The Lay Flat Life: My Wife's Cultivation Makes Me Stronger - Chapter 89

Shang Yun glared at the more than twenty junior brothers and sisters before him and said coldly,

“First, sect rules strictly forbid infighting. Violators are severely punished, and murderers must pay with their lives.

Do you intend to destroy yourselves over a group of Ye family rats? Master has spent the past hundred years accepting only twenty or so disciples, and you want her to lose them all in one go?

Do you want her to bear the shame of raising a group of murderers?

If it were as simple as directly taking action, Master would have done it herself. As a Nascent Soul peak cultivator, do you think she can’t wipe out a small family like the Ye family?

Second, don’t underestimate the Ye family.

The Ye family has been developing for hundreds of years. Their lineage has grown extensive, with at least ten thousand members. Though most are in the Qi Refining stage, they likely have over a hundred Foundation Establishment disciples and no fewer than five Core Formation elders!

Do you think our group of twenty or so can take down the Ye family? That’s pure wishful thinking.”

A female disciple retorted indignantly,
“Senior Brother, why are you boosting the morale of others and undermining our own? Are we just going to let the Ye family massacre countless mortals and kill our fellow disciples? The Ye family has even tried to assassinate this junior brother multiple times!”

She pointed at Han Feng.

Shang Yun sneered and said,
“Of course not. Anyone who dares harm my junior brother will see their entire family exterminated. Only then can my hatred be appeased!

But rushing in recklessly won’t work. Not only will we fail to get revenge, but we’ll also bring disaster upon ourselves.

I already have a plan. Too many ears are around here. Let’s gather some of Gao Hai’s belongings and bury them in a cenotaph. We’ll discuss the plan at the burial site.”

Hearing this, the disciples’ spirits lifted. They followed Shang Yun’s lead.

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Together, they entered Gao Hai’s room and packed some of his clothes and personal items.

Han Feng brought out the coffin, and the group placed the items inside. Then they carried it to the sect’s burial grounds in the back mountain.

Each mountain peak had a burial ground in the back for deceased elders or disciples.

They chose a suitable spot, dug a large pit, and placed the coffin inside. They erected a tombstone and laid wreaths at the site.

Han Feng and Jiang Surou knelt by the grave, burning spirit money piece by piece.

Shang Yun surveyed the quiet burial grounds and said,
“There are no outsiders here. Before Gao Hai’s grave, let’s discuss how we’ll destroy the Ye family and avenge him.”

“Senior Brother, we’ll follow your lead!”

“Alright. According to Junior Sister Jiang and Junior Brother Han’s account, they, along with Senior Brother Gao Hai, traveled to an offshore island to investigate a massacre where mortals were killed to refine pills. They aimed to apprehend the rogue cultivator responsible.

As we all know, two Ye family members arrived after them. Senior Brother Gao Hai sacrificed himself to cover the escape of his two Qi Refining junior disciples.

Gao Hai did nothing wrong. As a senior brother and a strong cultivator, he was duty-bound to protect his weaker siblings. He was brave and honorable.

And thanks to their efforts, the evidence he entrusted to them was successfully brought back.

But have you considered what Elder Tie Lian will do with this evidence once it’s handed over to the Enforcement Hall?”

A male disciple spoke up,
“With Elder Tie Lian’s reputation for impartiality, he’ll definitely hold the Ye family accountable and impose severe punishment.”

Shang Yun nodded.
“Good. Now here’s the problem: Who will be punished?

The culprits have already been devoured by sea creatures, leaving no witnesses. Even if the evidence proves that the two Ye family members orchestrated the murders and pill refining, the Ye family can simply argue that it was their personal actions and had nothing to do with the rest of the family.

How does it relate to the entire Ye family?

In any system, punishment is individual. You can’t execute someone just because their relative committed a crime. Collective punishment doesn’t work that way, nor would it truly harm the Ye family.

So the likely outcome is that the case will be deemed unresolved, and the matter will be dropped. The Ye family will continue as before, while the blame is pinned on the two deceased members.”

Han Feng stopped burning spirit money, stood up, and said,
“But Ye Qingyun explicitly said that the blood pill was meant for Ye Longyuan!”

“And what’s the point of that? Ye Longyuan didn’t actually consume the pill, did he?

Ye Longyuan can easily claim that he was in seclusion the entire time and had no knowledge of the outside events. He can just say those two uncles of his acted on their own.”

Shang Yun smirked bitterly and continued,
“How did I not see through him before? That seemingly humble and respectful Junior Brother Ye turned out to be such a despicable, ruthless, bloodthirsty scoundrel.”

Han Feng added,
“What if we capture the rogue cultivator and bring him in as a witness?”

“To what end? The rogue cultivator only interacted with Ye Qingyun and the other Ye family member. How much could he possibly know?

At most, he’d shift the blame onto Ye Qingyun and his accomplice. Do you honestly think he’d claim the entire Ye family instructed him?

That’s impossible, and no one would believe it.”

With a cold smile, Shang Yun said,
“As I’ve said before, punishing one or two people isn’t our goal. Our goal is to destroy the Ye family entirely—wipe out every last member and remove this den of snakes and rats from the Yin-Yang Sect.

To achieve this, we need to escalate the situation.

If we can’t resolve the conflict ourselves, we’ll make it so big that someone who can will have no choice but to step in.

Right now, the Enforcement Hall has the evidence, but given the severity of the issue, they’ll need days to deliberate and judge.

Those days are our opportunity.

Junior brothers and sisters, in the coming days, we must spare no effort in spreading the word both inside and outside the sect.

We need to publicize the Ye family’s massacre of tens of thousands on Jue Ming Island to refine blood pills for Ye Longyuan’s cultivation breakthrough.

Not only should the sect’s disciples know, but also the surrounding regions, powers, and even other sects.

We need to blow this up. Let the whole world know that the Ye family is an evil clan that slaughters cities to make pills. Let everyone know that there are people in the Yin-Yang Sect who engage in such atrocities.

Create an uproar so massive that the sect’s reputation suffers. Let the sect’s disciples and elders demand severe punishment for the Ye family.

Let the other major families and elders, who stand to gain more resources and positions with the Ye family gone, join in the call for punishment.

Even external sects will step in to condemn the Yin-Yang Sect for harboring such vile behavior.

Outsiders won’t care who specifically committed the crimes; they’ll only see it as the sect’s doing.

Likewise, if another sect had someone this evil, we’d criticize the entire sect rather than the individual.”

Shang Yun’s words left everyone silent, their faces filled with a mix of shock and resolve.