Even though Elder Ye had blocked the male qilin's final attack, the white-robed man still suffered a backlash and actually fainted for a moment. Elder Ye carried the white-robed man and flew towards the cave. He transmitted his voice,""Follow me."
The three of them knew that the old man in front of them was definitely not ordinary. Killing them would be a piece of cake. The second brother stored the female qilin's corpse into his storage ring. As for the male qilin, he had long been killed by the white-robed man's Wind Intent Soul Slash. Flesh and blood scattered on the snowy ground.
"Let's go!" After saying that, Second Brother followed Elder Ye. Since his Second Brother followed, Third Brother and Fourth Brother did not say anything and followed.
In the blink of an eye, they all arrived at the cave. Ye Gucheng wanted to go and take a look, but there was a bottomless abyss blocking the way, and the iron lock couldn't drive through it, so he had to give up.
"Go to that withered vine and pluck some Blood Bodhi Tears to eat, then use your luck to repair them. Your big brother was seriously injured by the backlash. If he hadn't met me today, he would have died.”
The three of them wanted to say something, but Elder Ye used his True Qi to set up a barrier. Clearly, he did not want the three of them to affect his circulation.
Elder Ye stuffed the two Blood Bodhi Tears into the white-robed man's mouth.
"Rise!" Elder Ye shouted. The man in white's entire body floated up and spun continuously. Elder Ye's left hand was supporting the man in white's blood vessels and internal organs while his right hand was dancing continuously as if he was forming a seal. The two Blood Bodhi Tears in the man's stomach also showed their effects. A few threads of cool air spread throughout his body, repairing his meridians and, most importantly, his soul. The white-robed man's entire body was emitting light. His body was constantly recovering as if he was about to recover completely. However, Elder Ye knew that this was not enough. A powerful airflow gathered in his right hand, but there was no explosive qi.
"Ha!" Elder Ye shouted again. He placed his right hand on the top of the white-robed man's head and slowly guided the airflow into his brain.
"Chi ~" Elder Ye had already injected half of the Qi into the white-robed man's brain when he suddenly stopped. Then, he placed his right hand on his heart and did the same fusion.
Not long after, the fusion was finally complete. Only then did the white-robed man slowly descend to the ground.
" Senior, my big brother, he…" The three of them asked anxiously.
"He's fine. If you don't circulate your cultivation to mediate, prepare to stop your cultivation here for the rest of your lives.”Elder Ye said indifferently. When the three of them heard this, they also understood Elder Ye's good intentions. They each plucked two Blood Bodhi Tears and swallowed them before circulating their cultivation. Originally, the fourth brother wanted to ask why there was a Bodhi Weeping Vine, but he was stopped by the second brother, indicating that he should not meddle.
" Grandpa Ye and the others…" Elder Ye was questioned as soon as he came to Ye Gucheng's side. "They're fine." Elder Ye smiled. Don't you want to learn painting? I'll start teaching you now." A few large pieces of paper had appeared in Elder Ye's hand at some point in time. He kicked the surrounding snow away with one foot. He put the two pieces of paper on the ground and asked Ye Gucheng to prepare the ink and brush. Ye Gucheng had brought a pen and ink, and he even brought an extra pen.
"Here." Elder Ye took the pen from Ye Gucheng and began to grind the ink. Very quickly, they finished grinding and both of them squatted down.
"After three years of training, your finger technique and strength have also made some achievements. I'll teach you some drawing techniques and some things you should pay attention to. First, he had to talk about the most taboo elements of painting.”Ye Gucheng listened carefully to every word of Elder Ye, as if he was afraid of missing something.
"The first point is to avoid breaking the painting."
"Broken painting?"
"Yes, it's a broken painting." Elder Ye nodded. What was a broken painting? To put it simply, a painting could not be completed at the same time. It was a taboo to stop halfway and then continue painting after a long time, because the inspiration and feeling would be different from the previous two periods. This was especially true for high-level soul painters. They drew what they had comprehended at that time. If they were not drawn at the same time, the effect and value of the painting would be very low. Therefore, artists would rather spend a lot of time painting than stop painting.”Elder Ye spoke meaningfully about the damage caused by the broken painting. Although Ye Gucheng had never drawn it before, he had never drawn it before. However, from Elder Ye's tone, he could tell the consequences of the broken painting.
"The second taboo is to be disturbed. This should be easy to understand, so I won't explain further. The third taboo was the low-grade brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. Although, if one's skill reached a certain level, they could draw anything. However, there was still a substantial difference. For example, if two martial artists of similar strength were to compete, and one person's weapon was much higher than the other, the outcome would be obvious.”
As for these two points, it was easy to understand them.
"Now, let's talk about painting techniques. Actually, it was not a technique. There were three elements. First, observe. Second, imagination. Three, follow your heart." Ye Gucheng could understand his observation and imagination, but Suixin was a little confused.
"I know about Grandpa Ye's observation and imagination, but follow your heart? How?" Ye Gucheng asked in confusion.
Elder Ye waved his hand and said,""Painting is not as simple as you think. Your observation and imagination might seem simple, but many painters were puzzled. They all felt that I clearly had observation and imagination, but why was my painting so unsatisfactory? Observation and imagination were like a gradual relationship. He saw a scene and carved it all into his mind, then drew it out of his mind. He didn't just draw whatever he saw. To put it simply, if you were to draw a person now, you first had to observe the person thoroughly and engrave it in your mind. If he drew again, that person would no longer need to look at it. He didn't draw while looking at people. Why was there a gradual relationship between the two? The bigger the imagination, the bigger the painting! Some scenes could not be seen, so they could paint out of thin air.”
Ye Gucheng didn't seem to understand, but he remembered it firmly. It also made him more certain about the difficulty of painting and its future development.
"Grandpa Ye, what is Freewill?" Ye Gucheng finally asked.
"Freewill is a term that Grandpa Ye personally came up with.”
"What does that mean?" Ye Gucheng continued to ask.
"An epiphany." Elder Ye said the word epiphany very seriously. Ye Gucheng was in contact with it again. Ye Gucheng knew that the power of twisting the stars last night might be the epiphany that Elder Ye had mentioned.
"Then how can I achieve enlightenment?" Ye Gucheng continued to ask.
"Who in the world can live a peaceful life? The answer was no. Everyone had their own story in their hearts, so their hearts would waver and ripple.”
Ye Gucheng thought of his parents and clansmen. He couldn't help but feel sad. "It's not very efficient to do things with ripples in your heart," Elder Ye continued. However, there were also some people who would become a driving force under the pressure of the ripples. However, this kind of person had a fatal weakness.”"A fatal weakness?" Ye Gucheng didn't understand.
"There are some things that you might not understand if I tell you now. For example, when a weak xiuzhe was provoked by the other party using external matters, then the strong person might be killed by the weak person. Of course, if this weak person was not careful, he would walk into the abyss of life. You might ask why. Then let me tell you, it's because he has a knot in his heart that has produced a demon. In the end, he might not even be able to control himself. Therefore, everything in the world had to be at ease. They had to follow their hearts and sway with the wind. Only then could he move to the top of the world! If one wanted to comprehend and grasp it by oneself, one would have a feeling that could only be understood but not explained in words. Otherwise, everyone in the world would be a peerless expert.”Ye Gucheng sighed at Elder Ye's words. The strength of a hundred years was truly inferior to that of a master teacher.
"Pa, pa, pa…"
"Senior's words are exquisite, and his reasoning is straight to the point. His understanding of everything in the world can be said to be so detailed. Senior, this junior greets you!" Ye Gucheng looked at the man in white who had been seriously injured and was amazed at his recovery speed.
"I didn't expect you to recover so quickly." Elder Ye stood up from the snow and smiled.
"Thank you for saving my life, Senior Ye.”The man in white stepped forward and bowed deeply. Elder Ye did not stop him. He knew that this was his intention and it would not be good to stop him.
"Hey, big brother, how do you know Grandpa Ye's name?”Ye Gucheng asked in confusion.
"Oh, Senior said it himself in the cave just now.”The white-robed man explained. Actually, the white-robed man wanted to say that he saw the two spirit tablets in the cave, but Elder Ye transmitted his voice,""Don't mention the cave." Since Elder Ye said so, the man in white couldn't say anything else. He just found a reason to explain.
"Oh." Although Ye Gucheng felt that something was wrong, he didn't say anything.
"Let me introduce myself. I am Ya Yu, the Second Prince of the Snow Country. The three of them are my brothers. They were Old Five, Old Six, and Old Seven. But they only recognize me as their boss, so I usually call them Second, Third, and Fourth. Senior Ye, I hope you can forgive my fourth brother for his rude words three years ago.”Ya Yu bowed again, this time to apologize.
"You're too kind, Second Prince." Ye Lao went forward to help Ya Yu up. It was normal for young people to be frivolous. I did many frivolous things when I was young. People would always make mistakes. It was fine as long as they changed.”
"I'm sorry that Senior Ye accepted my bow!”At some point, Fourth Brother came out and bowed deeply. Second and Third also walked out.
Elder Ye waved his hand to indicate that he didn't mind. He smiled at Fourth Brother and said,""That's right. Three years ago, he was only a second jie xiuzhe, but now he's a fifth jie xiuzhe. However, you were too careless this time.”
"I was careless. This time, it taught me a lesson. I can't act rashly.”The white-robed man, Ya Yu, woke up. Elder Ye nodded in appreciation." Not bad. You've learned your lesson. Not bad." In the future, you will definitely be magnanimous!"
Second Brother sighed." Sigh, that's right. My eldest brother is a man of culture and martial arts. He started to read military books at the age of three and practiced martial arts at the age of five. Up until now, he could be said to be well-versed in both civil and martial arts, but in the future, the position of the country's ruler was very slim. Firstly, the four of us are illegitimate children. The Eldest Prince was the eldest son. Second, he was the First Prince's uncle. His cultivation was unfathomable, and even the ordinary Eight Heroes were no match for him. And even his father had to be wary of him. Sigh…" After saying that, Fourth Brother sighed again.
"Bang!"
In the blink of an eye, Ya Yu knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. In the beginning, the second, third, and fourth brothers didn't understand what Ya Yu meant, but later on, they understood.
"Senior Ye, please help!" Ya Yu said," Second, Third, Fourth, and Third also said,"I hope Senior Ye can help my big brother!”The actions of the four of them were actually within Elder Ye's expectations. "You guys get up first, let me think.”Elder Ye helped the four of them up. The four of them also knew that it would be very difficult for Elder Ye to agree. After all, his relationship with Elder Ye was not very deep. It was impossible for him to get Elder Ye's help just because of his identity as the Second Prince.
The four of them stood at the side and looked at Elder Ye with anticipation. They knew that Elder Ye's strength was extraordinary. If they could get his help to compete for the throne, at least they would have a certain hope. After all, this was an era where the strong spoke. Everything was respected by strength!
Ye Gucheng also looked at Elder Ye, curious about his answer.
Elder Ye placed his hands behind his back and closed his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.
Elder Ye didn't speak for a long time. Originally, No. 3 wanted to call out to Elder Ye, but he was stopped by Ya Yu. He whispered,""The fight for the imperial family is no small matter. We don't have a good relationship with Ye qian bei and he saved our lives. Therefore, he decided to give Ye qian bei more time. Even if Ye qian bei didn't agree, it's fine, just treat it as my fate!”
"But, but, wouldn't our previous efforts be in vain? Didn't we enter 251 to fight for hope? We've worked hard for so many years and finally found someone to back us up. We can't give up, big brother!”
"Yes!" Third also said. This time, in order to enter the middle class, he was almost destroyed by the Ice Qilin.”
"Don't say anymore! Do you still remember what your mother said? Life sometimes must have, life does not have time do not force.”After Ya Yu finished speaking, the three of them sighed to express their dissatisfaction for their big brother.
After a long time, Elder Ye finally opened his eyes. There was no expression on his face, so the few of them could not guess what Elder Ye's decision was.
"I wonder if Senior Ye has decided?" Ya Yu asked.
"One question, three requests!" Elder Ye said directly.
"Please ask."
"I wonder what Second Prince's ambition is?”
"That's a good question, Senior Ye," Ya Yu said with a smile. The first step of my ambition is to become the emperor of the Snow Country, the ruler of the country above all! The second step was to stabilize the country, enrich the country and strengthen the people, and recruit talented people. Especially when there was an expert like Ye qian bei. The third step was to unite the four kingdoms in his lifetime!”
"Ambition! However…" Elder Ye paused.
"Senior, please speak." Ya Yu didn't know what was wrong with him.
"The first step is human nature. Who doesn't want to be above everyone and be respected? The second step shows that you have a brain, and that you can help people who are thirsty for talent. However, the third step was wrong. It was his ambition that was wrong. You should have heard of this saying before,'A man's heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant'. Now that the four countries were in a state of equilibrium, whoever moved first would be destroyed. The other two countries were eager to reap the benefits. Unless the Snow Country had the absolute strength to shock the two countries. At that time, they would be able to slowly pull in the net. With the Snow Country's current strength, it seemed impossible. Haha, of course, if you become the ruler of the country, you might be able to recruit talents online. I just want to say that absolute defense is the best offense!”
"I'll remember Ye qian bei's words. May I ask what Senior's third request is?"
"The first is very simple. I won't help anyone without a reason. There are too many people in this world who need help.”Elder Ye seemed to be talking like an extremely ambitious man.
When Ye Gucheng heard this, he thought, What reason did Grandpa Ye have to save me? Passing by?
"Bang!"
First, Second, Third, and Fourth knelt on the ground and said,""In the name of heaven and earth, I acknowledge Senior Ye as my master. If I betray you or betray my master, I will let heaven and earth accept my cultivation!”The four of them swore the most vicious oath before they became masters to show their sincerity. The oath would produce karma between heaven and earth. Therefore, people generally wouldn't make oaths, much less make such a venomous oath that would destroy their cultivation. Cultivation was more important to a xiuzhe than their life.
"Hehe, it's just a formality. Get up." Elder Ye quickly helped the four of them up.
"Ye qian bei, oh no, master is also your disciple?”The fourth brother asked casually.
Hearing Fourth Brother's words, Elder Ye's face revealed an unknown expression. He said,"His name is Ye Gu Cheng."
"His name is Ye Gucheng? "Then isn't he…" Before Fourth Brother could finish speaking, he was stopped by Ya Yu.
"He's my half-grandson and also my disciple."”
For some reason, Ye Gucheng felt like he was saying it for himself.
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