Chapter 2: Make Him Wait

Liu Kun's heart was filled with cold laughter, his gaze mocking.

If the Ye family didn't intervene, what was Ye Chen worth?

To humiliate the young master of the Ye family in front of them was even more stimulating than the beating three days ago.

The dignity of the Ye family would shatter along with Ye Chen when his palm struck the ground.

"Chen'er!"

Ye Feng exclaimed in shock. He didn't know where Ye Chen's confidence came from, daring to face a pinnacle martial artist head-on.

At this moment, to say he wasn't worried would be a lie.

He was prepared to intervene at any moment.

The Ye family's warriors around them also wore expressions of concern. How could a mid-level martial artist contend with the palm imprint of a pinnacle martial artist?

"Bang!"

A dull thud resounded as Liu Kun's body halted in front of Ye Chen. His palm seemed to touch Ye Chen's face, yet Ye Chen remained calm, showing no sign of pain.

"Hmm?"

Ye Feng was the first to notice something amiss. Liu Kun's palm imprint didn't land on Ye Chen's body but stopped a hair's breadth away from his face.

The Ye family warriors and the City Lord's Mansion members also looked puzzled.

Liu Kun had his back to them, so they didn't see clearly, but they expected Ye Chen to be sent flying by now.

Could it be that Liu Kun had shown mercy?

"Ah!"

The next moment, a cry of agony pierced the hall, sharp enough to pierce eardrums. The wretched sound made one imagine the agony of the person screaming.

But what horrified everyone was that the scream came from Liu Kun's mouth.

Liu Kun, who had his back to everyone, trembled violently, then collapsed backward.

He clutched his abdomen, blood seeping through his fingers. Everyone saw that Ye Chen's foot had risen at some point, smashing directly into Liu Kun's dantian.

"So, this is the pinnacle martial artist?" Ye Chen shook his head, full of mockery.

Ye Feng's eyes gleamed brightly, and the Ye family warriors were equally excited.

When did their young master become so powerful, capable of defeating an opponent from a higher realm?

The members of the City Lord's Mansion were also shocked. They hadn't expected this outcome and glanced at Ye Chen in astonishment before hastily assisting Liu Kun.

"You said I'm not even as good as an ant, but what does that make you?" Ye Chen spoke again, his words like a resounding slap, landing fiercely on Liu Kun's face.

At this moment, Liu Kun was both in pain and fury, pointing at Ye Chen with indignation. "Ye Chen, dare to cripple my dantian, you're finished, and so is your Ye family."

"I'm finished?" Ye Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, exuding a cold and indifferent demeanor, a palpable aura of killing intent slowly emanating from him.

At this moment, his momentum suddenly changed, like a god, reigning supreme over the world.

As the supreme Immortal Emperor, there were few who dared to say he was finished, and Liu Kun was certainly not qualified.

Feeling the chilling aura emanating from Ye Chen, Liu Kun felt a chill run down his spine, as if he were a sheep being stalked by a hungry wolf, on the verge of being devoured at any moment.

Not only him, even Ye Feng, who was at the third realm of spiritual martial arts, felt a tremor in his heart.

At the same time, they were puzzled. How could Ye Chen possess such an aura, so thick with killing intent, as if he had slaughtered countless enemies before?

"Letting you live, go back and tell your elders that in three days, I will come to settle the debt. The Liu family and the Ouyang family had better prepare themselves," Ye Chen waved his hand.

Trembling in agony, Liu Kun gritted his teeth and growled, "I don't know how you crippled my dantian, but I know you haven't broken through to spiritual martial arts. My eldest brother, Liu Qing, stepped into spiritual martial arts a year ago and entered the best imperial academy in the empire. How can you compare?"

"And your Ye family, how can it compare to my Liu family and the Ouyang family?"

Liu Qing?

Numerous pieces of information flashed through Ye Chen's mind.

Liu Qing was known as the number one genius in Tianyou City. He entered spiritual martial arts before the age of sixteen and even joined the best academy in the empire for cultivation.

Ouyang Qian's attitude toward him seemed to have changed about a year ago.

It seemed that the Ouyang family had indeed conspired with the City Lord's Mansion long ago.

She, Ouyang Qian, had already found another place to belong to, nestled in Liu Qing's arms.

Did they think he, Ye Chen, was not as good as Liu Qing? Did they think the Ye family couldn't compare to the City Lord's Mansion?

Perhaps that was true before, but now, it was definitely not the case.

"Let them wait, let the Liu family wait, let the Ouyang family wait," Ye Chen said calmly.

"Alright, then we'll give you three days. In three days, the City Lord's Mansion will be waiting for your Ye family to come and meet their doom," Liu Kun's expression was drawn as he left, followed by the members of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Chen'er, have you... have you broken through to the pinnacle of martial arts?" Ye Feng's expression was one of surprise, yet filled with immense anticipation, as he looked deeply at Ye Chen.

"No," Ye Chen shook his head.

"Then how did you..." Ye Feng was somewhat puzzled. If he hadn't reached the pinnacle of martial arts, how did he manage to disable Liu Kun with just one move?

Ye Chen knew that this matter was difficult to explain.

Put simply, the rules and traditions of this lower plane were extremely broken. The martial artist realm, compared to the immortal world, was nothing more than ordinary, hardly considered cultivation at all.

Even Ye Feng, at the third realm of spiritual martial arts, seemed to possess majestic spiritual power, but when compared to the elemental power of the immortal world, it was weakened countless times.

Different rules meant different qualities.

Perhaps the quantity was comparable, but the martial world was not meant to be compared in such a way.

It was like comparing an egg to a rock.

Ye Chen's strength was as solid as a rock, while the opponent's strength was as fragile as an egg. No matter how many eggs there were, they couldn't shatter the rock.

With Ye Feng's current realm, as long as Ye Chen began to recover, even if he only restored himself to the first realm of body refining, he would have the confidence to deter them.

Seeing Ye Chen not explaining, Ye Feng didn't ask further, only expressing his worry. "The Liu family has sent an invitation, probably intending to humiliate us at the engagement banquet, provoke us to take action, and then take advantage of the situation to attack. Liu Wanglong is at the fourth realm of spiritual martial arts, Ouyang Xiong is at the peak of the third realm of spiritual martial arts, and Liu Qing has been practicing at the Xuantian Academy for a year, at least at the second realm of spiritual martial arts, or even the third. Chen'er, are you really going?"

"Father, rest assured, in three days, the Ye family will settle the debt," Ye Chen replied calmly.

The rules and traditions of the immortal world were definitely more powerful than those of the lower plane by more than one realm. Even if he only restored himself to the body refining realm, what was Liu Qing? What were the Liu family and the Ouyang family?

"Alright, I'll follow you," Ye Feng said solemnly.

Warmth flooded Ye Chen's heart. Ye Feng was definitely a good father. For him, he worked tirelessly, infused him with spiritual energy day and night, and even fought fiercely against the City Lord's Mansion and the Ouyang family, sustaining severe injuries to save him. If not for that, Ye Chen might not have survived, and Ye Wujin would not have been able to reincarnate into Ye Chen's body.

Since he was reincarnated as Ye Chen, these debts had to be settled.

"Father, I need to seclude myself. Does the Ye Mansion have elemental stones?" Ye Chen asked.

"Elemental stones?" Ye Feng was puzzled. "Do you mean spiritual stones?"

As he spoke, Ye Feng brought out a piece of spiritual stone.

Ye Chen sensed it, feeling slightly disappointed.

This spiritual stone was probably not even comparable to the dregs of elemental stones.

To restore the immortal path and return to the immortal world, he didn't know how many such spiritual stones he would need. It was definitely a terrifying astronomical number.

The immortal path realm was the lowest realm for traversing the myriad worlds, and below the immortal path, there were the body refining, elemental vein, elemental mansion, traversing the void, and myriad five major realms, each divided into nine realms.

It seemed that restoring the immortal path in the lower plane was an extremely difficult task.

"In recent years, the Ouyang family has demanded quite a bit of dowry, and the Ye family's medicine garden was given to the Ouyang family. Three days ago, they even exchanged for your return using the Ye family's accumulated heritage," Ye Feng said.

Indeed, the current Ye family had no resources left, not even much of these spiritual stones.

Ye Chen still needed to figure out a solution.