Chapter 17

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

It was a piece of jade with an emerald green color, but the craftsmanship looked ordinary. How could a rich young master like Ye Qing be interested in such a thing?

Just when she was wondering about it, the cauldron seal on Ye Lingyue’s palm quivered slightly. It felt very similar to when she was refining the Gathering Elemental potion.

This piece of jade was strange.

“Ye Qing, when you bullied and humiliated me that year, did you ever think that you and I were cousins? Or was that what Ye Fengcheng taught you, to be unwilling to admit defeat?” Ye Lingyue’s eyes moved and her gaze landed on Ye Fengcheng below the ring, whose expression did not look so good.

How could a person like him be the head of the family in the future if he had raised his son to go back on his words?

Ye Fengcheng felt indignant but did not dare to say anything.

“But it’s not like there’s no room for discussion,” Ye Lingyue drawled.

Asking Ye Qing to insult Ye Fengcheng in front of others was to insult the head of the Ye family. Ye Qing’s dumb mind did not think of it, but it did not mean that Ye Lingyue had not thought of it.

Ye Qing secretly rejoiced. The little b*stard was timid and dared not offend him.

“I will change the bet, then. You have to crawl on the ground like a dog for just one round and this jade will be the rest of your payment.” Ye Lingyue snatched the jade from the ground before Ye Qing could react.

Ye Qing’s expression changed when he heard what she had said.

That piece of jade was not an ordinary jade. It was called Dark Elemental Jade and wearing it, one would be able to absorb elementary force ten times faster. Martial arts practitioners below the Postnatal level considered it a treasure.

For Ye Qing to enter the top three in the competition, Ye Qing’s elder sister sent him the jade. This was also why Ye Qing could produce four lightning bolts.

“No, I’ll give you ten silver taels, just give me back the jade.” Ye Lingyue saw Ye Qing’s nervous expression and it made her more sure that the jade was not ordinary.

Was he treating her like a beggar, trying to send her off with ten silver taels?

“Sl*t, put the Dark Elemental Jade down.” Seeing that Ye Lingyue had seized the jade, Ye Fengcheng could not hold it in anymore. He shouted angrily and rushed like a hawk. His fingers were like hooks as he clasped Ye Lingyue’s shoulder.

Ye Lingyue felt a piercing and cold elementary force penetrating her body.

Ye Fengcheng’s sudden action shocked Ye Gu and the disciples of the Ye family.

“Ye Fengcheng, draw back your hand!”

Someone swept up from below the ring and a surge of powerful elementary force rushed towards Ye Fengcheng.

To dodge it, Ye Fengcheng had to let go of Ye Lingyue.

Ye Fengyu released her elementary force inside the ring. It was so powerful that it even made the bones in Ye Lingyue’s body shiver. It was as if she had fallen into the icy water.

“Ye Fengyu, what makes you think you can be so arrogant?” Ye Fengcheng snorted.

“I beat you out of the ring with a slap that year.” Ye Fengyu’s gaze was sharp and cold.

Ye Fengcheng was shaking with anger after she had brought up the past. His eyes were red and an elementary force that was no less than Ye Fengyu’s rushed out. The ring shook and they were already having an in-fight before even exchanging actual blows.

Seeing the Third Young Lady, the martial arts school was in an uproar.

How many years had it been? Ever since the third daughter of the Ye family returned to the Ye family, she was like an invisible person. She had lost her bravery and was already a useless person.

But the Ye Fengyu in front of them had an imposing air to her.

“Rock Shattering Force.” Before Ye Fengyu and Ye Fengcheng could do anything, they suddenly heard Ye Gu’s angry shout, and a strong elementary force burst out from Ye Gu.

Ye Gu stood between them, and beside him, an elementary force spread out like waves. With Ye Gu’s intervention, cracks on the paved ground opened inch by inch.

Ye Fengyu and Ye Fengcheng’s angry expression froze and they took three steps back.

Ye Lingyue was shocked when she saw this. Ye Gu’s elementary force had destroyed the whole ring.

The head of the Ye family and a Postnatal Peak powerhouse, Ye Gu, was like a green pine standing in the ruins of the ring and his face was full of anger.

“What is going on?!” Ye Gu’s gaze was sharp like knives as he looked at everyone’s faces. He finally stopped on Ye Lingyue and Ye Qing’s faces.

The latter’s face turned even paler and could not say a word as Ye Gu stared at him.

Ye Lingyue, on the other hand, calmly looked at Ye Gu and told him about the bet she had with Ye Qing. Ye Yinshuang and the people in the martial arts school were her witnesses.

“Father, this is a joke among children. You can’t possibly take it seriously,” Ye Fengcheng pleaded.

“Nonsense. Ye Fengcheng, it’s a joke now that your son lost the battle. But if it were my daughter, then you and your son could humiliate her? Your son is a treasure, while my daughter is grass?” Ye Fengyu’s voice raised a little.

“Enough. This time, it’s Ye Qing who lost. It’s natural for him to admit defeat.” Ye Gu was still angry at Ye Fengcheng’s rashness.

How could he bear the heavy responsibilities in the future with such a character?

“Grandfather!” Ye Qing begged. He could not believe that his grandfather, who had always doted on him, would make things difficult for him for this fool.

Ye Gu ignored him and Ye Fengcheng shook his head at Ye Qing as a warning.

Ye Gu valued promises. But Ye Fengcheng knew that he must not lose his position in his father’s heart because of his son’s bet. He was fighting for the position to become the head of the family, for crying out loud!

Ye Qing knelt to the ground with his head lowered, and he crawled. He was used to being a young master, so the rough gravel on the ground made his knees hurt. The sweat on his forehead fell drop by drop, and he looked like a dog like that.

“He would have such a day, too.”

“Who asked him to bully people every day?”

Those disciples from the main and side branches, who Ye Qing had bullied, added insult to his injury.

There were mocking voices, laughter by his ears, and even countless eye rolls. All these touches of sarcasm made Ye Qing, who had never suffered in his daily life, feel an unpleasant feeling rush to his heart. After crawling a few steps, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

Seeing Ye Qing had fainted from anger, Ye Fengcheng glared at Ye Fengyu and Ye Lingyue. He then picked up his son and left in a flurry.

Ye Lingyue looked at the two of them leaving, and she had a calm expression on her face as if the victorious moment never happened.

Ye Gu saw all of this. This child did not get arrogant after she had won, and she was not discouraged by failure. Her character was stronger than Ye Qing.