The courtyard gate was blasted into fragments.

Ye Chen, who was cultivating inside the house, instantly expanded his spiritual power and sensed the scene outside.

A cold and fierce killing intent erupted from him!

Hua Qianxue was the first person who brought warmth to Ye Chen's heart after the calamity befell the Ye Family.

This courtyard is where Hua Qianxue lived for three years!

When Hua Qianxue left, she specifically instructed him not to bring anyone else in.

Apparently, Hua Qianxue cares a lot about this small space.

In an unspoken way, this courtyard also became a sacred place in Ye Chen's heart!

Just a moment ago, Ye Chen saw the incarnation of Hua Qianxue's spirit.

But now...

Ye Chen was furious. He flashed out and saw the three people outside the courtyard.

"Are you Ye Chen?" Prince Yong, in the lead, glanced at Ye Chen with a tone full of disdain, "I thought you were some special figure, but you turn out to be merely this."

Prince?

Someone who dares call themselves this — could they be a prince?

Even though he roughly guessed, Ye Chen wasn't in the mood to care what prince he was. With a swish, he drew his top-grade spiritual sword, pointed the blade at the three, and said coldly, "Who shattered the courtyard gate!"

Another young man sneered, "I broke it, what can you do?"

Ye Chen looked towards the young man, sword essence agitated within him, pouring into the spirit sword, causing a clang of sword cry and flickering sword light.

"You broke my gate, then you shall pay with your life!"

"Want my life? I think you must have the courage of a bear and leopard!" the young man shouted fiercely, "Do you know who we are?

I tell you, my companion here is none other than the current Ninth Prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, recently ennobled as Prince Yong by the emperor.

And I am the son of the current Prime Minister, Yan Mingkuan.

Ye Chen, as a citizen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, upon seeing Prince Yong, you should immediately kneel down!"

Ninth Prince, Ye Chen had heard of him in Qingyun City, named Zhou Chengyun, sharing the same mother as the Sixth Prince.

Unexpectedly, today, this Zhou Chengyun came personally to trouble him!

As for the reason, it's easy to guess, surely because of Hua Qianxue.

"Kneel?"

Ye Chen's lips curled into a cold arc, "You do not have the right to make me kneel!"

"How dare you!"

This time, Zhou Chengyun personally spoke, his voice icy harsh, "Ye Chen, you defy authority and speak wildly. Even though you are a disciple of the Spirit Martial Branch of Cangxing Martial Arts Academy, today, you must pay for your words and actions!"

"Prince Yong, such a rustic ruffian is not worth your anger; just leave him to me. I promise I'll have him obediently kneel before you like a dog." Yan Mingkuan said.

Zhou Chengyun nodded, eyes sinister.

Yan Mingkuan stepped forward, towering over Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, don't say I didn't give you a choice.

One, kneel and kowtow to Prince Yong.

Two, leave Miss Hua's courtyard from today on; even if this place is something Miss Hua no longer wants, you still have no right to remain.

Three, sever an arm as the price for your words offending Prince Yong.

If you can't do these three things, then do not blame me for being rude!"

Ye Chen looked at Yan Mingkuan, tightly gripping his sword, the cold killing intent around him grew thicker, he stepped forward, wind and thunder surged beneath his feet, and he was instantly before Yan Mingkuan, slashing down with his sword.

No need for so much nonsense.

The courtyard gate was smashed by this guy, he must pay with his life!

Ye Chen suddenly made his move, catching Yan Mingkuan off guard, but he was not weak either, quickly reacting, three spirit mark projections flew from his brow and fused.

From the spirit mark projections, a dazzling white light shot out!

This was one of Yan Mingkuan's spirit mark traits, Brightness!

Within this dazzling light, wind and ice converged to form a massive sword, shooting towards Ye Chen.

However, Ye Chen's spiritual power was strong, even with blocked vision, he could capture Yan Mingkuan's every action.

Ye Chen's sword met the massive sword.

"Boom!"

A huge storm swept over.

A scene of Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea suddenly unfolded, engulfing Yan Mingkuan's figure.

"Swipe!"

A sword across the ages!

In Yan Mingkuan's hand appeared a long saber, which he swung to block in front of him, a layer of yuan power almost condensing into substance covering the blade.

Besides being a Tier Three Spirit Master, Yan Mingkuan also dual cultivated Martial Dao, his cultivation already at the Peak of the Sea of Qi.

"Clink!"

Ye Chen's sword stabbed to the side of Yan Mingkuan's saber with a crisp sound.

Yan Mingkuan thought he could fully block the power of Ye Chen's sword and send Ye Chen flying, but instead, the gathered force in his saber scattered.

The blade of the saber struck Yan Mingkuan's chest.

Yan Mingkuan spat out blood, body flung backward.

Yan Mingkuan quickly controlled the spirit mark's power, forming a wind blade and a frozen spear, attacking Ye Chen.

Ye Chen's eyes flashed cold, becoming one with the sword, evading Yan Mingkuan's spirit mark attack with ease, then his spiritual power from his sea of consciousness surged.

Spiritual wave impact!

The sharp spiritual power transformed into countless invisible blades, rushing towards Yan Mingkuan's spirit mark.

"Crack crack!"

The spirit mark showed cracks.

Yan Mingkuan let out a heart-rending scream, hurriedly controlling the spirit mark to fly back into his sea of consciousness.

Ye Chen immediately raised his sword to kill Yan Mingkuan.

"Rum-ble!"

Thunder roared, arcs of electricity flickered.

Mighty thunder!

The gigantic sword qi slashed on Yan Mingkuan's body.

Yan Mingkuan's body was nearly split in half, recoiling like a cannonball.

"No wonder he's the Prime Minister's son, he's still not dead..." Ye Chen thought darkly, leaping again to strike the completely incapacitated Yan Mingkuan.

"Stop!"

At this moment, the skinny elder behind Prince Yong Zhou Chengyun said softly, flicked a finger, sending a force towards Ye Chen to stop his attack.

Even just a finger flick, the power is terrifying, enough to crush any martial artist in the Elemental Wheel Realm.

A sharp whistling sound arose.

Ye Chen shouted, "Die!"

As the words fell, Ye Chen's figure disappeared from its original place, appearing by the just-fallen Yan Mingkuan's side, stabbing a sword into Yan Mingkuan's throat!

He hadn't used the Heaven-Ascending Step until now to guard against Zhou Chengyun and the elder taking action, just as he anticipated!

Yan Mingkuan wasn't dead yet, body twitching, life rapidly fading.

The elder who struck looked shocked, he had detected Ye Chen's movement trajectory, but Ye Chen's sudden speed was too fast for him to halt.

While Prince Yong Zhou Chengyun's eyes seemed to blaze with fury, bellowing, "If you dare kill Yan Mingkuan, I will make sure you die without a burial place!"

Ye Chen stared at Zhou Chengyun, his face showing no fear whatsoever.

He hadn't killed Yan Mingkuan with that strike not to use him as a bargaining chip, but to convey a message to Zhou Chengyun.

"I don't care if you're the Ninth Prince or Prince Yong, do not provoke me, or Yan Mingkuan's fate will be yours!"

After these words, sword essence in the top-grade spiritual sword erupted.

Yan Mingkuan's entire neck exploded into fragments.

Prince Yong Zhou Chengyun and the elder's expressions immediately changed.

They had originally thought Ye Chen wouldn't dare kill... yet Ye Chen, straight away in front of them, slew Yan Mingkuan!

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