"Sister Qingcheng, quickly tell Sister Xun'er to stop. If she keeps hitting, someone will die," Huangfu Yun's voice echoed throughout the City Lord's mansion.
Ye Qingcheng's expression was extremely displeased. Ye Qingyi smiled and said to Ye Qingcheng, "Tell Xun'er to hit harder. If she can still yell out with the megaphone, it means Xun'er isn't hitting hard enough."
"Alright!" Hearing Ye Qingyi's instruction, Ye Qingcheng excitedly ran outside.
"Forgive me for letting you see such a spectacle, brother," Ye Qingyi said.
Ye Bufan shook his head. He wasn't very familiar with the hidden aristocratic families of cultivation in the outside world. This was a good opportunity to learn.
"How many hidden cultivation families are there in total?" Ye Bufan asked.
Ye Qingyi heard him and began to explain.
Although Blue Star had scarce spiritual energy, the ruins of cultivation, magical artifacts, and even cave dwellings left by the ancients were countless. Especially after the First Emperor, cultivators became fewer and fewer. By the Song and Yuan dynasties, there were basically no cultivators to be seen.
It was also from that time that martial artists began to appear in public, and a system gradually emerged. Today, there is a tiered system of Primary Martial Artist, Intermediate Martial Artist, Advanced Martial Artist, Martial Venerable, Grand Martial Venerable, Martial Saint, Grand Martial Saint, and Martial God.
The remaining cultivators were basically some cultivation sects or cultivation families. They all possessed a small world left behind by ancient sages and had entered these small worlds to live in seclusion.
Hearing this, Ye Bufan roughly understood. Lin Xiaoyao had mentioned that Blue Star might be the ruins of some ancient cultivation civilization, and when the time was right, various powerful legacies would emerge in abundance.
The realms of cultivators were divided into Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Separation, Spirit Transformation, Body Integration, Void Comprehension, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcendence.
The small worlds left by the sages that Ye Qingyi mentioned were actually created by those who had reached the Void Comprehension realm. They could open up a small world through an object. Within this small world, its size could vary depending on one's strength, and people could live there. This small world could be hidden within a speck of dust, a falling leaf, a tree, or a stone. Only those whose cultivation was higher than their own could detect it.
"So this Huangfu family came from one of these small worlds?" Ye Bufan asked.
Ye Qingyi nodded and said, "These small worlds are not many, and there is basically a competitive relationship between each small world."
"What? Brother, are you perhaps not from these small worlds?" Ye Qingyi asked.
Ye Bufan shook his head. Ye Qingyi's heart churned with disbelief – Ye Bufan was actually not from a hidden cultivation family or sect!
However, Ye Qingyi also thought of something chilling: if Ye Bufan was not from these hidden cultivation worlds, then what kind of person or power could cultivate such a young cultivator at the late stage of Foundation Establishment?
As they were talking, the commotion outside subsided. Soon, Ye Qingcheng walked in, dragging a bruised and swollen person and throwing him in front of Ye Bufan and Ye Qingyi.
"I'm so angry! This Huangfu Yun, he used to come once a week, and now he comes every three days. It's so annoying," Ye Qingcheng stomped her foot in anger.
Ye Bufan looked at the young man before him. With his bruised and swollen face, he had lost the handsome appearance he had when Ye Bufan first saw him at the door.
"I say, Sister Qingcheng, can't you hit a bit lighter? I rely on my looks for a living. I'm the face of our Huangfu family," Huangfu Yun said.
"I told you, don't bother me, don't bother me! Why did you bother me?" Ye Qingcheng said, sounding exasperated.
Ye Bufan observed Huangfu Yun. He did indeed have a similar aura to Huangfu Yujia, suggesting they were related.
"This is unfair!" Huangfu Yun exclaimed. "As a young master of the Huangfu family, I don't have the right to enter the City Lord's mansion, yet why can this stinking brat enter, and he even has the City Lord's mansion token?"
Huangfu Yun glared fiercely at Ye Bufan. Similarly, Ye Bufan was also looking at Huangfu Yun. The moment their eyes met, Huangfu Yun felt a chill run down his spine.
"This aura, it's so much stronger than mine!" Huangfu Yun immediately shut his mouth.
"Huangfu Yun?" Ye Bufan asked.
"That's me," Huangfu Yun replied. "I can feel that you are much stronger than me, but I warn you, don't lay a hand on me. If Sister Qingcheng hits me, I won't mind. If you hit me, I'll have the Huangfu family beat you back."
"Who is Huangfu Yujia to you?" Ye Bufan asked.
Upon hearing "Huangfu Yujia," Huangfu Yun was first stunned, looking at Ye Bufan with disbelief.
"How do you know my sister's name?" Huangfu Yun asked, then suddenly became very serious.
"Have you met my sister?" Huangfu Yun asked.
Ye Bufan nodded and said, "Yes, I have. We've even fought."
"What did you do to my sister?" Huangfu Yun's expression changed, and he cursed at Ye Bufan, "If you dared to hurt my sister, I will make you pay a heavy price. Tell me, what did you do to my sister?"
"She is well now. And she is living the life she wants," Ye Bufan said.
Ye Qingyi, having seen and experienced more, realized that Ye Bufan and Huangfu Yun knew the same person.
"Oh my, the world is truly small. I didn't expect you to have a mutual acquaintance," Ye Qingyi remarked.
Hearing that Huangfu Yujia was fine, Huangfu Yun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If it's the life she wants, then that's good."
Saying this, Huangfu Yun let out a wry smile and said to Ye Bufan, "Brother, if you ever see her again, could you relay a message for me?"
Ye Bufan nodded. Huangfu Yun spoke, "Please tell her that grandfather has reorganized the family. The Huangfu family will always welcome her home. Of course, if she doesn't want to come back, she should just live the life she wants."
"Okay," Ye Bufan replied.
At this moment, Xun'er walked in with some tea.
"Young Master Huangfu, do you have any business with my City Lord's mansion today? I heard from my sister that you have been harassing her," Ye Qingyi said. Xun'er handed a cup of tea to Huangfu Yun, who was on the floor.
"Hehehe, since ancient times, beautiful women attract gentlemen. I like her, so I naturally come to see her every day," Huangfu Yun said, gazing adoringly at Ye Qingcheng.