Urban Martial Saint

After Ye Qing came out, everyone immediately surrounded him to ask if he had gotten any information. In fact, everyone was suspicious of Old Chen, especially Helian Tiehua and the Wolf Monk, who had repeatedly and mysteriously encountered Old Chen, so it was impossible not to suspect him.

Ye Qing shrugged his shoulders helplessly and recounted the incident of Old Chen secretly watching the Yelu family’s women bathing, which instantly made everyone around sneer. This old fellow really had no shame, doing such a thing.

Since they couldn’t get any information, Ye Qing and his group didn’t stay any longer at Mount Wendao and drove straight to the place where Old Wang Ba and the others were hiding.

The Sun Shooting Bow was originally left at Mount Wendao with Fat Jiao for protection. However, with Fat Jiao nowhere to be found, leaving only a bunch of ordinary snakes at Mount Wendao, Ye Qing certainly couldn’t leave the Sun Shooting Bow there anymore.

In fact, now that the Wanyan Family had been severely weakened, Ye Qing and his group no longer needed to fear them. With the Sun Shooting Bow in hand, there was no worry about the Wanyan Family taking it away. Therefore, Ye Qing had no intention of hiding the Sun Shooting Bow anymore. The most crucial task ahead was to find the Xuanyuan Sword and deal with the Wanyan Family!

As for the opening of the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates, the day was drawing near. However, Ye Qing had no intention of opening it, as he still remembered the words carved on the stele of Guiguzi. He didn’t want to plunge the world into chaos.

Upon returning to the estate where Old Wang Ba and his group were hiding, they could see from afar the Yelu family members sitting in the courtyard. The people guarding this estate were mostly those from Ye Qing’s side who had not yet reached the Pinnacle Realm. In the battle of Mount Wendao, sending anyone except Peak Masters was useless, so those who weren’t Peak Masters remained here, making it quite a safe place.

As soon as Ye Qing’s vehicle drove into the courtyard, the Yelu family members immediately rushed over. As soon as Ye Qing got out of the car, one of the Yelu family members shouted, ”Alliance Leader Ye, you must stand up for us this time. That old immortal Old Chen not only peeked at our women bathing but also ran away overnight without even apologizing. It’s absolutely detestable!”

Ye Qing had a black line across his face. It seemed the matter with Old Chen and the Yelu family was indeed true. Moreover, judging by the extent of the Yelu family’s grievance against Old Chen, it seemed that Old Chen likely did more than he admitted. If it were just as simple as he said, the Yelu family wouldn’t be so furious.

”Don’t worry, I will definitely not side with him on this matter, I absolutely stand with you!” Ye Qing quickly replied, ”You can punish him however you wish, I absolutely won’t oppose it. As long as it appeases you, you can do as you like!”

The Yelu family was taken aback; they initially thought Ye Qing would defend Old Chen, but unexpectedly, Ye Qing uttered such words, clearly indicating his support for them dealing with Old Chen.

What they didn’t know was that Ye Qing was also looking for a chance to put pressure on Old Chen to reveal his secrets. Now that the Yelu family was willing to help, Ye Qing certainly wouldn’t let the opportunity slip by.

”Alliance Leader Ye, that old immortal is nowhere to be found!” a Yelu family woman gritted her teeth and said. ”We’ve been looking for him everywhere, but can’t find him; it’s infuriating!”

Ye Qing quickly said, ”No worries, I’ve brought him back for you, you can deal with him however you wish!”

”Brought him back?” The Yelu family members immediately perked up, looking excitedly at Ye Qing. Ever since Old Chen ran away, they had been searching for him without success, all the while simmering with frustration. Now that Old Chen was back, they could finally vent their anger.

”Where is he? Where is he?”

”Where did that old guy go?”

”This time, make sure you don’t let him escape!”

”Definitely, let’s break his legs first!”

The Yelu family members kept chattering, discussing how to deal with Old Chen. Listening to this, Ye Qing broke out in cold sweat; the remaining Yelu family members were mostly women, and when these women got fierce, they were far worse than men. It seemed Old Chen wouldn’t have it easy this time.

This aligned with Ye Qing’s intentions. Old Chen was too slippery and hardly spoke the truth. By letting the Yelu family give him a hard time, Ye Qing hoped to force some secrets out of him, which wouldn’t be a bad outcome either.

Additionally, if the Yelu family’s retaliation became too much, Ye Qing didn’t believe Old Chen could endure forever. As soon as Old Chen resisted, he wouldn’t be able to hide any longer!

Ye Qing gestured, and Ding Lian promptly brought Old Chen out. Old Chen was still muttering for Ding Lian to release him, but as soon as he approached, he heard the commotion from the Yelu family, and he immediately shut his mouth.

Facing the bullish members of the Yelu family, Old Chen swallowed hard and suddenly said to Ye Qing, ”Hey, Young Ye, you claim to be the Alliance Leader of the World Alliance, yet don’t you weigh in to judge? I meant well, and look how they’ve treated me. Is there no justice left in this world?”

”You still have the face to ask for judgment!” One of the Yelu family’s women stepped forward, pointing at Old Chen in anger, ”You call it good intentions? Hah, you really have the nerve. You stood out there snooping for more than half an hour — care to explain what you were doing all that time?”

”I wasn’t standing there for half an hour...” Old Chen’s tone noticeably weakened.

Another lady indignantly said, ”I knew you’d deny it, but don’t worry, we have surveillance, and we’ve kept the footage. Do you want to take a look?”

”...” Old Chen fell completely silent, dispirited for quite a while before he looked at Ye Qing and said, ”Look at the kind of lousy places you choose; such a remote area, yet there’s surveillance installed?”

”Shut up!” Ye Qing’s face was lined with frustration. It seems there’s nothing more to say. For such an elderly man, Old Chen truly knows how to lose face. Honestly, whenever Ye Qing sees Old Chen doing these embarrassing things, he can’t ever associate him with being any kind of master. Which master could be so disgraceful? Even Shijia wouldn’t stoop to this!

The members of the Yelu family swarmed aggressively, all glaring furiously at Old Chen: ”What do you have to say now?”

Old Chen took a deep breath, slowly bent down, squatting on the ground, and reached out with both hands to cover his head: ”Hit me if you want, just don’t hit my face!”

”Ladies, kick his face!” one woman shouted, and several women from the Yelu family immediately swarmed over, scratching at Old Chen.

These women all had martial arts skills, but certainly wouldn’t go hard on Old Chen, instead opting for scratching and biting. Ye Qing clearly saw that, despite the beating, Old Chen might not sustain severe injuries, but his face would undoubtedly be riddled with scratches, utterly losing face. To put it bluntly, this way of beating someone can’t even be considered a physical attack; it’s really an attack on the mental level. Regardless of whether it hurts, it aims to make you lose face!

Old Chen howled in misery from the Yelu women’s attacks, but no one around him offered any help. This old man wasn’t well-liked among everyone, except for the Sword Saint Sect people; everyone else had been nagged by him. All had wanted to beat him for a long time but were constrained by social decorum. Now, seeing the Yelu women take action, the crowd secretly cheered them on from the inside!

Ye Qing initially thought Old Chen might do something under such circumstances, but after Old Chen was scratched all over and still didn’t resist, Ye Qing gave up completely. It seems that for someone like Old Chen, losing face is practically a daily routine. Letting him lose face wasn’t enough to force out any secrets from him, so it’ll have to wait for another opportunity.

The crowd didn’t linger outside; after this ruckus, everyone was extremely exhausted. The matter with the Wanyan family had finally been somewhat settled, allowing everyone a brief rest. Of course, this rest was short-lived, at least for Ye Qing, who couldn’t rest yet, because in eight days, he’d be entering the Yelu family’s ancestral tomb to search for the Xuanyuan Sword’s whereabouts.

Back in his room, Ye Qing first carefully stored the Lingzhi he carried with him. These Lingzhi had all been collected from Mount Wendao, each having at least five hundred years of age. Such Lingzhi were extremely valuable even to masters of the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm.

At the time, Fat Jiao was badly injured, and Ye Qing intended to use the Lingzhi to heal Fat Jiao’s wounds, but Fat Jiao couldn’t swallow the Lingzhi then. So, the Lingzhi hadn’t been used. Moreover, once gathered, these couldn’t be replanted, so Ye Qing could only bring them back with him.

Even though these Lingzhi couldn’t heal Fat Jiao, they were incredibly precious to others. Previously, Ye Qing had taken a fifty-year-old Jade Ganoderma from Mount Wendao, which allowed Du Canglang, who had nearly died in battle, to restore his full strength. Now with these Jade Ganoderma beyond five hundred years old, Ye Qing couldn’t even imagine how potent their effects could be. Holding such Jade Ganoderma in hand was inevitably tempting to others.

After hiding the Lingzhi, Ye Qing first had the Sword Saint Sect masters bring out Corpse Ghost Dragon. In the battle at Mount Wendao, Corpse Ghost Dragon was arguably the most frustrated individual. His power was likely above the Sword Saint Sect Master, ranking just below Fat Jiao and Wanyan Hongfeng among all the masters of Unity of Heaven and Man present then. Yet in that battle, Corpse Ghost Dragon basically did nothing, being drained entirely by the Dragon-breaking Knife.

Later, the Wanyan family was defeated, with three Unity of Heaven and Man masters protecting Wanyan Hongfeng’s escape, leaving Corpse Ghost Dragon on the mountain with no one to rescue him, eventually falling into Ye Qing’s hands.

Ye Qing brought Corpse Ghost Dragon here but dared not be careless, considering Corpse Ghost Dragon’s power was previously formidable. He had only been depleted by the Dragon-breaking Knife, and wasn’t dead; once his power returned, he’d still be a strong combat force!

(A recommendation for the new book ”Immortal Dragon Emperor” by an old friend, the great Yao Ye. This passionate new book comes highly recommended!)