652: Chapter 652 Waiting for them to come down the mountain!

Ye Chen and his party walked out of the Capital Hotel as the night wind brushed against their faces.

Bai Wanqing and Bai Shanshan walked in front. Bai Shanshan glanced back at the brightly lit banquet hall and couldn't help but click her tongue.

"Sister, do you think the Chu family made a fortune this time?"

Bai Wanqing smiled. "More than just making a fortune; they've practically ascended to heaven in a single bound."

Bai Shanshan nodded, her gaze falling on Ye Chen.

The man had his hands in his pockets, looking just like an ordinary passerby.

Yet it was this very "passerby" who had stirred up a monstrous storm in the capital tonight.

The head of the Wang family was crippled, and the Wang family's assets had changed hands.

Hundreds of elites from the Tachi Sect had knelt and begged for mercy, and their sect leader had personally handed over intelligence.

The Empress of Japan had called him "Master" over the phone...

Any one of these things would be enough for the capital's circles to gossip about for three years.

Yet the person involved acted as if nothing had happened.

Ye Chen glanced at the two of them in surprise. "Why are you looking at me like that? Did I get even more handsome?"

Bai Shanshan rolled her eyes.

"Have some shame."

Ye Chen touched his face. "I haven't lost any face."

Watching the two of them, Bai Wanqing couldn't help but laugh. "Alright, stop bickering. Everyone probably hasn't eaten their fill yet. Should we find a place to eat first?"

"Sure," Ye Chen nodded.

Bai Shanshan also nodded, then asked, "By the way, Sister, have you considered becoming a Cultivator too?"

Now, Bai Wanqing was the head of the Bai family and also controlled a large state-owned joint venture like the Tianyao Group.

One could imagine how important her personal safety was.

Bai Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then shook her head. "I'm not interested in cultivation."

"Fine then!"

Bai Shanshan pouted. "Then I'll apply later to go help you. After all, based on my current strength, I'm qualified to enter the Dragon Group."

Ye Chen nodded. "You can join the Dragon Group now. I'll help you arrange it when the time comes."

He didn't force Bai Wanqing to cultivate.

After all,

everyone has their own ambitions.

Just like Yi Yue, her heart was set on running a restaurant and she didn't like fighting and killing; Ye Chen wouldn't force her to do something she didn't like.

Therefore,

he had arranged for Night Owl to protect her.

"That's great!"

Hearing this, Bai Shanshan was instantly overjoyed.

Joining the Dragon Group was something every police officer wanted to do.

But not just anyone could get into the Dragon Group.

Because

the missions carried out there were far more dangerous.

But with Ye Chen, the Chief Instructor of the Dragon Group, giving his word, it was a different story.

However,

before she could speak further,

"Master!"

Chu Niubi's voice suddenly came from behind them.

Everyone looked back.

Chu Niubi had also chased them out from the hotel entrance.

"Master, why are you walking so fast? Let me give you a ride!"

Ye Chen glanced at him. "No need for a ride, it's not like I don't know the way."

Chu Niubi chuckled and scratched his head. Regardless of whether Ye Chen agreed or not, he followed along beside them.

"Master, thank you."

"If it weren't for you, I, Chu Niubi, would have been a waste for the rest of my life, and the Chu family would have been picked clean long ago."

"If it weren't for you..."

"Alright, alright." Ye Chen waved his hand impatiently, interrupting him. "If you want to thank me, then cultivate well. Stop with all this flowery nonsense."

Chu Niubi straightened up, blinked hard to hold back the sourness in his eyes, and said, "Don't worry, Master. I will definitely cultivate hard and never embarrass you!"

Ye Chen nodded and continued walking.

Chu Niubi followed along. After a few steps, he spoke up again.

"Master, about that... that thing the Japanese person mentioned, what do you plan to do?"

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. "Are you talking about the Nine Great Forces joining hands?"

Chu Niubi nodded vigorously.

"Yes! That's the one!"

He was naturally referring to the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates—nine forces in total—led by the Emperors Gate, who were coming to cause trouble for Ye Chen.

"Master, it's not that I don't believe in your strength, but those are nine forces after all!"

"They are top-tier existences in the Kunlun Ruins. Any one of them could crush any family in the Secular World."

"Nine of them joining forces... how many people would that be? How many experts?"

He paused, gritted his teeth, and a flash of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes.

"My Master is in trouble, I can't just stand by!"

"Even though I'm only at the Heavenly Realm Peak, and even though I might be less than an ant to those big shots,"

"I am your disciple. Your business is my business!"

"If there's a fight, I'll be the first to charge!"

He spoke with such passion and spittle flying everywhere that he looked like a ruffled rooster.

Looking at him like this, Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh.

"Alright, don't let the blood rush to your head."

"With your meager cultivation, you wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth."

Chu Niubi's face instantly turned red. "Master, don't look down on me! I'm at the Heavenly Realm Peak!"

Ye Chen smiled.

"The Heavenly Realm Peak is the ceiling in the Secular World, but in the Kunlun Ruins, you wouldn't even be able to get through the door."

Chu Niubi opened his mouth to argue, but then realized...

it seemed that was indeed the case.

In the Kunlun Ruins, Heavenly Realm experts were as common as dogs, and those beyond were everywhere.

A Heavenly Realm Peak like him really didn't count for much in that place.

Chu Niubi deflated like a punctured balloon.

"Then... then I can't just watch Master face them all alone, can I?"

Ye Chen looked at him and spoke calmly.

"Who said I'm facing them alone?"

Chu Niubi was stunned, and his eyes lit up. "Master, you're going to take me with you?"

"Take you?"

Ye Chen looked him up and down. "Take you for what? To be a burden?"

Chu Niubi: "..."

Master, can you not be so heart-stabbing with your words?

Ye Chen ignored his wounded expression and continued.

"Besides, who said I'm waiting for them to come here?"

Chu Niubi was even more confused. "Not waiting for them to come? Then what are you going to do? Don't tell me you're taking the fight to their doorstep?"

One had to know...

taking the fight to their doorstep was much more difficult than waiting for the opponent to come.

Master wouldn't really be that crazy, would he?

The corners of Ye Chen's mouth curled up slightly, his smile carrying a hint of coldness.

"Passive reception is not as good as taking the initiative to attack.

"Make them fear me once and for all."

Chu Niubi's brain whirled several times before he finally reacted.

"Master, you mean... you're really going to find them before they make their move?"

Ye Chen nodded.

Chu Niubi sucked in a cold breath.

"Good heavens, as expected of Master's style!"

"Others would be shaking in their boots hearing about the Nine Great Forces joining hands, but you're planning to take the fight straight to them!"

He gave a thumbs up, his face full of admiration.

"Master, for this move, I can only say... awesome!"

Bai Wanqing and Bai Shanshan, who were walking ahead, both stopped in their tracks upon hearing the conversation behind them.

Bai Wanqing turned around, her face full of worry.

"Ye Chen, are you going to the Kunlun Ruins?"

Before Ye Chen could speak, Bai Wanqing's brows were already furrowed.

"The Kunlun Ruins is a place isolated from the world, filled with Cultivators and experts as numerous as clouds."

"It's too dangerous for you to go alone."

Looking at the anxious expressions of the three, Ye Chen couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"No... when did I say I was going into the Kunlun Ruins?"

Bai Wanqing was stunned.

Bai Shanshan was stunned.

Chu Niubi was also stunned.

The three looked at each other and asked in unison, "Then what exactly are you going to do?"

Ye Chen had his hands in his pockets, a hint of craftiness in his smile.

"I'm planning to wait outside the Kunlun Ruins."

"Wait for them to come down the mountain."

Everyone: "???"

The corners of Bai Wanqing's mouth twitched several times.

Bai Shanshan's eyes almost popped out.

Chu Niubi was completely petrified on the spot, his mouth hanging open wide enough to fit a fist.

After a good while,

Chu Niubi was the first to snap out of it and swallowed hard.

"Mas... Master, you're not joking, are you?"

Ye Chen had a matter-of-fact expression.

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

Chu Niubi couldn't hold it in anymore.

"No... Master, the Nine Great Forces are joining hands, led by the Emperors Gate; they're clearly planning to come out in force to find trouble with you."

"And you're going straight to their territory to wait for them..."

"Isn't that like a sheep walking into a tiger's den?"

Ye Chen looked at him and said indifferently, "It's not certain yet who is the sheep and who is the tiger."

Chu Niubi: "..."

Fine.

Master was right.

In front of Master, it really wasn't certain who would be eating whom among those so-called Nine Great Forces.

Bai Wanqing took a deep breath.

"Ye Chen, I know you're strong, but it's the Nine Great Forces joining hands after all."

"If you wait outside the Kunlun Ruins alone, what if..."

Ye Chen waved his hand, interrupting her.

"Madam Bai, I understand everything you're saying."

"But have you thought about it? If they come down the mountain and enter the Secular World, where will the battle take place?"

Bai Wanqing was stunned.

Ye Chen continued.

"They would likely start with the friends and family around me."

"That would only distract me more."

"Since I know about it in advance, I naturally have to prevent all of that."

"Right?"

"And to put it bluntly, those Cultivators can easily split mountains and crack rocks; a single palm strike could level a building."

"I don't want innocent people to be buried with them because of my affairs."

Chu Niubi also fell silent.

They were only worried about Ye Chen's safety but had neglected those important issues.

Ye Chen shrugged.

"Most importantly..."

"That group of trash only knows how to play such dirty tricks, don't they?"