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Tian Ye, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground waved at the four of them with a nonchalant smile.
From the perspective of the four people, who Tian Ye was waving at. Instead of a handsome man dressed in white with an angelic smile, what they saw was a devil.
Tian Ye had already used fire spiritual qi to clean the blood of his clothes before he even started to replenish the spiritual qi in his dantian but even then, it couldn't hide Tian Ye's cruel nature.
The Xiong clan's manor was cut in half, not only that it was charred black after being burnt by fire.
Furthermore, the manor's ground was painted red from the pool of blood formed from a few hundred corpses. Every meter, there was a dead body, some blackened from being burnt, meanwhile the others could be said to be well-off, their corpses complete, in the sense of not being burnt in the slightest but they were cut in half with their eyes opened, facial expressions filled with anger as if they didn't even realize that they've died.
Zhao Meng nodded to Tian Ye and said to the three old men standing behind him, "The Lord is asking us to go over, please don't do anything stupid."
In normal circumstances, the three old men would have scolded Zhao Meng for being rude but at this instance, they all nodded solemnly.
Doing anything stupid might mean the extermination of their clans just like this clan's fate.
Zhao Meng took a step forward, the soles of her shoes touching the pool of blood in the path to Tian Ye who was sitting in middle of the manor.
Zhao Meng almost vomited from the feeling of her soles dipping into the blood on the ground and coupled with the sight of the hundreds of dead bodies but she did well and held it in her throat.
The three old men behind her have had their fair-share of battle experience but even then, with this sight, even they couldn't help but have their solemn faces paling.
After several more steps, the smell of blood and fresh corpse kept getting stronger and stronger causing Zhao Meng to not be able to help it anymore and vomit so she ran to the side to vomit everything she had eaten the day before.
"Bleurgh!"
Even then, she hadn't eaten much due to the stress of Tian Ye's company.
The three old men looked at Tian Ye nervously, afraid that Zhao Meng's behavior might have displeased him but Tian Ye just nodded in understanding causing the three old men to heave a sigh of relief.
Tian Ye waved his hand and said as he summoned a wine jar from his spatial ring, "Go and help her relieve herself."
"Thank you, Lord Tian." Zhao Long, Zhao Meng's father was the one to reply, meanwhile the two old men stood in their place, it was not their turn to help the young lady of the Zhao clan.
As Tian Ye drank from the wine jar directly with his right hand, he signaled for the two old men standing still to come closer with the index finger of his left hand.
The two old men looked at each other then nodded before coming closer.
As they approached, when they were 2 meters away from Tian Ye, they cupped their fist and said simultaneously.
"Duan clan's leader, Duan Qinglan, greets Lord Tian."
"Fang clan's leader, Fang Lieshan, greets Lord Tian."
After drinking quite a bit, Tian Ye sat comfortably on the ground and waved the jar around then calmly looked at the two old men, "Duan clan and Fang clan's leader?"
"That is correct, Lord Tian."
The two answered simultaneously, sweat dripping down their foreheads.
"I see, that's good, I don't have to look for you two myself."
Duan Qinglan said nervously, "I wonder what you mean by that, my lord? This foolish one can't understand the intention of a great being such as yourself."
Fang Lieshan also nodded, his head still bowed.
Tian Ye just laughed, "Haha, there's no need to praise me blindly." before continuing with a calm expression, "My heart is now as peaceful as the flow of the river… well… at least for now."
"Yes, my lord, I apologize for my rudeness!" Duan Qinglan hurriedly apologized.
"Me as well, my lord!" Fang Lieshan followed.
Tian Ye just continued to wave the wine jar and said, "I see that Zhao Meng has briefed you two about me before coming here."
The two just nodded, afraid of saying any more words that might cause Tian Ye's displeasure and in their thoughts, they had the same idea.
'Even if that brat Zhao Meng didn't tell us, seeing the current sight, we can only kneel!'
"Well, you don't have to worry. I won't be too cruel to your clans as long as I don't encounter similar arrogant young masters. I've also decided to stay in Yellow Leaf City for a while."
Before the two old men could inquire, and with Zhao Long lending a hand to Zhao Meng coming near Tian Ye, he spoke the words, "Help me build a new manor, here."
Then drank the rest of the leftover wine within the jar.
With Zhao Meng signaling to his father that she could stand on her own, she also waved in Tian Ye's direction, Zhao Long immediately realized her intention so he stepped forward and bowed before Tian Ye, suggesting, "Lord Tian, if you'd allow me to, I'll build a grand manor here better than any manor within Yellow Leaf City. Of course, I'll cooperate with the Duan and Fang clan. And if you have any other request, you can ask our Zhao clan and we'll provide anything that you need."
Duan Qinglan and Fang Lieshan looked at Zhao Long in disbelief, anger in their thoughts, 'You crafty old man!'
Although they were quite angry that their lead was taken, they bowed, "Yes, Lord Tian, we'll cooperate with the Zhao clan to build a great manor that'll satisfy you!"
Tian Ye just nodded simply as he burned the wine jar with fire spiritual qi and stood up.
"I won't let you do it for free, after all, free stuff is the most expensive thing in the world."
The three clan heads just nodded their heads, a little excited with Tian Ye's possible reward.
Tian Ye just summoned another jar of wine and said, "I'll take three disciples, one from each clan."
The three clan head's eyes glowed, forgetting the fear of the Xiong clan's extermination and said, "We'll immediately arrange for a grand manor to be built in the original Xiong clan's manor!"
Tian Ye had finished the wine in his jar and wanted more since the intoxication wasn't that much considering that he had recovered his body's physical health when he replenished the spiritual qi in his dantian but found out that he had already drank all 9 jars of wine that the restaurant owner had given him.
Tian Ye just walked out and waved his hand towards the three clan heads, "Well, I'll go to the restaurant pavilion or something in the 1st district first and you handle the clean up and rebuilding. I want the manor to look simple and relaxing."
"Yes, Lord Tian!" The three clan heads bowed their heads with a slight excitement in their eyes.
After watching Tian Ye go away, they heaved a sigh of relief then looked at each other's eyes in understanding before nodding and going out together to discuss things about the construction of the manor.
Meanwhile, Zhao Meng who was left behind just smiled wryly and decided to follow and accompany Tian Ye.
Tian Ye, who was walking slowly, looked behind as he noticed her so he smiled, "Are you all better now, young lady Zhao?"
"Well… Yes, my lord." Zhao Meng replied, her face still a little pale.
"Is that so? Then follow me, I have some things to ask."
"If it's something I know, I will tell the lord everything I know."
Tian Ye just walked slowly, his face as calm as the flow of the river. This unnatural calmness unlike his previous state was like night and day that even Zhao Meng could notice the difference.
Zhao Meng's forehead sweated, not knowing whether this was for the good or the bad but decided to answer what Tian Ye might ask.
"Say… Do you great clans have dress color codings? I've noticed that people from the Zhao clan, white, the Fang clan, black? The Duan clan, red? And the Xiong clan, purple?"
Seeing Tian Ye's expression, Zhao Meng noticeably calmed down despite the earlier sight of the Xiong clan's manor, and the vomiting helped a lot so she answered with a smile, "Yes, my lord. Your thoughts are accurate."
"I knew it!" Tian Ye chuckled as he heard Zhao Meng words and he looked at the full moon hanging in the sky, causing him to stop on his tracks.
"Hm… The moon is beautiful tonight." With a gentle expression, Tian Ye muttered softly but Zhao Meng on the side heard it and replied with a nod, "Yes, my lord, it's indeed beautiful, isn't it?"
Although Tian Ye heard her words, he simply ignored it and put his right hand on his chest, grasped onto his robes, and breathed in deeply and upon breathing deeply, a smile appeared on his handsome face.
His eyes slowly opened and with a slightly more life in his eyes, he whispered, "I've taken the first step... from now on... I'll be okay..."
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