Chapter 5: Immortals Quarrel, Mortals Suffer

  "Thud... thud... thud!"

  A neat row of horseshoes sounded from afar and drew near to the Yi family.

  This is none other than Yi Yun, the master of the Yi household who has returned from afar.

  As they approached, the crowd bowed and said: "Welcome home, Master."

  "Well, let's get up, don't stand here anymore, go, come in." A rare smile appeared on Yi Yun's face, which was not angry but majestic.

  Yi Chi, standing in the corner, is also observing his father of this life. At a closer look, he appears to be only in his thirties, perhaps due to his cultivation of Dou Qi. Originally over sixty years old, but in appearance, he looks like he's only in his thirties.

  His profound eyes were sharp and fierce, obviously a decisive killer. The body wearing a deep blue long gown was also robust and majestic, with a height of nearly six feet five inches, exactly one and a half heads taller than Yi Chi now.

  Her golden hair cascaded down her shoulders, shining brightly like molten gold.

  The whole person looks like a war god statue.

  ......

  Yi Jia Zheng Tang.

  Yi Yun's family master sat upright in the main seat, with a row of seats on either side below him.

  The ten elders of the Yi family sat in these two rows of seats, while the younger ones like Yi Chi could only stand on both sides.

  There aren't even seats for them to sit on yet.

  Yi Jia actually had twelve elders, but the elders of the alchemy room and the equipment room were always in their respective courtyards and never came out. Even Yi Chi had only seen them a few times.

  So generally in such meetings, it is usually the ten senior elders who appear, and those two basically will not show up.

  "Elder, was there anything that happened in the family during my absence?" Yi Yun asked, looking at the old man sitting in the first seat on his right.

  This is Yi Jia's Great Elder, Yi Fan.

  He stroked his whiskers, and the venerable Easy looked around at the assembled elders with a careless air, saying slowly: "Well, I have observed that nothing has happened. In the month when our family head was away from home, everything was all right."

  At this point, Yi Chi saw the problem.

  "It seems that these elders don't care about their own father!" Yi Chi remembered that just a few days ago, the Yi family and Chen family had a dispute, seemingly over something related to the market, but he didn't know the specifics since he didn't have much status in the Yi family.

  "Oh? Is that so? Then how come I heard that you elders gave the three medicine shops managed by my family to the Chen family?" Yi Yun said, almost shouting at the Great Elder, the aura from the Dou Wang was not something the Great Elder could withstand.

  However, Yi Chi saw that the Great Elder was still sitting calmly in his seat, and there was no sign of weakness as he had imagined.

  "What's going on? Did the Great Elder suddenly break through?" Yi Chi thought in surprise. According to reason, a Great Elder with only eight-star Dou Ling strength shouldn't be able to break through to Dou Wang so quickly. After all, he was already old, and there was also a nine-star existence in between, how could it be possible for him to break through in just one short month?

  "Yi Yun, don't think that just because you're the master of this house, you can do as you please. The elders' council can remove you from your position at any time." The great elder glared at Yi Yun with a cold tone.

  "Hmph, spare me, haha, fine, fine, very well. You'd better give me a good reason to come out. If you can't give me a real reason today, I, Yi Yun, will take the head of the elder from your neck." Yi Yun said angrily.

  "Haha, what reason? If I, Yifan, say it's true, then it's true. I said let it go, so just let it go." Yifan suddenly stood up and said wildly, with a "you can't do anything to me" expression looking at Yiyun.

  "Alright, alright, alright, it seems you want to rebel against me." Yi Yun angrily said three "goods", turned his head to look at the other nine elders: "What about you? Are you also going to rebel against me like this traitor?"

  Nine elderly men looked at me, I looked at you, looking for half a day but none of them knew the sound.

  "Hmph, a bunch of good-for-nothings." Yi Fan looked at the nine elders who didn't dare to speak with disdain.

  "Yi Yun, don't think that just because I didn't have their help, I'd be afraid of you. Let me tell you, I've already broken through to the Dou Wang level. Back then, you killed my son in order to contend for the position of family head. Today is the day you pay with your life." As Yi Fan said this, his face suddenly turned bright red, and a massive aura burst forth from his body, pressing straight towards Yi Yun.

  "Yi Fan, at first it was your son who laid a deadly hand on my second brother. That's not something I can blame you for. Don't think that just because you've broken through, you can do whatever you want to me. Today, I'll let you know the difference between a two-star and one-star Dou Wang." Yi Yun's face showed a hint of guilt, but immediately turned into determination.

  It's not his fault, what happened back then was that he owed Yi Fan an apology, but he asked himself if he had intentionally gone to harm his son, in fact it was his son who forced him into a corner and left Yi Yun no choice but to take drastic measures, this can't be blamed on him.

  "Boom!"

  Two forces collided, instantly producing a massive explosion. The crowd had already fled the main hall, sensing something was amiss. Yi Chi stood outside the courtyard, now an ordinary person with no powers whatsoever. Even a stone thrown at him could kill him, so how could he not keep his distance?

  The dust has settled.

  Only the originally magnificent main hall had become a ruin.

  In a circular pit about five meters in diameter, both Yi Yun and Yi Fan were somewhat disheveled.

  "Hmph." Yi Yun let out a cold snort, his left hand withdrawing from its palm shape to form a fist. One punch landed squarely on Yi Fan's chest, still showing some mercy. If the punch had landed on Yi Fan's head, he would have undoubtedly died.

  "Hmm..."

  Bang!

  Yi Fan was punched in the chest by Yi Yun, and immediately spat out a large mouthful of blood. His body flew out of the pit like a broken branch, falling to one side.

  "Hmm."

  A flash of movement, and Yi Yun appeared somewhat disheveled in front of Yi Fan, gazing at him coldly.

  "Yi Fan, who gave you the Explosive Spirit Dan? Don't you want to live anymore?" Yi Yun had noticed something was off about Yi Fan during their sparring match earlier. That violent surge of battle qi was absolutely not a normal phenomenon.

  Furthermore, Yi Fan broke through from eight-star Dou Ling to one-star Dou Wang in just a short month, so Yi Yun suspected that he might have taken some kind of elixir.

  However, there are few elixirs that can achieve this effect, and the most common one is the "Exploding Spirit Elixir".

  "Hahaha, Yi Yun, I didn't think that in the end, I still couldn't defeat you. Cough, cough, it's true, I did take that Explosive Spirit Pill, but I didn't expect that even after taking it, I still couldn't kill you, not even injuring you. Ah, my son, it's your father who has wronged you!" Yi Fan said with a cold smile as he spat out blood, and by the end of his words, he let out a long sigh towards the sky. The 'my son' he mentioned was his own son, Yi Xiong.

  "Alas, what's the point? Of course, I was wrong, but after all, it was your son who provoked me first. If not, I wouldn't have resorted to such drastic measures." Yi Yun sighed.

  "Hum, provoking people? You're talking nonsense! My son is such a good person, he always thinks of the family, if it weren't for you wanting to be the head of the household and asking your second brother to harm him, would he have fought with your second brother? If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have died, everything is because of you, all because of your doing." Yi Fan went mad and grabbed Yi Yun's pant leg, yelling frantically.

  "Alas, it's all in the past now. I don't want to argue with you anymore. Just tell me, did the Chen family give you that Explosive Spirit Dan? Yes or no?" Yi Yun asked in a low voice.

  "Yes, that's right. It was given to me by the Chen family. I exchanged three rooms of medicine for this Explosive Spirit Dan. How is it? Are you heartbroken? Haha!" Yi Fan said with a sinister grin.

  "Bastard, you're a complete bastard! You've been used by the Chen family and don't even know it. You're selling out your own family!" Yi Yun couldn't contain himself any longer. The great elder of his own family had actually traded three shops for a poisonous pill that could kill people just to get revenge on him.

  This is indeed an act of rebellion.

  The Yi family members who heard Yi Fan's words also looked at him with incredulous faces, who would have thought that the usually diligent and hardworking eldest would actually do such a rebellious thing.

  At this time, Yi Chi also arrived nearby. Anyway, there's no danger now, and the mentality of loving to watch the excitement is something that everyone has.

  "What does it matter, as long as I can avenge myself? Betraying the family, what's the big deal? What has the family ever given me? Thinking about how I've worked hard for the family my whole life, but in the end, not even a son to send off. I ask you, is this kind of family worth me giving up everything for?" Yi Fan said with a scornful cold smile, his words making the Yi family seem like a family that exploits labor, showing just how powerful hatred can be.

  "You dare to speak such nonsense, I, as the 78th generation head of the Yi family, hereby sentence you to death. Can you accept it?" Yi Yun didn't want to say anything more to this madman, his mind was completely twisted, there was nothing more to say.

  "What the...? What a load of crap, I don't buy it, hahaha, I won't accept it!" Yi Fan roared with laughter, suddenly his gaze fell on Yi Chi in front of the crowd, as if he had made up his mind, frantically gathering the remaining Dou Qi in his body and condensing it into his right palm.

  "Ah~~! Yi Yun, you killed my son back then, today I'll kill one of your sons too, and we're even, hahaha!" Yi Fan laughed loudly as he pounced on Yi Chi. By the time Yi Yun reacted, it was already too late.

  "Boom!"

  "Hmph."

  Yi Chi only felt a figure rushing towards him, followed by a wave of pain. The last thing he saw was his father's furious face and Yi Fan, the former head of the Yi family, who had been blown to pieces.

  "Am I going to die? How depressing, another death, I don't know if I'll become a soul again this time. But come to think of it, what was that white light from the beginning? It should be the one that brought me through, right? But where did it go? Haha, I'm thinking about so many things before I die!" Yi Chi thought dazedly.

  "Drip... discovered absorbable energy, starting absorption."

  "Absorption complete, host found in near-death state, beginning repair."

  "Drip... Repair complete."

  All this happened after Yi Chi fainted, so he didn't hear it.