Ye Liuli, Fostered in the Overworld, Born Already Standing at the Finish Line
Ye Liuli, Fostered in the Overworld, Born Already Standing at the Finish Line
The young woman was dressed in purple, her skin fair as jade.
Her features were exquisite and breathtaking, her legs long and straight, and she exuded an aura of bone-chilling cold.
She looked quite young, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and her eyes were completely different from those of Humans—like glazed crystal, extraordinarily beautiful and captivating.
Among the young beings of the Ancient Mystic Mountains gathered here, all of them clearly treated her as their leader.
Obviously, the purple-clad girl’s status within the Ancient Mystic Mountains was anything but low.
The way everyone looked at her was filled with respect.
Hearing the stunning girl’s words,
the young being with wings on his back waved his hand grandly and declared directly, “Liuli-xiaojie, please rest assured. That young man who came down from the Beyond may have quite a background, but to us of the Ancient Mystic Mountains, he’s nothing at all.”
“He actually dared to offend Liuli-xiaojie—this matter will absolutely not be let go.”
“Heh, our Ancient Mystic Mountains haven’t emerged into the world for tens of thousands of years. This Sky Blue Realm has probably forgotten we even exist. They should know that back when we ruled the Sky Blue Realm, they were nothing but our slaves.”
“A young man from the Beyond with nothing but an old servant, and he’s thrown all of Middle State into turmoil...”
The other young beings nodded as well, looking thoroughly in agreement, with faint pride and disdain in their expressions.
The so-called empires and Holy Lands of Middle State were, in their eyes, no different from ants—things they could wipe out with a casual wave of the hand.
Because the Ancient Mystic Mountains were likewise backed by the Beyond, and there were quite a few Partial-Enlightened Realm super experts stationed within the Mystic Mountains.
Some of the great clans behind them ruled over endless territories and had existed since primordial times—immeasurably ancient.
Even those Supreme Dao Lineages and immortal inheritances had to treat them with courtesy.
Hearing this, the purple-clad girl nodded without saying a word.
But the coldness around her only grew more intense and frigid.
Then, the many young beings began speaking up one after another, deciding to go seize that young man from the Beyond and deliver him to the purple-clad girl for her to deal with.
The purple-clad girl shook her head, her gaze icy as she said, “I want to see for myself just who this person is. How dare he be so bold, scheming against Ye Chen-gege like this.”
“Relying on nothing but a Partial-Enlightened Realm old servant, and he dares to run so rampant.”
“I won’t let him off easily.”
Hearing this, everyone chimed in agreement.
“Before Liuli-xiaojie, what does it matter if that guy has some background? When the time comes, he’ll definitely be kneeling and begging for mercy...”
The purple-clad girl before them possessed an incomparably noble status—she was a direct-line clansman of a terrifying great clan from the Beyond.
The girl’s name was Ye Liuli.
At the age of three, for certain reasons, she was fostered down in the Overworld.
But when she was six, turmoil broke out in the Ancient Mystic Mountains where she lived, and she had no choice but to be fostered again—this time in the home of an old servant’s descendants.
And that family was none other than the Ye Family, the family Ye Chen belonged to.
During that time, she and Ye Chen grew up together, and their bond ran deep.
At thirteen, Ye Liuli was brought back to the Ancient Mystic Mountains to cultivate, and that cultivation lasted a full five years.
On this trip out of the mountains, Ye Liuli had originally planned to go find Ye Chen, but along the way she unexpectedly heard a great deal of terrible news.
It left her shocked, uneasy, and furious!
Ye Chen-gege had actually provoked a young bigshot who came from the Beyond, and had been forced to flee all the way from the Eastern Barren lands to Middle State.
Moreover, those rumors, in her view, were absolutely untrue.
What was this about coveting the Eastern Barren’s number one beauty?
What was this about a toad lusting after swan meat?
Ye Chen-gege was an honest, dutiful, kind, and steadfast person—there was no way he could have done such things.
It had to be slander!
Even more outrageous, the Karura Holy Land that was connected to Ye Chen-gege had actually been destroyed, which filled her heart with boundless fury and murderous intent.
After calming down, Ye Liuli made her way to Moonward Metropolis, having learned that the so-called young lord from the Beyond was here.
She intended to see exactly what background this young man from the Beyond had—she was going to avenge Ye Chen-gege.
“Xue Yi, I want to know news of Chen-gege...”
Suddenly, Ye Liuli spoke toward the empty space behind her, her voice laced with coldness.
Weng!
A ripple spread out, and the figure of a beautiful middle-aged woman appeared.
Concealed within the void, hidden between heaven and earth.
Such a method already fell within the scope of the Partial-Enlightened Realm.
Hearing her words, a trace of helplessness flashed through the eyes of the beautiful middle-aged woman called Xue Yi, and she said softly, “Xiaojie, that Ye Chen fellow has hidden himself who knows where. I don’t know where he is either.”
“I only know that he came to Middle State.”
That was what she said, but in her heart she clearly didn’t take it seriously at all.
A mere Ye Chen wasn’t worth someone of the xiaojie’s noble status caring about so much.
After finding Ye Chen, the first thing she would do was make sure Ye Chen stayed far away from the xiaojie from then on.
With the xiaojie’s status, Ye Chen was simply unworthy of her—he didn’t even have the qualifications to look up at her.
The two of them were people from completely different worlds, and they would never have anything to do with each other in the future.
“Is that so?” Ye Liuli murmured somewhat sorrowfully to herself. “During this time, Ye Chen-gege must have suffered a great deal...”
Her expression grew somewhat dazed.
She recalled some scenes from their time together in the past.
Her status was noble, and none of her peers in the Ye Family dared speak to her—they feared her immensely. Only Ye Chen-gege alone was unafraid of her.
Moreover, whenever he had something fun, he would share it with her.
Whenever there was something tasty, he would give it to her first thing.
Once, to pick a fruit for her, he ventured deep into the forest behind the mountain and nearly lost his life there.
...
Thinking of all this, Ye Liuli’s heart grew even more sorrowful, worried, and uneasy.
She was afraid something might happen to Ye Chen-gege—something that would leave her guilt-ridden for the rest of her life.
“Xiaojie, sooner or later you will return to the Beyond. You are destined to be a True Phoenix soaring through the nine heavens. Ye Chen probably won’t even reach the Partial-Enlightened Realm in his entire lifetime. I advise you...”
Seeing this, the middle-aged woman called Xue Yi couldn’t help but speak up to counsel her.
Besides, in her view, that boy Ye Chen was no good person—his intentions were impure.
At such a young age he already knew how to curry favor with the xiaojie, how to win a girl’s affection.
Only those outstanding young talents of the Beyond were worthy matches for the xiaojie.
But Ye Liuli shook her head, cutting her off, and said firmly, “Xue Yi, you needn’t say more. I know all of you look down on Ye Chen-gege, but I believe in him. One day, he will surely soar into the sky.”
“To this day I still remember those words of his—don’t bully a youth for being poor...”
Xue Yi felt helpless inside; she didn’t know how else to persuade her.
She could only think that once the xiaojie had seen more of those outstanding young talents of the Beyond in the future, she would understand—what was a mere Ye Chen worth?
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—don’t bully a youth for being poor?
But even if you gave him thirty thousand years, so what?
Some people are born already standing at a finish line he could never reach.
“Xue Yi, let us go meet this so-called young lord from the Beyond and see exactly where he comes from. When the time comes, I’ll have to trouble you with that Partial-Enlightened Realm old servant of his.”
Ye Liuli’s face quickly returned to its icy expression as she spoke, preparing to head to the Ancient Lin Family to find that young lord and avenge Ye Chen-gege.