After Emperor Ye brought them back to the Imperial City of the Cangye Kingdom, everyone went back to their own places. Ye Futian and Yu Sheng followed Emperor Ye into the palace.
âThe Hundred Lands will probably get busy. What are your plans?â Emperor Ye asked while walking in the palace. After the trip to the Nandou Nation, the two parties had become much closer and were like a senior with juniors.
âYour Majesty, youâve been to the Ancient Barren World. Whatâs in there?â Ye Futian asked.
âIâve only been to the upper Ancient Barren World and not the lower one,â Emperor Ye said. âOther than the fate, chance, and secret realms, everything is the same to the outer world. They have clans, forces, and cities. There are people there from all over the Eastern Barren Territory. You can see it as a microcosm of the Eastern Barren Territory. However, itâs more dangerous and competition is fiercer. Murder is an everyday thing, so I suggest you wait until youâre in a high plane before visiting it.â
âThereâs no time,â Ye Futian said quietly. âEmperor Luo said he will declare war against the Cangye Kingdom. I donât think heâs bluffing. Luo Junlin will go cultivate at the Royal Xuan Temple too.â
âMy kingdom is not weaker than the Nandou Nation,â Emperor Ye said. If he wants to declare war, Iâll cooperate. Even without you, itâll come to this sooner or later. As for Luo Junlin, heâs troublesome indeed. Because of him, the other emperors will side with Emperor Luo.â
Ye Futian thought of the attitude from the Yunchu Nation and Yan Kingdom emperors earlier and chuckled. âIf they support Emperor Luo because of Luo Junlin, theyâre caring for the Nandou Nationâs reputation but arenât they scared of pissing me off?â
âYouâŚâ Emperor Ye gave Ye Futian a look. This guy was very talented but he was still in the Glory Plane with a long road ahead. Luo Junlin was different though. Heâd snatched the Noble fate and entered the Royal Xuan Temple. He already had one foot in the Noble Plane. Did they still have to choose? They still didnât have any news of the Ancient Barren World being opened up.
âIâm looked down on.â Ye Futian was a bit sad.
âTheyâll regret it,â Yu Sheng said seriously from the side. Emperor Ye glanced at him. He realized that Yu Sheng would become serious whenever something had to do with Ye Futian. He wondered what exactly their relationship was.
âYeah, I believe theyâll regret it too,â Emperor Ye said, nodding. âAlright, you two can go. They bid farewell and walked toward the mountain the imperial advisor stayed at. Hearing that Ye Futian and Yu Sheng were back, everyone walked out and gathered together.
Ye Futianâs eyes fell upon Hua Fengliu. He asked with anticipation, âMaster, has your life spirit recovered?â
âYes, we can make them pay for everything they did recently. Last time, who was the one that didnât want to be my disciple in the Guqin Gardens?â Hua Fengliu looked at Ye Futian with a knowing smile.
Ye Futian cursed inwardly, Like father, like daughter. That smileâŚ
âMaster, donât you know that I was doing it with you in mind? Plus, I helped get Masteress back for you,â Ye Futian said, looking at Nandou Wenyin. âOh right, whereâs my wife?â Hua Fengliu was still looking at Ye Futian so he changed the topic.
âDid I agree to that?â Hua Fengliu laughed.
âAre you going to bully your disciple as soon as your health recovers? Arenât you satisfied with such a great disciple? Plus, I already betrothed Jieyu to Futian. Donât you agree?â Nandou Wenyin said from the side.
Hua Fengliu glanced at her and muttered, âWhatever you say.â
Ye Futian blinked and moved to Nandou Wenyin. âMasteress is the best.â It seemed that he would have to stick to his masteress from now on.
âFutian, Jieyu is cultivating in isolation. After the imperial advisor cured your master, he busied himself with Jieyuâs cultivation,â Nandou Wenyin said gently. Hua Fengliu was still looking at Ye Futian dispiritedly. Their attitudes were way too different.
Ye Futian gazed at Imperial Advisor Mo He. He seemed to have aged considerably so Ye Futian asked, âWhat happened to Senior?â
âItâs all because of Jieyu. He wasnât even like this when healing your master,â Nandou Wenyin said, a little ashamed.
âPrincess, no need to worry. The royal familyâs life spirit is very strong. If Jieyu is evolving again, I will do whatever I can for her unique talent,â Mo He said with a sigh. âIf only I couldâve met her earlier.â
âNo one in Donghai City of Nandou Nation understood the royal life spirit, let alone Jieyuâs life spirit. We are fortunate to meet you,â Hua Fengliu also said. Mo He was the imperial mage of the Nandou Nationâs previous dynasty and went into war with the emperor. He was undoubtedly the one who understood the royal life spirit the most. His cultivated ability was special as well.
Ye Futian smiled at their words. It appeared that Fox was more talented than heâd thought. It was a good thing that she met the right teacher.
âHow was the Nandou Nation? Did you stir up a commotion at the Tingfeng Banquet?â Hua Fengliu asked Ye Futian.
âI only fought one battle.â Ye Futian shrugged. He wasnât that sort of high-key person.
âNo news of Headmaster Yi?â Hua Fengliu asked again.
âSenior Yi left safely after the Donghai City fight. If heâs still in the country, he should hear about us,â Ye Futian said. He was sure that Yu Shengâs exclamation would travel throughout the country.
âReally?â Yi Qingxuan gazed at him.
âThere was one winner from the nine battle platforms of the Tingfeng Banquet and all nine are regarded highly. But your man went up and stepped on one, punched another guy down, and then ripped apart a guy in the First level Dharma Plane. Then he yelled to everyone that he was Yu Sheng, a disciple of Yi Xiang, so what do you think?â Ye Futian said to Yi Qingxuan.
Hearing Ye Futianâs words, everyone gaped at Yu Sheng. He was too crazy! Yi Qingxuan looked at him with reddening eyes while he just scratched his head boyishly.
Yi Qingxuan walked up and hit Yu Shengâs chest with her small fists.
âCan you go somewhere else with your public displays of affection?â Ye Futian asked with a laugh.
âSure.â Yi Qingxuan smiled and pulled Yu Sheng away.
The others talked about what happened at the Nandou Nation and then Ye Futian went to cultivate.
The Ancient Barren World was about to open up, Luo Junlin was going to the Royal Xuan Temple to cultivate, and war was about to erupt between the Nandou Nation and Cangye Kingdom. Time was running out.
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Soon after, violence broke out at the border between the two nations and the Nandou Nation invaded the Cangye Kingdom. Of course, the Cangye Kingdom was well-prepared. They had an eye on the Nandou Nation so a big war erupted. After countless days, someone came from the Cangye palace, saying he was Yu Shengâs master. Ye Futian, Yu Sheng, Yi Qingxuan, Tang Lan, Hua Fengliu, and the others all came out to welcome the guest and saw Yi Xiang.
âFather!â Yi Qingxuan ran into Yi Xiangâs arms, tears flowing instantly.
âWhat are you crying for? You should be happy,â Yi Xiang said gently, patting his daughterâs hair.
âMaster.â Yu Sheng and Tang Lan walked up.
âSenior Yi,â Hua Fengliu and Nandou Wenyin called. Yi Xiang had entered the Nandou clan because of Ye Futian and Hua Jieyu. Heâd risked his own life to fight off the School of the Emperor Star headmaster to help all of them escape.
Yi Xiang looked at everyone and then said to Tang Lan, âTheyâre all family so what are you doing here?â
âMaster,â Tang Lan replied a bit awkwardly.
âSenior Yi,â Nandou Wenyin said, walking up. âIâve been thinking about Fengliu and Tang Lanâs wedding. Since youâre here now, you can host it personally.â
Everyone gaped at Nandou Wenyin. Even Hua Fengliu didnât know about this.
âWenyin, youâŚâ Hua Fengliu said.
âYou let Tang Lang down years ago. Do you want to do it again?â Nandou Wenyin asked while Hua Fengliu smiled wryly.
âYouâre talking nonsense.â Tang Lan stared at Nandou Wenyin.
âDonât be stubborn. You went through so much these years. Whatâs there to be insistent and reserved for? If you could move on, why did you buy the Guqin Gardens, take him in, and do so much for him?â Nandou Wenyin said. Tang Lan didnât know what to say.
Ye Futian watched all this, dumbfounded. His masteress was helping his master find another woman. He wondered if he should tell Jieyu to learn from her mother.
Seeing that Tang Lan didnât refute Nandou Wenyinâs words, Yi Xiang glanced at Hua Fengliu and said, âThis can do.â
âMasterâŚâ Tang Lan looked at Yi Xiang.
âYou went against me for him back in the day. Whereâs your courage now?â Yi Xiang said, looking hard at her. âDonât worry. With me here, no one can mistreat you. Iâll take charge of this. This can do.â He obviously understood his disciple. If she didnât feel strongly for him, she wouldnât keep Hua Fengliu by her side. However, without a title, she would have to leave sooner or later and live alone miserably.
âI think it can do too. Aunt Tang, Iâll have to call you Second Masteress from now on,â Ye Futian said. He was the clearest about this relationship. Since Masteress was willing to urge it on, there was no reason why it couldnât work out.
Yi Xiang looked at Ye Futian, his eyes approving the youth grudgingly.
Ye Lingxi walked over at this moment.
âPrincess, what are you here for?â Ye Futian asked.
âI heard that Senior Yi was here so I wanted to meet him,â Ye Lingxi said with a smile.
Yi Xiang was a bit confused. âYouâre too polite.â
âNo, itâs just that Senior Yi is a legend nowadays. My father would like to meet you too. In order to not disturb your reunion, my father prepared a dinner banquet to welcome Senior Yi,â Ye Lingxi said.
âOkay, I will go.â Yi Xiang nodded.
âThen Iâll leave now,â Ye Lingxi said with a warm smile and left.
âNot bad.â Yi Xiang eyed Ye Futian. Being invited personally by the princess and welcomed with a feast by the emperor was clearly not because of him. He also heard that Emperor Ye was even willing to go to war with Emperor Luo to protect Ye Futian.
âOf course. Iâm the disciple of the School of the Finance Star. I canât embarrass you, Headmaster,â Ye Futian replied, chuckling.
âThatâs logical. Letâs go.â Yi Xiang nodded and the group headed into the palace. Everyone smiled brightly because they were finally all here.
Emperor Yeâs dinner banquet would definitely have a great atmosphere.
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