Chapter Twelve: Farewell to the Eastern Maiden

  It was also the case that several young men from the Situ family, upon hearing that Situ Ran had been taken advantage of, shouted that they wanted to help him regain his dignity. After discussing it among themselves, they took a shortcut and lay in wait for them in a small alley.

  Ye Zhan saw a few people approaching and said to Situ Ran: "Situ Ran, what are you doing?"

  Cai Tueran snorted, looked at Ye Xuan standing beside Ye Zhan, and said: "This kid just made me lose face. I must get this breath out today. Ye Xuan, you'd better kneel down, kowtow, and admit your mistake. I'll consider sparing you."

  Ye Yun angrily said: "Situ Ran, don't you have any shame? You clearly lost."

  "Sister-in-law, you're really asking for it! I'm not someone who spares women just because they're women. You're going down with him!"

  At this time, a blond-haired young man beside Sito Yan said: "Young Master Sito, don't waste your breath on them. I think it's better to just beat them up and let them see the power of the Sito family."

  The blond-haired youth had just finished speaking when several other youths made a move and surrounded Ye Xuan and his companions.

  Listening to their conversation, Ye Zhan furrowed his brow and said angrily: "Situ Ran, don't go too far, our Ye family isn't a pushover either."

  The blond young man sneered: "What's wrong with being excessive? The four of you are still no match for us... I..."

  The blond-haired youth hadn't even finished speaking when he heard a "slap" and before he could react, his face had been slapped.

  It was Ye Xuan, who had been silent all along, who hit him. Ye Xuan couldn't bear their impertinent words and suddenly pounced on them.

  "This son of a bitch!" This slap enraged several young men from the Situ family, and Situ Ran took an arrow step towards Ye Xuan, while the other young men also rushed up to surround Ye Xuan.

  Ye Xuan has not yet recovered from his injuries and does not dare to confront Situ Ran head-on, so he dodges Situ Ran's punch with a swift movement.

  The Sito family's several young men had strengths between the sixth and seventh layers of Xuan Qi, Ye Zhan's Xuan Qi was also depleted earlier, and he would soon be defeated by these few, having taken several punches to the body. Ye Xiangting and Ye Yunqi were indignant and wanted to come up and help, but because their strength was too weak, they were blocked by a single yellow-haired youth.

  Ye Xuan was also in a bad situation, due to the consumption of his Xuan Zhi Qi, his Quan Qing Bu had lost its peak state, and before he could even turn around, he was punched in the stomach by Si Tu Ran.

  Bang!

  Ye Xuan was hit and his body suddenly fell back three or four meters, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

  Situ Ran saw himself succeed with one punch and laughed: "You're not going to concede, are you? Come on."

  He spoke without stopping, urging the mysterious energy to rush over and knock Ye Xuan down.

  Just as Situ Ran's fist was about to reach Ye Xuan, a figure suddenly appeared and blocked the way with his sword. A soft voice shouted: "Stop!"

  But at this time, who cares about who is shouting loudly or softly, one punch can't stop.

  This figure saw that he didn't stop, drew out the sword in his hand, swung it forward, and instantly a wave of swords burst out, colliding fiercely with Situ Ran's fist.

  Bang!

  Situ Ran hadn't even reacted yet when he felt his body being knocked back by the sword's shockwave.

  He took a closer look, and the figure had a delicate and pretty face, with beautiful black hair blowing in the wind, distant mountain-like phoenix eyebrows, and a pair of bright eyes like stars and moons. She was wearing a lake-green brocade long gown, with a slender and elegant figure, pure and refined.

  Ye Xuan thought he was going to take another punch, but suddenly a figure appeared and blocked Si Tu Ran's fist. When he saw the newcomer clearly, his heart felt relieved, thinking, "I just thought of you at the Da Ri commercial building, didn't expect to see you so soon."

  This figure was none other than Dongfang Yan, who had joined Ye Xuan at the foot of the cliff and killed a Blood Tooth Ermine for a stray Flowing Grass.

  Dongfang Yan looked at the boy standing behind her with clear eyebrows and a handsome appearance, he was Ye Xuan, and his mouth involuntarily curled up slightly.

  When Sito suddenly saw that the figure was Dongfang Yan, he frowned. However, looking at her slender and delicate figure, her elegant and refined appearance, he couldn't help but secretly praise her, she's truly a beauty among beauties. But praise aside, he was also dissatisfied with Dongfang Yan's interference.

  Situ Ran stopped his attack and said to Dongfang Yan: "Miss Dongfang, this is between me and the Ye family, you'd better not interfere."

  Several young men of the Situ family saw that Situ Ran had stopped, and they also gave up their siege on Ye Zhan, all coming to stand behind Situ Ran.

  Ye Zhan stabilized his body, the siege of several people made him feel overwhelmed, when he saw that it was Dongfang Yan coming, he first froze for a moment, then his eyes revealed a hint of abnormality.

  He remembered that when he was a kid, he once encountered a ferocious giant wolf in Jiuying Mountain. At that time, his strength was too low, and he thought he would definitely die. But unexpectedly, Dongfang Yan saved him. Dongfang Yan even got injured because of him. From then on, every time he thought of Dongfang Yan, his heart would beat faster.

  At this time, Ye Yun and Ye Xiangting respectively supported Ye Xuan and Ye Zhan, the two of them suffered greatly in this battle.

  Dongfang Yan looked at Ye Xuan's swaying body and thought, this stinky brat has recovered his strength but is still so unaccustomed to fighting.

  She heard Cai Tuer's words and replied, "Ye Xuan is my friend, he has helped me before, give me some face, it's enough to make trouble, let's stop now, three months later at the competition meeting, there will be a chance to fight naturally."

  "Situ Ran coldly snorted and angrily said: 'What if I don't back down?'"

  Dongfang Yan's slender eyebrows rose as she raised the Soul-Stealing Sword in her hand and said, "Then let's have a fight first."

  At this time, Ye Zhan rushed forward and blocked Dongfang Yan in front of him, saying: "If you want to fight, then fight, no need for Miss Dongfang, I'll accompany you to the end."

  Upon hearing this, he felt a surge of anger in his heart, not because of Ye Zhan's words, but because of Dongfang Yan. He thought to himself, "You're already a first-rate Star Mirror, and with the sword in your hand, which is probably a second-grade treasure, you should be able to take on a second-rate Star Mirror."

  Looking at Dongfang Yan's firmness, he could only give up for now and said to Ye Xuan: "Kid, today I'll give Miss Dongfang some face, but during the tournament, I'll deal with you."

  He said so, but in his heart he thought: Dongfang Yan, you just wait, the tournament will naturally have my brother to deal with you.

  Ye Xuan has always been a person who doesn't admit defeat: "Bring it on, I'm waiting. Next time I will definitely win against you."

  He thought about accelerating his cultivation at the same time, and couldn't help but sigh at the depth of the Situ family. To say nothing of other things, the mysterious techniques that Situ Ran had learned, such as Iron Wing Cover and Breaking Empty Fist, were all middle-level techniques from the Wilderness Stage. As for what he had learned, Guan Qing Step and Vajra Hand were both low-level techniques from the Wilderness Stage.

  Situ Ran let out a cold snort and turned to leave with the yellow-haired youth, thinking that before the tournament, as long as he could break through to the 9th layer of Xuan Qi or even the Star Xuan Mirror, then not only Ye Xuan but even his own older brother Ye Ziyan would be no match for him.