Ye Zhenyue's pupils constricted as he cast a sharp gaze toward the Ye Residence.
In one of the courtyards, a stunning woman with hair as white as snow stood with her hands behind her back, calmly looking up at the sky.
Beside her, a young girl in a pale yellow dress looked up curiously, while Ye Linger stood nearby, looking nervous yet forcing herself to remain calm.
"Are you Gu Han?"
Ye Zhenyue asked in a deep voice, unceremoniously sweeping his Divine Sense over her.
However, his Divine Sense was like a clay ox entering the sea; the moment it touched the area within a foot of her body, it vanished without a trace!
It didn't even stir a single ripple!
Ye Zhenyue's heart shook violently!
The opponent's cultivation was clearly above his own!
But as an Elder of the Ye Family with the Family Head's orders, he could not show any fear at this moment.
"I am the Third Elder of the Ye Family, Ye Zhenyue!"
"By order of the Family Head, I have come specifically to bring Ye Linger back to the clan and to invite Senior to the Ye Family in Tianfeng City for a talk!"
He specifically emphasized the "Ye Family" and the "Family Head's orders," both to declare his identity and as a subtle deterrent.
Hearing this, Gu Han shook her head slightly, as if she had heard something amusing:
"Invite?!"
"Charging into someone else's residence on a flying boat with such a menacing Aura doesn't seem like the way to 'invite' a guest."
"Ye Linger has already joined my Yaochi Immortal Palace and is a Disciple under my seat."
"Whether she stays or goes is for this seat to decide. Since when is it an outsider's turn to 'invite' her?"
Her tone was flat, yet it carried an unquestionable dominance!
Ye Zhenyue's face darkened:
"Senior! Ye Linger is of my Ye Family Bloodline!"
"She possesses a special Physique that concerns the future of the Family; she should naturally be nurtured by the Family!"
"For Senior to forcibly take her as a Disciple and remove her from the Eastern Region... I'm afraid that doesn't follow the rules, does it?"
"Doesn't follow the rules?" Gu Han said with a half-smile.
"When this seat takes a Disciple, why would I need to follow your Ye Family's rules?"
"For sixteen years in your Ye Family, no one could recognize or treat her Physique. It was this seat who helped her Awakening and bestowed her a Cultivation Technique."
"And now your Ye Family wants to come and pick the fruit? Where in the world is such logic?"
"You!"
Ye Zhenyue was momentarily choked for words, then said angrily,
"Senior! My Ye Family's Old Ancestor is a True Disciple under Empress Qing Xuan, and my Ye Family is a first-rate clan in the Eastern Region!"
"If you insist on taking Ye Linger away, you will be making an enemy of the Ye Family!"
He brought up the Ye Family's greatest backer—Empress Qing Xuan—hoping to intimidate her.
"Empress Qing Xuan? A True Disciple?"
Gu Han raised an eyebrow slightly, then said indifferently,
"Those are quite the titles. Unfortunately, when this seat acts, why would I need to care about her opinion?"
"Ye Zhenyue, I will give you two choices today."
She held up two fingers, her voice still calm, but an invisible pressure began to spread:
"One: take your people and go back to wherever you came from. The matter of Ye Linger ends here."
"Two: if you insist on 'inviting' her, then let's see if you and these people behind you have the ability."
The contempt and confidence in her words caused Ye Zhenyue and the Qingfeng Guards behind him to instantly turn pale with rage!
Just as the atmosphere reached its Peak of tension and conflict was about to erupt—
A look of resolve flashed across Ye Linger's face as she stepped forward to block Gu Han!
She tilted up her pale but determined little face, her ice-blue hair fluttering slightly in the wind.
"Elder Ye."
Her voice wasn't loud, but it echoed clearly in the air, carrying a courage she had never possessed before.
"Ye Linger's life was given to her by Master."
"Without Master, I would still be that waste who couldn't live past thirty and couldn't Cultivate."
She spoke word by word, each one clear:
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