"Ye Ming! Are you alright!"
Upon returning to the villa purchased by Ying Qianshi in the capital, Nangong Qian and the others noticed Ye Ming's dejected mood.
"I'm fine!"
Ye Ming shook his head and smiled lightly, "Actually, I knew this day would come when I first met Su Xin."
"Then... are you planning..." Ji Hongying walked up to him and said softly, "Are you really not going to see them?"
Among the women present, only she could somewhat understand Ye Ming's current feelings.
"Let's talk about it after some time!"
Ye Ming held her hand and smiled with relief, "Actually! It's not that important whether we meet or not!"
"Yes! We are a family now!" Ji Hongying also smiled, "It's indeed not that important!"
"Sister Hongying is right, we are a family now!"
Nangong Qian and the other women also walked over.
Looking at the women before him, Ye Ming suddenly felt that he was being too sentimental.
"That's right! I have you all, and that's enough!"
...
Ancient Martial Artists Association Headquarters.
"President Gu! What should we do next!"
In the hall, the core members of the association gathered again to discuss the future development of the Ancient Martial Artists Association.
Gu Taiyi had been defeated!
And he was defeated almost in front of the eyes of citizens worldwide.
As a result, the prestige of the Ancient Martial Artists Association would inevitably be severely hit, and their initial deployment would be stillborn.
"Alright! This is not something you should be worried about!"
Gu Taiyi now looked noticeably older, a look of "loneliness" on his face.
"Likewise! This is not something I should be worried about!" he said powerlessly to everyone, "At this point, it's no longer something we can intervene in."
This was something he realized when he clashed with Ye Ming.
And he himself was just a tool!
"President Gu! You mean, those people will step forward..."
"Gu Taiyi, come out and die!"
Just as they were discussing, a furious roar suddenly came from outside the Ancient Martial Artists Association. This voice clearly carried a cold killing intent.
And it was a woman's voice!
...
At the same time, at the capital airport.
A woman, not exceptionally attractive but dressed somewhat revealingly, appeared at the boarding gate. Every time a man passed by her, his gaze would linger on her for a few seconds intentionally or unintentionally.
This was because the woman's cleavage seemed exceptionally long.
"As expected! He is the one who has stirred up the change!"
If Ji Hongying were here, she would surely recognize this woman.
She was Qin Shuang, who Ji Hongying had brought into Zui Hong Chen.
However, for some reason, she appeared here.
"It seems I have to make good use of this girl's identity to get close to him! If possible..."
"Attention passengers flying from the capital to Minghai, your flight is about to depart, please..."
Hearing this announcement, Qin Shuang snapped out of her thoughts and began her journey home.
...
"Master! Gu Taiyi was just severely injured!"
In the hall, while Ye Ming and Nangong Qian were discussing the live broadcast for the evening, Ying Qianshi suddenly rushed in.
"Oh!"
Upon hearing this news, Ye Ming immediately thought of the black-clothed woman from before.
"Was it the woman from Tai Xuan Lake who made the move?"
He asked.
"That's right!"
Ying Qianshi said solemnly, "Gu Taiyi not only lost! But that woman only made one move!"
"One move?"
Hearing this, Ye Ming and Nangong Qian and the others were all surprised.
"It shouldn't be. With that woman's strength, it should be difficult to defeat Gu Taiyi, let alone with just one move!"
Ye Ming found this outcome perplexing.
During his fight with Gu Taiyi, he hadn't injured him. And the burly man who arrived later had only forced Gu Taiyi out of the Primordial Immortal Formation.
At most, he had sustained minor injuries.
Therefore, Gu Taiyi should still be in peak condition.
At this moment, Nangong Qian had a flash of inspiration and suggested a possibility: "Unless Gu Taiyi didn't use his full strength! Or, he never intended to win in the first place!"
Hearing this, the women immediately caught a whiff of gossip.
"Qian'er! You mean Gu Taiyi felt ashamed of that woman, so he didn't use his full strength!" Du Yuemian instantly conjured up many scenarios.
"See! I said before that old man Gu must have done something outrageous to that woman, which is why he deliberately lost to her!" Yan Yinyue also put on a "I knew it" expression.
"You... you guys..."
Hearing their analysis, Ye Ming surprisingly felt no sense of contradiction.
"This is probably impossible!"
Ye Ming denied it in his heart again.
"You guys continue chatting! I'll go handle some matters first!"
Seeing Nangong Qian and the other women chatting happily, he didn't dare to interrupt.
Ying Qianshi also followed him out.
Some matters required him to plan ahead.
...
"Master! What are you planning to do?"
Outside the villa, Ying Qianshi asked curiously.
"To recruit talent, of course!"
Ye Ming said with a smile, "Ying, how much of the black-clothed woman's background did you figure out?"
"This..."
Hearing the sudden question, Ying Qianshi didn't quite understand Ye Ming's intention but still replied, "From my observation, that woman should be in her early thirties, her strength is at the late stage of Martial God, one step away from the peak!"
"Besides that, the sword in her hand gave me a very dangerous feeling! If I were to fight her head-on, I... probably wouldn't be her match!"
Ying Qianshi honestly stated his feelings.
"Mm! You can see these things without meeting the opponent, it seems you are getting closer to the Origin."
Ye Ming nodded in approval.
"However! There is one thing you haven't noticed!"
Hearing this, Ying Qianshi asked for advice, "Master, what do you mean?"
"State of mind!"
Ye Ming said two words.
"State of mind?"
Ying Qianshi still didn't quite understand.
"If I told you that woman crawled out of a pile of dead people from childhood to adulthood, would you believe me?" Ye Ming said slowly.
Crawled out of a pile of dead people!
"This..."
Hearing this, Ying Qianshi's body trembled, as if he understood something.
"Alright! You stay here and look after them! If I can win her over to our side, she will definitely become a formidable weapon in the future!"
With that said, Ye Ming disappeared from the spot.
...
"Why? Why?"
On the street, a woman wearing a veil and dressed in black walked aimlessly, repeatedly muttering these three words.
In her hand, she still held a sheathed long sword.
Her emotions seemed very unstable at the moment, emanating a terrifying aura of malevolence.
People passing by instinctively shivered.
"Little girl! Do you want to know why?"
At this moment, a mysterious voice suddenly appeared in her mind. In front of her, a hunchbacked old man was walking towards her.
In the old man's murky pupils, black light could be vaguely seen flickering.