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Chapter 377 - 337: Assisting in Summiting, Changing Destiny

Chapter 377: Chapter 337: Assisting in Summiting, Changing Destiny

At dawn, when the first ray of morning light pierced through the horizon from east to west, Ye Fan slowly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp, and the surrounding airflow dispersed.

"The forty-fifth Power Seed is about to be saturated, and once it is, I can strike the forty-sixth vital acupoint and create the forty-sixth Power Seed, stepping into the Innate Great Success Realm of Martial Arts Cultivation," Ye Fan mused with anticipation flashing in his eyes as he felt the surging Power within him.

Last night, after returning to the Courtyard, he first used the Pure Yang Qi in the Power to completely heal his injuries, and then he spent the whole night in meditation, absorbing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to replenish the Power he had consumed.

"If my Martial Arts Cultivation had been at the Innate Great Success Realm during last night’s fight with Ye Long, my movement technique would not have been far inferior to Ye Long’s. Then, even though my Magic Cultivation had not broken through to the Innate Great Success Realm, I could still dodge using my movement technique and fight Ye Long by leveraging the Flying Knife Assassination," Ye Fan thought.

Recalling last night’s battle, Ye Fan clearly understood that though the Flying Knife Assassination controlled by Mind Power was strange and lethal, boosting his combat strength significantly, he mustn’t forsake Martial Arts cultivation because of this trump card; both needed to complement each other, particularly focusing on enhancing the practice of his movement technique.

Only then could the power of Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts be fully demonstrated.

"I wonder how Jue Ming’s injuries are recovering?"

After planning for his future cultivation, Ye Fan got up and walked toward the room where Pan Jueming was staying.

Because last night Chu Ji had completely catalyzed the Nirvana Pill’s effects for Pan Jueming, Ye Fan didn’t add gratuitously to that by using Pure Yang Qi for healing Pan Jueming; instead, he let Pan Jueming absorb the medicinal power of the Nirvana Pill to recover from his injuries.

Ye Fan walked to the window of the house and saw Pan Jueming sitting cross-legged on the bed, still in a state of Meditation Cultivation, and Pan Ying was sleeping beside him.

The morning light shone on Pan Ying’s bare face with tear stains, her eyebrows slightly knit, looking fearful and anxious.

Seeing this scene, Ye Fan understood that everything that happened last night was like a nightmare for Pan Ying, one that would take a long time to forget and might possibly never be completely forgotten.

Initially, after Situ Chen died, Situ Ruoshui was also traumatized. Fortunately, Ye Fan unintentionally stimulated her ’Mental Body,’ and through the miraculous Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array, she generated a Mind Power Seed and became an Innate Mage, strengthened her Consciousness, and was no longer affected by that nightmare.

Whoosh!

Perhaps sensing Ye Fan’s presence, Pan Jueming suddenly opened his eyes and saw Ye Fan standing by the window; he hurriedly got out of bed.

Upon seeing this, Ye Fan stood up and walked to the door, pushing it open and entering.

"Mr. Ye," Pan Jueming greeted as usual.

"How are you feeling?" Ye Fan asked.

"The external injuries have almost healed; the internal ones still affect me a bit."

As he spoke, Pan Jueming couldn’t help but marvel inwardly at the magic of the ’Golden Healing Pill’ and ’Nirvana Pill,’ which seemed to defy the common saying that broken bones take a hundred days to heal.

What he didn’t know was that although both the Golden Healing Pill and the Nirvana Pill were precious elixirs, especially the Nirvana Pill, known as the Healing Holy Medicine, the quick recovery of his injuries was mainly due to Ye Fan’s Life-bound Essence Blood.

Last night, when Pan Jueming was hanging by a thread, Ye Fan had saved his life with his own Life-bound Essence Blood. After returning to the Courtyard, while Chu Ji catalyzed the Nirvana Pill’s medicinal power inside Pan Jueming, she also helped catalyze the Pure Yang Qi-filled Life-bound Essence Blood from Ye Fan.

"The medicinal power in your body hasn’t been fully absorbed yet. Once it’s all absorbed and you’ve recovered for a while, you will be healed," Ye Fan said with a smile, choosing not to explain the reason to Pan Jueming.

Pan Jueming nodded, hesitated, and then asked, "Mr. Ye, was everything okay at the Ye Family Mansion last night?"

"It was fine."

Ye Fan spoke seriously, "Moreover, you don’t have to worry; the Ye Family won’t target you and your family because of what happened last night. Furthermore, from now on, they will absolutely not dare to trouble you again."

"Thank you, Mr. Ye."

After a moment of surprise, Pan Jueming looked at Ye Fan with deep gratitude.

"Haven’t I told you not to be so formal with me anymore?"

Ye Fan chuckled bitterly. If not for last night’s events, he might have simply treated Pan Jueming as a loyal subordinate, but Pan Jueming’s selfless action against Ye Long, knowing it was tantamount to delivering his own death, deeply moved Ye Fan. Moved by this, Ye Fan came to regard Pan Jueming as a friend in his heart.

"I know, but you not only saved me, you also indirectly protected my family..." Pan Jueming wanted to say more, but seeing Ye Fan’s stern look, he swallowed the rest of his words.

At the same time, Pan Jueming couldn’t help but be curious: How had Mr. Ye achieved all this? Even if he had returned to the Ye Family, it was unlikely that he could have established such distinguished status and power within the Ye Family in such a short time, right?

There was no answer.

Even when the Pan Family had not fallen yet, the Ye Family had always been a mysterious and strong presence in Pan Jueming’s eyes. Now, even though through Ye Fan he was gradually touching the fringe of this powerful clan, he still felt far, far too distanced from the circle where the Ye Family resided...

As Pan Jueming’s curiosity surged, the unattainably high Family Head of the Ye Family, Ye Zhen, driven by a remark left by Ye Fan last night, pondered deeply for most of the night. Early in the morning, he took a car to the Ye Family Mansion to report his thoughts to Ye Yuanshan.

As the sun fully rose, Ye Zhen arrived at the entrance of the Ye Family Mansion in a car bearing one of Huaxia’s most prestigious license plates.

"Regards to the officer."

The guard on duty at the gate, seeing Ye Zhen step down from the car, saluted and greeted him promptly.

"Has the old officer risen yet?" Ye Zhen nodded slightly, then asked.

"Officer, I don’t know if the old officer has risen. Please go in and ask Secretary Wang," the guard said somewhat awkwardly. He had replaced someone for the night shift and had been standing there until now, not having even entered the inner courtyard, so he had no way of knowing whether Ye Yuanshan had gotten up.

Ye Zhen, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but laugh drily, feeling his own nerves had been wound tight by Ye Yuanshan too.

Two minutes later, Ye Zhen passed through the outer courtyard and the middle courtyard and arrived at the inner courtyard, where he immediately saw Ye Yuanshan pacing back and forth with a pair of jade beads that Ye Fan had given him, his eyebrows slightly furrowed and appearing somewhat conflicted.

"Dad."

Seeing this, Ye Zhen knew what Ye Yuanshan was conflicted about and approached with a wry smile to greet him.

"Why did it take you so long?" Ye Yuanshan glared at Ye Zhen and then headed towards the study first.

Ye Zhen was slightly taken aback.

Seeing this, Secretary Wang came up and whispered, "The old chief hardly slept last night and has been pacing in the yard since dawn."

Hearing Secretary Wang’s words, Ye Zhen could only smile wryly. He nodded at Secretary Wang and followed Ye Yuanshan into the study.

Upon entering the study, Ye Zhen noticed the room was full of the smell of smoke. Moreover, a new ashtray on the desk was crammed with many cigarette butts.

This discovery made Ye Zhen’s expression change: "Dad, you smoked last night?"

"Hmm, thinking too hard, needed to smoke to organize my thoughts," Ye Yuanshan admitted, as there was no hiding it.

"Secretary Wang said you hardly slept last night and smoked so much. Can your body handle it?" Ye Zhen was worried.

Ye Yuanshan waved his hand dismissively, "Cut the nonsense, tell me the result of your thinking last night."

"Hmm."

Ye Zhen, hearing this, knew that Ye Yuanshan wouldn’t rest until he had made a decision, so he carefully arranged his words and said, "I thought for most of the night and believe that his words have two meanings."

"What two meanings?" Ye Yuanshan’s eyes brightened.

"First, he has seen through our decision—to strip Wenhao of his successor status. Second, he knows that many people consider him Wenhao’s bad omen, convinced that he will bring Wenhao down and ruin his political career."

Ye Zhen said solemnly, "But according to him, far from being a burden on Wenhao, he will assist him greatly.

"He did mean that."

Ye Yuanshan was not surprised that Ye Zhen understood the meaning of Ye Fan’s words; on the contrary, it would have been strange if Ye Zhen hadn’t figured it out.

"Dad, you didn’t sleep all night, probably because you were thinking about whether to change your mind, right?" Ye Zhen asked with a wry smile.

"What do you think?" Ye Yuanshan counter-questioned, indirectly answering Ye Zhen’s question.

"He is Wenhao’s son and, like Wenhao, values loyalty and righteousness. This can be seen from the way he handles things," Ye Zhen thought for a moment and said, "This means his resolve is beyond doubt. The key is whether he can achieve this."

"Do you think he can?"

Ye Yuanshan asked the question that most troubled him, the one that had kept him up all night.

"Very difficult, almost impossible."

Facing Ye Yuanshan’s expectant look, Ye Zhen answered, "His abilities and tactics are undoubtable. If he pursued the military, political, or even business spheres, he could succeed. But...he is a martial artist who seeks the Martial Arts path. The Martial Arts World is filled with complexities, and his sharpness is too extreme; no one can guarantee he won’t falter. In the Martial Arts World, a single failure could mean disaster. Even if he doesn’t intend to bring trouble to Wenhao, Wenhao would surely not stand by."

"Moreover, he secretly controls the Dong Hai Gang. Although there isn’t sufficient evidence of his involvement in illicit activities, it could eventually come out, which would be extremely dangerous for Wenhao."

"Lastly, he has too many enemies, including political families like the Bai Family, global underworld organizations like Qinghong, and Martial Arts Sects like the Hongwu Sect and Wudang Sect. Even if he stops provoking these enemies for Wenhao’s sake, they are unlikely to let him go. And given his nature and style, he isn’t one to sit and wait for doom.

He might ensure victory once, twice, three times, but he can’t guarantee a win every time. A single loss would mean losing everything."

"Sigh...you are right, no one can ensure they won’t make mistakes, and for him, every mistake could be fatal. And once he makes an error that results in disaster, Wenhao will likely abandon everything to stand up for and avenge him," Ye Yuanshan listened and couldn’t help but sigh.

"But then again, if he saw through our petty tricks and vaguely suggested we use Chu Xuanji’s favor to have Yan support the Ye Family, what if we decide to depose Wenhao later on and someone else reverses that decision? What then?"

"Since both options carry risks, we have only two choices, either bet on one side, which is risky and could result in complete failure if we bet wrong, or play dumb for the time being, watch his performance, and if he fails, and Wenhao disappoints us again, we then make a decision. It’s not easy to allocate resources this way, after all, we can’t strongly support both him and Wen Hai at the same time."

Ye Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "For safety’s sake, I personally recommend the second option."

"Hmm, but prioritize resources for Wenhao," Ye Yuanshan thought for a while and finally made a decision.

Ye Zhen seemed surprised, "Dad, it seems you still have some confidence in him?"

"If he can help Wenhao reach the top, I will die without regrets!"

Ye Yuanshan laughed heartily, full of anticipation.

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