Chapter 108: Old Man Yang

  In the main house of the independent small courtyard at the back of the Yang family compound, a man who looked to be over fifty years old, with hair that had turned white, but with a ruddy complexion, wearing a long green robe, reclined on a rattan chair, half-closing his eyes, seemingly asleep, but from the sharp glint that occasionally flashed in his eyes, it seemed that the old man was not sleeping.

  Next to him stood an old man, who was reporting to the old man lying on a rattan chair. The old man was Yi Shu, and the one lying on the rattan chair was Yang Lao Ye Zi, the current head of the Yang family. Yang Lao Ye Zi looked like he was only in his fifties, but in fact, he was already seventy-eight years old. He just didn't look that old because of his cultivation.

  Those who can reach the congenital boundary can generally slow down their own aging, while those who reach the congenital great completion boundary can stop their appearance from changing, keeping it at the time they reached the congenital great completion boundary. Yang Lao Ye was over 50 years old when he reached the congenital great completion boundary, so his appearance has always looked like that of a man in his fifties.

  Yang Lao's qualifications were not very good, although he practiced diligently, his progress was extremely slow. If it weren't for the Nine Yin True Classics being a top-notch mental method, Yang Lao probably wouldn't have been able to reach the Xiantian realm at all. However, despite Yang Lao's poor qualifications and unremarkable martial arts skills, he was a deeply cunning person.

  Yang Lao Ye Zi's generation had three brothers, he was the youngest one. His two older brothers were extremely talented and made rapid progress in cultivating the Nine Yin Scripture, while he was the slowest. Originally, it would have been very difficult for Yang Lao Ye Zi to contend for the position of family head, and Yang Lao Ye Zi also knew that he was at a disadvantage, so he had always endured silently.

  Although Yang's martial arts skills were not very good, he was diligent in his plans and particularly good at pretending, so he also won the favor of the elders in the family, which allowed him to slowly accumulate enough power, eventually winning enough chips in the competition for the position of head of the household, and finally obtaining the position.

  Yang Lao Ye Zi, the head of the Yang family, can finally focus on his cultivation. After using many rare materials and spiritual medicines collected from the family, he reached the Xian Tian realm. He then spent over a decade to reach the Xian Tian Da Cheng realm. Now, more than 20 years have passed, and Yang Lao Ye Zi's grandson, Yang Wen and his generation, have all grown up.

  According to the Yang family's tradition, Old Master Yang should have passed on the position to the next generation long ago. However, he suddenly announced that the successor would be chosen from among his grandsons, bypassing his two sons, Yang Guang and Yang Ming. When this news was announced, Yang Guang was overjoyed because he had two sons, while Yang Ming looked worried as he didn't have any sons at that time.

  It was precisely because of this reason that Yang Ming went to pick up Yang Feng and brought him back to the Yang's house, allowing Yang Feng to spend such a miserable childhood. And after Yang Ming finally had a son, he even arranged for Yang Feng to be secretly murdered, so it can be said that all of Yang Feng's misfortunes originated from this order given by Old Master Yang!

  "What was found in that small valley where that kid jumped off the cliff four years ago?!" Old Man Yang, lying on a rattan chair, asked Yi Shu, and it was clear that the kid he mentioned was Yang Feng.

  "No, we've already sent people to investigate, but that valley is too deep and our men had a very hard time getting down. To say that he was hit by Old Four's Heart-destroying Palm and then fell into such a deep cliff, it's not possible for him to have survived, even if he didn't die from the fall, it's really puzzling!" Yi Shu reported to Yang Lao Yezi, saying that Old Four was one of the people who went with him to assassinate Yang Feng back then. They were all personally trained by Yang Lao Yezi as his personal bodyguards, a total of ten people, and Yi Shu was the eldest.

  "Don't worry about how that little guy survived for now, I want to know what you found there?!" Old Man Yang continued to ask.

  "We've searched that valley thoroughly, but all we found was that Third Young Master did live there for a period of time and cultivated there, nothing else. Also, it's clear that Third Young Master didn't stay there for more than a year, but I don't know how he left the place, because even if a Supreme Expert were to come out from there, it would be very difficult, it's hard to believe that Third Young Master reached the Supreme Realm in less than a year and left!" Yi Shu continued reporting.

  "If nothing can be found there, then don't bother looking anymore. Ah, you must mean that kid is practicing the Nine Yin Manual?!" Old Man Yang asked Yi Shu.

  "Yes, it's indeed the Nine Yin Scripture. Although I've only learned the first three layers of heart method, I've already reached the Xiantian realm. As for the true energy of the Nine Yin Scripture, I'm quite familiar with it. However, the true energy that Third Young Master used to destroy Eldest Young Master's dantian is not the true energy of the Nine Yin Scripture. Its attribute is completely opposite to that of the Nine Yin Scripture. I suspect it's..." Yi Shu said to Yang Old Master.

  "What?! You're saying that little brat has obtained the Nine Suns Divine Skill?!" Old Man Yang's eyes burst forth with a fierce glint as he spoke.

  "This is just a subordinate's guess, but whether it's true or not is unknown. The Nine Suns Divine Skill is the Ming Cult's ultimate technique, and it's impossible for it to be passed down outside of the cult. Moreover, although Third Young Master has some relationship with the Ming Cult's Holy Maiden Zhang Fei, it's possible that she was the one who taught him, but he only made contact with her half a year ago. Even if the Nine Suns Divine Skill is extraordinary, it's impossible for Third Young Master to have cultivated its true energy to the level of Innate Great Completion in just half a year, right?!" Yi Shu said, feeling incredulous at the same time.

  "Huh?! You're saying that kid cultivated both the Nine Suns Divine Technique and the Nine Yin True Classics, and he even managed to bring these two completely opposing types of true energy to the Great Completion realm?!" Old Man Yang asked with some disbelief.

  "Yes, judging from the true energy left in the body of the eldest young master by the third young master, it is indeed so. The third young master has indeed cultivated these two divine skills and both have reached the level of Innate Great Completion!" Yi Shu said to Yang Lao Ye Zi.

  "Haha, it seems that kid is not only lucky but also a real prodigy. Alright, let's put these things aside for now. I'm asking you, did you and Old Fourth really see my hand order before going to assassinate that kid?" Mr. Yang's eyes flashed with sharp light again, and a strong aura burst out from his body as he asked Yi Shu in a deep voice.

  Yi Shu heard Old Man Yang ask this, and hastily knelt on the ground, saying to Old Man Yang: "Your subordinate deserves to die, originally shouldn't have acted rashly, almost causing a great disaster, ruining your important matter. However, at that time it was indeed Second Young Madam who brought the order, telling us to get rid of Third Young Master!"

  Yang Lao Ye let out a sigh after hearing Yi Shu's words, then said, "Get up, this matter you've handled is indeed rash, but the fault doesn't lie with you. Alas, I didn't expect Er Niang to be such a ruthless character, truly unexpected! She's even more cunning than me! Hmph, she's quite daring, actually daring to forge my orders, despicable! Fortunately, that young man is fine, otherwise, I would have skinned her alive!"

  When Yi Shu, who had just gotten up from the ground, heard Yang Lao Ye's ruthless words, he was immediately frightened and his body trembled. He knew that Yang Lao Ye was a man of his word, and after following him for so many years, Yi Shu understood Yang Lao Ye's character all too well.

  "What's going on with that kid and the Ji family now?!" Old Man Yang asked Yi Shu again.

  "The Third Young Master's situation in the Miao Village is unknown to us, as their defenses are too strong and our people can't even get close. We only found out that three years ago, the Third Young Master was sent to the Black Ice Mercenary Group's training camp by Xi Jiang Group's person-in-charge, Chi Wen. Half a year ago, after the Third Young Master reappeared, he was again sent to Shuang Qing Middle School by Chi Wen to attend school. This year, he got accepted into Tianjing University, and all of these arrangements were made by Chi Wen. The villa next to Tianjing University that the Third Young Master is living in was also bought by Chi Wen!" Yi Shu said to Yang Lao Ye Zi.

  "Hmm, it seems that this kid has already obtained the successor status in Xijiang Miao Village. Otherwise, they wouldn't be helping him so much. He said he was driven out of the village when he was a child, but this time he got help from the village, which means that old man must have recognized him. Hmm, did you find out anything else?" asked Old Man Yang.

  "We also found that the two people in charge of the security company opened by Third Young Master and the Black Ice Mercenary Group in our country have a very close relationship, and one of them is the young lady of the Dongfang family. However, they seem to show special respect to Third Young Master, just like subordinates showing respect to their superiors! Moreover, we received news from our side that has been following Third Young Master, and now Miss Guo is also with him!" Yi Shu continued.

  "Haha, it seems that young man is indeed hiding his true abilities. As for the young lady from the Guo family, she's been following him around since childhood, but I didn't expect him to have connections with the Saintess of the Ming Cult and the young lady from the Dongfang family. His relationships with women are quite impressive. Have you investigated what kind of relationship he has with the Black Ice Mercenary Group? He also trained with them for two years, right? Can we obtain information about those two years?" Old Man Yang asked.

  "Under me, there is no one capable, I can only find out about Third Young Master's return to the country, as for what he did in Hei Bing, we know nothing." Yi Shu said with his head down.

  "It's not your fault, the power of Hei Bing is much stronger than our family, but unfortunately they can only develop on the European side and will never be able to truly enter the Huaxia region. Alright, there's no need to investigate these matters further, but this kid has a big opinion about the Yang family, he took out Yang Wen with one move and now he's beaten Xiao Chan." Old Master Yang said.

  "It's not Third Master's fault either. When he was young, Eldest Master, Second Master and the two sisters did some really over-the-top things. Besides, Third Master almost got killed by me and Fourth Master joining forces, sigh!" Yi Shu sighed and said.

  "It's alright, that matter wasn't your fault, can't blame you and Lao Si for it. Besides, you didn't treat him unfairly either, so let's not mention this again! It seems a decision needs to be made, otherwise Lao Da's family and Lao Er's wife will become restless again." After saying one more sentence, Yang Lao Ye closed his eyes again, looking like he fell asleep.

  As for the decision he mentioned, no one knows about it, and maybe even he himself doesn't understand what decision he wants to make!