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Chapter 664 - 591 The Ending Is Predestined

Chapter 664: Chapter 591 The Ending Is Predestined

Just when Ye Fan led Chu Ji and others to welcome Emperor Bai and Jiang Ying,

in the banquet hall located on the south side of Yanjing, the elder—who dined with the attendees—briefly spoke a few words after eating and then left the dining hall first, accompanied by his secretary.

His departure also signified the end of the banquet. The other attendees began to stand up, ready to leave.

"Secretary Ye, I heard that your son spectacularly defeated the Yanhuang Organization’s genius, Leng Feng, during the Qing bang tournament, dazzling all around. My congratulations to you."

In the dining hall, when Bai Guotao saw Ye Wenhao getting ready to leave, he quickly stood up, strode over, and said with a smile.

Swish!

At the sound of Bai Guotao’s words, everyone involuntarily looked over and saw Bai Guotao standing in front of Ye Wenhao, smiling broadly.

Hm?

This scene suddenly shocked the bigwigs in the dining hall, and then they all began to ponder.

The rivalry between the Ye Family and the Bai Family was common knowledge among those in official circles.

And the struggle between Ye Wenhao and Bai Guotao for the Dragon Throne was also no secret in these circles.

Now, with Ye Fan successfully extending Old Master Ye’s life, the Ye Family held the absolute advantage. Ye Wenhao had been transferred from the Southeast Asia Special Zone to take up a post in Emperor City, which meant he was at his final stop before the ultimate ascent.

It seemed that the contest had no suspense left.

In such a situation, Bai Guotao’s initiative to speak these words to Ye Wenhao in such a setting definitely warranted deep thought.

After all, at a certain level of officialdom, every word spoken, every action taken, is for a purpose—usually a political one!

Let alone Bai Guotao talking to Ye Wenhao?!

Even outsiders felt that Bai Guotao’s intentions were as insincere as a weasel’s New Year greetings to a chicken; conversely, Ye Wenhao himself was well aware.

"It seems that Secretary Bai is quite interested in the Qing bang tournament?"

Even though he was aware of Bai Guotao’s ulterior motives, Ye Wenhao responded unperturbedly.

"I wouldn’t say concerned, just that my nephew broke through the Gang Qi Introduction Realm today and called me. I casually asked about the Qing bang tournament and heard of your son’s extraordinary feat!"

Bai Guotao deliberately slowed down his speech, saying this while observing Ye Wenhao’s facial expressions.

Emperor Bai broke through the Gang Qi Introduction Realm?!

Upon hearing Bai Guotao’s words, Ye Wenhao was greatly shaken internally, and despite trying hard to control his emotions, the muscles at the corner of his eyes twitched severely, betraying his unease.

"Ah, is that so? Congratulations to your nephew then. I have matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave now."

With those words, Ye Wenhao did not wait for Bai Guotao to reply and quickly left the banquet hall.

He needed to confirm with Ye Fan as soon as possible whether Emperor Bai had indeed broken through the Gang Qi realm!

"Heh, Ye Wenhao, you always value your son above all else, don’t you? Now, with Little Emperor breaking through the Gang Qi realm, your son’s life hangs by a thread. Given your son’s temperament and style, he will surely answer the call to battle as agreed! When that time comes, considering how much you prize your son, you will definitely go to Mount Tian without hesitation to dissuade your son from the life-and-death battle with Little Emperor!"

Watching the retreating figure of Ye Wenhao, Bai Guotao smirked to himself.

The important meeting convened on the south side of Yanjing would continue for another day tomorrow.

If Ye Wenhao chose to abandon the meeting to stop the battle between Ye Fan and Emperor Bai and go to Mount Tian, it would be equivalent to forsaking his chance to ascend to the top—whether it is the bigwigs on stage or the people below, no one wants Huaxia’s future ruler to be a foolish monarch who blindly acts on impulse and private emotions without considering the bigger picture!

After all, many examples from ancient times serve as cautionary tales—the most classic being the beacon fires as a jest for princes, King You of Zhou, who, for a smile from a beauty, eventually lost his kingdom!

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Ye Fan was unaware of Emperor Bai’s successful breach into the Gang Qi Introduction realm, nor did he know that Bai Guotao had already used this information against Ye Wenhao.

Just as Ye Wenhao ended his conversation with Bai Guotao and swiftly left the banquet hall, Ye Fan, accompanied by Chu Ji and others, had departed the entrance of the Tian Shan Sword Sect and, facing Emperor Bai and Jiang Ying, headed directly toward his residence.

Ahead, the figures of Emperor Bai and Jiang Ying became increasingly clear, the distance between them shortened, but Ye Fan made no attempts to avoid them.

One hundred meters, fifty meters, ten meters...

Finally, the two parties met, stopping ten meters apart!

"Hey, someone’s life is in danger, and yet you still have the leisure to be accompanied by so many women. Are they here to collect your corpse?"

Jiang Ying was the first to speak.

Today, she was first publicly slapped by Su Liuli, then her sneak attack failed miserably, nearly being slain by a single slap from Su Liuli!

All of this was the greatest humiliation in her life, leaving her with a terrifying degree of hatred towards both Su Liuli and Ye Fan—wishing she could immediately shred them to pieces to quench the fury in her heart!

And now, having learned of Emperor Bai’s breakthrough, how could she hold back upon encountering Ye Fan and the others?

"You little bitch, who are you talking to?"

Seeing Jiang Ying staring hostilely at herself and her group and making implications, Su Jindi immediately stepped forward and pointed at Jiang Ying, angrily demanding an answer.

"Where did this little beast come from? Do you think you have the right to speak here?"

As the genius of the Jiang Family, Jiang Ying always regarded herself highly. No matter where she went, she was the center of attention. How could she tolerate being scolded by a weak Su Jindi?

"Jiang Ying, if you feel you haven’t had enough slaps, I don’t mind giving you a few more!"

Su Liuli’s expression turned cold as she stared straight at Jiang Ying. She had shown mercy earlier in the day by sparing Jiang Ying’s life, but that didn’t mean she would tolerate Jiang Ying buzzing about endlessly like a fly.

"Heh, you should worry about how to commit suicide tomorrow to accompany the Evil Emperor’s Disciple in the afterlife!"

Jiang Ying heard this and couldn’t help but shudder with anger, and then she couldn’t help but sneer coldly, looking at Ye Fan and Su Liuli with eyes like one looks at a dead person, she provocatively said, "Oh, I almost forgot, the Evil Emperor too. He’s going to accompany them in death!"

"Little girl, you can eat food recklessly, but you can’t speak recklessly."

Chu Ji finally spoke up, recognizing Jiang Ying and knowing she was stirring up trouble. She had no intention of responding, but upon seeing the other party’s insult to Chu Xuanji, her expression suddenly turned cold.

"Speaking recklessly? Heh, do you really think the Evil Emperor’s Disciple stands a chance?"

Jiang Ying snickered coldly, then raised her head and looked askance, exuding an air of superiority as she said, "Emperor Bai has already successfully challenged the Gang Qi Introduction Realm. If he wishes, he can break through at any time and will possess the fighting power of the Gang Qi Introduction Realm! There is no suspense in this battle—Emperor Bai will cut him down as easily as slaughtering a chicken!"

Emperor Bai broke through the Gang Qi Introduction Realm?!

The next moment.

Aside from Ye Fan, people like Chu Ji couldn’t help but cast their gazes toward Emperor Bai.

Like Jiang Ying, Emperor Bai held his head high, completely ignoring everyone’s stares.

"Little girl, his aura is clearly only at the Half-step Gang Qi realm, yet you say he’s broken through the Gang Qi Introduction Realm. Do you take us for three-year-old children, easily deceived?" Chu Ji, after sensing for a moment, sneered coldly.

"Old woman, don’t you know that realm can be suppressed? Oh, right, someone like you, who could only dominate the Qing bang in an era without geniuses and where cultivation was in decline, wouldn’t know such secrets."

Jiang Ying looked at Chu Ji with the disdain of a city dweller toward a country bumpkin, and said contemptuously, "However, you can ask the Su Family bitch beside you. She once encountered Shaolin Shi Yongsheng, who did exactly that. In that fight, if she hadn’t been lucky, she would have long been reporting to the Yama Palace."

Swoosh!

Hearing Jiang Ying’s words again, Chu Ji and Su Liuli’s expressions didn’t just turn angry as before, but drastically changed!

As a leading figure among the younger generation, Emperor Bai, known to be unbeatable below the Gang Qi Introduction Realm, could totally protect himself even against full-force attacks from those in the Gang Qi Introduction Realm.

Under such circumstances, they were well aware that if what Jiang Ying said was true, and Emperor Bai had successfully challenged the Gang Qi Introduction Realm and could break through at any time, possessing the fighting power of that realm, then it would be a very dangerous situation for Ye Fan!

Su Jindi intended to strike back at Jiang Ying, but seeing the very serious expressions on Chu Ji and Su Liuli, he realized something was amiss and wisely held his tongue.

Even though Su Yuxin didn’t know the power difference between Emperor Bai before and after the breakthrough, she too could see the unease on Chu Ji and Su Liuli’s faces and looked worriedly at Ye Fan.

"Big brother, can you win?"

Situ Ruoshui, with her simple mind, asked Ye Fan directly, her eyes full of worry, her hands tightly clenched together, appearing extremely nervous.

Could he?

Both Emperor Bai and Jiang Ying looked at Ye Fan.

Among them, Emperor Bai looked at Ye Fan as if seeing a dead man, while Jiang Ying’s face was full of mocking smiles.

Could he?

Chu Ji and Su Liuli were worried sick; they both had a rough idea of Ye Fan’s strength—if Emperor Bai hadn’t broken through, they were convinced Ye Fan could win, but now that Emperor Bai was breaking through amidst the fight, it filled them with deep unease.

Could he?

Su Yuxin, Su Jindi, and Situ Ruoshui, being too weak in cultivation and too inexperienced, couldn’t grasp the gravity of the situation, they just gazed at Ye Fan, waiting for his answer.

"Buzz~"

The answer for everyone came in the form of a phone’s vibration.

Ye Fan was about to say something when he heard the vibration and, sensing something in his heart, took out his phone and saw it was a call from Ye Wenhao.

"Xiao Fan, I just heard that Emperor Bai has broken through to the Gang Qi Introduction Realm. Is that true?"

As soon as the call connected, Ye Wenhao’s anxious and worried voice came from the earpiece. Not only Ye Fan heard it clearly, but the others did as well.

"It’s probably true."

Ye Fan gave his answer, as he didn’t think Jiang Ying had lied just now. After all, lying would be useless and would only make one a laughingstock.

"Xiao Fan, one can’t arrogantly claim to be strong until reaching the Gang Qi realm. Emperor Bai was originally very powerful, and now that he has broken through that realm, he must be even stronger."

On the phone, Ye Wenhao paused and then spoke up with a heavy tone, "To be on the safe side, you don’t have to fight him to the death—there’s no rush when the green hills are still there; there’ll always be wood to burn."

"Dad, this fight not only represents me but also my master and the entire Ye Family."

Ye Fan spoke slowly as if answering Ye Wenhao and also addressing everyone, "I can’t turn away from this fight, nor will I lose!"

"But..."

Ye Wenhao wanted to say something more.

"Dad, please trust in your son."

Ye Fan looked up at the sky, softly interrupting, articulating every word, "Whether it’s Emperor Bai or the Bai Family, all their death throes are in vain, the outcome is already determined!!"

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PS: I am out of town attending a childhood friend’s wedding. Friends have gathered, some of whom I haven’t seen in years. I couldn’t escape a fierce round of toasting, which ended up with me drunk. Woke up at five in the morning thirsty, washed my face and have been writing until now, finally managing to produce two updates.

I’ve posted both updates together. I will be returning home by noon and it will be very late by the time I arrive, so there will be no more updates today, sorry.

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