Chapter 735: This Is Undoubtedly a Granddaughter from Outside the Family

On the viewing platform, Yun Bahai noticed the figure, narrowed his eyes slightly, and a sharp gleam flashed in his pupils.

"Yun Batian, go die!"

He whispered, a crazed cold sneer appearing on his face.

Seeing that the figure was already very close to Yun Batian, unnoticed by anyone, his complexion grew especially grim, his eyes flashing with endless hatred.

Just a yard away from Yun Batian, his aura suddenly surged, and with a speed faster than the flash of lightning, he lunged at Yun Batian's back!

Killing move!

"Yun Batian, go die!"

He roared, his whole body like a sharp sword, cutting through everything, unstoppable as a bamboo split.

In his hand he gripped an incredibly sharp dagger, thrusting it fiercely into Yun Batian's heart area from behind.

No one doubted that once this dagger pierced Yun Batian's heart, his death would be certain!

But...

When the dagger was only an inch away from Yun Batian, it halted.

"Hm?"

The person startled, increased his force again, yet found he still couldn't move a fraction forward.

Suddenly, Yun Batian, who had been oblivious, turned around, showing no sign of panic on his face.

"What?!"

In the next instant, the person's complexion changed dramatically!

He sensed that Yun Batian was not at all like the legend of being terminally ill and having lost all cultivation!

"Your strength..."

How could this be?

Yun Batian's power is still that of a Human Emperor!

Though not at his peak, the Human Emperor's might remains suffocatingly formidable.

"Overestimating yourself!" Yun Batian snorted coldly, now displaying the Clan Leader's aura to the fullest.

He extended his hand into a palm and pushed forward; the person was repelled by his unmatched strength, falling to the ground and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Hm? My Disguise Pill?"

Ye Qingran looked at the person injured by Yun Batian, her eyebrow lifting as she recognized him as having used her Disguise Pill to change his appearance.

However, she did not expose him immediately.

"Who are you? Why did you ambush me?"

The person's gaze swept a corner of the crowd, then lifted to stare at Yun Batian, the ferocity in his eyes nearly spilling over.

"Yun Batian, you shall not meet a good end! I'm fighting you to the death!"

The person's eyes turned blood‑red, he roared, intending to explode his own entire cultivation and perish together with Yun Batian.

Everyone was terrified into silence.

One must know, this man is a Saint; if his cultivation detonated, the entire island would be blown to pieces.

Yet, in the instant before his cultivation would explode, he was restrained by someone.

Everyone instinctively looked at Yun Batian, assuming he did it; Yun Batian himself was also surprised.

Only then did everyone realize it was the Emperor Sovereign who intervened, and all eyes turned to Fu Hanxiu.

"Yun Batian! I will kill you!" The person, unable to move, turned red‑faced and flustered, wishing he could tear Yun Batian apart with his gaze.

Yun Batian, clearly accustomed to such scenes, remained calm, "Do we hold a grudge?"

"Our hatred is unforgivable! If I don't kill you, I will die without peace!"

The crowd collectively inhaled sharply.

They wondered what the Clan Leader had done to make him harbor such hatred.

"Before death, don't you intend to reveal your true face?"

A teasing voice came from beside them; the person looked at Ye Qingran, saw her lips curled in a half‑smile, and he seemed to calm down a bit.

He hesitated for a moment, erased the Disguise Pill's effect, revealing a ferocious face.

"Yun Lu!"

Yun Tinglan was startled and immediately recognized that the person was none other than Yun Lu, who had been staying by Ye Qingran's side all this time.

"How could it be you?"

Yun Lu gave a cold smile, "Why can't it be me?"

Yun Lu, you could, with my borrowed hand, kill my people?

Yun Lu seemed somewhat guilty, furrowing his brows, then quickly relaxed, "So what? Who told you you're a descendant of that Yun Batian?"

Seeing Yun Lu so resolute, Yun Tinglan couldn't help but ask, "How exactly did the Clan Leader offend you? You actually want to perish together with him?"

Yun Lu's hatred‑filled gaze fell again on Yun Batian, "Yun Batian, you killed my son Yun Haotian, exterminated his entire clan! I, Yun Lu, even as a ghost, will never let you go!"

"Yun Haotian?"

The name was not unfamiliar to most side‑branches of the Yun Tribe.

Twelve years ago, Yun Haotian, as the foremost family of a side‑branch, basked in glory, but overnight Yun Batian and his wife were ordered by the Clan Leader to be sent to Zhan Yuntai, and the rest of their household were all exiled.

The once‑glorious Yun Haotian clan instantly became history.

Later, people learned that Yun Haotian and his wife were sent to Zhan Yuntai because they offended the Clan Leader; he spread long‑lost slander behind their backs, which the elder Clan Leader discovered, prompting the lethal order.

For a time, members of the Yun Tribe debated the elder Clan Leader's cruelty, and from then on, no one dared to mention Yun Ling again.

"Do you know Yun Haotian?" Ye Qingran asked Yun Tinglan beside her.

Yun Tinglan, of course, knew and gave Ye Qingran a concise explanation.

"I see." Ye Qingran nodded gravely, "If I were Yun Lu, I would also be mortal enemies with him."

Yun Batian: "......"

This must be the paternal granddaughter, without doubt.

"Yun Batian, you despicable scoundrel who has lost all virtue, you are unfit to be Clan Leader of the Yun Tribe!" Yun Lu cursed, pointing at Yun Batian's nose.

Ye Qingran glared at the frantic Yun Lu and asked Yun Tinglan, "Why didn't you kill Yun Lu back then?"

Yun Tinglan recalled, "It seems that Yun Lu's wife was a member of the Bai Tribe, and back then he stayed with her at the Bai Mansion for many years, never returning to Yunfu. Their son, Yun Haotian, grew up and chose to return to Yunfu. Yun Lu and his wife went off like idle clouds and wild cranes; even when Yun Haotian returned to Yunfu, he never set foot there again. Later, when Yun Haotian got into trouble, the Clan Leader only executed Yun Haotian and his spouse; no one else was killed, including Yun Haotian's young son, who was merely exiled with the household to the East Wilderness Continent."

Yun Tinglan naturally couldn't know the details, and given the great span of time, many specifics were unclear to her or already forgotten.

"No wonder members of the Yun Tribe feel nothing when they hear the name Yun Lu," Ye Qingran nodded, thinking that if everyone knew Yun Lu was Yun Batian's father, hearing the name would cause a huge reaction. After all, the Yun Haotian incident had caused a huge uproar in the Yun Tribe back then.

But then again, was her grandfather really sent to Zhan Yuntai because Yun Haotian criticized Yun Ling behind his back?

If so, wouldn't that be too tyrannical?

Based on what she knows of Yun Batian, she remains skeptical of the truth.

Nevertheless, she didn't spare Yun Batian in speech, "You stay silent; does that mean you tacitly approve?"

Yun Batian glared irritably at his granddaughter whose elbows always bent outward, "What would I tacitly approve? Am I such a person?"

Ye Qingran was momentarily stunned, "Isn't that so?"

Yun Batian: "......"

This little cotton coat is drafty!

Yun Batian straightened his complexion, lowered his eyes to look at the snarling face and even more snarling gaze of Yun Lu, "Did you truly think I sent your son and daughter‑in‑law to Zhan Yuntai back then because they slandered my daughter Yun Ling behind my back?"

Yun Lu was startled, gritting his teeth, "Isn't that so?"

The world spreads it like that; almost everyone believes it—could it be false?

Yun Batian shook his head lightly, "If I told you it wasn't, would you believe me?"

Not?

How could it be?

Yun Lu's expression shifted slightly, then he coldly smiled, "Yun Batian, you think I'd believe these ghost stories?"