Chapter 70: Breathtakingly Beautiful

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Breathtakingly Beautiful

Then, Yin Weimeng looked at Ye Yunyi and asked, "Lord Ye, shall we head to the Hundred Flowers Alliance now?"

Just one sentence from her was enough to make the Patriarchs anxious.

’Damn,’ they thought. ’We waited here for so long just to build some rapport with Lord Ye. And now, with a single sentence, you’ve rendered all our efforts worthless.’

’Is that any way to act?’

’Of course not!’

"Alright," Ye Yunyi nodded.

"Get on."

Ye Yunyi patted the Qingling Roc, which immediately spread its wings.

Its wingspan was a full twenty to thirty meters wide!

Under the sun, every single feather seemed impossibly dark.

It was as if they could suck a person’s very soul right in.

Utterly terrifying.

Then, Ye Yunyi helped Dongfang Ruoyu and the others from the Hundred Flowers Alliance onto the Roc’s back.

"Let’s go!" With a command from Ye Yunyi...

WHOOSH!

...a furious gale immediately howled forth!

Sand and stones were sent flying!

A cloud of dust instantly scattered in all directions, nearly blinding the surrounding Patriarchs and Mutants.

As the crowd below coughed and shielded their faces, the roc soared towards the Hundred Flowers Alliance.

"Alliance Leader Yin has no sense of propriety!" one Patriarch grumbled as he watched Ye Yunyi depart. "We waited here all this time, and she just whisks Lord Ye away with a single sentence!"

"Oh, knock it off. Lord Ye came here for the Hundred Flowers Alliance in the first place."

"After the way we treated the Hundred Flowers Alliance, it’s a miracle Alliance Leader Yin isn’t kicking us while we’re down."

"Ah... now that you mention it, that does seem to be the case."

Those two remarks silenced the crowd. ’It seems... that’s right!’

Still, they couldn’t accept it.

"No matter. We’ll just pay a visit to the Hundred Flowers Alliance in a bit!"

One Patriarch proposed this. The others were stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

It was a good idea!

Meanwhile, the Qingling Roc flew through the air.

「A short while later.」

They arrived at the Hundred Flowers Alliance.

Their arrival!

...caused the remaining members of the Hundred Flowers Alliance to gather around.

Everyone was tense.

But when they saw that their Alliance Leader and Vice Alliance Leader were both present, they immediately relaxed.

"Lord Ye, would you like to proceed to the reception hall first?"

As Yin Weimeng spoke, Ye Yunyi shook his head.

With a flip of his hand, he produced a bottle of medicine.

He opened it on the spot.

"Let’s get you all treated first."

"We can talk about everything else after you’re cured."

Ye Yunyi’s words sent a tremor through everyone’s hearts.

’Oh my god!’

’Lord Ye is just too kind!’

Thinking of the pain they had been enduring, the members of the Hundred Flowers Alliance looked at Ye Yunyi with stars in their eyes.

As if they were gazing upon their savior.

Ye Yunyi handed one of the pills directly to Yin Weimeng.

Then he turned and went to the senior members who had greeted him earlier.

One pill for each of them.

"Thank you, Lord Ye."

"Thank you, Lord Ye..."

"Thank you..."

...

A series of sweet, delicate voices rang out.

None of them dared to look Ye Yunyi directly in the eye.

’He’s so handsome!’

’And so powerful!’

’He can even make all those Patriarchs from the families within the barrier bow their heads in submission!’

’How could their hearts not flutter?’

Especially since...

...when Lord Ye gave them the medicine, he brushed his fingers against each of their hands.

Then, he would slowly place the pill in their palms.

’This just goes to show how precious the medicine is!’

’Lord Ye himself must be reluctant to part with it.’

’How could they not be moved that he would give something so valuable to them?’

"It’s nothing, no need to thank me," Ye Yunyi said. "If you want to thank someone, thank your Vice Alliance Leader. Now hurry and take it. The poison will be neutralized once you do."

Ye Yunyi’s soft, gentle voice fell upon their ears, making their hearts pound even faster.

The Hundred Flowers Alliance had quite a few members, so it took Ye Yunyi some time to distribute all the pills.

"Alright, go on and take them. You’ll experience some intense pain after you do, but just bear with it."

Hearing his words, everyone nodded.

’Any amount of pain is worth it, as long as we don’t have to suffer like that again!’

And with that, they each returned to their rooms.

They began to take the medicine.

Immediately, a wave of excruciating pain washed over them!

Low cries and wails of agony soon followed.

Ye Yunyi was strolling through the Hundred Flowers Alliance grounds when he began to hear the soft cries.

’This is a... rather unique experience!’

Listening to the different tones, Ye Yunyi mentally picked out a few of his favorite-sounding cries.

However...

...after a short while, some of the cries faded away.

Ye Yunyi suspected they had either gone numb from the pain or passed out completely.

’Very likely.’

Still, it was a pain they were willing to endure.

Just then, Ye Yunyi heard a knock at the Hundred Flowers Alliance’s main gate. He went over and opened it to find...

...the group of Patriarchs from earlier!

Upon seeing Ye Yunyi, their faces all broke into smiles that looked like blooming chrysanthemums.

"Lord Ye, we... have prepared a few things we’d like to give you."

"Shall we... go inside and talk?"

’Go inside?’

Ye Yunyi considered it.

"It’s not very convenient inside right now. Let’s just talk out here."

The Patriarchs: "..."

’Not convenient?’

’How is it not convenient?’

’What could possibly be inconvenient?’

But no one dared to defy Ye Yunyi now, so they all nodded repeatedly.

Then, they hurriedly presented their gifts.

Ye Yunyi looked them over and nodded.

He chatted with the Patriarchs outside for about an hour.

After the Patriarchs left...

...Ye Yunyi had Dongfang Ruoyu and the others carry the items inside.

Once they were opened...

...a trove of Golden Tier Crystal Cores, Mutant Plants, Exotic Beast Furs, and more was revealed.

Unpacked, the gifts covered the ground.

「Meanwhile, in one of the rooms.」

Yin Weimeng’s pain had finally subsided.

She was completely drenched in sweat.

The pain...

It had been absolutely agonizing!

But now, she felt light as a feather.

There wasn’t even a hint of the dull ache that had plagued her.

’The poison is really gone!’

She was about to head out...

...when she looked down at herself.

Her clothes were soaked through.

’This is so indecent!’

’I’d better take a bath first!’

「A short while later.」

The members of the Hundred Flowers Alliance began to emerge one by one.

One thing was consistent among them, however: they had all changed into fresh clothes, and their hair was still beaded with water.

It was a scene of beauties fresh from the bath.

A breathtaking sight.

When they arrived and saw the scene before them, they were all stunned.

Then they all gasped.

’Th-th-this!’

’What is all this?!’

They could only stare at the mountain of treasures laid out on the ground.

"Lord Ye, what is all this?"

Yin Weimeng asked. Looking at the assembled women, Ye Yunyi’s eyes lit up.

’What a magnificent view!’

"These are gifts from those Patriarchs who just stopped by. They called it a ’first-meeting present.’"

The women: "..."

’A first-meeting present...’

’They give such valuable items as a first-meeting present?’

In that moment, their perception of Ye Yunyi was once again completely overturned.

’Just what kind of powerhouse is he?!’

At the same time...

...some of the beautiful members of the Hundred Flowers Alliance looked at Ye Yunyi with contemplative expressions.

It was as if they were pondering something.