She did not want to be a canary trapped in a gilded cage. Instead, she aspired to become a powerful existence, a true Holy Induction Realm expert.
Therefore, Yue Ming proposed an outrageous condition: Ye Qian must successfully break through to the Holy Induction Realm by the age of eighteen.
If Ye Qian fulfilled this condition, she, Yue Ming, would willingly become his woman.
From the very beginning, Yue Ming never intended to honor this promise. The reason she proposed such a condition was to make things difficult for Ye Qian, to make him retreat in the face of impossibility.
Unexpectedly, Ye Qian's predecessor was equally stubborn. He rushed to break through without any regard for the consequences.
It was precisely because of this reckless haste that he suffered Qi Deviation and ultimately fell unconscious.
Originally, Yue Ming had no intention of harming Ye Qian, but she never expected him to be so obstinate.
When the news of Ye Qian's Qi Deviation spread, Yue Ming's face turned deathly pale with fright.
This matter was directly related to her. If an investigation were launched, she would never escape responsibility.
To cause the Young Master of the Ye Family—the very family to whom the Yue Family was subordinate—to suffer Qi Deviation and fall unconscious... what an enormous sin this was.
Because Yue Ming had proposed this condition publicly, almost everyone knew about it. Everyone could infer why Ye Qian had fallen into a coma.
She had done something catastrophically foolish.
This was the reason Yue Ming, once highly favored by the family elders, was cast down in an instant, plummeting from heaven straight into hell.
All the family elders no longer favored her; instead, their eyes now burned with nothing but disgust. This sentiment was not confined to the higher echelons—nearly every peer within the family now shared the same scornful gaze.
Everyone knew that Yue Ming had offended the Ye Family—deeply and irrevocably.
Yue Bo, the Family Head of the Yue Family, immediately placed Yue Ming under house arrest the moment he learned of the incident. Even though she was his daughter, in the current situation, he absolutely could not disregard the opinions of the other family members.
At this moment, an internal family meeting was being held within the Yue Family.
Yue Bo sat in the Family Head's seat, with the elders of the Yue Family seated on either side.
After glancing around, Yue Bo hesitated for a moment before proactively asking, "Honored elders, several days have passed, yet the Ye Family has not come to demand an explanation. Does anyone know what is happening?"
He knew very well that his daughter had committed a grave mistake. If he had known earlier that she would make such an excessive demand of Ye Qian, he would have stopped her no matter the cost.
But who could have imagined that Ye Qian himself would be so stubborn?
Clearly, the task was nearly impossible, yet he insisted on attempting it. The result was Qi Deviation and a coma.
Could Yue Bo blame Ye Qian for this?
Of course not. He absolutely could not blame Ye Qian. If anyone was to blame, it was his own daughter, Yue Ming.
Why did she have to propose such a condition? Why did she ask the Young Master of the Ye Family to fulfill it?
As a father, unable to protect his daughter, there was a deep sense of helplessness in his heart. But as the Family Head of the Yue Family, he also had to consider everyone in the family. He could never abandon the family for his own selfish reasons.
Seated to Yue Bo's left was the Grand Elder of the Yue Family, the most senior among them.
With a heavy snort, the Grand Elder stroked his beard, glaring fiercely. "Hmph! Family Head, how could we possibly know about this matter? The affairs of the Ye Family are not something we can investigate.
What we should be considering is how to handle what comes next. The Ye Family will not let this rest.
Even if it seems calm now, the Ye Family is still the Ye Family—the most powerful force in the entire Immortal Realm.
How could they let this matter concerning their Young Master go unanswered? The current silence is likely just the calm before the storm."
After the Grand Elder's speech, the other elders around him nodded in agreement.
"The Grand Elder is right. The Ye Family is not an existence a small family like ours can stand against. If the Ye Family were to act, they could erase us without effort."
"Alas! If only I had known earlier! Had I known, I would never have allowed Yue Ming to propose such a condition!"
"Precisely! To be favored by the Young Master of the Ye Family—what greater honor could there be? Yet that girl Yue Ming refused to see reason! She has brought disaster upon our entire clan!"
"There's no use dwelling on it now. Though things have been quiet, I sense the calm won't last. We need to decide what to do."
The elders chattered amongst themselves, all believing that Yue Ming had made a catastrophic mistake. Most of them even thought that for Yue Ming to be favored by Ye Qian was a tremendous honor. She should have obeyed him instead of making unreasonable demands.
Yue Bo sighed helplessly.
He knew his daughter had grown arrogant due to her cultivation talent. It was precisely because of this that she had caused such a monumental problem.
Just then, an untimely voice rang out.
"Can the Ye Family be so unreasonable? They are the most powerful force in the Immortal Realm—does that mean they can do whatever they wish, oppressing whomever they please?"
From the voice, it was clear this was a young man.
All the elders, including Family Head Yue Bo, turned their gazes toward the source.
They saw a young man with sword-like brows, starry eyes, and a slightly roguish handsomeness walking in from outside.
This was an internal family elder meeting. Only those of at least elder rank could attend.
Yet this person dared to intrude without permission.
Most importantly, upon intruding, he not only failed to propose a solution but also outright criticized the Ye Family.
If this were overheard by someone with ill intentions and spread with even slight embellishment, it would push the Yue Family straight into the abyss!
Seeing this young man, the Grand Elder slammed his palm heavily on the armrest.
Clang!
Crack!
Perhaps because the force was too great, the armrest snapped cleanly in two.
Immediately after, the Grand Elder's furious voice rang out.
"How dare you! Yue Qingshan! This is a family elder meeting! How could you barge in like this?!"
The other elders also denounced Yue Qingshan.
"Insolent whelp! You truly don't know your place! How dare a callow youth like you slander the Ye Family!"
"Do not speak recklessly! The Ye Family is the most powerful force in the Immortal Realm. If word of this spreads, how will our Yue Family survive?"
"That's right! You're trying to doom our entire bloodline, you wolf-hearted fool!"