Chapter 677: The Yun Tribe Blood Jade Pillar!

The sky had already become completely dark.

A campfire was lit on the clearing in front of the Old Village Chief's thatched hut, and Ye Qingran, a group of people, and A Diao and her sisters sat together around it.

The firelight illuminated each face, warm and romantic.

Over the fire they were roasting the big fish that A Diao had caught from the sea today.

Waves of fragrance drifted on the wind to their noses, making mouths water.

"Sister Ye, I truly am so grateful that you saved my grandfather."

This was already an unknown number of times that Aqing had thanked Ye Qingran.

The girl bathed in the firelight, in the bloom of her twenty‑eight years, her skin rough from sea wind and scorching sun, yet her eyes were as clear as the azure sea.

A Diao stood behind her sister, holding her sister's hand, a faint smile on her face.

Ye Qingran ignored the topic and asked them, "Do you want to cultivate?"

She examined the sisters' physical condition; although they weren't of the best cultivation constitutions, they both possessed fairly good Spiritual Roots, making them good seedlings for cultivation.

"If we cultivate, can we fly?" A Diao's words were full of mortal fantasies about flight.

"As long as you are diligent enough, then you can." Becoming a saint allows unrestricted floating in the void.

"Then I want to practice!" A Diao declared resolutely.

Aqing hesitated, biting her lip, "I… I also want."

In fact she was already a cultivator, but all these years she had only been a mysterious master, making no progress.

If her cultivation were a bit higher, she could go up the mountain to gather herbs and return the same day.

"Fine." Ye Qingran nodded and decided to give them a gift tomorrow.

The next day, the sun rose.

On a seaside cliff outside the village, LeJi and LeSe, father and daughter, were bound with a massive Five‑Flower binding and thrown down, quickly disappearing beneath the raging waves that piled like snow.

Ye Qingran had had people investigate last night; the poison in Old Village Chief's body was all placed by LeJi and his daughter, and they found the toxin at LeJi's home.

Old Village Chief also woke at dawn, recalled past events, and only then discovered the details of how LeJi and his daughter had poisoned him.

Both witness and material evidence were complete.

According to the rules, LeJi and his daughter must be sunk to the sea floor to feed the fish! Only then can their sins be washed clean!

Village entrance.

A Diao and Aqing, the sisters, were reluctant to part.

Old Village Chief, still not recovered, could not appear.

Ye Qingran injected a cultivation insight into the consciousness sea of A Diao and Aqing, something she had summarized herself.

It was like a chip implanted into their brains. They would not forget.

"Go back and digest it well."

Aqing and A Diao both felt that consciousness in the sea of awareness.

"Sister, we will cultivate properly; when A Diao grows up, we'll come find you!"

Ye Qingran again gave A Diao and Aqing some pills.

They were ordinary fifth‑ or sixth‑grade pills, unremarkable to her, yet capable of saving their lives at a crucial moment.

"A Diao, we will meet again!"

"You must remember, we are friends!"

Xiaohu Xiaocheng said seriously to A Diao.

A Diao nodded vigorously.

Xiaohu Xiaocheng is her first friend from outside the village; she will cherish them.

"Xiaohu Xiaocheng, I forgot to ask where your family lives?"

When Ye Qingran and the others had gone far, A Diao remembered the question.

From the wind came Xiaohu Xiaocheng's voice: "We live at the Summit of the Pursuing Deer. Welcome you to come find us to play!"

Donghai Cheng.

As a great city in Duanhun Yu, one of the TwelveGreatDomains under Yunfu's jurisdiction, Donghai Cheng, though remote, is bustling because it lies near Duanhun Sea, a sacred training ground.

Moreover, its city lord bears the YunSurname, making it famous.

Ye Qingran's party was really eye‑catching.

Earlier in DaYuCun, the vast sparsely populated area was fine, but after entering the city, everywhere they went attracted countless gazes, so Ye Qingran and the others simply disguised themselves.

Fu Hanxiu only wore a mask, while Ye Qingran and the others had taken disguise pills.

Even Xiaohu Xiaocheng could not escape.

The disguise pills could transform one into any desired appearance; Ye Qingran and the others made themselves look very ordinary, thereby reducing attention.

"Xiaohu Xiaocheng, although you turned ugly, you still can't hide your cuteness!"

Hong Wu then realized that Xiaohu Xiaocheng's charm has nothing to do with looks.

Of course, good looks are a bonus!

Xiaohu Xiaocheng found it quite novel.

"What is that?"

Ye Qingran pointed at a jade pillar in the central square of Donghai Cheng and asked.

"That one, it's the Blood Jade Pillar used to test the Yun Tribe bloodline! Every city has one."

Fu San, who had already done his homework, answered promptly.

"Testing the Yun Tribe bloodline?" Ye Qingran raised an eyebrow slightly.

She had heard of this thing, but had never seen it before.

"Right. People of the Yun Tribe, to protect their bloodline, have placed this thing in every city so that Yun Tribe members can use it to prove their identity."

"Wow, Fu San Uncle knows so much!" Xiao Hu was very supportive.

Fu San, praised like that, almost floated; he glanced at Han Xing and, from memory, said: "Did you see? The Blood Jade Pillar has ten markings, like bamboo. As long as a Yun Tribe person puts a hand on it and injects Mysterious Force, the Blood Jade Pillar can sense the Yun Tribe bloodline and, according to purity, illuminate the segment count."

"First Segment is the weakest bloodline, the tenth segment is the strongest bloodline."