Ye Chu patted Lin Wen’s shoulder, signaling him to relax, then looked toward Su Rong and said, “Are you very close with them?”
Su Rong was taken aback, not expecting Ye Chu to suddenly ask such a question. But seeing Ye Chu and Lin Wen walking so close together, she could not help feeling anxious.
“Ye Chu! Come over to our side!” Su Rong looked toward Yan Xiaohai, seeing that Yan Xiaohai currently wore a smile on his face, clearly very happy that Ye Chu was standing on Lin Wen’s side. He had found an excuse to deal with Ye Chu.
“You want to stand on the same side as such a group of trash?” Yan Xiaohai smiled at Ye Chu, “You had better think clearly. For the sake of Junior Sister Su Rong, if you now call them trash and draw a clear line from them, we will not hold it against you.”
Ye Chu signaled Lin Wen to stand behind him. As for the other peaks of Qingmi Mountain, Ye Chu did not consider them his own people. All along, Qingmi Mountain had been plagued by endless internal strife. Otherwise, Qingmi Mountain would not have declined year after year. And Wuxin Peak had long since transcended them. However, since Ruoshui had given him the identity of a Qingmi Mountain disciple, Ye Chu would not let people casually call others trash.
“In Young Master Yan’s eyes, what would not count as trash?” Ye Chu smiled, “Could it be that Young Master Yan looks down upon everyone present?”
“Ye Chu!” Su Rong was somewhat anxious, pulling at Ye Chu. Yan Xiaohai’s strength naturally need not be mentioned, he was only one step away from reaching King level. Among those present, he could absolutely rank in the top ten. If Ye Chu confronted him, he would absolutely not come out well.
“Among those present, the people of Qingmi Mountain are naturally all trash. As for the others, perhaps some exist, but they cannot compare to Qingmi Mountain.” Yan Xiaohai looked at Ye Chu and said, “You walk so close to them, I fear you will also become like them.”
“Yan Xiaohai, what are you being so arrogant about? At the Rao family, you were slapped in the face one after another by three old fellows of the Rao family, and you still have the face to be arrogant here.” Lin Wen finally could not endure it, stepped forward and roared, glaring at Yan Xiaohai, exposing Yan Xiaohai’s sore spot.
Yan Xiaohai’s complexion instantly turned gloomy and cold. He stared fixedly at Lin Wen. This was his nightmare. Back then, thinking himself extraordinary, he went to the Rao family to provoke them, and afterwards was slapped in the face, leaving him with extreme humiliation. He had always wanted to regain his standing, but after waiting and cultivating there for a long time, he never reached the point of stepping into the Profound Origin Realm, and in the end could only give up.
This also became a thorn in his side. Normally no one dared mention it, but Lin Wen did so, making Yan Xiaohai’s complexion even more gloomy.
Su Rong looked at Yan Xiaohai, who was tightly clenching his fists, and could not help feeling worried for Ye Chu in her heart. She looked at him standing there lazily, his expression still calm and indifferent, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
Su Rong was so anxious she could not help stamping her foot, thinking in her heart how she could protect Ye Chu.
Beside Yan Xiaohai stood a youth called Zheng Kai. At this moment he similarly stepped forward, looked at Lin Wen and said, “Losing to a King is not shameful. But you Qingmi Mountain disciples will soon be cleared out. Remember last time, ten of your Qingmi Mountain disciples surrounded and attacked me, and were all beaten until men and horses tumbled over, right? Brother Yan calling you trash, what is wrong with that?”
Lin Wen snorted, and said to Zheng Kai, “Every family has strong ones and weak ones. We are naturally the weak ones of Qingmi Mountain! You curse us as waste just because you won a few battles against us. Then could I not also curse your Scorpion Ancestor Land’s Scorpion Zi as similarly trash?”
“Boom…”
This sentence caused an uproar below. One after another they stared blankly at Lin Wen, none daring to believe Lin Wen could say such a thing. Even Scorpion Zi, who was conversing in the distance, at this time turned his body around and looked toward Lin Wen, his expression somewhat grim and cold.
Yan Xiaohai and Zheng Kai were both dumbfounded. They did not know where Lin Wen got his courage. He actually dared to say such a thing. Who did not know of Scorpion Zi’s might? Rumour had it that one of his feet had already stepped into the Profound Origin Realm. Of course, this was only one point. Most importantly, back then Scorpion Zi, with strength not yet at the Profound Origin Realm, had fought a King and safely escaped when surrounded and attacked by dozens of cultivators. On the Proud Heaven Road, this counted as an extremely illustrious figure.
Although Lin Wen possessed some strength, Scorpion Zi would not even look at him directly. Yet such a person actually dared to curse Scorpion Zi at this moment. He truly was tired of living.
“Hahaha… hilarious! Truly arrogant. With your qualifications you dare insult our senior brother like this. Today if you do not kneel down and lick our toes, you will not get down this mountain.” Yan Xiaohai laughed in extreme anger.
“Even if it is licking toes, it is you who will lick ours.” Lin Wen stared at Yan Xiaohai, his face showing gloominess. With Ye Chu as his backing, he was not afraid of this group from Scorpion Ancestor Land.
Yan Xiaohai felt Lin Wen had gone mad, but he sensed Scorpion Zi’s grim and cold gaze directed at him. Yan Xiaohai stepped forward one pace, his aura surging, “I shall see what qualifications you have to make us lick toes.”
Lin Wen looked at Ye Chu, seeing Ye Chu standing there with a smile. He walked to Ye Chu’s side, pointed at Ye Chu and said to Yan Xiaohai, “Just by him being able to curse all of you as trash!”
Lin Wen pointed at Ye Chu. Ye Chu stood there, his expression still lazy, the corners of his mouth rippling with a casual smile. Time seemed to freeze at this moment. Everyone looked toward Ye Chu, standing there in a daze.
Especially Su Rong, whose mind had already stopped working.
After his daze, Yan Xiaohai immediately burst into loud laughter, “With him?”
Yan Xiaohai felt he had heard a tremendous joke. What ability could this person from Yao City possibly have? Lin Wen pushing him out as a scapegoat? Yan Xiaohai suddenly felt incomparably sympathetic toward Ye Chu.
He looked toward Su Rong, shrugged his shoulders innocently and said, “Junior Sister Su Rong, although I am unwilling to act against your old acquaintance. But…”
Su Rong’s expression changed dramatically. She wore a look of shock. Ye Chu was naturally not Yan Xiaohai’s match. This was a true prodigy with extraordinary strength. The figures of this circle were not something Ye Chu could imagine. Before this, Su Rong had still wanted to pull Ye Chu in, because this could let Ye Chu step into a higher level.
But all of this was now impossible. He stood on the opposing side from Yan Xiaohai’s group. Ye Chu was in grave danger.
Su Rong looked at Ye Chu, biting her teeth, “Even if it means offending Scorpion Zi’s group, I must protect Ye Chu.”
Just as Su Rong made up her mind and prepared to step forward, she saw Ye Chu slowly walk out. He stepped forward, looked at Yan Xiaohai and said with a light smile, “Cursing you as trash, you must accept it! For no other reason, but because my name is Ye Chu!”
Ye Chu’s voice was not loud, but Ye Chu, who had just been wearing a light smile, at this moment his eyes suddenly turned cold, like an unparalleled sharp sword emerging, staring at Yan Xiaohai’s group, as if piercing through them as well.
Ye Chu stood there quietly with his sharpness fully exposed. But those who knew what the name Ye Chu represented all cried out in alarm, staring at Ye Chu with wide eyes. Some even could not help retreating several steps backward, their eyes carrying some fear.