The messenger's name is Zhu Wu, and he is the leader of the intelligence group in the Dongdu City Merchants Association. He has been reporting the situation on behalf of Ye Li these past few days, and Ye Li has become familiar with him.
Tan Tai Yunqi knew that Ye Li was the elder of the Traveling Merchants Association, and was naturally a little shocked.
Because the strength displayed by Ye Li is not only much stronger than it appears, the power behind him is also far beyond what a child of a sixth-rank aristocratic family should possess.
Although the Traveling Merchants Guild is only a new neutral force, the people who can be regarded as elders by them are definitely not simple.
Anyone with a little vision can see that the Travel Merchants Association is likely to develop into an organization similar to the four major chambers of commerce in the future.
And being able to become their elder, Ye Li’s power in the future will not be small.
In fact, during these many days, Tan Tai Yunqi had thought about a lot of things. It was indeed too hasty for them to become enemies with the Ye family.
He had been saved by Ye Tianwu twice in the past, so he trusted and supported the other party very much, which was why he wanted to repay Ye Tianwu for the matter of the Ye family.
What's more, if Ye Tianwu really took over the Ye family and promised to give half of the mineral vein to the Tan Tai family, it would already allow the Tan Tai family to make a huge fortune.
With all the benefits piling up, Tan Tai Yunqi didn't think much about it and chose to expedition to Shanhai County.
It turned out that they underestimated the strength of the Ye family and suffered heavy losses in the end, causing their strength, which had already shrunk by half, to shrink further. In the end, they had to seek help from Xunxian Cave.
The reason why Xunxian Cave helped them, not only because they wanted to obtain the Ye family's resources and territory, but also because Tan Tai Yunqi had promised Xunxian Cave that after this incident, he would be dependent on them.
In other words, the Tantai family will become a subordinate force of Xunxian Cave, enjoying the protection of Xunxian Cave, but will have to provide a certain amount of resources every year.
The power of their Tan Tai family is now too weak to support their industries and territories.
If there is not enough power to maintain it, it is not impossible for the industry and territory to be lost and divided up by other forces.
Although Tan Tai Yunqi still hated Ye Li to the core, he no longer dared to go against him so directly.
Because in his opinion, the cost of fighting to the death with Ye Li seemed to have exceeded the possible benefits that the Tan Tai family might gain.
After all, Tan Tai Yunqi is the head of the family. His choice to fight to the death with the Ye family in the past came from his contempt for the Ye family.
At that time, he thought that the Ye family did not have the strength to fight them head-on, and no matter how they fought, they would be able to pin the Ye family to the ground.
But now this concept is changing. As the leader of the family, he must make the right choice after clearly judging the opponent's strength.
He had already paid too high a price for his previous wrong choices. In just two months, five talisman masters in the gestational stage of his Tan Tai family died. As a result, they had to rely on the Xunxian Cave to seek help.
Dependence on others means a decline in one's own status, and a large amount of resources must be allocated every year to protect one's own power.
When Tan Tai Yunqi thought about going deeper, he even felt a sense of regret.
But it's too late to say anything now. By the time the Tan Tai family's coalition forces return, their plan will have completely failed.
Another day passed, and the coalition forces of the Tan Tai family still did not appear outside the West City. Zhu Wu, who Ye Li thought would come to report the information to him, also did not show up.
Faintly, Ye Li seemed to sense something unusual and involuntarily moved his butt towards Tan Tai Yunqi. Once he found any problem, Tan Tai Yunqi would be his amulet.
At this moment, Zhu Wu's voice suddenly rang out from below the tower: "Elder Ye, hurry up, the people from the Tan Tai family have surrounded this place!"
Zhu Wu's figure appeared next to a residential building not far from the city wall. He had just shouted anxiously when he was knocked to the ground and fainted.
Hearing Zhu Wu's call, Ye Li reacted immediately, stood up suddenly, grabbed Tan Tai Yunqi who also had a surprised look on his face, and rushed out of the city wall.
Holding Tan Tai Yunqi's neck with one hand, Ye Li's body was as fast as a monkey. As soon as he came out of the city wall, he climbed up to the eaves above, stood at the highest point of the city wall, and overlooked the area below.
Zhu Wu's body fell not far from the city gate, and the city wall where he was staying was surrounded by a dozen talisman masters in the gestation period, and a dozen talisman masters in the spirit descending period. All of them stared at Ye Li with eager eyes.
Ye Li, who was standing on the roof of the city tower, frowned involuntarily and asked, "What do you mean by this?"
Tan Tai Cang Ming's figure appeared at the side, his face full of gloom.
The person who answered Ye Li was not Tan Tai Cang Ming or Tan Tai Hu Lei, but Chu Xian, the leader of the spiritual talisman masters of Xunxian Cave.
"You must be Ye Li, a young talent.
But do you know why there are many people with excellent talents in this world, but not many of them become famous in the end?"
Chu Xian looked up at Ye Li on the top of the city wall and asked with a smile.
Ye Li stared at the other person's face, but had no intention of answering. In his opinion, the other person's behavior was obviously wrong.
Chu Xian didn't get angry when he saw Ye Li didn't answer, he just asked himself and answered: "Hey, there are few people who become famous because most people with excellent talents don't live to see the day they become famous.
Many people do not know how to write the four words "do what you can". Relying on their good talents, they do not take anyone else in the world seriously, and in the end they end up dying.
Boy, I think you are that kind of person, what do you think? "
After hearing Chu Xian's words, Ye Li's expression became even gloomier.
He raised the Tan Tai Yun Qi in his hand, shook it casually, and said, "He is in my hand, what do you want?"
Chu Xian sneered and said, "Didn't you say that we can deal with you at will? Then we are here to deal with you.
We have already released the Ye family as agreed and returned here. Shouldn't you also release the head of the Tan Tai family and let us have a fair fight?"
Ye Li frowned upon hearing this and said, "Does this mean that you want me to fight head-on with a dozen of you, the fetus-raising stage spirit talisman masters, and a dozen of you, the spirit talisman masters of the divine descending stage?"
Chu Xian laughed and said, "Yes, that's what I meant.
Since you have already said that we will release him if we agree to your request, shouldn't you release him now?"
As he spoke, he winked at Ye Li, with a hint of ridicule and contempt on his face.
Ye Li glanced at him, a sarcastic look on his face, and said: "I'm not an idiot, how could I let him go under such circumstances? How stupid are you to think I would agree to this condition?"