The pressure was still growing. Although Ye Li felt that there was no danger for the time being, his consciousness was still gradually dissipating.
This feeling of weakness in consciousness seemed to come from the purple air in his brain. No one knew where this purple air came from, but its level was much higher than Ye Li's spiritual power.
Soon, Ye Li's consciousness gradually dissipated. Before losing consciousness, the only thing he remembered was that the pressure on his body was still increasing. He didn't know whether he would be able to wake up again after he fell into a coma this time.
After the purple air poured into Ye Li's sea of consciousness, Tunri was driven out by the purple air and returned to the Liuyanyan Suanlu on its own.
As Ye Li's consciousness dissipated, the gold-casting state on his body finally became completely ineffective.
However, his body was not crushed by the madly rotating water after the gold-casting state disappeared. His body was protected by a purple force and barely held on.
The same was true for his soul. The damage on it stopped. All of Ye Li's spiritual power was merged by the purple light and then condensed around his soul, resisting the oppressive force that was still increasing.
Ye Li's body sank deeper and deeper into the vortex, gradually disappearing in the center of the vortex.
… … … … …
A month later, the Ye family suddenly welcomed two distinguished guests. The sudden arrival of Xue Ziping and Ou Qianxie made Ye Wujiu a little at a loss.
The status of the two men was far inferior to that of him, the patriarch of the Ye family. Their arrival together made Ye Wujiu feel somewhat uncomfortable.
"Master Ye, you are polite!"
What Ye Wujiu didn't expect was that Xue Ziping would actually take the initiative to greet him when he saw him, while Ou Qianxie's face next to him was full of heaviness and grief.
Instinctively, Ye Wujiu's heart tightened and he said, "Is... is there something wrong with Ye Li?"
Ye Wujiu didn't know why he suddenly asked such a question, he just instinctively felt that something was wrong.
Xue Ziping was shocked when he heard this, and then he showed a trace of guilt, and said: "Master Ye, I am Xue Ziping, the elder of the inner court of the Imperial City. I came here today to inform you of Ye Li's death."
Hearing Xue Ziping's words, Ye Wujiu felt as if struck by a bolt from the blue. He swayed and almost fell to the ground.
"Ye... Ye Li, he... he's dead?"
Ye Wujiu seemed unable to believe it, his breathing became rapid, and even his voice was trembling.
Xue Ziping glanced at Ou Qianxie, sighed, and said, "Master Ye, I know this is a little hard to accept, but it is a fact. Ye Li died in a mission.
Before his death, he saved many of his fellow disciples, including the daughter of the Lord of our Imperial City.
This incident caused a sensation in the sect, and his heroic act will make his name forever remain on the glorious wall of my imperial city."
Ye Wujiu didn't listen to Xue Ziping's next words. He just asked with difficulty: "He... Where is his body?"
Xue Ziping glanced at Ye Wujiu, shook his head, and said, "We didn't find it.
In fact, we didn't see him die, but he was already trapped in the dead zone at the time, and after being swept away by the monster, he never appeared again, so we could only declare him dead."
Hearing Xue Ziping's words, Ye Wujiu's eyes flashed with light, and he said: "You didn't see him die, so he may not be dead. Without seeing the body, no one can be sure that he is dead.
He was trapped in the Rune Secret Land back then, and so many people said he was dead, but he managed to escape in the end. Although he was not very old, he had experienced many life-and-death dangers.
Those dangers have never killed him, and I think this time is no exception. He must still be alive!"
After hearing Ye Wujiu's words, Xue Ziping didn't know what to say. Ou Qianxie was silent for a while and said, "Brother Ziping, are you sure he is dead?"
Xue Ziping was stunned for a moment and said, "Theoretically, no, because we haven't seen his body.
But after he was attacked by a monster in the sea, he was dragged into the deep sea. The environment there is special, with an extremely huge and strange vortex. None of us knows what is going on inside.
However, according to our subsequent investigation, even if Ye Li was not eaten by the monster, he was definitely sucked into the vortex.
The pressure deep inside that vortex was simply beyond his ability to withstand at his current level, nor was it something he could escape from. We searched a large area around him but could not find any trace of him, so we concluded that he was dead."
Ou Qianxie heard this and said, "Since we can't be sure that he is dead, then there is a possibility that he is alive. Ye Li is a gifted child. Maybe even in the place you believe is dead, he can find a glimmer of hope."
Ou Qianxie had always loved his disciple. How could he accept that his disciple died in such an unclear manner
Xue Ziping's mouth was somewhat bitter, and he said: "Alas, Qianxie, Master Ye, I also know that this result is difficult to accept.
Well, since we haven’t seen Ye Li’s body and no one witnessed his death, I won’t make any conclusion at this moment.
If one day we find out that he is really not dead, then he will still be a disciple of our Imperial City.
As for now, the city lord feels grateful that he has saved his daughter several times, so he gives special help to your Ye family and grants you the position of the glorious family of the Imperial City.
In other words, your Ye family will be blessed to a certain extent by our Imperial City. Every five years, we will select a ten-year-old boy with excellent qualifications from your Ye family and send him to the Imperial City for training. This can be regarded as a reward for Ye Li’s sacrifice.”
At this moment, when Ye Wujiu heard such shocking benefits offered by the Imperial City, the expression on his face did not change at all. At this moment, he was not a family head, but just a grandfather who heard the bad news about his grandson.
Ou Qianxie sighed and said, "Brother Ziping, let's leave here first. I think the head of the Ye family may want to be quiet for a while.
Honestly, even I can’t accept this.”
Xue Ziping said: "Alas, it's not just you, Qi Wei and I can't accept it. Qi Wei is very optimistic about Ye Li.
In his opinion, Ye Li's talent and intelligence are far superior to ordinary people. He will definitely be the backbone of the Imperial City in the future. He even has the possibility of becoming an elder of the Imperial City's inner court or the successor of the city lord. "
After hearing Xue Ziping's words, Ye Wujiu raised his head. He really didn't expect that his grandson would be so outstanding in the Imperial City.