Blood Asura!
Regardless of how you looked at it, this moniker was clearly not a good one.
However, when Ye Ming heard the people from Dongdao refer to Yekawa Sagong by this name, he wasn't too surprised. Instead, he chuckled, "This title actually suits Sagong quite well."
Huh?
"Sa... Sagong?"
Hearing Ye Ming address her like that, Kimura Takeo was stunned. His eyes darted up and down, scrutinizing the young man before him, feeling utterly bewildered.
In the entire Dongdao country, there was probably no one who dared to address that Blood Asura in such a manner.
Not even Divine level experts of the same cultivation realm dared to.
It was like that before, and even more so now.
Ye Ming didn't pay attention to Kimura Takeo's astonished expression. However, he suddenly felt a cold gaze shooting towards him from beside him.
"Damn it!"
He cursed inwardly, his nerves tensing up.
"Sagong? You sure are chummy with her!"
Nangong Qianyu crossed her arms, looking at him with a smirk.
"No... no! Qianyu! Don't misunderstand!" Ye Ming felt a surge of panic and quickly waved his hands, "She and Sagong! Bah! The Blood Asura and I are not what you think! Between her and me, it's just a transaction, a mere transaction!"
At this moment, Ye Ming unleashed his full survival instincts.
"A transaction? What kind of transaction?"
Nangong Qianyu sneered, "Is it a transaction about spring?"
A transaction about spring?
"???"
Ye Ming was confused, not understanding the meaning. Yet, his intuition told him that this was no good.
"Qianyu! Think carefully, when I asked Sagong! No..." Ye Ming slapped his own mouth, his face contorted in a grimace. "When I asked the Blood Asura to return to Dongdao country, you were there too. You can't blame me now."
"Hmm?"
Upon hearing this, Nangong Qianyu indeed recalled.
After Ye Ming had saved that woman, he had convinced her to help him establish connections in Dongdao.
In exchange, Ye Ming would help her resolve all her grievances with Gu Taiyi. Furthermore, he bestowed upon her the power to transcend the Martial God realm.
"Is that so?"
Recalling the events, Nangong Qianyu feigned ignorance.
"Yes! Think harder! I told you everything back then!" Ye Ming nodded frantically, his anxiety palpable.
"Alright! We'll talk about this after the live stream!"
Seeing his pathetic expression, Nangong Qianyu suppressed a smile, turned her head, and ignored him.
"Okay!"
Only then did Ye Ming breathe a sigh of relief.
However, Kimura Takeo, who had witnessed the entire exchange, was filled with a myriad of questions.
"This peak Divine level expert is also henpecked?" was the only thought that flashed through Kimura Takeo's mind.
"Cough, cough!"
Ye Ming cleared his throat awkwardly, changing the subject. "Um, Lord Kimura, why don't you tell me about the relationship between Yekawa Sagong and the Yekawa family!"
"Ah... Oh... Okay!"
Kimura Takeo's head still felt a bit dizzy.
"Actually, I don't know much about Lady Sagong's affairs," Kimura Takeo said, his emotions calming down as he sighed. "But from what I do know, Lady Sagong is also a pitiable person."
"Oh!"
This piqued Ye Ming's interest.
"Speaking of Lady Sagong, there's one person we must mention!" Kimura Takeo looked at Ye Ming and said solemnly, "It's quite a coincidence, but that person once had a battle with you."
"Are you referring to... Gu Taiyi!"
Ye Ming provided the answer.
"It seems Mr. Ye and Lady Sagong indeed have a deep connection to know these things!" Kimura Takeo said with a smile.
"Holy hell!"
This remark about a "deep connection" almost gave Ye Ming a heart attack.
"No! We... we are just ordinary friends!"
Sensing the cold gaze from behind, Ye Ming quickly said.
Damn it!
Old man, speak as you please, but why drag me into it?
Believe it or not, I'll smack you!
Ye Ming was furious inwardly.
"Uh!"
Seeing the situation, Kimura Takeo realized he had spoken out of turn.
"Mr. Ye! I... I'll continue."
At this moment, his heart had sunk halfway.
"Get straight to the point!" Ye Ming glared at him, speaking impatiently.
"Yes! Yes!"
That glare made Kimura Takeo's legs go weak.
"Here's what happened. Lady Sagong's mother was originally the younger sister of the current Yekawa family head, named Yekawa Kyoko. She was also one of the most prodigiously talented cultivation geniuses in the ninja world at the time. Afterwards..."
In short, through various coincidences, Yekawa Kyoko met Gu Taiyi, who was then hailed as the light of ancient martial arts in Huaguo, during a sparring match between Dongdao and Huaguo.
Since both were the strongest aces of their respective sides, their match naturally drew great attention.
For the two involved, it was the same.
Then, with both fighters giving their all, the battle lasted for half a day. Finally, Gu Taiyi narrowly won by a single move.
At the same time, Yekawa Kyoko, who had never lost in Dongdao, developed an unprecedented emotion towards the opponent who had defeated her.
The subsequent developments were not particularly turbulent.
Gu Taiyi, naturally, admired Yekawa Kyoko, who could fight him to a standstill. This admiration evolved into love, and they eventually got together.
However, at this juncture, the unexpected happened.
As the rising star of the Yekawa family at the time, they would not easily marry Yekawa Kyoko off to someone else, especially to Huaguo.
This was something that neither the entire Yekawa family nor Dongdao country were willing to see.
The opposition from the family and the country at that time became the biggest obstacle to their union.
However, these obstacles had no effect whatsoever on Yekawa Kyoko and Gu Taiyi.
Because at that time, their strength was enough to sweep across the entire martial world.
Ultimately, Yekawa Kyoko rebelled against the Yekawa family and went to Huaguo with Gu Taiyi. In his anger, the Yekawa family publicly announced her expulsion from the clan.
The matter was temporarily settled here.
But good times didn't last. A year later, Yekawa Kyoko returned to the Yekawa family's doorstep, holding a baby less than two months old, and knelt for three days and three nights.
At that time, her cultivation had greatly diminished. Her strength had plummeted from the Divine level directly to D-class, and her body was extremely weak.
After kneeling for three days and three nights, she fainted from exhaustion.
Finally, the newly appointed family head, Yekawa Kyoko's brother, Yekawa Ryuichi, could not bear to see her suffering and brought Yekawa Kyoko back to the Yekawa family.
Eight months later, Yekawa Kyoko gave birth to Yekawa Sagong.
Her remaining D-class strength disappeared thereafter, and she became a completely ordinary person.
To be precise, she became an ordinary woman prone to illness.
Who would have thought that the rising star of Dongdao's ninja world would, in less than a year, fall to become a frail woman with no strength to even lift a chicken?
How could such a drastic change not evoke sighs?