Chapter 937
Regarding Pang Bing letting Ye Chu, an outsider, participate, no one said anything. After all, it would be best if the sealed place could be opened. If it could not be opened, what did it matter if there was one more or one less outsider?
Besides, if it was opened, each family would take their own things, which had nothing to do with Ye Chu.
The group marched majestically to the outside of a cave. Upon arriving, Pang Bing said to Ye Chu, “The sealed place is right inside this cave. You and Pang Shao go in. Once inside, find a way to break the seal.”
Ye Chu nodded, glanced around, and noticed that many of the younger generation were cracking their knuckles with excitement on their faces. They all wanted to open the heritage left by their ancestors, and once this heritage was extracted, it would naturally be used on them.
“What are you doing here?” Ye Jingyun was on the side. She had not seen him in the imperial palace just now, but instead saw him outside the cave. She was very surprised to see Ye Chu.
Ye Chu was not surprised that Ye Jingyun was here. The Ye family was considered an ancient noble family in the imperial capital, and they were probably involved in the events of that year.
“I knew you would come, and I was afraid you might be in danger, so I came to wait for you!” Ye Chu smiled.
Ye Jingyun curled her lips and said with great disdain, “These useless people in the imperial capital would pose a danger to me? You are underestimating me, are you not?”
Hearing Ye Jingyun’s words, the crowd could not help but feel angry. They glared at her one by one. Although Ye Jingyun was indeed beautiful, no one could stand being despised like this.
However, their rising tempers quickly subsided because Ye Jingyun’s aura erupted. The aura of an emperor shook the surroundings, vast like a thunderclap. As it vibrated, the pressure fell upon each of the younger generation. Ye Jingyun said disdainfully, “What? Does anyone have an objection?”
They were all as quiet as cicadas in winter. No one expected Ye Jingyun to be this strong, and this included quite a few older generation figures.
“When did this girl from the Ye family become so strong?”
“No wonder that old fellow from the Ye family has not shown his face these days, and even let this girl be here alone. Tsk tsk, this truly surprises me.”
“Is the Ye family going to recreate its former glory? Reaching this level at such a young age, she might even be able to compete on the path of the strong.”
“…”
Everyone was astonished by Ye Jingyun, shocked by her strength. How old was Ye Jingyun, yet she had reached this level, and could even contend with the disciples of those sacred grounds.
People like them in a place like the imperial capital had rarely seen such an outstanding figure. Thinking of this, they could not help but look at Murong Mietian. Murong Mietian was a few years older than Ye Jingyun, and perhaps in a few more years, even this most outstanding prince of the royal family in centuries would be left behind.
Of course, although Ye Chu had caused a huge uproar in the imperial capital these days, these people were all in the imperial palace and did not know how strong Ye Chu was, otherwise they would have been even more shocked.
“Ye Chu, help me keep a close eye on Pang Shao, and give him a hand if you can!” Pang Bing said to Ye Chu. The hope of the Pang family’s current generation rested on Pang Shao. Pang Shao had some talent, and he had not forced Pang Shao much over these years. However, the prosperous era had arrived, and no one could stay out of it. He only hoped Pang Shao could become stronger and have the power to protect himself, and the heritage of the Pang family was undoubtedly the thing that could most rapidly boost Pang Shao’s strength.
Ye Chu smiled, nodded, and walked into the cave together with Ye Jingyun.
The others also walked in together. Sure enough, after entering the cave, Ye Chu felt the power of the laws. Just as Pang Bing had said, when the younger generation walked in, their blood qi became richer, and their vitality increased a bit.
“The laws here are quite strange!” Ye Chu said in surprise, but immediately he paused. This power of the laws was somewhat similar to black iron, and it had a great effect on the primordial spirit. The increase in vitality that everyone felt was precisely because the primordial spirit had become active.
“As expected, the Great General had used black iron here!” Ye Chu could not help but feel excited. If he could uncover the secret of the black iron, that would be the best outcome.
“Ye Chu, we have arrived!” No one knew how long they had walked, but the group reached an underground location. It was a spacious place, looking empty at a glance, yet extremely bright. If they did not know they were underground, they would have thought they were in a huge square.
This empty space was a massive circle. Around the circle were some strange stones, and on the stones were carved paintings of mountains and rivers, people, birds, and beasts…
“This is the sealed place!” Ye Jingyun said to Ye Chu, looking at the empty space in front of them that contained nothing.
Ye Chu nodded, then turned to Pang Shao and said, “Your grandfather secretly said a few words to you before we came in. What did he say? Did he give you any clues?”
Pang Shao shook his head and said, “He only told me some secrets of the Pang family and told me to listen to you. He did not say anything else, so I suppose he does not know either.”
Hearing Pang Shao’s words, and seeing that the others were also completely clueless, Ye Chu thought that probably no one knew how to open the seal, and they would just have to figure it out themselves.
Ye Chu did not take it too much to heart. After all, so many years and so many generations had failed to open it. Could they really expect this generation to definitely succeed?
“You taught my seventh brother a lesson, should you not give me an explanation?” Just as Ye Chu was thinking about these things, Murong Mietian walked up to Ye Chu and looked at him as he spoke.
Ye Chu did not expect that what Pang Shao had said would actually come true. He smiled and looked at the other party, saying, “What kind of explanation do you want from me?”
“If everyone works together to open the seal, I will not make things too difficult for you. However you beat my seventh brother, you must beat yourself in the exact same way.” If Murong Mietian had not run into Ye Chu and Pang Shao, he would have been too lazy to bother with them. But since they were handed to him, if he did not teach them a lesson, he would probably have a hard time getting past his mother, the Empress.
“You are sick!” Ye Chu glanced at him and did not take him seriously. “Who the hell would mutilate themselves?”
“If you will not make a move, that is fine, I will help you!” Murong Mietian looked at Ye Chu and reached out to grab him. However, just as his hand was about to touch Ye Chu’s shoulder, Ye Chu’s figure leaped and instantly disappeared in front of him, leaving his hand grasping at empty air.
“Eh…”
Murong Mietian was somewhat surprised and looked at Ye Chu, saying, “I did not expect you to have this kind of strength. It is normal that my seventh brother suffered a loss.”
Ye Chu smiled, thinking to himself that only people in the circle of Huang Lin and Pang Shao knew he had reached the Xuanhua realm. Murong Mietian definitely did not know and only considered him an emperor, which was why he was acting so arrogant.
“It does not matter. The stronger you are, the harder I can hit you!” Murong Mietian looked at Ye Jingyun standing beside Ye Chu. “You will not stand up for him, will you? Although you have some strength, you are still not my opponent right now.”
Ye Jingyun stepped back a few paces and smiled. “Do not misunderstand, I have no intention of making a move. If you want to bully Ye Chu, go right ahead and bully him. Of course, the premise is that you are actually capable of bullying him.”
Murong Mietian naturally could not grasp the meaning behind Ye Jingyun’s words. He looked at Ye Chu, thinking to himself, what could be so difficult about dealing with Ye Chu?