"No, I want to go with you," Jiu Li said reluctantly.
"Listen to me," Ye Xingchen said. "Remember, you must listen to Weina here, understand?"
"Okay." Jiu Li nodded somewhat sullenly. Although she looked unwilling, she still listened to Ye Xingchen's words.
The next day, a line of luxury cars headed towards Jiyang in a grand procession.
The two places are 500 kilometers apart, and it is not all highway. Because the Chang family and the Liu family had a slight rift before, they did not have any contact. After the Chang family's bodyguards escorted Ye Xingchen and Liu Qingmei out of the city, they went back. Ye Xingchen drove the car all the way north.
The Northeast region is relatively cold. Although it is not yet autumn, a chill has already set in, and it has even snowed in areas north of Jiyang City.
"Is this still summer?" Ye Xingchen felt the distinct coolness in the air and was somewhat speechless.
Both cities where Ye Xingchen lives are places with four distinct seasons, and the lingering heat of late summer is just as intense as in the height of summer.
“Winter comes early in these three provinces, and this year it’s already considered relatively late for the weather to turn cold,” Liu Qingmei said leisurely. “Further north, it’s already snowing.”
"I still prefer seasons with distinct seasons," Ye Xingchen smiled. "Summer has three hot periods, and winter has three cold periods."
"No, not in the three provinces." Liu Qingmei rolled her eyes at Ye Xingchen, but finally couldn't help asking, "What exactly is your relationship with those two girls?"
"Who? You mean Jiu Li and Weina?" Ye Xingchen asked.
"Yes, how could you be so heartless to them?" Liu Qingmei said angrily.
"You must have misunderstood," Ye Xingchen said with a smile. "My relationship with them isn't what you think, and I only know a little about their backgrounds. I'll most likely help them find out more about their past in the future."
"You don't even know their background?" Liu Qingmei was taken aback. "How old are they? They were separated from their families at such a young age?"
“It’s not that they’ve separated,” Ye Xingchen sighed. “It’s that they don’t even know who their family is.”
"What exactly happened?" Liu Qingmei asked, puzzled, but also feeling a surge of sympathy.
Her mother died so young that she had no memory of her mother at all.
Hearing that Jiu Li and Weina had no idea who their family members were, I suddenly felt a sense of shared misfortune.
"Their identities are quite special; they belong to the extremely pure bloodline. This bloodline is exceptionally pure, capable of bearing boundless divine power, even the descent of a god." Moreover, their numbers are extremely limited; only one in tens of millions possesses an extremely pure bloodline.
Liu Qingmei's eyes widened suddenly as she listened to Ye Xingchen continue speaking.
“There is an organization, I don’t know what it is yet, but I think it should be related to the Western popes. They have found a group of people with extremely pure bloodlines from all over the world and trained them on a deserted island to inherit some special abilities of the ancient gods.”
"Ancient times, gods?" Liu Qingmei's expression changed slightly: "Do gods really exist in the world?"
"I don't know, but there probably is," Ye Xingchen said with a smile. "I don't know their purpose in letting Jiu Li and the others inherit the divine arts and divine status, but I think the people in the organization will most likely train Jiu Li and the others to be killing machines and serve them."
"I don't know what happened after that, but something must have happened on the island. A man in the organization named Augustus betrayed the organization, dismissed the Purebloods on the island, and escaped with a girl named Vena."
"As for Jiu Li, she was taken away by people who accidentally broke into the island. They discovered that she had superhuman strength and made her fight underground boxing matches for them to make money."
“Their memories before the age of twelve were forcibly erased, so they don't remember who they are, where they came from, or where they are going.” They followed me hoping that one day they could find out about their origins.
"I see." Liu Qingmei nodded slowly, then her expression became somewhat complicated. She looked at Ye Xingchen: "They're following you to do things for you, right?"
"Yes, they're going to work for me, but I instructed Jiu Li to try her best not to kill anyone." They won't become killing machines with me; please rest assured about that.
Liu Qingmei nodded, then hesitated for a moment before saying, "Then... let's bring them to Jiyang later?"
"Okay." Hopefully, you won't see them as rivals in love anymore.
"What did you say? Who considers them rivals in love? You're talking nonsense." Liu Qingmei's face instantly turned red. She really didn't expect that her little thoughts had been seen through.
"Fine, fine, if you say no, then no." Ye Xingchen looked indifferent, but his tone was somewhat smug, which made Liu Qingmei very angry.
"Let's get down to business. How's the situation in Jiyang?" Ye Xingchen turned and asked.
“It’s very complicated.” Liu Qingmei sighed. “Jiyang is the northernmost city in China. It’s sparsely populated and mostly deep in the mountains and forests.”
"Jiyang City has a population of about five million, making it the most populous city in the three provinces."
"Get to the point." I want to know how complicated the situation is over there.
"The five immortals who worship the immortals, including the Liu family, are all in Jiyang City. However, in recent years, only Liu Sanqing has shown his divine power every year. The other immortals have not shown their faces for twenty years."
“There are numerous major immortal clans in the three provinces, and it cannot be ruled out that they might kill each other for the position of the top immortal clan.” Ye Xingchen frowned slightly: “So, in Jiyang City right now, Liu Sanqing is actually in charge, isn’t he?”
“Yes, in Jiyang City, only Liu Sanqing has the final say.” Liu Qingmei nodded gently: “Besides him, there are several other major forces, but the strongest force is still Na Yuanzhen, who has always kept a low profile.”
"Because he has a group of assassins left over from the previous dynasty, few people in Jiyang City dare to oppose him."
"I understand." Ye Xingchen nodded slowly. "I feel that this guy is more ambitious than his brother. His brother only wants to restore the glory of his ancestors, but he is different. He wants to restore the previous dynasty and take its place. This person is very scary."
“We belong to different factions and almost never interact with each other, and we keep to ourselves,” Liu Qingmei said. “But there is a manager in Jiyang City named Master Yuan, who is in charge of mediating the conflicts between us.”
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