Li Xiyuan glared.

What does it mean to lie through your teeth?

This skill, Ye Xuan, you have mastered it completely!

"Is that so? That’s wonderful!" Old Li was overjoyed upon hearing this, and then looked at Li Xiyuan: "Yan’er, why are you still standing there? Sit down quickly, sit next to Young Friend Ye Xuan!"

Li Xiyuan was stunned, sit next to him?

Grandfather, I’m not an escort!

Of course, Li Xiyuan knew that Old Li was intentionally creating opportunities for her to interact with Ye Xuan, to put it bluntly, a matchmaker.

Li Xiyuan was very resistant, but she had no choice but to listen to her grandfather.

Helplessly, she bit her lip, slightly blushing, and with a stiff and very uncomfortable posture, sat next to Ye Xuan.

For the upper class, tea drinking is quite particular, not to mention brewing tea, just the sitting posture, which is cross-legged, requires removing shoes.

Li Xiyuan sat cross-legged next to Ye Xuan, her tiny white feet constantly on the verge of touching Ye Xuan’s big clumsy foot.

Even separated by several centimeters, Li Xiyuan felt violated by this scoundrel Ye Xuan... Heaven and earth as witness, she, Li Xiyuan, had never been this close to a man before, not even her own brother Li Tianhao!

Tea time began.

Li Xiyuan remained silent as if she were invisible.

Old Li did not insist excessively, personally poured half a cup of tea for Ye Xuan, and then opened his mouth with a smile: "Young Friend Ye Xuan’s heroic deeds last night were truly unprecedented and admirable."

Ye Xuan took a sip of the clear tea and shook his head with a smile: "Old Li overpraises me, it was merely an act of desperation. If there were a choice, I’d prefer peace."

Li Xiyuan couldn’t help but glance at Ye Xuan.

Last night, when you killed without batting an eyelid, you didn’t look like someone who preferred peace.

"Things often don’t go as planned," Old Li lamented: "Many times the world is like this, most people do most things not out of their own will."

Ye Xuan smiled and said, "Old Li is a wise man."

"One can’t live a lifetime without understanding," Old Li chuckled.

"Many people live several lifetimes without understanding," Ye Xuan laughed noncommittally.

"Ignorance has its own blessings, sometimes not understanding is better than understanding," Old Li said.

Ye Xuan said, "But now that I understand, I must act."

Old Li asked, "How to act?"

Ye Xuan replied, "To live truly freely, merely having no desires is not enough. The only path is encapsulated in four characters."

Old Li: "Which four characters?"

Ye Xuan squinted his eyes: "Peace under Heaven."

Ye Xuan has always been a man without great ambitions.

Unlike most people, he has no grand dreams or fervent ambitions. His only dream is probably to live a carefree life like an ordinary person, peace under heaven.

What is peace under heaven?

Looking across the world, from north to south, having no enemy anywhere, facing no threats or conspiracies at any time, that is peace under heaven!

The four simple words sound easy, yet achieving it is unquestionably fraught with difficulties.

In this world, who doesn’t have one or two enemies?

Even the most ordinary of people, down to a rural farmer, will have one or two peasants they can’t see eye to eye with.

As the saying goes, where there are people, there is the Martial Arts; where there is Martial Arts, there are rivals!

Even someone like Old Li, upon hearing Ye Xuan’s words, was momentarily stunned, then laughed: "Peace under heaven, what a concept, Young Friend Ye Xuan sees things remarkably clearly for his age, truly impressive!"

"Old Li overpraises me."

Ye Xuan chuckled and said, "To live the life you and I wish for, the only way is peace under heaven. In fact, you have long seen through this, haven’t you?"

Old Li was taken aback, his deep, weathered eyes involuntarily contracted, revealing a touch of astonishment.

This time, he didn’t express his amazement out loud.

Because he was genuinely shocked.

Knowing he was at the end of his life, Old Li believed his ability to hide his thoughts had reached its peak, yet he had never imagined there was someone in this world who could see through him at a glance.

Even more impressive, this person is merely in his early twenties!

Impressive.

This Ye Xuan is truly a prodigy of his youth!

After a moment, Old Li regained his composure, looking at Ye Xuan and squinting as he smiled: "Peace under heaven sounds simple, but achieving it is extremely difficult."

"At the edge of the cliff, there is no choice," Ye Xuan said calmly with a smile.

"So..." Old Li said, "Young Friend Ye Xuan has made up your mind?"

"I have made up my mind." Ye Xuan nodded.

Old Li asked, "How do you intend to proceed?"

Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then spoke the truth: "Destroy the Wang Family, and ultimately, strike into the Martial Arts, annihilate Qingcheng, and eradicate the Zhao Family."

Old Li was shocked.

Li Xiyuan was even more taken aback.

The grandfather and granddaughter both looked at Ye Xuan, their faces filled with astonishment, eyes staring like they were witnessing a monster. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Annihilate Qingcheng, eradicate the Zhao Family!

Too terrifying.

In this world, is there anything Ye Xuan dares not do, any words he dares not say?

The Zhao Family needs no introduction, the supreme in Martial Arts.

That Qingcheng Mountain, it’s absolutely a figurehead in Martial Arts. So far, Qingcheng Mountain has not provoked Ye Xuan, have they? Just because they are the Wang Family’s tribute, Ye Xuan has determined such a plan so early?

This person is terrifying upon careful thought!

Under the two astonished gazes, Ye Xuan remained indifferent, took another sip of tea and continued: "To achieve peace under heaven, the only path is to kill all the enemies in the world.

Existing ones, those that may appear in the future, all of them.

The Wang and Zhao families are now my deadly enemies, one of the two must fall in the end, neither can live while the other survives.

One day, if both these families collapse suddenly, as their tribute, the Zhao Family and Qingcheng Mountain will also suffer from losing a large amount of tribute resources each year, affecting their vitality, and with financial losses they will naturally seek to kill me out of spite.

These enmities are inevitable.

Conversely, as things stand, the Zhao Family and Qingcheng Mountain are too strong and fierce; allowing the Wang Family to fall first, damaging their vitality, is also laying the groundwork for their eventual destruction."

Old Li and Li Xiyuan exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other’s eyes.

They could naturally think that, to this day, Ye Xuan and the Wang family are irreconcilable, that Ye Xuan would try every possible way to topple this family, but never expected that before the real war began, Ye Xuan was already targeting the Zhao Family, even Qingcheng Mountain.

What concept is this?

Farsightedness?

No, it’s confidence.

He is extremely confident that even if the Wang and Liu families join forces to retaliate, they will eventually die by his hand, so he directly skips these two families and sets his sights on the Zhao Family and Qingcheng Mountain.

What arrogance!

If the Wang Family knew Ye Xuan looked down on them like this, they might die of anger, mightn’t they?