685: Chapter 462 685: Chapter 462 Huang Lei sneered upon hearing the other party’s words, “You don’t need to know who we are.
Who told you to be so unlucky?”
“Haha, when you’re dead, you can go ask Yama!”
“This idiot still doesn’t know who we are; seems like it’s no longer necessary for him to find out!”
“Does he even deserve to know who we are?”
Facing the arrogant words of these four men, Ye Qiu couldn’t help thinking that they were enemies with a vendetta against him.
He felt certain that they must be people monitoring the base, attacking him and planning to kill him, which surely had something to do with the base.
Maybe they had a grudge against someone at the base; just as they said, it was his bad luck to have encountered them.
It was also his carelessness; he had sensed the presence of strangers but had thought they were people from the base.
Regardless, he had to transmit the information to Ye Tian; he couldn’t die in such an unclear and unjustified manner!
“Killing me won’t be so easy; seeing as you operate in the shadows, you must regularly engage in such evil deeds.
If you want to rob me of my life and treasures, you should ask if I’m willing to let you first!”
While Ye Qiu spoke, he also unleashed his full strength without holding back, striking fiercely at his attackers and signaling to Ye Tian for help.
Huang Lei and his men sensed that the force emitted by their opponent had grown stronger.
They did not dare to be careless, trapping him within a formation, aiming to exhaust him to death.
“Hahaha, you think you can kill me?
Dream on!
Wait for my comrades; go ahead and try to kill me!”
Ye Qiu bought himself time while making his intentions clear, instilling the idea of retreat in his assailants.
Ye Tian had just parted ways with Jiang Tang and others, each returning to their respective abodes.
Ye Tian, of course, went home with Yan Weiwei to the house they had built; it was their home, as well as the future home of his father-in-law.
Yan Weiwei and a group of people had been out for a day or two, and the family members were worried about her having trouble outside during her cultivation.
In the past, Yan Weiwei would go out for five or six years without any news, leaving her family only with concern and anxiety, unsure about her well-being outside.
Even ordinary families would often encounter bandits and the like; they had their fears as well, being constantly harassed by bandits in the village.
They were even more worried about Yan Weiwei encountering trouble while leisurely outside; how could she not return for five or six years?
This time, coming to the base with her family, they had witnessed battles between cultivators, which not only broadened their horizons but made them aware that powerful people faced even greater challenges in combat.
Seeing Yan Weiwei and Ye Tian return safely with so many people was comforting at the moment.
Yan Weiwei had already agreed to spend a few days with her family, and now she informed them that she would leave with Ye Tian to the Imperial Capital in a few days.
Yan Weiwei’s family naturally had concerns.
Going to the Imperial Capital, their daughter, a girl from an ordinary family, following Ye Tian with no formal relationship, they feared being looked down upon for not matching in social status.
Ye Tian comforted Yan Weiwei’s family, ensuring them that with him there, there would be no problems.
His family was not forcing him to marry a noble daughter.
“A daughter is beyond her parents’ control once grown,” Yan Weiwei’s family understood they couldn’t stop her, as she was an adult, and they felt that a married girl could also pursue cultivation.
Yan Weiwei’s older brother and younger brother were both married; she, being in the middle, was yet to be wed, and the family naturally hoped she could have a proper status.
As Yan Weiwei was to follow Ye Tian to the Imperial Capital, her family couldn’t join them.
Even if they did, they would only be a burden; their wishes were to send their blessings.
The house had already been built; in fact, if Jiang Tang hadn’t needed time to turn the materials into Pills, and if he wasn’t waiting for the Pills to return with orders, he might have already gone back.
Yan Weiwei had just reunited with her family for over ten days when she left again for several days.
Ye Tian also didn’t want Yan Weiwei to follow him back so soon; after all, the folks in the Imperial Capital could wait.
Upon receiving the distress message from Ye Qiu, Ye Tian immediately relayed the message to Yan Weiwei and then flew into the sky to rescue the imperiled.
Yan Weiwei’s family members were baffled by Ye Tian’s sudden departure.
After Yan Weiwei had explained the situation, they understood that even high-level cultivators could feel threatened when lower-ranking individuals ganged up on them.
Ye Tian’s capabilities were, of course, beyond comparison to Ye Qiu’s.
When he left, he also sent a message to Jiang Tang, then pressed the travel button on his Identity Jade Token.
As soon as he left the base and soared into the sky, he could sense traces of a battle taking place in the high skies a dozen miles away.
When those with Ye Qiu saw people coming to help, Huang Lei and his companions were shocked.
They were only a dozen miles away from that location.
If the other party used Magical Treasures or high-level voice transmission Spell to send messages, they could convey information from a distance.
They realized their plan was not thorough, approaching the base so closely and stopping the enemy.
They should have waited until the enemy found lodgings and then attacked.
Feeling the pressure of an assault from afar, Huang Lei and his companion deliver their most forceful final blow at Ye Qiu.
“Bang bang bang”
Explosions echoed through the air, as clouds of smoke spread everywhere from high above, obscuring the visibility.
They could only sense the enemy’s location with their Divine Sense.
Ye Qiu sensed the enemy wanted to escape, so he could only attack from behind once more.
Those decided on fleeing followed their old method of banditry: when encountering a stronger opponent, they would flee if they could not win, scattering in different directions.
The enemy couldn’t catch and track them all individually.
If one of them happened to be unlucky enough to be tracked, then it was a reflection on their poor character.
Huang Lei and his companion were not initially injured but sustained minor ones during their escape.
Regrettably, they could not inflict any harm on their adversaries, yet they themselves got lightly wounded.
Now they had to flee, as far away as possible, never to let the enemy catch them or learn of their intentions.
General Ye Tian approached Ye Qiu, relieved to see that this family guard had not received even the slightest injury.
“Young General, I am incompetent and yet again require your protection,” Ye Qiu admitted.
“It doesn’t matter.
Are you heading back to the family now or to the designated rendezvous point?” Ye Tian asked.
“The General instructed me to deliver the items and then proceed to the rendezvous point to await the Young General for our return to the Imperial Capital.”
“Ah, then come with me.
It’s not safe for you alone out here.
We’ll head to the base, and in a few days, we can return together.”
“Yes,” Ye Qiu was naturally curious about the base and the level of Cultivation amongst its inhabitants.
Ye Tian took Ye Qiu back to the base, also introducing him to his father-in-law’s residence.
When Ye Qiu met a beautiful woman there, he was delighted to learn she was General Ye Tian’s girlfriend, Yan Weiwei, introduced to him by Ye Tian himself.
“Greetings, Young Madam!” he said warmly.
Yan Weiwei…
I’m still not Ye Tian’s wife, yet this man greets me so sweetly with that title, she thought.
It felt like she quite enjoyed being called that.
Ye Tian…
That’s good, progress at least.
Now off you go, invite some of the Ye Family members to call Yan Weiwei ‘Young Madam’ a few times, and she will truly become one of us.
It meant that the Ye Family members were informed that when Ye Qiu addressed Yan Weiwei as ‘Young Madam,’ Yan Weiwei had indeed received recognition from Ye Tian’s family.
Yan Weiwei graciously entertained Ye Qiu, treating him as if he were at home.
Ye Qiu noticed that Yan Weiwei’s family members were not particularly skilled and lacked a Spiritual Root, so he discreetly inquired Ye Tian about it.
Learning that even ordinary people could cultivate using a Secret Manual, Ye Qiu felt that his journey had not been in vain.
In his family, not every member had a Spiritual Root; those with higher abilities took on more prestigious positions, while those with lesser capabilities were consigned to fulfilling tasks, acting as workers or kitchen hands.
As a branch member of the Ye Family, there were those in Ye Qiu’s household without Spiritual Roots who were relegated to menial tasks within the family, effectively becoming the Ye Family’s workers.
Upon discovering that even mortals could undergo Cultivation, Ye Qiu was delighted.
He asked Ye Tian if he could obtain a copy of the Secret Manual for ordinary folks practiced by his in-laws and family members.
Upon hearing Ye Qiu’s words, General Ye Tian revealed he had already reviewed the manual meant for non-Cultivators and memorized it in his mind a few days prior.
He had taken great effort to study the Secret Manual in order to teach it to Yan Weiwei’s family members.
Ye Tian promptly created a copy of the Jade Slip for Ye Qiu and provided him with some blank Jade Slips, encouraging Ye Qiu to make additional copies.
Ye Qiu happily accepted this task, knowing that by copying these Manuals he could enable those in the Ye Family Army who were unable to cultivate to begin their own Cultivation journey.
This broke the hardship of only those with a Spiritual Root being able to cultivate first, significantly strengthening their military branch.
There were also mortals in the army who could not cultivate; they could only learn martial arts to use physical strength in lieu of the spells of Cultivation.
When on missions, they faced difficulties when confronting Cultivators.