Chapter 1703 - 763: The Great Counterattack

Chapter 1703: Chapter 763: The Great Counterattack

Speaking of the relationship between the Tang Family and the Jade Hand Poison Master, we have to talk about some of the Jade Hand Poison Master’s old stories.

Back then, Ye Lingyue obtained the Cauldron Name from the Qiulin Ruins, and in it was recorded how the Jade Hand Poison Master lost the Jiu Provinces Cauldron, and she also learned that Hong Meng Fang Immortal had been framed by a Divine Realm Immortal.

The Jade Hand Poison Master regretted it endlessly at the time. With her heart set on the safety of Hong Meng Fang Immortal in the Divine Realm, she hurriedly left the Qiulin Ruins.

The Jade Hand Poison Master originally planned to go to the Divine Realm to search for Hong Meng Fang Immortal.

Who would have thought the road to the Divine Realm would be fraught with countless difficulties.

The Jade Hand Poison Master was a Dark Alchemist. Although her cultivation was impressive, she was never able to obtain a divine seal, and thus could not formally enter the Divine Realm.

She could only settle down on the Ancient Nine Provinces Continent, the place closest to the Divine Realm.

At that time, the Jade Hand Poison Master was all alone, and her body, having been ambushed, was far worse than before. As she searched for the whereabouts of the Jiu Provinces Cauldron Fragments, she also sought a way to enter the Divine Realm.

Once, while searching for a Cauldron Piece, she rescued an orphan from the jaws of a demon beast.

That orphan was the Tang Family’s Ancestor.

The Jade Hand Poison Master adopted that orphan, and passed her proudest Poison Technique on to that Tang-surnamed descendant. She even planned that if, until her death, she still could not find a way to the Divine Realm, her last wish would be fulfilled by the Tang Family Ancestor and his descendants.

The Jade Hand Poison Master lingered in the Ancient Nine Provinces for over twenty years, and with her help, the Tang Family Ancestor firmly established himself there.

It was also during those twenty-plus years that the Jade Hand Poison Master found another Cauldron Piece, which later became the Tri-legged Cauldron Fragment in the Tang Family’s hands.

Later on, for reasons unknown, the Jade Hand Poison Master decided to leave the Ancient Nine Provinces.

Considering that the Tang Family’s foundation was still unstable, she left that Tri-legged Cauldron Fragment with the Tang Family Ancestor, then drifted away.

The Tang Family Ancestor, remembering the kindness of the Jade Hand Poison Master, afterwards always instructed his descendants to regard themselves as servants of the Jade Hand Poison Master. When the Ancestor passed, he admonished his descendants that if they ever had the chance to meet the Jade Hand Poison Master again or her and Hong Meng Fang Immortal’s descendants, they must serve them as masters; no Tang Family descendant was allowed to defy this command.

The earliest Tang Family People all focused on Poison Techniques, until one generation’s Tang Family Patriarch accidentally opened the Interior Cauldron Heaven, thus creating a different path of cultivation for the Tang Family.

Even so, among the successive Tang Family Patriarchs, there were still those whose Poison Technique cultivation was outstanding, and the Tang Family Ancestor was one of them.

Precisely because he possessed Poison Techniques at the peak of perfection, the Tang Ancestor passed the Interior Cauldron Heaven to Tang Lei so early.

Who knew it would also be because of the Interior Cauldron Heaven that Tang Lei became overly obsessed, ultimately cultivating "Soul Devouring Transformation", and in the end lost his nature completely, becoming like a beast, recognizing neither kin nor clan.

The Tang Ancestor never expected that the one to "kill" Tang Lei would actually be the sole heir of the benefactor the Tang Family had waited for hundreds of years.

"This old man is truly guilty beyond redemption. I never imagined I would meet my Master. I beg Master’s forgiveness."

After speaking, the Tang Ancestor knelt down along with the group of Tang Family People.

"Ancestor, please get up quickly. What sole heir? I just happened to receive the true teachings of Senior Jade Hand Poison Master."

Ye Lingyue was very embarrassed.

Just a moment ago she’d still been locked in a Life and Death fierce battle with the Tang Ancestor, and the next moment the Tang Ancestor was bowing his head and pledging allegiance. He was older than her own grandfather, so Ye Lingyue truly felt awkward.

If Ye Lingyue already felt like this, then there was no need to mention Tang Lingbo and Tang Tiansong.

As for those bystanders who had been waiting earlier to watch a good show, they were all thoroughly confused.

"Wife, are you alright?"

Di Shen had already rushed over by this time. Seeing corpses strewn all over the ground, he had originally been very nervous.

Fortunately, seeing his wife safe and sound, gracefully standing there and even chatting and laughing with the Tang Ancestor as if their former hostility had melted away, he finally relaxed.

"I’m fine. It was just a misunderstanding; we’re all on the same side."

Ye Lingyue smiled.

Di Shen’s face was full of daze. What kind of scene was this supposed to be? A moment ago they’d been shouting to kill, and now they’d suddenly become their own people.

The Tang Ancestor had already ordered people to untie the parents of Tang Lingbo and Tang Tiansong.

"Father, can the grudge between Leilei and his son be written off just like that?"

Tang Lei’s mother was still unwilling to let it go.

"Impudent. The Jade Hand Poison Master granted my Tang Family a kindness akin to remaking our very lives. Don’t speak of two lives— even if everyone in the Tang Family were to toil like oxen and horses, we would still have no complaints."

The Tang Family Master glared at her.

"Grandfather, Tang Lei’s death has nothing to do with the Huangquan Team. Tang Lei was killed by South Nether Emperor Zhanhen."

Seeing the Tang Ancestor and Ye Lingyue reconcile, Tang Lingbo finally let out a breath of relief and hurriedly told the Tang Ancestor about Tang Lei.

As for Tang Lei’s death, Ye Lingyue had previously only told Tang Lingbo the general outline.

Even if Ye Lingyue hadn’t taken action at the time, Tang Lei was bound to die at the hands of the South Nether Emperor, so Ye Lingyue simply let Tang Lingbo misunderstand that Tang Lei died by South Nether Emperor Zhanhen’s hand. After all, aside from the injury of the severed head that Ye Lingyue caused, the other wounds on Tang Lei’s body were indeed inflicted by the South Nether Emperor.

Upon learning that Tang Lei had actually insulted the South Nether Empress and been struck down by the South Nether Emperor, everyone in the Tang Family was shocked and, on top of that, deeply frightened.

Fortunately, South Nether Emperor Zhanhen had been driven back. Otherwise, the entire Tang Family would most likely have suffered annihilation because of Tang Lei’s foolish actions, and even the entire Ancient Nine Provinces would have been dragged into disaster.

"That little beast Tang Lei actually dared commit such a brazen act. It seems earlier it truly was my subordinates who wrongly slandered Master. I ask Master’s forgiveness."

The Tang Ancestor’s face was full of guilt.

"Ahem, Ancestor, there’s no need to blame yourself. Speaking of this matter, it was all because of the Tri-legged Cauldron Fragment..."

Ye Lingyue was just about to tell the Tang Ancestor that the reason Tang Lei turned into that state was because he’d been affected by the Evil Qi on the Tri-legged Cauldron Fragment.

She also wanted to ask how those mysterious patterns on the Tri-legged Cauldron Fragment had come to be. But just then, hurried footsteps came from behind.

They saw Xi Jiuye stride in. When he saw that Ye Lingyue was safe and sound, the tense look on Xi Jiuye’s face eased.

At the same time Xi Jiuye arrived, Alliance Leader Ning and Nian Wu Venerable also came, belated as ever.

Alliance Leader Ning had thought that by the time he got here, he’d see Ye Lingyue and the Huangquan Team either dead or badly wounded. Who knew that upon seeing Ye Lingyue standing there perfectly fine, Alliance Leader Ning’s hypocritical face first froze, then quickly rearranged itself into a look of concern.

"Tang Ancestor, Captain Ye, it’s good that you’re alright. As for Tang Lei’s death, I think there must be more to it. I will thoroughly investigate this matter and return justice to both the Tang Family and the Huangquan Team."

Seeing that hypocritical pretense of concern on Alliance Leader Ning’s face, Ye Lingyue and Di Shen both secretly spat in their hearts.

If they really waited for him to preside over justice, the people of the Huangquan Team would have long since been wiped out.

"Alliance Leader Ning, this matter has already been resolved. It was just a misunderstanding. That boy Tang Lei sinned gravely; I have already decided to remove him from the Tang Family Genealogy. Furthermore, from now on, everyone in the Tang Family will be under Captain Ye’s command."

As soon as the Tang Family Ancestor said this, Alliance Leader Ning and Nian Wu Venerable both froze on the spot.

~Thank you to Fox and the Undead Withered Grass for the big red packets, and to countless others for the small ones. Da Fu’s womanly ailments have flared up, so about today’s extra Chapter for monthly votes—if I still have strength to write, I’ll do my best to add it. Don’t forget to cast those double monthly votes, they’re all my motivation~