Chapter 50 (1/2)

Yao Jingu struggled to raise his head after hearing his words. His eyes were partially covered in blood, so he could not see things clearly. Furthermore, the smell of smoke caused him to cough uncontrollably.

His internal organs began to hurt more every time he coughed. Nevertheless, he could not stop coughing up mouthfuls of blood.

He was suffering in silence.

Who would have thought that a high-and-mighty person like him would end up in such a situation!

He wiped away the blood in the corner of his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him.

The eyes of the young man were extremely cold and aloof, and it was as if he was indifferent to everything.

At that moment, he felt a surge of fear rise in his heart!

The young man was very powerful!

He was much more powerful than him!

Since when did Huaxia have such a young martial arts grandmaster?!

However, all sorts of clues pointed toward the fact that the martial arts grandmaster in front of him was Ye Chen who had disappeared five years ago!

The useless piece of trash from the Ye family who had been laughed upon by the people of River City!

Ye Chen put out the cigarette in his hand and then stood up as he looked down at Yao Jingu. He said, “I’m going to give you a chance. Answer my questions, and I’ll consider sparing your life.”

Yao Jingu spat out another mouthful of blood. He struggled in pain as he replied, “Go to Hell!”

Ye Chen gave him a cold smile and took a step forward. He then stepped on Yao Jingu’s face and said, “Don’t try to test my patience. If you don’t cooperate willingly, I’ll make sure you go through hell! First question, how do you know that I’m alive? How many people do?”

Yao Jingu gradually began to feel the immense strength coming from his opponent’s foot. He knew very well that if his opponent was to exert more pressure, his skull would inevitably be smashed into a pool of blood!

The strength of a martial arts grandmaster was no joke!

He wanted to break free, but he could not.

He had no choice!

It had not been easy for him to reach his current level of cultivation. If he died, all would be for naught!

“If I tell you, are you sure you’ll let me go?” Yao Jingu tried to negotiate.

“Do you really think that you’re in a position to negotiate?” Ye Chen said in a low voice.

Yao Jingu glanced sideways at Ye Chen. He then thought about it for a few seconds before he reluctantly said, “A few days ago, I found out that someone had managed to retrieve your information from the darknet database. I found it very weird because I didn’t think someone who had died five years ago would be of any worth. Hence, I asked some of my men to search through the same database, and they found some pictures and videos. After some analysis, I found out that the similarity percentage between you and the dead Ye Chen is as high as 90%… I like to eliminate all possible threats, that’s why I made the move to find you. Whether you turned out to be Ye Chen or not, I intended to kill you anyway. No one from the Ye family can live. Master Long’s intentions are the same as well.”

Upon hearing the name ‘Master Long’, Ye Chen immediately began to give out a murderous aura!

This was because Ye Chen knew very well that Master Long was the ruthless man who had taken everything away from him!

If it was not for the banquet that had been held in Cloud Lake Manor, his parents would not have died!

“What’s Master Long’s real name? Where’s he now? Does he know that I’m alive? Suppressing his anger, Ye Chen continued to ask.

Yao Jingu answered with a wry smile, “I’m just a nobody. How would I know of Master Long’s possible whereabouts? Everybody – the ancient martial arts masters as well as the families in Capital City, we all call him Master Long with utmost respect. As for you being alive, even if I wanted to tell him about it, I wouldn’t get the chance to do so. Only a handful of people in Huaxia know where he is. All I know is that he’s very powerful, much more powerful than I can imagine.”

It was another dead end.

Ye Chen wanted answers to obtain more information, so he continued to question, “Why did he want to wipe out the Ye family during the banquet in Cloud Lake Manor? Is it really because my father had offended him?”

Yao Jingu shook his head. “I don’t know about the details. A lot of people were involved in the banquet because all of us wanted to please Master Long. I vaguely remember that Master Long seemed to be looking for something, and the last whereabouts of what he was looking for seemed to point toward the Ye family!”

‘A thing?’

Ye Chen immediately thought of the stone his father had given him.

‘Is that the reason why Master Long wiped out the Ye family?’

Ye Chen was drowned in his own thoughts when the phone in Yao Jingu’s pocket started ringing.

Hearing the phone call, Yao Jingu spat out another mouthful of blood, and his attitude changed drastically. He then gave Ye Chen a sly smile and said, “Kiddo, go ahead and kill me if you want. But if you do so, I won’t be able to guarantee that your girlfriend will make it out alive. My men are already at your girlfriend’s apartment, haha.”

Ye Chen’s eyes turned cold as he reached out his hand. He grabbed hold of Yao Jingu’s neck and lifted him from the ground.

“I swear, I’ll kill you if you dare lay a finger on her!”

Sun Yi was the only person whom Ye Chen cared about.