Devouring Soul Emperor

In Lianshan County City, the Ye Family, as the head of the Four Great Clans, was used to acting like tyrants. However, the only ones they feared were the Great Xia Dragon Guards!

"I hit you first? Who saw it?"

Sun Daxiong scanned the second floor. Everyone his gaze fell upon quickly lowered their heads, pretending they knew nothing.

On one side was the Ye Family, head of the Four Great Clans. On the other, the Great Xia Dragon Guards.

Any fool knew that getting involved in such a dispute was just asking for death!

"You... you people..." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

At this point, Ye Can was so angry he was speechless.

’This is a complete frame-up! It’s just blatant fucking bullying!’

Just then, a few Great Xia Dragon Guards happened to be passing by downstairs. The one in the lead was Old Peng, the very same captain Chu Qingyun and the others had met on their first day.

Sun Daxiong stood by the window and shouted down, "Old Peng, wait up! Help me throw this guy in a cell for two months!"

As he shouted, Sun Daxiong casually tossed Ye Can down.

"The hell? What was that!"

Something suddenly fell from the sky, and Old Peng and his men instinctively jumped back. As a result, Ye Can hit the ground with a THUD.

Seeing that it was a person, Old Peng looked up. "Sun Daxiong, what kind of trouble are you causing now?"

"Hehe, it’s one of the Ye clan. He attacked a Great Xia Dragon Guard Captain," Sun Daxiong said with a chuckle.

Down below, Old Peng smiled knowingly. He ordered one of his subordinates to haul Ye Can away. Clearly, this wasn’t the first time he’d done something like this...

Ye Can had his arms and legs broken, and now he was being dragged away by the Great Xia Dragon Guards!

His lackeys all forced themselves to their feet. Scrambling and crawling, they dragged their broken limbs back toward the Ye Family estate.

They couldn’t bear the responsibility for something like this. They had to hurry back and report it.

The woman Ye Can had brought with him also let out a shriek and ran away.

Witnessing this, many people in the crowd were cheering inwardly.

Although the Great Xia Dragon Guards were just as domineering as the Four Great Clans of Lianshan County City, they were bound by strict rules.

Generally speaking, it was rare for a Great Xia Dragon Guard to go out of their way to bully people, especially those with no status or power.

The members of the Four Great Clans, however, were different. Bullying the weak and fearing the strong was practically in their nature. The less power and status you had, the more likely you were to be their target.

So, when it came to reputation, the Great Xia Dragon Guards were leagues ahead of them.

The brawl in the restaurant had destroyed many tables and chairs and scared away numerous customers. The owner of Songhe Tower stood to the side, his heart pounding with fear.

He couldn’t afford to offend a Great Xia Dragon Guard Captain, nor could he afford to provoke a young master of the Ye Family.

From Ye Can’s earlier words, both Sun Daxiong and Xia He could tell that Ye Qi was likely in real trouble.

They didn’t know Ye Qi well, so it would have been inappropriate for them to keep listening. They volunteered to stay behind and handle the aftermath and compensation, letting Chu Qingyun and Ye Qi leave first.

Walking through the streets of the County City, Chu Qingyun couldn’t help but recall a similar scene a few months ago in Qingshan City.

Back then, however, they were both only Level 6 or 7 Martial Artists.

But now, Chu Qingyun was a Level 8 Martial Master and a Great Xia Dragon Guard Captain. Ye Qi had also broken through the Martial Artist Realm to become a Level 1 Martial Master.

"Chu Qingyun, what’s your power level now? You beat Ye Can so badly he couldn’t even fight back. You haven’t reached Level 9 Martial Master already, have you?" Ye Qi asked, breaking the silence.

Chu Qingyun smiled. "Not Level 9 yet. I’m a Level 8 Martial Master."

"Freak..." Ye Qi stuck out her tongue. "I always knew you cultivated fast, but I didn’t expect you to still be this fast in the Martial Master Realm. I’m only a Level 1 Martial Master."

Advancing one’s Realm wasn’t just a matter of having enough Primordial Stones and Primordial Spirit Liquid; it also depended on one’s talent and foundation.

The reason Chu Qingyun broke through without any hindrance was that he had opened up a Qi Sea ten thousand meters in diameter, possessed superhuman talent, and had an extremely solid Martial Dao foundation.

"By the way, Ye Qi, what was all that stuff Ye Can was saying earlier?" Chu Qingyun asked with a frown. He felt that Ye Qi must be in some big trouble.

Her not mentioning it before was probably because she didn’t want to drag him into it.

Ye Qi wrung her small hands together. After a moment’s hesitation, she shook her head. "Forget it. It’s not something you can solve."

"How do you know I can’t solve it if you don’t tell me? Besides, another person means another option. I’m a Great Xia Dragon Guard Captain now. Maybe I can help," Chu Qingyun persisted.

After a few more steps, Ye Qi’s eyes reddened slightly, and she nodded.

"My father... he was afflicted with a very rare cold poison. He needs an elixir called the One Yang Pill to be completely cured."

"The One Yang Pill is a true elixir. We have no way of obtaining it. In the entire Ye Family, there’s only one person who is capable of Refining Elixirs: Ye Junhao’s grandfather, the Ye Family’s Great Elder..."

"So that Ye Junhao is using this to threaten you, to make you... with him?" Hearing this, Chu Qingyun finally understood the situation.

Ye Qi nodded.

"Now that he’s been poisoned, how long can City Lord Ye hold on?" Chu Qingyun asked.

"Right now, my father is using his Primordial Power every day to fight the cold poison. Even though he’s a Martial Spirit Level expert, his body is getting weaker by the day. According to him, he can probably hold on for another two months," Ye Qi’s voice choked with emotion.

"Two months..." Chu Qingyun mused for a moment, then comforted her, "Don’t panic yet. We still have some time. When I get back to the Great Xia Dragon Guard’s headquarters, I’ll help you look for a solution. Maybe we can find a One Yang Pill."

Though he said that, Chu Qingyun wasn’t very confident himself.

He had vaguely heard about things like elixirs before but had never seen one with his own eyes. He only knew they were incredibly potent and that ordinary Martial Masters had no access to them.

Moreover, he hadn’t even seen a shadow of an elixir in the Captain District of the exchange office.

Perhaps after he gained the clearance of a Guard General, he could try his luck in the Military Guard District.

If that didn’t work, his only option would be to swallow his pride and ask Grand Commander Chu Yu about it. As an Earth Spirit Realm expert and a Grand Commander of the Great Xia Dragon Guards, he would surely know far more than Chu Qingyun.

In any case, Chu Qingyun would do everything in his power to help Ye Qi.

She was just a girl, and only a Level 1 Martial Master at that. With her father poisoned, if Chu Qingyun didn’t help her, it was likely no one else would.

Chu Qingyun comforted Ye Qi for a while longer on the way and then escorted her back to the Ye Family estate.

Even though Ye Qingfeng was poisoned, he was still a Martial Spirit Realm Elder. As long as he was still breathing, no one in the Ye Family would dare to move against him and Ye Qi openly.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it alienate all the other Martial Spirit Level Elders?