Ye Chu’s complete disdain and provocation enraged these people, who did not care that Su Rong was present. They walked directly up to Ye Chu, sat down beside him, and looked at him, saying, “Brother Ye Chu, are you Ye Tian’s cousin?”
Ye Chu glanced at them, smiled, and continued drinking his tea, completely ignoring their words.
“Ye Chu, what is the meaning of this!” The temper these people had been suppressing finally erupted. They slammed the table fiercely, stood up, and roared at Ye Chu.
“Get out!” Ye Chu looked at the tea spilled all over the floor, his gaze fixed on the speaker. His expression was blank, but the words he uttered caused both Su Rong and Liang Shan’s expressions to change drastically. They had not expected Ye Chu to show them such utter disrespect.
“Good, very good!” These people roared, suddenly standing up and glaring at Ye Chu. Their imposing momentum vibrated, causing the surrounding wind to howl and dance.
Su Rong was startled and quickly stood up, saying to the group, “Dingyuan, do not be impulsive!”
“I am not being impulsive. It is just that I have never been told to get out before. Miss Su Rong, it is not that I am unwilling to give you face. But since he reprimanded us like this, hmph, if we do not teach him a lesson, others will think we are easy to bully.”
“Yes, Miss Su Rong, you saw it yourself. It is truly not that we want to cause him trouble. He brought this upon himself.”
“Miss Su Rong, we must teach such an ill mannered person a proper lesson. This is to prevent him from offending someone even more formidable in the future, at which point his life and death will no longer be in his own hands. This time, we will not make things difficult for him. We only require him to kneel, kowtow, and apologise, and we will pretend nothing happened!”
A group of talented youths stared at Ye Chu, their gazes intimidating him. They did not take Ye Chu seriously at all, believing that a group like them could properly teach him a lesson.
“Everyone, Ye Chu has no intention of insulting you!” Su Rong quickly said. She knew what kind of people these were. If they caught hold of any excuse, they would definitely torment Ye Chu to death. Su Rong was somewhat anxious. She had not expected Ye Chu’s temperament to remain so strong willed, speaking offensively even when he clearly knew these people were not simple.
However, Su Rong could not just watch Ye Chu be bullied by these people. She stepped in front of Ye Chu and said, “You are all talented figures in your respective regions. How can you bully Ye Chu?”
Hearing this, the group of talented youths had a hint of a smile on their lips, thinking that Su Rong’s words were quite pleasing to the ear. They knew Ye Chu could not compare to them, but immediately they felt even more uncomfortable. All of them, as talented youths, could not attract her attention, yet she spent every day clinging to this boy.
“Miss Su Rong, he insulted us, and we must definitely reclaim our dignity!” The group stared at Ye Chu, their eyes growing even colder.
“Let them come!” Seeing this, Ye Chu smiled at Su Rong and motioned for her to step aside.
Seeing Ye Chu still acting tough at this moment, especially seeing the smile curling at the corners of his mouth, Su Rong suddenly felt a surge of annoyance in her heart. She was working so hard to dispel these people’s anger for him, yet he was still adding fuel to the fire here. Did he not know what the consequences would be?
“When will you ever mature? Do you think that just because you have some strength, you are invincible in the world? Do you think you can look down on everyone?” Su Rong glared at Ye Chu, scolding him in a fit of anger. Her tone was full of fury, and her voice was very loud.
Su Rong’s display made everyone pause. They all stared blankly at her, her loud scolding still echoing in their ears. They had never imagined that the charming and coldly beautiful Su Rong would act like this. At this moment, Su Rong was like a ferocious female beast.
Ye Chu had also not expected Su Rong to react this way. Looking at Su Rong, whose face was flushed with anger, Ye Chu shrugged his shoulders and said weakly and innocently, “I think that although I may not be invincible in the world, I am certainly not afraid of them.”
“You… you…” Su Rong gritted her teeth, and her anger burned even more fiercely in her heart. She felt that Ye Chu was beyond saving, still maintaining this attitude at such a time.
Su Rong really wanted to ignore Ye Chu, letting him suffer a lesson so he might curb his temper and become more tactful in dealing with people. However, she ultimately could not bring herself to be that heartless. She stood in front of Ye Chu, pleading with the group of talented youths to let him go.
This action by Su Rong only made the group’s inner jealousy burn even more fiercely. When had Su Rong ever done something like this for them?
“Hmph, this boy is so ill mannered. We will teach him a proper lesson.” The group stared at Ye Chu, preparing to step past Su Rong to thoroughly teach Ye Chu a lesson and force him to stay away from Su Rong.
Just as Su Rong was about to say something to stop the group, the originally calm Cold Lake suddenly erupted with a deafening rumble.
“Boom…”
The thunderous roar vibrated through the air, startling everyone, and they all looked in the direction of the sound. At the centre of the Cold Lake, it was as if something massive had been dropped in. Water erupted into the sky, crashing into the void and splashing down like a torrential downpour.
“The secret treasure of the Cold Lake has emerged.” The attention of these talented youths was also drawn there. They had no mind to fuss over Ye Chu anymore, and all stared intently at the centre of the lake.
The numerous boats on the lake all began to move towards the centre of the lake at this time. Of course, there were also some cultivators who took to the air directly, shooting towards the centre of the lake.
“Boom… boom…”
The deafening rumbling sounds continued without cease. In the centre of the lake, explosive sounds rang out repeatedly. The water of the lake was tossed tens of thousands of feet into the air, before pouring back down onto the lake like a torrential downpour, shattering the silence of the Cold Lake.
Ye Tian, who had been cultivating in his boat, was startled awake. He rose into the air and shot towards the centre of the lake.
As for the group of talented youths, those with sufficient strength also shot forward, while those without were carried by their attendants, heading there together with Ye Tian’s group.
Instantly, Ye Chu saw numerous figures soaring through the air from all directions towards the centre of the lake. This left Ye Chu utterly astounded. He thought to himself that Yao City, where it was once rare to even see someone at the Spirit Entry realm, was now attracting so many experts above the King realm because of the Cold Lake.
A few more deafening rumbles echoed, and the lake water was tossed up in wave after wave. Even though Ye Chu and the others were far away, the waves still crashed against the hull of their boat, causing it to rock unsteadily.
After these massive tremors, a beam of rosy light erupted from the lake. This rosy light shot upwards and hovered above the Cold Lake. It was impossible to see clearly what the object was within the radiating rosy light, but everyone stared at it with burning intensity.
“Is this the supreme treasure of the Cold Lake?” Everyone’s eyes went wide, and Su Rong also stared fixedly at the centre of the lake.
“What is this thing?” Liang Shan looked at the gorgeous rosy light, his heart full of curiosity, and could not help but mutter.
Ye Chu’s gaze fell upon the rosy light, and after a moment, he said, “A Heaven and Earth Artifact possessing the power of laws!”
Even from a great distance, Ye Chu could sense the power of laws within the artifact. Ye Chu had not expected that such an item was actually hidden within the Cold Lake.
A Heaven and Earth Artifact. This was something that could cause countless cultivators to fight tooth and nail for it.
“A Heaven and Earth Artifact?” Liang Shan was utterly astounded, staring intently at the rosy light, wishing he could snatch the item for himself.