203: Ye Hong, a golden spiritual root

Lin Yucheng took Lin Yongmao and left the Yang City branch of Spirit Treasure Pavilion, then found Ye Yi, preparing to head to Wuyang Town.

Wuyang Town was the ancestral land of the Ye Family. The Ye Family was the second-largest Cultivator Family in the Yang City area, second only to the Dragon Family.

It was rumored that the Old Ancestor of the Ye Family had a Golden Core Stage Great Perfection cultivation level, only one step away from breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Ye Yi introduced the situation in Wuyang Town to Lin Yucheng and Lin Yongmao. He said, "The Ye Family is thriving with many descendants. I am a sixth-generation direct descendant and was originally destined to smoothly reach the Foundation Establishment Stage and inherit the position of Clan Chief, but..."

A look of painful memory appeared on Ye Yi's face. "All of this was caused by that bastard Ye Hong. Relying on his Metal-Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root, he actually colluded with forces from other regions to try and take control of the Ye Family, not realizing that he himself is just a stepping stone for others."

Lin Yongmao listened very carefully. Especially when he heard the term "Metal-Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root," his eyes widened, and his mood stirred.

If he could capture this Ye Hong and send him to the World Tree, then another evolutionary condition for the World Tree would be met.

He had originally thought that finding an owner of a Five-Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root would be difficult, but he hadn't expected to encounter several of them in succession.

Ye Yi continued, "I have received news this time that this Ye Hong will be meeting with the forces he has colluded with, and we can just..."

Lin Yucheng interrupted Ye Yi and asked, "What is this Ye Hong's cultivation level, and what is the strength of the forces coming to meet him?"

Ye Yi hurriedly said, "Ye Hong's cultivation is at the Foundation Establishment Stage Middle Stage, and the highest cultivation level among the Spirit Transmission Cult members coming is the Foundation Establishment Stage Late Stage. They happen to have a batch of Mystic Marrow Liquid in their hands, and the quantity is quite large!"

Lin Yongmao said, "Since there are no Golden Core Stage Cultivators, that is easy to handle."

Lin Yongmao's cultivation had already reached the Foundation Establishment Stage Great Perfection, so dealing with a few Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators was quite simple.

Lin Yucheng was a bit worried and asked, "Yongmao, can you do it?"

Lin Yongmao said, "No problem. This time, we will act as Calamity Cultivators for once. Presumably, that Metal-Attribute Spiritual Root Ye Hong must have quite a few good things on him, right?"

Lin Yongmao was not simply helping Ye Yi get revenge; he also had the intention of taking away Ye Hong, this Metal-Attribute Spiritual Root Cultivator.

Ye Yi set off first, as he needed to make preparations in advance. Lin Yucheng and Lin Yongmao followed closely behind, acting as the final trump card.

...

Outside Wuyang Town, in a secluded forest.

A few Cultivators gathered here; their auras were eerie, and they had never appeared in Yang City before.

Ye Hong stepped on a Magical Artifact Flying Sword, flew over, stopped outside the forest, and walked in quickly.

Ye Hong was from a branch of the Ye Family. When he was six years old, he was detected to have a Metal-Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root and received careful cultivation from the Ye Family.

However, he was not satisfied.

He was suppressed by Ye Yi in every aspect, which made him feel very stifled. He felt he had just been born to the wrong mother; why wasn't the position of the next Clan Chief his?

Fortunately, a group of Cultivators contacted him. They called themselves members of the Spirit Transmission Cult and had taken a fancy to Ye Hong's Spiritual Root talent.

As long as he joined the Spirit Transmission Cult, they would help him eliminate Ye Yi and take control of the Ye Family.

Ye Hong could not resist this temptation and quickly agreed.

However, he did not completely eliminate Ye Yi; instead, he crippled his Spiritual Root and Spiritual Bones, letting him watch with his own eyes as he grew stronger step by step, snatching everything that Ye Yi once possessed into his own hands.

Ye Hong's goal was achieved. Ye Yi was kicked out and actually ended up working as a waiter at the Longyang Inn. He had never felt so satisfied before.

Tonight was the day to meet with the Spirit Transmission Cult again. This time, the Spirit Transmission Cult would trade a batch of Cultivation resources with him to help him gain a firm foothold in the Ye Family.

He walked quickly into the forest and indeed saw three masked Black-Robed Figures waiting for him.

Ye Hong did not know the names of the three, only their code names: Ling Seventeen, Ling Eighteen, and Ling Nineteen.

Among them, Ling Seventeen was at the Foundation Establishment Stage Late Stage, while Ling Eighteen and Ling Nineteen were, like him, at the Foundation Establishment Stage Middle Stage.

"You have arrived. Did you bring the things?"

Ye Hong did not say much, but just took out a Jade Slip from his Storage Pouch. This Jade Slip flickered with a faint red light; it was precisely one of the most important Legacies of the Ye Family—the "Tier 3 Artifact Refiner Legacy."

The Ye Family possessed a Tier 3 Artifact Refiner Legacy; otherwise, it would have been impossible to Cultivate a Tier 3 Artifact Refiner.

Lin Xuanbo knew this Artifact Refiner; it was Ye Zhiyi from the Baiqi Business Firm.

"Very good!"

Ling Seventeen put away the Jade Slip, then took out a Storage Pouch and handed it to Ye Hong.

"This is the batch of resources you wanted, especially the Mystic Marrow Liquid, there is quite a lot of it. The Cult Master thinks highly of you. As long as you successfully reach the Golden Core Stage, we will take you away from Yang City."

Ye Hong pretended to be grateful and said repeatedly, "That's great, that's really great!"

However, he did not want to leave Yang City yet; he wanted to completely control the Ye Family and control Ye Yi's life and death.

Just as the Spirit Transmission Cult members were about to instruct Ye Hong to proceed with the next step, a figure that shocked Ye Hong appeared.

"Ye Hong, you actually colluded with outsiders to betray the Ye Family; you are simply worse than a beast!"

Ye Hong was a bit flustered, but he quickly concealed his flustered expression. "Heh, and you are worthy of criticizing me? I originally wanted to keep you around for a while longer, but now it seems that won't be possible."

Ye Yi stepped back a few steps, and Lin Yongmao and Lin Yucheng walked out from the shadows.

They used the 【Breath Concealment Art】, and the two's auras were well concealed, so even Ling Seventeen, who was at the Foundation Establishment Stage Late Stage, did not discover them.

Ye Hong was no longer calm; his misdeeds had been discovered by Ye Yi, and this Ye Yi could not be left alive.

He was just a Qi Refinement Stage level 7 Cultivator; killing him was as easy as pinching an ant to death.

Ye Yi asked Lin Yongmao and Lin Yucheng, "Two Seniors, thank you for your trouble."

Lin Yongmao made the first move. He threw out a handful of Talismans, which were Tier 2 High Grade Talismans: Vine Binding Talisman and Water Prison Talisman. A dozen control-type Talismans firmly trapped the four of them.

Ye Hong had originally wanted to kill Ye Yi, but he discovered that his whole body was already entangled by vines, and he could not move at all.

Lin Yongmao did not give them time to react. He summoned the sword soul grass leaves to perform the Sword Shadow Dividing Light Technique. The sharp grass leaves turned into Flying Swords, harvesting the lives of Ling Seventeen and the others.

The heads of Ling Seventeen and the other two were cut off, and blood gushed out.

【Nanming Li Fire】

A flash of fire lit up, and the extremely high-temperature flames incinerated the three bodies, leaving not even ash behind.

Lin Yongmao put away the Storage Pouches of the few, and looked at Ye Hong with interest.

This Ye Hong was tall and sturdy with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes; he really had a good appearance. It was just that his eyes were filled with disbelief and panic. He struggled to break free from the vines, but he found that he simply could not move.

Lin Yucheng had still planned to make a move, but he hadn't expected Lin Yongmao to resolve the enemy so quickly.

He only knew that Lin Yongmao's cultivation had increased greatly, but he hadn't expected it to have reached this level.

"Spare my life, I beg you Senior, spare my life; all of this was forced upon me by the Spirit Transmission Cult." Seeing that Lin Yongmao and Ye Yi were in cahoots, Ye Hong hurriedly begged for mercy.

Ye Yi's eyes turned red, and hatred clouded his mind.

"I want to kill you!"