577: Chapter 577 He's yours!

Bai Yujing's face was as pale as paper.

He was wrong.

The others were wrong.

Everyone was wrong.

Ye Chen's strength was beyond his imagination!

He had no doubt that if he continued to resist, his head would be severed from his body on the spot...

Suddenly.

Bai Yujing's right hand loosened, and the ink dragon sword slipped from his grasp.

The blade flipped several times in the air before landing steadily in Ye Chen's hand.

Ye Chen let go of Bai Yujing's shoulder, took a step back, and casually tossed the sword to Yan Qingwu.

Yan Qingwu reached out and caught the ink dragon sword firmly.

The sword felt heavy in her hand, and a chilly aura spread from the hilt throughout her body.

She looked down at the pitch-black blade; its ink-colored patterns flowed under the light like a living creature.

She couldn't help but smile. She looked up at Ye Chen with crescent eyes and said, "Thank you, Chief Instructor Brother~"

She intentionally dragged out the end of her sentence with a hint of coquettishness, making her look like a completely different person from her usual icy self.

Ye Chen's mouth twitched as he gave her an annoyed glare. "Don't use such a sweet voice, I don't like it."

Yan Qingwu blinked and tilted her head at him.

"Oh? You don't like the sweet type?"

"Do you prefer someone a bit more fierce?"

As she spoke, she intentionally put on a stern face, raised her eyebrows, and lowered her voice. "Ye Chen! I really like your sword! You can act like a jerk toward me whenever you want from now on!"

Ye Chen's face darkened further. "Just act normal."

Yan Qingwu curled her lip, tucked the sword into her embrace, and stopped teasing.

Their conversation reached the ears of the surrounding crowd. Some found it absurd, some found it laughable, and some found it unbelievable.

This was the sword of the Bai family's Guest Elder!

It was just snatched away like that???

Bai Yujing stood where he was, watching his stolen ink dragon sword being tied to Yan Qingwu's waist, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Anger?

Of course there was.

That was his sword, but at this moment, what he felt more of was fear.

Deep, profound fear.

Because the hand Ye Chen had just placed on his shoulder had made him truly feel the threat of death.

He had no doubt that if Ye Chen had exerted just a little more force, his head would have burst like a watermelon.

Bai Yujing took a deep breath, trying his best to calm down, and looked up at Ye Chen.

"Ye Chen, you... you have a limitless future. Don't ruin yourself over the Ancient Tomb Sect."

His voice no longer held its previous arrogance; it even carried a hint of earnestness.

Ye Chen looked at him and laughed.

"I don't need you to tell me how to do things. Just mind your own business."

"I'll only ask you one last time: why does the Bai family want to capture Bai Shanshan?"

Bai Yujing fell silent.

There were some things he couldn't just say.

Because...

The reason the Bai family wanted to capture Bai Shanshan was a family secret.

If he spoke out, even if he left alive today, he would not escape punishment by the Bai family's rules upon his return.

But if he didn't speak...

He looked up, his gaze sweeping across his surroundings.

Hundreds of Yamaguchi-gumi members lay on the harbor ground, their wails rising and falling.

In the distance, Zhou Xuanji's corpse was still floating on the water, bobbing up and down with the waves.

Behind him, Liu Shenfeng was pinned to a shipping container by his own sword, blood trickling down the metal sheet and pooling on the ground.

The people he had brought with him all had pale faces and trembling legs, not even daring to breathe loudly.

Bai Yujing's heart sank to the bottom.

It seemed he had no other choice...

Seeing his expression, Ye Chen spoke indifferently.

"It's fine if you don't want to talk."

"But tonight, none of you are going back."

"Every single one of you will die."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire scene fell into a deathly silence.

The faces of several Tianyi Sect disciples turned completely white, their legs shaking like sieves.

Someone instinctively backed away, only to be blocked by a companion behind them, caught in a dilemma.

A female disciple from the Hehuan Sect even burst into tears, her tears streaming down uncontrollably.

The Japanese men were in even worse shape.

Some slumped to the ground, some knelt, and some were even so scared they wet their pants.

"Dame..."

"I don't want to die..."

"Please, let me go. I'm just a small fry, I don't know anything..."

...

The pleas and cries rose one after another.

Ye Chen turned a deaf ear to them, only looking at Bai Yujing.

Bai Yujing's face was ashen, and cold sweat trickled down his temples.

He knew...

Ye Chen wasn't bluffing.

This young man was a lunatic who would absolutely do as he said.

He took a deep breath and finally spoke.

"The Bai family wants to capture Bai Shanshan because of her bloodline."

Ye Chen's eyebrows rose slightly. "What bloodline?"

Bai Yujing gritted his teeth, seemingly in a final struggle.

But in the end, he spoke.

"Within Bai Shanshan flows a special bloodline of the Bai family."

"It can be used to help..."

"The Ancestor break through."

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, a cold sneer curling on his lips.

"Evil paths once again."

"Using a living person's bloodline to help some ancestor break through—your Bai family is truly something."

Bai Yujing didn't dare to speak or argue.

Because he knew Ye Chen was telling the truth.

The Bai family's capture of Bai Shanshan was indeed for the Ancestor's breakthrough.

Using a special bloodline as a catalyst to perform a heaven-defying technique to help the Ancestor break through a bottleneck.

Such things were not rare in the Kunlun Ruins.

To maintain their status, the major powers would use any means necessary.

It was just that no one would say it openly.

He took a deep breath and looked up at Ye Chen.

"Ye Chen, I have told you what you wanted to know."

"Now, may I leave?"

His voice carried a hint of pleading; where was the prestige of a Bai family Guest Elder now?

Ye Chen looked at him and suddenly smiled.

"As far as I'm concerned, you may leave."

Bai Yujing felt a surge of relief and was about to turn around.

However, Ye Chen's tone shifted as he slowly added another sentence.

"But..."

Bai Yujing's body stiffened instantly, his just-relaxed nerves snapping tight again.

Ye Chen looked at Shen Qingyi behind him.

"Qingyi, are you all willing to let him leave?"

Shen Qingyi stood beside Yan Qingwu, her hands clenched so tightly that her nails almost dug into her palms.

"It was him. He killed my grandfather with his own hands."

"That night, he led the Bai family to storm the Ancient Tomb Sect. My grandfather stood before the mountain gate and begged him to spare the disciples."

"He agreed."

"And then..."

Her voice choked up, and tears finally burst from her eyes.

"Then he pierced my grandfather's heart with a sword."

"My grandfather was still standing when he died; his eyes wouldn't even close."

"But this beast didn't honor the condition my grandfather begged for; instead, he carried out a massacre!"

As Shen Qingyi finished speaking, her entire body was shaking.

Shu Yuan's eyes were red, and his fists were clenched so hard they cracked.

Jiang Daoxuan was also weeping, his cloudy eyes full of hatred.

After listening, Ye Chen turned back to Bai Yujing. "My apologies, it seems the people of my sect don't plan on forgiving you."

Bai Yujing's face changed completely.

He took a step back, his voice cracking.

"Ye Chen, you... you want to go back on your word?"

Ye Chen looked at him and smiled.

That smile held no warmth whatsoever.

"So what if I go back on my word?"

Bai Yujing's face turned the color of a pig's liver, the veins on his forehead bulging. "You are shameless!"

Ye Chen tilted his head, looking perfectly justified.

"When dealing with shameless people, one should be a bit shameless."

"When your Bai family slaughtered their entire sect, did you think about being shameless?"

"When you captured Bai Shanshan to use her as a medicinal catalyst, did you think about being shameless?"

"When you colluded with the Japanese to harm your fellow countrymen, did you think about being shameless?"

His words, spoken one by one, stabbed into Bai Yujing's heart like knives.

Bai Yujing's lips trembled, but he couldn't say a single word.

Ye Chen stopped looking at him and turned to Shen Qingyi.

"Qingyi, he's all yours."

"If he dares to resist even once..."

"I'll take his head off."

Shen Qingyi looked up at Ye Chen through tear-filled eyes, then nodded heavily.

Then.

She stepped toward Bai Yujing.

With every step, the true qi within her surged.

The Nine Revolutions Divine Art circulated frantically in her body, true qi rushing through her meridians with a faint humming sound.

Her aura was climbing. When she reached Bai Yujing, her right hand flipped, and a short sword slid from her sleeve into her palm.

The blade glinted with a cold light, reflecting her eyes full of hatred.

Looking at the young woman before him, Bai Yujing felt a sense of absurdity.

He was a powerhouse at the Late Golden Core Stage and a Guest Elder of the Bai family.

Normally, he could crush a junior like Shen Qingyi with one hand.

But now, Ye Chen was actually letting a Heaven Realm junior kill him?

Humiliation!

Blatant humiliation!

Bai Yujing took a step back, his voice full of terror.

"Wait... wait."

"Ye Chen, do you have to do this?"

"I might not be your match, but if I fight to the death, you won't gain anything either!"

Ye Chen said with a smile, "You can give it a try."

"You!!!"

Bai Yujing felt completely cornered.

Even a cornered dog would jump over a wall—how did Ye Chen dare to push him to this dead end???

Shen Qingyi did not stop.

She walked up to Bai Yujing and looked him in the eye.

"Bai Yujing!"

"Today, I, Shen Qingyi, will avenge my grandfather!"

"Are you... ready to die???"