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As his mind sunk, Ye Hao could clearly see the thumb-sized, grey, mysterious mass of light in his lower abdomen that was emitting a mysterious aura.

This ball of light had fallen from the sky when he was thirteen years old. It had sunk into his abdomen until now.

During these years, Ye Hao's cultivation had not improved at all. He had even gone from Tempered Body 6th Layer to Tempered Body 2nd Layer. It was all because of this ball of light that was constantly absorbing the blood energy from his body.

In these four years, Ye Hao did everything he could to search for that light ball. He searched through all the ancient books in the family, but still couldn't figure out the origin of that light ball.

Why did this mysterious ball of light choose him?

All these doubts were hidden in the depths of Ye Hao's heart. Because it was too inconceivable, Ye Hao had never revealed it to anyone else.

Even the grandfather of the leader, Ye Hao, had chosen to keep it a secret for fear that the man would be too worried. The former would not be able to help him cultivate at all.

Fortunately, this mysterious ball of light was only robbing the power of his Qi and blood, and didn't do him any harm.

Moreover, after all these years of fumbling around, Ye Hao already had a guess.

When the ball of light first entered his stomach, his mind could not even get close to it. And as his blood vitality was taken away, Ye Hao discovered that he could gradually get closer to the ball of light.

Therefore, he understood that although the ball of light absorbed his blood, it also had a trace of affinity for him.

As his affinity to the light ball increased, the amount of blood energy that the light ball absorbed also gradually decreased.

When he realized this, for the past four years, Ye Hao had deliberately sent his qi and blood into the ball of light.

After four years of nourishment, he finally discovered that the resistance the ball of light had against him had been reduced to its lowest.

According to Ye Hao's estimation, it wouldn't be long before this mysterious ball of light would no longer resist him. Then, the Qi in his body would no longer be plundered. At that time, he would definitely be able to cultivate again.

And this was what made Ye Hao so confident.

However, as Ye Hao's mind was carefully observing the mysterious ball of light, he was surprised to discover that a dense flow of blood energy was slowly flowing out of the ball of light and entering every part of his body. While strengthening his blood vessels, it was also healing the injuries in his body.

"After plundering?"

Ye Hao exclaimed in surprise. He finally understood why his cultivation had broken through from Tempered Body 2nd Layer to Tempered Body 4th Layer after being heavily injured.

This discovery made Ye Hao ecstatic. His heart was filled with anticipation. The blood energy that had been stolen for four years, if all of it was restored, then what realm would he have broken through to?

"Ye Ying, Ye Peng, wait until I return to the clan before settling this debt of blood with you two."

Ye Hao sneered in his heart. As he thought back to Ye Ying's betrayal, he wasn't completely defeated. For this kind of woman, it wasn't worth it.

In these past four years, Ye Hao had seen too much of Ye Hao's vicious attitude towards human nature. He knew that the higher he stood, the harder he would fall now.

The experiences of the past few years were a profound lesson for him.

At the same time, Ye Hao was also glad that he didn't tell his greatest secret to Ye Ying. Otherwise, who knew how long it would take for him to clearly see this evil woman's true appearance.

After thinking for a while, Ye Hao suppressed his distracting thoughts. Right now, the most important thing was to recover from his injuries as soon as possible.

He also wanted to find out what kind of thing this mysterious ball of light, which had fallen from the sky and had mysteriously entered his abdomen, was.

As the blood energy continued to flow back into Ye Hao's body, he discovered that the mysterious light was gradually shrinking, revealing its true form.

At the same time, he also felt that the pain within his body had become a lot less. Some of the small injuries within his body were slowly recovering.

Boom!

After an unknown amount of time, just as Ye Hao was fully focused on observing the increasingly weak ball of light, an explosion suddenly came from within his body, making his mind tremble.

"Tempered Body 5th Layer!"

After sensing for a bit, Ye Hao discovered that his Qi and blood had already broken through to the Fifth Layer of Body Tempering. He was only one step away from reaching the peak of that year.

"My strength has finally recovered to 5000 jins!" After carefully sensing the surging power in his body, Ye Hao felt a tinge of joy.

Body refining first level, as the name implied, was to absorb the spirit energy between heaven and earth, or to use various pills to temper one's body, expand one's meridians, and lay a foundation for opening up one's life sea in the future.

After all, the Spiritual Energy of the world was not something that was docile. If he wanted to take it for his own use, the most basic point was to endure the scouring of the violent energy.

As for the Body Tempering stage, every time they broke through a level, their strength would increase by a thousand pounds until they reached the great circle of the Body Tempering stage. Once their strength reached ten thousand pounds, they could attempt to open up their life seas and step into a higher realm.

Just as Ye Hao was rejoicing, the Qi and blood in his lower abdomen suddenly stopped flowing.

"Hmm? That's it? "

The sudden turn of events caused Ye Hao to be startled. According to his estimation, the amount of blood energy that the ball of light had brought back to him was less than 10% of what he had been absorbing these past four years.

"I knew it wouldn't be such a good thing." He muttered in dissatisfaction, but he didn't feel much loss in his heart.

As long as he could cultivate again, all of this would be enough.

Moreover, he had already recovered from the Second Layer of Body Tempering in one fell swoop.

At this time, there were faint sounds of shouting coming from the outside world, which made Ye Hao suddenly come back to his senses. He was no longer in the mood to pay attention to the changes in his body.

"Search carefully. Hao'er's bag of holding is here. He should be somewhere nearby!"

"Young Master, did you hear that?"

"Young Master, where are you?"

"..."

In the dense forest, Ye Hao suddenly opened his eyes. It was drizzling in the dark night. He held his breath and listened for a while, then exclaimed in surprise, "It's Sister Qingwu and grandpa?"

His body was struggling as he forced himself to stand up and lean against the tree trunk. "Sister Qingwu, I'm here!"

As Ye Hao's voice sounded out, a young girl, who was wet all over, quickly approached while stepping on the mud. She was holding a torch in her hand.

The young girl was dressed in a maid's attire. Her figure was slender and her face was simple without makeup. She was like a lotus flower in clear water, giving people a refreshing and refined feeling.

"Young master, you … How did you end up like this? "

The girl in cyan ran to Ye Hao. When she saw his miserable appearance, which was covered in blood, and his sobbing sounds, her eyes suddenly turned red.

Especially when she saw the former's arms, the flesh pierced, and the exposed white bone spikes, the tears in her eyes could no longer be stopped, mixing with the rain water to drop down.

"Young Master, I-I'll call the Patriarch over right away."

"Sister Qingwu, don't cry. I'm already much better." Looking at the young girl who was anxiously shouting, Ye Hao smiled bitterly and comforted her.

Even though the young lady before him was his maid in name, the two of them grew up together. It could be said that they were siblings, and it was completely different from Ye Ying's intentional approach.

"Young Master, you disappeared for nine whole days. The Patriarch is going crazy from anxiety. What happened?" Qing Wu tried her best to hold back her tears as she wiped the rainwater off his face, her beautiful eyes bloodshot as she asked this question.

"Nine days?"

Ye Hao's mind was still focused on his lower abdomen. He really didn't notice the passage of time.

Thinking about it, that dog-couple must have thought that he died a long time ago?

Ye Hao sneered in his heart. Just as he was about to speak, a tall and sturdy old man with white hair and a beard suddenly rushed over from the distance with a dozen Ye Family members behind him.

The old man was the current head of the Ye family, and also the grandfather of Ye Hao, Ye Yunfeng.

"Hao'er, how are you?"

Ye Yunfeng instantly appeared in front of Ye Hao, and when he saw Ye Hao's injury, his pupils constricted, and his body suddenly released a burst of killing intent, as he coldly said: "What is going on? Someone attacked you? "

Looking at the furious old man, Ye Hao felt his heart ache. In this world, perhaps only the closest of relatives would care so much about him.

"Grandfather, I'll have to trouble you again."

"What nonsense are you talking about!?" You are my, Ye Yunfeng's, bloodline, so if I don't worry about you, who else can I worry about? "

Ye Hao's heart was slightly heated. However, when he looked at the old man's burly stature, his slightly hunched body, and his old and tired face, he suddenly felt a wave of guilt.

He knew that his grandpa's internal injuries had not healed, and now the Ye Family was in a precarious situation, so they still had to worry about him from time to time.

Ye Hao could completely imagine that during these nine days, the elder must have not rested at all. He must have flipped the entire Black Lake City upside down, inside and out.

Thinking about this, he glanced at the group of Ye family members that were following the old man. It made his heart sink a little.

Although the Ye family was a family, they were also divided into different bloodlines. Ye Hao knew very well that with his grandfather's internal injuries, there were already some people in the family who were beginning to get restless, coveting the position of the family head.

In fact, even if Ye Peng or Ye Ying dared to lay their hands on him, they might still have the shadows of these people behind them.

Thinking about this, Ye Hao took a deep breath and decided to hide this matter.

He really didn't want to burden the old man any further. Otherwise, with the old man's protective personality, once he found out the truth, the entire Ye Family would be turned upside down.

Ye Hao didn't want to see this kind of result. After all, Ye Yunfeng's current physical condition was truly worrisome.

Of course, there was one more thing. Right now, he could cultivate again, and his strength had also returned to the fifth level of the Body Tempering stage.

It was enough for him to deal with the adulterous couple, Ye Peng and Ye Ying.

After making his decision, Ye Hao pretended to be embarrassed and laughed: "Grandpa, I'm fine. I just slipped and fell down the mountain."

"Misstep?"

Ye Yunfeng narrowed his eyes and looked deeply at Ye Hao, it was obvious that he did not believe this explanation.

The ten-odd men of the Ye Clan behind him didn't say anything, but the disdain in their eyes was obvious.

In their minds, only trash like Ye Hao could do something as stupid as falling off the mountain.

If this matter were to be spread out, the entire Ye Clan would probably become the laughingstock of Black Lake City.

It was truly embarrassing.

"Grandfather, Big Sister Qingwu, let's go back to the clan."

Looking at the youth's calm expression, Ye Yunfeng didn't ask any further questions. He naturally understood his own grandson. Although Ye Hao's cultivation was stagnant right now, he always had a sense of propriety when it came to doing things.

Although Ye Yunfeng felt that Ye Hao had hidden something from him, he also believed that Ye Hao himself should be able to handle this matter.

"We are a family, if there is anything that cannot be resolved, tell Grandfather. "Also, your storage bag was found over there. Put it away."

Sighing lightly, Ye Yunfeng returned the storage bag he had picked up back to Ye Hao. After bandaging him up, he led his group and slowly returned to Black Lake City.

With the support of Qing Wu, Ye Hao glanced at the storage bag in his hands, and then looked in the direction of the Ye Family. Deep in his eyes, a chilling aura permeated the air.

"Ye Peng, Ye Ying, it's time to repay this debt."