Each was lost in their own thoughts, but in just a moment, the Fiery Sun Sword was brought over by Ye Tiance's father, Ye Liyu.
"Take it. Try not to die too soon and lose this Earth Tier Treasure Sword!"
Ye Liyu's voice was sinister. He was clearly unaware of Ye Wannian's vicious plan.
"I'll still be alive long after you're dead, you old dog!"
Ye Tianling retorted arrogantly.
"You're courting death!"
Ye Liyu was instantly enraged, wanting nothing more than to rush over and kill Ye Tianling with a single palm strike.
But since Ye Wannian had his own agenda, would he really just stand by and watch?
"Enough. Stand down. I have already permitted him to leave. What is the meaning of this? Furthermore, you know he has burned his Talent and that his vitality is in chaos, leaving him wild and crazed. Yet you still lower yourself to the level of a junior? For someone your age, have you wasted all your years?"
Ye Wannian said, displeased.
He wasn't berating him because Ye Liyu had provoked Ye Tianling. It was because Ye Liyu, his own Confidant, was somehow clueless about his plan. 'That is what's unforgivable!'
A chill ran down Ye Liyu's spine. He immediately bowed and stood to the side in terror. "Please calm your anger, Clan Leader."
Seeing his father being berated, Ye Tiance's expression darkened. He desperately wanted to step forward but lacked the courage, so he could only grit his teeth and glare venomously at Ye Tianling.
Ye Tianling gave a sinister smile and made a gesture at Ye Tiance as if he were viciously gouging out his eyes. This caused Ye Tiance's face to turn deathly pale. He cried out in alarm and stumbled back four or five steps.
At this, the hall instantly fell silent.
"Waste!"
Ye Liyu trembled with rage, so furious he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
Terrified, Ye Tiance scrambled to his knees and began kowtowing to the Clan Leader.
"Hahaha! The Ye Clan People are nothing but a bunch of wastes!"
Ye Tianling roared with laughter, then turned and walked out of the Qingli Courtyard Hall, his head held high with immense pride.
As he walked out, Ye Tianling saw Ye Tianyun at the entrance, along with a dejected Ye Yueling standing about five meters away from him.
Ye Tianyun was the picture of arrogance, looking down on Ye Tianling with utter disdain. "Ye Tianling," he said, "I just heard what the Clan Leader and the Elders were saying. You've been expelled from the Ye Race? Congratulations! From now on, you're a true bastard, free at last! Hahahahaha!"
But at these words, Ye Tianling just smiled.
He walked up to Ye Tianyun, steadily closing the distance.
For some reason, Ye Tianyun felt a flicker of apprehension and took two steps back.
Meanwhile, Ye Yueling watched in silence, her expression exceptionally complex.
She wanted to intervene, to say something, but the words wouldn't come.
Ye Tianling halted. He glanced at the Demon Wolf Beast guarding the gate, then took out the Jade Bottle Ye Tianyun had given him earlier, the one containing ten Small Peiyuan Pills.
Ye Tianyun's expression instantly soured. His voice was tight, almost twisted, as he demanded, "What do you think you're doing?"
Ye Tianling uncorked the Jade Bottle, poured two pills into his palm, and asked, "Want some?"
The eyes of both Ye Tianyun and Ye Yueling were immediately drawn to the pills, which were crystal-clear and shimmering with a faint aura of Spiritual Qi.
Ye Tianyun swallowed hard but said nothing.
But Ye Tianling suddenly channeled his Swordman's Force and flicked the two pills directly toward the Demon Wolf Beast.
The Demon Wolf Beast was a Spiritual creature with formidable combat strength. Sensing the aura of the Small Peiyuan Pills, it immediately wagged its tail and rushed forward, swallowing both pills in one gulp.
After eating them, the Demon Wolf Beast shook its head and wagged its tail, acting incredibly affectionate toward Ye Tianling.
Ye Tianyun's expression immediately turned unspeakably foul, as if he'd just watched his own mother die.
Ye Yueling was also stunned.
Small Peiyuan Pills were extremely precious Elixirs; a single one was worth ten Qi Nourishing Pills! And a clan Disciple's monthly ration was only two Qi Nourishing Pills!
'And Ye Tianling had just fed them to a Demon Wolf Beast!'
A contemptuous look spread across Ye Tianling's face as he looked down on Ye Tianyun. "Ye Tianyun, do you know what a Demon Wolf Beast is? It's the offspring of a Demon Wolf mating with a wild dog. To put it bluntly, it's a 'mutt.' I would rather feed my Elixirs to a mutt than to you or Ye Yueling. Because you two wretches aren't even fit to be compared to a mutt!
"My apologies, Demon Wolf Beast. Comparing you to those two wretches is an insult to you!"
As he spoke, Ye Tianling reached out and stroked the Demon Wolf Beast's head.
The Demon Wolf Beast knelt respectfully on its forelegs, wagging its tail and fawning over Ye Tianling.
"Ye Tianling, I'll kill you!"
A roar filled Ye Tianyun's mind. SPURT! He was so enraged he actually spat out a mouthful of blood!
He roared, his eyes bloodshot.
"With just a waste like you? Once I draw my Fiery Sun Sword, your death is certain!"
Ye Tianling's hand instantly tightened on the Fiery Sun Sword.
In that moment, it was as if his Sword Venerate Dominating Body had been activated!
Ye Tianling felt an overwhelming urge to draw his sword. 'I'll infuse the Fiery Sun Sword with the Dragon Blood from between my brows, activate it, and slice off Ye Tianyun's head!'
At that moment, as if sensing some unknown danger, Ye Tianyun instantly calmed himself and took a sharp step back.
"Ye Tianling! Your father was a bastard, and so are you! You're nothing but a stray dog now, what right do you have to be so arrogant?! Kill me? Who the hell do you think you are?! In the future, you'll end up just like your bastard father—beaten into a cripple by his enemies and thrown outside the gates of our Ye Family like a dead dog!"
Sensing the arrival of Instructor Elder Ye Liyi, Ye Tianyun's courage swelled, and he began taunting Ye Tianling with vicious words.
'If Ye Tianling dares to make a move and gets killed by the Instructor Elder, it'll be what he deserves!'
'Besides, if there was any real danger, given his relationship with Instructor Elder Ye Liyi, would the Instructor Elder really refuse to save him?'
A crazed look appeared on Ye Tianyun's face, and this hideous display of his was witnessed in its entirety by Ye Yueling.
Ye Tianyun's image of possessing a 'Vast Righteous Qi' had already begun to crumble in her heart, but she had been unwilling to believe it.
Now, witnessing this scene, that perfect image of him finally shattered, gone forever.
In contrast, Ye Tianling, with his defiant expression and Unrestrained and Indulgent aura, seemed rather dashing and spirited.
Just then, Ye Yueling also noticed that Ye Tianling's face, at only fifteen years of age, was already exceptionally handsome and striking.
'He... he's actually this handsome. I... I've never really looked at him closely before...'
In that instant, her heart couldn't help but flutter, and a pang of inexplicable regret washed over her.
When she compared all the kindness she had shown Ye Tianyun with all the kindness Ye Tianling had once shown her...
The more she compared them, the more conflicted she felt.
"You incompetent waste. Look how scared you are. Relax, don't be afraid. I won't kill you!"
As if he hadn't heard Ye Tianyun's insults, Ye Tianling simply threw a line back at him, one that was strikingly similar to something Ye Tianyun himself had once said.
Those words nearly made Ye Tianyun spit blood from pure rage.
"Demon Wolf Beast, I'll feed you more Small Peiyuan Pills next time. Sigh, the more wretches I meet, the more I want to raise a few mutt Demon Wolf Beasts, hahaha."
Ye Tianling paid no mind to Ye Tianyun's attitude, nor to the ugly expression on Ye Liyi's old, wrinkled face, which was as dark as charcoal. The sight of the Demon Wolf Beast fawning all over Ye Tianling nearly made Ye Liyi spit out a mouthful of blood. To him, Ye Tianling was clearly making veiled insults, using vicious words and actions to humiliate him!
Ye Tianyun and Ye Yueling thought the same thing.
And of course, that was indeed exactly what Ye Tianling was thinking and doing!
'Little whelp, the moment you step outside the Ye Race's gates, if I don't kill you, then my name isn't Ye Liyi!'
Ye Liyi swore viciously to himself.
How could Ye Tianling not know what they were thinking?
He merely sneered inwardly. 'I'm tempted to see what would happen if I offered that activated Dragon Blood Pearl to the Fiery Sun Sword in a Blood Sacrifice, unleashed a killing strike from the Nine Swords of Dugu with my full power, and chopped this old dog's head clean off.'
Ye Tianling stroked the Demon Wolf Beast's head, put the Jade Bottle away, and clasped his hands behind his back. Whistling, with his head held high and the arrogant air of a profligate scion, he walked out of the large courtyard.