Chapter 1: Who dares to touch my sister?

Qingcheng, Ye Family, Ancestral Shrine.

"Ancestors above, Ye Xuan has no talent, no virtue... From this moment on, Ye Xuan's position as the Ye Family's heir is abolished, and it will be succeeded by Ye Lang."

Speaking was an old man dressed in black robes.

Standing not far behind the old man was a young man, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. This person was Ye Lang.

On both sides were the elders of the Ye Family.

"Why!"

Just then, a somewhat timid voice suddenly sounded within the ancestral shrine.

Everyone turned to look, and saw a little girl standing at the doorway. The girl appeared to be twelve or thirteen years old, tightly holding onto her skirt, her face pale and sickly, with a trace of fear in her eyes.

This little girl, named Ye Ling, was Ye Xuan's younger sister. She had hurried over upon hearing that the family intended to strip Ye Xuan of his heir position. She disregarded her own illness to come here.

The old man in the black robe frowned, "Ye Ling, what are you doing!"

The little girl named Ye Ling gave a slight bow to the people in the shrine, and timidly said, "Elder, my brother Ye Xuan is the heir. Why do you want to arbitrarily remove him?"

The elder gave Ye Ling a cold glance, "This is a family matter, what business do you have interfering? Leave!"

Ye Ling seemed fearful, unable to meet the elder's gaze directly. However, she did not leave. Instead, she gathered her courage and walked into the shrine. Once again, she bowed to the elders on both sides, "Esteemed elders, my brother is currently battling with the Li Family for mining rights in the Southern Mountains. He is fighting his hardest for the family, risking his life, and yet the family, at this very moment, wants to strip him of his heir position for no reason. This is truly unfair."

"How audacious!"

The elder suddenly became angry, "Remove her!"

Just then, the newly appointed heir, Ye Lang, suddenly smiled, "Thirty strikes with a cane should serve as a warning!"

The elder coldly said, "Then give her thirty strikes!"

Soon, two guards from the Ye Family rushed in.

Ye Ling clenched her hands tightly and said angrily, "Unfair! My brother has been fighting for the family for so many years, even at this moment he is giving his all for the family. The family treating him in such an unfair manner..."

One of the guards glanced at the newly appointed heir, Ye Lang. He knew that his opportunity to perform had arrived.

The guard sneered, "Young Master Ye Lang inheriting the heir position is what everyone expects. What are you complaining about?" Saying that, he raised his hand and slapped Ye Ling on her face.

Clap!

A crisp sound echoed, and Ye Ling's right cheek immediately turned red and swollen. However, she did not cry, she only covered her cheek tightly.

Ye Lang glanced at the guard and smiled, "What's your name?"

The guard quickly saluted, "I am Zhang Mu, greetings, Young Master."

Ye Lang nodded, "You're not bad. Once I become the heir, I will need ten personal guards. From now on, you shall be one of my personal guards."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mu was delighted and quickly bowed deeply, "I am willing to risk my life for the Young Master, to die a thousand deaths."

Ye Lang nodded slightly, "Drag her away, this person is disrupting the shrine. Do not hold back, understood?"

Zhang Mu glanced at Ye Lang and understood the killing intent in his eyes. He immediately grabbed Ye Ling by her hair and dragged her out.

Just then, Zhang Mu stopped. He somehow saw something and froze in his tracks.

Inside the shrine, everyone turned their heads towards the outside. Just outside the shrine, a young man was approaching, wearing a tattered robe soaked in blood. This person was Ye Xuan, who had rushed back from the Southern Mountains.

Seeing Ye Xuan, a sly smile appeared on Ye Lang's face. Inside the shrine, the elders frowned.

The elder's eyes narrowed, his face becoming dark and terrifying, it was unclear what he was thinking.

In the distance, when Ye Xuan saw Zhang Mu dragging Ye Ling, his face instantly became ferocious, "Who dares to touch my sister?"

Zhang Mu saw Ye Xuan and his expression changed drastically. He was about to say something, but Ye Lang suddenly shouted, "Ye Xuan, he is my person! How dare you..."

Ye Xuan suddenly pounced on Zhang Mu before he could react. Ye Xuan's fist landed on Zhang Mu's face.

Boom!

Zhang Mu's head became dizzy, and he stumbled and fell down.

But Ye Xuan didn't stop there. He charged at Zhang Mu again. Just then, the Ye Lang inside the shrine suddenly became angry, "Ye Xuan, he is my person, how dare you..."

Ye Xuan suddenly stepped on Zhang Mu's chest.

Puff!

Zhang Mu immediately sprayed out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the shrine was shocked.

In Qingzhou, martial artists were divided into one-star tempered body realm, two-star strength training realm, three-star internal strength realm, four-star dual cultivation realm, five-star unending realm, six-star qi transformation realm, and above that was the qi control realm. However, this elder was a true qi control realm cultivator, while Ye Xuan was only at the five-star unending realm, a difference of two great realms.

The elder of the Ye Family stared at Ye Xuan, "Ye Xuan, how dare you publicly attack the heir!"

Ye Xuan frowned, "The heir?"

The elder sneered, "Ye Xuan, I forgot to tell you. You have been stripped of the heir position. From this moment on, Ye Lang is the heir of the Ye Family!"

Ye Xuan's eyes narrowed, "I have been stripped of the heir position?"

The elder coldly said, "This was the unanimous decision of the elders."

Ye Xuan grinned, "I have been risking my life outside, and yet you all are stripping me of the heir position inside?"

The elder coldly laughed, pointing to Ye Lang not far away, "Do you know who he is?"

Before Ye Xuan could answer, the elder continued, "Ye Lang is the chosen one, the recently awakened chosen one!"

Ye Xuan froze.

What did it mean to be the chosen one?

The so-called chosen ones were people chosen by the heavens. In the entire Qingcang World, there was this group of people who may have been ordinary in their youth, but one day, they would suddenly "awaken". After awakening, their cultivation speed would double, and they would have countless adventures. They were like the darlings of heaven and earth!

The Qingcang World was divided into three continents. Ye Xuan was in Qingzhou, where there were hundreds of countries. Currently, he was in the Jiang Country. In the past few decades, there were less than ten chosen ones in the Jiang Country, and every one of them became a powerful figure in their own right.

Ye Xuan tightly clenched his hands. The Ye Family was giving up on him. Not only were they giving up on him, they might even want to kill him!

Just then, Ye Lang suddenly smiled, "Esteemed elders, Ye Xuan publicly killed someone and made a move against the elder. According to the rules of the clan, what should be done?"

The elders in the shrine all nodded in agreement. Ye Lang was indeed a chosen one, and he was also the grandson of the elder. At this moment, they naturally did not want to offend Ye Lang and the elder.

The elder gnashed his teeth and looked at Ye Lang, "Ye Xuan, what do you think?"

Ye Lang's lips curled up with a ferocious smile, his eyes filled with killing intent, "I have just awakened, and my soul has not fully merged with this body yet. Otherwise, crushing him would be as easy as crushing an ant! In one month, there will be no adversary for me, Ye Lang, in Qingcheng!"

Upon hearing this, the elder nodded slightly and smiled, "That's good."

After speaking, he looked at one of the elders beside him and said softly, "My men that I sent to the Southern Mountains have not returned. Also, I can see something is not right with Ye Xuan's pale complexion. Ye Ku, go and investigate what happened to him in the Southern Mountains."

The elder nodded, turned around, and left.

...

Ye Xuan carried Ye Ling and returned to his own courtyard. He gently laid Ye Ling on the bed, and rubbed her still slightly swollen face, softly asking, "Does it hurt?"

Ye Ling wiped away the tears on her face, "No, it doesn't hurt anymore! Brother, why do they have the right to strip you of the heir position? You have fought and sacrificed so much for the family, why should they strip you just because Ye Lang is a chosen one? It's unfair!"

Ye Xuan shook his head, he