C1 Crisis

A ray of afternoon sunlight shone through the wooden window onto the brick bed. Ye Yun opened his half-closed eyes and observed the familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings.

On an old wooden table beside him, there was a clay bowl emitting some steam. It was half a bowl of the yellowish brown liquid that was called medicine, and there was a silly voice of a young man telling him this.

After a long while, he sat up abruptly and downed the bitter pill in one gulp, gritting his teeth. "Since I'm already here, I might as well take it easy. I don't believe that I, Ye Yun, won't be able to make a name for myself here with my abilities."

After saying that, he jumped off the brick bed, inadvertently pulling the wound on the back of his head and body, almost causing him to scream out in pain.

He was originally a graduate student in the Fine Arts Department and had studied Chinese painting with his family's inherited skills. Due to his excellent grades, he had stayed in school to teach. Now, he had come to this strange place in a state of confusion.

This was the Holy Sky Continent. His current identity was that of the Great Sophora Tree Village of Sunset Mountain Town, a branch of the Darkhan Empire, which belonged to the Dongping Kingdom, Tai Prefecture, and Feng'an County. Peasant children.

The reason why he was so thick-skinned and added the word 'disciple' was because the original owner of this body was only seventeen years old this year.

The associate professor, who was surrounded by a group of beautiful girls all day, turned into a poor kid who even dogs despised. It took him two whole days to change this idea.

To be honest, he had been forced into a corner.

One of the female students had given him an ancient family seal, and during the time of watching he had discovered a flaw. As a seal carver, of course, he couldn't ignore this flaw, so he took out his beloved carving knife and carefully corrected that mistake. As a result, the moment the carving knife came into contact with the seal, it began to radiate light, and then he immediately fainted, and when he woke up, he found himself in a different world.

Two nights ago, the original owner of the body had been knocked down by someone at his doorstep and had died in the process of punches and kicks. It was then that he possessed the body to become the current Ye Yun.

The brick on the back of his head was very heavy, leaving behind two inches of wound and dozens of bruises on his body.

Creak …

The door turned, and the worn-out wooden doors opened from left to right. A fresh air assaulted his face, and he was immediately enlivened.

A dilapidated little yard, a low wall, an old locust tree that could not be considered strong or lush, and three or five broken houses, were all he had.

Just as they walked into the yard, a symbolic voice sounded from the wall, "Brother Yun Yang, why did you get off the bed? The doctor said that you're not lightly injured, you'll recover faster if you lie down. Did you drink the medicine just now?"

It was a young man with a strong head. His name was Wang Hu, and he was the Ye Family's tenant and neighbor.

"Yes, I've had some. It's uncomfortable lying down all the time. Come out and take a breath of fresh air." Ye Yunyang said with a smile, then asked, "Are you the only one in the family, where are Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang?"

Hu Zi replied, "Father has gone to work in the fields. Mother is going to the town to gather some herbs for Brother Yun Yang."

For many years, Ye Yun had been cared for by the Wang family. The two families were nominally employers and tenants but they were actually as close as family.

At this moment, loud footsteps came from outside, and more than a dozen people walked into the small courtyard. The one in the lead was an old man with a walking stick and an arrogant face, and seeing him standing in the yard instead of lying in the house, he forced a smile and said, "Eldest nephew, you've recovered?"

"I have troubled the elder for his concern, but nothing serious has happened." Ye Yunyang said expressionlessly. It was not that he did not know how to respect his elders, but from the memories that he had inherited, this group of old fellows was not worthy of respect.

The Great Sophora Tree Village was mainly named Ye and was of the same branch. The clan elder's name was Ye Dirong, which was the same as the village director.

He directly said, "Eldest nephew, your father has been missing for ten years, and you don't care. After some discussion, we decided to take back your family's land as the Ye family's land, and of course, we will also not ignore your death. We will also give you 300 Jin of grain and 2 taels of silver as allowance every year."

Someone immediately echoed, "Yun Yang, this is for your own good. You don't have the experience of managing tenants at such a young age, sooner or later you'll be tricked by others, so you still have to leave the field to us. You don't need to worry about anything, you don't even have to worry about food and clothing."

When his father left home, he had left behind twenty acres of fertile land and ten acres of woodlands. His annual income was more than thirty taels of silver, and three hundred catties of grain was worth at most a tael of silver. Adding the other two taels, it was only three taels of silver.

Looking at the group of old foxes, he said in a deep voice, "Tian was left behind by father. Before he left, he clearly assigned it to Uncle Wang Meng's family. Several of you have also witnessed it, so I don't plan on changing father's decision."

He sneered and said, "Eldest nephew, your father, Ye Feng, has been missing for a whole ten years. If it wasn't for uncle's curse, he would have already been gone for such a long time. Your family's field was given to him by the clan when he became a Spirit Diagram warrior. Now that he is dead, we have the right to take it back according to the clan rules. Of course, if one day he comes back, these lands will still be yours. "

What Ye Dirong said was indeed a rule of the Ye Clan. There was an unwritten rule in the Holy Sky Continent that those who went missing in the war for more than ten years could be deemed to have died.

Honestly speaking, both the previous Ye Yun and the current him did not think much of these acres of land, but they would not allow anyone to bully them. More importantly, once he handed over the land, Ye Dairong would immediately change tenants, and the Wang Family would be in trouble.

All these years, Ye Dirong had bullied Ye Yun's youth, taking care of these places more than once. It was because Wang Meng's family had tried their best to stop him, that he could not be bullied.

Wang Hu was extremely nervous. His family was only tenants, and in front of the Ye Clan, he did not even have the right to speak.

Ye Yunyang frowned and said, "Since the clan elder has brought out the clan rules, this junior remembers that there is another clan rule in the Ye Clan."

"Which one?"

He enunciated each word clearly, "The son shall inherit the father's inheritance."

Ye Dirong was stunned at first before he broke out in laughter. "Yun Yang, are you telling a joke? What kind of inheritance are you taking, unless you also become a Spirit Diagram Warrior, will you be able to do it? "

Everyone laughed. They all knew that Ye Yunyang was a piece of trash who had participated in the spirit diagram's enlightenment three times in a row and ended up in failure. Now that he was seventeen years old, if he could not pass this time, then he would never have another chance in the future.

"Whether it works or not, we'll know after we try." He was not angered by the ridicule from the crowd. Instead, he became even more calm and collected, saying, "What, could it be that you are afraid that I will pass tomorrow's Enlightenment Trial and come forward to make trouble? Clan elder, is this the case?"

Ye Dirong's old face flushed red and he snorted, "Nonsense, everyone here is a virtuous and respectable person of the Ye Family, how could they make things difficult for a little kid like you!?" Since you said it like that, I'll give you one last chance. If you can't use the Spirit Diagram tomorrow, not only will I take back your land, but I will also punish you for not respecting your elders, expel you from the Great Sophora Tree Village, and never come back. "

"Deal!" Ye Yunyang agreed without hesitation.

After the old foxes left, Wang Hu said worriedly, "Brother Yun Yang, why did you agree to take back the land? If they want to take it back, you can just give it to them. At worst, we can just go to another village and be their tenant." However, if you fail the Enlightenment tomorrow, you won't even have the most basic of rations left, how will you live in the future? "

He smiled calmly, "Don't worry, Hu Zi. I won't let them succeed."

They were not only referring to Ye Dirong, but also to the mastermind behind the murder the day before yesterday.

"I'm tired. I want to go in and rest for a while."

"Alright, Brother Yun Yang, you should go rest. I won't disturb you any longer."

Ye Yunyang returned to his room and closed the door. He opened the wooden chest beside the brick bed and took out a grey cloth bag. He opened it to reveal a unique bronze censer.

It was precisely this incense burner that had caused someone to want to kill his predecessor and put it into action.

The base of the censer was a wave and a lotus leaf, followed by a three-inch long lotus stem. On the censer was a budding lotus flower, the upper part of the bud half hollow, and a single petal could be removed to add spices to the hollow.

There were four ancient seals carved on the base: Green Lotus Tranquil Heart.

It was said that igniting a spice inside this incense burner not only multiplied the effect of the incense, but also had a very obvious calming and concentrating effect that dispelled the annoyance in the spirit diagram practitioners' hearts.

The fact that the Ye Family had the Blue Lotus Heart Cauldron had been inadvertently leaked by Ye Yun, and it had spread to the ears of the Sun family's young master, Sun Shiqi.

Sun Shiqi used her wealth to find him and buy a censer. The Blue Lotus Heart Calming Furnace was the only thing his father, Ye Feng, gave to his son after he left home. Of course, he wouldn't sell it easily.

After being rejected several times, Sun Shiqi turned angry from embarrassment and came back with the intention to kill.

He had thought that the weak Ye Yunyang would definitely die after receiving the news, but the next day, he received news that he was still alive. Sun Shiqi's plan had failed, and he had spent money to kill Ye Yunyang with Ye Dirong, which was why the old fox had come to seize the land.

Stealing land was Ye Dirong's plan. Not only did he get the Sun family's benefits, but he could also occupy 30 mu of good land. Why not? As long as he took the land back, he would pay for the grains and money he had promised. At that point, he could only take out his censer and exchange it for money to support his family.

Ye Yun had not thought of this before because he was too ignorant to the affairs of the world. He had seen through everything and losing his land would lead to a series of chain reactions.

Furthermore, Sun Shiqi did not hesitate to hire a killer to obtain a censer. It was hard to guarantee that he would not send another killer out. The only way to escape this predicament was through the spirit diagram.

In this world where the strong were respected, martial practitioners cultivated through spirit diagrams, obtaining tyrannical strength and being revered as spirit diagram martial practitioners.

The first step to becoming a spirit diagram martial practitioner was to gain enlightenment through the spirit diagram. As for his predecessor, he had already spent three years in the exam grounds, becoming the laughingstock of the entire village.