Chapter 508: I

At that moment, a figure descended and protected Grandma Li.

It was Nan Gong Han.

"Elder Ye, Grandma Li is indeed a person from my Huangjin City; could you spare her this time for my sake?"

Nan Gong Han said with a smile that was not quite a smile.

His face smiled, but his eyes were icy.

He believed that if Ye Xiu were clever, he would not choose to offend Huangjin City.

However, what Nan Gong Han did not expect was…

"Cannot."

Decisive, fierce, cold.

Everyone present was greatly shocked.

They thought that with Nan Gong Han's arrival, Elder Ye would not even look a monk in the eye, let alone the Buddha.

To their surprise, he harshly refused!

Nan Gong Han is the Little City Lord of Huangjin City!

Given time, he will inherit Huangjin City, and then he will be one of the most powerful figures in Beimingzhou!

Across the vast Beimingzhou, there are hardly any people of higher status than him.

Ye Xiu, as an Elder of the Academy, appears prestigious but actually has no real background.

He actually dares not give Nan Gong Han face?

Is it that Elder Ye is out of touch with the times, or does he have the confidence to do so?

No one knows.

When Fu Hanxiu coldly uttered those two words, Nan Gong Han's smile froze instantly, and his complexion darkened.

"Elder Ye, I didn't hear wrong, did I?"

Nan Gong Han curled his lip corner, seeming to smile, but his eyes were filled with ice shards.

"If your ears aren't good, go have them checked."

Nan Gong Han's complexion instantly turned iron‑blue.

He squinted slightly, and a cold glare poured out from his eye slits.

"Elder Ye, although this is the Academy and you are a highly respected Elder of the Academy, once you step outside the Shenzhou Academy, things may not be the same."

These words carried a hint of threat.

"You can try."

Fu Hanxiu responded calmly, truly looking down on everything.

Nan Gong Han's hand at his side clenched.

From childhood to now, he had never encountered someone as stubbornly dull as Ye Xiu!

Is it that he lacks flexibility, or does he truly have backing?

He leans more toward the former!

"Elder Ye, you have decided to oppose my Huangjin City, right?"

"Nan Gong Han, your words are wrong. Elder Ye is merely acting impartially; how does it become opposing Huangjin City when it reaches you? Is Huangjin City the one that likes to invert right and wrong, or are its people just narrow‑minded?"

These words came from Ye Qingran's mouth.

That sentence left Nan Gong Han speechless, forcing him to stare at her with eyes tempered like ice.

"Ye Xiu, Ye Qingran, listen to me: today, you dare not move my people!"

At that moment, Ling Xueyao shouted loudly.

With Grandma Li backed by Ling Xueyao, confidence surged instantly.

"Is that so?"

Fu Han slightly opened his thin lips.

When the words fell, a heavy aura radiated from him outward, the terrifying pressure like a massive wave crashing down, causing dread and a helpless sense of despair.

Among them, Nan Gong Han felt it most clearly.

This momentum was clearly aimed at him!

Even if he boasts of extraordinary talent and strong power, before this aura he is like an ant before a great tree!

He stared at Fu Hanxiu in shock, secretly terrified, wondering how Ye Xiu's strength could be so great.

Without waiting for Fu Hanxiu's orders, Fu Xiao San seized the chance, leapt over Nan Gong Han's block, drew a sword from his waist, and thrust it forward.

In an instant, a throat‑cutting sword!

Blood splattered three zhang.

Grandma Li's eyes bulged, and she died instantly!

She fell straight onto the ground with a muffled thud.

"Ah!!!"

Ling Xueyao, splattered with blood, screamed in terror.

Especially upon seeing Grandma Li's terrifying death, she was greatly frightened.

Nan Gong Han looked at the fallen Grandma Li, his complexion as hideous as possible.

Elder Ye's assistant's sword not only killed a Grandma Li, but also provoked the Little City Lord of Huangjin City!

If this spreads, how will others view him?

"From now on, anyone who dares to slander Instructor Ye will meet this fate."

Fu Hanxiu's gaze swept over the crowd, issuing a cold warning.

For a moment, everyone trembled like quails.

In front of them, a sword cut Grandma Li's throat; using such a chicken‑slaughter‑to‑warn‑the‑monkey method, who would dare utter another word afterward?

I have to say, this newly arrived Guest Minister Elder truly acts with thunderous speed!

Wu Shushan saw this and said nothing further.

First, Grandma Li got what she deserved; second, the other party is the Emperor Sovereign.

If the Emperor Sovereign wants to kill, who under the heavens can stop him?

What else could he say?

Nangong Han squinted, his gaze landing on Fu Hanxiu, and said in a mocking tone, "Elder Ye is really kind to Instructor Ye."

Those words, once spoken, inevitably led people to wild speculation.

This newly appointed Guest Minister Elder and the newly arrived Special Grade Instructor seemed to have been air‑dropped into the Academy at the same time.

Moreover, whenever something happens to Instructor Ye, Elder Ye appears promptly.

Between them, could there truly be some relationship?

Elder Ye, Instructor Ye?

They both share the surname Ye.

Could it be… siblings?

Fu Hanxiu lifted his eyebrows, his gaze turning to Ye Qingran, and with a sudden smirk said, "She is my wife; if I'm not good to her, who am I good to?"

This time, even Ye Qingran stared at him in surprise.

Weren't we supposed to keep a low profile?

How did he just expose their relationship?

Also, they aren't married yet; she can't really be his wife!

Though surprised, Ye Qingran silently accepted it in her heart.

Anyway, it is indeed that kind of relationship; what's there to be pretentious about?

Those words, to those present, were like a bolt of thunder.

"What? I didn't hear that wrong—Instructor Ye is Elder Ye's wife?"

"They're a married couple?"

"Heavens, that's unbelievably explosive!"

It's not that no one has guessed their relationship. Siblings, friends, old acquaintances… people have guessed all those, just not that they're a married couple.

Because they have never shown any intimate behavior in front of the public!

Who could have thought that the two, who treat each other with mutual respect, would actually be a married couple?!

That's just too explosive!

Nangong Han gave a cold smile.

He had guessed that the relationship between Ye Xiu and Ye Qingran was not simple, but didn't expect it to be such an intimate married relationship!

"So Xiao Chen and Xiao Hu are also Elder Ye's children?"

"If they're not mine, whose could they be?"

Fu Hanxiu's tone radiated coldness.

"No wonder they could enter the Heaven Class with top scores; it turns out they have such an outstanding father as Elder Ye."

Those words sounded even more sarcastically mocking.

It easily makes people think perversely.

Elder Ye was air‑dropped into the Academy, and his wife Ye Qingran soon became a Special Grade Instructor; the two sons entered the Heaven Class with first‑place scores.

It's hard not to suspect that all of this was a path paved by Elder Ye!