Chapter 7 Qingyang Town

It was late at night with gusts of cold wind and falling leaves.

Ye Yun stood in front of the gate of Ye Mansion, with luggage on his shoulders. In front of him was the majestic gate of Ye Mansion. There were servants constantly coming to farewell Ye Yun, but none of the members of Ye Clan came.

The sound of uncle Han resounded in Ye Jun's head, "Yun, are you mad at your father?"

"How dare I?" Ye Yun said weakly.

"You are angry, right? But you need to calm down and think. You have offended the Yan Clan. How could they let go of you? Plus, your father has injured. No one could protect you now. You will only have a dead end if you stay in Chiyun City. Your father just wants to protect you, my silly boy!" Uncle Han explained.

Creak!

The sound of skeletal friction erupted from both of his fists. Ye Yun stared at the plaque of "Ye Mansion", as if his father's figure appeared in front of him. A lump came into his throat and he sobbed secretly.

Uncle Han comforted him, "Go find your dad!"

"No, uncle Han. Let's go to the Qingyang Town. When I come back, I will make dad and other members proud of me!" Ye Yun withstood the sadness and turned, striding away in the cold wind at night.

Hundreds of miles north of Chiyun City, there was a small town called Qingyang Town.

Located in the mountains of the wasteland, Qingyang Town mainly lived on planting herbs and mining ores. Because of its remote and isolated terrain, there were only hundreds of families in Qingyang Town. And they were often harassed by bandits. The livelihood of the people was miserable.

Under the blistering sun, the desert grassland was covered by sand. The sand pierced the leaves into a colander and turned the ancient rocks into pebbles. The grassland was barren.

On all sides were the rolling mountains. The white snow could still be seen on some peaks. And the ridges looked like the back of a dragon, winding in the vast land as if it would shoot up to the sky at any time.

In a flat place with sword-like canyons on both sides, there was an inn unexpectedly.

The whole inn was made of stone and was very simple. There was a sign made of wild animal skin hanging at the door, Qingyang Inn.

"Look at that man! He's not well dressed and bloodstained everywhere. Maybe he's an exiled criminal. If he's a bandit, then we will be in trouble! I'll send a signal to the Black Flag Army."

In the corner of the inn, three waiters were discussing privately. One of them carefully slipped away from one side. The other two were gesturing for a while. Then one of these two went away to arrange the goods and the other walked towards that table with a teapot.

At the table in front of the door, there sat a tall and strong man. His hair was disheveled. And he was covered with clothes made of animal skin. There was blood everywhere on his body. Some of them were fresh. He looked frightening. The man suddenly raised his head and pulled his dirty hair away with his hands, showing a young and handsome face, Ye Yun.

After dozens of days of hurry, it was not easy to come near the Qingyang Town. During his way here, Ye Yun experienced many hardships. It was a long story.

"This is your tea, sir." The waiter served the tea for Ye Yun, but he kept glancing at Ye Yun with the corner of his eyes, seemingly searching for something.

Ye Yun took out the silver and threw it to the waiter. He drank a cup of tea and found the stealthy sight of the waiter. He then asked, "Have you ever seen me?"

"No, no... I have never seen you before, sir. So I took another look, in order to recognize you and serve you better, sir. Please help yourself, sir." The waiter was frightened with a cold sweat and disappeared in a hurry.

Ye Yun shook his head and drank a few more. Suddenly something flashed in his mind. He took out the silver and put it on the table. Then he picked up the broken baggage and walked towards Qingyang Town.

Whirr!

When he just got out of the inn, nine black shadows suddenly appeared, running and rotating towards Ye Yun at a fast speed. At the same time, a gust of cold wind came right against Ye Yun from above. It turned out to be a silver moon-shaped saber, with its blade twinkling and pressing.

Boom!

When the blade was about to split on Ye Yun's forehead, it suddenly stopped in mid-air. It turned out that Ye Yun used two fingers to clamp the blade. He held the blade firmly to hold its motion. The knife-holder was a big black-nailed man.

"Take that!"

Next to him, a black-armored soldier roared and swung his saber at Ye Yun.

Ye Yun frowned and exerted his wrists. At the same time, the silver saber instantly broke into two sections and the tip of the saber was flipped by Ye Yun's index finger and pierced with a fast speed towards the coming person.

The man couldn't escape because the speed was so fast that he could only watch it piercing his chest.

Whoosh!

At the moment when the tip of the saber was about to pierce through, two figures showed up from both sides and reached for the tip of the saber at the same time.

The man on the left was Ye Yun, while the man on the right was a 30-year-old black armored strong man. Ye Yun released his hand instantly. The black-armored man grabbed the tip of saber and retreated a few steps. He came to the black-armored soldier who was frightened and trembling and comforted him. The black-armored soldier finally returned to normal.

Ten black-armored soldiers surrounded Ye Yun tightly, while the black-armored man took a step toward Ye Yun and looked at him with strictly. He asked Ye Yun with an interrogating manner, "Where are you from? Why do you come to Qingyang Town?"

"Black Flag Army!" Ye Yun looked around. Knowing their origins, he did not say anything more. He took out a pamphlet from his baggage and threw it to the domineering leader.

"Oh?" After the black-armored man opened the pamphlet and read it carefully, he waved his hand to ask other soldiers immediately put away their weapons. The leader said to them, "He's not a bandit. He's from Ye Clan."

Ye Yun's eyes fell on the leader and slowly said, "There is a group of Black Flag Army in Qingyang Town. The name of the leader is Ye Changqing, who comes from Chiyun City and is a level three of Flesh Immortal."

The leader was stunned. He then laughed aggressively: "Ye Yun. My little brother. You can call me brother Changqing. You and I are a family now. Besides, I have heard of you."

"Brother Changqing!" Ye Yun immediately clasped and said.

"Well, I'll give a dinner to welcome you today. Waiter! Serve some liquor and meat. We are all members of Ye Clan. Keep your eyes wide open! How could my brother look like a bandit? How handsome he is!" Ye Changqing, bold and enthusiastic, took Ye Yun to the inn and sat down. Other black-armored soldiers sat at the nearby tables.

Hearing the roar of Ye Changqing, the waiter rushed to the kitchen to prepare food and liquor.

Ye Changqing served tea for Ye Yun and filled himself with it. Then he stared at Ye Yun as if he were a monster, which made Ye Yun uncomfortable. Ye Changqing laughed: "I did not believe when I received the message. I did not expect that you were really from Ye Clan. I have heard about your history. Now everything had passed through. I respected you. You dared to disengage with the daughter of Yan Clan. Good job!"

"Bad news has wings. Don't talk about my past. I came to your place for the first time and do not know what to do. Please give me some advice." Ye Yunqian said sincerely.

Ye Changqing embraced Ye Yun: "Qingyang Town only has trivial matters. The sophistication of relationships between people is very annoying. I don't like that. You have to act according to others' feelings, especially those from the same clan. All you need is to report your arrival. Honestly, Qingyang Town is a place to sit around and wait to die. Don't expect too much."

Ye Yun agreed. He knew it well: "Thanks for your care. Bills on me."

"Everyone, come here. This is Ye Yun. Come here to drink." Ye Changqing stood up and introduced Ye Yun to others.

All the soldiers gathered around and poured liquor into their cups. So did Ye Yun. He was infected by the heroic atmosphere of the Black Flag Army and he drank to his heart's content.

When Ye Yun arrived at Qingyang Town, it was afternoon. His head was dizzy. When he woke up, he happened to be in a restaurant. Ye Yun washed his face and left the restaurant.

All the buildings in Qingyang Town were mostly made of rock, while restaurants and shops were wooden. Although it looked simple, the streets were clean. But the air condition was bad, always filled with dust.

Qingyang Mansion, the residence of the alcalde who was in charge of everything in Qingyang Town.

Although it was afternoon, people kept going in and out of the mansion, which was very busy.

Ye Yun went into the main yard and looked around. Then he went on walking across the main yard and passed through the main corridor. He happened to meet a young girl who was entangled with an old man in his sixties with a brocade robe. The girl, acting like a man, grasped the old man and kept saying, "Alcalde, why you just don't care about our lives? It has been too long that no one guarded the Wolf Mountain. Yesterday, my wolves were picked up again."

"Why did the Wolf Mountain get its name? Because that's where the wolf lives! I ask you to move and you don't move. How could you blame me? Go! Ask her to go!" The alcalde impatiently explained and let his servants drive the girl away.

The girl couldn't match the strong servants and was driven out of the mansion.

The alcalde shook his head. Suddenly he found Ye Yun. He asked coldly, "Who are you?"

Ye Yun answered politely, "Alcalde, I am from Chiyun City, and I was expelled to Qingyang Town. I am looking for you to arrange some work for me."

After hearing that, the alcalde changed his indifferent expression to a smile. "Ah! We are both in Ye Clan. Well, the grass keeping place needs a hand. You can go there."

"I want to guard the Wolf Mountain. I hope that you can agree." Ye Yun implored.

The alcalde was stunned and seemed to be quite confused. He said, "Why don't you choose a better place? You just go if you want to. Make a list of what you need. The Wolf Mountain is not like our town. Now, go."

"Thanks!" After the salute, Ye Yun turned to leave.

"Ah! I forget to ask about the identity of the child. Forget it. Since he was expelled to Qingyang Town, he must be nobody in Ye Clan." The alcalde blinked and shook his head to forget it. He had been accustomed to seeing people expelled here like Ye Yun. He turned around and headed for the main room.

There was a mountain village a few miles away from Qingyang Town. Behind that, there was a huge mountain, Wolf Mountain.

At dusk, a figure was approaching the Wolf Mountain.