CHAPTER 302: CHAPTER 172: ANCIENT BLOODLINE—EVEN MARTIAL ARTS DEPENDS ON YOUR FATHER

Star City Martial Arts Association, President’s office.

"President, something’s happened."

Sun Lichao hurriedly came to report to Zhao Zhiyi, saying, "I just received a distress call from Lii Jian’en, but when I called back, I couldn’t get through."

As soon as the matter involved the Lian City Lii Clan, Zhao Zhiyi’s expression immediately turned serious: "What happened?"

"I heard... I heard that Ye Qingzhou wants to kill Lii Yaoping, and Lii Jian’en hopes our Martial Arts Association can personally step in to mediate and stop this atrocity."

Originally, Zhao Zhiyi thought it was a problem with the Lii family’s complex duty at the Grotto Heaven, but after listening to Sun Lichao’s account, he was completely thrown off, unable to help but curse: "Did a Kui Ox kick Lii Jian’en’s head? How could he say such shameless words?"

It’s understandable that Zhao Zhiyi was angry. After all, Lii Yaoping had entered the Heaven-Ascending First Layer Realm for years as a Martial Arts Master, albeit not a particularly outstanding one among Master Level practitioners.

Yet the Lii family’s cultivation techniques primarily focus on the Mountain Technique, specializing in defense. Therefore, the level suppression advantage is most evident when facing Professional Level Martial Artists, making him the most difficult Master Level Martial Artist to defeat.

The turtle shell is so hard that even if Lii Yaoping stood there taking hits, those of lower realms would struggle to break his defense.

It can’t be that a dignified Martial Arts Master like Lii Yaoping could be beaten to death by a young novice in the Martial Arts World like Ye Qingzhou, who only recently stepped into the Professional Level, right here in the rich Feng Shui land of Longhua Mountain?

Impossible!

It’s absolutely impossible!

Zhao Zhiyi then frowned and looked at Sun Lichao: "How did the Lian City Lii Clan get into a confrontation with Ye Qingzhou again?"

Sun Lichao explained: "I specifically asked about this on my way here. Today, Ye Qingzhou has a collaborative project with the Geographical Association over there. It seems he bought a Dragon Vein that Doctor Qiu Xiangyuan surveyed, and they both went into the mountains early this morning."

"As for the Lian City Lii Clan, Lii Yaoping’s grandson was deliberately crippled by Ye Qingzhou during the Sword Fighting Competition. The Lii family definitely won’t let this go easily."

During the Sword Fighting Competition, Sun Lichao paid attention to Ye Qingzhou and even handled a case where Heart Evil Stream’s Zhan Lie attempted to assassinate Ye Qingzhou but ended up being killed instead, so he’s still vividly impressed.

"Honestly, none of them give me a moment’s peace!"

Zhao Zhiyi now fully understood that the Lian City Lii Clan was clearly taking the chance to retaliate, planning to ambush Ye Qingzhou at Longhua Mountain.

Sun Lichao asked, "Then, President, should we quickly go and save him?"

"Save who?"

"Ye Qingzhou."

Sun Lichao had a completely reasonable expression.

Although the distress call was from Lii Jian’en, Sun Lichao didn’t think Ye Qingzhou could kill Lii Yaoping. Instead, he believed the Lian City Lii Clan was setting a trap, crying out thief to catch a thief.

After all, this kind of thing isn’t unprecedented.

The perpetrator often wrapped themselves as the victim, then used various connections and means to ultimately walk away scot-free.

Noble families have used such tactics many times to oppress powerless civilian martial artists.

Zhao Zhiyi himself already felt disgust for Ye Qingzhou’s rebelliousness, thus at this moment, his tone was indifferent, eager to delay: "Save what? Let them go bite each other like dogs. Neither of them is easy to deal with; once they’ve had enough of each other, we can clean up the mess."

"But what if Ye Qingzhou..."

"Don’t worry, the kid has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. He’s not so easy to kill. Besides, he’s been acting recklessly at such a young age, it’s time for him to suffer a bit."

Zhao Zhiyi was even maliciously plotting in his mind; he wished for nothing more than for Ye Qingzhou to be killed by Lii Yaoping so he could then use this opportunity to blackmail the Lii family, making the whole Lian City Lii Clan work for him.

"Yes."

Sun Lichao couldn’t fathom Zhao Zhiyi’s true intentions, but he was a resourceful person. After leaving the Martial Arts Association Headquarters, he immediately called Xu Yinquan, informing him about Ye Qingzhou, prompting the Linjiang Xu Clan to find reinforcements.

Just then, Xu Yuebing, who was visiting relatives in Modu, learned from her father that Ye Qingzhou might be in danger. She immediately dialed Ye Qingzhou’s number.

She tried several times but couldn’t get through, almost making Xu Yuebing cry in anxiety.

But she didn’t give up, and finally got through half an hour later.

Through the phone, Ye Qingzhou’s intermittent voice came through: "Hello?"

"Ye Qingzhou!"

"What?"

"Get out of there fast, someone wants to harm you!"

"Zzz... zzz... the signal here is not very good... wait a minute..."

After a while, Ye Qingzhou used Soaring Step to cross dozens of miles, found a full-signal spot near Star City, and called Xu Yuebing back: "Who did you say wants to harm me?"

"Lii Yaoping! He took people to Longhua Mountain to ambush you. You need to leave quickly, my father is trying to gather reinforcements to help you, but just hide first."

"There’s no need for that, right..."

"Even at a time like this, you’re still being stubborn! Don’t you know he’s a Martial Arts Master?"

"I know, but you probably don’t know yet, he’s now a dead Martial Arts Master."

"..."

After a while, Xu Yinquan noticed his daughter’s strange expression and came over to comfort her: "You’ve contacted Ye Qingzhou, right? Tell him not to worry, I’ve already asked Liu Yiming to go for aid. The people will be there soon."

"No need."

At this moment, Xu Yuebing didn’t know whether to be happy or sad.

Although Ye Qingzhou came through unscathed, Lii Yaoping’s death made her realize that the distance between her and Ye Qingzhou seemed to be growing ever larger.