Chapter 271
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Gazing at the three men, Ye Wushuang’s voice was calm yet cold: “I want to see you as you are now. I want to remember you like this!”
“I will engrave this image in my mind, and in the future, those who have done such harm to you will pay! They will pay in full, and more!”
The three men exchanged glances, their eyes gleaming with a flicker of determination.
In the past, they had narrowly escaped disaster and could only hide themselves within the Qingyun Empire, secretly amassing strength. Even in their current, barely human state, they had to worry about being discovered and killed.
But now, their lord had returned!
Wang Pengyuan spoke up: “Let me tell the story.”
“Over five hundred years ago, the Ye clan was at its zenith. My lord, you told us that you had to leave, but that you would one day return. The eighteen of us had our roles within the clan, and we were also its protectors. But… the change came in an instant.”
As he spoke, Wang Pengyuan seemed to fall into a distant memory, his fists clenched and his body trembling uncontrollably.
“On that day, some of us were outside the clan, while others were within. Suddenly, a group of Tiangang realm cultivators stormed the Ye clan’s residence. The entire Ye clan was surrounded by arrays, making escape impossible. Even worse, an invincible cultivator beyond the Wanfa realm struck, killing the brothers Wang Ming and Wang Jing in an instant.
The remaining eight of us prepared to lead the clan members to escape in batches. Yun Tian, Chengwen, and I managed to break through a corner of the array with over a hundred clan members, but we were still pursued. We left our families behind to hold off the pursuers, but they caught up with us anyway. Over a hundred Ye clan members were slaughtered, and the three of us were severely injured by a master of poisons.
But fortune favors the living. The three of us fled into the Qingtian Mountains and were swallowed by a fifth-stage spirit beast. Our pursuers assumed we were dead. Later, the spirit beast was killed by another beast, and we narrowly escaped with our lives. However, over these five hundred years, the toxins within us have halted our cultivation progress, and these scars have tormented us day and night.
But we remembered what you once said, my lord—that one day you would return with a new identity. We have been holding on ever since.
Later, we changed our appearances…” Here, Wang Pengyuan gave a self-mocking smile. “Actually, there was no need to change our appearances. In our current state, no one would recognize us.”
“We established the Soul-Devouring Hall outside the capital and gradually grew stronger. Eventually, we moved into the capital and renamed it the Dark Soul Hall, where we have taken root until today…”
At this point, Xu Wenyuan continued the story: “When we returned, we learned…”
“On that night, among the ten Question Heaven Guards within the Ye clan, only the two of us survived…”
“Yu Ke and Su Shuang tried to break through with some clan members, but none of them made it. They were all killed.”
“Nangong Yan and Nangong Qing, the siblings, were also killed. The other four… they’re all gone…”
Xu Wenyuan’s voice grew even more hoarse and sorrowful as he continued: “Later, we found out that of the eight Question Heaven Guards outside that night, Xu Wenxuan and Li Yunmo were also killed. The other six… most likely… are all dead.”
At this point, Wang Pengyuan and Xu Wenyuan knelt on the ground.
“My lord, we have failed you. We couldn’t protect the Ye clan. When danger came, we were completely unaware.”
Wang Pengyuan kowtowed repeatedly, saying, “My lord, we have failed you.”
“Get up!”
At this moment, Ye Wushuang’s voice carried a hint of reprimand.
The three men knelt with their heads bowed, tears streaming down their faces.
“I said, get up!”
Ye Wushuang repeated, “This is not your fault. The Ye clan was destroyed by forces you could not possibly resist. This is not on you!”
“But now… I… am back!”
