569: Chapter 569 I'm here to do the work!

Hearing this, Shu Yuan scrambled up from the ground and then knelt down again.

"Mr. Ye, your kindness is immense; Shu Yuan has no way to repay it!"

"From this day forward, Shu Yuan's life belongs to you!"

"If you tell me to go east, I will never go west!"

"If you tell me to kill, I will not even blink!"

Jiang Daoxuan also knelt down and kowtowed heavily three times.

"Mr. Ye, I have lived for over sixty years, and besides the Sect Leader, I have never deferred to anyone."

"But today, I am humbled!"

"Utterly and completely!"

"From now on, I will follow Mr. Ye's lead in everything!"

Shen Qingyi also hurriedly stood up and silently knelt.

But before she could speak...

Ye Chen had already waved his hand, interrupting her.

"Don't be in such a hurry to thank me."

"I've said it before: I'm not helping you out of charity."

"What I need you to do is still to come."

Shu Yuan looked up, his eyes filled with determination: "Mr. Ye, please give us your orders!"

Jiang Daoxuan also looked up and said in a deep voice: "We will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Ye Chen looked at them, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

"Don't worry, I won't send you to your deaths."

"What I need is for you to stay alive."

"And then, at the Martial Arts Tournament, represent me in the competition and win."

Shen Qingyi was stunned: "Why don't you take the victory yourself?"

"Where's the fun in that?"

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow.

"Isn't it more interesting to have people you've personally cultivated become invincible throughout the world?"

"Besides..."

"Once I step onto the stage, it would be like bullying. Some of those old fellows probably wouldn't be able to sit still."

The three of them suddenly understood.

That was right.

The Martial Arts Tournament was held within the Kunlun Ruins.

If someone as fierce as Ye Chen jumped out, it would indeed be no different from bullying.

It would be like an adult beating up an infant!

By then, it would likely attract many old monsters, making things much more complicated.

Mr. Ye simply didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

However...

What they didn't know was...

Ye Chen wasn't afraid of trouble at all. Instead, he figured that since the Ancient Tomb Sect had origins connected to the Houtu Inheritance, he would use his own way to make this sect flourish.

As long as they could establish a firm foothold in the Kunlun Ruins, those petty scoundrels wouldn't dare cause trouble at will.

Thinking of this...

Ye Chen's gaze swept over the three of them, and he said indifferently.

"Alright, get up. Let's leave this place first."

Hearing this, Shu Yuan immediately spoke up.

"Mr. Ye, I know all the surveillance blind spots."

"I scouted this port area before. From here to the exit, there are at least seven spots that the cameras can't see."

"We can bypass them along the blind spots. It might be slower, but it's safe."

He spoke with great confidence, clearly having done his homework in advance.

Jiang Daoxuan also nodded and added.

"I've also looked at Shu Yuan's route; it's indeed feasible."

"Although it's a bit of a detour, given our current state, if we are careful, we shouldn't be discovered."

Shen Qingyi didn't speak, just silently looking at Ye Chen, waiting for him to decide.

However...

After listening, Ye Chen laughed instead: "Why take the blind spots?"

The three of them were stunned at the same time, looking at each other.

Not take the blind spots?

Then how else could they go?

Walk out in broad daylight?

But the outside was crawling with Yamaguchi-gumi members!

Although the group in the warehouse had been dealt with, there were still countless patrols throughout the port.

Once their movements were exposed and the news got out, the people from the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates would swarm in like sharks smelling blood.

At that point, let alone a safe evacuation, whether they could even make it out of Fukuoka alive would be a question.

Shu Yuan swallowed hard and asked cautiously: "Mr. Ye, do you mean... we aren't taking the blind spots?"

"We aren't," Ye Chen replied crisply.

Jiang Daoxuan's brow furrowed: "Then how do we get out?"

Ye Chen glanced at him, the corners of his mouth turning up slightly: "Since you are all my people and I have found you, there's no need to pretend anymore. Let's lay our cards on the table and fight our way out directly."

The three of them: "???"

Wait...

Fight their way out?

Was this Mr. Ye joking?

Outside was the Yamaguchi-gumi's territory!

And the people from the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates were hiding in the shadows!

Forget fighting their way out; they'd be lucky just to stay alive...

The expression on Shu Yuan's face was as bitter as if he had eaten goldenseal: "Mr. Ye, you aren't joking, are you?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?" Ye Chen asked in return.

Shu Yuan choked, unable to speak.

Jiang Daoxuan took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

"Mr. Ye, I know your strength is formidable, but for us to fight our way out with such fanfare, wouldn't it be too..."

"Too risky?" Ye Chen interrupted him.

Jiang Daoxuan nodded, bracing himself.

Ye Chen looked at him and suddenly laughed: "Risky? Have you all forgotten one thing?"

The three of them were collectively stunned.

Ye Chen spoke unhurriedly: "Why did the people from the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates seal off the port?"

Shu Yuan answered subconsciously: "Because they think we are still inside the port..."

"Exactly."

Ye Chen nodded.

"They think you're still in the port, so they've focused all their attention here."

"But if you slip out quietly through the blind spots, they will continue to block the port until they realize you aren't inside at all."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the three of them, his voice taking on a playful tone.

"But what if you fight your way out in broad daylight?"

Shen Qingyi was the first to react, a flash of realization in her eyes: "You mean... to lure the snake out of its hole?"

Ye Chen gave her an appreciative look.

"Smart."

Shu Yuan and Jiang Daoxuan also realized.

Fighting their way out wasn't to show off, but to draw out the people from the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates.

Their attention was already on the port; if someone fought their way out now, they would surely think they were trying to escape and would definitely intercept with everything they had.

And once they showed themselves, they would be exposed.

Once exposed, they would no longer be hunters hiding in the dark, but targets standing in the light.

But the problem was...

"Mr. Ye, even if we draw them out, how do we escape?" Shu Yuan asked the most critical question.

Ye Chen smiled slightly: "Who said we were going to escape?"

The three of them were stunned again.

Ye Chen looked at them and said word by word.

"I am going to leave every single one of them behind."

"Moreover, I want the whole world to know..."

"The Ancient Tomb Sect belongs to me, Ye Chen. If they want to make a move, they'd better weigh their options carefully."

As soon as these words were spoken...

Shen Qingyi looked up, her eyes turning completely red.

It wasn't because of fear, nor because of grievance.

It was because, from the moment the Ancient Tomb Sect was destroyed, she had never heard such words again.

"The people of the Ancient Tomb Sect are my, Ye Chen's, people."

These words were like a beam of light, splitting open the darkness in her heart.

She thought of her grandfather's blood-stained face before he died, her father's back as he shielded them with his body, and those martial uncles and aunts who fought to the death to escort them out...

Didn't they trade their lives just so the name of the Ancient Tomb Sect could continue to exist in this world?

And now, someone was willing to take up this burden!

Shu Yuan and Jiang Daoxuan's eyes also reddened.

Two men whose combined ages exceeded a hundred years were now like children, their tears falling uncontrollably.

It wasn't weakness.

It was being moved.

It was the kind of emotion that surged from the very marrow of their bones after surviving a desperate situation.

"Mr. Ye..."

Shu Yuan's voice was trembling, "From this day forward, my life, Shu Yuan's life, is yours."

Jiang Daoxuan didn't speak; he just heavily kowtowed three more times.

Ye Chen looked at them, not stopping them, nor speaking.

He just waited until they had mostly vented their emotions before speaking indifferently: "Everyone, get up."

The three of them took a deep breath and scrambled up from the ground.

Ye Chen glanced at them: "Follow me closely."

After saying that, he turned around and strode toward the warehouse door.

The three of them looked at each other and followed suit.

The moment the warehouse door was pushed open, the night wind rushed toward them.

In the distance, lights were bright, and everything seemed normal.

No one noticed this remote, old warehouse, and even less did anyone notice the four people walking out of it.

Ye Chen walked in front with his hands in his pockets.

Shen Qingyi and the others followed behind him, their hearts beating like drums.

They walked out of the warehouse area and along the main road toward the port exit.

They had walked less than fifty meters when they encountered a patrol of Yamaguchi-gumi members.

Five burly men, all in black suits.

Leading them was a man with a buzz cut, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, talking and laughing heartily with the person next to him.

But the next second.

They saw Ye Chen's group.

The buzz-cut man's laughter came to an abrupt halt, his footsteps stopped, and his brow furrowed.

"Who the hell are you people?"

Before the buzz-cut man's voice even faded, Ye Chen had already walked up to him.

And then.

He raised his hand and delivered a slap.

"Slap!!!"

A crisp sound exploded in the night sky, and the buzz-cut man was sent flying sideways.

He flew over ten meters away and plunged directly into the seawater.

Ye Chen retracted his hand and spoke indifferently: "I'm the one who's here to slap you."

Shen Qingyi: "..."

Shu Yuan: "..."

Jiang Daoxuan: "..."

The remaining four Yamaguchi-gumi members suddenly snapped out of it, their faces changing drastically as they scrambled to reach for the weapons at their waists.

"baka!"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Call for backup! There are intruders!"

...

Some drew their Tachi, some pulled out handguns, and some shouted frantically into their walkie-talkies.

The entire scene fell into complete chaos.