Forced to Marry a Female Billionaire CEO-Chapter 688: Thank You, Xu Ke!

After Ye Yunfeng finished speaking, the expression on everyone’s face changed. Xu Ke’s pupils shrank. Even Chen Xiong and Wang Wu, who had dealt with the Ye Family elders the most and disliked them, couldn’t help but feel a pang of sorrow for the fall of a peer.

Ye Taiqing, in particular, felt a bone-chilling cold spread from within his body as he stared at Ye Yunfeng’s smiling face, as if he had been plunged into an ice cellar. His lips trembled. He still couldn’t believe the judgment his heart had just made.

"Them... what did you do to them?"

Ye Yunfeng’s reply was casual, devoid of hesitation, the smile never leaving his face. "I killed them, of course. Is that even a question?"

He answered so readily, as if the people he killed weren’t his own father, his own uncles, or his own brothers.

Xu Ke’s expression darkened. But he wasn’t surprised. If the man could murder his own son without a second thought, what were uncles and brothers to him?

The Yin and Yang elders sneered, "Truly ruthless."

Chen Xiong’s eyes narrowed. "Ye Deming really raised a good son."

"This has been quite an eye-opener." Hu Deyao smirked, and Han Wang nodded in agreement. "Left Envoy Hu is right. This man is utterly inhuman. It’s certainly been an eye-opener." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

These uninvolved onlookers wore varying expressions, but ultimately, they all viewed the Ye Family’s internal strife as a joke.

But Ye Taiqing was different.

He couldn’t accept it!

At that moment, the trembling of his pupils and the disbelief on his face solidified, his expression shifting until it settled into a stunned epiphany.

He understood. He finally understood! His elder brother, Ye Deming, had always surpassed him in talent and cultivation. He had always believed he would never be able to surpass his brother, that he would never have a chance for revenge in this lifetime. But then one day, while in Long Capital, he suddenly received news that Ye Deming had died of an illness and passed the position of Family Head to Ye Yunfeng. He had been ecstatic at the time, secretly thinking that heaven had an eye for justice, granting a good death to the man who had expelled him from the family! Only now did he realize how impossible it was. How could Ye Deming have died of an illness? He was, without a doubt, murdered by his monstrous son, Ye Yunfeng!

By that same logic, his second brother, Ye Degao—the one Xu Ke called Ye Lao’er—who had been the Ye Family’s greatest protector after Ye Deming’s death, had also mysteriously vanished over a decade ago... And then there were the brothers Ye Yunhe and Ye Yunshe, who had inherited Ye Deming’s Martial Path talents and far outshone Ye Yunfeng... And finally, there was the fact that Ye Feng had nearly died at Ye Yunfeng’s hands...

A deep chill settled in Ye Taiqing’s heart.

Then, his expression still shifting, he finally looked up. His old face reddened at a visible rate, veins bulging on his temples as his eyes nearly burst from their sockets. "You beast!" he roared in a fury. "You beast! How could Big Brother have a monstrous son like you?! You’ve severed the very foundation of the Ye Family!"

Even though Ye Taiqing often said he wouldn’t return to the Ye Family because of Ye Deming, he was still a son of the clan. How could he not wish to return to his roots? He still cared deeply for the Ye Family; otherwise, he never would have come back to Tianhai. Now, realizing why the Ye Family’s Martial Path geniuses had been disappearing over the years, his world collapsed. He couldn’t accept that the mastermind behind it all was the Family Head of the Ye Family.

"Foundation?" Ye Yunfeng laughed heartily. "How could that be? As long as I am here, I am the foundation of the Ye Family. Their cultivation talents were so good, yet they never knew how to use them. It was a shame to see it go to waste. They were better off with me. I am the one most fit to wield the Ye Family’s power!"

"You don’t deserve it!" Ye Taiqing roared.

Ye Yunfeng remained unflustered. "To achieve great things, one must make sacrifices. It’s not for you to decide whether I’m deserving or not. Having familial bonds is a weakness, Fourth Uncle!"

Hearing this, Xu Ke suddenly recalled something and said solemnly, "Since you killed them for their power, does that mean you killed Ye Feng for the same reason?"

"Indeed. His Martial Path talent was also excellent, and of my four sons, his bloodline was the most similar to my own." Ye Yunfeng nodded, then his expression suddenly grew dark. "Unfortunately, you ruined my plan."

Ye Yunfeng’s anger at Yuan Shang for burning Ye Feng’s body wasn’t because he couldn’t personally eliminate a future threat, as Xu Ke and the others had assumed. It was because he could no longer absorb Ye Feng’s power. That was the true reason for his rage.

"You even laid hands on your own son. They say even a vicious tiger won’t eat its own cub, but you... you’re really something else." Xu Ke’s pupils shrank as he spoke. "Don’t you feel any guilt at all?"

Honestly, Xu Ke was shocked. It was one thing for Ye Yunfeng to be indifferent toward his uncles and brothers, but to speak of Ye Feng without a single trace of guilt was another. In his eyes, did Ye Feng, the son who had revered him like a god for thirty years, truly hold no value whatsoever?

At these words, a flicker of emotion crossed Ye Yunfeng’s eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a sneer. "He was just an illegitimate son."

The words stunned the few people nearby who didn’t know the truth. So Ye Feng was Ye Yunfeng’s biological son?

Among them, the most shocked was Ye Chong. He was scared witless, his body trembling—not just because Ye Yunfeng had personally killed his grandfather and uncles, but also because... Ye Feng was his own biological brother?

Ye Yunfeng noticed Ye Chong’s reaction and shook his head. To be so shaken by such a trivial matter... The Ye Family needs an heir, but unfortunately, Ye Fan, the one I invested the most in, is already dead. The one who remains, Ye Chong, is the most like me in his ruthlessness, but he’s also viciously stupid. He’s useless for any great purpose.

Just then—

BANG—

The lid of the coffin suddenly burst open, followed by Yin Ping’s voice. "Family Head, it’s ready."

As the coffin lid opened, a wave of cold air billowed out, revealing well-preserved bodies inside. Their faces were covered with a thin layer of ice and wrapped in a strange aura identical to the Demonic Qi emanating from Ye Yunfeng. On closer inspection, however, one could see their flesh was already mutilated; half of their bodies were little more than skin and bones.

Of the two elderly corpses, one bore an extraordinary resemblance to Ye Yunfeng. It had to be Ye Deming. As for the two middle-aged corpses, it was obvious they were Ye Yunhe and Ye Yunshe.

Ye Taiqing’s face contorted in absolute fury when he saw his brothers’ familiar faces. "What more are you planning to do? Stop! Don’t you dare touch them again!"

But as soon as he tried to move, he was forced back by an electric shock. Patches of his skin turned black and charred, and cracking sounds could be heard from several places on his body.

Ye Yunfeng let out a sneer. He turned and walked toward the coffin, his first target unmistakably his own father, Ye Deming.

Seeing this, Xu Ke’s face twisted in alarm. "Ye Yunfeng, stop right there!"

Ye Yunfeng paid him no mind and kept walking.

Only Yin Ping looked at Xu Ke with scorn. "Xu Ke, did you think you were the only one stalling for time?

"Actually, the Family Head was also stalling. If you had rushed forward just now to save that old man, Ye Taiqing, you might have had a chance to destroy the coffin. Once those bodies were exposed to the air, they would have instantly decayed, since the Family Head already drained so much of their True Qi and flesh. That would have prevented him from absorbing their power now to reach the Half-Step Peak and kill all of you.

"But now, they can be briefly exposed to the air, all thanks to you buying us time.

"Thank you! Hahaha!"

Yin Ping laughed without restraint.