Ye Chen had never seen Bai Xiaodie before!
Aside from the surprise on Bai Xiaodie's face, Ye Chen saw panic and urgency as well!
A bad feeling flashed through Ye Chen's mind.
Logically, Bai Xiaodie should have made significant gains in the Ancestral Land Secret Realm and should have been overjoyed, so why was there a look of panic and urgency?
"Ye Chen, you're finally back! You're finally back!"
"Grandfather can be saved, Ye Chen, you must save my grandfather!"
Bai Xiaodie's voice was somewhat hoarse as she desperately shouted at Ye Chen.
"Don't panic, tell me what's going on, your grandfather, Patriarch Bai, what happened to him?" Ye Chen steadied Bai Xiaodie, asking her.
Ye Chen's voice seemed to have a magical effect that calmed her. Listening to Ye Chen's voice, all of Bai Xiaodie's worries seemed to vanish; he gave her a feeling that he could support everything.
With her emotions slightly steadied, Bai Xiaodie was finally able to fully express herself: "Ye Chen, the day we left the Ancestral Land Secret Realm, we encountered three Spirit Sea Realm wanderers from Wan Ya Mountain!"
"Those three wanderers directly attacked our clan, not only injuring my grandfather but also killing all the martial artists in our clan, even Qian Ming, who competed with us in the tri-clan competition, was killed by them!"
"They even took all the treasures we brought out from the Ancestral Land!"
"After my grandfather was injured by Sikong Miao, his condition has worsened, and now he is barely hanging on!"
By the end, Bai Xiaodie couldn't help but burst into tears.
Bai Xiaodie's words exploded in Ye Chen's mind.
When Bai Xiaodie and the others had left the Ancestral Land Secret Realm, Ye Chen had been in the midst of his ultimate trial and had not left with them.
Ye Chen had thought that with their treasures, their return to the clan would be met with great joy.
Now, listening to Bai Xiaodie's words, it was far from great joy; they had actually encountered a treasure robbery by the Spirit Sea Realm wanderers from Wan Ya Mountain!
Even members of their clan had died at the hands of those wanderers, and Patriarch Bai was in critical condition!
Ye Chen remembered Qian Ming; he ranked among the top three in the tri-clan competition, second only to him and Bai Xiaodie. Qian Ming also performed extraordinarily in the Ancestral Land Secret Realm.
Now, Qian Ming was dead?!
Dead at the hands of those three wanderers?
"Ye Chen, do you have the Life Origin Pill? Would you be willing to use it to save my grandfather?"
As Ye Chen was still reeling from the bad news, Bai Xiaodie looked at him with utter panic and asked.
"Life Origin Pill? Yes, I do. Of course, I would want to save Patriarch Bai!"
"Let's go and see Patriarch Bai; don't worry, with the Life Origin Pill, he will surely be fine!"
Ye Chen said to Bai Xiaodie.
The matter of the three Spirit Sea Realm wanderers could wait; saving the patriarch was urgent.
After reviving the patriarch, Ye Chen intended to find out more about the robbery and murder. If someone dared to attack his own family, Ye Chen wouldn't let them off!
It didn't matter if they were of the Rotating Pill Realm; anyone who killed his clansmen and injured the patriarch so seriously, Ye Chen would not forgive them!
Even if it meant depleting the Law Bead of the Heavenly Saint Bracelet, he would dare kill a Rotating Pill Realm powerhouse—let alone the three wanderers from Wan Ya Mountain!
"Ye Chen, thank you!"
After giving Ye Chen a deep look when he agreed without any hesitation to save her grandfather, Bai Xiaodie grabbed him and ran toward Patriarch Bai's house.
"Ye Chen, you're back!"
In Patriarch Bai's house, Patriarch Ye and Patriarch Qian were both present, along with many other clan members crowded inside.
When the two patriarchs saw Ye Chen, tears streamed down their old faces.
Ye Chen was safe, truly safe, really out of the Ancestral Land Secret Realm—if so, then their three clans still had hope!
Many clan members, who didn't even know that Ye Chen was still alive, were overjoyed when they saw him. It was only now that they understood. Bai Xiaodie and the others had hidden the news of Ye Chen's presence in the Ancestral Land Secret Realm to protect him.
Through the crowd of clanspeople, Ye Chen had already seen Patriarch Bai lying in bed.
At that moment, Patriarch Bai's face was devoid of color, his body had lost a lot of weight, and his whole being seemed to barely cling to life.
Originally, Patriarch Bai had presided over the great competition of the three clans—now he was reduced to this sickly state!
All of this was caused by those three rogue cultivators!
Seeing Patriarch Bai's condition, the anger in Ye Chen's heart, already intense, flared even higher.
When he returned to the clan, he had noticed the gloom that enveloped the hearts of all the clanspeople.
That gloom, the helpless resentment that they had no way to avenge, had stolen the usual laughter from the three great clans.
At that time, rage surged in Ye Chen's heart.
Now, seeing Patriarch Bai's condition, how could his fury not burn fiercely?!
Ye Chen took out the Life Origin Pill and handed it to Bai Xiaodie, then he turned to Patriarch Ye and asked, "Ancestral grandfather, what exactly is going on with those three rogue cultivators?"
Patriarch Ye looked at Ye Chen and recalled the ruthless, fierce demeanor of the three rogue cultivators, who killed without mercy, and involuntarily shuddered. "Those three, we can't afford to provoke them. They are all Spirit Sea Realm powerhouses!"
Saying this, Patriarch Ye also looked toward the other clan members in the room, "No one is to speak of Ye Chen's return."
"Ye Chen, aren't you going to Taixuan Sect? Hurry and leave! If those three hear that you've come out of the secret realm, they might come back to take your treasures. That would be troublesome!"
The other clan members also nodded their heads in agreement. "Ye Chen, you should go quickly. We can't provoke those three!"
Seeing even Patriarch Ye's entire face change color at the mere mention of those three rogue cultivators, and how absolutely terrified he appeared, and looking at the depths of hatred and helplessness in all the clanspeople's eyes, Ye Chen understood. It was all because of weakness.
It was because they were weak that those three rogue cultivators dared to come to their doorstep to kill and rob treasures.
It was because they were weak that the clanspeople had to endure being bullied, even with towering hatred, they could not take revenge!
They even wanted him to hide as quickly as possible.
"Because of weakness?"
"Three Spirit Sea Realm powerhouses think they can bully us as they please?!"
Ye Chen looked at Patriarch Ye, his voice supremely calm. "Ancestral grandfather, tell me everything about those three rogue cultivators."
"I'm back. You don't have to worry about them any longer!"
"Even if they were Rotating Pill Realm powerhouses, I have ways to deal with them, let alone three mere Spirit Sea Realm individuals!"
"They killed our clanspeople, took treasures from our clan—this vengeance, I will surely repay with my own hands!"