11 Chapter 11

Ye Qi was sitting on the grass, on a small garden next to the City Lord Mansion, which happened to be the propriety of his family. He and Xiao Ning'er had a date, here, as it seems. Ning'er was feeling quite happy that, not only she is healthy again, but she also could spend time with someone she likes, alone. However, as she had been looking at him eating the food she had cooked, her friend, Ye Ziyun joined them and said she wants to eat.

"Qi, don't forget that we would be moving tomorrow, by dawn." Ye Ziyun reminded him.

Ye Qi nodded. Xiao Ning'er was only lifting her eyebrows as her big honey eyes were looking between them, seeing what kind of glances they were exchanging.

"Sister Ziyun," Ning'er called. "How long would you be taking?"

"I don't know. As soon as we find something from the ruins, we would be back." Ye Ziyun said.

Ye Qi observed Ye Ziyun. This trip would be important to the purple-haired beauty. There, in the ruins, should be a treasure that should double the speed of her cultivation.

On the other hand, there is a page from Temporal Demon Book there. Ye Qi would need that. He looked at Ning'er again, who looked as if she was thinking.

In Ning'er's body, there is also a page of the Temporal Demon Book, sealed. Ye Qi, knowing that those pages are the ultimate cheat and that his cultivation method is about Time-Space, thought that these pages and the book itself are very important to achieve his dreams.

As for the page in Ning'er body, he shall get that when the time comes. Two birds with one rock.

Ning'er seeing that Ye Qi was secretly looking at her body, glanced at him, blushing. Ye Qi quickly turned his gaze.

Ning'er coughed and said. "Ahem. Do you have an extra place for me…"

"I would like to." Ye Ziyun said. "But the Winged Dragon family wouldn't accept that. Not to mention, they are restricting your movement for the sake of the Sacred Family."

Ning'er thought for a moment and nodded. "True. But I believe with Ye Qi's method, I would be soon enough to move freely." Ning'er was near to breakthrough to the 1st start Bronze rank easily thanks to that new method.

Ye Qi only nodded as he started eating some salad fruit.

"Use these well." Ye Qi said as he waved his hand and a group of pills and elixirs in bottles appeared.

He has extra of these, and since he doesn't need them now since his level is beyond using them, decided to give them to her.

"Wow, you care of her…" Ziyun remarked.

"Isn't that natural."

"Thank you." Ning'er didn't refuse his gift, but also, she couldn't ignore the way Ye Ziyun was looking at him now. 'Calm down,' she thought. 'It's a natural thing.'

"What about me?" Ye Ziyun asked.

"Come on." Ye Qi rolled his eyes, "you have what I have."

"I know." She smiled.

-x-X-x-

It was noon, and Ning'er had left the mansion a long time ago.

Ye Qi was sitting in his courtyard, on his cultivation chair, with some scrolls around him, which he had a few written on them… some things for the family library since he had decided to take a break.

Ye Qi was now in a mood of cultivation, as he had eaten his pills and drank his elixirs.

Getting stronger was the most guaranteed method to have a carefree life here. However, he first, wanted to steal a glance at what's happening within the Sacred Family, so he took a glance at the hairpin that Shen Xiu had given him.

Ye Qi's eyes shone in silver light as he started seeing into the past of that item.

Few flashes appeared Like Shen Xiu talking with the main affairs elder in her family… waiting for her brother to return, talking with her nephews... Cultivating, reading some materials so she doesn't look like a fool in her class's eyes.

Nothing is too suspicious here.

Ye Qi decided to look more into the past.

Apparently, Shen Xiu wears this hairpin only on Sunday.

"Come on, show me something interesting."

The past is wide. He just needs to find the right moment. Currently, Ye Qi was seeing things 360 degrees around the pin.

He got one vision, at night, as Shen Xiu was in her room and threw the pin in the corner.

She threw herself to the bed after slowly taking her clothes off. Her fingers started dancing on her body.

Ye Qi, who was seeing the past, could see each detail on her almost perfect naked body. Well, Shen Xiu was a grown-up woman and she can get horny some times, and she was playing with herself, and Ye Qi was seeing it as her finger entered her sensitive spot.

'Damn! Her curves are larger than I expected!' Ye Qi opened his eyes, before shaking his head. He looked at the pin and said.

"So, this is supposed to be some sort of firewalls, which should stop me from digging more into the past."

Nothing is easy in life. In your conquest, you will find firewall like struggles that test you. Whether you are building, spying, praying, or anything. But in life, it's not about how hard you get hit, it's about hard you can get hit and move forward.

'That's not enough to stop me.'

He still has to search deeper into the past… His eyes turned silver again, trying to figure out any schemes. Although this hairpin was worn during the weekend, one can't just miss some details. Who knows if she said something important while playing with herself.

"He-he Boy," he murmured as he played with the pin.

-x-X-x-

It was dawn, and Ye Qi just finished his cultivation season. After Ye Qi had reached the sage stage, he had spent his time cultivating non-stop, and because his heart became calmer, he was having a smooth time cultivating. Although he has yet to figure out any details about a major scheme from the sacred family… he decided not to give up.

"You didn't forget anything."

"Yes, mom."

Ye Qi, as he was about to leave for few days, got a storage ring full of meals from his mom.

"Be careful, and don't get hurt." Ye Luo gave him a quick hug. "And take care of your cousin."

"Don't worry. We are moving with Silver Rank spiritualists. Young Master Chen also has some fighters as his guards."

"Well, who knows if that is enough." Ye Luo said, before saying. "I had put some Gold Rank attacking scrolls Inscriptions in your storage. They are very expensive and should be reserved to the army, use them carefully."

Ye Luo, as his mother, found that his safety was a priority. she wanted for him to have at least these scrolls.

Ye Qi, since he was an important person to the family, and since he was once targeted, had an elder who would secretly follow them in their expedition.

"Mm… thanks, mom." Ye Qi nodded with a smile. Great, there is a weapon from what looks more like his older sister.

-x-X-x-

"So, how was your night." Ye Ziyun asked Ye Qi on their way to the gates of the Glory City.

"Promising, yours."

"Mm… cultivating." She smiled. "I have broken through. I'm near 3rd-star bronze rank now. Your cultivation method is amazing." The smile on her face was pure and just showed how much happy she was. Ye Qi only paused for a brief, checking her as that smile was charming before they walked to the meeting location.

Very soon they reached the gates of the Glory City, surrounded by the walls. As expected, many students were there. Most of them, as it seems, were teenagers. Meaning, that most of them were either official fighters or spiritualists, and they were nobles.

A brown-haired man with a lean body and wearing noble clothes. Chen Linjian was standing in the middle of the group. As for the leader, Chen Linjian, who was a member of the genius class, was a silver rank spiritualist.

"You've arrived." Chen Linjian, who was greeting everyone, was pulled out from the conversation when he saw Ye Ziyun arrived with Ye Qi.

Ye Qi and Ye Ziyun greeted him in the process.

"Hm, so you are Ye Hong's brother." Chen Linjian said as looked at Ye Qi. "He talks about you casually in the class."

"Mm." Ye Qi nodded. "Nice to meet you, young master, I've heard about you as well, all good."

"I've heard that you're talented." Chen Linjian examined Ye Qi. "After all the years we spent studying together, Ye Hong only recently started boasting that his family has more geniuses in the coming up generations. Though, I wonder why he didn't mention you much back in early ages? "

"I only started cultivating recently." Ye Qi smiled wryly. "You can't say someone can sing well before they sing?"

"You're right." Chen Linjian laughed, as he was showing friendliness.

Although Ye Qi wasn't personally invited, he was still a part of a major family and wanted.

As the successor of one of the three Major Families, Chen Linjian's goal from this expedition wasn't just to look for some treasures in the ruins but to establish some connections with the other nobles, and potentially talented spiritualists, to make them his subordinates.

"Well, please then, get along with the others. It would be good to have you. And please, don't get hurt. I don't want to explain anything to your family if that happens."

"Thanks for caring."

"Well, if you excuse me…"

Chen Linjian left and went to talk to the others.

The rest of the group were here. The group that was consisted of noble students, talented ones, started moving down, making their way in the As. Ancestral mountains.

Ye Qi looked around to see that Shen Yue was looking at him. Ye Qi smiled at the face of his nephew, and Shen Yue seemed to look only at Ye Ziyun before looking at him.

"Ye Qi, we meet again."

Shen Yue made his way toward them, with three tall adults standing behind him. Ye Qi glanced at them. Because of his fighting experience with the assassins that had tried to kill him, Ye Qi could tell their level.

These three people behind Shen Yue were Silver rank fighters, he could tell, from the first star to the second.

"Yes, nephew. How was your aunt." Ye Qi looked back at Shen Yue.

"Ye Ziyun, I see that you only brought your cousin." Shen Yue, who had a goal to seduce Ziyun for a political marriage, ignored Ye Qi.

"Does this have anything to do with you?" Ye Ziyun glared at Shen Yue with disdain.

"Ahem?" Shen Yue faked a cough. "Well, for someone from a Major Family, you should be more guarded." Shen Yue said. "I'm just concerned. Would you like to stay close to me?" He then pointed to the people behind him. "The main affairs elder in our house had tasked these three Silver rank fighters to be responsible for my safety. You would be safer if you stayed closer to me."

Ye Ziyun was about to scoff at him and tell him to go away. After all, she wasn't without protection. She and Ye Qi had a Dark Gold elder looking after them while hiding. Not to mention that Chen Linjian had brought enough Silver Rank fighters with him, so Shen Yue's offer wasn't that impressive.

Ye Qi put his hand on Shen Yue's shoulder, wrapping his arm around his neck, before walking away.

"Hey leave me." Shen Yue said as Ye Qi was forcing him away.

"I already held her hand." Ye Qi murmured slowly to his ear. "Now, my good nephew, don't make my impression get worse about you."

"And I'm not your fucking nephew. I'm the one to claim her." Shen Yue revealed his intentions.

"I'm your future uncle. Didn't your father teach you that you don't go around your aunt and her sisters?"

Ye Qi was honest here. He is going to be his uncle. He has already one nephew on his killing list — Shen Fei — and the other has yet to enter the list. It would be better to guide him right here and right now.

"You're insulting me because your rank as a fighter is higher. Just wait until I reach the bronze rank."

Shen Yue pulled back and slipped back from Ye Qi's hands. The three Silver rank bodyguards stood behind him and stared at Ye Qi as if challenging him to do anything to his young master.

Ye Qi gave Shen Yue a look, before looking at the men behind him.

Shen Yue regained his confidence now since he has his guards behind him.

"Now, how about we talk carefully about—"

As Shen Yue was talking, Ye Qi moved his hand at a blurry speed, and the three guards squatted, taking fighting stances.

The speed Ye Qi displayed was enough to alert them of danger.

However, Ye Qi's hand landed on the back of his head, as he lowered it and sighed.

"I have nothing to talk about with you. Talk with the squatting squad behind you." He pointed to the alerted Yue. Making his way back to his pretty cousin, Ye Qi walked past She Yue, whose guards were squatting behind him.

The people around, who watched this, couldn't hold their laughter.

"Shen Yue, you have good guards.."

"Where did you hire them."

"Possibly they are clowns."

"Are you sure that they are silver rank?"

Shen Yue looked funny with his guards squatting. Shen Yue lowered his head in embarrassment before he turned and yelled at his guards for taking a squat position for no reason at all.

"And now, he shouldn't bother us again." Ye Qi sighed.

"I know that I can rely on you." Ye Ziyun smiled when Ye Qi came back to her side. She, somehow, liked what she had seen — Ye Qi pushing a boy away from her.

The group then moved, crossing the way down Ancestral mountain. The journey was on foot. And because most of them were Spiritualists and fighters, they could cross a long distance without getting tired.

However, because there are some people with low ranks — since they're students and not all of them are talented — taking a break was required.

Shen Yue only stuck to his group of guards, and the boot lickers who wants a favour from the Sacred family while avoiding the glances and the giggles of the others.

Very soon, the group had their second break. Ye Qi, as he was chatting with Ye Ziyun, found a group of boys approaching him. When he gave it a clearer look, he noticed that it was a girl surrounded by some boys and girls.

The girl was older, given that her height was more than Ye Qis. Probably around 16 years old.

She had light pink neck length hair, bright pink eyes, and full lips. Her body was on the shape, an hourglass type with full thighs that were visible due to the skirt she wore. What was more noticeable about her was her huge perky chest. Since she wore a chest plate with a slit, a part of the perky cleavage was exposed.

Not only she was pretty, but she was charming and had a sexy body. The boys around her could only look from far.

"Well, you made the young master's guards there quite embarrassed." She approached Ye Qi with a friendly attitude. "You're quite funny."

Ye Qi, despite having a normal facial expression, was drawn by the movement of her huge charming chest.

This woman, Huyan Lanruo, looked more charming than her draw since her curves weren't 2d.

Ye Ziyun gave her a glance with the side of her eyes and flinched.

"Thanks for the compliment, I guess." Ye Qi gave her a glance, and he must admit, she is hot for sure, and that perky chest of her was hard not to look at, as he is some 300 years old protagonist or something.

"I'm Huyan Lanruo by the way." Huyan was the name of one of the noble families in Glory City.

Lanruo took a step closer and made a charming smile at Ye Qi.

Ye Qi, if not knowing her personality, would fall for it.

Ye Qi said, making eye contact. "I'm Ye Qi, young mistress Huyan."

Huyan Lanruo giggled and examined him from head to toe.

"Come on, no need to be formal. Our families are close to each other." She smiled. "And since I'm older than you, you should call me Sister Huyan."

Her steps stopped when she was very near him. Ye Qi's face was some inches shorter than her, and, he must admit, this situation made it quite hard to focus as her chest wasn't so far from his chin.

'She's hot for sure.' Ye Qi, however, instead of showing that, didn't lower his eyes to the perky chest in front of him. He had his time stealing glances to Shen Xiu's chest, which was bigger and as perky, and not to mention that he had massaged Xiao Ning'er, so Ye Qi could act calm here.

This girl, Huyan Lanruo, was a very talented girl and a Spiritualist in the Silver Rank.

Her hobby, as he had read in TDG, was to mess with young boys, since, because her father had spoiled her, she passed the marriage age and mostly like to stay single for the rest of her life. Many had been charmed by her, only to get turned down.

The best way to treat someone like her is by ignoring her. She is quite insisting person, who wouldn't give up on their goal at all.

'Well, that's quite good information to know it.'

"Well, I guess that, since our families are close. Sister." Ye Qi only nodded. "You can call me brother."

"Hmm. You've good words. Let's get alongside in this trip." Crossing her arms on her chest, she leaned back.

"Sure." Ye Qi only nodded with a smile. "Please, take care of me."

Lanruo raised an eyebrow. Ye Qi didn't look at her chest, despite her being so close to him. Not to mention, her chest was next to his face, and he was talking calmly like that.

Somehow, it was a strike to her pride as a beauty that a young man is not blushing around her. But she wouldn't be Lanruo if she doesn't make him lose his composer.

"Oh my," she half-closed her eyes, opened her arms, and smiled. "Sure, I'll take care of my little brother here."

The next action made the boys around grit their teeth.

Huyan Lanruo wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged Ye Qi to her chest.

Ye Qi felt warmth, softness and smoothness as his face was resting against her perky chest, his nose picking up a sweet smell.

'This is harder to resist for someone who's not 300 years old. What to do. Ye Ziyun would save me anyway.'

Ye Qi took a deep breath and didn't move.

Ye Ziyun came in the middle and pulled Ye Qi back, taking him out of her chest, before she glared at Huyan, who had a smile on her face.

"Hey, no one told you to adopt him to your family!"

"Come on. Our fathers are very close, Ye Ziyun." Lanruo, who was the daughter of the patriarch, said with a seductive smile as she looked at Qi.

"I'll tell your father if that happened again." Ye Ziyun said, and Lanruo rolled her eyes.

"My father spoils me, so I advise you don't." Lanruo teased.

"Whatever, watch what you put in your chest." Ye Ziyun, who was portrayed as a calm and quiet girl, scoffed at Lanruo, who was looking at Ye Qi.

"Well, I guess, nice to meet you." Ye Qi said to Lanruo, as though he considered that hug as an innocent one.

"Nice to meet you." Lanruo raised her eyebrows. Does this teenager even blush. "too?"

"You enjoyed that, didn't you?" Ye Ziyun, with a frown on her face, took by his hand and took him few steps back.

"I didn't ask for the hug." Ye Qi hid his smirk as he saw that she was holding his hand. Clearly, Ye Ziyun was angry for him.

'Someone is getting jealous.' Ye Qi looked at Ziyun. Although she is quite young, it was mentioned that by the near future, she would grow up to be more mature and charming than the young mistress behind them.

"But your face was there." She said as her face was lower.

Ye Qi leaned closer and whispered. "Well, I was hoping that you would take me back. You know, I didn't throw my face. Not to mention that she's stronger than me; she's a Silver rank Spiritualist."

"Well, I guess you had no choice." Ye Ziyun sighed after hearing his explanation.

Lanruo, who was standing back, had her senses enhanced by soul force, and she could hear that.

This boy dared even to say that he was hoping for someone to take him back. 'Fine, tell her that. We both know that you deny that you've enjoyed it. If I don't make you chase after my skirt, I will change my name.' Like a prideful warrior who found a challenge, she smiled at his back, before she turned and went to her group.

"Well, if that's the case, then fine. Just be careful." Ziyun's facial expressions eased up.

"But I have to admit, you are very protective to me."

"Sure, we are family."

Ye Qi made a teasing smile at her pretty face before he lowered his face and lifted his hand.

Ye Ziyun, seeing that her hand was on his, opened her eyes widely and blushed, before looking at his face and say. "I only replied the favour." She then looked down and noticed how his hand is big compared to hers. Not only she had felt his boner that day, but now she held his hand, and he is looking at her. She took her hand back and said, "eat something, the trip shall continue soon."

"Mm…"

And then the trip moved. Ye Qi was only examining the surrounding while looking for a chance to take a break and cultivate slightly, unaware of the young boy's huntress looking at his back.