Chapter 273: Making a Bet

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

"Don't worry, once you return to the Ye family, no one will ever be able to bully you again. Your third uncle means no harm; he just has a sharp tongue but a soft heart."

"Come, come home with your uncle."

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

Ye Lin performed a "Ye Wen" head-turn, extending a finger to point at Ye Yuyang.

"Professor Shen, look, another hypocritical man."

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

Those present were nearly scared out of their wits; this teacher and student were truly courting death, actually daring to mock the Deadwater 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 let out a slow sigh.

"Why bother? Nephew, I wanted 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 viscous black water vapor flowed out, carrying a chilling, yin coldness that seemed capable of bypassing flesh to corrode bone directly.

The viscous black water vapor rose and condensed into a slender black snake, circling above Ye Yuyang's fingertip. The surrounding air seemed to freeze from that cold, yin energy, and the black snake, filled with killing intent, slithered toward him!

Just by 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 target, who felt as if his limbs were frozen, making it extremely difficult even to move a finger.

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

Shen Jingbin was standing right beside Ye Lin at that moment. Watching the incoming black snake, he seemed to make a decision, and 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 could not 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, then braced himself against Ye Yuyang's energy lock and pulled out the half-volume bronze book, holding 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 energy surged and billowed. Many big shots who had been famous for a long time could no longer sit still and stood up with a start!

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

The voice of the Jiang family head, Jiang Tiandao, became extremely shrill due to his excessive excitement, sounding like a duck with its neck being squeezed.

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 artifacts on his own person? What kind of heaven-defying luck was this?

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

It really was a case of the parched dying of thirst while the flooded drown.

It was as hard to accept as suddenly discovering that the goddess you had been desperately pursuing, who had never given you a kind look, was someone else's concubine.

Only Xie Hong's face turned green instantly.

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

The Eternal Ancient Book was not an origin 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 further.

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

The demon blade Black Moon turned into a cold gleam invisible to the naked eye, flashing past and splitting the black snake in two.

However, the cold, yin water vapor on the black snake crawled up the blade at that moment and invaded Xie Hong's body directly!

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 immediately rushed forward, 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 suffered severe frostbite.

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 left his mouth and fell to the ground.

Xie Hong stared at Ye Yuyang with wariness; if this guy could produce such power with a casual strike, he probably wasn't 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 artifact, but our Xie family wants it too! You saw it yourself, the Eternal Ancient Book is in this kid's hands; my intervention was a last resort!" Xie Hong said with a look of helplessness.

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

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

Xie Hong doing this was nothing more than dissatisfaction with his 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 surging from his arms and rampaging outward.

"My Xie family certainly has no intention of being enemies with the Ye family, it's just that 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 guarantee your safe departure today, how about that? Of course, after you leave the Xie family, your grievances with the Ye family will have nothing to do with us."

Xie Hong winked at Ye Lin, signaling him to agree.

As long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood. Carrying the Eternal Scales and being a Forbidden Spell Master, as long as he could escape today and find a place to hide 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 is twitching for even thinking about helping you! Xie Hong was cursing Ye Lin to high heaven 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.

He certainly 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, Father Ji, or Duan Ling. Even with the Ye family's reach, it wasn't impossible for them to track down Bai Si and the others.

As long as he took it all upon himself and kept the Ye family's attention focused on him, the people around him would naturally be safe.

Ye Lin looked at Ye Yuyang and asked.

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

"Oh? A bet with me? What are we betting on?" Ye Yuyang became interested.

"There are so many big shots present, they can happen to serve as 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 more to say; I will immediately hand over the Eternal Scales with both hands, and by the way, tell you the whereabouts of the third origin artifact."

"If you cannot take me away today, then my grievances with the Ye family will be wiped clean, how about that?"