Ye Feifei felt like she was having a harder and harder time understanding Ye Tian. He was shrouded in more and more secrets. A Dragon's Roar had even emerged from his Martial Skill just now, which she found incredibly strange.
Just then, Elder Qing glanced at the giant centipede before them and said to Ye Tian, "Young Master, perhaps you should spare this creature. It has already developed Spiritual Wisdom. If you subdue it, it might be of great help to you."
Ye Tian was taken aback. 'If this giant centipede were to help me, then there would be virtually no danger in these back mountains. But I wonder how Elder Qing plans to subdue such a massive creature.'
"Elder Qing, are you confident you can do it? If not, it's better to just kill it. I don't want to keep something so dangerous around. It would be a constant safety hazard," Ye Tian said with a serious expression.
"Rest assured, Young Master! Have you forgotten who I am? Subduing this creature will be quite easy," Elder Qing said to Ye Tian with a faint smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure flashed, and he appeared directly in front of the giant centipede. The creature actually took several steps back involuntarily, its enormous body trembling. It was a very strange sight.
Ye Tian thought he understood. It was because Elder Qing was a supreme expert, an overlord among Demon Beasts. The giant centipede was also a Demon Beast, so it was natural for it to feel the urge to submit when faced with such a powerful being.
Or perhaps it was the intimidating aura emanating from Elder Qing that terrified the giant centipede, leaving it no choice but to be afraid.
Ye Tian might have been able to reason this out, but Ye Feifei didn't know the inside story. She stared at Elder Qing, her face a mask of astonishment. 'A million questions are running through my mind,' she thought. 'Who is this middle-aged man?'
'Why would such a powerful Snake Centipede be afraid of him? Just how strong is he? And why does he call Ye Tian "Young Master"? Logically, if Ye Tian is the "Young Master" he's referring to, his status must be extraordinary.'
'So how could he have ended up in the Ye Family of Lisha City, and as a mere Outer Disciple at that?' She couldn't make sense of any of it. Perhaps after this business with the giant centipede was settled, she could get a reasonable explanation from Ye Tian.
At this point, she believed Ye Tian would be willing to explain things to her. After all, she was truly his woman now. In a way, that made her the middle-aged man's "Young Madam"!
Just then, Elder Qing raised his hands slightly, and a white orb of light materialized between them. From a distance, both Ye Tian and Ye Feifei could feel the terrifying Energy contained within it. If released, it could probably flatten the surrounding area for miles in an instant.
Ye Tian wasn't surprised by Elder Qing's power. Top-tier experts were fully capable of world-destroying feats. Ye Feifei, however, was a different story. It was her first time witnessing such a powerful individual, and she was completely dumbstruck.
When the giant centipede saw the massive orb of light, its enormous body trembled even more violently. A whimpering sound escaped its mouth, but Ye Tian and Ye Feifei had no idea what it meant.
Then, Elder Qing also began making a similar whimpering sound. The man and the beast appeared to be communicating, a truly magical sight.
Suddenly, a dazzling light erupted from the giant centipede's body, nearly blinding Ye Tian and Ye Feifei. Ye Tian squinted, staring intently to see what would happen next.
Gradually, the giant centipede's body began to shrink until it was only a little over a foot long. It then crawled into Elder Qing's hand.
'How incredible! He actually made the Snake Centipede shrink. Who in the world is he?' Ye Feifei grew even more curious.
Elder Qing then walked over to Ye Tian with the Snake Centipede and said, "Young Master, I have subdued it. It will no longer show you any disrespect."
Ye Tian was still skeptical. He looked at Elder Qing and the Snake Centipede in his hand. 'It's subdued just like that?' he thought, then said aloud, "What if it suddenly gets big again and attacks me after you're gone? I'd rather not take the risk."
Hearing Ye Tian's concern, Elder Qing chuckled. "Young Master, you worry too much. Even I nearly misjudged this Snake Centipede. I never expected to find a creature from the Ancient Times here. I just had a brief exchange with it and learned some of the inside story.
"This place is indeed called Lisha City, but it is also a burial ground for experts from the Ancient Times. According to the Snake Centipede, the land beneath Lisha City is actually the site of an Ancient Battlefield. Its true area is certainly much larger than present-day Lisha City, but it's protected by an incredibly powerful Restriction, making it completely inaccessible."
"It's possible for other things from the Ancient Times to appear here. This Snake Centipede became what it is by consuming one such object. If it's allowed to mature properly, it could become a supreme expert among the Demon Beast race."
Both Ye Tian and Ye Feifei thought they must have misheard. 'This place is an Ancient Battlefield?' It seemed impossible. The area lacked Spiritual Qi, but it was scenic, with beautiful mountains and clear waters. There wasn't the slightest trace of any so-called battlefield ruins.
Still, a part of Ye Tian believed Elder Qing's words. Otherwise, how could he have obtained a Dragon Pearl? The same went for Ye Shixue. If Ye Tian had known that Qin Xiaowan of the Qin Family also possessed a Dragon Pearlāan item coveted by everyone on the continentāhe would have been even more convinced.
The fact that these three individuals obtained a Dragon Pearl was not a matter of luck; there are special reasons behind it, which this book will explain later. Also, some readers have commented that it's a mistake in the setting for three Dragon Pearls to appear at once when the Dragon Race is so rare. In fact, this is not a mistakeāit was intentionally designed this way!
Ye Feifei walked over to Ye Tian's side and asked, "Brother Tian, who is this senior? Why does he call you 'Young Master'?"
Ye Tian knew Ye Feifei would ask, but he didn't know how to begin explaining. He glanced at Elder Qing, silently pleading for him to handle the situation.
How could someone like Elder Qing not understand? His perception was incredibly sharp. "You must be the esteemed Miss Ye Feifei of the Ye Family," he said. "Now that you are my Young Master's woman, I can address you as Young Madam."
"My Young Master's status is exceptionally noble. His time in the Ye Family was merely a form of trial. All I can say is this: if the King of the reigning Royal Family knew of my Young Master's identity, he would travel day and night to rush here from the Imperial City just to see him."
The explanation, far from calming her, made Ye Feifei instinctively take several steps back. 'Who on earth is Ye Tian? What kind of background does he have that even the current King of the Royal Family would rush over to see him? This is just unbelievable.'
If Elder Qing's power weren't so absurdly high, Ye Feifei would have thought he was lying. But seeing that Ye Tian didn't object, it seemed everything he said was true.
'If it's true, then the gap in status between me and Ye Tian is just too vast. He's so high and mighty, while I'm just the young miss of a small family. Our positions don't match at all. Will he... will he abandon me in the future?'
For a moment, Ye Feifei's mind was in turmoil. She began to worry about her relationship with Ye Tian, and a look of dejection fell across her faceā¦