Chapter 2263: Just Don't Kill Him

I don't know this youth, but he seems quite unhappy that Ye Zhangqing came to the Heavenly Family to open a canteen.

Before Ye Zhangqing could speak, the youth still wanted to say something, but suddenly his face changed and immediately his whole face twisted.

He clutched his stomach tightly with both hands, and then his whole face turned liver-colored.

In the blink of an eye he couldn't even stand, slid straight down, lay on the ground rolling, and cried out miserably.

"It hurts, it hurts, what did you do, what exactly did you do."

Ye Zhangqing ignored him, turned his head to look at Miao Qianqian, who still wore a smile beside him.

In just a few breaths, the youth's breath had completely waned, as if he were taking in more air than he expelled.

The intense pain nearly made the youth lose consciousness, but somehow a force seemed to let him, whenever his vision went black, wake up inexplicably the next second.

His mind was clear, but the pain became all the clearer, pure torment.

"That's about enough, do you really want to kill him?"

"He won't die, who let him speak without restraint, forget him, let's go."

Miao Qianqian said indifferently, hearing this, Ye Zhangqing didn't say anything more.

As for this guy's life or death, I naturally don't care, and I'm not afraid of possible retaliation from the Heavenly Family later.

First, this guy was basically asking for death himself; second, even if Miao Qianqian had no intention to kill, even if she killed someone, the Heavenly Family wouldn't care.

The four of them simply walked away, leaving only the youth lying there, crying out heart-rendingly.

Not dying is even more painful than dying.

At this moment, the youth truly wished he could just die, but he couldn't even manage to die.

Miao Qianqian's witchcraft isn't something he can handle; even Tianlin would have to be careful, let alone him.

He didn't take this to heart, and went straight to the Grand Elder.

Obviously, they had long received Tianlin's instructions and had been waiting for Ye Zhangqing.

Their attitude was extremely warm and friendly; after a few words, the Grand Elder took Ye Zhangqing to the Fire Room.

This was specially prepared for Ye Zhangqing by the Heavenly Family.

From now on, Ye Zhangqing will arrange it, and it has nothing to do with the previous canteen.

Ye Zhangqing nodded, having no objection; these arrangements were already made, so he didn't need to worry.

Seeing Ye Zhangqing satisfied, the Grand Elder secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This canteen matter wasn't just Tianlin's concern; even the Old Ancestor had personally instructed him, and it was highly important.

To get Ye Zhangqing to agree, the Old Ancestor had expended considerable effort.

After all this trouble to finalize the canteen, there must be no slip-ups.

The Heavenly Family canteen affair went smoothly and was quickly settled.

As for afterwards, it would mainly be dry rations.

After all, Ye Zhangqing couldn't possibly stay in the Heavenly Family forever, and he also planned to hire Heavenly Family youths for the canteen staff.

There's no conflict; just need to tidy up, clean, and maintain order at mealtimes.

Moreover, it could also provide an additional cultivation resource.

He explained his idea to the Heavenly Family's Grand Elder, who naturally nodded in agreement repeatedly.

"Young Master Ye, rest assured, I'll handle this; actually I have a granddaughter who is diligent and good-looking, just right for the job."

"Huh???"

Without further ado, the Grand Elder started promoting his own granddaughter, but hearing this, Ye Zhangqing always felt something was off.

"I'm hiring people for odd jobs; why are you talking about this?"

However, Ye Zhangqing had no particular requirements for the hire; just being diligent was enough.

So he also nodded in agreement.

"Then thank you, Grand Elder."

"No problem, no problem."

The Grand Elder nodded with a smile, agreeing, and then Ye Zhangqing handed him a paper listing the benefits and other details.

The Grand Elder didn't even look at it, just put it away, thinking that if it was too little, they could always add more later under the family's name, no big deal.

Here the Heavenly Family canteen matter was settled; elsewhere, in a certain Dong Fu, the youth who had earlier blocked Ye Zhangqing and his companions' path now lay on the bed, writhing in anguished cries.

His skin all over was oozing fresh blood, and his voice had long become hoarse.

Several people stood by the bed; one woman wept with tears like pear blossoms, and a middle-aged man, his face dark, asked the white-haired elder beside him.

"Dao Brother, how is my son?"

In response, the white-haired elder shook his head helplessly.

"The Miao Holy Maiden's Western Border Witchcraft, Heavenly Brother, I am powerless."

This youth was indeed the one who had earlier confronted Ye Zhangqing, having been afflicted by Miao Qianqian's Western Border Witchcraft, later discovered and sent back home.

His parents, seeing this, first tried to treat him, but taking several kinds of healing pills had no effect at all.

In the end they could only ask the family's enshrined priest, namely this white-haired elder, a genuine Immortal-level Pill Master.

But when this white-haired elder arrived, he merely glanced and shook his head, indicating he too was powerless.

If it were ordinary Western Border Witchcraft, he still had a way, but since the practitioner was Miao Qianqian, the Western Border Holy Maiden, he had no recourse.

As one of the current Five Great Heavenly Pride Yāoniè, Miao Qianqian's Western Border Witchcraft has naturally reached a sublime level.

In the entire Immortal Realm, few can dispel it.

Seeing the middle-aged man's ashen face, the white-haired elder spoke.

"Heavenly Brother, asking the Old Ancestor to intervene might work."

Old Ancestor? Where is my big brother?

"No."

"What about my great-nephew?"

"No."

The elder brother referred to by the middle-aged man is the current head of the Heavenly Family, and his great-nephew is Tianlin.

The white-haired old man merely shook his head.

Tianlin doesn't know if it will work, but whether the other side will act is the question.

Some things the white-haired old man didn't say are that your son is courting death himself; who else can be blamed?

Although the middle-aged man's standing in the Heavenly Family is not low, he still needs to see who the opponent is.

Your only son went to provoke Ye Zhangqing and Miao Qianqian, these two Heavenly Pride Yāoniè—doesn't even the king know?

Will Tianlin intervene in this matter?

Seeing the white-haired old man shake his head, the middle-aged man's face grew ever uglier, and the woman beside him wept as she spoke.

"Son, don't frighten me, quickly think of a way—do you really have to watch your son die in such pain?"

You.................

Facing his dao companion's complaints and rebukes, the middle-aged man burned with anger, but the words on his lips remained unspoken.

An indulgent mother often ruins her child; the son has become like this, and the mother bears most of the responsibility.

He coldly glared at the woman, and in the end the middle-aged man only left behind a single sentence.

"Just keep indulging him; whether he can get through this time isn't up to me or you—these days, a Yāoniè, you don't even know his weight? People like that dare to provoke him; getting killed is what they deserve."