Feng Quan's breath vanished completely, his eyes wide open, and he died under Wang Yao's sword.
Wang Yao dropped her long sword and sat on the floor, hugging her knees and crying.
Ye Bufan stood beside Wang Yao, saying nothing. The events of the past few days needed to be processed by her. Only when Wang Yao realized the dangers of the world could she be more cautious and motivated to become stronger.
After crying for a while, Wang Yao wiped away her tears with her hand, sat cross-legged on the floor, and began to cultivate.
Ye Bufan nodded, walked to the side, and also sat cross-legged, entering a state of cultivation.
The next morning, Wang Yao came to Ye Bufan's side and brought him food.
"Sir, I have no way to repay your two life-saving favors," Wang Yao said to Ye Bufan.
Before Wang Yao could finish, Ye Bufan waved his hand, interrupting her, and said, "Don't say all that nonsense. Just focus on improving your own cultivation."
Wang Yao hesitated to speak, but finally knelt down, kowtowed to Ye Bufan a few times, and turned to leave the forest.
Ye Bufan took a deep breath. Hanzhou had completely changed in the past few days. The Yue family had returned, and their old ancestor had come back, vowing to the outside world to avenge the Yue family.
Everyone speculated that Ye Bufan had gone to the capital, so the Yue family's ancestor had rushed to the capital to await Ye Bufan's arrival.
After his battle with the Wolf King, Ye Bufan felt a sense of urgency. Therefore, his plan to go to the capital was not rushed. He could improve his combat skills while heading to the capital.
After packing his belongings, Ye Bufan set off in the direction of the capital.
Traveling north for about a week, the speculation about Ye Bufan outside had become increasingly exaggerated.
Some said that Ye Bufan was afraid of the Yue family's ancestor. Others said that after fighting five Martial Saints, Ye Bufan was seriously injured and had already died from his wounds in the battle with the Yue family.
However, Ye Bufan still had a group of fans. Everyone believed that Ye Bufan was at most injured and hiding to recover, and that he would reappear to cause trouble for the Jin family in the capital.
Along the way, Ye Bufan noticed that in these mountains and forests, he occasionally encountered some exotic beasts, but their cultivation levels had not even reached the early stage of Qi Refining. There were also some teleportation arrays. He did encounter some exotic beasts with higher cultivation levels and some teleportation arrays, but these teleportation arrays were somewhat damaged, and some showed signs of activation.
On the eighth day, Ye Bufan had already entered the range of the capital.
As soon as he entered the capital's vicinity, Ye Bufan sent a message to Jin Yucheng, spreading the news of Ye Bufan's appearance in the capital.
At the same time, Ye Bufan posted his location on the dark web of the Jin Fang.
Ye Bufan, who had been silent for a week, suddenly appeared and left his coordinates online. What did this mean? It was a declaration of war on the Jin family, and also a message to the Yue family's ancestor: I'm not afraid of you. I'm right here. Come if you dare.
Ye Bufan chose to be in the suburbs again this time. However, it was at a place called the Green Bamboo Tavern in the suburbs.
As soon as he entered the tavern, everyone's gaze fell on Ye Bufan.
Ye Bufan found a corner seat and sat down. Not far away, several burly men were discussing animatedly, even taking out their phones, seemingly comparing him to verify if he was Ye Bufan.
The men looked at each other and communicated secretly via their phones.
"Yo, a new guest has arrived."
A woman's voice rang out. Ye Bufan looked up and saw a woman in a qipao walking up to him.
"Young man, here to drown your sorrows?"
Ye Bufan shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for someone."
Then, Ye Bufan spoke to the proprietress again, "Proprietress, if there's a fight here, how do you charge?"
"Hehehe~"
The proprietress giggled upon hearing Ye Bufan's words and asked, "How did you know I'm the proprietress?"
"Aren't you?" Ye Bufan retorted.
"Yes, yes, yes," the proprietress said. "My name is Ye Qingyi. If I'm not mistaken, you're the recently famous Ye Bufan, aren't you? What? Are you going to fight in my sister's tavern?"
Ye Bufan didn't expect Ye Qingyi to be so direct and bring up the matter in front of so many people.
"We're both surnamed Ye, so we're from the same family. I'll give you a discount," Ye Qingyi smiled at Ye Bufan. "We'll deal with things as they come. When you break anything here, sister will settle the bill with you."
After speaking, Ye Qingyi turned around, waved to a waiter not far away, and signaled. The waiter then brought over a bottle of green porcelain.
"This is our signature Green Bamboo Wine. Since Brother Ye has come from afar, this drink is on me, sister."
Ye Qingyi snapped her fingers. The waiter, still several meters away from Ye Bufan, rubbed the green porcelain bottle with his palm. The bottle began to spin.
Finally, the waiter flicked his fingers, and the green porcelain bottle flew towards Ye Bufan.
Seeing this, Ye Bufan calmly extended his right palm, and the green porcelain bottle obediently stopped in his hand.
"The way Green Bamboo Tavern serves wine is quite interesting," Ye Bufan said with a slight smile.
Ye Qingyi looked at Ye Bufan and said, "The wine at Green Bamboo Tavern is not easily consumed, nor are its guests. However, Brother Ye's skills truly impress me."
Ye Bufan circulated his true qi, and the wine in the green porcelain bottle levitated, transforming into a long, shimmering silver dragon. Ye Bufan moved his right fingers, and the silver dragon entered his mouth.
"Not bad! Good wine!" Ye Bufan said to Ye Qingyi. "The aroma is rich, but the alcohol content is not something ordinary people can handle."
The alcohol content of Green Bamboo Wine was high. Upon tasting it, Ye Bufan felt the potent kick and quickly circulated the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Gate Art to neutralize it.
Ye Qingyi observed Ye Bufan for a few minutes but did not see him show any signs of drunkenness.
So, Ye Qingyi glanced back at the waiter. The other party also gave Ye Qingyi a nod, indicating that there was no problem with the wine.
"Proprietress, I've finished the wine. When will you give me the menu?" Ye Bufan asked Ye Qingyi.
Ye Qingyi resumed her cheerful demeanor and smiled, "Right away, right away. I didn't expect Brother Ye to have such a high tolerance for alcohol. You've truly surprised me, sister. You know, very few people can remain sober after drinking my Green Bamboo Wine."
With that, Ye Qingyi took the menu and sat down next to Ye Bufan.
"Come, sister will introduce you to the dishes..."