Chapter 22: Robbing Several Big Families?

  "I'm your cousin, you're my younger cousin, what's wrong with a hug? If you like to hold me, just hold me." Ye Yan was very generous, pretending not to care, but her face was slightly red. Although she and Ye Chen were cousins, this was the first time in her life that she had close contact with a man. If Ye Chen wasn't just a thirteen-year-old kid, she would have thrown him out for sure.

  "Haha, I wouldn't dare to. If those pursuers of yours misunderstood me, they'd tear me limb from limb!" Ye Chen teased, releasing Ye Yan and sitting back down again.

  "You, when did you learn to be so glib? You weren't like this before." Ye Yan looked at Ye Chen with curiosity, she had a strange feeling in her heart, the current Ye Chen was no longer the same as the previous one, whether it was temperament, behavior or speech, they were simply two different people.

  "It's always been like this, Sister Yan just hasn't noticed." Ye Chen shrugged, his expression unchanged.

  "Really?" Ye Yan was clearly disbelieving, but she didn't dwell on the question. She glanced at Ye Chen and said, "Chen brother, if you can break through to the sixth stage this time in the family competition, then getting first place shouldn't be a problem. The low-grade supreme spirit medicine will be of great help to you."

  "Does a low-grade top-quality spiritual medicine really have such a great effect?" Ye Chen smiled, habitually rubbing his chin, and didn't think much of it. Only he knew what kind of physique he had, let alone one low-grade top-quality spiritual medicine, even ten wouldn't be enough to help him break through from the sixth stage to the seventh.

  "That's for sure." Ye Yan looked at him with a dismissive expression, and his heart was annoyed. He said: "Low-grade extreme spiritual medicine is extremely rare in the secular world. For a family like ours, we can only buy one plant per year, which has always been provided to our elders for cultivation. People of our generation are unlikely to get such good resources. I don't know why the family is willing to take it out and reward the first place winner this time."

  "It's not surprising." Ye Chen sneered, saying: "As the head of the family, with his power, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to force the family elders to agree to take out a low-grade top-quality spiritual medicine. If he wants to use this method to help his son, I'm afraid he's miscalculated."

  Ye Yan's eyes sparkled with a hint of brightness as she heard the words, and she didn't find it strange that Ye Chen called her by her name. She smiled and said, "Chen brother, you can think of this point, which means you've really grown up and are no longer the little kid you used to be."

  Ye Chen was speechless and choked, he really wanted to tell Ye Yan, I am a real big brother, a mature man, but thinking of his childish face, it is destined that there is no persuasive power.

  "Originally, it was unexpected that this time the first place in the family competition would be taken for granted. If Uncle didn't have absolute confidence, he wouldn't have brought out a low-grade extreme spirit medicine as a reward." Ye Yan said with a hint of mocking smile on his face, "However, man's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations, he calculated me in, but didn't calculate you in."

  "Oh?" Ye Chen was startled and asked: "Sister Yan means that Ye Sheng has already entered the Eight-Section Realm?"

  "Uh-huh. It's very likely." Ye Yan nodded, and then said: "However, as long as you enter the sixth stage, you'll have a great chance of winning against him. After all, the flesh realm's cultivation is about comparing strength and martial skills. In terms of martial skills, not to mention the Ye family, but even in the entire Lin City, there's no one who can compare to Second Uncle. As his son, I'm sure your mastery of martial skills must be extraordinary."

  "It's okay, I guess." Ye Chen replied perfunctorily. Looking at Ye Yan, he ventured: "Sister Yan seems to know my father very well, perhaps even better than me."

  "Do you understand?" Ye Yan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Second Uncle has always been mysterious, no one in the Ye family understands Second Uncle, and Second Uncle is often not in the family. Even when he comes back, he stays within these two small courtyards, almost never leaving the house."

  "Then how did you know that my father's martial arts skills are exceptional?" Ye Chen asked.

  Ye Yanbai gave Ye Chen a glance, "Even if I don't understand, we are all members of the Ye family, and he is my second uncle. How could I not know this? In Lincheng, Second Uncle is an absolute strongman. If he acknowledges someone as second, no one dares to acknowledge someone as first."

  "Is Father that formidable?" Ye Chen pretended to be surprised, but in his heart he was thinking, Ye Wen Tian is not only a strong man in Lin City, even in the imperial city of Chu Di, he is probably one of the top masters. Just by knowing Yu Ling Long from Ling Long Island, it can be seen that Father Ye Wen Tian is absolutely not simple.

  "Of course, if it weren't for Second Uncle being around, the Ye family would have been swallowed up by the other three big families and the City Master's Manor long ago. Although they don't dare to openly make a move against the Ye family, in secret they suppress the Ye family's businesses, not allowing them to develop and grow. And Second Uncle doesn't care about family matters, otherwise how could the three big families and the City Master's Manor people be suppressing us like this?"

  A hint of anger flashed in Ye Yan's eyes, and she had been holding back her resentment for years due to the family's oppression. However, as for Ye Chen, it didn't matter anymore; in this family, except for Ye Wen Tian, Nan Er, Ye Yan, and Ye Yan's father Ye Xiao Tian, he had no good feelings towards anyone else, nor did he have any feelings towards this family.

  Ye Chen's indifferent expression fell into Ye Yan's eyes, and she didn't have any blame towards him. Ye Chen had been rejected by the family since he was a child, so he wouldn't have any feelings for this family anyway. It made no difference whose fault it was.

  "Chen Di, from now on you must be careful of the three major families and the City Master's Manor." Ye Yan reminded him, a hint of worry rising in her eyes. "Ever since your meridian severing incident spread out, to the three major families and the City Master's Manor, you are already a useless person. But once you show your edge after the family competition, they will definitely feel threatened. In order to keep their positions from being shaken, they absolutely won't allow Second Uncle to have a genius son."

  "Also, last time you injured Upper Official Ziyan's senior brother, almost everyone has already determined that you have a treasure on your body, so your situation is even more dangerous."

  "Yan Jie, you're worrying too much." Ye Chen smiled faintly, but a cold glint flashed in his eyes. "Before they find me in Shen Cifu, they don't dare to move, but it's not ruled out that someone is blinded by greed and takes a risk. However, I think I can handle it."

  "You must be more careful in the future. It's not that I'm afraid of ten thousand things, but rather that one thing out of ten thousand might happen." Yecai reminded again.

  Ye Chen's lips curled up with a hint of an arc, since the three major families and the City Master's Mansion wanted to deal with him, he was also prepared to collect some interest in advance.

  "Yan sister, do all the major families in Lincheng and the city lord's mansion purchase large quantities of goods for the next year at the end of each year?"

  "Not bad." Ye Yan nodded and added, "You may not understand yet, but actually every year at the end of the year, each big family and the city lord's mansion purchases are not ordinary goods. Ordinary goods are just a cover-up. What they really purchase is spiritual medicine, which will be provided to all members of the family for cultivation in the second year. This is their procurement focus."

  "Panacea?" Ye Chen rubbed his nose and asked casually, "If that's the case, since several major families and the City Master's Manor all know what each other is purchasing, haven't they ever thought of robbing each other halfway?"

  "Waylaying goods?" Ye Yan was taken aback, and smiled: "You're clever to think of this. Since we all know each other's intentions, how could there not be precautions? There are already eyes watching the movements between us. If a certain family has an expert leave Lincheng and coincidentally another family is waylaid on the road, then that family will receive a joint attack from the other families and the City Lord's Manor."

  "It should be in Yingcheng procurement, I don't know when several big families procure at the end of the year, how long does it usually take to return to Lincheng?" Ye Chen asked casually.

  "It should be departing in the next few days, and will probably return to Lin City about twenty days later." Ye Yan replied casually, then looked at Ye Chen with some surprise, her beautiful eyes fixed tightly on him, saying: "Chen brother, why are you asking this?"

  "No, just asking out of curiosity." Ye Chen smiled. "Sister Yan, you wouldn't think I'm going to rob a few big families, would you?"

  "You just don't have the strength to even think about it." Ye Yan sneered, "Each family's convoy has at least two seven-peak experts and more than ten six-peak cultivators escorting the car. Even if an eight-peak strong person went, they wouldn't be able to succeed."

  Ye Chen nodded, Ye Yan was right. With two 7th-stage peak and a dozen 6th-stage cultivators, even if an 8th-stage strong practitioner was surrounded by them, there would only be one dead end, because physical strength would be consumed, under the siege, once the physical strength was exhausted too much, the only thing to face would be death.

  But for Ye Chen, it was different. He had plenty of physical strength and even if he fought continuously for several hours, the blood energy in his body was enough to support him.

  Ye Yan would never have thought that Ye Chen was actually attracting the attention of several major families and the City Master's Manor with his spiritual medicine, because she believed that even if Ye Chen reached the peak of six segments, he would still not succeed.

  After it had completely darkened outside, Ye Yan left, leaving only Ye Chen and Nan Er in the house staring blankly.

  Ye Chen was deep in thought, while Nan'er had her hands under her chin, staring at Ye Chen with unblinking eyes, a smile spreading across her face from time to time. Fortunately, Ye Chen didn't notice Nan'er's expression as he was lost in thought, or else he would have suspected that this little loli was infatuated.

  Ye Chen's eyes flashed a cold light, and he suddenly stood up and walked out of the house.

  The sudden movement made Nan'er stunned. She asked in a hurry: "Young master, where are you going so late?"

  "Nan'er, go to sleep, don't mind me." As soon as the voice fell, Ye Chen had already disappeared into the dark night.

  "Oh." Nang'er pouted and walked towards her own room, muttering to herself as she went: "So late at night and still running around everywhere."

  Ye Chen arrived at the place of cultivation in the back mountain, under the big tree, nine heavy iron weights were piled up, each one was only as big as a fist, but incredibly heavy, together they weighed nearly two thousand catties.

  "Although I don't know what metal these iron ingots are made of, they're so heavy that they must be extremely hard, making them perfect for forging a weapon." Ye Chen muttered to himself before picking up the four iron ingots and quickly disappearing into the rear mountain.