[The story returned to an earlier point in time.]

[Ever since Ye Yu had arranged for Ding Biao to launch a suicide attack on Madam Jin with Explosive Thunder Talismans,]

[a hideous scar had appeared across the face of the swamp's ruler.]

[At the same time, her hatred for Ye Yu had soared to its absolute limit!]

[She tripled the bounty and ordered her people to track down Ye Yu's whereabouts!]

[In the end, persistence paid off!]

[The stewards under Madam Jin truly did manage to uncover some useful information!]

[For example, Ye Yu of the Tianshan Path had stopped turning the tide and allowed Tao Yang, the Divine Alliance leader of the Shangqing Temple, to attack Wan Xiaoge!]

[Perhaps Ye Yu's refusal to intervene this time concealed some secret of divinity!]

[Yes, that was currently the hottest topic in the western region of the God Realm. Nothing else even came close!]

[Members of the God Clan loved gossip too!]

[Wan Xiaoge had already been a prominent figure in the God Realm to begin with!]

[He was known as the Divine Alliance Leaders' Cultivation Partner Assassin!]

[Among the Divine Alliance leaders in the western God Realm, who had a cultivation partner, which one of them dared claim they had never secretly guarded against Wan Xiaoge?]

[And yet? He had still never failed.]

[In the span of just three months, he had successfully stolen Tao Yang's cultivation partner twice!]

[At last, Tao Yang could no longer endure it and finally attacked Wan Xiaoge!]

[At that point, some people became curious!]

[Why had Wan Xiaoge only finally suffered an attack the second time?]

[Those who knew the inside story immediately stepped forward to explain.]

[There was an extraordinary man in the Tianshan Path who had successfully reconciled Tao Yang and Wan Xiaoge, turning hostility into peace and even getting them to shake hands. The maneuver had been nothing short of spectacular!]

[The matter had been resolved extremely quickly, and someone had deliberately suppressed the news, so it had never spread very far!]

[But this time was different. Tao Yang had been cuckolded twice.]

[The topic was simply too explosive to suppress!]

[As a result, the previous incident was exposed as well!]

[Ye Yu's name became thoroughly famous in the process!]

[Countless members of the God Clan began studying why he had not stepped forward this time to help Wan Xiaoge resolve the crisis again!]

[That immediately allowed the three swamp stewards to see the first glimmer of victory.]

[So they traveled to the vicinity of the Tianshan Path and prepared to wait for their prey to walk into the trap!]

[There was naturally a reason for that decision!]

[None of them were fools. They knew the three of them could never assault an entire Divine Alliance, so waiting outside was the only thing they could do.]

[Of course, they did not wait idly. They also gathered information in secret!]

[For example, who had the closest relationship with Ye Yu? Was Ye Yu currently inside the Tianshan Path?]

[As the saying went, hard work always brought rewards.]

[They soon obtained an important piece of intelligence!]

[Ye Yu was not currently at the Tianshan Path's Divine Alliance, but his cultivation partner, Gu Qinglan, was. Moreover, she was about to travel to the Miao Tong Mountain Range to gather divine herbs.]

[That gave the stewards an opportunity to act.]

[The leader of the three stewards was named Gou Sheng!]

[He ordered his subordinate, Su Wuyao, to keep watch outside, then entered the Miao Tong Mountain Range with the other steward to ambush Gu Qinglan.]

[After successfully knocking her unconscious and preparing to leave, Gou Sheng suddenly discovered that Su Wuyao was also carrying an unconscious member of the God Clan over his shoulder!]

[Gou Sheng was deeply puzzled and hurriedly asked what had happened.]

[Su Wuyao explained that he had heard the man telling someone through a communication stone that he was Ye Yu's closest brother while passing by.]

[So he had casually knocked the man unconscious, thinking he might prove useful!]

[Hearing this, Gou Sheng immediately gave Su Wuyao a thumbs-up in praise.]

[Kid, I knew from the moment I first saw you that you were talented!]

[One cultivation partner and one closest brother. With both of them in our hands, Ye Yu will have no choice but to come!]

[Gou Sheng, Su Wuyao, and the others then brought Gu Qinglan and Wan Zhengyuan back to the swamp!]

[They planned to use their communication stones to contact Ye Yu and force the brat to return!]

[However, the ridiculous part was that Gu Qinglan, supposedly his cultivation partner, did not even have a way to contact Ye Yu's communication stone!]

[With no other choice, they could only use Wan Zhengyuan's communication stone to contact him!]

[And that led to the scene that had just taken place!]

[Wan Zhengyuan wept bitterly as he repeatedly explained that he had merely been bragging. He had only met Ye Yu a few times in total and truly was not his brother!]

[Listening to his wails, Gu Qinglan could not help sighing as well!]

[That brat was a fake brother, but was she not also a fake cultivation partner?]

[Ever since she had used Ye Yu to fend off Cao Angyang last time, Gu Qinglan felt as though she had opened the door to an entirely new world.]

[Whenever someone confessed to her, all she had to say was, "I already have a cultivation partner. His name is Ye Yu."]

[The other person would then decisively leave!]

[After all, there truly were not many shameless members of the God Clan like Wan Xiaoge in the God Realm!]

[And so, as Gu Qinglan used that excuse more and more often,]

[her identity as Ye Yu's cultivation partner became firmly established.]

[She truly had never expected that a mere lie would drag her into such a dangerous situation!]

[Gu Qinglan knew perfectly well that even if Ye Yu learned she was here, he would not come!]

[That was the rational answer!]

[Yet deep inside, she still held a tiny trace of hope!]

[What if?]

[What if he truly liked her? Then he would definitely come!]

[No, it would be better if he did not. These members of the God Clan were extremely powerful. If Ye Yu truly came here alone, he would almost certainly meet with disaster!]

[However, before Gu Qinglan's thoughts could wander any further,]

[a veiled woman walked in from outside!]

[Upon seeing her, Gou Sheng, Su Wuyao, and the others immediately bowed and greeted her respectfully.]

"Madam Jin!"

[That was right. The veiled woman was none other than the true ruler of the swamp, Madam Jin!]

[She ignored Gou Sheng and the others and walked straight toward Gu Qinglan!]

[After staring at her for a long while, she suddenly sneered.]

"That little bastard has fairly good taste. You really are beautiful. Unfortunately, I hate beautiful things! Ruin her face, then cut off her left hand. I refuse to believe that won't make her find a way to call Ye Yu back!"

[Gou Sheng immediately praised her.]

"Brilliant idea, {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Madam Jin! If we don't make her suffer, how could she possibly tell us the truth?"

"You're supposedly cultivation partners, yet you claim you don't even have his communication stone? Who are you trying to fool?"

[After saying that, Gou Sheng immediately shot Su Wuyao a meaningful glance.]

[Understanding the signal, Su Wuyao promptly walked toward Gu Qinglan!]

[Madam Jin slowly turned around and said softly,]

"Don't leave Ye Yu's brother over there idle either. Cut off all three of his legs first!"

"What? No! Please don't! Absolutely not!"

[Wan Zhengyuan, who had thought he had escaped disaster, finally faced the most horrific torture of all.]

[He desperately twisted his body and begged for mercy.]

[But Gou Sheng remained completely unmoved and prepared to do it personally!]

[At that moment, the communication stone began emitting a faint glow!]

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