Chapter 270
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Upon hearing this, the three men’s expressions turned to astonishment.
Lei Chengtian laughed heartily, stepped forward, and grabbed Old Crane, saying with a smile, “Even if I don’t take off my disguise, Old Crane will surely recognize me. It’s unnecessary…”
“Yeah, yeah…” Wang Pengyuan and Xu Wenyuan chimed in, trying to laugh it off.
At this moment, Ye Wushuang’s expression grew even colder. He slapped the table and shouted, “If you still regard me as your lord, take off your masks!”
Seeing Ye Wushuang’s anger, the three men’s faces changed, and they quickly knelt on one knee.
“Take them off!”
Wang Pengyuan, Xu Wenyuan, and Lei Chengtian’s bodies trembled slightly, but they had no choice but to obey. They never defied their lord’s command, and they would have unhesitatingly taken their own lives if ordered to do so.
Xu Wenyuan slowly removed his veil, revealing his face.
However, when his true appearance was revealed to Ye Wushuang and Old Crane, both of them looked horrified.
Ye Wushuang slowly squatted down and gently touched Xu Wenyuan’s face with both hands.
“My lord… please… don’t look… it will scare you…” Xu Wenyuan tried to avoid his touch.
“Don’t move!”
Ye Wushuang immediately commanded.
His hands cupped Xu Wenyuan’s face.
It was a face so grotesque that it was almost nauseating.
Xu Wenyuan’s entire face was like it had been corroded, with decaying flesh and even visible blood vessels.
There were even tiny worms crawling on the rotting flesh, constantly devouring his flesh.
At that moment, while Wang Pengyuan hesitated, Ye Wushuang gently removed his veil.
Wang Pengyuan’s upper face was intact, but from the nose down, the flesh around his mouth was completely gone, leaving only bare bones extending to his neck, with no flesh at all.
Then, Lei Chengtian sighed and directly pulled off his hood.
With the fake mask removed, Lei Chengtian’s bald head was revealed, covered in terrifying scars as if it had been clawed thousands of times, leaving it bloody and raw.
When Old Crane saw Wang Pengyuan and Xu Wenyuan’s appearances, he couldn’t recognize them, but upon seeing Lei Chengtian, he exclaimed in disbelief, “You are… you are… Chengwen?”
Lei Chengtian gave a bitter smile and nodded.
At this moment, Ye Wushuang, looking at the three men, had bloodshot eyes, clenched fists, and his fingernails dug into his flesh, with blood dripping to the ground, yet he was completely unaware.
“My lord!”
At this moment, Wang Pengyuan, Xu Wenyuan, and Lei Chengtian all knelt down, bowing deeply.
“My lord, please calm down!”
Xu Wenyuan immediately tried to soothe him.
“Calm down?”
Ye Wushuang immediately stood up and growled, “In just five hundred years, the Ye clan, which I built with my own hands, has been almost completely slaughtered. Of you eighteen, some are dead and some are injured. How can I possibly calm down?”
“I had hoped that when I returned, I would see a prosperous Ye clan, see all of you eighteen become prominent figures on the Tianyuan Continent, and see you all living happily with your families. But what do I see now?”
Ye Wushuang grabbed Xu Wenyuan and said with a trembling voice, “Yuntian, you used to be so elegant and charming, a master of array techniques, a man as gentle as jade…”
Xu Wenyuan lowered his head at this moment, his expression dimmed.
Wang Pengyuan immediately said, “My lord, please calm down. It’s our incompetence!”
“Nonsense!”
Ye Wushuang scolded, “Am I blaming you? No, I am filled with hatred, hatred for those who destroyed the Ye clan and tortured you into this miserable state!”
At this moment, the courtyard was utterly silent.
After a long while, Ye Wushuang, having calmed himself, looked at the three men and said slowly, “Tell me, what exactly happened to you?”
As he spoke, Xu Wenyuan let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, “My lord, let us keep our veils on. Otherwise, it will make you uncomfortable.”
“No!”
At this moment, Ye Wushuang directly refused.
