Chapter 259: The Emperor’s Summons and Rising Trouble

Now only the people brought by Ye Xingyun remained.

And they did not dare move at all.

They only saw Ye Xingyun being grabbed by Ye Shiyuan by the collar and beaten several times.

His face quickly became bruised and swollen.

Bai He could vaguely hear screams, so he ran outside.

But he did not see Ye Shiyuan actively using violence.

He only saw him sitting there, looking very relaxed as he drank tea, as if nothing had happened, if one ignored the extremely miserable Ye Xingyun beside him who had been beaten so badly that his face could barely be recognized.

Bai He swallowed his saliva nervously.

Maybe there was nothing to be nervous about.

Could it be that Shiyuan actually had some hidden violent tendency?

"Ahem, Host. The protagonist actually has a pretty good temper. It is just that Ye Xingyun delivered himself to be beaten... and the protagonist is simply used to it."

In other words, Ye Shiyuan often beat him up when they were children.

That made sense.

During all his time in Lingguang Sect, he had never heard of Ye Shiyuan privately fighting other disciples without reason.

"Big brother, have you calmed down yet? If you have, then come back with me. Forget about my mother. Father actually misses you too."

Ye Xingyun still had not given up.

Even after being beaten to this state, he was still... Bai He could not help but sigh.

He really was persistent.

"Master..."

With a loud bang, the door was pushed open.

Xu Feng rushed in from outside, originally worried that Bai He and Ye Shiyuan might be in trouble.

But when he saw the situation inside the room, especially when he saw Ye Xingyun, he could not help but laugh.

"Master, who did this?"

Bai He waved his hand, looking completely innocent.

"Senior Brother, was this done by you? You two have no grievances or hatred. Why did you beat him into this state?"

Ye Shiyuan glanced at Xu Feng indifferently and said in a cold voice, "Where did you go early in the morning?"

"I just went out for a walk. Senior Brother, who is this? Why does he look a bit familiar?"

Because he had been beaten until he was unrecognizable, Xu Feng did not recognize who he was at all, and also failed to connect him with the drunk man from last night.

After Bai He pulled Xu Feng aside and said a few words to him, he finally showed an expression of realization.

"Oh, so you are that drunk guy."

"So it was you who made me sleep on the ground last night, right?"

Xu Feng felt a little guilty.

"Who hit you? Do you have any evidence? If you have no evidence, do not casually slander people. Besides, you are already beaten into this state by my Senior Brother, and you still dare to be so arrogant."

Although Ye Xunyu usually tolerated Ye Shiyuan, it did not mean he would act so submissively in front of Xu Feng as well.

"Big brother is big brother. What right do you have to compare yourself to my big brother? I am warning you, I will remember this debt against you."

Ye Shiyuan took Bai He up to the second floor, then set up a barrier to prevent them from coming upstairs.

He was truly a bit annoyed and did not want them to disturb him anymore.

Ye Shiyuan’s expression was not very good.

It was hard to tell what he was feeling at this moment.

Bai He looked at him.

"Shiyuan, you still need to return to the Princess Manor, right?"

"Yes."

"Then I will go with you."

Ye Shiyuan’s expression darkened slightly.

"No need."

Ye Shiyuan thought of what people had said to him when he was young, those insults were still so clear in his memory.

If Bai He went with him, he would most likely suffer the same fate of being insulted as well.

Silently bearing it alone would be fine, but how could he let Bai He suffer together with him?

He wanted to return alone and deal with all of this precisely for that reason.

Bai He did not need to be dragged into those messy matters with him.

"They will definitely still want you to go into the palace to save someone."

"I will not go. The very first rule I learned after entering the path of cultivation is what should and should not be done."

If everyone could not bear to part with their family and friends and went on to do things that went against the laws of heaven, then this world would have long fallen into chaos.

The path of cultivation would not be able to stand in this world as an embodiment of righteousness.

Ye Shiyuan did not think of himself as a good person, but he would absolutely not do things that should not be done.

"Oh."

Bai He responded softly.

"So Master has already planned to secretly follow along?"

Bai He was shocked in his heart.

How did Ye Shiyuan know what he was thinking?

"I, I did not." he said guiltily.

Ye Shiyuan could not help but laugh.

"You answered so quickly, which already means you were planning to secretly enter the Princess Manor’s residence. However, this time, Master should not go."

Bai He pouted slightly.

Outside, there seemed to be even more commotion.

Bai He walked to the window and looked outside.

This carriage was even more luxurious than Ye Xingyun’s from earlier.

The bright yellow carriage stopped in front of the tavern, a man waiting outside, and very soon someone stepped out.

Seeing that striking face, Bai He vaguely remembered the woman he meet last night.

Was it not her?

Princess Yangshi?

He looked at Ye Shiyuan in surprise, but Ye Shiyuan appeared completely innocent.

"Master, I truly do not know why she came here."

"She must be here looking for you. Let us go down and take a look."