MM Racing Chapter 994 An Unforeseen Route (4500 words, a little late as I wrote it a bit longer)
Chapter 994 An Unforeseen Route (4500 words, a little late as I wrote it a bit longer)
Chapter 994 An Unforeseen Route (4500 words, a bit late as I wrote it a bit longer)
All eyes turned to them. The patriarchs of various noble families and the emperors of the divine dynasties all showed surprise. They looked at the stunningly beautiful woman surnamed Ye, whose beauty was almost dreamlike, as if they had heard something unbelievable.
Marriages between aristocratic families and ancient sacred lands are not uncommon.
If someone has enough value or talent, even a young outstanding person without any background will be actively recruited by various forces, thus injecting fresh blood into a behemoth that has been passed down for countless years.
If both parties are in love, that would be even better, but ultimately, it is all about the underlying logic of exchanging interests.
In cases involving special bloodlines, even offspring are taken into consideration.
But what is the situation now?
She just mentioned a section of an ancient tea tree that had attained enlightenment and an imperial weapon.
While the former is rare, there are legends in the past of people using divine objects as betrothal gifts to marry exceptionally beautiful women.
There is a rumor that the Queen Mother of the West, the mother of the Great Emperor Wushi, was in Yaochi when she used a precious herb to bring the Great Accomplished Holy Body into the holy land.
Who would use an imperial weapon, a trump card that can easily affect the balance of power, to get married?!
"Imperial Weapon".
After regaining his senses, the Holy Master of the Ji family changed color. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Miss Ye, this matter is not something to be joked about. If your Holy Body has feelings for Zi Yue, please ask your elders to come and discuss it with my Ji family."
Ye Fan's displayed power was terrifying. Even the Holy Lords felt threatened by death. The two great assassin dynasties had just issued a kill order when the assassin teams that came to this place were completely wiped out, not even lasting a breath.
It doesn't look like some kind of life-threatening secret technique.
The Saint King, or even the Great Saint, couldn't possibly be the one with the Perfected Saint Body, could he?!
Although I don't understand what divine substance the Holy Body consumed, or how its cultivation and power could have increased to such an incredible level in such a short time, if this were true...
The Ji family has really struck gold!
The Holy Lord of the Ji family stood with his hands behind his back, his fingernails digging into his flesh, using the pain to suppress his expression as he looked down at the Peacock King.
That indifferent gaze seemed to say
If we don't break them up, how will it be my Ji family's turn?
"I'm not kidding. My family listens to me. As long as Mingzhu from the Ji family agrees, it can be done today." Ye Qingxian smiled and looked at the bewildered Ji Ziyue: "You're sure you'd be willing, right?"
At this moment, Ji Ziyue felt her head buzzing.
In an instant, many things came to mind, such as how well that wicked boy Ye Fan had been hiding, and how long he had been watching her. Did he really believe what he said in the Bronze Palace? He did say he wanted her to marry into the Ji family, but he didn't say she should marry him. She was so young, and if she married him, what would happen to her?
A flood of thoughts rushed through her mind, and finally her gaze briefly met Ye Fan's. Her expression instantly turned one of shame and anger, and her mind went blank.
"Patriarch, you mustn't! This young girl and the Holy Body are not trustworthy. How could they possibly offer an Imperial Weapon as a betrothal gift?!" The Eighth Ancestor of the Ji Family spoke up to dissuade them.
His eyes blazed with barely suppressed rage and hatred as he looked at Ye Fan: "Who knows what they're really plotting?! Compared to this kind of mysterious force, I think the prodigy of the Northern Region's royal family is far superior."
Ji Hui and many members of the Ji family died at Ye Fan's hands. During the last pursuit of the Holy Body and Red Hair, they were severely injured by the exploding King's Divine Weapon and then burned alive by the Holy Body!
Ji Hui, however, was a descendant of the Ji family's eighth ancestor who doted on her. At this moment, he was so angry that he would never agree to this matter.
Ji Ziyue's eyes widened, her mouth agape, and she asked blankly, "The Wang family?"
She had never heard of this!
"Qingxian, come back!" Ye Fan coldly glanced at the old man Xia Ji had been calling out.
If he weren't worried about antagonizing the Ji family, he would have shown this guy why flowers are so red right now.
"It's just an Emperor Weapon," Ye Qingxian said, somewhat unconvinced. At this moment, she did not possess an Emperor Weapon, only a more powerful divine artifact. With a hint of unease, her bright eyes darted around and suddenly shone with brilliance.
Her snow-white robes glowed, and from within her a surge of fiery runes, like a vast ocean, rippled outwards.
As he made hand seals, the mark on his forehead flickered, and a ball of light appeared in front of him. The sound of bells continued, and a celestial figure transformed into a divine image, blurry and indistinct, as if separated by an era.
when--! ! !
The first chime of the bell was deafening, as if it had awakened everyone, instantly bringing them to a state of enlightenment.
when--! ! !
With the second chime, a dazzling light burst forth, and a phantom bell appeared in the cosmic sea of stars, the ancient bell eternally burning.
when--! ! !
The melodious chimes resonated throughout heaven and earth, stirring the very soul.
Countless people were terrified by this heavenly voice, for they were all too familiar with it. Even many beings in the forbidden zones turned their gazes toward the starry sky.
But why is it that the bell tolls from two places at the same time, with a faint resonance?
The divine might was overwhelming, and wherever it passed, everything, both material and spiritual, was as if it had encountered destruction. The Wind Clan's divine islands were like being caught in a storm, teetering on the brink of collapse.
Is this the sound of the ancient bell of the Great Emperor Wushi?!
The bell of Wushi Mountain rang!
The ancient creatures, filled with fear and confusion, scattered and fled, hiding and watching Purple Mountain.
This doesn't seem like the emergence of the Beginningless Bell, but rather like someone controlling and activating it. As the bell's sound echoes, one seems to see countless stars falling and the boundless starry sky collapsing.
But hasn't this imperial weapon been under the constant surveillance of various powerful forces?!
"The Beginningless Bell is actually the Beginningless Bell!"
The Holy Lord of the Ji family could no longer maintain his composure and looked at the stunningly beautiful Ye Qingxian in horror: "You are the successor of Wushi?!"
"Ye Qingxian!" Ye Fan was genuinely angry.
"Oh, it's alright."
The mark on Ye Qingxian's forehead lost its luster, and the immortal form and divine image dissipated. She chuckled and said, "Who told that old man to have ill intentions towards you, saying that we can't afford an imperial weapon?"
"I'm worried about you," Ye Fan frowned. "Will you be alright?"
He worried that she, who did not belong to this era, would disrupt the flow of time and cause harm to herself. However, it was a small matter and there was no need to bear any consequences.
"Sect Master Yansen said that my current state has become strange, so there's no need to worry about the impact. Besides, Grandpa Wushi dotes on me a lot. I used to play with his Wushi Bell every day when I was a child." Ye Qingxian smiled like an elf.
The soul of the Immortal King Wuzhong, who has a great connection with Wushi, is in her hands.
Furthermore, her father was born with a divine body and cultivated the "Beginningless Scripture." In the future, she would also follow the Great Emperor Wushi in cultivation, so she could naturally use the Beginningless Bell of this era at will.
Not long after Ye Qingxian finished speaking, the ancient, continuous sound of the bell echoed once again, its melodious sound resounding throughout the universe.
This time, however, a beam of celestial light swept through the void, landing precisely in Ye Qingxian's hand and shrinking to the size of a palm.
"Woof, Your Majesty! Did you see that?!" Black Emperor's true feelings were revealed, and large tears streamed down his face.
To him, the Great Emperor Wushi was like a relative or parent, and his feelings for him were extremely deep and hard to explain. Now that he saw Ye Qingxian possessing the Wushi Sutra and wielding an imperial weapon, he could not control his emotions.
It was all worth it; the innate sacred body and Dao embryo must be born!
Even if Ye Fan is on guard against him and no longer dreams of eternal life, it's still the same!
My son and granddaughter are such good successors, so it's no big deal.
At worst, we can spend all our savings to buy a potent aphrodisiac from Emperor Yan that even Immortal Kings and Emperors would fall for, and give this little rascal a dose that would exhaust even an ox.
Black King stopped wiping away his tears and stared at Ye Fan from behind his paws, his eyes gleaming with a sharp light.
"Look." Ye Qingxian raised her hand triumphantly, and strands of Dao patterns intertwined around the ancient and simple Wushi Bell.
"Now I can marry your daughter, right?"
She handed over the Boundless Bell, and the Holy Lord of the Ji family quickly retreated, his expression as if he had eaten a bitter melon.
In the eyes of the holy lands and aristocratic families, Ye Fan was already inextricably linked to the lineage of Wushi, but how exactly was this little devil raised?!
That's the weapon of the Great Emperor Wushi. Even if you dared to give it to us, we wouldn't dare to accept it!
"Stop! I'm really angry if you keep this up!"
Ye Fan grabbed Ye Qingxian's collar and pulled her back, glaring at her fiercely: "Put it away!"
"Oh," Ye Qingxian said, pursing her lips.
Ye Fan was in a bind. He could already imagine what kind of environment this girl had grown up in. The Black Emperor, that dead dog, treated her like a treasure, and the Great Emperor Wushi must have also taken good care of this successor from a different generation.
Even though he is very composed on matters of principle, he is like a lawless demon king in ordinary times.
It must be because her father didn't discipline her properly and spoiled her.
Shi Hao didn't just send himself a granddaughter; he was practically a 'living ancestor'.
Ye Fan took a deep breath and said to the Holy Master of the Ji family, "Today is the Holy Master of the Feng clan's birthday. I will visit the Ji family another day."
"Huh?" Ji Ziyue's hair flew wildly, her eyes vacant and blank: "You really want to come?!"
"Hehe." Ye Fan glanced at her.
"Who said I wanted to marry you?!"
"I only visited you and didn't say I wanted to marry you. Besides, the Ji family has so many outstanding talents."
"you you."
Ji Ziyue was a little angry, and stomped her foot on Ji Haoyue's instep, making Ye Fan's brother-in-law suffer.
Xiao Yang himself is not the kind of guy who can be easily controlled by Yan Di.
Ye Fan also gave a can of Enlightenment Tea to the Holy Master of the Ji family, and left a Universal Knowledge Talisman for Ji Ziyue. Seeing her angry expression, he happily returned to the crowd.
At this point, the Peacock King stopped stirring things up and chose to remain silent and observe, unable to figure out what was going on.
The expression beneath the phoenix mask grew increasingly complex.
“Brother Ye, our Great Xia Dynasty also has many outstanding talents.” The Great Xia prince sighed.
"These words shouldn't be spoken carelessly; they might bring bad luck," Ye Fan said with a smile.
"Brother Xia, you can come to me anytime if you want to drink tea. Enlightenment Tea is plentiful."
Ye Fan would naturally not be stingy with his kindness towards these friends who had shown him goodwill in the past.
Moreover, it's true that Wudao Tea produces more than a hundred pieces a year, but Brother Li's little green bottle lasts for a hundred years with just one drop, so internally the supply has long exceeded the demand.
"Is the Zhetian Chamber of Commerce related to Brother Ye?"
"I joined the Chamber of Commerce and turned over a new leaf. The Chamber of Commerce offers excellent benefits," Ye Fan said calmly.
The prince of Great Xia said in surprise, "No wonder Brother Ye is so generous."
"The same goes for you all. Come visit me at the Zhetian Chamber of Commerce for tea when you have time." Ye Fan extended goodwill to Li Heishui, Yao Yuekong, and the others.
At this moment, the Holy Lord of the Wind Clan, Jiang Taixu, Zhongli, and others were also standing not far away watching Ye Fan.
From the moment the two great killer dynasties of the human world and hell revealed themselves, they had already come out of the divine island, but they had not intervened until now.
Jiang Taixu and Zhongli naturally knew that with Ye Fan's current strength, he could easily eradicate the Assassin Dynasty, but they never expected that Ye Qingxian would propose marriage to the Ji family on Ye Fan's behalf.
"Su Lin actually entrusted the God King to propose marriage to the Wind Clan on your behalf."
Zhongli said, "I happen to be next to Fellow Daoist Jiang. I suggest we put this matter aside for now. You shouldn't blame me for meddling."
Jiang Taixu asked doubtfully, "That Heavenly Emperor said that this is a link in your destiny. Whether you succeed or not, you should at least mention it to the Wind Clan to reduce the impact of the change in your fate."
Despite Su Lin's seemingly unserious demeanor in the eyes of his group members, his reputation and image in the eyes of outsiders are inversely proportional to his integrity.
Who would have thought that a "Haotian & God" could lie through his teeth and deceive people, using a glorious and righteous image to dig a pit for Ye Fan?
After that guy's strength increased and the number of cheat codes he used grew, he finally started to show signs of targeting Ye Fan.
"Zhongli," Ye Fan paused for a moment, "you'll take my share of this year's dividends."
The Chamber of Commerce's advisors' defenses are truly reassuring.
“Actually, it would be a good thing if you could have more confidantes, but the main issue is the matter of seniority, which I think is a bit confusing.” Zhongli looked into the distance and remained silent.
Ye Fan was taken aback and followed the other person's gaze.
Feng Xiaoxiao and a strange man were casually looking around the Feng Clan's divine island, while Su Lin, Xiao Yan, and the others, whom she least wanted to see and shouldn't be there, were also wandering around like street urchins.
Zhongli: "Feng Xiaoxiao and her brother Fuxi, but this fellow Daoist..."
Stop talking, I understand.
Ye Fan suddenly remembered that the Feng Clan was a descendant of the Great Emperor Fuxi of this world. Even if Feng Xiaoxiao and her brother had no major connection with the Feng Clan, if he were to actually be associated with the Feng Clan, his seniority in the group would be more than just one generation lower.
Even by the time it reaches the grandchildren's generation, it won't be enough.
"I really should have closed the door," Ye Fan said speechlessly.
The moment these guys appeared, the entire world's aesthetic was altered.
"Is Fairy An still not here? As a member of the An family, I feel I should speak up for the younger generation." Su Lin, who was known as 'Master An Lan,' looked around.
"It's alright, you continue to perform your miracles. We'll just take a stroll. Feng Xiaoxiao's brother insisted on seeing what the Feng Clan was like, so we came here to satisfy our curiosity."
Who are An Lan and An Miaoyi to be considered members of the An family?!
"Xiaoxiao, let's have a family in this life too. With such a family, we won't be alone," Fuxi said softly.
"Calm down," Feng Xiaoxiao said, her head aching.
Ye Fan rubbed his temples. If it were just like this, that would be best.
"I don't need your help. My relationship with Ziyue and the others will take its natural course. You shouldn't look for the Holy Maiden of Zifu or the Holy Maiden of Yaochi either, or I'll have to send you back."
He rattled off a string of names that Su Lin might have targeted.
"I just arrived?" Su Lin asked doubtfully. "Don't worry, if you don't want to, that's fine. I won't bother them or those holy lands. The Wind Clan's request was from a long time ago."
How long have you been planning this?
Ye Fan's eyelids twitched, clearly showing disbelief: "Really?"
"I've recently found the orthopedic literature about reincarnation and reunion to be quite good," Su Lin said with a smile.
His gaze inadvertently swept over the little girl, paused, and then looked away.
Ye Fan's heart skipped a beat. He strode over to the little girl that Hei Huang was carrying and frowned, saying, "Little girl, tell your brother, has Brother Su Lin ever taught you anything bad?"
"What bad knowledge?" the little girl asked in confusion.
"He didn't tell you that you were going to marry your brother when you grew up, did he?"
"No, I haven't seen Brother Su Lin in class for a long time. The other teachers said he's been on sick leave the whole time. Is Brother Su Lin feeling any better?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Fan relaxed completely, his tense nerves suddenly easing.
"Big brother, if you say that, can I marry you when I grow up?" Little Nannan looked at Ye Fan and asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Fan looked up in astonishment.
Not far away, Su Lin stared at the reincarnated Fuxi and Nuwa. Feng Xiaoxiao walked behind, pulling out a bucket of popcorn from history, grabbing a handful, and stuffing it into her mouth.
"The question you raised yourself."
"Who told you to doubt my reputation?"
Su Lin ate popcorn, following Feng Xiaoxiao and Fuxi Shen, who were like bickering lovers, and glanced at Xiao Yan, who was keeping his distance from him not far away.
"What do you think of the route with the ruthless man and Ye Fan?"
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Xiao Yan glanced pityingly at Ye Fan, who was currently flustered and in a panic because he had made Nannan cry by saying "no": "Let him go."
(End of this chapter)