Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 173: Zhen Yunqi’s Headache

"You!" Xue Feng gritted his teeth in anger.

He was, after all, someone who received the inheritance of saint so how could he not feel humiliated by Ye Chen’s words?

However, he forced himself to calm down.

"What do you want?" he inquired with a cold look.

Seeing him like this, Ye Chen shook his head with a sneer.

"You really think highly of yourself. Is it because of the inheritance? Don’t forget how many people are beside me with this saint’s inheritance," he said and continued.

"In short, you have nothing that interests me. If you want me to help you, then you must become my slave," he stated calmly.

Hearing this, Xue Feng could no longer suppress his anger.

"Ye Chen, you are overstepping your bounds!" He shouted, his aura rising fiercely.

But Ye Chen did not care at all.

"If you just wanted revenge and protection of family, you could’ve joined Sword Pavilion or other top powers. I don’t think they will refuse someone like you. Not to mention there should be many who had already invited you; yet, you decided to beg here?"

"Do you think I am an idiot and don’t know what you are planning?" He sneered with a cold look. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Xue Feng had received the inheritance of ’Forging Saint.’ Even an idiot would know letting him fight in front would be a foolish idea.

The only reason why this guy said he was willing to become Blade was none other than to gain sympathy. He had, after all, gifted quite a lot of herbs to Ye Chen and was friendly towards him.

Even if someone’s heart was made of stone, they will at least help slightly. A pity that Xue Feng met a demon who did not play by the rules.

As for why Xue Feng decided to seek help from Ye Chen? It was simple; he was eyeing heavenly jade essence!

His spiritual root was, after all, just low-tier earth-grade, even if it was wind-mutated. Although talent did not matter in cultivation, it was a necessary factor for those who aimed to reach greater heights at an early age.

All Xue Feng had to do was express regret for his talent and he would definitely receive heavenly jade essence, as Ye Chen would not want a future forging saint on his side to remain weak and not achieve any greatness.

Of course Xue Feng also guessed Ye Chen might not have any intention to recruit him.

Nonetheless, getting help from Ye Chen meant he did not have to worry about losing freedom. The Sword Pavilion and other powers, after all, would not help for free.

As for trading items from the inheritance spatial ring for help? He did not want to get targeted like Ye Chen, not to mention many of the items were sealed and unless he had enough cultivation, he couldn’t take them out.

"Humph! If you don’t want to help me, then just say so. Why bother making excuses?!" Xue Feng snorted coldly and without waiting for a reply, he turned away.

His plans were already exposed—remaining any longer would only bring humiliation.

But whether he could leave or not was no longer up to him.

"Heh! Do you really think my place is something where you can come and leave at will?" Ye Chen said with a chuckle and unleashed his aura.

In that instant Xue Feng’s expression changed.

"You want to silence me?!" He spoke, his voice filled with uncontrollable rage.

Although he had come here with a motive, it did not mean he disliked Ye Chen. On the contrary, he admired him; if not, he wouldn’t be making the decision of following him. One had to know that he even asked Ye Chen to protect his family, which meant his family would be under his control.

It could be seen how much he trusted Ye Chen, but now seeing him making a move, he felt like an idiot.

"Tsk tsk. Silence you? That would be too much of a loss," Ye Chen shook his head in denial.

Xue Feng was baffled by his response; however, he did not have time to think as his vision blurred and he suddenly arrived in another place.

It was none other than the world inside the void pearl.

After sending him away, Ye Chen did not hesitate and contacted Su Qiming through the sound transmission talisman, asking him to move the family of Xue Feng in Jade Mountain Sect.

Su Qiming was stunned by his words; nonetheless, he did not hesitate and sent his trusted subordinates to carry out the task.

"Evergreen sect, Flame Dragon sect..."

Ye Chen muttered to himself, his eyes narrowing slightly as he wondered what these two sects were up to.

If the sect master of the Evergreen Sect really wanted to snatch everything from Xue Feng, then he could’ve waited for capturing his family first. There was no need to force him now.

As for getting blinded by greed? That would be impossible; if not, he won’t be the sect master of the Evergreen Sect.

"I hope they are planning something exciting," Ye Chen said, a smile forming on his lips.

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Su Family villa.

"Did you find anything?" Zhen Yunqi inquired, looking at Jing Xiao, Su Qiming, and others.

However, they all shook their heads.

"They did not leave any traces behind; furthermore, the strength they displayed is no weaker than first-grade sect elders," Hong Fang said with a serious look.

Hearing this, Zhen Yunqi could not help but frown. Her little naive disciple, after all, blew up their plan. Furthermore, there was Ye Chen, who killed their leader and forced others to commit suicide.

Thinking of this, her head started to ache and she cursed Ye Chen a thousand times.

Watching her like this, Jing Xiao felt pity for her.

’Good thing that brat didn’t follow me; if not, I would be the one who is getting this headache,’ she thought with a pleased look and started to think about where she would plant the tier-8 ’Cloud Spirit Tree’ inside the sect.

She still did not know her little disciple had gifted this tree to Ye Chen.

Just as Zhen Yunqi and others were trying to figure out the identity of the mysterious force, other top powers, such as Swords Pavilion, were also doing the same.

The strength those mysterious people displayed was enough reason for them to conduct an investigation, not to mention they tried to mark their genius disciples with tier-7 talismans.

However, no matter how much they tried, they could not find anything about them, as if such power did not exist at all.

"Ye Chen had eliminated those cultivators from the mysterious force, so why don’t we wait for them to attack him and then figure out who they are?" someone suggested.

And just like that, Ye Chen was once again caught in the center of the storm.

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"Senior brother, why are you not worried?" Li Mei puffed her cheeks as she saw him smiling and bullying her.

Watching her angry look, Ye Chen pinched her small nose and pointed at his left arm, which held Lan Ming.

"Look at her; she is not worrying at all, so why are you?" he said with a faint smile.

Because they needed rest, he had blocked all of the incoming sound transmissions in their room so they did not receive the news about him immediately. Nevertheless, they knew things wouldn’t be calm in the mystic city upon their return, so after taking a bath, they contacted Lin Xian’er and tricked her into spilling everything.

Now both of them were in his room, one lying in his left arm and one in his right.

"Brother Chen, I am also worried; it’s just I am thinking of a solution. That’s why I am silent," Lan Ming stated with a pout.

In response, Ye Chen shrugged his shoulders and ruffled their hair.

"There are many people who want to kill me... But there are terrifying numbers of people who want me to live, which means we might not even face a single attack on our way of return, so you two should stop worrying," he explained with patience.

But how could Li Mei and Lan Ming believe him? He was, after all, known as the Calamity Star—a handsome young man who provoked trouble simply by existing.

"Senior brother, you are a demon. If you said the whole world wants to kill you, I will believe it, but to say even one person wanted to help you—this kind of thing will only happen in a dream," Li Mei retorted with a disdainful look.

Hearing her, Ye Chen’s mouth twitched and he could not help but wonder, was he really that heinous in her imagination that the whole world wanted to kill him?

Clearly it was a joke, right? He at least has a few admirers and a cute one at that.

Watching Ye Chen’s speechless look, Lan Ming could not help but giggle. Even Li Mei’s mouth curled slightly.

"Humph! Daring to laugh at me? Let me teach you a lesson," Ye Chen snorted with an angry look.

Now Li Mei could not help but panic, as she had provoked the big bad wolf. She tried to run away but how could a weak girl like her escape from his claws?

"Sister Lan Ming, save me," she could only cry for help with a tearful look.

However, she never expected to meet with ruthless betrayal.