75: The royal family evacuated, and the Huoyun Sect provided full support

Facing Ye Wen's fury, the expressions of Shi Rufeng and the other high-ranking members of the Shi Family were not good; Long Aotian's sudden move had completely caught them off guard.

What made their scalps tingle even more was that their Divine Sense had been constantly released, yet Long Aotian was able to set up a killing array without anyone noticing, right under their released Divine Sense.

What kind of terrifying method was this?

In short, judging by the power unleashed by the killing array just now, it would be very easy for the opponent to even kill an Ancestor of the Distraction Realm from the Shi Family.

The only people in the Shi Family who could ignore such an unfathomable method of killing were Shi Rufeng, Shi Rulin, and Shi Ruhuo.

However, they didn't even know who the opponent was, and the opponent's Divine Sense strength was at the fifth or sixth revolution of the Mahayana Realm; could they truly ignore the opponent's killing intent?

At this moment, Ye Wen thought of many things.

The Imperial Family, the Ye Family, could not be used as a pawn and foolishly give away a Princess.

This marriage must be called off!

Moreover, the Shi Family was facing a crisis of clan destruction; marrying the Princess to the Shi Family, wasn't that pushing the Princess into a pit of fire?

Regarding the marriage alliance, although the Imperial Family had been cautious enough, they still stepped on a landmine; they were still not careful enough!

Furthermore!

Why did the opponent indiscriminately attack him and Wan Chuan, the Grand Elder of the Fire Cloud Sect?

Ye Wen did not believe that the opponent's attack was accidental.

It was obvious that the opponent was spying on them, and only attacked them in anger after hearing their conversation.

That cold snort, filled with anger and killing intent, was the best proof!

Who exactly was the opponent?

And why did they feel angry after hearing their words?

Ye Wen continuously deduced various Karma connections and possibilities in his mind, finally pinpointing the Hua Family and the Long Family; that mysterious powerful individual was very likely related to the Hua Family and the Long Family!

In comparison, the main base of the Hua Family was within the Imperial City, living right under the Imperial Family's nose; Ye Wen could basically confirm that the Hua Family had no Mahayana Realm powerful individuals.

Then, what remained was the Long Family, which even their Imperial Family did not understand very well.

The Long Family actually had Mahayana Realm powerful individuals?!

It seems agreeing to the Shi Family's request to deal with the Long Family was too hasty!

Perhaps this was the fundamental reason why even he, the Imperial Family's spokesperson, was subjected to the opponent's indiscriminate attack?

After all, he was going to deal with them, so why couldn't they attack him?

And this attack, perhaps, was more of a strong expression of dissatisfaction and a warning to him!

If the opponent were to use such unfathomable methods to attack those with lower cultivation in their Imperial Family, even if their Imperial Family was powerful, they would probably feel overwhelmed and find it difficult to cope; the impotent barking of the three Mahayana Realm Clan Gods of the Shi Family just now was the best illustration.

"Brother Ye, we were also attacked, why are you directing your anger at us?"

Shi Rufeng's Face was grim as he said, steeling himself.

Hearing Ye Wen's questioning words, he already had a faint feeling that something was amiss.

"Hmph, still not honestly confessing, trying to muddle through and trick your way into marrying the Princess, is that it? This mysterious powerful individual should be here to trouble your Shi Family, right? How dare you use the Imperial Family as a pawn; what a clever scheme and bold move, even scheming against the Imperial Family!

I, Ye Wen, hereby declare that the engagement between the Seventh Princess and Shi Youse is dissolved, the Imperial Family will not handle the matter of destroying the Long Family, and the Hua Family shall be protected by the Imperial Family, living peacefully and abiding by the law!

Shi Rufeng, you'd best give Emperor Ye an explanation, otherwise, you'll await Emperor Ye's wrath!

Farewell!"

After speaking, Ye Wen didn't wait for the Shi Family members to react, and with a flash, he left the Shi Family.

After leaving, the old fellow secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Hopefully, the other party would still be satisfied?

He took the opportunity not only to announce the dissolution of the Princess's engagement with the Shi Family, but more importantly, he refused to help the Shi Family destroy the Long Family, and at the same time announced the protection of the Hua Family, believing that the mysterious powerful individual hidden in the dark would understand the goodwill released by the Imperial Family.

The Imperial Family did not wish to be an enemy with him.

"I must report this situation to Emperor Ye; such a strange and terrifying killing array, even in front of a Ninth Revolution Peak of the Mahayana Realm powerful individual like myself, the opponent comes and goes without a trace. This person must not be provoked; their methods are so brilliant and ruthless that it sends shivers down one's spine.

The Shi Family has provoked this person, and the Shi Family's position among the Five Great Cultivation Families of the Imperial City is probably in jeopardy... The Eastern Barrens seems to be quite restless recently; first, a mysterious powerful individual suddenly appeared in the Phoenix Family, then a bald monk suddenly appeared in the Eastern Barrens, and now another mysterious powerful individual, possibly from the Long Family, has suddenly emerged.

The Imperial Family, even in the Eastern Barrens, is not an invincible existence, let alone the world outside the Eastern Barrens?

It is still best to be cautious.

As for the Hua Family, a God Protector of the Nation should be sent to guard it, lest the Shi Family, in their desperation, truly listen to Wan Chuan's words, and then that person blames the Imperial Family."

On his way out, Ye Wen, considering that the mysterious powerful individual might be related to the Hua Family or the Long Family, decided to apply to Emperor Ye to dispatch a God Protector of the Nation to protect the Hua Family, in order to clear the impact of some of the things he had said at the Shi Family.

Ye Wen seemed to have a faint feeling that the several mysterious powerful individuals who had suddenly appeared recently might not be powerful individuals from the Eastern Barrens, which made his expression solemn and his vigilance instantly heightened countless times.

If they were not powerful individuals from the Eastern Barrens, then some of the patterns in the Eastern Barrens might undergo changes... "Hmph, this old man is quite clever and sensible; I hope Emperor Ye doesn't disappoint me too much! Otherwise, I, Long Aotian, will definitely stir up trouble in the Eternal Leaf Dynasty!"

Long Aotian was quite satisfied with Ye Wen's timely damage control; if the Imperial Family was unwilling to be his enemy, he naturally wouldn't dwell on this matter and oppose the Imperial Family.

However, all of this still depended on observing their words and actions.

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Ye Wen left.

After hearing Ye Wen's words, Wan Chuan, the Grand Elder of the Fire Cloud Sect, whose Face was already not looking good, became even grimmer.

The Fire Cloud Sect was also schemed against by the Shi Family?

But now, the Fire Cloud Sect had already formed a deep strategic bond with the Shi Family; dozens of talented female Disciples from the Shi Family had married outstanding descendants of the Fire Cloud Sect's high-ranking members, and the Shi Family had also married over a dozen female descendants from the Fire Cloud Sect's high-ranking members.

Even his granddaughter was currently playing in the Shi Family.

Although his granddaughter had not yet married, she had already sealed the deal with Shi Jing, and they were inseparable.

Unlike the Imperial Family, although they had agreed to marry off the Princess, the Princess had not yet married, and Shi Youse had not even met the Princess; everything still had room for maneuver.

How important was chastity? His granddaughter was truly too reckless; how wonderful it would be if she had learned from the Princess. Now, what was he supposed to do?

Wan Chuan was very angry in his heart, angry that his granddaughter was not content with her lot and did not cherish her purity, and angry that the Shi Family had ulterior motives in having Shi Jing focus on seducing his granddaughter, leading to her falling in love even before marriage.

"Rufeng, Rulin, Ruhuo, what exactly is going on? Why did your Shi Family provoke such a powerful individual?"

Wan Chuan asked with a grim Face.

Shi Rufeng's eyes darted around, and he explained with a bitter smile, "Brother Wan, we are actually also very confused; we don't know whether the opponent is targeting the Imperial Family or the Shi Family.

We suspect this person might be that mysterious powerful individual of the Phoenix Family. However, our Shi Family lost an Ancestor of the Distraction Realm but did not proactively seek revenge against the Phoenix Family, while a Mahayana Realm powerful individual from the Imperial Family was almost killed by the opponent's slap.

As two major influential forces in the Eastern Barrens, how could the Imperial Family let this go? Isn't this a loss of Face for the Imperial Family? I suspect the Imperial Family must have sent powerful individuals to provoke the Phoenix Family again, causing that mysterious powerful individual to come killing to the Imperial City, and we are very likely suffering from Ye Wen's undeserved calamity!"

Push the blame if possible.

How could the Shi Family's crisis of clan destruction be told to outsiders?

"Is that so?"

Wan Chuan frowned slightly; it sounded quite reasonable?

Could it be that old fellow Ye Wen didn't want to form a marriage alliance with the Shi Family and was trying to shift the blame?

"Otherwise, what else could it be? The Fire Cloud Sect and the Shi Family are as close as one Family; would I lie to Brother Wan?"

"That's true, but your Shi Family should still destroy the Long Family as soon as possible. Today's incident was truly too bad; if the Shi Family struggles so much to destroy a small cultivation Family of a royal city, and is played around with, it will truly damage your Shi Family's prestige!"

As he spoke, Wan Chuan frowned again and said, "How about this, I'll have the Sect Master of the Fire Cloud Sect assist your Shi Family in destroying the Long Family as soon as possible, and then Jing'er and Hong'er will hold their grand wedding!"

"That would be excellent; we, the Shi Family, thank Brother Wan for this!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the high-ranking members of the Shi Family immediately lit up. They hadn't expected Wan Chuan to be so foolish as to voluntarily let the Fire Cloud Sect share a portion of the Shi Family's crisis of clan destruction's firepower. For a moment, they didn't know how to praise Wan Chuan enough.

"Thank me for what? We are all one Family!"

"Yes, yes, yes, we are all one Family!"

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