C25 Preparing an Ambush

Sitting cross-legged on his bed, Ye Lan activated his Heaven and Earth Creation Art to absorb the Spirit Energy of Heaven and Earth and start cultivating diligently.

On the next day, the sun dawned and illuminated the dusk of the night. The gentle breeze of the morning blew past as the bustling chirps of the birds signaled the beginning to a wonderful new day.

*Creak...*

Around that time, the door was gently pushed open as a few figures silently entered Ye Lan's room.

"What are you doing sneaking around my room?"

Clearly hearing the creaking of the door, Ye Lan woke up from his cultivating state and opened his eyes wide, shooting cold daggers at the ones who snuck into his room.

The ones who entered Ye Lan's room were none other than Ye Tao and Ye Ran.

"Nothing much. We brought some good wine and dishes here to apologize."

Ye Ran smiled with two jars of wine in his hands.

Each of the other disciples behind him held several delicious dishes in their hands that exuded enticing fragrances.

"You want to apologize?"

Hearing those unexpected words coming out of Ye Ran's mouth, Ye Lan revealed a slight smile and sneered to himself.

Surely, they didn't come here with good intentions.

Judging from Ye Ran and Ye Tao's personalities, Ye Lan quickly concluded that fact.

These two despicable brothers were not the kind of people who would accept being humiliated by others and voluntarily come forward to apologize.

"That's right, we finally understand that our previous actions had been rather excessive. Thus, we specially brought over some good wine and other delicacies today as a form of apology. We hope that by doing this, you, Ye Lan, will be willing to forgive our past wicked deeds and grudges. How about that?"

Ye Ran said sincerely.

"Since all of you came here to apologize so sincerely and even brought over some good wine and food for me..."

"Wouldn't it be far too inhumane for me to not show you some face at the very least?"

"In the end, everyone here is part of the Ye Family, right?"

"Therefore, I will not hold any grudges of the past to heart."

"Anyways, come in and have a drink! From today onwards, we will all be brothers! How does that sound?"

Ye Lan replied with a smile.

Instead of speaking straightforwardly to Ye Ran and the others, he pretended that he was in a momentary daze and greeted them with the intention of accepting their apology.

He planned to see what these fellows were really up to afterwards.

"Brother Ye Lan, how mature and magnanimous of you. Ye Ran, why don't you fill up the cups of wine? Today, I am going to have a few drinks with Brother Ye Lan!"

With a bright smile, Ye Tao ordered Ye Ran and the others to lay down the delicacies and wine on the table before pouring a cup of wine for Ye Lan.

"Brother Ye Lan, we will, after drinking this wine today, be sworn brothers."

"I, Ye Tao, will not hesitate to climb up a mountain of blades and descend a sea of flames to help my brother out!"

Lifting up his full cup of wine, Ye Tao looked at Ye Lan and exclaimed with a clear voice.

With that, he took the initiative to finish the cup of wine in a single gulp.

"How courageous of Brother Ye Tao! It's only a good fortune for you to have a brother like you!"

Ye Lan laughed.

After saying that, he too gulped down the entire cup of wine.

"Come, everyone take a seat. Just treat this place as if it was your own house. There's no need to feel restrained!"

Having flushed down the cup of wine, Ye Lan called for everyone to take a seat and welcomed them with a warm expression.

"Ye Lan, actually... today... we brothers came here to ask you for help regarding a certain matter."

Ye Ran coughed lightly and said with an embarrassed tone.

"What is it about? Please speak your mind. There's no need to act courteous in front of me, for we are now sworn brothers. As such, your business will also be my business."

Ye Lan exclaimed boldly.

"To be honest, we would like to make a quick trip to Sky Peak Valley."

At this moment, Ye Tao replied.

"Sky Peak Valley? What are you guys going to do there?"

Though his face was filled with curiosity, Ye Lan was actually sneering in his heart. Was Ye Tao about to reveal his evil intentions?

"We want to hunt down some Green Demonic Wolves in Sky Peak Valley. After seizing their Beast Cores, we're going to sell them for money and buy some medicinal liquids to increase our cultivation."

"However, the Green Demonic Wolves are far too strong for us to deal with by ourselves. Thus, we decided to come here to ask for your help."

Ye Tao said in great detail.

"So that's how it is.... Since it's just killing some Green Demonic Wolves, this shouldn't pose much of a problem, so you can just leave it to me. We'll set off immediately after we finish eating. How does that sound?"

Ye Lan patted his chest and feigned complete loyalty.

"Alright, then we'll be troubling you, Ye Lan."

Ye Tao raised his cup of wine for another toast and said with a smile.

On the side, Ye Ran and the other Ye Family disciples all raised their wine cups with fawning smiles on their faces.

"Oh, stop it with the formalities. Aren't all of us here sworn brothers?"

Ye Lan added with a smile, paying little attention to them.

Immediately after, he raised his wine cup and flushed it down his throat.

Throughout the entire time, Ye Lan continued to fill his stomach with more wine and other delicacies. By the time they finished celebrating, it was already late in the morning.

"Alright, let's go to Sky Peak Valley now!"

After eating his fill, Ye Lan burped in satisfaction and stood up.

With that, he took the lead and left the room.

Behind him, a few Ye Family disciples followed closely.

On the other hand, Ye Tao and Ye Ran remained far behind.

"Send the signal to Ye Xuan and the others immediately. Tell them to get into their positions at Sky Peak Valley."

Ye Tao then stared coldly at Ye Lan's leaving figure.

Today, he did not come here with intentions of becoming sworn brothers with Ye Lan.

This entire things was a scheme to lure Ye Lan into Sky Peak Valley, where they set up an ambush to assassinate him!

Acknowledging his orders with a firm nod, Ye Ran took out a token and crushed it with his bare hands. A ray of light flickered for a moment before disappearing the next second.

Amidst the hidden mountain forest in Sky Peak Valley.

Ye Xuan, Ye Kuang and a few Ye Family disciples, who were at the third stage of the Body Tempering Realm, hid themselves in a cave.

Other than them, there were also a few middle-aged men clad in black who emitted a cold killing intent.

Every single one of them were either at the seventh or eight stage of the Body Tempering Realm.

These men were assassins that Ye Xuan hired after spending a large sum of money and relying on his connections.

Everything was for the sake of killing Ye Lan!

The reason why he chose Sky Peak Valley as the location of the ambush was that this place was also known as the Valley of Death, the most dangerous place in the vicinity of Lucid Aqua Town.

If Ye Lan were to be found dead in such a place, even if the Ye Family wanted to find out the cause of his death, it would be difficult for them to find any clues.

After all, it was a normal occurrence for Body Tempering Cultivators to meet their ends in Sky Peak Valley as it was a place filled with dangers.

"Brother Xuan, we just received a signal from Ye Tao. They should be bringing Ye Lan over to Sky Peak Valley right now."

At that moment, Ye Kuang quickled ran to Ye Xuan and took out a token that was shining brightly as he exclaimed with an overjoyed expression.

"Good, Brother Cui, I'll leave the rest to you!"

After hearing the news that Ye Tao had successfully lured Ye Lan into Sky Peak Valley, Ye Xuan looked towards a black-cloaked man, whose cultivation was at the eighth stage of the Body Tempering Realm, and said respectfully.

The black-cloaked man was called Cui Wuming, one of the most fearsome assassins within Lucid Aqua Town. He was a cultivator who specialized in nimble movements, concealment techniques, and silent attacks.

Basically, his assassination methods were top-notch!

Hearing Ye Xuan's words, Cui Wuming nodded his head lightly. He then signaled his men to follow through with the original plan and conceal themselves in the dark for now, waiting for Ye Lan to come knocking before attacking him together from all angles.

"Ye Lan, this time, I will make you suffer a graveless death!"

While Cui Wuming and his men hid themselves one by one in the dark forest outside, Ye Xuan's face darkened with hatred.

Upon recalling the moment when he was utterly destroyed by Ye Lan and had his crotch crushed by him...

Ye Xuan fumed with rising anger.

If the Ye Family hadn't used their recovery medicine and healed his wounds in time, perhaps he would still be lying in his room as a cripple. If that were to be the case, he wouldn't have been able to set up an ambush for Ye Lan in a dangerous place like Sky Peak Valley today.

At the entrance of Sky Peak Valley.

"So... where exactly are the Green Demonic Wolves?"

Following the lead of Ye Tao and Ye Ran, the group moved at a constant pace deeper into Sky Peak Valley. At that moment, Ye Lan pretended to be curious and asked.

"We discovered in advance that the Green Demonic Wolves are sleeping soundly in a cave not too far away around this time. With your strength, if you were to sneak into that cave, the Green Demonic Wolves would simply be at your disposal."

Ye Tao replied with a smile as he continued leading the path.

Hearing his words, Ye Lan nodded firmly and pretended to believe Ye Tao's words.

Unbeknownst to him, Ye Tao had led them into a hidden mountain forest in the quiet part of Sky Peak Valley.

Within that area, enormous ancient trees towered into the blue sky as their girthy roots coiled around the earth.

The lush branches and thick leaves of the ancient trees grew in clusters and prevented sunlight from reaching its roots.

Thus, the entire hidden mountain forest was pitch black and felt rather sinister.

Upon stepping into the forest, Ye Lan felt as if he had just entered the depths of hell, causing him to feel a cold shiver down his spine.

"Something fishy is definitely going on here!"

Upon their arrival in this gloomy forest, Ye Lan's mouth curled up into a slight smile as he sneered to himself.

Having entered the eighth stage of the Body Tempering Realm, in addition to the help of the Spirit Concentration Technique, his Soul Force had increased quite a bit.

And that was naturally why Ye Lan possessed such keen senses.

At that moment, he could fainlty discern a couple ice-cold killing intent lying in wait for something in this dark forest.

While the assassins may have already suppressed their killing intent to the point where it would be difficult for even cultivators of their realm to detect, Ye Lan still managed to pinpoint their general location with his abnormally keen senses.

Furthermore, not only did he detect their killing intents, but he even determined that the ones emitting those killing intents were all experts at the seventh stage of the Body Tempering Realm, with the exception of one of them being at the eighth stage.