Chapter 1321: Sharing Hardship

At the Wang family mansion, Wang Lingbo's face was full of gloom.

He hadn't expected that even the Fourth Elder's personal intervention would fail to kill Ye Yuan.

He knew the Fourth Elder's strength all too well.

Although Luo Jian was hailed as the number one swordsman of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, he was no match for the Fourth Elder.

Yet, the Fourth Elder had failed!

If he hadn't waited for those two, that would be one thing, but the Fourth Elder actually asked the family for reinforcements, which meant they must have crossed swords.

The result was that those two got away!

This matter must be extremely tricky; otherwise, the Fourth Elder would never have asked the family for help.

But Wang Lingbo simply couldn't understand how a Luo Jian plus a Ye Yuan could make the Fourth Elder so troubled.

"Lingbo, what business do you have with us two old men?"

A lean old man walked in, the Wang family's Second Elder, Wang Yutao.

Behind him followed another man, the Third Elder, Wang Yumin.

These two were also Dongxuan Great Perfection experts, their strength even slightly surpassing Wang Yuqian's.

As soon as Wang Lingbo saw them, he eagerly recounted the matter regarding Ye Yuan.

"Uncles, if we allow this brat to grow, it will be hard for our Wang family to stand firm in Guishan City. I implore you two uncles to take action and ensure this brat is killed in the Yin Wind Cave." Wang Lingbo said with a grave expression.

After hearing the whole story, Wang Yutao also said solemnly, "Although Guishan City is under the jurisdiction of the Fufeng Heavenly Emperor, the Wanbao Heavenly Emperor's reputation is too great. We can suppress the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower to maximize our gains, but we cannot truly fall out with them. However, this Ye Yuan indeed cannot be kept! This is the best opportunity to kill him."

Wang Lingbo nodded, "I think so too! Once he returns to Guishan City or Yang Rui learns of this, we won't be able to make a move!"

Wang Yutao said, "Third Brother, let's take the trouble to eliminate this troublesome fellow for the Wang family."

"I'll follow Second Brother's lead." Wang Yumin was a man of few words, concise and to the point.

...

"Hey, dead or alive? If not, sit up and let me see!"

Seeing Luo Jian open his eyes, Ye Yuan finally felt a great weight lift from his heart.

Having gone through life and death together, Ye Yuan also let down his guard toward Luo Jian and spoke much more casually.

He knew Luo Jian was out of danger, so he could talk like this.

A month had passed since they left the city.

To treat Luo Jian's injuries, Ye Yuan had paid a huge price.

The divine-grade healing pills he had refined were nearly all consumed.

First-grade low-rank healing divine pills had only a minor effect on Luo Jian's injuries.

So Ye Yuan had to make up for it with quantity.

Fortunately, all the pills Ye Yuan carried were divine-grade, with very strong medicinal effects, which saved Luo Jian's life.

For anyone else, such severe injuries would have been fatal.

Luo Jian gritted his teeth and forced himself to sit up, looking at Ye Yuan in astonishment.

"You saved me?"

Ye Yuan smiled, "Is there anyone else here?"

"But my injuries..."

Luo Jian knew his own condition well; when he had fought Wang Yuqian to a mutual defeat, he had already been prepared to die.

He intended to severely wound Wang Yuqian at the cost of his own life, creating an opportunity for Ye Yuan to escape.

Ye Yuan waved his hand and said half-jokingly, "Between you and me, we don't have that kind of life-and-death bond, do we? And you foolishly try to die together with him?"

Luo Jian said, "I owe the Tower Master a life. He ordered me to protect you at all costs. If I die, I repay that life!"

Ye Yuan laughed heartily, "Is your life so worthless? Now that you've died once, I'll repay that life for you!"

Luo Jian was taken aback, vaguely feeling something was off, but didn't know how to refute.

This time, he had indeed walked through the gates of hell. Ye Yuan's words were not wrong, just sounded a bit strange.

"Heh, just kidding. Don't overthink it. Your injuries have just healed, and you need more rest, but we've already delayed too long, so we'll have to reluctantly set out." Ye Yuan patted his shoulder and smiled.

Ye Yuan knew this guy was a taciturn person, hard to get a word out of, very dull.

But he was indeed loyal enough to risk his life for a favor from years ago.

This kind of person was worth befriending.

Luo Jian frowned, "You saved me, what about Wang Yuqian?"

Ye Yuan thought for a moment and said, "He's also badly injured, but it'll take at least half a month to recover his strength. By now, he might already be on the way to block us at the Yin Wind Cave."

Luo Jian's gaze sharpened, keenly catching some information from Ye Yuan's words.

He knew the power of his own sword strike; though formidable, it was by no means fatal.

A few days of rest would basically bring a full recovery.

But Ye Yuan said it would take half a month to recover!

Could it be that his sword had struck a vital point?

Or... was it caused by Ye Yuan?

Thinking back, he had been impaled on the spear; if Ye Yuan hadn't acted, it would have been impossible to save him.

Luo Jian was startled by his own judgment!

Even if Wang Yuqian was severely wounded by him, he was still not someone Ye Yuan could harm.

But what was going on?

A Dongxuan Initial could injure a Dongxuan Great Perfection?

Luo Jian suddenly felt his thoughts in disarray.

"Hey, what are you thinking?" Ye Yuan patted the dazed Luo Jian.

Luo Jian snapped back to reality and said, "Our mounts were killed by Wang Yuqian. How do we get there?"

Ye Yuan smiled, "That's easy. Wait for me here; I'll be right back!"

Ye Yuan moved swiftly and disappeared from Luo Jian's sight in the blink of an eye.

About half an hour later, Luo Jian suddenly tensed as dust rose in the distance, and two powerful auras galloped toward him.

These auras were those of divine beasts!

Luo Jian had long noticed that this place was adjacent to the Ten Thousand Beasts Forest, so it was normal for divine beasts to come out.

In his current state, he couldn't possibly deal with divine beasts.

Just as Luo Jian was about to flee, he suddenly saw that one of the beasts had a rider!

Ye Yuan!

This guy had tamed two divine beasts in half an hour?

Luo Jian's eyes bulged wide; he hadn't expected Ye Yuan's method to be this!

These were two Cloud-Patterned Roaring Leopards, extremely fast, and in an instant they were before Luo Jian.

One of the Cloud-Patterned Roaring Leopards was the same one that had ambushed Ye Yuan's group last time.

Luo Jian suddenly remembered that ten years ago at the Wang family, Ye Yuan had mentioned something about beast-taming techniques!

At that time, Ye Yuan had also displayed dragon might.

Thus, the dragon bloodline in Ye Yuan must be extremely strong!

Luo Jian suddenly realized that Ye Yuan's secrets were far too many.

"Hey, one each. They're much better than Flying Dragon Steeds!" Ye Yuan laughed heartily.