Chapter - 10 (Are you the mastermind?)

Can young master really cross the world even if the gate was closed? I hope he couldn't and can stay here for a few more times. She couldn't help but think about it.

Three days later, Ye Chen sat in the courtyard while Lin Xue served him tea.

"Young Master, will you be returning home after a month?" Lin Xue asked hesitantly.

"Hmm... I guess so," Ye Chen replied, taking a sip of his tea.

"Eh..." Lin Xue suddenly felt dejected and lowered her head. Still, she couldn't help but mutter inwardly, Wasn't the Immortal Gate closed?

Can Young Master really cross the world even if the immortal gate is closed? I hope he can't, and that he'll stay here for a little longer. She couldn't help but think about it.

Suddenly, an earthquake struck, shaking the entire house. In seconds, the house was destroyed, and dust filled the air.

A figure, followed by several people, appeared in the sky above the ruined house.

So, they really are here... I can sense the remnants of the Lin clan's aura. They've been hiding like dogs for three days, but I've finally found them... Peak Master Yinfeng muttered coldly.

"Daoist Feng, don't worry. We won't let your enemies escape." Two cultivators, one middle-aged man and a beautiful woman, spoke from behind. Both exuded the aura of middle and low-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Thank you, Daoist He and Daoist Li..." Daoist Feng replied.

The dust settled, and two figures appeared in the sky in front of them.

Yinfeng stared at them coldly. Just as he was about to attack, a terrifying pressure emanated from the young man in front of him.

Not only did Yinfeng feel the pressure, but the entire world did. Every intelligent being in the world felt the terrifying force.

The whole world seemed to kneel under this pressure. Every living being on the planet knelt on the ground in humiliation.

Even the terrifying figures of the Holy Sect were brought to their knees as they were powerless and unable to resist.

As for the person who had provoked the terrifying sleeping beast, his situation wasn't good. His weak Nascent Soul hovered in the air after his body was destroyed. Behind him were two other weak Nascent Souls...

"Young Master!" Lin Xue weakly said, still under the pressure and kneeling. Although her situation wasn't as bad, she still felt a pain on her soul.

Hearing her voice, Ye Chen finally calmed down, and the pressure disappeared from the world.

Then, he turned his cold gaze toward Yinfeng.

"Any last words?" he said.

"Who am I? Where am I? Why am I? How am I?" Yinfeng was shocked to the extreme.

Just what the fuck is happening?

"Huh!" Ye Chen coldly responded, causing Yinfeng to snap out of his daze.

"Wait! Senior... I think it's a misunderstanding..." Yinfeng suddenly said. Behind him, Daoist He and Daoist Li also said, "It's a misunderstanding, Senior."

"I don't know anything about this; it was Yinfeng's idea. We were just accompanying him. Please spare us..." Both of them don't know what the fuck was happening but didn't want to know. They had a strong feeling that if they didn't apologize, they would die, and even if they did, there was a slim chance they might survive.

"Misunderstanding?" Ye Chen said coldly, pointing at the destroyed house below.

The three of them were terrified, to their nearly disappearing soul.

"I will ask you questions, and you will answer. If your answer is irrelevant, you die. If you lie, you die. If you waste my time, you die."

Fuck! At least follow the script! The trio wanted to curse, but they didn't dare. They could only nod in fear.

"Who are you?"

"Senior, we are Peak Masters from the Spiritual Cloud Sect."

"Why did you attack my house?"

"We thought the people from the Lin clan were living in this house, so we attacked."

"Lin Clan..." Hearing the name of her clan, Lin Xue was filled with anger.

"Why do you want to attack the Lin clan?" Lin Xue asked.

Yinfeng hesitated. In that brief moment of hesitation, he heard a scream from behind, but he didn't dare turn around. He knew that Daoist Li was dead.

"Senior, a year ago, the ancestor of the Lin clan discovered a golden scroll in a ruin left by an Immortal from a hundred years ago."

"Are you the one who destroyed the Lin clan for the technique?" Before Yinfeng could answer, Lin Xue asked with her eyes red filled rage. "Are you the mastermind behind the destruction of the Lin clan?"

"Yes, Senior... Because of my greed, I ordered the clans of Silver Leaf City to destroy the Lin clan, joining hands with the demon sect to annihilate them."

"You!"

Lin Xue exploded like a volcano. Immediately an icy energy erupted from her body, and in a surge of anger, she slashed at the Nascent Soul cultivators. Yinfeng was instantly destroyed, followed by Daoist He.

"Why did you kill us, Senior? I haven't finished talking yet..." Yinfeng wanted to mutter these words, but he was already dead before the thoughts even left his mouth.

Yinfeng slowly knelt in the air, lifeless. Ye Chen gently supported Lin Xue as she cried in his arms.

"Don't cry, Xue'er..." Ye Chen said softly, attempting to console her.

"Your parents can still be revived..." he finally said, causing Lin Xue to freeze in disbelief. "They can..." she whispered and tears fell out as she cried even harder.

Watching her cry, Ye Chen couldn't help but mutter, "why can't his little sister cry like this?"

Suddenly, Ye Chen sensed divine thoughts surrounding him. He snorted coldly and immediately used his own divine thought to counterattack.

The divine thoughts spying on them were destroyed in mere milliseconds, and the individuals behind them were severely affected by Ye Chen's divine thoughts. It would take hundreds of years for them to heal from the injuries. These divine thoughts originated from the remnants of Immortals who had fallen during the war of the Heaven and Earth Separation.

Many powerhouses across the world, from illiterate Immortals to Mahayana cultivators, were all pondering the same question: Did the Immortal Gate reopen? But upon sensing the secrets of the heavens, they realized the gate was still closed... Meanwhile, they were filled with both confusion and terror.

At the ancestral cemetery, a coffin slowly creaked open, and a phantom out. In front of him, a person was kneeling. It was none other than Sect Master Qian.

"Ancestor, what was that pressure? Did the Immortal Emperor come to this world?" Sect Master Qian was puzzled.

The ancestor was also puzzled and replied, "I don't know."

Suddenly, Sect Master Qian's talisman received a message. As he read it, his brow furrowed. He learned that the life tokens of three Peak Masters, Yinfeng, He, and Li, had shattered.

Sharing the information with the ancestor, the ancestor didn't said anything at just looked towards a distance as if his gaze can pierce through layers or space.

Suddenly, the ancestor turned towards the Sect Master with calm eyes.

Staring into the calm eyes of the ancestor, Sect Master Qian understood and immediately walked out to calm the disciples.

From the ancestor's reaction, Sect Master Qian understood the unspoken message: Don't search for the death of those worthless fools...

As for why he didn't ask further, it might be dangerous. If the ancestor chose not to speak, it was likely because they could be killed by the person who had made them kneel.

Just after the Sect Master walked out from the ancestoral cemetery, the ancestor cough up black blood.

Suddenly, his phantom turned into a half dragon with horns and scales.

I am injured? The dragon muttered.