Chapter 65: Ye Wen

“Why are you yelling? Is this very important?” Ye Kong was somewhat baffled. Shouldn’t the one who’s angry be me?

Why Old Ancestor Yellow Springs suddenly roared had to do with several major laws of soul seizure.

First, cultivators cannot perform soul seizure on mortals. The reason is simple – a cultivator’s divine sense is extremely powerful. If one forcibly seizes a mortal’s body, it’s very likely that body can’t handle it. It’s like wearing small shoes on big feet – either the foot breaks or the shoe tears. Of course, Ye Kong’s soul seizure was an exception.

Second, only those of higher realm can seize the bodies of those with lower realms. Otherwise, one might suffer severe spiritual energy backlash from the target and end up as a soulless zombie.

Finally, a body that has been seized once cannot be seized again. Each soul seizure has an enormous impact on that body, so a body can only be seized once. If someone else seized it and then you seize it again, the body can’t take it. Very likely everyone plays their final hand together.

Old Ancestor Yellow Springs’ shocked fury was due to this last reason. Had he known early on that Ye Kong had already been seized once, he wouldn’t have struggled so much last night, wouldn’t have endured such great internal conflict.

However, beyond his shocked fury, Old Ancestor Yellow Springs also felt fortunate. If he’d been controlled by his greedy inner demon at that time and recklessly restrained Ye Kong without considering consequences, only to discover it was all for nothing – or even worse, caused mutual destruction through a second soul seizure attempt – that truly would have been more loss than gain.

Of course, Old Ancestor Yellow Springs wouldn’t tell Ye Kong any of this. From this point on, he also abandoned all thoughts of harming Ye Kong.

“Uh… it’s not that important. I’m just glad that golden light locked me in back then. Otherwise, we both would have had our souls scattered.” Old Ancestor Yellow Springs laughed again.

Ye Kong still didn’t fully understand. After Old Ancestor Yellow Springs explained, he finally got it. He thought to himself that in the future, no one would try to seize his body anymore. It was like the principle that people who’ve had measles won’t get it again.

“I see.” Ye Kong nodded and asked again, “Then tell me the main point. My mother’s face – what other methods are there? Healing her benefits both you and me.”

“I told you, I don’t have a method, but others do. If you can find a woman skilled in pill refining arts, there’s an eighty percent chance it won’t be a problem. But don’t ask me who to find. Everyone this ancestor knew has either died or ascended.”

“Why must it be a woman? Don’t you understand pill refining?” Ye Kong asked again.

“Are you stupid?!” Old Ancestor Yellow Springs cursed again. “Among cultivators, men generally don’t care about appearance, but those female cultivators pay great attention to it. So they come up with all sorts of strange pills – some can fix your appearance so you don’t look old, others can nourish beauty and increase fairness, and there are even pills that can make a woman’s breasts bigger. If you want to create a pill to heal your mother’s face, who else would you look for but them?”

“Oh, hehe.” Ye Kong smiled and nodded. “If we set up a pill workshop back on Earth, all those plastic surgery and beauty clinics would have to close down.”

Ye Kong had been leaning on the chair armrest after giving it to Little Red. At this moment, he suddenly laughed, leaving Lu Qin across from him completely bewildered.

“Brother Ye Kong, what are you laughing about?” Lu Qin thought there was something wrong with herself.

“Nothing, nothing. I just thought of something happy,” Ye Kong said evasively.

“Something happy?” Several women’s eyes looked at Ye Kong. Little Red said, “If it’s something happy, tell us about it too.”

“Well…” Ye Kong really wasn’t very good at telling stories. His mind kept spinning with several dirty jokes popular on Earth. Saying them now would probably be inappropriate. Besides, Lu Qin was as pure as a blank sheet of paper. She wouldn’t understand some subtle jokes.

Just as Ye Kong was thinking so hard his intestines were drying and his brain rotting, not knowing what to say, a young man’s laughter came from outside. “Eighth Brother, what happy thing do you have? Tell it so your Second Brother and Third Brother can be happy too.”

Though the words were polite, the tone was annoying, especially that superior, even arrogant feeling in the speech.

Ye Kong’s brows furrowed. He turned his head to discover it was Second Wife’s two sons, Ye Wen and Ye Wu.

Seeing Ye Wen and Ye Wu enter, Little Red immediately stood up. She threw the half-finished congee on the table and stood aside like a little girl.

These two had come for a reason. Ye Wen had been thinking about Little Red in his heart. As soon as he arrived today, he asked, but who knew that other maids said Little Red had gone to Ye Kong’s courtyard.

At first, Ye Wen didn’t take it to heart. His main purpose in returning to the Ye Manor wasn’t this anyway.

But Ye Wu whispered provocation in his ear. Although Ye Wu knew his older brother also had some interest in Little Red, after all, Ye Kong was an outsider. Deal with Ye Kong first. As for his brother, he’d just grope Little Red’s soft spots a few times. He could bear it.

After Ye Wu’s exaggerated narration with added oil and vinegar, Ye Wen became angry. His true feelings toward this fool were full of jealousy and contempt. He immediately brought Ye Wu over. What for? Of course, to warn Ye Kong. If that doesn’t work, wreck your place!

“Oh, it’s Second Brother and Third Brother.” Although Ye Kong was unhappy inside, he still had to maintain appearances.

“Hehe, you still recognize us. I heard you became famous. We were afraid you wouldn’t recognize people anymore.” Ye Wen said sarcastically as he walked over.

“Second Young Master, Third Young Master, please sit.” Chen Jiuniang didn’t dare offend Second Wife’s two young masters. She also warmly greeted them. As she passed Ye Kong, she glared at him, meaning for Ye Kong to hold it in and not lose his temper.

After Ye Wen came in and saw Little Red drinking congee there, he felt extremely displeased. Don’t we have congee over at my place? Why come here to drink it?

However, his eyes then noticed little Lu Qin across the way. That girl had delicate eyebrows and big eyes, thin red lips and a small mouth. Below, she had a beauty mark positioned perfectly.

One word to describe her: “charming.” What a charming girl, and so young. I like it! Ye Wen looked at Lu Qin, then at Ye Kong. His heart grew especially gloomy.

This fool is having a lucky streak with women. Even eating congee, he’s accompanied by two beauties. Damn it, how come he didn’t choke on his congee?

“Please sit here.” Seeing Second Young Master staring at Lu Qin in a daze, Chen Jiuniang feared Ye Kong would lose it and quickly spoke again.

“Oh, don’t be polite.” Ye Wen, facing Chen Jiuniang’s ugly face, suppressed his disgusted expression and continued smiling. “I haven’t eaten breakfast either. Why don’t we all eat together? We’re all one family, after all.”

Originally, Chen Jiuniang was preparing to lead them to sit in the main hall, but Ye Wen just had to sit his ass down at the dining table, right next to Lu Qin.

Following behind, Ye Wu saw his brother busy picking up girls and not caring about him anymore. His heart felt gloomy, but he couldn’t say it out loud. He could only glare at Little Red and also sit at the dining table.

There weren’t many chairs at the dining table. One empty chair was given to Ye Wen. Chen Jiuniang’s main seat wasn’t appropriate for Ye Wu to sit in either. He could only sit in the chair Little Red had just vacated.

But before his butt even landed, there was a clattering sound. Ye Kong very impolitely pulled the chair away from him.

Fortunately, Ye Wu noticed quickly. He only staggered and didn’t fall to the ground.

“Ye Kong, what’s your problem?” The rage in Ye Wu’s heart immediately surged to his face.

The air in the hall suddenly turned cold. No one expected Ye Kong to be so disrespectful, going crazy as soon as they met. Little Red stood to the side at a loss. Chen Jiuniang kept winking at Ye Kong even more.

“Nothing. This isn’t the chair you should sit in.” Ye Kong had no intention of fighting with him. He pulled the chair aside, then went to fetch another chair from a distance and placed it with a slap behind Ye Wu.

Ye Wu was somewhat confused. If you want to go crazy on me, then why are you still helping me move a chair? The others had the same thought. They all felt Ye Kong’s action was somewhat inexplicable.

“Third Brother, I call you Third Brother to show you respect. Getting you a chair is what brothers should do.” Ye Kong said with a smile. Then he reached out and patted Ye Wu’s shoulder, pressing him into the chair. Then he leaned in very close and said, “However… even between brothers, some things must be made clear! That chair just now was mine. I sat in it. I don’t like others sitting in chairs I’ve sat in!”

Facing the dumbstruck Ye Wu, Ye [visit our site]Kong straightened up and smiled. “I hope Third Brother understands my meaning.”

The meaning was clear. This wasn’t about chairs – this was about women. The subtext was: Little Red is my chair. Only I can sit in it. It’s fine for me to help you find another chair, but if you want to sit in my chair… no discussion!

Neither Ye Wen nor Ye Wu was stupid. They immediately understood Ye Kong’s meaning. Ye Wu saw Ye Kong openly snatching someone, his cooked duck about to fly away. The anger in his heart became even harder to calm. However, he was still a bit afraid of Ye Kong, especially that face that was smiling one moment and stormy the next.

“Brother~” Ye Wu looked at Ye Wen pleadingly, hoping he would step forward to uphold justice.

However, Ye Kong hadn’t stated it explicitly, so Ye Wen couldn’t take the initiative to make it clear either. A cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He suddenly shouted at Little Red, “Little Red! Do you understand rules or not? Little Wu and I came to eat breakfast, and you’re not quickly getting us two bowls of congee? No rules at all! Making others laugh that the maids from our Second Branch don’t even recognize their masters anymore when they go out!”

Ye Wen was also a formidable character. These few sentences salvaged the losing situation. This was telling Ye Kong, and also telling Little Red: get it straight – no matter what, you’re from the Second Branch. We are the masters, we are the ones who can decide your fate!

“Yes.” Little Red also understood that she was the focus of their dispute. She was both happy that Ye Kong had made his position clear, yet worried they’d really fight. If that happened, when Second Wife returned, she’d inevitably suffer.

Little Red wanted to go serve Ye Wen and Ye Wu congee, but Ye Kong held her back. He forcibly pressed her into the chair and said, “You’ve only drunk half your congee. Coming to my place, no matter who it is, they’re my, Ye Kong’s, guests. Small matters like serving congee – I, as the host, will do it.”

Ye Kong had already maintained extreme restraint. In the past, he would have kicked these two flying long ago. Damn it, being so arrogant on my turf?

This congee was really hard for Little Red to drink. Standing wasn’t right, sitting wasn’t right either. Without even raising her head, she could feel Ye Wen and Ye Wu’s vicious gazes.

“Host.” Ye Wu sneered. Taking the hot congee Ye Kong handed over, he slapped it down on the table, splashing the bowl’s edge and tabletop.

Ye Wen was calmer than his younger brother. Taking the bowl, he drank a sip, even praised it as not bad, then put the congee on the table. He asked Lu Qin beside him, “This younger sister looks unfamiliar. She doesn’t seem like a maid from our Ye Manor. May I know your name?”

“She’s my sworn younger sister, called Lu Qin.” Ye Kong pushed Lu Qin away, telling her to return to her room. Then he sat down and smiled. “How does Second Brother have time to idle around our place? Could it be you have business? Otherwise, delaying you two brothers’ proper affairs, I couldn’t bear the responsibility.”

Ye Wen smiled. “Of course. Why else would I come if there’s nothing? Do you think I’m looking for trouble? You might have that kind of mood, but big brother here doesn’t have that kind of time to play with you.”

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