Chapter Fifteen: Deception Beyond Endurance

  "Shangguan Ziyuan, what is your purpose for coming here today? Speak directly." Ye Chen ignored the blue-clothed youth and said to Shangguan Ziyan.

  "The engagement, although just a verbal agreement, should be known to every household in the city. Everyone knows that you and I had an engagement thirteen years ago, so I want you to personally write down a document stating 'I, Ye Chen of the Ye family, knowing that I am physically disabled and not worthy of Shangguan Ziyuan, agree to cancel the engagement.' Sign it and stamp it with your seal. Then, let me announce it to all the major families in the city, and naturally, my grandfather will have nothing to say."

  Even with Ye Chen's temperament, hearing this made him furious. How could Upper Official Yan Ran do such a thing and put the Ye family in what position? And put Ye Wen Tian and him in what position? He coldly laughed: "Upper Official Zi Yan, you really are laughable. In the beginning, it was Old Master Upper Official who mentioned our marriage, but my father didn't agree. To say something unpleasant, it was your Upper Official family's one-sided love. I, Ye Chen, although a useless body, still wouldn't take a woman like you as wife. You all leave, I absolutely won't write the document."

  "Miss Shangguan, you're going too far this time! Although the Ye family is not powerful, we will never accept such blatant humiliation!" Leaf Chen's uncle, Leaf Xiao Tian, said in a deep voice.

  "Unacceptable?" The blue-clothed youth's gaze swept over the Ye family with disdain. "For my divine land, a fourth-rate family like yours can be made to disappear from Lin City at any time. It's up to you to choose whether it's extermination or writing an apology letter to my junior sister."

  "Qin Shixiong, I'll handle my own affairs." Shangguan Yanran furrowed her brow and spoke in a low voice. The blue-clad youth smiled nonchalantly and stopped talking, but his gaze at Ye Chen was like looking at a dead man.

  In the hall, Ye's family was silent, apparently intimidated by the blue-clothed youth's threat. For a secular family like theirs, Tianci was an existence akin to a god, impossible to contend with. Let alone Ye's family, which was only a fourth-rate family, even a first-rate family in the secular world wouldn't dare offend someone as powerful as Tianci.

  After a long time, Ye Jia's master Ye Xun said with a serious face: "We accept this request. Prepare the four treasures of the study, Ye Chen, you write."

  "Big brother, I won't agree!" Ye Xiao Tian said in a deep voice.

  "Fourth brother!" Ye Xun coldly stared at Ye Xiao Tian for a moment, "I am the master of the house, what I say goes in the Ye family!"

  "Great Uncle, I won't do it, and Father wouldn't agree to this either." Ye Chen said calmly, her eyes fixed on Shangguan Yanran and Qin Shi, without a hint of submission.

  "Ye Chen, do you want to kill all of us in the Ye family?" Ye Qing was the first to jump out and accuse Ye Chen angrily.

  "Ye Chen, at this point, you still want to eat swan meat, don't drag the entire Ye family down with you!" Ye Sheng said sternly.

  "Is it just for your own sake that our entire Ye family must suffer?"

  The young disciples of the Ye family jumped out one after another to accuse him, and every sentence was a big hat for Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen sneered inwardly, the people of the Ye family would never give up any opportunity to strike him down, no matter what the situation or occasion. Shangguan Yanran would not let her master brother deal with the entire Ye family alone. After all, Ye Wentian had also begged for Shangguan's life before, and if things got too big, she wouldn't be able to explain it to Master Shangguan.

  "You don't have to put a big hat on me, I've said that if I don't respond, I won't respond. If Miss Shangguan wants a result, let's wait until my father comes back and talk about it." Ye Chen's face didn't show any anger, he spoke calmly, as if he was an outsider who had nothing to do with the matter.

  "How dare you!" Ye Xun suddenly shouted, "Ye Chen, are you daring to defy my orders? Do you still not put me, the master of this house, in your eyes?"

  "Great Uncle, as the head of the Ye family, you should consider the reputation of the Ye family. That's why I didn't agree to this request!" Ye Chen said calmly and confidently. "As for my engagement with Miss Shangguan, it was a non-existent thing from the start. Father never agreed to it, and I never thought of marrying such a woman as my wife. So there's no need to explain, nor is it necessary to trample on one's own dignity to save someone else's face."

  "Shangguan Ziyuan's face turned ugly, and she could no longer maintain her calm demeanor. She felt belittled by Ye Chen's words. As a disciple of Shenxifu, a divine land with a proud and arrogant personality like hers would not tolerate being looked down upon by a disabled person. "Ye Chen, do you know what the consequences are for offending Shenxifu?"

  "I haven't offended God's Blessing Land, nor have I offended anyone!" Ye Chen said calmly, "It's you who can't come to terms with yourself." Ye Chen wouldn't be foolish enough to admit to opposing God's Blessing Land.

  "Fine!" Shangguan Ziyuan was furious, her nearly fully developed breasts heaving with rage. She couldn't believe that a cripple could be so stubborn. "In that case, I won't have to consider your father's feelings either."

  "Sister, this kind of trash, I'll teach him a lesson and let him know that an ant like him can be crushed to death by us at any time!" The blue-clothed youth's eyes flashed with a hint of cruelty as he strode towards Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen and all the Ye family members around him felt a huge pressure, their breathing was not smooth, as if there was a huge stone pressing on their hearts, shocking in their hearts, but hiding a lucky color in their eyes, because they knew that Ye Chen, who had just escaped from being a waste, would probably be completely useless today.

  "Since you're a waste, I'll make you completely disabled today!" The blue-clothed youth's eyes flashed with cold light as he reached out to grab Ye Chen, his five fingers emitting a faint glow.

  Everyone in the hall was shocked. The light was a manifestation of the spiritual energy gathered in his hand, indicating that the blue-clothed youth was a strong practitioner of the "Minghai Secret Realm". Practitioners from the "Minghai Secret Realm" were absolutely top-notch experts in the mortal world, and only the Chu Di Imperial Palace had a few such existences.

  "Halt, can a disciple of the Divine Blessing Sect's inner courtyard bully people at will?" A figure emerged from above the great hall, like an eagle taking flight, with palm and fingers spread wide, reaching out to grab the wrist of the blue-robed youth.

  "You're courting death!"

  The youth in blue didn't even look, and with a casual wave of his hand, a loud humming noise was heard. A violent gust of air that could be seen with the naked eye transformed into a palm print, which slapped heavily onto Ye Shitian's chest.

  "Pffft!"

  Ye Xiao Tian fell to the ground, spitting out a large mouthful of blood, smashing a large piece of chair, splashing wood chips everywhere, his chest bone deeply sunken, his eyes becoming dull and lifeless, his body twitching several times, struggling to get up.

  "Little uncle!" Ye Chen's eyes were slightly red, but he couldn't help looking at his little uncle Ye Xiao Tian's injuries, because the blue-clothed youth's hand had already grabbed onto his shoulder.

  "Father!" Ye Yan exclaimed.

  "Spare his life!" Shangguan Ziyuan said calmly, not stopping any of this. For her, it was only natural to teach this powerless yet stubborn waste some lessons.

  That hand grasped, Ye Chen's footsteps moved, flashing out three feet, but that hand was like a shadow following his form, fundamentally unable to avoid it. However, he wouldn't easily admit defeat, nor would he surrender with his hands tied. The blood and energy in his body flowed, and all the muscles in his body suddenly tensed up, actually emitting a faint humming noise. His fingers formed into a knife-like shape, and with a whooshing sound, pointed towards the opponent's throat. At the same time, his right leg curled up, kicking towards the opponent's groin.

  The boy in blue clothes did not dodge or evade, his eyes full of disdain, completely ignoring Ye Chen's attack.

  "Ah!"

  Everyone heard the sound of cracking bones, Ye Chen only felt his left shoulder being grasped by an iron hand, unable to move. Intense pain spread out immediately, his shoulder bone cracked, but he didn't retract his attack, his finger knife and right knee heavily struck towards the opponent's throat.

  "Ah! Ah!"

  Two consecutive cracking sounds, Ye Chen's hands and legs suddenly retracted, his fingers fractured, and his kneecap shattered, as if striking steel-reinforced iron bones. A massive force rebounded, causing him to spit out a large mouthful of blood with a "puff" sound.

  "Ants, your strength is not even enough to tickle me!"

  The boy in blue grabbed Ye Chen's shoulder bone and pressed his body down by half, looking down at Ye Chen with a somewhat unexpected tone: "So you're not a waste of body after all, you can actually cultivate, but you'll become a complete waste soon."

  The blue-clothed youth's other hand slowly pressed towards Ye Chen's dantian, and with a burst of energy, a violent force suddenly surged into Ye Chen's body, causing intense pain that twisted his face out of shape. He didn't make a sound, biting back the agony as he coldly stared at the blue-clothed youth.

  The energy entered his body, and Ye Chen could clearly feel the meridians inside him breaking inch by inch under that power, starting from the dantian, moving up and down, everywhere, all the meridians were destroyed.

  For the first time in his life, Ye Chen felt humiliated. As a 27-year-old man, he was like an ant in front of a teenager, with no power to resist, at the mercy of others!

  The boy in blue is laughing, laughing very happily. He really enjoys watching others at his mercy, and this makes him feel very stimulated.

  When the blue-clothed youth controlled the spiritual energy flowing to Ye Chen's neck, a dangerous warning rose in his heart. His face changed color and he almost instantly withdrew his spiritual energy, his palm flashing back like lightning, and at the same time, the light on Ye Chen's neck flashed and disappeared.

  Bang!

  Ye Chen's body shook out a burst of energy, and the blue-clothed youth was like a defeated straw doll, flying several meters away. A blood arrow sprayed out wildly.

  "The blue-clothed youth's eyes flashed with an unbelievable color, which was immediately replaced by a thick killing intent. As soon as he spoke, another mouthful of blood spurted out, dyeing the front of his clothes crimson."

  Everyone in the hall was stunned by this sudden change, including Shangguan Ziyuan, who didn't know what had happened. They only saw that the blue-clothed youth's body suddenly flew out, spewing blood from his mouth, and suffered heavy injuries!

  "Big Brother!" Shangguan Ziyuan hastily ran over, poured out a dan medicine and fed it into the mouth of the blue-clothed young man, saying: "Big Brother, how are you?"

  "It's nothing." The boy in blue shook his head, and the blood flowed out again. He said weakly: "Quick, take me back, find the elder to treat my injury."