"They’re too powerful! We can’t stop them at all!"
"Who exactly are they? What divine beings could they be?"
The Mou Family plunged into despair. Even in death, they had no idea who their attackers were, because Gongsun Wuji and the others had covered the totems on their chests. When coming to a Three-Star Main Town, even if they were here to kill, it was better to keep a low profile so as not to attract the attention of observant people.
Standing to the side, Ye Xuan sighed in his heart. He knew that Gongsun Po and the rest were still venting their anger. The hatred from having one’s clan exterminated was not something that could dissipate so easily.
This battle lacked much suspense. Realizing they were no match, the Mou Family immediately arranged for people to flee. However, Ye Xuan was no saint and absolutely wouldn’t give them a chance to escape. Since he intended to wipe out the Mou Family, he had to be completely ruthless and leave no future troubles behind, just as the experts of the Sun Family had done when hunting them down. In any battle, if it was possible to annihilate the enemy entirely, it must be done. It had nothing to do with good or evil, only with being on opposing sides.
In the courtyard, the twenty-meter-tall Divine-Demonic Overlord Body became a killing machine. With every strike, large swaths of people were reduced to corpses. The massacre lasted for an hour. Everyone in the Mou Family who failed to escape in time was killed in battle.
At the entrance to the town, the flag of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon was hung up. The Dragon Banner fluttered in the wind. Its sharp eyes overlooked the entire town, and its slightly open dragon mouth seemed to be cheering. Mou Family Town had now become Ye Family Town.
At this moment, the Ye Family entered the Town Mayor’s Mansion. All of them felt as if they were still dreaming.
"Is a Three-Star Main Town really our territory now? This is unbelievable! In the past, I wouldn’t even dare to dream of such a thing."
"Yeah, it hasn’t even been that long, and our Ye Family went from being the Fang Family’s dogs to the masters of a Three-Star Main Town!"
"The Patriarch! This is all thanks to the Patriarch. Wait, where is he?"
After the Ye Family entered, they did not see Ye Xuan.
Right then, Ye Xuan was in the Mou Family’s storage room. He wanted to see if the Mou Family had left any good things behind for him. The Mou Family’s storage room was much smaller compared to the Gongsun Family’s. Ye Xuan first headed to the Spirit Medicine Area. The Mou Family had quite a few medicinal materials, but most were at the Profound Level and Spirit Realm level. None of them were Ghost Level Spirit Medicines that could improve cultivation. Resources were indeed precious.
Fortunately, the Mou Family had stocked up quite a bit on auxiliary materials for refining the Demon Spirit Pill. In addition to that, there were a few stalks of Ghost Level Healing Spirit Medicine. The highest grade among them was High-grade Ghost Level, but there was only one stalk.
"Poorer than I imagined," Ye Xuan sighed. The foundation of the Mou Family was even shallower than he had anticipated. They likely used up any good items as soon as they got them.
Shaking his head, Ye Xuan went to inspect other areas, but there was nothing that sparked his interest.
Just as Ye Xuan was about to leave, the Dragon Capturing Cauldron trembled. His eyes lit up. He wondered, "Could there be something good in the Mou Family’s storage room?"
Following the reaction of the Dragon Capturing Cauldron, he approached a spot piled with miscellaneous goods. After rummaging around for a long time, a fragment appeared in his line of sight. The fragment wasn’t large, only about the size of a child’s palm.
"Another fragment of the turtle shell." Ye Xuan willed the palm-sized fragment from his Sea of Consciousness to appear. He tried fitting the two fragments together but found they couldn’t connect at all. However, the material of the two fragments was absolutely identical. In other words, this object had shattered into more than just two pieces—there were at least seven or eight.
After fiddling with them for a while and failing to discover anything unusual, Ye Xuan stored both fragments directly back into his Sea of Consciousness. Once the fragments were put away, the glow of the Dragon Capturing Cauldron finally dissipated. It seemed there was nothing else of value in this area; the Dragon Capturing Cauldron had only emitted its light because of the fragment.
Leaving the storage room, Ye Xuan found Ye Zeyun.
"Grandpa, have the corpses all been cremated?"
"They’ve all been burned. The spoils of war are inside this Qiankun Bag. I haven’t had time to inventory it yet, so why don’t you sort through it yourself? Take whatever you need. Oh, right, the people of the Gongsun Family have all returned. Gongsun Po said to keep in touch."
"They all went back? That’s fine."
"Ye Xuan, Grandpa actually really admires you."
"Admires me?"
"Yes. You made the right call in separating the Ye Family and the Gongsun Family. If we stayed together long-term, conflicts would definitely arise! How could the Gongsun Family ever be willing to submit to the Ye Family? Things are better this way. The Gongsun Family and the Ye Family won’t interfere with each other, yet because of your relationship with Gongsun Yanran, both sides are tied to the same rope. For our Ye Family, this brings only advantages and no disadvantages. If we encounter any danger in the future, we can still ask for their help."
Ye Xuan thought Ye Zeyun was going to say something else. He replied calmly, "Grandpa, I believe that relying on others isn’t as good as relying on ourselves. Elevating our own strength is what matters most. Anyway, I’ll be going now. You’ll definitely be busier than me in the coming days."
"As long as you know I’m busy. I not only have to rebuild houses but also review the Town Mayor’s logs to sort out the Mou Family’s existing industries."
"Yeah, I’m taking my leave."
Saying his goodbyes to Ye Zeyun, Ye Xuan found a random room. Once inside, he began inspecting the Qiankun Bag. Inside the Qiankun Bag were quite a few other Qiankun Bags. There was one belonging to the Mou Family’s Patriarch, as well as those belonging to the Mou Family’s Elders. He hoped these Qiankun Bags would bring some surprises. What he needed most right now were resources to advance his cultivation in the Demon Spirit Realm.
However, sometimes, the more one desired something, the harder it was to obtain. He finished checking every single Qiankun Bag, yet there was still nothing he needed. Ghost Level resources were just too scarce. In the Qiankun Bag of one of the Mou Family’s Elders, there were some leftover Demon Spirit Pills, but the highest grade among them was merely Mid-grade. Ye Xuan had absolutely no interest in Demon Spirit Pills of that quality.
Shaking his head, Ye Xuan conjured a sky-blue blade of grass in his hand. The grass was adorned with white patterns. This was an auxiliary Spirit Medicine called "Blue Sky White Clouds."
"Perhaps this is the only surprise," he mused.
This stalk of Blue Sky White Clouds was also one of the ingredients for refining the Beauty Pill. Although it was nowhere near as precious as the Beauty Flower, it was still the type of rare medicinal herb that seemed useless normally but was extremely hard to find when actually needed. Of course, even though none of the resources Ye Xuan personally needed were present, there was no longer any need to worry about resources for the Ye Family. The Mou Family lacked high-tier medicinal materials, but they had an abundance of low-tier ones—more than enough to elevate the cultivation of every member of the Ye Family to the Super Spirit Realm.
Just as Ye Xuan was about to stand up, Hua’s voice drifted in from outside the door.
"Young Master, Miss Ling’Er says someone is outside looking for you."
"Someone is looking for me?" Ye Xuan asked, a little surprised. "Who is it?"
"I don’t know. She said she doesn’t recognize them."
Ye Xuan opened the door and hurried to the main entrance. Before he even got close, an exclamation rang out from the gates.
"Ye Xuan, it really is you!"
As the voice faded, a woman came running toward him. A beautiful landscape bounced up and down as she moved. The surrounding members of the Ye Family were all dumbfounded. But soon, they all averted their gazes. They couldn’t stare at the Lord of the Family’s woman. See no evil, see no evil.
"Xia Zihan," Ye Xuan said, his voice laced with astonishment.
"Ye Xuan, you still remember me."
This woman was none other than Xia Zihan, the intern consignment manager from the World Auction House.