Chapter 23 (1/2)

Naturally, Ye Chen was unaware that he became the Zhu family’s newest target to win over.

Right now, there was nothing he wanted more than to cultivate in peace, and journey to the Capital City to kill the man on top of the food chain.

After exiting Virtuous Benevolence Hall, Ye Chen wanted to hail a taxi at first. However, possibly because it was the rush hour, not one taxi passed by after he had waited for the whole day.

‘Oh well, I’ll just run back. This place isn’t that far from the apartment,’ Ye Chen thought.

Ye Chen pulled the hood of his hoodie over his head and started running with steady footsteps.

If anyone paid attention, they would be sure to notice the qi flow underneath his feet.

Running down the street, he noticed that River City had undergone vast changes in the last five years.

The Fragrant Barley Garden Cake Shop was no longer located at the corner of Youth Street. Instead, a few milk tea shops popped up in its place.

Ye Chen remembered that his mother often brought him there for cake. This was his fondest memory.

‘How time flies. Mom and dad’s death anniversary is coming up soon…’ Ye Chen thought.

All of a sudden, Ye Chen’s eyebrows twitched. The corners of his lips curled into a mischievous smile.

He was being followed!

Somebody had a death wish!

Ye Chen quickened his footsteps. Soon, he came to an alley and disappeared into it.

After a few seconds, a man with a cap on showed up in the alley. He scanned his surroundings with mild surprise on his face.

“I lost him? That’s not right. This is obviously a dead end. Where did the guy run off to?”

Before his strings of complaint ended, a dark shadow descended from the heavens!

The shadow did not allow his opponent the privilege of response. A pair of strong arms seized his throat and lifted him off the ground!

Bang!

The hand slammed his body mercilessly against the wall!

That simple slam in brute force was enough to make the man in the cap feel like his internal organs were smashed into bits.

He was completely appalled. He could not move an inch of his body. It felt like his movements were suppressed under a huge weight!

He struggled with all his might with the hopes to release himself from the binds to no avail. The pair of arms were akin to cold hard stone.

His face was red from suffocation. The redness started receding into a greenish pallor. His eyes were bloodshot and all the veins in his neck popped in monstrous clarity. He felt the last of his consciousness slipping away. It was only a matter of time before he stepped into the jaws of death.

Just when he thought death was inevitable, Ye Chen loosened his grip and slammed the man onto the ground!

“Who sent you? Zhu Rende?”

It was the only person Ye Chen could have thought of. After all, he had just revealed his true powers. It was reasonable for Zhu Rende to send someone to investigate further.

The man in the cap sucked in the largest breath he could manage. For the first time in his life, he could taste how sweet fresh air was.

After a long moment, he finally turned to look at Ye Chen with panic-stricken eyes.

The man standing before him was absolutely terrifying! In the few seconds of their initial encounter, he experienced the sensation of being locked in death’s embrace.

He hastily fished out a photograph from his pocket and handed it over carefully to Ye Chen. “Bro… I… I really didn’t mean to. The whole River City is frantically searching for you both openly and secretly. Anyone who finds you will be rewarded with a million bucks. I was attracted by the offer and that’s why I followed you. Please don’t kill me, I have elderlies and young children at home…”

Ye Chen snatched the photograph over and scanned it. It was indeed a picture of him.

The whole River City was looking for him?

Ye Chen’s eyebrows furrowed gloomily. Had people in River City started to notice that he was alive after all?

Or was it because the man from the Capital City had come to end things once and for all?

If that was the case, Ye Chen could not have asked for a better outcome.

He would have to announce his return to everyone in River City one day no matter what!

“Do you know who’s offering the bounty?” Ye Chen asked.

For reasons unknown to himself, the man in the cap kept feeling that he was enveloped by a layer of unusual air that was reminding him that he would not escape death if he lied!