Chapter 393: Power is the Most Intoxicating Thing

"You are actually able to control the Eternal Balance?" The members of the Ye family were shocked.

Holding the Eternal Balance, Ye Xueqing instantly recovered from all her injuries. With the existence of an immortal body, she directly employed a life-for-damage fighting style, forcibly pushing back the Bright Moon realm elder, and fought her way out while holding the Eternal Balance!

The pressure from the old Patriarch of the Ye family spread out, his Blazing Sun realm aura fully revealed, as he raised his hand to suppress Ye Xueqing and her companion.

At this moment, Ye Xueqing directly raised the Eternal Balance, using the main body of the Eternal Balance to take the old Patriarch's strike head-on.

Ye Xueqing was shaken so hard she coughed up a mouthful of blood, staining her white clothes red, and a crack appeared on the Eternal Balance.

"You bastard, what exactly are you doing! Do you want to destroy the Ye family?"

The old Patriarch of the Ye family was completely enraged; it had taken their Ye family generations of cultivation to finally restore the near-shattered Eternal Balance to some degree.

Just this suddenly appearing crack meant at least ten years of the Ye family's efforts had been wasted!

"I only wish to leave this place, I hope Father will grant this. Once this matter is settled, your daughter will certainly return to the Ye family to bear the thorns and ask for punishment."

Ye Xueqing pulled Lin Xiao and rushed out.

This time, the old Patriarch of the Ye family did not stop her again; Ye Xueqing had already shown through her actions that if anyone else tried to stop her, she would not mind holding the Eternal Balance and perishing together.

This was a consequence the Ye family could not bear!

Beside them, a glimmer of sharp light flashed in the depths of Ye Yutian's eyes.

After Ye Xueqing brought Lin Xiao out of the Ye family, she went straight out of the city and arrived in the wilderness.

"Where do you want to go? I will send you there. From now on, you must hide your name and identity; do not appear again, otherwise, you will die." Ye Xueqing explained the situation simply to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao looked at Ye Xueqing with a complex expression.

"Miss Ye... the child in your womb..."

"It is yours. We were both framed by others. I will not ask you to take responsibility, and you need not think too much. Once you leave safely, I will return to the Ye family."

Ye Xueqing's expression was calm. Today's events had become so embarrassing that she would certainly be punished upon returning to the Ye family. Even with her great talent, she would only be able to serve as a hired hand for the Ye family; the position of Patriarch would no longer have anything to do with her.

By then, the gentle older brother in her memories would probably return, right?

Lin Xiao's expression became even more complex. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but then closed it again.

"I'm sorry."

"You don't need to apologize; this is not your fault. Go."

Ye Xueqing was just preparing to send Lin Xiao away when she suddenly felt a dangerous aura!

Before she could turn her head, a golden arrow tore through the air, heading straight for the center of Ye Xueqing's brow!

Ye Xueqing dodged the arrow, and upon turning back, she saw a strange Bright Moon realm expert holding a longbow aimed at her, while two other Bright Moon realm experts had already locked onto her.

"Miss Ye, we take money to resolve disasters for others, so please be on your way." The three Bright Moon realm experts watched Ye Xueqing with predatory eyes.

"Big brother... can you really not tolerate me to this extent?"

Ye Xueqing revealed a desolate smile. That three Bright Moon realm experts could catch up so quickly could clearly only be the handiwork of her big brother, Ye Yutian.

The other party did not want her to return to the Ye family at all; they even wanted to kill her to silence her.

Facing the three Bright Moon realm experts, Ye Xueqing had no way to return to the Ye family even if she wanted to. Under the pursuit of the three, she could only flee in a sorry state with Lin Xiao.

In the end, the two were chased into a secret realm.

On the other side, the old Patriarch of the Ye family, who had waited a long time without Ye Xueqing returning, finally severed his last bit of soft-heartedness toward this daughter.

Because when Ye Xueqing left, she took the Ye family's Origin Ancient Artifact!

This thing was the lifeblood of the Ye family, more important than any monstrous genius. If the Origin Ancient Artifact were truly lost, what face would he have to meet his ancestors?

The old Patriarch of the Ye family immediately ordered Ye Yutian to lead the Ye family's Three-Realm experts to set out and retrieve the Origin Ancient Artifact!

In the blink of an eye, five months passed in a flash.

During this period, Ye Xueqing and Lin Xiao, who were forced to hide in the secret realm, spent their days together and developed genuine feelings.

Humans are not made of wood or stone; how could they not have feelings? Besides being an ordinary person with no strength to truss a chicken, Lin Xiao could be considered a good man in every other aspect.

And Ye Xueqing had just experienced the betrayal of a relative, so she gradually entrusted her emotions to Lin Xiao.

As time passed day by day, Ye Xueqing's belly grew larger day by day.

Accompanied by the sound of a loud infant cry, a baby boy was born.

"Xueqing, are you alright, Xueqing?"

Lin Xiao rushed in, tossed the baby boy aside, and hurriedly checked on Ye Xueqing's condition.

"What could happen to me? Have you forgotten? The Eternal Balance can recover any injury on my body at any time. Instead, what if you had dropped the child?" Ye Xueqing gave Lin Xiao a reproachful glare.

"I was just worried and lost my head." Lin Xiao scratched his head, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

"Give this child a name." Ye Xueqing picked up the baby boy, her face full of doting affection.

"Let's call him Ye Lin. Being with you was already punching above my weight; letting him take your surname is just right." Lin Xiao said.

"What is this about punching above your weight? I am just a poor person abandoned by my own kin." Ye Xueqing shook her head, just about to say something more, when her expression suddenly changed wildly!

Ye Yutian descended from the sky with his hands behind his back, looking at the family of three before him with cold eyes.

"Little sister, you really know how to hide. You made your brother search for a long time. If it weren't for this child's crying, I really wouldn't have found you so easily."

"Big brother, do you have to kill us all? You should understand that I have no interest in the position of Ye family Patriarch!" Ye Xueqing stared fixedly at Ye Yutian.

"I know you have no interest, but you already have a child."

Ye Yutian glanced at the baby boy in Ye Xueqing's arms.

"What if this child inherits your talent, and Father favors you again? What would I do then?"

"Is that position really so important to you? Important enough to disregard even family ties?" The last glimmer of hope in Ye Xueqing's eyes was completely extinguished.

"Family ties? A joke. You want to talk to me about family ties in the Ye family?"

Ye Yutian sneered.

"You simply don't understand. Beauty, money, and affection—none of these things are as intoxicating to a man as power. When you stand at the peak wearing a black administrative jacket and look down at everything below, you will understand that compared to power and status, everything else is just passing smoke!"

As soon as Ye Yutian finished speaking, one Blazing Sun realm expert and five Bright Moon realm experts appeared behind him.

With this lineup, even if Ye Xueqing held the Eternal Balance, she had absolutely no chance of winning!

Ye Xueqing's face turned deathly pale. She lowered her eyes to look at her newborn child, then took out the Eternal Balance and pressed it directly onto the baby boy!

"Stop her!"

Ye Yutian seemed to have guessed what Ye Xueqing was going to do and hurriedly ordered those behind him to attack.

At this moment, Lin Xiao grabbed a wooden stick and charged straight up!

He was just an ordinary person.

He might not even be able to beat a Level 1 demonic creature.

But at this moment, facing one Blazing Sun and five Bright Moon experts, he still charged forward without hesitation.

Because he was a husband, and even more so, a father.

"Your Ye family is bullying people too much! I'll fight you to the death!"

Lin Xiao roared, like a mayfly shaking a tree, swinging the wooden stick at the Ye family's Blazing Sun realm expert.

"Hmph, an ant!"

The Blazing Sun realm expert didn't even move; a mere cold snort was enough to knock Lin Xiao unconscious.

If it weren't for the old Patriarch of the Ye family explicitly ordering them to take him alive, that cold snort alone would have killed Lin Xiao on the spot.

On the other side, Ye Xueqing had already completely merged the Eternal Balance into the baby boy's body.

"I'm sorry... Mom and Dad cannot accompany you as you grow up. You must live well... It doesn't matter if you become an ordinary person in the future, as long as you are safe and happy..."

Ye Xueqing knew very well that this child could absolutely not stay here, otherwise Ye Yutian would certainly kill him to eliminate future trouble.

Even though her heart was full of reluctance, Ye Xueqing had to separate from her newborn child. She directly crushed the space talisman the old Patriarch of the Ye family had given her for protection and sent the baby boy away.

At this moment, the Blazing Sun realm expert's attack arrived, and Ye Xueqing, having lost the Eternal Balance, was directly struck and severely wounded.

"No!"

Ye Yutian's expression changed wildly. He rushed over regardless of everything and slapped Ye Xueqing away.

But it was too late; the baby boy had already disappeared into the spatial channel, leaving no trace.

The enraged Ye Yutian stepped fiercely on Ye Xueqing.

"You actually dared to send away the Ye family's Origin Ancient Artifact? You bitch!"

"You want to protect your bastard son? I won't let you have your way! I will definitely find him and, right in front of you, skin him and pull out his bones!"