C6 You Have No Face to Go out

"Li Zhaodong."

Ye Yinian didn't conceal anything, as there was no need for secrecy.

"Li Zhaodong?"

Ye Feilong's fists tightened in anger.

Li Zhaodong was the patriarch of the Lee family, and also the father of Lee Qianyang.

First, Lee Qianyang had destroyed his dantian and left him severely injured, essentially killing him. Now, Li Zhaodong had severed his father's arm. The vendetta between their families had deepened considerably.

Their enmity was a matter of life and death.

Yet, he couldn't understand how his father, who was nearly equal in strength to Li Zhaodong, could have sustained such grave injuries.

Ye Yishan, standing to the side, explained, "Li Zhaodong, upon learning that your father was out, ambushed him with Lee Zhaodong and Lee Zhaoxiong, demanding that the Ye family relinquish half of our holdings on Fuxiang Street to the Lee family. Naturally, your father refused and a fight ensued. Unexpectedly, Li Zhaodong had advanced to the Martial Soul Stage and awakened his Martial Soul, which is a rat soul. It was his rat soul that clamped onto your father's arm, leading to Li Zhaodong severing it. By the time the Great Elder and the others arrived, it was too late. Had they arrived sooner, perhaps your father wouldn't have been so grievously wounded..."

"Are you suggesting it's my fault?"

The Great Elder, Ye Yinhai, interjected with a cold tone.

With a pained expression, Ye Yishan replied, "That's not what I meant."

"Hmph!"

Ye Yinhai snorted dismissively and added, "Li Zhaodong has long coveted our Fuxiang Street properties. With his recent breakthrough to the Martial Soul Stage, he was eager to strike. Yet the patriarch, despite knowing the Lee family had been targeting the Ye family, ignored warnings and went out anyway. If it weren't for your lost arm, I might even suspect you allowed the Lee family the opportunity to inflict these injuries on purpose."

"Brother Hai, what are you implying?"

Ye Yishan, standing at the doorway, couldn't contain his objection, "Who would intentionally seek out harm? My brother went out because he saw that Feilong's dantian was destroyed. He was seeking out Senior Wu in hopes of obtaining a Golden Lotus Pill for him."

"I'm even more furious now."

Ye Yihai's gaze swept over Ye Feilong as he spoke, "Old man Wu's Golden Lotus Pill sells for no less than 100,000 gold coins. Is this failure worth using a Golden Lotus Pill to save? Did he really think he became the world's greatest talent just by joining the Holy Dragon Sect as an outer sect disciple? He didn't appreciate the chance to be part of the Holy Dragon Sect and instead went around seducing female disciples. Now, his actions have become the talk of the entire Holy Dragon Sect and Cloud Forest City. Our Ye Family's reputation has been completely tarnished..."

"Great Elder, how can you say such things? Feilong is still a child, unaware of the ways of the world. We shouldn't drag him into adult affairs."

"Still a child? At sixteen? No matter who it is, if they make a mistake, they must own up to it and face the consequences."

"We all know the situation, and it's not entirely Feilong's fault. Even without Han Yu, Li Qianyang would have found a way to target him within the Holy Dragon Sect."

"First, Ye Feilong's Dantian was destroyed by Li Qianyang, and now Ye Yinian has been maimed by Li Zhaode. Both father and son have brought shame to our Ye Family, which is why I believe Ye Yinian is no longer fit to be our clan leader."

"Deciding who will lead the clan can wait until the annual family meeting at the end of the year. Right now, the urgent matter is the City Lord Mansion's Business Meeting next month. Li Zhaode has made it clear that if we don't concede half of our Fuyang Street properties, the Lee family will declare an all-out war against us."

"Let them declare war. We'll fight to the bitter end if we must."

"What do you know? The real fear is that we'll end up as the fish that dies without breaking the net. We are that fish. Given the past friendship between the Great Elder and Li Zhaode, I propose that the Great Elder should take over as our clan leader."

"That's preposterous."

"Who are you calling preposterous?"

"You!"

"Say that one more time."

"What, you want to throw down? Bring it on!"

"Shut up!"

The argument among the crowd escalated, and two individuals even rolled up their sleeves, ready to throw punches. Had Ye Yihao not intervened, a brawl would have likely broken out.

"A father and son, both disabled, and they still have the audacity to meddle in Ye family affairs?"

The room fell silent until someone sneered with a mocking undertone.

It was a whisper meant to be heard by all in the cramped medical room.

"Ye Feiling, what did you just say?"

Ye Feilong had been quietly observing everyone. He could endure the elders' disputes, even when they involved him, but he didn't have to put up with Ye Feiling's provocations.

In fact, the elders' constant bickering and calling him useless had left him feeling frustrated and resentful. Ye Feiling's comment provided Ye Feilong with the perfect outlet for his pent-up anger.

More importantly, Ye Yihao and his cronies had been quick to label him as useless, and Ye Feilong was determined to show these fools the true meaning of the word through Ye Feiling.

Ye Feiling, Ye Yihao's youngest son, would indeed be the most gifted and strongest among the Ye family's younger generation if Ye Feilong's dantian were truly beyond repair. The youth of Cloud Forest City had been ranked by talent, with Ye Feilong at eighth and Ye Feiling at tenth, sandwiched by Li Qianyan's brother, Li Qianfan.

With Ye Feilong's dantian destroyed, Ye Feiling became the sole representative of the Ye family on that prestigious list.

And so, Ye Feiling was brimming with pride.

"What's the matter? Does every word spoken here need the young patriarch's approval?"

Ye Feiling's lips curled into a sneer as he looked down on Ye Feilong with contempt. "You got duped by a woman, carried back like a lifeless dog, and now you've brought such disgrace upon your own father. You still have the gall to show your face? If I were you, I'd have already dashed my head against the wall in shame. Honestly, having someone like you in the Ye family is an embarrassment; you've made it difficult for me to even step outside."