Chapter 2363: Chapter 2352: Maybe There Will Be a Miracle!

The Chengs’ estate quickly became deserted and desolate.

Cheng Yiyao stood there lost in a daze, unable to come back to herself for a long time. Only after quite a while did some light return to her eyes. She looked at Cheng Yuanmu beside her and said, "Old Ancestor, I shouldn’t have dragged the Chengs down. Maybe they weren’t wrong. This all started because of me, and I should take responsibility for my own mess."

Cheng Yuanmu patted Cheng Yiyao on the shoulder and comforted her, "Yiyao, don’t say such useless things. I watched you grow up. Those cold‑blooded things in the Chengs didn’t inherit even a bit of my temperament. Only you are most like me, so I’ve loved you the most since you were little."

"This time, no matter what, I, your Old Ancestor, will stay by your side. So what if it’s the Zhous? At worst we steel ourselves for death. There will be many people attending the Zhous’ banquet. Could they really be shameless enough to make a move on us right there at the banquet?"

Listening to her Old Ancestor’s consolation, the tears that had been swirling in Cheng Yiyao’s eyes finally broke free and flowed down. A bit choked, she said, "Old Ancestor, it’s not that I’m unwilling to sacrifice for the Chengs, and I don’t want to implicate them either, but why did Father and the others have to be so heartless? I never even said I was unwilling, yet they still spoke to me so coldly."

Looking at Cheng Yiyao, whose tears kept falling, Cheng Yuanmu was also chilled to the core by the hearts of the Cheng clan. He said, "Yiyao, they all abandoned you, but I, your Old Ancestor, will not."

Cheng Yuanmu then turned his gaze to Ye Chenfeng and said kindly, "Little brother, do you truly wish to go with us? If you leave now, it’s still not too late."

The moment Ye Chenfeng said he was willing to stay, Cheng Yuanmu’s impression of him improved even more. He felt this young man was truly outstanding.

Tears blurring her vision, Cheng Yiyao also looked at Ye Chenfeng.

Ye Chenfeng nodded casually and said, "I really am willing. Back then you were willing to take me in and bring me back to the Chengs—this favor, I’ll remember it."

Ye Chenfeng’s decision to go to the Zhous was, first, because of Cheng Yuanmu and Cheng Yiyao; and second, because he was still thinking about the Zhous’ Hundred-Heart Grass!

He had to eliminate the dense death aura and slaughter aura inside his body as soon as possible. Although relying on that dense death aura and slaughter aura to enter the Demonization State would cause his combat strength to soar, the Demonization State would make him lose himself, and in the end he might never step into the Eternal Life Realm. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

However, accompanying Cheng Yiyao to the Zhous this time, he had already mentally prepared himself somewhat for Demonization, but unless it was absolutely necessary, he didn’t want to enter it again. After all, once he demonized this time, who knew what might happen?

Although Ye Chenfeng could also take Cheng Yuanmu and Cheng Yiyao into the Chaos Ring to hide, what had to be faced would have to be faced eventually. If he wanted to obtain the Zhous’ Hundred-Heart Grass, he would have to come into contact with the Zhous sooner or later.

Hearing Ye Chenfeng’s reaffirmation, Cheng Yuanmu laughed and said, "Little brother, if you don’t mind, from now on we’re family. You’re a hundred, a thousand times better than those unfilial descendants of mine!"

Cheng Yiyao’s heart also warmed. She wiped away the tears that had flowed from her eyes and said, "Chenfeng, thank you. You’re the first man willing to accompany me to die. If we can survive this calamity, or if there’s a next life, I’m willing to be your wife. No matter how strong or weak you are, even if you don’t have a trace of Spiritual Energy, I’d still be willing."

In Cheng Yiyao’s view, Ye Chenfeng’s staying was undoubtedly equivalent to accompanying her to die. In her darkest moment, to have a young man willing to die with her was like a ray of sunlight piercing her gray sky. Naturally, she would develop some special feelings toward Ye Chenfeng.

Cheng Yiyao had always been a straightforward and adorably blunt woman. In this sort of situation, she naturally bared her true feelings. This could be considered a confession to Ye Chenfeng—but it was a confession she offered of her own free will, from the bottom of her heart.

To Cheng Yiyao’s words, Ye Chenfeng could only give a bitter smile in his heart.

The Zhous’ banquet would officially be held in five days.

Time flew by, and three days passed.

There were only two days left until the Zhous’ banquet.

During these three days—

The gates of the Cheng estate remained tightly shut. Ye Chenfeng, Cheng Yiyao and the others did not take a single step outside.

But the old Steward would occasionally sneak out to gather information. It was said that Cheng Nianjiang and the others who had left the Chengs had formed their own Cheng clan, and they had publicly announced that they had nothing whatsoever to do with Cheng Yuanmu’s Chengs anymore.

Not only that.

The Chengs that Cheng Nianjiang and the others founded took the initiative to curry favor with Zhou Hongjing. According to the news the old Steward brought back, the Cheng clan founded by Cheng Nianjiang and his lot had completely become Hong Jing’s lapdogs, which made Cheng Yuanmu all the more furious when he heard it.

Another two days passed.

Today was the day the Zhous’ banquet would officially be held.

The entire Lingfeng City was extremely lively. The streets bustled with coming and going cultivators, all discussing this banquet of the Zhous. Of course, some people were also talking about the Chengs. One could say Lingfeng City was noisier than ever.

Meanwhile, inside the Chengs’ estate—

Ye Chenfeng, Cheng Yuanmu, Cheng Yiyao, and the old Steward were all gathered in the Chengs’ main hall.

The Zhous’ banquet was to be held at midday.

Early this morning, Heavenly God Realm experts from the Zhous had already arrived at the Chengs to wait. It should have been specially arranged by Zhou Hongjing, fearing that Cheng Yuanmu and the others would lose their nerve and not dare to come to the banquet.

Of course, he also wasn’t worried that Cheng Yuanmu would dare make a move on the Heavenly God Realm experts he sent. If Cheng Yuanmu really attacked them, then things would become even less simple, and at that point the entire Zhou clan would move out to kill Cheng Yuanmu.

The two Heavenly God Realm experts of the Zhous were already waiting outside the Chengs’ gates.

After Cheng Yuanmu took a deep breath, he said, "It’s about time we went. What’s coming will come sooner or later."

Cheng Yuanmu was the first to walk out of the main hall, and the old Steward followed resolutely at his side.

In Ye Chenfeng’s and Cheng Yiyao’s eyes, the backs of Cheng Yuanmu and the old Steward carried a trace of bleak desolation.

In a low voice, Cheng Yiyao said to Ye Chenfeng, "Chenfeng, it’s me who dragged Old Ancestor and the Steward down, and I’ve dragged you down too. Tell me, do you think we can still leave the Zhous alive?"

Ye Chenfeng smiled and said, "Maybe there will be a miracle. Maybe in the end, not only will we leave the Zhous safely, but everyone in the Zhous will even apologize to you. Don’t overthink it. Let’s go too!"

Cheng Yiyao didn’t take Ye Chenfeng’s words seriously. In her mind, he was just comforting her. Things had already developed to this point—how could a miracle possibly happen? Let alone the Zhous apologizing to her—that was pure nonsense. But after hearing Ye Chenfeng’s comfort, the panic in her heart actually calmed a little.

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