.
"The five great families have long suffered under the Bad People. You should disappear."
Ye Zixuan looked at Nalan Yanqing, his expression as calm as stagnant water, and said lightly, "You want to turn the five great families into docile sheep, but I don't want to be a docile sheep. The power over life and death is in your hands. My family and I want to control our own destiny."
"Nalan Yanqing, you are the woman I deeply love, but today, I will use your life to declare to the world that Ye Zixuan and the Ye family are irreconcilable with your Bad People."
With that, Ye Zixuan waved his right hand. A flying dagger made of blood jade shot towards Nalan Yanqing with terrifying speed.
Fast, too fast. Ye Zixuan's flying dagger was so fast that everyone present couldn't even see its shadow.
Nalan Yanqing wanted to dodge, but she couldn't see the approaching flying dagger clearly, making it impossible to evade.
Just as the flying dagger reached Nalan Yanqing and she was about to lose her life, Shen Lang, who had been silent and unnoticed, suddenly appeared in front of Nalan Yanqing. He quickly drew his Yi Xi Sword and slashed the incoming flying dagger back, saving Nalan Yanqing's life.
The flying dagger, sent back by the sword, returned to Ye Zixuan's hand. Ye Zixuan looked at the young man before him with shock and asked, "Who are you?"
"Shen Lang?"
At the same time, Nalan Yanqing saw the person who had saved her and said in surprise, "Why are you saving me?"
"Nalan Yanqing, although you have a domineering personality, you are not a bad person after all. Is there a problem with me saving you?"
Shen Lang looked at Nalan Yanqing, whose chest had been pierced by Ye Zixuan's punch, and sighed, "You have sustained a fatal injury. Besides me and my master, there is probably no one in this world who can save you. Fortunately, I was present; otherwise, you would have surely died."
Having said this, Shen Lang quickly drew three Taiyi Divine Needles and then used the 'Sheng Zi Jue' to quickly insert them into the triangular region of Nalan Yanqing's heart. This quickly restored Nalan Yanqing's rapidly draining life energy and stopped her bleeding, saving her life.
"Shen Lang, thank you."
Nalan Yanqing felt her condition had greatly improved and looked at Shen Lang gratefully, saying.
To be honest, Nalan Yanqing didn't like Shen Lang. She always felt Shen Lang was a troublemaker and wanted to deal with him when they were in Nanling. But she never expected that one day, when her life was hanging by a thread, it would be this annoying guy, Shen Lang, who would save her.
For a moment, Nalan Yanqing's emotions were extremely complex. Besides gratitude, she didn't know what else to say.
"It's nothing, just a small effort. You don't need to thank me specifically."
Facing Nalan Yanqing's gratitude, Shen Lang appeared very calm and said to her, "The situation now is beyond your control. Step aside. From now on, you don't need to do anything."
"Whether it's a path to life or death, whether you stand in the clouds or fall into the abyss, these are their choices. You don't need to interfere."
With that, Shen Lang helped Nalan Yanqing stand aside. Throughout this entire process, he had not clashed with Ye Zixuan.
The situation was unclear, and he would not clash with any faction at this time, nor would he step out to draw fire.
Ye Zixuan was initially displeased with Shen Lang saving Nalan Yanqing, but seeing Shen Lang step aside after treating Nalan Yanqing and no longer interfering, Ye Zixuan gave up the idea of killing Shen Lang on the spot. He then turned to the heads of the other families and said, "My attitude towards the Bad People just now is my attitude towards Nalan Yanqing. I, Ye Zixuan, declare that from today onwards, the Ye family is irreconcilable with the Bad People."
After speaking, Ye Zixuan said to a woman in red, "Bring me the property transfer agreement for the Ye family."
"Yes!" The woman in red, pointed to by Ye Zixuan, respectfully handed over the property transfer agreement. Ye Zixuan took it and quickly signed his name with a pen.
"Haha, Brother Ye shows great spirit. As expected, you are the youngest family head."
After Ye Zixuan finished signing, Zhao Shengtian walked up to him and laughed, "With a family head like Brother Ye, the Ye family will surely reach the pinnacle sooner or later."
"Guards, present one hundred units of Golden No. 1."
Zhao Shengtian commanded another woman in red by his side.
Hearing Zhao Shengtian's words, the woman in red immediately stepped forward, knelt respectfully before Ye Zixuan, and presented all the Golden No. 1 with both hands.
Seeing this, Ye Zixuan gave a look to a woman in black behind him. The woman in black immediately stepped forward and took all the Golden No. 1.
"Esteemed family heads, the Ye family head has made his choice. What do you say?"
After Ye Zixuan sat down, Zhao Shengtian looked at the heads of the other families and asked with a smile.
"Young Master Qi, something feels wrong."
While the other family heads were deep in thought, Kong Wudao, standing beside them, frowned and said to Qi Tuojiang, "If we agree to Zhao Shengtian, won't it be announcing to everyone that the five great families are colluding with the Killing Path Association? This is not good for us."
They could cooperate or collude with the Killing Path Association, but that would be in secret. Publicly, they still had to be at odds with the Killing Path Association.
After all, colluding with the Killing Path Association was an act against heaven. Once it was known to outsiders, they would be drowned in a torrent of curses.
"Young Master Kong, I understand your reasoning, and the heads of the noble families naturally understand it too. However, the gift the Killing Path Association is offering now is not just one unit of Golden No. 1, but hundreds. Each family receiving a hundred units of Golden No. 1 will create countless super-experts and elevate the family's strength to another level."
Qi Tuojiang said, "This temptation is too great. Let alone the family heads, even we might not be able to resist it. It seems the Heavenly Ascension Dragon Tower must hide some immense secret, otherwise, the Killing Path Association wouldn't go to such lengths."
"What secret could the Heavenly Ascension Dragon Tower possibly hide?"
Kong Wudao said noncommittally, "I only know that it's an ancient building that has been under construction for hundreds of years. It was jointly built by our several great families back then, and we never knew of any secrets."
"If there truly were any secrets, this place wouldn't have become a scenic spot, attracting millions of visitors every year. What is the Killing Path Association plotting? It's truly baffling."