Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Who’s Tougher, You or My Mother?

 

In everyone’s eyes, the Xiao family’s intention to kill Ye Tianming was false, while seizing the inheritance of the Transcendent Civilization was their true goal.

If no one had taken the lead, they might not have dared to do so. After all, that was the Xiao family, a second-tier family, and their ancestors had connections with the Guanxuan Sword Master. Even among other second-tier families, they were special!

But with Li Zheng taking the lead, they were no longer afraid.

That was the Li family!

Although the Li family was only a second-tier family, their ancestor had been the Chief Minister of the Cabinet since the distant era of the Human Realm Sword Master, truly an elder statesman of two dynasties. Even the Guanxuan Sword Master would respectfully address them as “Aunt.”

Moreover, although the Li family was only a second-tier family, their reputation throughout the Guanxuan Universe was excellent because they never formed factions and didn’t serve as officials in the Guanxuan Academy. Their family members often went to develop in other universes after coming of age.

It was precisely because of this that they had extremely good relationships in the Guanxuan Universe.

With the Li family taking the lead, they naturally no longer had concerns about the Xiao family.

Ye Tianming glanced at those who had responded around him, and finally, his gaze fell on the man named Li Zheng in front of him. He thought, “Tower Ancestor, do you know about the Li family?”

Little Tower said: “I know some… what do you want to ask?”

Ye Tianming said: “I know very little about these families and sects in our Guanxuan Universe. I think I should learn more about them.”

Little Tower said: “No need to deliberately learn about them. Improving your strength is the right path. One day, if you become as powerful as your mother, you would…”

At this point, it quickly stopped.

Damn!

It had said a bit too much.

Ye Tianming asked in his heart, “Was my mother very powerful?”

Little Tower said: “Yes.”

It was unwilling to say more.

Ye Tianming asked again, “Tower Ancestor, who is more powerful between you and my mother? I know it must be you, Tower Ancestor…”

Little Tower quickly said: “No, no, no, I… let’s not discuss this matter.”

Ye Tianming: “……”

In the distance, Xiao Lin and Gu Qi had reached a stalemate, neither able to overcome the other.

Xiao Lin stared at Gu Qi, his gaze murderous.

But Gu Qi wasn’t intimidated at all.

Xiao Lin turned to look around. At this moment, everyone was looking at him. He had naturally heard Li Zheng’s earlier words. His gaze fell on Li Zheng, “Brother Li, you know about the grudge between my Xiao family and this person.”

Li Zheng calmly said: “Xiao Lin, we have no intention of interfering in the matter between your Xiao family and this Young Master Ye, but now, we have reached an agreement with him to jointly develop the small tower in his possession. So, if you move against him, you’re going against us!”

Xiao Lin narrowed his eyes, “Brother Li, my Xiao family has no grudge with your Li family. Do you really have to do this?”

Li Zheng shook his head, “Xiao Lin, don’t keep bringing up the Xiao family. I’ve already said that our goal is the inheritance of the Transcendent Civilization.”

Xiao Lin said solemnly: “After I kill him, my Xiao family won’t take that inheritance. Is that acceptable?”

Li Zheng said: “No.”

Xiao Lin suppressed his anger, “What do you mean?”

Li Zheng stared at Xiao Lin, “If we let you kill him now, wouldn’t that make us lose face?”

“Exactly!”

Gu Qi suddenly burst into laughter, “Xiao Lin, do you think you’re the only one who cares about face? We care about face too. Don’t try to intimidate us with your Xiao family… Honestly, constantly bringing up your family to scare people is really embarrassing!”

Xiao Lin’s face was extremely unpleasant, and Gu Qi continued: “If you’re not happy, then let’s continue our one-on-one fight. If you want to call for help, then call. It’s not like we can’t call for help too.”

Xiao Lin clenched his fists tightly, staring at Gu Qi with murderous intent like a physical force.

At this time, a man beside him pulled his sleeve, “Brother Lin, we can’t fight. If we do, we’ll offend everyone present. If that happens, we won’t be able to go back and complete our task…”

Offend everyone present!

Xiao Lin was suddenly alarmed. He only now realized that everyone present had hostility towards their Xiao family. If they really fought and had conflicts with these people, he would definitely be in trouble when he returned.

The man beside Xiao Lin added: “He will eventually have to leave.”

After a moment of silence, Xiao Lin suddenly turned to look at everyone around, cupped his hands, and said: “Everyone, I, Xiao Lin, have been offensive earlier, and I hope you all can forgive me. My Xiao family has no ill intentions towards any of you. We only want to kill this person, nothing more. But since this person is now useful to you all, my Xiao family is willing to give face to everyone and temporarily not cause trouble for him.”

With that, he led the Xiao family members away.

It must be said that his words improved the impression of him and the Xiao family among those present.

Li Zheng glanced at the departing Xiao Lin and others, then turned to look at Ye Tianming. Ye Tianming said: “Everyone, I will be returning to the Central Divine Continent soon. If you trust me, you can come directly to the Guanxuan Academy in the Central Divine Continent to find me. If you don’t trust me, I’m willing to hand over this small tower, and everyone can choose someone else to keep it!”

Everyone looked at each other. Who to choose?

At this time, a man said: “No need to choose someone else, it’s you!”

The others nodded in agreement, not because they trusted Ye Tianming, but purely because Ye Tianming had no background and would be easier to control.

Ye Tianming nodded, “Then everyone can have their family members come to the Guanxuan Academy in the Central Divine Continent. Our principal and I will cooperate with everyone to develop this small tower.”

Someone said: “Alright, we’ll immediately go back to notify our family members to go to the Guanxuan Academy in the Central Divine Continent.”

In the sky, everyone turned to leave.

Li Zheng didn’t leave.

As Gu Qi was about to leave, Ye Tianming suddenly said: “Brother Gu, wait.”

Gu Qi turned to look at Ye Tianming. Ye Tianming smiled and said: “If Brother Gu is not in a hurry, please wait a moment. I’ll take you both to a place.”

Gu Qi hesitated, then said: “Alright.”

Ye Tianming said: “Please follow me.”

With that, he led the two of them away.

On the other side, Xiao Lin and his group had reached the outside. Xiao Lin stared at the ruins of the Transcendent Sacred Land. Beside him, a Xiao family man said solemnly: “Brother Lin, I just investigated. Although that Ye Tianming is only at the Great Calamity Realm, his true combat power may already be comparable to the Immortal Realm. This person has already become formidable!”

Xiao Lin immediately said fiercely: “Notify the family immediately, inform them of this person’s true situation. This time, we must eliminate that bastard no matter what.”

Soon, Ye Tianming led the two to the previous hall. His intuition told him that the elder from the Transcendent Civilization definitely had more to say.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the hall, the elder was waiting for him.

Ye Tianming gave a slight bow, “Elder.”

Li Zheng and Gu Qi looked curiously at the elder in front of them.

The elder stared at Ye Tianming and smiled, “You surprise me.”

Ye Tianming said: “Elder, my brother has gone and hasn’t returned… can you give me a bit more benefit?”

The elder smiled and said: “You sacrificed yourself, drew away everyone, and let him leave with the inheritance of my Transcendent Civilization, but he hasn’t returned… Do you regret it?”

Hearing the elder’s words, Li Zheng and Gu Qi were startled. They both turned to look at Ye Tianming. They understood the elder’s words. Apparently, Ye Tianming and that Mu Yong had been acting earlier. The true inheritance of the Transcendent Civilization was with Mu Yong, and now, Mu Yong wouldn’t be coming back.

Li Zheng said solemnly: “Young Master Ye, you don’t have the inheritance of the Transcendent Civilization?”

Ye Tianming nodded, “No, my previous actions were just for self-preservation. I hope you both understand.”

Gu Qi asked, “Then what about your small tower?”

Ye Tianming said: “That was something I obtained by chance.”

Gu Qi said solemnly: “The Star Civilization really didn’t handle this well. You were misunderstood and ganged up on by everyone, and they didn’t care at all. That’s really shameless.”

Ye Tianming shook his head, “I underestimated the value of the Transcendent Civilization.”

As he spoke, he looked at the elder in front of him, “Elder, can you give a bit more benefit?”

The elder looked at him and smiled, “I can.”

Ye Tianming bowed deeply, “Thank you.”

The elder opened his palm, and a storage ring slowly flew in front of Ye Tianming.

Ye Tianming took the storage ring, bowed deeply again, then turned to look at Li Zheng. Without even looking at the storage ring, he directly placed the newly acquired ring in front of Li Zheng, “Brother Li, earlier I promised to give you something special, but I was lying. I had nothing. Now I give you this storage ring as thanks for your cooperation and help earlier. As for Brother Gu, I can only owe you a favor. If I don’t die, I’ll repay it in the future.”

With that, he turned to leave.

“Brother Ye!”

Li Zheng suddenly called out.

Ye Tianming stopped and turned to look at Li Zheng. Li Zheng smiled and said: “Do you know what’s in this storage ring?”

Ye Tianming shook his head.

Li Zheng looked at him, “Then you give it to me without even looking?”

Ye Tianming said seriously: “Because I know that if I look, I might not be willing to give it to you.”

“Hahaha!”

Li Zheng laughed, “You’re really interesting. No wonder Nan Ling Zhao values you so much.”

Ye Tianming was a bit surprised, “Miss Nan Ling Zhao?”

Li Zheng nodded, “Miss Nan Ling Zhao has established a union, and I’m also a member. We talked about you earlier. She values you a lot.”

A smile appeared on Ye Tianming’s face, “Send her my regards.”

Li Zheng opened his palm, and the storage ring in his hand slowly flew back to Ye Tianming’s hand, “This contains the true inheritance of the Transcendent Civilization.”

Ye Tianming was stunned. He turned to look at the elder, who smiled without speaking.

Gu Qi suddenly smiled and said: “Brother Li, since this is the true inheritance of the Transcendent Civilization, why don’t you want it?”

Li Zheng glanced at the elder and smiled, “If the elder truly valued me, I would naturally take it. Unfortunately, the person the elder truly values is Brother Ye. A gentleman doesn’t take what belongs to others.”

The elder looked at Li Zheng and smiled, “You’re also very good, but you have the Li family behind you. If the inheritance of my Transcendent Civilization falls into your hands, it would ultimately only serve as a dowry for your Li family, so…”

Li Zheng nodded, “I understand.”

The elder looked at Ye Tianming and smiled, “Young man, shall we talk somewhere else?”

Li Zheng immediately said: “Elder, we’ll take our leave.”

But the elder said: “No rush. Since this young man is now the inheritor of my Transcendent Civilization, and you just helped him, that means you’ve helped my Transcendent Civilization. My Transcendent Civilization believes in repaying kindness…”

With that, he waved his sleeve, and two storage rings slowly flew in front of the two of them.

Gu Qi looked and his eyes immediately widened, “Damn…”