Chapter 273: Making a Bet

Ye Yuyang sighed faintly, his delicate, feminine face filled with sadness.

"Don't worry. Once you return to the Ye family, no one will ever be able to bully you again. Your third uncle doesn't have any ill intentions; he just has a sharp tongue but a soft heart."

"Come, come home with your uncle."

Ye Yuyang opened his arms toward Ye Lin, a gentle smile on his face.

Ye Lin performed a "Ye Man" turn, pointing a finger at Ye Yuyang.

"Professor Shen, look quickly, another fake-yang man."

"Hahahaha, not bad! Learning and applying it on the spot, good lad!" Shen Jingbin gave him a thumbs up.

The people present were nearly scared out of their minds. This teacher and student were truly courting death, actually daring to mock the "Dead Water Yin Lord" Ye Yuyang like this! This was purely a case of an old man hanging himself because he felt he had lived too long—this was a formidable existence at the Blazing Sun Realm!

Sure enough, the smile on Ye Yuyang's face slowly faded, and then he sighed softly.

"Why bother? Nephew, I intended to give you a way out. That way, you would have dignity, and my Ye family would have dignity too."

"Since you are unwilling to be dignified, then I, as your uncle, can only help you be dignified."

Ye Yuyang lifted his finger slightly, and a stream of black, viscous water vapor flowed out, carrying an icy, chilling aura that seemed capable of corroding bones directly through flesh and blood.

The black, viscous water vapor rose and condensed into a long, thin black snake, circling above Ye Yuyang's fingertip. The surrounding air seemed to freeze under that icy aura, and the black snake, filled with murderous intent, wound its way forward!

Just looking at that black snake, everyone felt an indescribable sense of fear, and the hairs on their bodies stood up before they even realized it. Not to mention Ye Lin, the person being targeted; he felt as if his limbs were frozen, making it extremely difficult to even move a finger.

Is this the terror of the Blazing Sun Realm? Just by locking onto his aura, it could seal his movements!

Shen Jingbin was standing right beside Ye Lin. Watching the incoming black snake, he seemed to make a decision. After glancing at Ye Lin, a flash of determination crossed his eyes.

"Professor Shen, wait!"

Shen Jingbin, who was preparing to act, was suddenly called out by Ye Lin. A look of madness flashed across Ye Lin's face.

Ye Yuyang was a Blazing Sun Realm powerhouse; Professor Shen clearly couldn't be his opponent. Ye Lin truly did not want to see Shen Jingbin risk his life for him.

However, just because Shen Jingbin wouldn't risk his life didn't mean others couldn't.

Ye Lin grinned at Xie Hong, showing a sunny, cheerful smile, and then, bracing himself against Ye Yuyang's aura lock, he pulled out the half-volume bronze book and held it in front of him.

If that black snake wanted to hit him, it had to hit this half-volume bronze book first!

And the moment that bronze book appeared, endless origin aura surged and billowed. Many famous big shots could no longer sit still and stood up with a start!

"That thing is... the Eternal Ancient Book! One of the seven great origin ancient artifacts, the Eternal Ancient Book!"

The voice of the Jiang family head, Jiang Tiandao, became extremely sharp due to his excitement, sounding just like a duck being grabbed by the neck.

The other big shots also gasped in unison, their eyes filled with shock and greed, and the way they looked at Ye Lin made it seem as if they wanted to swallow him whole.

This kid had two origin ancient artifacts on his person alone? What kind of heaven-defying luck was this?

Ordinary people might search their whole lives and never find even a fragment of an origin ancient artifact, yet this guy was carrying two!

It was truly a case of the starving being starved to death and the bloated being bloated to death.

It was as hard to accept as suddenly discovering that the goddess you had been pursuing for so long, who had never given you a good look, was actually someone else's concubine.

Only Xie Hong's face turned green instantly.

"I must have owed you in my past life, you son of a bitch!"

The Eternal Ancient Book was not an origin ancient artifact known for defense, and now it was in a damaged state. If it took a hit like that from Ye Yuyang, it wasn't impossible for it to crumble even more severely.

In almost an instant, Xie Hong arrived in front of Ye Lin, drew his blade, and severed the snake!

The demon blade Black Moon transformed into a cold glint, invisible to the naked eye, and sliced the black snake in two.

However, the icy water vapor on the black snake spread up the blade at this moment, directly invading Xie Hong's body!

Xie Hong's face turned pale instantly, and even his eyebrows and hair were covered in frost. That strange black water vapor was rampaging inside him, destroying his body!

"My lord!"

The Twelve Zodiac Guards rushed forward immediately, using their own power to help Xie Hong neutralize that strange black water vapor.

Even with all twelve of them acting together, the black water vapor still caused them indescribable damage, and many of the twelve were severely frostbitten.

With the help of the Twelve Zodiac Guards, Xie Hong barely managed to withstand the blow. He spat out a mouthful of turbid air, which turned into a pile of ice shards the moment it was exhaled, falling to the ground.

Xie Hong stared at Ye Yuyang with wariness. This guy could produce such power with a casual strike; he was probably not far from Level 98!

"Family Head Xie, what is the meaning of this? Could it be that you really consider him your Xie family's son-in-law and want to protect him?" Ye Yuyang looked at Xie Hong with a smile.

"Brother Yuyang, your Ye family wants to take back your origin ancient artifact, and our Xie family wants to as well! You saw it too; the Eternal Ancient Book is in this kid's hands. My intervention was a last resort!" Xie Hong looked helpless.

Ye Yuyang's gaze turned cold. Xie Hong's words were clearly nonsense.

If he really wanted to take back the Eternal Ancient Book, the Xie family could have cooperated with the Ye family to take Ye Lin down, and then everyone could take what they needed.

Xie Hong doing this was nothing more than an expression of his dissatisfaction with the Ye family.

"Family Head Xie, you had better think clearly. Standing on that kid's side means becoming an enemy of my Ye family." Ye Yuyang said in a deep voice.

Ye Yushan also stepped forward at this moment, cyan lightning emerging from his arms and rampaging outward.

"Of course my Xie family has no intention of being enemies with the Ye family, but the Eternal Ancient Book is indeed important to our Xie family."

Xie Hong turned his head to look at Ye Lin and asked in a deep voice.

"Ye Lin, as long as you hand over the Eternal Ancient Book in your hand to me, my Xie family will ensure you leave safely today, how about that? Of course, after leaving the Xie family, your grievances with the Ye family will have nothing to do with us."

Xie Hong signaled to Ye Lin with his eyes, indicating for him to agree.

As long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood. Carrying the Eternal Balance and being a Forbidden Curse Mage, as long as he could escape today, find a place to hide, and lay low for ten or eight years, what was there to fear from the Ye family?

But Ye Lin looked at Xie Hong in confusion, not understanding Xie Hong's meaning at all, and instead asked back.

"Family Head Xie, is your eye twitching?"

Xie Hong: "..."

My brain must be twitching, actually thinking about helping you! Xie Hong cursed Ye Lin in his heart!

Seeing the expression on Xie Hong's face, as if he had eaten two pounds of expired, rotten stinky tofu, Ye Lin was amused.

Of course he understood Xie Hong's meaning, but things had reached this point, and he didn't want to hide anymore. He could hide, but what about the others?

If they couldn't find him, there was no guarantee the Ye family wouldn't strike at those around him, like Professor Shen, like Father Ji, like Duan Ling, and even with the Ye family's heaven-reaching reach, it wasn't impossible for them to find Bai Siyou and the others.

As long as he took everything upon himself and let the Ye family focus all their attention on him, those around him would naturally be safe.

Ye Lin looked at Ye Yuyang and asked.

"Second Master of the Ye family, this kid dares to make a bet with you, how about it?"

"Oh? A bet with me? Bet on what?" Ye Yuyang became interested.

"There are so many big shots here, they can just happen to be witnesses. Let's bet on whether you, Second Master Ye, can take me away today."

"If you can take me away, then there's nothing to say; I will immediately hand over the Eternal Balance with both hands, and by the way, tell you the whereabouts of the third origin ancient artifact."

"If you can't take me away today, then the grievances between me and the Ye family will be wiped clean, how about that?"