339: Chapter 339 You surnamed Ye, come out and face your death!

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded as realization dawned on him.

"So, the Sima Family itself isn't qualified to enter the Kunlun Ruins, but Sima Li's younger son married a daughter of the Chen Family?"

"And that's how this situation came to be?"

Miao Renfeng nodded. "To be precise, it was a matrilocal marriage."

"A matrilocal marriage?" Ye Chen raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, he married into her family."

Miao Renfeng explained.

"Although the Chen Family is only a small family within the Kunlun Ruins, it is still the Kunlun Ruins."

"The only way the Sima Family could get their son in was through marriage."

"Sima Ling married into the Chen Family three years ago. Although he didn't change his surname to Chen, he is officially part of their household now."

Ye Chen leaned back on the sofa and couldn't help but chuckle.

"A useless live-in son-in-law thinks he can come here and boss people around?"

"Then I'd like to see for myself just what kind of ability he has."

Just as he finished speaking...

A bone-chilling voice suddenly drifted in from outside the window.

"You there, Ye, come out and meet your death!"

The voice wasn't loud, yet it echoed clearly over the entire Wangjiang Tower, lingering for a long time.

Miao Renfeng's expression turned cold. He rushed to the window, pulled it open, and looked down.

In the night...

On the open ground by the Yuan River, over a dozen black-clad figures had appeared at some unknown point.

The man leading them stood with his hands behind his back. He had a handsome face but a gloomy brow; it was Sima Ling.

Behind him stood over a dozen experts in black, each radiating a powerful aura.

Heaven Realm!

They were all in the Heaven Realm!

Miao Renfeng's pupils constricted as he snapped his head back. "Master, it's that Sima Ling! He's here!"

Ye Chen stood up from the sofa, walked unhurriedly to the window, and glanced down.

Then...

He withdrew his gaze and gave Jin Meiting a slight smile.

"Wait for me a moment."

"It won't take long."

Jin Meiting nodded without saying a single word.

Ye Chen turned and strode toward the door.

Miao Renfeng followed closely behind, his eyes faintly gleaming with excitement.

With Master taking action, there was going to be a good show.

He just didn't know...

How much of a beating this group of people could take!

...

Below Wangjiang Tower, by the Yuan River.

Sima Ling stood with his hands behind his back, his cold gaze fixed on the restaurant's main entrance.

Behind him, fifteen Heaven Realm experts were lined up, their momentum imposing.

The surrounding pedestrians had long since fled, and even the diners inside the restaurant were huddled behind windows, not daring to breathe loudly.

The sound of footsteps rang out.

Ye Chen walked out of the restaurant entrance, followed by Miao Renfeng.

Sima Ling's gaze landed on Ye Chen's face, sizing him up.

"Are you Ye Chen?"

Ye Chen stuffed his hands into his pockets and stopped about ten feet in front of him. "Are you that Sima Ling who married into the Chen Family?"

Sima Ling's face darkened, a cold light flickering in his eyes.

In his entire life, what he hated most was people calling him a live-in son-in-law!

Because...

That was the stain of his life!

Yet now, someone actually dared to call him that so blatantly!

It was as if his dignity had been dragged out of his body, thrown on the ground, and trampled upon!

Rage!

He was beyond enraged!

"Sharp-tongued."

He narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Ye Chen, you killed members of my Sima Family and dared to demand my father kneel and apologize to you. Now you've killed eight Earth Realm elites from the Chen Family. If you don't give us an account today, this Yuan River will be your burial ground."

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh.

"An account?"

"What kind of account do you want?"

Sima Ling took a step forward, his aura suddenly surging as he released the pressure of the early Heaven Realm without reservation!

"Kneel!"

"Cripple your own cultivation!"

"Then follow me back to the Sima Family to await your sentence!"

Ye Chen tilted his head as if he had heard a hilarious joke.

"A mere live-in son-in-law like you thinks he's worthy?"

Sima Ling's face instantly turned flushed, the veins on his forehead bulging as he blurted out, "You—don't call me a live-in son-in-law!"

Ye Chen spread his hands with an innocent look.

"You won't even let me speak the truth? Are you not a live-in son-in-law?"

Sima Ling's face turned black. "You..."

"You what?"

Ye Chen interrupted him.

"Is being a live-in son-in-law that bad?"

"In most novels, the live-in son-in-law is the protagonist."

"A person is usually two steps away from being a protagonist. Now you've achieved both steps; isn't that impressive?"

Sima Ling was stunned.

The fifteen Heaven Realm experts behind him were also stunned.

Two steps from being a protagonist?

Achieved both now?

What did that mean?

Sima Ling's mind raced, and he suddenly reacted...

The two steps were being a 'useless trash' and a 'live-in son-in-law'!

So, this bastard was calling him a piece of trash???

Sima Ling's face instantly went from flushed to ashen, then from ashen to deathly pale.

"Ye Chen!!!"

He roared, the veins on his forehead throbbing violently as he finally snapped completely.

"Get him!"

"Break his legs!!!"

The moment his voice fell, the fifteen Heaven Realm experts moved in unison!

They were as fast as lightning, pouncing toward Ye Chen from different directions!

Fist winds whistled!

True Qi surged!

The fifteen figures were like fifteen tigers descending from a mountain, carrying overwhelming killing intent, intending to tear Ye Chen to pieces!

Ye Chen stood in place, motionless.

It wasn't until the person in the lead was less than three feet away—

That he moved.

Just one step.

A light, airy step, yet he vanished from the spot like a ghost.

The man's fist hit nothing, and his momentum carried him forward half a step. Before he could react, the back of his neck was lightly gripped by a hand.

"The first."

Ye Chen's voice rang in his ear.

The next second...

A massive force surged from the back of his neck, and the man was slammed into the ground like a tattered sack!

BOOM!!!

The bluestone ground cracked apart. The man spat out blood, his eyes rolled back, and he passed out instantly.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

Before the remaining fourteen could react, Ye Chen's figure had already appeared before the second person.

"The second."

BANG!

"The third."

BANG!

"The fourth!"

BANG! BANG! BANG!

...

A series of dull thuds exploded by the Yuan River like beating drums.

One by one, the fifteen figures were like harvested wheat, sent flying back to crash into the ground, the riverbank railings, and tree trunks!

Under the masks...

Not a single one could stand up.

Not a single one could still move.

From the moment they attacked to the moment they were all on the ground, less than ten seconds had passed for the fifteen Heaven Realm experts.

Ye Chen withdrew his hand and lightly shook his wrist.

He looked up, his gaze falling on Sima Ling ten feet away.

Sima Ling stood frozen, completely dumbfounded.

Wait...

Fifteen Heaven Realm experts!

Those were powerhouses he had brought from the Chen Family!

Just like that, they were all gone?

He snapped his head up to look at Ye Chen, his face full of disbelief. "You... what realm are you actually in?!"

Ye Chen looked at him and smiled slightly.

"Take a guess."

"You want me to guess if I'm going to guess?" Sima Ling asked subconsciously.

Ye Chen gave a disdainful smile. "Whether you guess or not is none of my damn business. Next, it's your turn!"

With that...

He began walking toward Sima Ling step by step.

The atmosphere suddenly became eerily heavy.

Sima Ling's pupils shrank. Watching Ye Chen approach step by step, a look of panic finally appeared on his face.

He finally realized...

The rumors of Ye Chen being a Celestial Master Realm powerhouse weren't just rumors; they were the truth!

He had still underestimated Ye Chen...

Ye Chen stopped in front of him, that harmless-looking smile still on his face.

"Let me ask you, you people put something up for auction, and I bought it. Was I wrong?"

Sima Ling was stunned by the question, his mind quickly replaying the words his father had said over the phone...

That fragment of the warring states silk manuscript was originally bait used by the Chen Family for fishing.

Those old monsters in the Kunlun Ruins had a near-obsessive fixation on ancient relics.

They had determined from some ancient texts that there were still people in this world who knew the true contents of the warring states silk manuscript like the back of their hands.

Therefore, they deliberately gave it to the Sima Family to release, hoping to hook that 'big fish' at the auction.

In the end, the fish wasn't caught, but the item was bought by Ye Chen.

The Sima Family wanted the item back and wanted Ye Chen to hand over the related secrets.

But Ye Chen not only refused to return it but also beat up the Sima Family's people.

His father, Sima Li, was furious and began taking action against Ye Chen, but repeatedly failed to gain anything. Finally, he had called Sima Ling back from the Kunlun Ruins...

Sima Ling took a deep breath and stiffened his neck. "That's right, but..."

"But what?"

Ye Chen interrupted him, the smile on his face fading slightly.

"If it's right, then it's right."

"If I wasn't wrong, then your Sima Family has been overbearing, looking for trouble with me time and again, and even calling a live-in son-in-law like you back from the Kunlun Ruins to settle scores with me..."

He paused, his gaze staring straight into Sima Ling's eyes.

"Exactly whose fault is it?"

Sima Ling's expression changed, and he instinctively wanted to argue.

But Ye Chen's next words followed immediately.

"I advise you to speak the truth."

"If you dare say one wrong word, I'll kill you."

Sima Ling: "???"

Wait...

You can even threaten someone like this?

But it seemed he really had no way to rebut...

After a long silence.

Sima Ling lowered his head and spoke in a raspy voice.

"It's the Sima Family's fault."

Ye Chen looked at him and nodded slightly.

"Very good."

"Then tell me, your Sima Family went back on its word, regretted selling the item, and sent people to trouble me multiple times."

"How should I deal with you?"