Chapter 223: Ye Yuhong's Choice

Several months later.

"Ye Family's Ye Yuhong requests an audience with the City Lord."

Hearing Ye Yuhong's request for an audience.

Ye Qingxuan looked with complex eyes at Ye Yuhong, whose hair was still white, below the Shangxuan Pavilion.

After several months, although Ye Yuhong's injuries had already healed.

His appearance had not recovered along with them.

Unable to bear it in his heart, Ye Qingxuan ultimately did not refuse Ye Yuhong's request.

With a thought, the two puppets guarding below moved aside.

"Please!"

Seeing the puppets guarding the teleportation array leading to the Shangxuan Pavilion move aside, Ye Yuhong breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully:

"I do not know what business the Ye Family Head has with me."

Inside the Shangxuan Pavilion.

Seeing the City Lord of the Mysterious Mall stop him from bowing, Ye Yuhong could only nod in thanks:

"Thank you, City Lord."

Later, Ye Yuhong had also requested an audience with Ye Qingxuan, but was simply refused by him.

For so long, the cultivators within the Mysterious Mall only knew that many places in the city were guarded by First and Second Stage puppets.

And that person was the City Lord of the Mysterious Mall himself.

Therefore, the cultivators within the Mysterious Mall treated these puppets as special cultivators, and Ye Yuhong was no exception.

But this time.

After expressing his gratitude, Ye Yuhong stepped into the teleportation array.

Ye Qingxuan reached out and directly used his magic power to stop Ye Yuhong:

"Ye Family Head, no need for formalities, please sit."

Looking at the family head with white hair and an ancient appearance, Ye Qingxuan still could not bear to refuse his request for an audience.

Even if a Nascent Soul realm cultivator requested an audience, if they had nothing that could move him, he would not receive them.

"Thank you both."

Once Ye Yuhong sat down, Ye Qingxuan spoke directly to ask.

But they did not know that these puppets were all controlled by the same person.

Looking at Ye Yuhong entering the hall, preparing to bow.

Ye Qingxuan's clone, the mysterious merchant, wore an unremoved silver mask, his voice flat with a slight echo.

Previously, after the Ye Family moved into the Mysterious Mall, Ye Qingxuan had arranged the Ye Family's party through the puppets according to the normal entry procedures.

For so many years, under his uniform refusals, this was the first time Ye Yuhong had seen this clone of his.

Within the Mysterious Mall, this clone of Ye Qingxuan maintained a mysterious style.

By the time Ye Yuhong stepped into the hall of the Shangxuan Pavilion, Ye Qingxuan was already waiting in the hall.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's question, Ye Yuhong said bitterly:

"After this disaster, the cultivators of my Ye Family who entered the Xuanmu Realm have almost all perished."

"I have decided to withdraw from the Xuanmu Realm. I have come specifically to thank the City Lord for your covert care of my Ye Family over these years."

Speaking, Ye Yuhong took out a storage ring and handed it to Ye Qingxuan.

Inside were the corpses of Foundation Establishment and some Purple Mansion realm Green Demon Clan members that the Ye Family had hunted over these years.

Originally, Ye Yuhong had intended to take them back to the Ye Family to boost the cultivation base of the younger generation of cultivators.

But after this battle, Ye Yuhong had seen through it.

For the Ye Family to rise, the risks borne by rushing forward were truly too great.

Rather than taking these Green Demon Clan corpses back to the clan to boost the cultivation base of the younger cultivators and stimulate their desire to enter the Xuanmu Realm.

It was better to give them to the City Lord of the Mysterious Mall, who had always been buying Green Demon Clan corpses, as repayment for his covert care of the Ye Family over these years.

Although the City Lord of the Mysterious Mall had never received him.

However, Ye Yuhong understood in his heart.

The reason the Ye Family was able to successfully secure an excellent location within the Mysterious Mall, and a batch of cave dwellings that were in short supply for other cultivators.

Was all inseparable from the covert support of the City Lord of the Mysterious Mall for the Ye Family.

Ye Yuhong did not know the relationship between Ye Qingxuan and the City Lord of the Mysterious Mall.

But this did not stop him from giving the Green Demon Clan corpses accumulated by the Ye Family over many years as repayment to the City Lord of the Mysterious Mall for these years.

He now had little lifespan remaining and only wished to return to the Ye Family to watch it continue its lineage.

The Ye Family still had the Ancestor Ye Zhaoyang, Ye Qingxuan, and Ye Qingxiao at the Profound Heaven Sect.

As long as the Ye Family did not court death, within the territory of the Profound Heaven Sect, it could continue its lineage forever.

With the resource support of Ye Qingxuan.

Sooner or later, the Ye Family would find another opportunity to soar.

After witnessing the cruelty of the Xuanmu Realm, Ye Yuhong was unwilling for the Ye Family's children to continue entering the Xuanmu Realm to take risks.

Clearly, the battle several months ago had completely shattered Ye Yuhong's spirit.

Looking at the storage ring floating before his eyes, Ye Qingxuan slowly shook his head and pushed the storage ring back:

"Ye Family Head, you misunderstand. I did not give the Ye Family any extra care."

"The treatment the Ye Family received in the Mysterious Mall was simply the normal arrangement and planning of those below, so you do not need to thank me."

Hearing these words, Ye Yuhong had no intention of arguing.

He still firmly pushed the storage ring back, speaking with a determined tone:

"City Lord, please accept it!"

"Nowadays, these things hold little significance for the Ye family."

Compared to the rapidly growing cultivation of the Ye family's younger generation, Ye Yuhong cared far more about their temperaments.

The future Ye family would likely be unable to support the impetuousness and arrogance that would arise from their rapid cultivation growth.

After experiencing the rapid cultivation boost brought by sacrificing the corpses of the Green Demon Clan,

the younger generation of the Ye family, who had never endured the trials of life, would find it difficult to settle their hearts and cultivate day after day.

Therefore, in Ye Yuhong's view,

bringing these Green Demon Clan corpses back to the Ye family would do more harm than good for the family's future.

Seeing Ye Yuhong's insistence, Ye Qingxuan hesitated for a moment before accepting the storage ring.

"In that case, I thank the Ye family head for his gift."

Watching the mysterious City Lord of the Divine Shop accept his storage ring, a smile finally appeared on Ye Yuhong's face.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Yuhong spoke again, pleading:

"After I leave, there is still a surviving cultivator in my Ye family named Ye Qingshuang."

"She is unwilling to leave the Xuanmu Realm with me. Please, City Lord, look after her when the time comes."

There was also this reason behind Ye Yuhong giving those Green Demon Clan corpses to the mysterious City Lord before him.

After he left, it would be hard for him to rest easy knowing that Ye Qingshuang, a cultivator who had just advanced to the Golden Core realm, was alone in the Xuanmu Realm.

However, Ye Qingshuang's nature was currently very stubborn.

When faced with his words, although Ye Qingshuang's tone remained consistently calm, her meaning showed not the slightest compromise.

Helpless, Ye Yuhong stopped pressing the matter and could only let Ye Qingshuang continue to venture forth in the Xuanmu Realm.

But before leaving, Ye Yuhong wanted to find someone for Ye Qingshuang to rely on, which was why he brought the Green Demon Clan corpses to seek an audience with the mysterious City Lord of the Divine Shop once more.

Fortunately, this time he successfully met with the mysterious City Lord of the Divine Shop.

Hearing Ye Yuhong's plea, Ye Qingxuan understood immediately.

Taking out a stack of sixth-grade talismans, Ye Qingxuan said calmly:

"Since I have accepted the Ye family's gift, I will naturally protect the Ye family's people."

"These talismans are my return gift; please accept them."

Those talismans were prepared by Ye Qingxuan on a whim for Ye Qingshuang.

Since it was improper for him to meet Ye Qingshuang directly, he planned to have Ye Yuhong pass them on to her as a gift.

Seeing that Ye Yuhong was still somewhat hesitant, Ye Qingxuan continued:

"Take them! How can the return gift from someone of my stature, the Lord of a great city, be too poor?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Yuhong顺势 accepted the stack of sixth-grade talismans.

Ye Qingshuang, a cultivator at the early Golden Core stage venturing alone in the Xuanmu Realm, indeed needed some trump cards for self-defense.

Now that the Ye family's talismans had been completely exhausted, for the sake of Ye Qingshuang, Ye Yuhong had to swallow his pride and accept these talismans.

(End of this chapter)