Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Women, No Fewer Than Ten!

 

Ye Tianming entered the An family mansion and was led to the main hall by a butler, who served him a cup of spiritual tea before withdrawing.

Ye Tianming didn’t drink the tea. He sat waiting for about fifteen minutes before An Xiao finally entered.

Ye Tianming stood up and bowed, “Uncle An.”

An Xiao was very amiable and smiled, “Don’t be formal, you are a friend of Xiao Qi and Xiao Yan, you can treat this place as your own home.”

Ye Tianming naturally understood this was just politeness, but didn’t say anything.

After they both sat down, An Xiao suddenly took out a box and placed it in front of Ye Tianming. He opened the box, which contained three precious ‘Qi-Attracting Pills’.

Each one was worth a thousand spirit crystals.

Ye Tianming was somewhat confused.

An Xiao smiled, “You once saved Xiao Qi, and I haven’t properly thanked you yet. Before long, we will be heading to the Guanxuan Realm. I think we should repay this debt of gratitude, and I hope you won’t refuse.”

Fearing Ye Tianming might not understand, he felt it necessary to speak more directly. If the other party still didn’t understand, then there would be no need for further communication.

Ye Tianming naturally understood what he meant and was clearly stunned. Now he understood what An Yan had meant earlier. He turned his head toward the screen on the right, through which he could vaguely see a graceful silhouette.

Ye Tianming stared fixedly at that familiar beautiful figure.

A moment later, An Qi’s voice came from behind the screen, “Brother Tianming, you are a good person, but we are not suitable for each other.”

Ye Tianming immediately stood up, “Miss An, rest assured, in the future when I’m out, if anyone asks, I will say I barely know you.”

After speaking, he turned and left.

Without looking back.

Behind the screen, An Qi watched through the window as Ye Tianming quickly disappeared into the courtyard. Her eyes revealed complexity and reluctance, but gradually, that complexity and reluctance transformed into determination and coldness.

When it’s time to cut ties, not doing so only leads to more trouble.

Since he had no future, why should she linger, only for both to suffer in the days to come?

With this thought, a powerful aura suddenly surged from her body.

The Myriad Laws Realm!

She was somewhat surprised that by cutting off this emotional attachment, she had directly broken through… If she had known this would happen, she would have cut it off earlier.

She turned and left, with no trace of attachment in her eyes.

In this life, An Qi’s heart was solely dedicated to the Great Way, and a lower-class family with no future could not possibly help her future.

A woman with enough strength and excellence can obtain any kind of man in the future.

After leaving the An family mansion, Ye Tianming walked away quickly with an expressionless face.

Tower Ancestor suddenly said, “Why not try to win her back?”

Ye Tianming shook his head, “When a woman no longer likes a man, she will show redoubled cruelty… Why should I humiliate myself?”

Tower Ancestor said, “Based on my years of experience, many times when a girl says she wants to break up, it doesn’t necessarily mean she really wants to break up. She might just be throwing a tantrum, hoping you care about her. Boys just need to coax them a bit.”

Ye Tianming was very surprised, “Tower Ancestor, aren’t you a tower? How are you so knowledgeable about relationships… You’re quite improper!”

Little Tower: “……”

Ye Tianming was about to say something else when suddenly he looked up and saw Ye Zong rushing toward him from a distance.

Ye Zong’s face was as pale as paper, and he said with a trembling voice, “Brother Tianming, Big Brother… Big Brother is in trouble.”

Ye Tianming’s expression changed drastically, and he grabbed Ye Zong and ran toward the Ye family home.

At the entrance of the Ye family home, watching Ye Tianming and Ye Zong hurriedly run into the mansion, Zhao Xiu’s lips curled into a smile… because he had just received news from Zhao Yu that An Qi of the An family had become engaged to the Nan Li family, which meant that Ye Tianming and An Qi had no chance together anymore.

Without the An family’s support, with the current strength of the Zhao family, wouldn’t they be able to deal with the Ye family as they pleased?

And Ye Nan was just the first step.

In the main hall of the Ye family, as soon as Ye Tianming and Ye Zong ran in, they saw Ye Nan lying on a stretcher, his lower body covered in blood, his face as pale as paper, extremely weak.

All the elders of the Ye family were present, their faces showing panic, completely at a loss.

Ye Tianming quickly walked to Ye Nan’s side and took his hand, saying in a trembling voice, “Big Brother!”

Seeing Ye Tianming and Ye Zong, a smile appeared on Ye Nan’s pale face, “I won’t die, just my dantian has been shattered.”

Dantian shattered!

Ye Tianming’s face turned extremely grim. On the way here, Ye Zong had already told him that as soon as Ye Nan arrived at the entrance of the Surveillance Department today, a group of powerful men in black suddenly rushed out and crippled Ye Nan’s dantian in broad daylight.

“It’s Zhao Xiu!”

Ye Zong suddenly shouted angrily, “It must be Zhao Xiu, damn him, damn him.”

As he spoke, he raised his arm and shouted, “Let’s go.”

Just as he turned around, he was grabbed by Ye Tianming.

Ye Tianming looked at the furious Ye family members in the hall. He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, “The reason they didn’t kill Big Brother but instead crippled him is to provoke our Ye family. If we go out now and attack Zhao Xiu, it would be equivalent to attacking the Treasure Pavilion, and that’s the real purpose of the Zhao family.”

Ye Nan nodded and said weakly, “Tianming is right. Especially at this time, our Ye family needs to remain steady and not act rashly or impulsively.”

As he said this, his gaze was fixed on Ye Tianming’s eyes. What he feared most was not others losing their composure, but Ye Tianming, as he knew his brother’s temperament.

Ye Tianming slightly lowered his head without speaking, but the sword at his waist was trembling.

Ye Nan then grasped his wrist and said softly, “Small impatience disrupts great plans. You need to stay calm. The Ye family needs you now.”

Ye Tianming was about to speak when a Ye family member rushed in, “Clan Leader, the head of the Li family is here.”

Li Ji.

Ye Nan’s future father-in-law.

The Ye family members were all stunned. Why was he coming at this time?

Just then, Li Ji walked in, accompanied by a young woman. The woman was in her twenties, slightly plump, and though not stunningly beautiful, she was pretty and pleasant to look at.

She was Ye Nan’s fiancée, Li E.

When she saw Ye Nan, Li E’s face instantly turned pale. She quickly walked to Ye Nan’s side, tears immediately welling up in her eyes.

Li Ji walked into the hall with a gloomy face, saying nothing.

Seeing Li Ji’s expression, the hearts of the Ye family members sank to the bottom. Could he be here to break off the engagement?

Ye Nan was lying down, and when he saw Li Ji’s expression, his face immediately darkened, but then he accepted it. He was now a cripple and indeed couldn’t burden others. Even if they didn’t break off the engagement, he would have to take the initiative to end it.

With this thought, Ye Nan looked at Li Ji and smiled, “Uncle, are you here to break off the engagement? I understand…”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

Li Ji suddenly became furious, “Xiao Nan, is that how you see me?”

Everyone was stunned.

Li Ji clenched his fists, his gaze firm, “The wedding, let’s have it today.”

The Ye family members were completely dumbfounded.

Li E also looked at Li Ji in disbelief, “Father…”

Li Ji walked up to Li E, “Father knows that you will marry no one else in this life, even if his dantian is shattered and he can no longer cultivate, right?”

Li E nodded hurriedly with tears in her eyes.

Li Ji gently took Li E’s hand. In her hand was hidden a dagger. Looking at the dagger, Li Ji shook his head slightly and sighed softly, “Silly girl, you were thinking of doing something foolish… Father asks you, he needs you now, so let’s have the wedding today. Are you willing?”

Li E immediately knelt down and said tearfully, “I am willing, I am willing…”

Li Ji helped her up, then placed her hand in Ye Nan’s. He looked at Ye Nan, “Xiao Nan, I know your dantian has been crippled and you’re going through a difficult time in life, but as someone who has been through it, I tell you, what man doesn’t face setbacks in life? Facing setbacks isn’t scary; what’s scary is giving up and losing hope for the future. Now, even if you don’t think about yourself, think about Xiao E. Don’t give up on yourself.”

As he spoke, he took out several bottles of medicine and placed them in Ye Nan’s hand, “These are healing medicines. As for your dantian, don’t worry. My Li family has accumulated some wealth over the years. We will definitely find a way to help you recover.”

Ye Nan’s eyes suddenly became moist.

Beside him, Ye Tianming witnessed this scene and slightly lowered his head.

Little Tower suddenly sighed softly, “People are indeed different. Look at the An family, and look at this Li family… Little guy, don’t be sad. From my past experience, you’ll have no fewer than ten women in the future.”

Though Ye Tianming didn’t understand, he was greatly shocked. Could this Tower Ancestor have been a pimp before?

The Li family was clearly serious. Before long, Li family members came to help the Ye family prepare for the wedding.

They said the wedding would be today, and it would be today.

Ye Tianming went alone to the back mountain. He sat cross-legged on the ground and took out hundreds of sheets of paper, each filled with dense writing.

Little Tower curiously asked, “You’ve been writing this jumble of stuff since you were nine years old. What exactly are you trying to do?”

Ye Tianming said, “Create a cultivation technique.”

“What the hell?”

Little Tower was shocked, “You… what did you say?”

Ye Tianming took a deep breath, “For ordinary people to change their fate against heaven’s will is as difficult as climbing to the sky. At its essence, it comes down to two things: money and cultivation techniques. If I create a technique that can freely absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth, it would kill two birds with one stone. In the future, cultivation wouldn’t require money; the spiritual energy of the universe would be mine to take.”

Little Tower: “……”

Ye Tianming began to organize and compile; he was about to complete it.

After the great battle a thousand years ago, the Guanxuan Sword Master redefined all the realms. The current realms are: Physical Body Realm, Innate Realm, True Law Realm, Myriad Laws Realm, Minor Tribulation Realm, Major Tribulation Realm, Peak Perfection Realm, Dharma Form Realm, Immortal Realm, Supreme Immortal Realm, and Time Immortal.

He was currently at the Innate Realm. After reaching the Innate Realm, one could draw spiritual energy from heaven and earth into the body, refining the physical body, internal organs, and bones, greatly strengthening one’s internal organs and physical body, causing the body to transform again, forming a ‘Diamond Body’ – moving like thunder, with the strength of a hundred elephants, able to break rivers with a single punch.

Above the Innate Realm was the True Law Realm. The True Law Realm was the initial mastery of magical power, allowing one to ride the air for a thousand miles, and between movements of fingers, condense energy like a sword that no mortal body could block.

Above the True Law Realm was the Myriad Laws Realm: After reaching the Myriad Laws Realm, one’s energy would be like a river, able to master spells and divine abilities, borrow the power of nature, summon heavenly thunder with a thought, and overturn seas with a wave of the hand.

For ordinary people, the Innate Realm was already the limit, because to continue advancing, one needed high-level cultivation techniques, which for the Ye family and countless ordinary people were legendary existences. Besides high-level techniques, one also needed a large amount of spirit crystals.

If he wanted to advance further now, he could only go to the Guanxuan Academy. Only there would he have a chance to obtain cultivation techniques, but the money issue couldn’t be solved.

Therefore, he wanted to create a cultivation technique that didn’t require money.

Let me take the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as I please!

Originally he wasn’t in such a hurry, so he had been suppressing his realm, hoping to enhance each realm to the extreme and then let it ‘overflow naturally’. But now with his brother Ye Nan’s incident, he realized he must become stronger. Only by becoming stronger could he protect the Ye family.

Strength is everything!

At dawn, Ye Tianming sat cross-legged on the ground, his hands forming a seal in front of his chest.

Suddenly, countless visible white spiritual energies rushed toward him from heaven and earth, directly entering between his eyebrows, then penetrating his chest. Ye Tianming immediately felt as if a spring breeze was caressing his internal organs, clearing his energy and brightening his vision.

Boom!

Ye Tianming directly jumped from the Innate Realm to the True Law Realm in an instant, and his aura was still rapidly growing.

Ye Tianming suddenly said in a trembling voice, “Not good, Tower Ancestor, there’s a problem.””What’s wrong?” Little Tower asked in confusion. “Didn’t you already succeed?”

“I don’t know how to stop it,” Ye Tianming said anxiously. “Oh no, I’m going to explode…”

Little Tower: “…”

Ye Tianming’s aura was growing wildly out of control. Because too much spiritual energy had entered his body, his dantian and physical form simply couldn’t handle such an enormous amount at once. His internal organs and entire body were about to burst.

Unable to endure any longer, Ye Tianming closed his eyes and passed out. However, in that instant of losing consciousness, his power directly rose from the True Law Realm to the Myriad Laws Realm.

Yet countless streams of spiritual energy continued to pour into his body. Although his body appeared on the verge of bursting, in reality it wasn’t experiencing any problems at all. Not only was there no issue, his body was actually slowly absorbing all the excess energy.

Little Tower softly said, “How could this small amount of spiritual energy possibly burst the legendary Innate Mortal Body? Still, this little guy needs to suffer a bit so he’ll be more careful next time.”