"You pacing around there is useless, sit down quickly, you're annoying to watch," Yue Zhuohao said, frowning.
"Or should I contact the Jin family in the capital?" Yue Zhuoying spoke up.
Yue Zhuohao stood up and said, "What's the point of contacting them now? The most powerful Martial Saint in their Jin family is only half a step into the Great Martial Saint realm, can they come to protect us? I think we should find another way."
"I don't believe that with our Yue family's wealth, we can't find a half-step Great Martial Saint or even a Great Martial Saint," Yue Zhuohao said to Yue Zhuoqi and Yue Zhuoying. "Our Yue family is in its most difficult time, and I hope we can unite against the outside and completely eliminate the threat of Ye Bufan."
"I agree," Yue Zhuoying said, standing up first.
"I agree too," Yue Zhuoqi followed closely behind.
"I know quite a few martial artists, let's see if we can find a Great Martial Saint from the northwest to help, after all, the martial world bounty order is still valid, so we still have hope," Yue Zhuohao said.
Actually, when he said this, Yue Zhuohao felt a bit guilty. Martial Saints at this level were already uninterested in worldly matters; their eyes were only on martial arts.
Seeing this, Yue Zhuoying inwardly sneered: Even at this point, Yue Zhuohao is still being secretive. A Great Martial Saint from the northwest, he's clearly trying to find the Yue family's ancestor and use the ancestor's connections to have the ancestor's sect help them.
"I'll go personally," Yue Zhuohao said to Yue Zhuoying and Yue Zhuoqi after thinking for a moment.
"Big brother! Let's all go together," Yue Zhuoying narrowed his eyes and quickly added, "Qi Zi, you come too. This will show our Yue family's sincerity even more."
Yue Zhuohao was slightly taken aback, and his heart burned with anger.
If he went to the northwest alone, besides seeing the ancestor, it was also to evade Ye Bufan. If Yue Zhuoying and Yue Zhuoqi went with him, they would be too conspicuous and would be discovered by Ye Bufan very quickly, and it would be uncertain if they could even leave.
Yue Zhuohao's plan was to leave that very day and go as far as possible.
"Fine!"
Yue Zhuohao gritted his teeth, his mind racing, and he finally came up with a plan.
"We'll split up and take different flights, and meet in the northwest," Yue Zhuohao said. "This way, we can minimize losses."
Yue Zhuoying narrowed his eyes. Seeing how readily Yue Zhuohao agreed, his suspicions arose.
"What do you think?" Yue Zhuoying asked Yue Zhuoqi.
Yue Zhuoqi nodded and said, "I think Big Brother makes sense."
"Then it's settled. I'll arrange it immediately," Yue Zhuohao said, before the other two could ask further questions, he left the living room to prepare the car and book flights.
Yue Zhuoying watched Yue Zhuohao's receding back, his suspicions growing, while Yue Zhuoqi seemed to trust Yue Zhuohao.
"Let's go prepare now and leave Huzhou as soon as possible," Yue Zhuoqi said, then turned to go back to his room to pack.
Seeing this, Yue Zhuoying said to Yue Zhuoqi, "I'll go with you. I have some things to discuss."
...
After Ye Bufan left the farmstead that day, he went directly into Huzhou City and rested at the hotel arranged by Jin Yuchen.
Jin Yuchen had blocked the news, and coupled with Ye Bufan's disguise, no one recognized him.
In the battle with the five Martial Saints, Ye Bufan had guided heavenly lightning. After the lightning struck, besides killing Zhao Xi and the Song brothers, the lightning had also entered Ye Bufan's body, continuously devouring his true qi.
After the battle, Ye Bufan felt an anomaly within his body. The power of lightning was raging within him. Ye Bufan found Jin Yuchen, requested a place, and entered a state of cultivation.
The power of lightning was continuously devouring Ye Bufan's true qi. Ye Bufan was also startled. This situation was not mentioned in the scroll for the Chongxu Lei Jue.
Ye Bufan constantly absorbed the spiritual energy from heaven and earth into his body, converting it into his true qi. However, for every bit he converted, the lightning power devoured it. Ye Bufan dared not slack off, continuously absorbing, absorbing frantically.
For three days and three nights, they remained in this stalemate. A "crack" sound came from Ye Bufan's body, as if something had split. Then, Ye Bufan shot up into the sky and flew into the clouds on his sword. Immediately, heavenly lightning from all directions surged towards him.
"Rumble—"
Heavenly lightning entered his body. Ye Bufan controlled this lightning, and it began to consume the lightning within him.
"Hah—"
Ye Bufan let out a stern cry, and lightning power erupted outwards from his body. Instantly, the entire sky rumbled with thunder once more.
"Rumble—"
Comfortable, pure, even relaxed.
Ye Bufan felt the spiritual energy of heaven and earth entering his body, and his true qi nourishing his flesh.
"Hmm?" Ye Bufan suddenly felt a difference from before.
"Break!" Ye Bufan punched the air, discovering that his true qi had become much more domineant, and it also contained the power of lightning.
Previously, if Ye Bufan needed to combine the power of lightning with his true qi to unleash a technique, he needed to store the lightning power within his body. But now, the true qi converted from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth naturally carried the power of lightning.
"Could it be the Chongxu Lei Jue?" Ye Bufan looked at the changes in his body and suddenly understood what was happening.
"It seems that my 'Nine Revolutions Sky-Reaching Art' quietly transformed my body through the power of lightning while I was cultivating it."
Ye Bufan vaguely recalled that when he was cultivating the 'Nine Revolutions Sky-Reaching Art,' Lin Xiaoyao had mentioned that its benefits, aside from the cultivation speed, were something he would have to experience slowly.
"Could this be it?" Ye Bufan looked at his hands with suspicion.
"Let's try again!"
"Two Sleeves of Green Snakes!" The broken sword shot up from the ground, true qi attached to it, and the sword move instantly became incredibly sharp.
"Sword Qi Rolling Dragon!"
"Sword Splitting Mountains and Rivers!"
Ye Bufan continued one move after another. With a mere thought, the power of lightning was instantly amplified, and then it crashed open in the clouds.
"Awesome!"
Ye Bufan returned to the hotel on his sword, in high spirits. This change would increase his chances of winning in battle, even greatly enhancing the power of every move.
Half an hour later, Jin Yuchen knocked on Ye Bufan's door.
Jin Yuchen had also rushed to Huzhou in secret.
"Mr. Ye, the latest news is that the Yue family's Yue Zhuohao, Yue Zhuoying, and Yue Zhuoqi are preparing to flee to the northwest to seek protection from their ancestor and revitalize the Yue family," Jin Yuchen said, a worried expression on his face.