Urban God of War: The Live-in Son-in-law-Chapter 766 - 740: You Want to Ruin My Woman
Hong Tianguo had indeed reached the Golden Core Realm, but probably because he had just broken through not long ago, his realm's aura was not yet stable. Moreover, due to deviation, his realm was gradually collapsing, and even his Life Essence was continuously draining away.
In his state of mental disarray, this condition worsened. If the situation continued as it was, the patriarch of the Ancient Hong Clan probably wouldn't have much time left to live—three months at most before he'd perish.
Hong Qingyan turned to Ye Feng and said, "Big Brother Ye, can you calm my father down? He is in too much pain like this!"
Ye Feng pondered briefly before nodding and saying, "I can!"
As he spoke, he was preparing to make his move.
However, just then, a Great Power of the Yin-Yang Realm from the Hong Family sternly and coldly shouted, "Ye Feng, what are you trying to do? Are you planning to make a move on Hong Tianguo? Don't tell me you want to take this opportunity to kill him?"
Ye Feng was planning to use his immense Spirit Essence and spiritual power to knock Hong Tianguo unconscious. Hearing this, he had to stop himself.
But Hong Qingyan scoffed, "Ye Feng is my husband. I asked him to do it, to temporarily knock my father unconscious so he can be quiet. Is that also a problem?"
The Yin-Yang Realm Great Power responded with a heavy voice, "Who knows if he will take the opportunity to strike and kill Hong Tianguo? After all, he is the patriarch of our Hong Family!"
Hong Qingyan couldn't help gritting her teeth with anger as she said, "You keep saying he is the patriarch, but look at what you're doing to him. You lock him in such a small, dark cell with his hands and feet shackled. This is not how you treat your own people. Nor does it seem like you have any intention of saving him. Right now, you're clearly treating him like a dog!"
She paused momentarily, then before anyone from the Hong Family could speak, she immediately added, "When he's useful, he's your patriarch. Now that he's mentally deranged and deviated, you treat him like this. So this is the so-called Ancient Hong Clan—truly selfish and coldhearted!"
"What did you say? That is utterly preposterous! Don't think that just because you've awakened the Bloodline Inheritance of our Ancient Hong Clan you can speak so presumptuously. Do you believe I would cripple you right now?" snapped the very same Great Power of the Yin-Yang Realm who had spoken earlier.
Upon hearing these words, Ye Feng's eyes narrowed, his whole body immediately erupted with a towering aura, targeting that person directly. He stated each word with precision, "What did you say? You want to cripple my woman? If you have the guts, do it now. Come on, try to make a move!"
In that moment, a large Golden Sword appeared in Ye Feng's hand. The sword momentum was daunting. If the other party dared to speak again or make a move, he would wield his sword without hesitation and cut his opponent in half, even if this was Hong Clan territory.
To dare to insult and provoke his woman—how could Ye Feng tolerate that!
The Yin-Yang Realm Great Power, faced with Ye Feng's questioning and particularly the terrifying and immense aura that had erupted from him, had his face turn red but dared not to speak again, not even daring to let out a peep!
After all, just over three months ago in Sky Burial Valley, Ye Feng had been able to kill even ordinary Great Powers of One Seal Yin-Yang Realm!
As the atmosphere seemed to tense up once again, Hong Wuji waved his hand and said, "Enough, Qingyan is not an outsider, but the Inheritor of our Hong Clan's Bloodline. What you said is wrong. It's better for you to step down now!"
Listening to the words of their ancestor, the Yin-Yang Realm Great Power stepped down, following the lead given.
Hong Wuji then turned to Hong Qingyan and said, "I know you're worried about your father. In fact, it's not that we don't want him to calm down, but you need to know that your father is currently in the Golden Core Realm. If we make a move, any slight misstep, or even the possibility to startle him, you must think it over carefully."
Hong Qingyan nodded slightly, then turned to Ye Feng again, "Big Brother Ye, are you confident you can calm my father down without causing him any pain, unlike now?"
Ye Feng said, "If it's just to make him quiet, of course there's no problem!"
By now, his Mental Power Nucleus had transformed, making his spiritual power incredibly strong. And a significant reason for Hong Tianguo's deviation was due to mental stimulation or trauma to the Sea of Consciousness Heavenly Heart Palace. More severely, it could be the disturbance of a Heart Demon.
To calm him, Ye Feng simply needed to use his spiritual power to create a storm, act directly on the other person's Sea of Consciousness, which would be straightforward.
Hong Wuji hummed with gravity, "Mr. Ye, you may proceed, but think carefully. If anything unexpected occurs to Hong Tianguo as a result, you'll have to bear the consequences, and our Hong Family definitely won't let you off easily!"
Ye Feng replied with a faint, cold smile, "You already don't treat him like a person, so why bother with such high-sounding talk!"
Having said that, the Spirit Essence surged out of Ye Feng's body, and at the same time, the Mental Power Nucleus in his Sea of Consciousness Heavenly Heart Palace began to spin rapidly. His spiritual power surged out silently along with the Spirit Essence, rushing into the stone chamber.
He activated his Spirit Essence merely as a decoy, to blind the eyes of the bystanders, since he could not reveal the secret of his spiritual power.
Since none of those around had cultivated their own spiritual power, they obviously couldn't see Ye Feng using his own. They only saw Ye Feng's overwhelming Spirit Essence rushing madly into the chamber, immobilizing Hong Tianguo's entire body, making him unable to move.
But at this moment, Ye Feng's spiritual power had already entered Hong Tianguo's body through his forehead and quickly reached his Sea of Consciousness.
By then, Ye Feng could see very clearly that Hong Tianguo's Sea of Consciousness was indeed in chaos, with waves storming unknowingly and a particularly bright red spot in the center, looking extremely bewitching!
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"This blood-red spot must be the Heart Demon, such a strange Heart Demon. Even when my spiritual power approached it, I felt quite uncomfortable!" Ye Feng sighed inwardly, for even a slight approach of his spiritual power affected his mind and spirit.
Therefore, Ye Feng had to stop his spiritual power, initially wishing to see if he could take the opportunity to eliminate the Heart Demon and cure Hong Tianguo's deviation, but now he had to abandon the idea because this Heart Demon was too terrifying. Moreover, it had intertwined with Hong Tianguo's consciousness.
Ye Feng estimated that this Heart Demon was even more troublesome and difficult to deal with than the wraiths he had encountered in Sky Burial Valley before. Now intertwined with Hong Tianguo's consciousness, any mishandling could directly affect Hong Tianguo.
If this were outside, Ye Feng might have been able to destroy the Heart Demon, but in Hong Tianguo's consciousness, he was completely powerless.
However, thinking about it, this kind of Heart Demon was generated along with Hong Tianguo's own state of mind. If separated from Hong Tianguo, the Heart Demon would naturally cease to exist.
After observing for a bit, Ye Feng gathered a large amount of spiritual power and shook it downwards, causing Hong Tianguo's consciousness to faint.
Having done all that, he then withdrew his own spiritual power and Spirit Essence.
Hong Qingyan let out a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Big Brother Ye."
Ye Feng shook his head, "Why mention thanks between us? But honestly, your father's condition is quite tricky, and it will be very difficult to cure him."
Hong Qingyan's face paled, and she nodded slightly without saying much.
At this moment, a Great Power of the Yin-Yang Realm from the Hong Family snorted coldly, "What's the use of just knocking him unconscious for a while? As the Ye fellow just said, this is only temporary. Hong Tianguo's condition cannot be cured at all, so we must not release him, lest he brings harm to the clan."
Hong Qingyan had no strength to refute, so she remained silent.
Yet Ye Feng suddenly thought of a possibility. Although he couldn't cure Hong Tianguo, if he used the Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll to enter the other party's Sea of Consciousness, could he forcefully absorb the Heart Demon into the scroll?
But Ye Feng quickly dismissed this idea, because once he used the Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll to take away the Heart Demon, he would also have to absorb Hong Tianguo's consciousness since the Heart Demon had already merged with it.
The key to treatment was how to forcibly separate the two, which Ye Feng couldn't do at present, even with the Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll.
"Is there really no other way?" Ye Feng furrowed his brows, then suddenly his eyes lit up as he thought of another possibility.
"Yes, although I'm not a hundred percent sure I can cure him, I can choose to seal both his consciousness and the Heart Demon. That way, Hong Tianguo would fall into a deep sleep, and the Heart Demon wouldn't be able to feed on his Essence, Qi, and Spirit!" Ye Feng felt a hint of excitement within him.
If it had been three months ago, Ye Feng might not have been confident, but during his cultivation in the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm, he had used the Royal Authority Divine Seal to stamp it onto the Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll. This allowed him to suppress Hong Tianguo's consciousness and the Heart Demon using the coercive power of the Royal Authority Divine Seal combined with the power of the Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll.
Of course, this was only a seal, not a complete cure. But with the Heart Demon also sealed, if someday his strength increased, or Ye Feng's spiritual power became strong enough, he could then unseal it and destroy the Heart Demon, and Hong Tianguo would then be saved.
After all, with the seal in place, the Heart Demon wouldn't be able to feed on Hong Tianguo's Essence, Qi, and Spirit. And since Hong Tianguo was now in the Golden Core Realm, even in a state of suspended animation without food or drink, he could survive for over a decade.
Therefore, as long as a real solution is found within these years, Hong Tianguo could be saved—much like cryogenic technology.
Just as Ye Feng was about to share his thoughts with Hong Qingyan, a steward hurried over and said, "Elder Ancestor, two Elders of the Supreme Sect from the Buddhist and Confucian Sects have arrived!"
"They're here? Quick, let's go out to meet them!" Hong Wuji immediately turned and walked outside.
"I heard that these two Elders of the Supreme Sect from the Buddhist and Confucian Sects were once divine healers. I wonder if they can cure the Clan Leader this time!" Many people around started murmuring to each other.
Ye Feng was about to tell Hong Qingyan his idea, but upon hearing the discussions around him, he held back for the moment.
"The Elders of the Supreme Sect from the Buddhist and Confucian Sects, let's see if these two old men have a way before deciding," Ye Feng thought to himself.
After all, the Elders of the Supreme Sect from the Nine Great Sects of Ancient Martial Arts were almost on par with the Elder of the Supreme Clan from the Four Great Ancient Clans. These Supreme Sect Elders seldom emerged from secluded cultivation, and they wouldn't appear unless their sects faced an existential crisis.
Even when Ye Feng went to the Buddhist Sect before, defeated their Sect Leader and experts, the Elder of the Supreme Sect from the Buddhist Sect still showed no intention of intervening!
But now, these Elders from the Buddhist and Confucian Sects had come out of seclusion, it seemed that the Ancient Hong Clan had paid a tremendous price.
"Big Brother Ye, should we go and have a look?" Hong Qingyan asked.
"No need, they will be there shortly. We don't have to go and greet them; let's just wait here," Ye Feng said with a faint smile.
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