Ji Die and Prince Tianyu were both extraordinary. They naturally saw exactly what happened in that final clash. To outsiders, it looked like Ye Chu and Tan Chen had tied. But they knew clearly that Tan Chen had lost this round.
When Ye Chu’s intent patterns erupted in full bloom, Tan Chen could no longer hold on. Yet the final counterattack caused both sides to collapse. Tan Chen had resorted to trickery.
Tan Chen’s strength far surpassed Ye Chu’s, so his artistic conception naturally far surpassed Ye Chu’s as well. Before they clashed, they had agreed to compete using only intent patterns at the primal spirit realm. But just now, when Tan Chen shattered Ye Chu’s intent patterns, he had exceeded the primal spirit realm and used a higher realm to confront Ye Chu’s intent patterns.
From this point alone, Tan Chen had lost to Ye Chu.
Ji Die’s gaze fell on Ye Chu. This meant that Ye Chu’s heavenly phenomenon was even stronger than Tan Chen’s. Tan Chen’s intent realm of vast blue seas surging and mountains shifting had quite a reputation among heavenly phenomena, yet he still lost. This showed that Ye Chu’s heavenly phenomenon surpassed it. Ye Chu’s heavenly phenomenon was likely classified as upper grade.
This result made Ji Die’s heart skip a beat. He had actually leaped ahead of her?
Ji Die recalled how she had always believed Ye Chu could never catch up to her. She had even said indifferently that if Ye Chu ever surpassed her, she would not mind him repeating that scene from back then.
Ji Die could not even imagine whether she could accept Ye Chu doing such a thing if that day truly came.
In the past, Ji Die had felt it absolutely impossible for Ye Chu to surpass her. But now her confidence wavered. With such intent patterns, catching up to her was not impossible. When that time came…
Ji Die finally lost her calm. Her fist unconsciously clenched tightly. So what if the intent patterns were extraordinary? It did not mean he would truly achieve peerless greatness in the future. In this world, how many people with astonishing intent patterns ended up living mediocre lives without accomplishment?
Ye Chu might not become one of those mediocre people, but Ji Die believed that with her own efforts, she would never allow Ye Chu to surpass her.
Right now, Ye Chu was still very far from her. She had already reached the profound fate realm, while Ye Chu was only at the primal spirit realm.
“Your Excellency is extraordinary. I admire you!” Ye Chu cupped his hands towards Tan Chen and sat back down.
Tan Chen glanced at Ye Chu. He knew Ye Chu was saying this to preserve his dignity. Tan Chen nodded and said nothing more.
But to the onlookers, this amounted to admitting the two had tied. Everyone looked at Ye Chu in astonishment, wondering where this person had come from. Could he also be a genius of some region?
Yet if he were a genius of some region, his strength seemed too weak. At such an age, he was only at the primal spirit realm. Calling him a genius felt off.
“Could it be that only his intent patterns are strong?” The thought popped into everyone’s mind, but they immediately found it laughable. Without astonishing talent, how could one condense such intent patterns?
“Your intent patterns should be classified as upper grade!” Tan Miao Tong smiled at Ye Chu. Her pretty face bloomed like spring, extremely charming.
Ye Chu smiled and said nothing about it. He felt a burning gaze on him. Following it, he saw Prince Tianyu staring straight at him.
“May I ask Your Excellency who he is?” Prince Tianyu asked Ye Chu.
Ye Chu naturally knew Prince Tianyu was referring to Ou Yi. “He’s just a madman. I am not close to him!”
“Your Excellency need not hide it. If you were not close to him, why would he help you like that?” Prince Tianyu stared at Ye Chu with sharp eyes.
“There are people in this world who are naturally charismatic and win over everyone, men and women, young and old. Does Your Highness think I am that kind of person?” Ye Chu said with a smile to Prince Tianyu.
Prince Tianyu frowned. “There may be such people in the world, but you are definitely not one of them!”
Ye Chu shrugged. “You are wrong! I am exactly that kind of person. Even madmen fall for me. As for him, I really am not close to him. Does Your Highness think I would be very familiar with a madman who stares into the mirror every day and thinks he is devastatingly handsome?”
“I do not want to know what your relationship with him really is. I only want to know where he is. If I go there, can I find him?” Prince Tianyu said.
“Ancient Demon Forbidden Land!” This time Ye Chu answered very straightforwardly.
“You…” Prince Tianyu flared with anger and wanted to strike, but remembering this was the Tan family’s place, he ultimately held back.
“Your Highness should not think I am deceiving you. He truly is in the Ancient Demon Forbidden Land. If you want to find him, just go in and search.”
Prince Tianyu’s expression shifted uncertainly. His gaze locked tightly on Ye Chu. Seeing Ye Chu’s calm and frank demeanour, he wondered if that fellow really had not come out of the Ancient Demon Forbidden Land. Thinking of his miraculous nature, Prince Tianyu felt this was not particularly strange.
Prince Tianyu naturally did not dare enter that place again. He let out a soft breath and said to Ye Chu, “Then I ask Your Excellency for a favour. If one day you see him, tell him that since he dared to insult my ancestor’s remains, I will surely hunt him to the ends of the earth.”
Ye Chu shrugged to show he had heard.
Prince Tianyu was a descendant of a supreme being, with heaven-defying talent. He might even possess some supreme secrets. But none of this concerned Ye Chu. Ou Yi was equally mysterious. To act so boldly even in the Ancient Demon Forbidden Land? He was probably not much inferior to Prince Tianyu.
If Prince Tianyu wanted to cause him trouble, let him go find Ou Yi.
“I will remember to pass on Your Highness’s words!”
“Thank you!” Prince Tianyu cupped his hands towards Tan Chen. “Brother Tan, until we meet again!”
With that, Prince Tianyu floated down the mountain and did not stay another moment.
Seeing Prince Tianyu leave, Ji Die also cupped her hands and departed. Ye Jingyun followed. Ye Chu and Tan Miao Tong naturally did not linger either. The once lively mountain peak quickly became quiet.
“How did you change your own talent?” On the way, Ye Jingyun finally could not hold back and asked Ye Chu. The shock he had given her just now was too great. Ye Chu’s talent back then had truly been mediocre. Yet he could condense such intent patterns. It must be because his talent had changed somehow.
Ji Die and Tan Miao Tong also turned to look at him. Three pairs of bright, crystalline eyes stared fixedly at him.
Ye Chu shook his head. “My talent has not changed. My qi sea is still very small!”
“I would be a ghost if I believed you!” Ye Jingyun glared at Ye Chu. If his talent had not changed and his qi sea was still small, it would have long been torn apart by the power drawn by those intent patterns.
“You won’t believe the truth anyway!” Ye Chu shrugged and laughed. “Then just pretend I obtained a supreme heavenly treasure, ate it, and my talent transformed dramatically.”
Ye Chu casually made up an excuse. But the moment he finished speaking, all three women widened their eyes and stared at him with burning gazes. “What kind of supreme treasure has such divine effect?”
“Damn! You actually believed it?” Ye Chu saw their reactions and thought these three women were usually very smart. How could they believe something like this?
“Of course we believe it! Only that can explain why you went from being a scoundrel and a piece of trash to the way you are now!” Ye Jingyun said seriously.
Ye Chu shut his mouth and ignored the three women. He thought no matter what he said, it would be useless. They probably would never believe that his qi sea really was very small!
“Ye Chu, what exactly did you eat?” Tan Miao Tong could not help asking curiously.
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Fifth update! Making up for what I owed before. Today was insanely busy, but I finally managed to write five chapters. Sob, it was not easy. Just some comfort…