199: Chapter 199 Asleep

"Little brother, you've arrived."

Elder Hei Yan greeted him warmly.

Afterward, he explained the current situation.

"I had heard before that the Honglou Demon Sect had fallen on hard times, but I didn't expect it to be this bad. Apart from Matriarch Jia, the strongest person in the entire Sect is only at the Mahayana Middle Stage. That means this Jia Bao can actually be considered the second strongest expert of the Sect. How pathetic."

Yuan Chen raised his eyebrows.

Can this really be considered a top-tier power?

But what's even stranger is how the generational gap could be so severe.

Fortunately, Elder Hei Yan began to explain it of his own accord.

"But there's no helping it. In these past few generations, the Daming Dynasty has risen too quickly, producing a multitude of Prodigies."

"Of the eight regions of the Eastern Wasteland, two are completely under their control, and their presence is felt in the others as well. Looking at their momentum, they have the tendency to unify the Eastern Wasteland!"

"It's not just the Honglou Demon Sect; The Four Great Demon Sects have all been suppressed. It's just that the Honglou Demon Sect was caught with leverage against them, making their situation even more miserable—it's equivalent to being directly castrated."

"If not for sending the Sect Saintess to show goodwill to the Daming Dynasty, they might have already been exterminated by now."

Yuan Chen listened intently.

He really didn't know much about this.

He really needed to catch up on his studies.

If he were to establish his power here later, contact with the Daming Dynasty would be inevitable.

While the two were talking.

Matriarch Jia inside the Formation also discovered that the main person had arrived.

Because her grandson was being held in someone's hand.

She flew into mid-air.

However, she did not step out of the Formation.

A sneak attack would be fine.

But being blocked by so many experts in plain sight,

even if she were the number one expert in the Eastern Wasteland, she would still have to meet her end.

In the end, she had to bear everything alone.

"Yuan Chen, if there is any misunderstanding regarding my grandson, I have seen it, and I will provide compensation. Please release my baby first."

Family Head Xue Pan, Xue Chai's father, had also tried to find a way in earlier and was currently following behind Matriarch Jia.

Seeing his daughter standing behind Yuan Chen, he looked relieved.

"As expected of my good daughter."

Just by looking at her complexion, he knew she had succeeded.

However, he had always acted in concert with the Honglou Demon Sect externally, and had previously even let it be known that he intended to betroth his daughter to Jia Bao.

"That's right, Yuan Chen. Let's talk this over properly. Release my daughter and Jia Bao. Whatever the fault, we elders will compensate for it."

"Father, I am fine," Xue Chai called out.

"I know you're fine, I can tell by your complexion," Family Head Xue Pan muttered to himself.

"Daughter, what is this... Yuan Chen, what have you done to my daughter?"

He shouted, feigning anger.

The onlookers watching the spectacle also turned their gazes to Yuan Chen and Xue Chai.

Their relationship seemed a bit intimate!

Yuan Chen didn't act coy.

"Father-in-law, hello!"

"Ahhh!"

Family Head Xue Pan was heartbroken.

"Yuan Chen, you dare to humiliate my daughter; I will not share the sky with you."

After shouting, without waiting for the crowd to react, he said sadly,

"However, my daughter's innocence has been tainted by you. Although I want to kill you, for the sake of my daughter... *sigh*, you should marry her and give her an explanation."

His emotions shifted very quickly.

So fast that Matriarch Jia was completely stunned.

"Brother, shouldn't you be killing him?"

"Why are you starting to claim him as a relative?"

Besides.

"Where is my baby?"

"Forget it, forget it. Everything is for my daughter. What father doesn't want his daughter to be happy?"

Saying this, he walked out of the Formation.

At this moment, the Formation was only set to defense and had not activated its internal killing arrays.

So walking out was not a problem.

"Even an honest official finds it hard to settle family disputes. One side is my daughter, and the other is my old friend of many years. It is not convenient for me to intervene in today's affairs."

"However, you two should sit down and talk properly. I do not wish to see both sides drawing swords against each other."

He wore an expression of unnecessary worry.

Until he retreated outside of both sides.

He nodded with satisfaction.

The effect was very good.

Now the outside world couldn't say anything about them.

The Demon Sects also cared about their reputation.

If they got a reputation for betraying allies, who would dare to associate with them in the future?

Now that they had connected with the Dragon Clan, it was no worse than the Honglou Demon Sect.

After all, the Honglou Demon Sect was truly finished.

And... it was also a deterrent against the Daming Dynasty.

After castrating the Honglou Demon Sect, the Daming Dynasty had already set its sights on the other three Demon Sects.

Everyone was in danger.

With the Dragon Clan helping out, the Daming Dynasty should at least show some restraint, right?

Matriarch Jia looked gloomily at Family Head Xue Pan's back.

"Is this how you do things?"

But now she had grievances she couldn't voice. Could she afford to offend the Xue Family as well after offending Yuan Chen?

"Yuan Chen, I am willing to take out ten..."

Returning to the main business, before she could finish her sentence.

Her granddaughter-in-law, Wang Feng, came running over in a panic.

"Grandmother, it's bad, Grandmother! Bao'er... his Soul Jade Slip has shattered! Wuwuwu."

She came trotting over, already sobbing on the way.

Matriarch Jia was struck by lightning.

Her body stumbled.

Her gaze shot straight at Yuan Chen's side.

She glanced at the person Liu Shangchui was holding.

She slapped Wang Feng across the face unexpectedly.

"Impossible, my grandson is clearly being held right there."

Wang Feng was sent flying hundreds of meters away.

Disheveled, she continued to run over and said with grief and indignation,

"Grandmother, they must have killed Bao'er and are trying to use his corpse to swindle you out of your wealth!"

"Brother, what's going on?"

Elder Hei Yan asked Yuan Chen via voice transmission.

Yuan Chen replied: "Accidentally killed him."

He was also embarrassed; they had been caught before he could even make his demands.

It was all Family Head Xue Pan's fault for talking so much and wasting time!

But to be honest, in such a short time, even without Family Head Xue Pan, he wouldn't have been able to fool them.

Matriarch Jia's face was full of disbelief.

Or one could say she didn't want to believe it.

She slapped Wang Feng away again.

She looked anxiously at Yuan Chen.

Her tone was a bit panicked.

"Yuan Chen, my grandson, what is wrong with my grandson? Why is there no response?"

Her eyes even held the innocence of a young girl.

Seeing the old woman's reaction.

Yuan Chen sighed.

The old woman was quite advanced in age; was it really appropriate to strike a blow like this right now?

After two seconds of silence, he said with an unchanging expression,

"It's nothing, your baby is just asleep."

"Asleep?"

Matriarch Jia muttered to herself.

Yuan Chen nodded.

"Yes, he was tired on the road and fell asleep."

Matriarch Jia acted as if she had gone mad, grabbing the distant Wang Feng and pulling her back.

She shouted excitedly,

"Did you hear that? My grandson is just asleep."

"My baby is just asleep."

Wang Feng felt a wave of sorrow.

Jia Bao had been raised by Matriarch Jia since he was a child, and he couldn't suffer the slightest grievance.

It could be said that Jia Bao was Matriarch Jia's everything.

Even if she died, she wouldn't want Jia Bao to suffer the slightest harm.

Now that she had heard the tragic news about Jia Bao, it was normal for her to be unable to withstand the blow.

"Grandmother, wake up! Bao'er has been murdered by them; we must take revenge."

"You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense! My baby is not dead."

Matriarch Jia, in her excitement, slapped Wang Feng.

Wang Feng couldn't withstand it and instantly collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

Yuan Chen, on the outside, watched with his jaw dropped.

Wait, she's driven mad just by this?

Is her mental fortitude too fragile?

He shifted his gaze to Jia Bao.

This guy was useless to keep here anymore.

After thinking for a moment, he threw him directly into the Formation.

"Matriarch, I'm returning your grandson to you."