My Silly, Sweet Wife

Watching Ye Guichen being so obedient, Chu Huai Nan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the Ghost Market wasn’t his territory, and even though they had wiped out many experts from the other kings, King Qin’s forces hadn’t acted yet.

Whether or not King Qin had teamed up with Hua Xiangrong was no longer important.

What mattered was to leave this place quickly to avoid any further complications.

”Go!”

Without any further hesitation, Chu Huai Nan yelled to his subordinates and turned to leave with Hua Xiangrong, the hostage.

But, after speaking, he found that his subordinates didn’t move.

They stood by Ye Guichen, their facial expressions seemingly distorted.

”What’s wrong with you?” Chu Huai Nan sensed something amiss and shouted, ”What are you waiting for? Quickly escort the Young Master out of here and back to the Hidden Door!”

Still, no one moved.

This time, even Hua Xiangrong and Gongyang Lang realized something was wrong.

They all turned to look at Ye Guichen and those surrounding him.

A chilling aura emanated from around them.

Ye Guichen smiled, still looking at Chu Huai Nan: ”Marquis Chu, I’ve suddenly changed my mind. I don’t want to leave anymore.”

”Huh?” Chu Huai Nan’s face darkened: ”It’s not for you to decide!”

He then reprimanded his subordinates: ”Hurry up, do you dare defy my orders?”

”Of course they don’t dare, but, given their current state, how could they defy your orders?” Ye Guichen said leisurely, raising his hands slowly and giving a gentle push, causing two people beside him to collapse silently.

There was no sound from those two, and they didn’t even twitch after falling to the ground.

Moreover, a moment later, they turned into what looked like dried corpses.

Chu Huai Nan’s pupils suddenly contracted, and he instinctively retreated two steps.

One after another.

Chu Huai Nan’s subordinates fell to the ground one by one.

Then, their bodies quickly withered, turning into skin and bones.

The dozen or so people initially surrounding Ye Guichen all died within ten seconds.

Ye Guichen’s eyes flashed with an eerie light.

However, that light disappeared quickly.

Xuanming Prison Suppressing Technique, Fifth Level, Heaven and Earth Falling.

Since advancing to the fifth level of the Xuanming Prison Suppressing Technique, Ye Guichen hadn’t made a move yet.

Earlier, he felt a bit itchy to try.

Silently and without a sound, Ye Guichen executed this move.

Heaven and Earth Falling.

It turned out to have a similar effect to the third level of the Yi Wood Everlasting Technique.

The Yi Wood Everlasting Technique allowed Ye Guichen’s consciousness to extend within three meters, attaching to any object as if the essence of consciousness had extended.

But the Heaven and Earth Falling of the Fifth Level of the Xuanming Suppressing Technique could, in the instant it was executed, control all living beings within a three-meter radius.

With just a thought, it could instantly strip the opponent of their vitality, causing their soul to scatter and their body to perish.

This move, silent and needing time to brew, currently only allowed Ye Guichen to control within a three-meter radius.

Beyond this distance, the power of this move would be limited.

Also, to execute it, a brewing period was necessary, as if drawing a circle of imprisonment within three meters.

However, once executed, it was indeed shocking.

Earlier, Ye Guichen’s conversation with Chu Huai Nan was simply to test this move.

It seemed the result was satisfactory.

”What did you do?” Chu Huai Nan felt a tingling scalp watching his subordinates die so quietly.

Not only was Chu Huai Nan terrified, but Hua Xiangrong and Gongyang Lang were also fearful, instinctively retreating several steps.

Ye Guichen shook his head: ”Marquis Chu, my suggestion just now was to let go of your hostage and let’s talk calmly, but you refused, which made me unhappy!”

Chu Huai Nan never imagined Ye Guichen could have such a bizarre cultivation technique. Instinctively he swallowed hard: ”You, you’re a devil! You’re not the Son of Nether Emperor; you’re a devil!”

His mental defenses utterly collapsed, leaving him with no will to fight.

He pushed Hua Xiangrong forward and, taking advantage of the moment when everyone was distracted, leapt into the lake.

With his subordinates dying silently around him, Chu Huai Nan only wanted to escape to clear his mind and figure out what had just happened.

However, just as Chu Huai Nan was about to jump into the lake and flee, a terrifying aura spread from the water.

”Whoosh!”

As if a giant creature leapt out of the water.

Under the moonlight, the giant opened its blood-red mouth and swallowed Chu Huai Nan in one gulp.

The next second, the creature submerged into the water again, and the surface returned to calm.

This scene not only stunned Hua Xiangrong and others but also shocked many who were secretly observing from the shore.

”What was that just now?”

”It looked huge, like a dragon.”

”Nonsense! There’s no dragon in this world; it must be a giant serpent!”

”A serpent? How could such a large serpent live in the lake without ever being discovered?”

”How should I know? It seemed like someone jumped right into the serpent’s mouth.”

”That was Chu Huai Nan, a Qi Refinement second-level expert, swallowed by a serpent?”

”Hiss! Really? That’s too terrifying.”

The crowd buzzed with discussions.

In an instant, all their attention was drawn to the giant creature that had suddenly emerged and disappeared again.

Ye Guichen’s eyelid twitched.

It did seem to be a giant serpent.

He glanced at Gongyang Lang.

Gongyang Lang was trembling in fear, his face pale, pointing at where the serpent had disappeared, and said, trembling, ”It’s that thing, it’s that thing!”

Ye Guichen furrowed his brow: ”Hurry, Hua Xiangrong, make sure everyone stays alert and doesn’t leave the island in the lake! Also, eliminate all of the Seven Kings’ people here. Leave no one!”

Then, grabbing Gongyang Lang, he said, ”Let’s go!”

Ye Guichen quickly made his way to the highest pavilion on the island with Gongyang Lang.

Hua Xiangrong came to her senses, not daring to be careless, and immediately gave orders.

At this moment, it was crucial to eliminate any potential threats from the Seven Kings’ people.

Besides, that thing that emerged earlier was too terrifying; if it wanted to devour them, it could probably do so effortlessly.

After giving orders, Hua Xiangrong hesitated briefly before quickly heading to the highest pavilion.

Ye Guichen set Gongyang Lang down and asked sternly: ”Gongyang Lang, are you sure the thing just now was the same giant serpent that dragged you away before?”

Gongyang Lang’s mind was pulled back by Ye Guichen’s voice. He looked up with some confusion, then shook his head vigorously: ”Not, not too sure. For some reason, even though its size seemed similar, I was somewhat unconscious at the time, and the sense of oppression wasn’t as intense as just now!”