Ye Yu looked at Cui Hongyuan as if he were an idiot.
"You can keep whatever you’re planning to yourself. Why do you have to act insane and say it out loud in that gloomy tone?"
"What, does that make you feel impressive?"
"And didn’t we already agree back in the mountain range? Once Cui Yanshui arrived, you’d let me go. So why are you going back on your word now? Bringing me this far away?"
"Are your words basically the same as farting?"
The barrage of verbal attacks left Cui Hongyuan completely stunned.
Something was wrong!
Ye Yu’s reaction was completely different from what he had expected!
Under normal circumstances, shouldn’t he be kneeling and begging for mercy, pleading for Cui Yanshui not to be killed?
So why did he start cursing the moment he opened his mouth?
And with such vicious insults?
Did he really think he wouldn’t be killed?
Cui Hongyuan immediately raised his hand, intending to cut Ye Yu down.
But in the next moment, he suddenly stopped.
A faint smile even appeared on his face.
"Heh, truly worthy of being my brother in law. Your cunning is indeed monstrous."
"Insulting me like this... you’re trying to provoke your own death. Once you die, Cui Yanshui will definitely go mad and fight with everything she has."
"As the strongest cultivation seed the Cui family has produced in millions of years..."
"Cui Yanshui is indeed very, very strong."
"Add hatred into the mix, and whether I win or lose becomes uncertain."
"But if you don’t die, she’ll have reservations."
"And then I’ll have absolute confidence in killing her."
"What a scheme."
"You used your own life as bait. I almost fell for it."
Hearing this, Ye Yu was completely dumbfounded.
What the hell was he even talking about?
As a member of the God Clan, how could his imagination be this overactive?
What reservations? What monstrous intelligence?
You’re actually insane!
The more he thought about it, the angrier Ye Yu became. He immediately raised his hand and slapped Cui Hongyuan across the face.
The smile on the latter’s face didn’t fade as he said in a low voice, "Did I expose your thoughts, and now you’re lashing out in embarrassment? Heh, brother in law, don’t treat everyone like fools."
"At the very least, I’m not one."
"Don’t worry. No matter what you do, I won’t kill you. I’ll let you watch with your own eyes as Cui Yanshui dies. I hope you’ll be strong enough when that time comes."
The moment his words fell, a figure crashed down from the sky like a comet, slamming heavily onto the ground.
It was none other than Cui Yanshui, who had been chasing them all the way here.
Seeing the main figure arrive, a ferocious smile appeared on Cui Hongyuan’s face. He slowly raised his hand and clenched it.
A layer of formation barrier instantly appeared, completely enveloping the area.
For a branch member to kill a direct bloodline—this was no different from committing rebellion!
If word got out, Cui Hongyuan would face only one outcome: being hunted down by every God Clan member of the Cui family!
Even if the family no longer existed, the survivors would still carry it out.
That was the rule of the Cui family.
And it was precisely why Cui Hongyuan did not dare let any Cui family members come to assist him.
Not even his most trusted subordinates.
Everyone had to remain in the mountain range.
Everything would be settled only after this was over.
Cui Yanshui looked at the surrounding formation barrier and immediately sensed that something was wrong.
She spoke in a low voice, "Hongyuan, what is the meaning of this?"
"It means nothing. I just want to fight for a future for myself."
"I don’t want to keep being your blade anymore. I want to be the one in charge. I am the one most suited to become the head of the Cui family."
"So... you have to die."
Cui Hongyuan pronounced the final three words with absolute clarity.
A look of disdain appeared on Cui Yanshui’s face.
"You’re rebelling against your superiors? Heh, I truly didn’t expect that after all these years, the branch would produce someone as bold as you. Having ambition is a good thing, but do you really think you can kill me?"
As the most talented member of the Cui family, Cui Yanshui possessed absolute confidence.
In contrast, Cui Hongyuan had always been considered mediocre within the family.
He was tens of thousands of years older than Cui Yanshui, yet even now he had only reached the peak of the Heavenly God Realm.
Meanwhile, Cui Yanshui had already stepped into the late stage of the Ancient God Realm.
The gap between them was enormous.
That was why she treated his words as a joke.
But sometimes, what one sees is not necessarily the truth.
Especially when it comes to certain people’s cultivation.
Cui Hongyuan loosened his arms slightly, and the surrounding divine power suddenly began to surge.
His realm began to rise rapidly.
Very quickly, it stabilized at the early stage of the Divine Monarch Realm.
Cui Hongyuan said calmly, "When a direct bloodline child shows extraordinary talent, everyone is happy."
"But it’s different for branch families."
"When a branch child is too talented, their parents feel sorrow."
"Because they understand very clearly that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility."
"The family often assigns those overly talented branch descendants to extremely dangerous missions, labeling it as ‘tempering.’"
"But in reality?"
"It’s nothing more than fear that their merit will overshadow their superiors."
"So from a young age, branch children understand one truth—only by hiding your strength can you live longer."
"And I... have been hiding for many, many years."
"I never dared let anyone know my true cultivation. I’ve endured this concealment for so long."
Listening to this, Cui Yanshui’s expression remained calm.
As a top tier genius, she understood the importance of one’s mental state.
From a very early age, she had learned to maintain a mind as still as water under any circumstances.
Moreover, she did not believe a word of what Cui Hongyuan said.
Fear of overshadowing superiors? What a joke.
Just the delusion of a branch member.
Since his killing intent had already formed, there was no point in further words.
The only thing worth considering now was how to kill him.
Cui Yanshui couldn’t help but frown slightly.
The wound on her abdomen had not fully healed and was throbbing faintly.
And also... just what exactly was Ye Yu?
For a moment, the atmosphere fell into absolute silence.
Cui Hongyuan was the first to break it.
Pointing at Cui Yanshui, he shouted angrily, "You’re always like this! Always! No matter what I say, most of the time you just stay silent!"
"What, after everything I’ve said, you don’t even have the patience to offer a single rebuttal?"
"Fine. Very good. Truly cold blooded."
"Then what about your brother in law? If he suffers unbearably, can you still remain calm?"
As he finished speaking, Cui Hongyuan raised his hand and reached for Ye Yu beside him.
But his first grab caught nothing.
His heart sank instantly, and he reached out again.
This time, Cui Hongyuan grabbed an arm—but he was certain that this arm definitely did not belong to Ye Yu.
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