My gorgeous wife Chapter 2272 - 2240: Ye Qiu Sect

Lu Tang was a wanderer of the Jianghu, who by chance, joined the sect known for having the most Ascenders on the continent, the Ye Qiu Sect.

Of course, Lu Tang also joined because he really couldn’t make it in the Jianghu anymore, which is why he joined the Ye Qiu Sect that had fallen so far that hardly anyone remembered it anymore.

According to legend, the Ye Qiu Sect was the inheritance left by an invincible strong person who could travel the starry sky and descended on the Tianchen Continent nearly four hundred years ago.

After that strong person left the Tianchen Continent, the Ye Qiu Sect produced countless strong figures, dominating the Tianchen Continent for more than two centuries.

But more than a hundred years ago, the Ye Qiu Sect was challenged by a strong person who defeated all the experts, including the then sect leader, taking away most of the Ye Qiu Sect’s cultivation manuals and insights. Since then, the Ye Qiu Sect has fallen rapidly, never able to lift its head in the Jianghu again.

Afterward, it declined to a ninth-rate sect without even people wanting to apprentice there.

Up to now, the entire Ye Qiu Sect has only less than a hundred people left.

And those who can really support the sect’s facade, including Lu Tang, are just six or seven people.

"Morning Sect Leader,"

Seeing a middle-aged man approaching, Lu Tang smiled and greeted him.

"Morning Junior Brother Lu," The middle-aged man also showed a kind smile towards Lu Tang and spoke warmly.

"Where are the other junior brothers and sisters?" the middle-aged man asked.

"They’re all waiting for the Sect Leader in the Main Hall," Lu Tang said.

"Good," the Sect Leader nodded: "Then let’s go there together."

In the Main Hall of Ye Qiu Sect, including the Sect Leader and Lu Tang, there were five people.

In their generation, there were seven people in total, one had long closed themselves off in secluded cultivation and almost never appeared, while another left the sect many years ago to travel and never returned, whether by choice or unable to return is unknown.

"Sect Leader senior brother, haven’t you found the Treasure Pavilion left by the Ancestor yet? It’s our only hope for Ye Qiu Sect’s resurgence," an elder said sadly: "Ye Qiu Sect has been fallen for so many years, if there isn’t an opportunity to rise again, it may disappear completely from the Tianchen Continent in a few years."

"Third Junior Brother, don’t speak discouraging words," the Sect Leader’s voice remained gentle.

Lu Tang glanced at the old man and secretly sneered.

At this time, an alluring woman in the Main Hall spoke: "Since we can’t find the Treasure Pavilion, considering the Ancestor was such an invincible figure and there were so many Ascended elder peers, Ye Qiu Sect should still have some ultimate techniques hidden away. Senior Brother, we’ve endured hardships to support Ye Qiu Sect for so many years, so there’s no need to keep hiding it anymore."

The Sect Leader smiled bitterly: "Fifth Junior Sister, when have you seen me hiding anything?"

The woman snorted discontentedly but did not continue speaking.

"Second Junior Brother, do you have anything else?" At this time, the Sect Leader looked at another middle-aged man beside him.

This man seemed younger than the Sect Leader.

However, Second Junior Brother shook his head, clearly not intending to speak.

The Sect Leader then looked at Lu Tang.

Lu Tang shrugged, indicating he had nothing to say.

The high-level meeting of Ye Qiu Sect ended simply and absurdly.

Until everyone quickly departed, leaving the Sect Leader alone in the Main Hall, did Lu Tang, upon exiting the Hall, sympathetically glance back at the silently reflective sect leader.

"Among the junior brothers and sisters, one is a Death Warrior, one a Scout, and the last merely a narrow-minded woman intent on digging up the roots of Ye Qiu Sect. Being this Sect Leader is truly a grievance. Even the only two senior brothers close to the sect have one confined in secluded cultivation and the other nowhere to be found," Lu Tang shook his head, feeling sympathy for the Sect Leader, and turned to leave.

After all, he had been in Ye Qiu Sect for more than twenty years now, how could he not have some feelings for it?

And within the entire Ye Qiu Sect, the one he sympathized with most was undoubtedly the Sect Leader.

"It’s a mix of blessings and misfortunes, if not for the rumors of a mysterious strong figure appearing in Ye Qiu Sect decades ago, presumably an Ascended elder expert, the current few junior brothers and sisters might not exist. A sect with only a Sect Leader and no other members, can it still be called a sect?" Lu Tang muttered to himself as he slowly walked away.

Once everyone had left, Sect Leader Ye Xiangdong then slowly stood up.

Dusting off his sleeve, he walked towards the Rear Hall of Ye Qiu Sect.

In the Rear Hall, which had accumulated quite a bit of dust for lack of cleaning, stood a statue.

Clearly, the sculptor’s skill was outstanding in some aspects, and the craftsmanship of the sculpture was exceptionally profound. The statue depicted a woman, even through the sculpture, one could vaguely see how bright and moving the woman was. Without a daunting aura, yet in her every expression, she seemed to exhibit countless splendors.

"Ancestor!"

Facing the woman’s statue, Ye Xiangdong kneeled down deeply and bowed three times.

When he raised his head again, Ye Xiangdong was already in tears.

The things Lu Tang knew, did he not?

He certainly did, and even more than anyone else, he just didn’t want to say them out loud.

If he were to say them, the peace that had been so arduously maintained, this ’family’ barely held together, would disperse easily!

Indeed, decades ago, a mysterious strong figure descended upon Ye Qiu Sect, and that mysterious strong figure left an exceedingly shocking inheritance as well as a Great Divine Power, one that Ye Xiangdong had never heard of, for him who was then just a child.

Back then, Ye Xiangdong entered Earth-Level Ranks, and during his travels in the Jianghu, encountered a demon lord. At that time, Ye Xiangdong used that Divine Skill to slay a Roaring-level strong stronger than him by unknown amounts, and it was said that the demon lord was close to breaking through to Burning Heat years earlier, with real strength not much different from an actual Scorching-level Expert.

But that demon lord died at his hands with such ease.

At that moment, he recalled the words left by that mysterious figure surnamed Li, and some questions asked to his master, and some secrets even unknown to his master.

The inheritance left in his mind was named Heavenly Fate, which the strong figure surnamed Li told his master and him that it was the cultivation technique our Ancestor used.

And that Divine Skill was privately left to him by the strong figure surnamed Li, named ’God of Slaughter.’

During that great calamity years ago, the top-level cultivation techniques of Ye Qiu Sect had already mostly dissipated.

For years, he maintained a facade of only Earth-Level Black Rope cultivation, as a sect leader barely drawing attention.

However, neither the ’Heavenly Fate’ cultivation technique nor the ’God of Slaughter’ Divine Skill left as deep an impression as the last news from the mysterious strong figure surnamed Li.

This strong figure who seemed to know the Ancestor told them the name the Ancestor never left after departing from the Tianchen Continent.

The Ancestor’s name was... Ye Zhiqiu.