"Wow, Young Master, your flying tower is so grand and imposing!"
Standing atop the flying tower, Ye Qingchan looked down at the figures that gradually shrank to the size of ants, her beautiful eyes filled with wonder.
"If you like it, I'll give it to you."
Ling Xiao sat cross-legged on a golden chair in the tower, while Feng Jiao'er brewed tea beside him. In fact, this flying tower was the lowest-ranked flying spiritual treasure in his possession. But the space of the Four Wildernesses simply couldn't withstand the pressure of his other spiritual treasures, so he had chosen to keep a low profile.
"Young Master is so kind to Miss Ye. And rightfully so—Miss Ye is incredibly beautiful and has such a lovely temperament. Unlike me, who's so clumsy…"
Hearing this, Feng Jiao'er couldn't help but sigh softly, a trace of resentment in her eyes. The loneliness on her face made people feel a touch of pity for her.
Ling Xiao let out a faint smile. This routine felt familiar. "Brother, you're so nice." "Brother, I'm so clumsy." "Brother and Sister-in-law are so happy together." "Brother, I shouldn't disturb you." Wasn't this just the usual line of a "tea art girl"? No wonder Feng Jiao'er knew how to brew tea.
However, if an ordinary prodigy in the Northern Wilderness saw Feng Jiao'er like this, they would probably immediately feel guilty, then pull her into their arms and comfort her gently: "What's so good about Sister-in-law? You're the best, Little Sister!"
"Qingchan, are you really not planning to go back to the Xuanjian Sect?" Ling Xiao picked up his teacup and suddenly smiled.
"Would Young Master bear to let me go back?" Ye Qingchan turned around, but there was not a trace of panic on her face. After spending these few days together, she had almost figured out Ling Xiao's personality. This Young Master from Shengzhou seemed cold and taciturn, but he always liked to seek some amusement from her—and Ye Qingchan had grown used to it.
"Boring." Ling Xiao shook his head helplessly, took a small sip of tea, and asked, "What about you? Do you also plan to go back to Shengzhou with me?"
"Ah? Young Master… Can I really go back to Shengzhou with you? Is it true? That would be such an honor for Jiao'er! Jiao'er has already said it before—from now on, I'll follow Young Master wherever he goes, unless Young Master doesn't want me anymore."
Feng Jiao'er covered her red lips with her jade-like hand, looking overwhelmed with gratitude. Ling Xiao couldn't help but smile at her reaction. This is more like it—this is the response I want!
"Hmph, shameless." Ye Qingchan walked to the edge of the tower, looked up at the clouds speeding past beside her, and fell into silence alone.
"Qingchan…" Ling Xiao stretched his hands over her shoulders and hugged her from behind. "Tell me about the Northern Wilderness. What forces are there in Qingfeng City?"
"Why don't you ask her?" Ye Qingchan pouted, as if still angry—but in her heart, she had already been thrown into a fluster by Ling Xiao's sudden tenderness. This bad Young Master always bullies me!
"I want to hear it from you."
"Hmph. Qingfeng City is a small city in the center of the Northern Wilderness, subordinate to the Great Yan Dynasty. There are many noble families there, and the Ye family is just a small one…"
From Ye Qingchan's words, Ling Xiao roughly understood the situation. The Northern Wilderness was vast, spanning tens of thousands of miles. The Xuanjian Sect was only located in a remote corner, considered a major sect in the northwest of the Northern Wilderness—but in the entire Northern Wilderness, it was far from being powerful.
In particular, the Four Great Dynasties, Six Ancient Sects, and Eight Noble Clans in the center of the Northern Wilderness each dominated a region. Among them, the Qianmei Sect was one of the Six Ancient Sects. The Ye family, however, was just a small noble family in the center of the Northern Wilderness, struggling to gain some fortune in the gaps between larger powers. As for Qingfeng City, it was just an ordinary mountain city where powerful cultivators rarely appeared on usual days.
But with the revelation of Ling Xiao's purpose for coming here, in no time, the most powerful forces in the Northern Wilderness had all sent their disciples to Qingfeng City, hoping to curry favor with this Young Master from Shengzhou.
Before Ling Xiao's arrival, many people had thought that the so-called "Shengzhou" was just a legend. After all, no one in the entire Northern Wilderness had been able to break through to the Po Wang Realm for hundreds of years. But Ling Xiao's appearance had once again confirmed the existence of Shengzhou.
Someone who could casually bestow elixirs to help others break through realms, and who had reached the Spirit Sea Realm at the age of seventeen or eighteen—this kind of peerless prodigy could never be from the Northern Wilderness.
If they could get on good terms with Young Master Ling Xiao, it would be an enormous fortune for any force in the Northern Wilderness. Anyone could see this from the examples of the Xuanjian Sect and the Qianmei Sect.
Now, the Xuanjian Sect had clearly become the sect with the deepest foundation in the Northern Wilderness. It had a Supreme Elder at the Xuanqing Realm, and a Sect Master's daughter who was going to Shengzhou with Young Master Ling Xiao. Within a hundred years, the name "Xuanjian Sect" would become a taboo in the Northern Wilderness!
The flying tower kicked up a gale and raced toward Qingfeng City at top speed.
At the same time, in the Ye family residence…
The head of the Ye family—Ye Qingchan's eldest uncle, Ye Liufeng—stood before the ancestral hall, burning incense and paying his respects. Behind him, all members of the Ye family stood with respectful expressions as they looked at the memorial tablets placed in the hall, but confusion lingered in their eyes.
Today wasn't an ancestral worship day. Why had the family head summoned all members of the Ye family here to worship so early in the morning?
Only a young man in white stood bored out of his mind in the corner of the crowd. There was neither respect nor restraint on his face—he just watched these so-called "family members" coldly.
This young man was naturally the cousin Ye Qingchan had mentioned, and Feng Jiao'er's former fiancé—Ye Fan!
To Ye Fan, this so-called "family" was nothing but a mere formality. When his grandfather was still alive, he could at least receive some cultivation resources. But now… even the servant dogs guarding the Ye family's gate liked to pick on him when they had nothing to do. Those cousins and cousins who had grown up with him didn't even bother to glance at him.
But it didn't matter. Sooner or later, he would make everyone in the family who looked down on him kneel before him and kowtow in apology.
Only… Where were you, Mother? Why did you disappear after leaving me with such earth-shattering fortune?
A faint glint flickered in Ye Fan's eyes, and his thoughts drifted beyond the Northern Wilderness. Undoubtedly, his mother must have left against her will. To protect him, she had even used her supreme powers to seal his bloodline.
And now… with the help of the Eight Desolations Glazed Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, the Northern Wilderness alone could never trap him. No matter where his mother was, he would find her!
"Family Head, you summoned us here—did something happen to the Ye family?"
In recent days, there had obviously been many more powerful auras in Qingfeng City. This made all the cultivation families in Qingfeng City feel extremely tense. Especially since there were rumors that the heirs of the Four Great Dynasties, Six Ancient Sects, and Eight Noble Clans had all gathered here, saying they were waiting for some "Young Master" to arrive.
But what kind of identity did this Young Master have to cause such a commotion in the Northern Wilderness? The Four Great Dynasties, Six Ancient Sects, and Eight Noble Clans—these were existences that were out of reach in the eyes of the Ye family members!
Otherwise, the Feng family, which had been just a small clan of a hundred people, would never have jumped to become the leading noble family in Qingfeng City after Feng Jiao'er joined the Qianmei Sect. That was the deterrent power of an Ancient Sect!
Of course, with the Ye family's strength, they were far from being able to come into contact with the top forces of the Northern Wilderness. So most members of the Ye family had no idea that a Young Master from Shengzhou had come to the Northern Wilderness.
"Today, Liu Yun sent me a letter." Ye Liufeng inserted the incense into the altar, then turned around to face the members of the Ye family.
"The glory of our Ye family is about to arrive!!"