The Su family is an ancient aristocratic family located in the middle of Yeshu City, far from Huqing Mansion, and it takes several days for a group of people led by Su Daowei to arrive at Yeshu City from Huqing Mansion.
Yeshu City is one of the hundred famous cities of the Eastern Tu Imperial Dynasty, and it is also a military stronghold, which can be traced back to the ancestors of the two Yeshu families.
Ye and Su's ancestors were two marshals of the Eastern Dynasty, one was a grand marshal and the other was a deputy marshal. The ancestors of Ye and Su held high positions and great power, so the dynasty granted them adjacent lands. They jointly built a city, with the Ye family occupying the southern city and the Su family occupying the northern city, facing each other across the north and south.
The ancestors of the two families were very close, but as they passed down from generation to generation, the Ye family and the Su family became like fire and water, openly fighting and secretly struggling.
Ye family had a genius disciple named Ye Jin in the past few years. At a young age, he became a small sect master-level figure and gained fame throughout the Eastern Earth Imperial Dynasty.
The Ye family has been suppressing the Su family for years.
After Su Daoling came out of the Su family, Su Daoling challenged Ye Jin to a fight and defeated him, thus saving face for the Su family.
Unfortunately, Su Daoling was introverted since childhood and remained unknown until he silently rose to become a minor sect master. Before his fame spread throughout the Eastern Land, he left home to join a Taoist temple, abandoning martial arts for literature, hoping to enter the path through writing. However, after several years, his cultivation had not improved in the slightest, which led to the rise of Su Daolin.
Su Daolin's natural talent and reputation far surpass those of the Ye family children, and to this day, the children of the Su and Ye families have not been able to keep up with Su Daolin.
Su Dao Xing and the four guardians finally arrived at Ye Su City after several days of travel, gazing up at the three-zhang-high walls of the military fortress, they felt a sense of joy and return.
"Finally returned to Yeshu City, a farewell for many years." Su Duan sighed, who was never good at expressing his emotions.
Su Hongzhuang smiled and said, "Young Master has sold all the ancestral property, it seems that we can only live in Old Master's ancestral mansion now. Fu Bo is still there keeping watch, going back to chat with him is just right, they are one of our closer relatives in Ye Su City."
Su Dao Xing heard this and could only bitterly smile.
His family background is a bit complicated.
The Su family is an old and respected family, with Mr. Su still alive and well. His grandfather, Su Daolin's grandfather, had held a high-ranking position in the military and was now retired, enjoying his later years at home.
The master of the Su family is Su Qinghe, who was a strong Zongshi-level expert many years ago, with unfathomable strength.
The three Su brothers were famous in the Eastern Capital of the Tang Dynasty.
Su Qinghe, Su Qingfeng, Su Qingsheng.
Su Daolin is the son of Su Qinghe, Su Daoling and Su Dao Fei are the sons of Su Qingfeng, and Su Dao Xing is the son of Su Qingshang.
Su Qinghe is the master of the Su family, who says one thing and does another. Su Qingfeng is in charge of all the industries outside the Su family and is the second-in-command of the Su family. Su Daosheng's father, Su Qingsheng, was only the son of Old Master Su's younger brother, and has always been on the periphery of the Su family's power center, guarding the border by imperial order.
Su Dao Xing's mother's hometown was on the border, very close to where Su Qing Shang was stationed. She lived there with Su Dao Xing's younger brother and sister, occasionally reuniting with Su Qing Shang.
It takes several months to go to the border, and in these years, he has been suppressing his nostalgia for his parents, staying at Su's house, going to Huqingfu to study, just to make a name for himself.
Su's house is home for Su Dao Xing, but there are no family members in Su's house.
Su Dao Xing led four guardians into Ye Su City.
"Isn't that Su Dao Xing, the fourth son of the Su family?" A dashing young man riding a unicorn looked at Su Dao Xing and his eyes lit up.
Su Dao Xing heard the words and looked at that handsome young man, his eyes wide with shock, as if he had just swallowed a dead mouse.
That elegant young man was actually a woman dressed as a man, and it was Ye Baihua, the younger sister of Ye Jin, the genius son of the Ye family, who had the nickname "Deflowering Flower".
When Su Dao Xing was young, Su Dao Ling was one head taller than Ye Jin, Ye Jin was one head taller than Su Dao Lin, Su Dao Lin was one head taller than Ye Bai Hua, and Ye Bai Hua was one head taller than both Su Dao Xing and Su Dao Fei.
Su Dao Xing now recalls the miserable experience of being bullied by Ye Bai Hua, that fake little rascal, when he was young. His body still aches slightly at the thought, but those fights and brawls were just things he did in his youth. He has long since let go of it. Seeing Ye Bai Hua now, his expression is extremely calm as he says: "Ye Bai Hua, it's been years since we last met. I didn't expect you to grow up so elegant and refined."
Ye Baihua raised an eyebrow and sneered: "Do you dare to marry me?"
Su Dao Xing almost fell off the unicorn, was stunned by Ye Bai Hua's words and didn't know how to respond, patted the unicorn and quickly walked away.
"Stinky men, I Ye Baihua don't like you guys, I like defeated flowers." Ye Baihua stretched out her hand and touched a maid behind her, making the maid's face blush bright red.
"Pervert!" The onlookers cursed Ye Baihua as a pervert in their hearts, but they didn't dare to curse him out loud. They wouldn't dare offend the Ye family, which was at its peak of power in the Eastern Empire.
Su Dao Xing led four guardians to Beicheng Su's house, leading a unicorn and a Wanli horse into a dilapidated old courtyard.
"Master Fu! We're back!" Su Daoxian shouted at the old man with a humpback who was sweeping fallen leaves in the courtyard.
Fu Bo turned around and smiled at Su Dao Xing, saying: "Young Master has lost the family business and has no home to return to, that's why you've come to this old mansion. Your ancestral property was half a street of real estate, including a wine tower, 17 storefronts, a painting studio, hundreds of acres of land, ancestral porcelain, famous paintings, countless! Alas!"
Fu Bo's long sigh made Su Dao extremely embarrassed.
If there were other places to live, Su Dao Xing wouldn't have come to the old mansion, because what he feared most was Fu Bo's nagging, and sometimes Fu Bo would nag for a whole day without repeating himself.
Su Dao Xing and the four guardians began cleaning the room. They would all be living here for this month of Sheng Yuan Festival.
Su Dao Xing was cultivating in another courtyard that afternoon. He is now a small sect master-level Twelve Tribulation Martial King, and among the younger generation, he is a leader. However, when encountering those older generation sect master-level figures, he doesn't even have the power to protect himself. He needs to cultivate diligently. With the sacred temple's heaven-defying artifact, breaking through won't be that difficult. He wants to quickly become a sect master-level Martial King, so that he will have the power to protect himself and won't be threatened by Tang Qian's sect master-level guardian again.
Bang!
A group of people directly rushed into the old mansion's courtyard.
Su Dao Xing and the four guardians had murder in their eyes.
Fu Bo directly scolded that group of people: "You want to rebel or something, daring to trespass on the Su family's estate in broad daylight."
"Fu Bo!" Ye Baihua appeared in the courtyard, "I just wanted to have a duel with Su Daoxiang."
She waved her hand and immediately a servant brought in a table and placed it in the courtyard, on which were arranged fruits, incense sticks, and fragrances.
Ye Baihua's expression was solemn as he faced Su Daozhen and said, "Today, you and I will engage in a battle to the death. If you die, I will definitely come to pay my respects on your memorial day next year."
"Ptoo!" Lian Su Dao woke up and spat a mouthful of water at Ye Baihua, saying: "Next year is your memorial day, I'll come to the Ye family to pay my respects to you."
Ye Baihua turned to Fu Bo and the four guardians, who nodded in unison. "This duel is a matter of life and death between Su Dao Xing and me," he said. "Please withdraw so as not to affect the fairness of our duel."
Su Dao Xing's four guardians and Fu Bo had no choice but to retreat from the mansion and close the main gate.
Only Su Dao Xing and Ye Bai Hua were left in the courtyard.
Su Dao Xing looked at Ye Bai Hua, unaware of what she was hiding up her sleeve.
Ye Baihua handed over a life-and-death certificate, handed it to Su Dao Xing along with paper and pen, saying: "This is a life-and-death certificate. Before the duel, sign it first. Even if one of us dies, the survivor will not be retaliated against."
Su Dao Xing took the paper and pen, signed his name on the life-and-death agreement, and asked in confusion: "Ye Bai Hua, what are you trying to do? You and I may have fought a lot when we were young, but it's never been to the point of a life-or-death duel."
Ye Baihua smiled and said, "I just advanced to the 11th rank of Wu Wang realm, cultivated the domineering aura of the Hegemony Path, and have already fought my way through Ye Su City undefeated. Today, I want to thoroughly bully you."
Su Dao Xing dragged his chin, let out a bitter laugh and said: "Ye Bai Hua, if I told you that I've become a minor sect master level Martial King, would you take back your life-or-death warrant and roll as far away as possible?"
"Haha!" Ye Baihua burst out laughing, tears streaming down her face, pointing at Su Dao Xing, "You are a junior master-level Martial King, these words, coming from Su Dao Lin's mouth, I believe, coming from your mouth, Su Dao Xing, I believe, and I am just a big fool."
Su Dao Xing helplessly spread his hands and bowed to Ye Baihua, saying: "Please!"
A hint of doubt flashed in Ye Baihua's eyes, but she didn't believe that Su Daoxian was a minor sect master-level martial king and thought he was fooling her. She coldly said: "Please!"
Ye Baihua casually tossed out eight copper coins with square holes, the copper coins attached to her true energy transformed into flames, she practiced fire Dou Qi, overbearing and unmatched. Just thinking about herself seeing Su Dao Xing being chased by the eight copper coins dodging around the courtyard made her unable to hold back a burst of laughter.
Something that made her eyes wide with wonder happened, the force of the copper coins she shot out was nothing to say, but the true energy flames on top could burn ten coffins, and Su Dao Xing actually stretched out his hand to grab those eight copper coins.
Ye Baihua saw the spiritual energy in Su Daowu's hand and exclaimed, almost shouting. She angrily said to Su Daowu: "You have cultivated true energy, why did you deceive me? You are not a tenth-grade martial king, but an eleventh-grade martial king, who has already warmed up his veins and nurtured his acupoints."
Su Dao Xing spread out his hands, with an innocent look: "When did I ever say that I was the tenth rank Martial King? It's just that you are the eleventh rank Martial King, and in your heart, you've always thought that my realm is not higher than yours, so you mistakenly thought that I was the tenth rank Martial King."
"What's so great about being the Eleventh Master of Wu Wang? I'll still beat you into a pig head!" Ye Baihua struck out with her palm and slapped Su Dao Xing awake.
Su Dao Xing crushed eight square-holed copper coins and punched them out with a single fist.
Boom!
Ye Baihua was punched by Su Dao and retreated several steps back.
Su Dao Xing threw another punch, perfectly executed and following a mysterious trajectory that landed squarely on Ye Bai Hua's face.
Ye Baihua's face was still swollen and bruised from Su Daoxing's punch despite her efforts to protect herself with her true energy.
Su Dao Xing was already a minor saint-level martial king, his boxing technique was perfect and natural. Every strike seemed to be full of flaws, but in fact, they were all very mysterious and subtle. Each hit was guaranteed to land, leaving his opponent with no way to dodge.