Chapter 688: 683, He Mansion, Prince Longyang (Chapter 1) Speaking of Long Ye.
Since he returned a few days ago, dragging his heavily injured body alone, he shut himself in his room, quietly healing.
He refused to see anyone!
He ignored everyone!
He took out all the Celestial Materials and treasures he had been reluctant to use daily, crafting them into various Spiritual Cuisines for healing. As long as it benefited him, Long Ye consumed them without hesitation.
Long Ye didn’t ask to recover entirely in a short time; he just wanted to regain seventy to eighty percent of his strength quickly.
During his recovery, Long Ye felt the urge to explore the mysterious fire in his chest multiple times, yet his Perception always ceased when it was a few inches away.
Because at this time, Wen Ping’s words would inevitably echo in his mind.
"Punishment Fire is very sensitive."
Then the scene of Blood Axe being easily melted would surface, forcing Long Ye to hastily retract his Perception.
Knock, knock, knock—
The sound of knocking on the door echoed in the dead of night again.
It was the fourth time these past days that someone had knocked.
The first time was when the three Half-Step Earth Unrestricted from the Hundred Sects Alliance came to visit.
The second time was from He Mansion.
The third was from Prince Longyang’s men.
The latter were the other two Heaven-Gazing Gorge influences attending the centennial event.
However, Long Ye didn’t meet any of them, even cursing Long Yue, who came knocking on the door. Seeing Long Ye berate his sister with harsh words, those people dared not come to disturb him again, giving Long Ye a few days of peace.
Long Yue’s voice rang out again, "Brother, the personal competition will start in two or three hours."
"I know."
Long Ye stood up from the mat.
The broken bones had already self-healed, external injuries were as good as new, only the Spirit Body’s recovery was unsatisfactory.
Long Ye muttered to himself, "Having exhausted all Celestial Materials and treasures, the Spirit Body is still only seventy percent healed... really aggravating!"
Upon opening the door, Long Ye’s first words were, "Long Yue, go collect Celestial Materials for restoring the Spirit Body, the more the better."
Long Yue nodded.
Then gave Wen Yan a meaningful glance.
Wen Yan nodded, saying, "I’ll go purchase them."
Upon hearing Wen Yan’s voice, Long Ye’s brow twitched as he glanced at Wen Yan, then unwillingly retracted his gaze.
Long Yue then asked, "Brother, did Wen Ping do anything to you?"
"No... he’s just a brat; what could he do to me?" Long Ye stood by the guardrail, replying arrogantly.
Long Yue puzzledly continued, "Then why did Wen Ping tell me not to let his father continue pretending as a slave? And he claimed you personally agreed to let Wen Yan be your personal guard."
Truthfully, Long Yue didn’t believe her brother’s words.
If nothing happened, why wouldn’t Long Ye speak upon seeing Wen Yan?
Long Ye’s brows twitched, half his face involuntarily contorting, as he stammered, "Personal guard... Ah... it’s indeed like that. Since identities have been exposed, hiding them serves no purpose, following me is better than running around foolishly with you."
"When have I been foolish?" Long Yue glared back.
Long Ye remained unmoving, not daring to face Long Yue directly, then asked, "Let me ask you, who from He Mansion and Prince Longyang’s side came to see me?"
Long Yue replied, "He Mansion sent Half-century Drift He Nian. On Prince Longyang’s side, it was Tian Mu Commander."
"Half-century Drift He Nian... Tian Mu Commander..." Long Ye was silent for a moment, slowly revealing a cold smile, "There’s no way those two came with good intentions, like a fox paying New Year greetings to a chicken. By the way, after I deliberately scolded you, did they leave directly?"
Long Yue responded, "Yes, they both left directly, I personally saw them off. And escorted them far before returning."
"You’re not stupid."
With those words, Long Ye began to ponder again.
The undeniable fact was, these two certainly came to gauge his condition.
Wanting to know if he was gravely injured or perfectly fine.
Now Long Ye preferred to think these two came to eliminate him, weaken the Long Family’s power, rather than consider another outcome.
That would be He Mansion and Prince Longyang’s followers also accessed the ’Demon Emperor’s Last Words’.
Thinking about this, Long Ye couldn’t help but question himself aloud, "Shouldn’t be, right? There shouldn’t be any traitors within the Long Family."
When the Demon Emperor of the Lake Demon Race died at Heaven-Gazing Gorge, only the Long Family was nearby.
This matter was only known to the Long Family’s high-ranking members.
Those people had been family in the Long Family for decades, even a hundred years.
"Brother, what are you talking about?" Long Yue was completely baffled by Long Ye’s sudden mumbling.