#1207 - Chapter 1207 Take Action

With chests puffed out and heads held high, Ye Kong led his group of disciples, employing teleportation techniques, and in no time, they stood at the edge of Cloudedge Town.

Su Ming, a disciple originally from Cloudedge Town, volunteered to lead the way.

Entering Cloudedge Town, a thick fog obscured their vision, and they could only see a few scattered houses. The surrounding trees had already turned yellow, creating an atmosphere of decay.

Was this Cloudedge Town?

Was this the paradise that Ye Kong had heard from Sima Shizun, a place beneath the clouds, with colorful flowers and green willows, a place of peace and harmony?

It was nothing like that.

Ye Kong looked at Su Ming.

Su Ming scratched the back of his head somewhat awkwardly, "I haven't been home in too long, so I wanted to go home first. Everyone must be tired from the journey, let's have a meal at my house first, and then we'll go over there."

This... Ye Kong was about to say something. At this moment, the door of one of the thatched huts opened, and two gaunt old people walked out, glancing in their direction. They immediately spotted Su Ming in the crowd.

"Ming'er, you're finally back," the old woman stumbled towards the crowd, tears streaming from her dim eyes.

Su Ming quickly helped the old woman up and knelt down, "Mother, I'm late in returning."

Only then did the old man walk over step by step.

The three of them cried and embraced, and Ye Kong and the others behind them didn't know what to say.

At this moment, Ye Kong noticed several men dressed as servants approaching from behind the house, acting suspiciously, as if they were about to do something.

"Who's there?" Ye Kong shouted.

The men turned tail and ran.

Ye Kong directly reached out and used his spiritual power to drag the men back.

Seeing the men, the old woman and the old man hid behind Su Ming.

The men were wearing uniform black clothing. Seeing Ye Kong and the others, they were not afraid, and they declared, "You better release us quickly, or our Elder Bai will not let you off."

"Oh, you have quite the big mouth, kid. Which Elder Bai is so awesome?" Zhang Tie asked.

"Of course, it's Bai Zhi, the Third Elder of the Bai Clan. This land all belongs to our Third Elder's territory. Who are you people, daring to trespass without permission? Do you have a death wish?" The leader looked smug.

"Quickly release us, or our Third Elder will definitely capture you and tear you to pieces!"

"What a joke, no land under this sky belongs to any one family. As for your Third Elder, I've never heard of such a person. He doesn't have any authority here, understand?" Zhang Tie retorted.

Ye Kong didn't care and asked, "If that's the case, what are you doing here?"

Ye Kong and his group had arrived here following Su Ming's guidance, and they hadn't followed the original plan to go to the Bai Clan's ancestral hall. Moreover, they were several hours earlier than the originally scheduled time.

The target of these men was Su Ming's parents.

Ye Kong focused his gaze on Su Ming. Su Ming's eyes darted away, further confirming Ye Kong's guess.

Since Su Ming had intentionally led them here, he was actually using their hands to remove this trouble.

Helping him with this task wouldn't be bad.

"Quickly release us," the men were still shouting.

Ye Kong turned to look at Gongsun Qing, then pointed at himself.

Gongsun Qing immediately understood and said to the men, "Do you know who the person in front of you is?"

The men looked up at Ye Kong, a young and handsome lad. The others were following behind him, so he must be a leader.

Seeing that the men didn't answer, Gongsun Qing added, "He is Ye Kong of the Tai Chu Academy!"

"Ye Kong! He is Ye Kong!!!" The men were all in an uproar. Even though they had lived in this small town for many years, following behind the Third Elder Bai for so long, they naturally knew who Ye Kong was.

In the recently concluded Sect Ranking Tournament, Ye Kong single-handedly defeated all the invincible opponents in the sects, and even blew Hu Yishao of Lefeng Mountain into pieces.

This person was so terrifying, who would dare to provoke him?

Now that Su Ming was following behind Ye Kong, they must be together and not to be trifled with. They should retreat quickly.

The men immediately kowtowed like garlic mashers, "We're sorry, we were wrong. We were blind and didn't recognize Mount Tai. We shouldn't have offended you. Please be merciful and let us go!"

"You may. However, we are resting here recently. If we encounter you again disturbing our peace, then..." Ye Kong stopped here, looking at the men.

"We will definitely not appear here again!"

"Absolutely not!"

Ye Kong waved his hand, and the men ran away, scrambling and crawling. They probably wouldn't dare to come over for a while.

Su Ming walked over, "Thank you very much."

Ye Kong waved his hand, "It's nothing."

"Thank you," Su's mother walked over and looked at the tall Ye Kong, somewhat hesitantly opening her mouth, "Have a meal, I heard you were coming back, and I've already prepared it." Su's mother looked at Ye Kong with sincere eyes.

"There's no need. Our whereabouts have already been exposed, so let's go to the Bai Clan's ancestral hall to meet the Great Elder Bai immediately."

Ye Kong arranged it, and Su Ming immediately led the group to the Bai Clan's ancestral hall.

"What, you said Ye Kong and his group have arrived at Cloudedge Town? How come there's no news at all, and they appeared at the back slope?" Third Elder Bai stood up, looking at the row of people kneeling at his feet, asking in disbelief.

"It's true, this Su Ming is the one who returned from the Tai Chu Academy, and Ye Kong can summon wind and rain. We definitely couldn't have mistaken him," the leader said, still shivering when he mentioned Ye Kong.

"Alright, I'll go to the ancestral hall now," Third Elder Bai stood up, looked at the men, and kicked one of them.

"Useless things, go kneel in the backyard!"

Ye Kong and his group arrived at the entrance of the Bai Clan's ancestral hall. Before they could enter, they were stopped by a group of people.

It was the disciples of the Evergreen Academy faction.

The leader was a slightly older person, with bright eyes, constantly sizing up Ye Kong.

"Why would the disciples of your Tai Chu Academy come to the territory of our Evergreen Academy?" the leader asked.

"That's right, no matter who it is, coming to Cloudedge Town should abide by our rules here. First, visit the Evergreen Academy and get their consent before entering Cloudedge Town. You people suddenly broke in and should be treated as outsiders and driven out," another person who looked like an elder said.

"Of course, it's just accepting the mission assigned by the upper realm. You can go and ask the representatives of the upper realm for details. We are only responsible for completing the mission and are not responsible for complying with the rules here," Ye Kong directly retorted.

"Presumptuous! Is that the attitude you use to talk to our Elder Changzhou? Who are you, and what qualifications do you have to say such things?" A disciple of the Evergreen Academy said.

Bearing the title of Elder added three points of arrogance. Ye Kong could clearly see the obvious hierarchy here.

Zhang Tie was so angry that he wanted to retort, but Ye Kong stopped him.

"This mission was originally supposed to be handled by the Evergreen Academy, and our Tai Chu Academy shouldn't have intervened."

"It's just that I heard that the Evergreen Academy was unwilling to take action, so the Bai Clan specifically came to ask us."

"The Evergreen Academy wouldn't not know about this matter, would they?"