32: Yunli took a photo, Ye Chen of the Ye family

"Cloud Fairy, aren't you tired?"

High in the sky, Mu Wuchen lay on Su Meier's lap and asked curiously.

Three days and three nights had passed on their journey to Tianyang Valley, and Yun Li had stood motionless on the Golden Winged Roc for three days, maintaining a cold and distant demeanor.

Yun Li felt a pang of guilt, but her expression remained impassive.

She was truly afraid of losing her composure again during the journey, so she kept her expression taut at all times and deliberately maintained some distance from Mu Wuchen.

"Senior Brother Mu is joking. We cultivators are pure-hearted, desireless, and devoted to the Dao. How could we be tired?"

Hearing her reply, Mu Wuchen smiled faintly and said,

"Since Cloud Fairy isn't tired, why do you keep switching which leg you're resting on?"

Yun Li's face stiffened, and her lips moved, but she still didn't know what to say...

"Miss Yun, look what this is?"

Mu Wuchen pressed his advantage. A crystal-like stone appeared in his hand, and with a gentle toss, it landed in Yun Li's hand.

As soon as the stone entered her grasp, a scene appeared out of thin air.

In the scene, Yun Li, looking like a fairy, was treading on colorful clouds, seemingly performing a cultivation technique.

Suddenly, the Yun Li in the scene stumbled and actually fell from the colorful clouds. One of her exquisite shoes flew into the air, and as she descended, her jade-like feet struggled in mid-air.

The scene shifted. Mu Wuchen leaped up and caught her delicate body as she free-fell. After several futile struggles, she had no choice but to let Mu Wuchen carry her back to the colorful clouds.

After that, Celestial Fairy Yun Li "casually" fled in a hurry with one bare foot. Upon returning to her residence, she walked directly to a clear spring in the back mountain of her estate...

The scene abruptly ended.

Seeing the scene, the cool and collected Celestial Fairy Yun Li finally broke down...

Her cheeks were flushed red, seemingly from shame and anger, and her eyes welled up with tears.

"Senior Brother Mu, we cultivators should take the welfare of the world as our responsibility. You, how could you be like this...?"

Although the scene in the recording stone made her feel ashamed, it hadn't made her break down. What broke her was that the scene stopped at too coincidental a moment. She strongly suspected that the footage here was not the complete version...

Mu Wuchen thought to himself, "Of course it's not the complete version. This is just the free version. There are six paid versions after this."

Looking at Yun Li, who was completely devoid of her fairy-like demeanor and looked full of grievances, Mu Wuchen waved his hand innocently.

"Miss Yun, if Heaven gives something and you don't take it, you'll suffer for it. If I had no connection to this video, it wouldn't have been created. If you had no connection to it, the main character in the video wouldn't be you, right?"

Yun Li was stunned. She felt that what Mu Wuchen said was twisted logic, but she couldn't find any evidence to refute it.

"Besides, other than me and the readers in front of the screen who are generating power with their love, no one can see the subsequent content. However, if Celestial Fairy Yun Li agrees to take the welfare of the world as her responsibility, I wouldn't mind..."

Mu Wuchen's teasing words were interrupted by Yun Li before he could finish.

"Don't..."

Her eyes were no longer cold; they held only a hint of grievance and pleading.

Since she could no longer maintain her former cool demeanor, Yun Li simply gave up, plopped down on the back of the Golden Winged Roc, wrapped her arms around her knees, and angrily ignored Mu Wuchen.

At this moment, she no longer looked like the lofty Celestial Fairy Yun Li, but rather like a little girl who had suffered a grievance...

Beside them, the fox spirit Su Meier sighed inwardly, thinking, "It seems another one has been reined in."

Even a top expert like herself in the Demon Emperor Realm was firmly controlled by Mu Wuchen. How could Yun Li, a girl in her twenties, no matter how strong-willed, be a match for Mu Wuchen, an old demon Mu who had been reborn as an ancient emperor and whose age was unknown?

...

Another three days passed.

In Yetian City, a small city near Tianyang Valley, the Ye Family courtyard was in chaos.

The Ye Family was a major power in this city, having been entrenched in Yetian City for hundreds of years, accumulating considerable heritage, and was an untouchable presence in the surrounding area.

However, at this moment, the Ye Family was in immense trouble. The Ye Family's Mystic Infant Ancestor had fallen, and the Ye Family had lost its greatest reliance, with outsiders eyeing them covetously.

Moreover, in recent times, the demon race had been rampant, slaughtering humans, causing widespread panic. At this most crucial time for stability, a piece of news spread like wildfire.

Ye Chen, the Ye Family's illegitimate son, was very likely involved with the demon race. There were even rumors that Ye Chen had been possessed by a demon and had secretly slaughtered many humans.

"Ye Chen, you traitor!"

"The shame of humanity, the disgrace of the Ye Family! You're involved with the demon race, aren't you afraid of retribution!"

"Cousin Ye Chen, when I was little, I suspected you were peeping at me bathing, but I had no proof at the time, so it was left unsettled. Now it seems it was indeed you!"

"Ye Chen, my family's watchdog, Erhei, mysteriously got pregnant. I only suspected it before, but it seems you were the one who did it!"

In the courtyard, dozens of armed experts surrounded a lone figure, looking ready to fight at a moment's notice.

The surrounded figure was a black-robed person, a tall, thin young man hidden within the black robe, with a black mask covering his face, making his appearance indistinct.

Judging by his aura, the figure in black had reached the fifth level of the Linghai Realm. Such cultivation was rare even within the entire Ye Family. What was even more shocking was that the person in the black robe was only a young man in his twenties!

Among those besieging Ye Chen, four or five were in the Linghai Realm, and the remaining dozens were also Ye Family masters. To ensure foolproof success, the Ye Family even specially hired high-priced formation masters to set up a trapping array.

As several formation masters cast their spells simultaneously, black and white light flowed, and a giant black and white net sealed off the entire Ye Family. Such a grand formation was hard to believe was only to deal with one young man.

A gaunt old man with a face like a knife walked to the very front and spoke to Ye Chen in a low voice:

"Ye Chen, colluding with the demon race and slaughtering your own kind, the evidence is conclusive. You deserve to be executed. Our Ye Family is today upholding righteousness by eliminating a family member. Do you admit your guilt?"

Upon hearing the old man's words, Ye Chen, under the black robe, suddenly burst into laughter:

"What a false accusation, what a righteous elimination of a family member! Great Elder, you conspired with the demon race, poisoned the Old Ancestor, and now you want to frame me!"

Just as Ye Chen spoke, a cultivator at the Linghai Realm shouted loudly, interrupting Ye Chen:

"Ye Chen, stop spouting nonsense! The Great Elder has been in our Ye Family for over a hundred years, and during this time, he has been loyal and devoted. How dare a junior like you slander him!"

"Yes, Ye Chen, you're still stubborn even at death's door!"

A sinister look flashed in the Great Elder's eyes, and killing intent was revealed above his twisted eyebrows. He formed a claw with his five fingers, and his powerful cultivation at the eighth level of the Linghai Realm erupted, an incredibly terrifying force pressing directly towards Ye Chen.

Ye Chen, under the black robe, smiled faintly and also made his move. Such an attack, in his opinion, was too weak!