Facing death, he had no choice but to gamble everything!
"Good! The condition Fairy Yao has given, the Ye family accepts!"
In that desperate moment, Ye Nantian no longer hesitated and agreed in one breath.
He pressed two fingers together, drew out the essence blood from between his brows, and formed a Heaven and Earth Contract, pushing it toward Yao Ranran.
"I, with the lives of the entire Ye family as witness, swear that if Fairy can control this Violet Dragon, the Ye family is willing to offer half of our family's spiritual resources in gratitude!"
High above, where Ye Xuanqing was locked in battle with Yuchi Hai, his expression darkened when he heard this. "Foolish son! How can you so easily believe the lies of this demon woman? Do not panic, your father is about to arrive!"
Ye Nantian's expression twisted bitterly. His father did not know that most of his protective trump cards were already spent. If he kept waiting passively, he would surely perish here.
But...
He looked toward the breathtakingly beautiful woman who had just accepted the Heaven and Earth Contract. A cold gleam lit his eyes.
As long as she held the contract and drew the Violet Dragon away, even if she blocked Yuchi Hai for a moment, she would certainly die under Yuchi Hai's hand. That would give him another breath of survival!
Yao Ranran glanced at the contract and smiled sweetly. "Young Master Ye is truly generous."
Ye Nantian gripped the spiritual net and shouted, "The contract has been sealed, you must immediately order the Violet Dragon to carry me out of here!"
Yao Ranran tucked the contract away, her brows arching faintly. "What is Young Master Ye saying? Our deal never included taking you away."
Ye Nantian's face froze, color draining. "You witch, how dare you trick me!"
Yao Ranran shook her head lightly. "One matter at a time. If Young Master Ye wants me to send you away, then add another one-third of your clan's resources. And... I am not a witch."
She lifted her gaze, looking directly at him. Ye Nantian clung desperately to the spiritual net, unwilling to let go.
The moment their eyes met, an inexplicable trust welled up within him. "She had to be a Fairy. How could she be some witch?"
"...Damn! Why am I being beguiled again?"
Ye Nantian shook his head violently, staring at her with suspicion. There were no signs of any charm techniques. It seemed... he was simply entranced by the pure elegance of her beauty.
"Well then, Young Master Ye, have you decided? Shall I send you away or not?" Yao Ranran asked again. Inside, she genuinely wished to close this deal. After all, no one ever disliked having too many resources.
Ye Nantian glared at her furiously. "Do you take my Ye family for fools? Just to send me a short distance, you want a third of our treasury? Who knows if you can even survive the first deal!"
What a pity for such a beautiful face. He let out a faint sigh. Among all these cultivators, only this woman dared risk her life to barter for resources. But... the dead could never spend them.
When he returned to the Ye family, at most he would raise a memorial tablet for her and burn a pile of spirit paper in her honor.
Yao Ranran shook her head with regret.
So be it. Half of the Ye family's resources was already more than enough. With that wealth, she could probably live freely in this world for another thousand years without trouble.
"Ye Xuanqing, what a fine son you have. At the brink of death, he actually bowed his head to beg a mere Qi Refinement woman to save him, hahaha!"
Yuchi Hai mocked him deliberately.
Ye Xuanqing's fury burst out, his attention split. "Fool! Is this what I taught you?"
In front of so many witnesses, the Ye family's young master had traded with a Qi Refinement cultivator and even staked half the family's foundation. How could Ye Xuanqing not be enraged?
But Yuchi Hai had been waiting for this very chance to humiliate him.
"Ye Xuanqing, I will never let you come here!"
A crimson radiance split the skies from Yuchi Hai's hand, making heaven and earth tremble.
An overwhelming killing intent slashed toward Ye Xuanqing. His pupils shrank, the radiance reflecting in his eyes. With a single stroke, his massive divine soul shattered to dust.
The final protective means Ye Xuanqing left for his son was gone.
Ye Nantian's lips trembled but no sound emerged.
He had not even answered his father's scolding when his last shield was destroyed by Yuchi Hai!
"Ye Nantian, now it is your turn!"
Yuchi Hai's body blazed with golden light, his weapon dripping crimson radiance that turned into a god-slaying axe. He raised it high, casting a vast shadow over the Violet Dragon and the frail Ye Nantian.
Terror flooded Ye Nantian's eyes. He screamed in desperation, "The Heaven and Earth Contract is sealed! Fairy, command the supreme spiritual vein to take me away at once!"
Yao Ranran's brows knit slightly. "I told you, that was not in our deal."
Yuchi Hai laughed wildly. "The Central Domain will soon belong to the Yuchi clan!"
His eyes burned with greed. With this supreme spiritual vein brought back to his family, their strength would rise to a whole new level.
Around them, countless onlookers turned pale and fled in panic.
Everyone knew that Yuchi Hai would kill Ye Nantian here. And once the Ye family rushed to Duanya Mountain, anyone who had witnessed the spectacle would not escape punishment.
"Yuchi Hai, your fantasy will never come true."
From within the blaze of golden light, Yao Ranran lightly tapped her toes. Nine blue lotuses bloomed before her.
Yuchi Hai scoffed, his focus locked only on Ye Nantian, and brought his weapon down.
Boom!
A crushing pressure exploded outward, shaking the world. The shockwaves swept in all directions, spitting blood from countless mouths and forcing them flat to the ground.
"Ye Nantian... the Ye family's young master is truly dead?"
"Ye Nantian has been slain by Yuchi Hai!"
"The Central Domain will fall into chaos!"
People trembled as they turned to look back. A mangled corpse tumbled into the valley, shattering apart on the rocks.
Nie Rong's pupils shrank in disbelief. "Master... Master really killed that old bastard Yuchi Hai!"
This had been his lifelong dream.
Zhou Lili and Meng Xiangxiang gasped sharply. They had known Fairy Yao was powerful, but never imagined she had reached such a terrifying height.
"What... the one dead is the Yuchi clan's Grand Elder?"
One fallen cultivator looked up, horror-stricken. When he finally saw the corpse's face clearly, his body shook uncontrollably.
"Yuchi Hai has fallen! Yuchi Hai has fallen!"
"It was Yuchi Hai who died?!"
Outside Duanya Mountain, countless spectators were stunned speechless.
Ye Nantian still clung to the end of the spiritual net, his legs collapsed beneath him, kneeling in terror. His pupils quivered without end.
He had thought he was doomed...
"You... you... who are you?"
Above Ye Nantian's head, a wisp of green smoke drifted out.
It was the lingering divine soul of the Ye family's old ancestor hidden within his body. At this moment, the old ancestor had watched the entire scene of Yao Ranran slaying Yuchi Hai. His eyes nearly fell out of their sockets.
He had thought his precious grandson would be hacked into paste, but instead, a celestial figure descended from the heavens.
With a single strike!
Just one strike, and she annihilated Yuchi Hai, the Grand Elder of the Yuchi clan who had been half a step into Divine Transformation, right before his eyes, saving his grandson's life.
Curious, Yao Ranran poked at the wisp of smoke above Ye Nantian's head. Ye Yuze's old face flushed red, yet he did not dodge.
"This Fairy, please tell me your honored name. The Ye family is willing to offer twenty portions of rare ten-thousand-year spiritual materials to repay your life-saving grace!"