Chapter 17: Playing with Toys?
Looking far away, the continuous Lianyun mountain range is endless, and the majestic mountains make Ye Chen's heart extremely broad. In the southeast direction, twenty miles away, a towering mountain body rises, with undulating buildings in the midst of lush trees, appearing and disappearing, covering an area much wider than the Ye family fortress.
That is where Yunjia Fortress is located.
In the eighteen strongholds of Lianyun, Yunjia Fortress is the strongest, and has always been the leader of the eighteen strongholds of Lianyun.
This mine is only twenty miles away from Yunjia Fortress, and although the mountain road is rugged and steep, cultivators can come over from there in just a few hours. The Yunjia Fortress has been eyeing this mine for a long time, but as the leader of the eighteen fortresses of Lianyun, they cannot openly seize it, while also being wary of the strength of the Yejia Fortress. Although the Yejia Fortress is inferior to the Yunjia Fortress in terms of strength, if they mobilize their entire clan and fight with all their might, the Yunjia Fortress will likely suffer heavy losses as well, so they have never dared to make a move.
Ye Chen patrolled around the nearby mine, there were many forbidden areas in the Lianyun Mountains, where monsters roamed, he didn't dare to venture deep, and could only be active on the periphery.
It's almost time for dinner, Ye Chen walked along the mountain path towards Yejia Fortress.
Just then, Ye Chen saw two people coming from afar in the forest, he raised an eyebrow and hid into the forest.
Those two people did not find Ye Chen, all the way they wore a gray robe, and their ages were around thirty.
"Yunbao Master has us keeping an eye on Yejia Manor's movements every day, going back and forth. This life really isn't for humans."
"Oh my goodness, my legs are about to break off!" One of them sat down on the grass, "I'm telling you, Ye's family is like a grasshopper in autumn, it won't be able to jump for many more days!"
"What's the meaning of this?"
"Ye Zhantian exhausted his entire clan's strength to save that precious son of his, just look at the desolate state Ye Manor is in now."
"But I heard that Ye Zhan Tian's son's meridians have recovered!"
"Where did this news come from?"
"I'm not clear either."
"Even if his son's meridians are cured, it won't be of any use. The master of the Cloud Fortress will make a move against the Ye Family Fortress sooner or later, and it should be soon, otherwise he wouldn't have us keep an eye on the Ye Family Fortress every day."
Those two people chatted for a while, stood up and continued on their way.
Watching the two people fade into the distance, a hint of cold light flashed in Ye Chen's eyes. If Yunjia Fortress wanted to make a move on Yejia Fortress, they wouldn't be afraid of losing teeth! These two people should just be outer disciples of Yunjia Fortress and probably wouldn't know any internal information. Since they sent someone to keep an eye on Yejia Fortress every day, they must have some ulterior motive.
Ye Chen fell silent for a moment before dashing towards Ye Manor.
Changing back into his original attire, Ye Chen headed to the cafeteria within the clan to have lunch. On the way, he bumped into Ye Moyang. Ye Moyang looked at him with a cold and venomous gaze, but Ye Chen was not afraid of him and glared back fiercely before they passed each other by.
"Brother Ye Chen." A cute voice sounded in Ye Chen's ear.
Ye Chen turned his head and saw Ye Lian's lovely and cute appearance.
"Did Brother Ye Chen leave the Ye family mansion?"
"How did you know?" Ye Chen asked, stunned.
"I guess so." Ye Qian smiled and said.
"Don't tell anyone else." Ye Chen hastily said, if Uncle and Aunt knew about it, they would be scolded.
"Will you promise me, Ye Chen brother, that next time you go out of Yunjia Fortress, you must bring me along!"
"Definitely!"
"Don't be lazy!"
The two of them walked into the dining hall, laughing and chatting. The young people from their clan looked over in their direction, their eyes lingering on Ye Feng for a moment before quickly looking away. Ye Feng's elegant and refined appearance made others feel inferior, while Ye Chen's heroic spirit was bursting forth; the two of them walking together were quite a matching pair.
As Ye Chen walked in, the family juniors all greeted him. After Ye Chen took over as the new head of the household, his position within the family was second only to that of the clan leader, the elderly clan leader and Ye Zhanlong among a few others.
After lunch, Ye Chen went to the place where his family stored miscellaneous items and searched for some saltpeter, charcoal and other things. He then started messing around with them in his own residence.
Ye Chen remembered that gunpowder was made from a mixture of these things, roughly in this proportion, and he had some idea, so he began to experiment in his own courtyard.
Home Office.
"Big brother, I heard that the Lei Emperor's manual has six levels. Cultivating the first level can reach the sixth rank, cultivating the second level can reach the eighth rank, and after fully cultivating the third level, one can reach the tenth rank. What kind of realm is above these three levels?" Ye Zhanlong looked at Ye Zhantian and asked, the more he studied the Lei Emperor's manual, the more he felt that the Lei Emperor's manual was unparalleled in its precision, allowing him to see martial arts that were unimaginable in his lifetime.
"It's said that above the tenth stage, there are even more powerful super strongmen, known as Honored Ones. A hundred years ago, such a super strongman appeared in the Western Wu Empire." Ye Cangxuan spoke up from beside him, "The family of that Honored One is precisely the Hao Family of Xijing!"
The Sai-kyo Hao family is still the largest family in the Saik Empire outside of the imperial family.
Everyone gasped in shock. The revered status of the master was truly astonishing, making people wonder if they could cultivate martial arts to that level, life would be truly fulfilling.
"The current Holy Emperor Mingwu is also a respected person. With the Lei Emperor's key, we may be able to break through that realm in our lifetime. Everyone should work together and comprehend the profundity of the Lei Emperor's key!" Ye Cangxuan said, he seemed somewhat excited. In these five or six years, his Xuan Qi had been stuck at the early stage of the 9th rank and hadn't advanced, but now it was quietly approaching the middle stage of the 9th rank. The speed of his cultivation was astonishing, making him exclaim that the glory of their family was imminent. All of this was brought to them by Ye Chen.
"It's all thanks to Chen Er!" Ye Zhan Long said.
When Ye Zhan Long mentioned Ye Chen, Ye Zhan Tian was also filled with pride.
Just as they were talking, a loud explosion was heard outside, and the entire mansion actually shook.
"What's going on?"
"Could it be that a Ninth-Grade Master has arrived at our Ye Family Manor?"
That powerful move, a ninth-grade master's full-strength strike, is probably nothing more than this.
"It's bad news, it came from Chen Er's side!"
Several figures rushed out of the main house and sped towards the source of the sound. Ye Chen was now the most important person in the Ye family, so it was no wonder they were so tense.
When they arrived at the place, they found Ye Chen standing awkwardly in an empty space, his clothes disheveled. In the center of that empty space was a huge pit about two zhangs square.
"What happened?" Seeing Ye Chen safe and sound, Ye Zhan Tian let out a sigh of relief. When he saw the huge pit, his eyes widened in shock. Even if it was a 9th rank expert who had used their full strength to strike, they might not have been able to create such a massive crater.
Ye Chen looked at the big pit and smiled awkwardly: "The child has been idle recently, playing with some toys."
What's going on with the toys? Ye Cangxuan and others looked at Ye Chen with strange expressions, who could play with toys to such a great extent?
