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Chapter 334 - 297: The Grudge between Two Generations - Part 1

Chapter 334: Chapter 297: The Grudge between Two Generations - Part 1

"Are you sure?"

As Ye Zhen’s resolute words fell, before Ye Fan could refuse, Chu Ji spoke again, questioning Ye Zhen.

Hmm?

Hearing Chu Ji’s words, Ye Fan’s expression shifted slightly, looking at her with confusion.

In his view, Chu Ji should be very clear about the decision he would make.

And... judging from Chu Ji’s current tone of conversation, it seemed that as long as the Ye Family’s support was strong enough, she was considering letting him return to the Ye Family.

"Certainly!"

Although he was dissatisfied with Chu Ji negotiating on behalf of Ye Fan with himself, Ye Zhen was very clear about the significance and arrangement of Ye Fan’s return to the Ye Family’s future. As a result, he did not express his dissatisfaction and nodded firmly, "If Xiao Fan returns to the Ye Family, he will become the one with the greatest cultivation effort among the fourth generation of the Ye Family!"

"Give us some time to consider..." Chu Ji feigned contemplation.

"Auntie!"

Ye Fan couldn’t help but speak out. In his view, there were only two possibilities for Chu Ji’s behavior at this point. The first was that she was really tempted, and the second was that she wanted to tease Ye Zhen in this way. To him, he had no intention of returning, and as for... teasing Ye Zhen, he felt it was meaningless.

"Since that’s the case, I’ll take my leave now."

Ye Zhen felt a slight joy in his heart but did not show it on his face. Instead, he stood up with a look of anticipation, "Xiao Fan, I hope the next time we meet will be at the Ye Family Mansion."

Without responding, Ye Fan just frowned and watched Chu Ji, waiting for her to give him an answer.

Seeing this, Ye Zhen chose not to stay any longer and tactfully left.

"Don’t get worked up, I’m just giving you a suggestion. Ultimately, the decision is yours," said Chu Ji as soon as Ye Zhen had left the main room.

"Do you really want me to go to the Ye Family?"

Ye Fan looked at Chu Ji as if he had seen a ghost. Although he had been mentally prepared beforehand, he was still shocked to learn that Chu Ji really intended to do so.

"Yes."

Chu Ji nodded crisply.

"The Ye Family treated my mother and me so poorly back then, and Qin Yan ran to Dong Hai arrogantly, pointing at my nose and telling me to sever all ties with the Ye Family... and you actually want me to go to the Ye Family?"

After the shock subsided, Ye Fan’s emotions became somewhat agitated, his tone tinged with anger, "Are you joking?"

Chu Ji did not respond, seemingly understanding Ye Fan’s feelings but actually waiting for his anger to subside before having an open-hearted talk with him.

"You know me, I acknowledge Ye Wenhao as my father because I feel that he is genuinely remorseful for the past and indeed treats me as his own son, even willing to give up everything for me!"

As Ye Fan spoke, he became more agitated, "But what did the Ye Family do? Make amends? Haha... Do I care for their amends?"

"You don’t care." Chu Ji gave a bitter smile.

"And you?"

Seeing Chu Ji still able to smile at this point, Ye Fan calmed down a bit. Despite her seductive allure, Chu Ji was also cunning as a fox and wouldn’t aimlessly suggest he return to the Ye Family without a reason.

"I have two reasons for wanting you to return to the Ye Family, listen to me and then decide," Chu Ji sighed.

Without answering, Ye Fan gestured for Chu Ji to continue.

"First, as you said, when your mother found out she was pregnant with you, she went to the Ye Family to find Ye Wenhao, only to be met with scorn and ridicule by everyone in the Ye Family. In their eyes, your mother was just a village girl, a sparrow wanting to become a phoenix by climbing onto a branch!"

As she spoke, despite the years that had passed, Chu Ji was still indignant, feeling as if she could turn back time to accompany Ling Yun, Ye Fan’s mother, to the Ye Family and slap the Ye Family members in the face.

"Crack!"

Compared to Chu Ji, Ye Fan felt even more anger, clenching his fists involuntarily, and croaked out in a hoarse voice, "If that’s the case, then why are you still suggesting I go to the Ye Family?"

"Have you forgotten what Ye Zhen just said?"

Chu Ji scoffed, "He said that as long as you return to the Ye Family, no matter what path you choose, they will support you fully, and the level of support will be the greatest among the fourth-generation members of the Ye Family."

"You want me to take advantage of Ye Zhen’s promise to give them a taste of their own medicine?" Ye Fan wasn’t naive; he immediately grasped Chu Ji’s intention.

"Exactly!"

Chu Ji’s eyes sparkled as she said, "For those bastards in the Ye Family, what they least want to see is not you carving out your own niche in the world, but rather you being recognized by the Ye Family, taking over the resources that were originally theirs."

"Because, as the number one wealthy family, each of them is born with more than what ninety-nine percent of people could strive for in a lifetime. Your achievements may not be significant in their eyes. Furthermore, Ye Wenhao has done a lot for you; hence, even if you make some great accomplishment in the future, they will likely think it’s Ye Wenhao helping you from behind, not your own merit!"

"In such a scenario, unless you perform a miraculous feat, they will still look down on you in their hearts and won’t think they were wrong back then!"

At this point, Chu Ji’s tone turned ice-cold, "And your return to the Ye Family, being fully cultivated by them, will not only let you take advantage of their resources but also allow you to vent all your resentment and fury on those bastards, seeking justice for your mother!"

Ye Fan fell silent.

Although he coveted the full cultivation of the Ye Family, he had to admit that if he was fully cultivated by the Ye Family, he could indeed slap those Ye Family members hard in the face!

"Ye Zhen keeps trying to get me to return to the Ye Family, just because of the backing of my master," Ye Fan analyzed calmly.

"They might offer me some resources to win over and please my master. But if I were to vent my resentment and anger on the other family members, I doubt they would be willing, right?"

"The master is only one aspect," Chu Ji revealed astonishingly.

"Oh?" Ye Fan was taken aback, then puzzled, "What else do I have that makes me worth their while?"

"A whetstone," Chu Ji unveiled the mystery.

"A whetstone?" Ye Fan was confused.

"The Ye Family still occupies the position of Huaxia’s number one family to a large extent because that old geezer of the Ye Family is still alive. The overall quality of the Ye Family’s third and fourth generations is quite inferior to the Bai Family, including your father! Of course, I’m talking about the struggle for secular power," Chu Ji said with wisdom.

"But you are different. Everything you’ve done in Hanghu and Dong hai proves your capabilities. If you return to the Ye Family and are cultivated with a massive amount of resources, it will inevitably lead to jealousy and even conflict with the third and fourth generations of the Ye Family. In this way, you can act as a whetstone in the hands of that old Ye geezer and Ye Zhen, honing the third and fourth generations of the Ye Family, allowing them to grow rapidly and catch up with the Bai Family and other peers before the old Ye geezer passes away."

Ye Fan was once again silent, contemplating the possibility, the more he thought about it, the more probable it seemed.

"As you said, you do not covet the cultivation from the Ye Family, but you can take this opportunity to seriously strike at the third and fourth generations of the Ye Family, especially Qin Yan and her son, Ye Wenhai and Ye Long!"

Chu Ji sneered, "In a sense, you are a double-edged sword, able to achieve the goals of both Ye Zhen and that old Ye geezer, but also able to hurt them, and make them swallow their broken teeth!"

"And the second reason?" Ye Fan changed the topic and asked.

"For your own sake, and for your master’s," Chu Ji’s tone became somewhat complex.

"What do you mean?" Ye Fan was somewhat baffled.

"Although you are not keen on the Ye Family’s resources and cultivation, you have to admit that if the Ye Family helps, it will be much easier to erase Nanqinghong from the map of Huaxia!" Chu Ji said word by word.

Ye Fan’s brow quirked, he remained silent.

When he was in Hanghu, he first killed Qiao Bazhi and the people sent by the Nanqinghong Headquarters. Then he slayed Nanqinghong Crown Prince Lin Ao Feng and the genius of Hongwu Sect, Yang Qing, effectively making bitter enemies with Nanqinghong!

And after he arrived in Dong hai, although the design of Nanqinghong to assassinate him did not succeed, it still resulted in Situ Chen leaving this world. The two parties had reached a point of life-and-death conflict!

Whether to avenge Situ Chen or to return the favor to Nanqinghong, Ye Fan was determined to eradicate Nanqinghong!

Currently, although Ye Fan had managed to suppress Nanqinghong completely on the mainland through various means with the help of Pan Jueming leading Dong hai Gang, even pushing them back to the coastal and southwestern regions, it wasn’t an easy task to get rid of Nanqinghong in a short time.

As Chu Ji said, if the number one Huaxia family, the Ye Family, helped out, waving the banner of the organization, it would be much easier to eliminate Nanqinghong.

"Of course, this is just one aspect, or to be more precise, a premise," Chu Ji added when she saw Ye Fan’s silence.

"The so-called premise is that if you can eradicate Nanqinghong within a short period of time, then you can spend more time and energy on Cultivation, quickly improve your strength, and fully prepare for next year’s Qing bang competition, building momentum to eradicate the entire Qinghong!"

Ye Fan sighed inwardly.

A favor of a drop of water shall be repaid with a burst of spring.

An enemy gives me one knife; I return them ten!

This was his philosophy of life.

To him, because of the feud with Nanqinghong, because of the confrontation with the Bai Family, the Young Master Qinghong, Chen Feilian sent two Black Dragon Guards to assassinate him.

This event, he had never forgotten from beginning to end!

In his plan, he indeed intended to throw himself into Cultivation after eliminating Nanqinghong, striving to win the title in the Qing bang competition, not to let down Chu Xuanji, and to become a Supreme Strongman as soon as possible, then to settle accounts with Qinghong Headquarters!

"What did you mean by ’for the master’?"

After a long silence, Ye Fan recalled what Chu Ji had said earlier and couldn’t help but ask.

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