In Xu Yanran’s beautiful eyes, light flowed as she said, "Trying to deal with Xue Dingchuan is no easy matter. Tug one hair and the whole body moves; it’ll directly trigger a full counterattack from the Ten Thousand Islands Sect!"
Ye Chen said calmly, "Right now, the people of the Ten Thousand Islands Sect are being targeted by the evil spirits, each of them barely able to protect themselves. This is a perfect opportunity. Xue Dingchuan is domineering and flamboyant, arrogant and overbearing—if we don’t make a move now, he’ll be even harder to handle later."
Xu Yanran said, "Ye Chen, I know Xue Dingchuan has been entrusted by Celestial Child Divine Island to make things difficult for you, but... how about you endure it for now?"
"If he’s ing at me, I can indeed put up with it for a while. But now that he’s made a move against Lu Li Guardian, I can’t stomach it."
"What’s your relationship with Lu Li?" Xu Yanran asked curiously.
"Lu Li treats me pretty well, that’s all—but that’s enough. Someone’s good to me, yet gets dragged down because of me; I can’t pretend I don’t know anything."
Xu Yanran’s face blossomed into a smile as she said, "If you only wanted to vent your personal anger, I wouldn’t agree to help. But with this reason, I’ll help you. You’re loyal and righteous—on this point, you and your martial uncle are practically carved from the same mold!"
"Martial Aunt, I’ll thank you in advance then."
......
"Su Qi, have you made up your mind?"
The Ten Thousand Islands Sect Daoist Xue Dingchuan stood with hands clasped behind his back, facing a delicate, handsome young man.
Su Qi was his name.
Seeing Su Qi stay silent, Hu Fei, who was following behind Xue Dingchuan, spoke up, "Su Qi, the Martial Alliance and Body Alliance have always been close. Your Spirit Alliance is fundamentally not on the same side as them.
You’re one of the representative figures of this generation in the Spirit Alliance, but you’re not the Spirit Alliance’s only choice.
If you cooperate with our Ten Thousand Islands Sect Daoist, our Daoist will definitely help you clear away all obstacles and make you the sole heir to the Spirit Alliance Leader position."
"Xue Dingchuan, how do you want me to help you?" Su Qi gritted his teeth, finally making his decision.
Xue Dingchuan smiled and said, "For now I don’t need you to do anything. I came to you today merely because the timing is suitable—normally, you and I rarely have a chance to interact.
At a critical moment, if there’s any information, or anywhere you can lend a hand, that’s when you act. And my promise will be fulfilled. Those few geniuses in the Spirit Alliance who pete with you for status will, one by one, suffer accidents and die in the days to e."
"I hope you keep your word!" Su Qi snorted coldly and immediately left.
Hu Fei lowered his head, standing behind Xue Dingchuan, and said, "Daoist, Lu Li has already returned to Body Alliance Great Guardian Bai Kai’s side to heal his injuries, but Ye Chen has not appeared. He must still be staying on the battlefield. The setups he arranged targeting me and Daoist won’t be given up so easily!"
Xue Dingchuan sneered and said, "Keep investigating. Once Ye Chen’s whereabouts are discovered, this Daoist will make him wish he were dead!"
Just then, Xue Dingchuan’s expression changed slightly as he barked, "Go!"
These damned evil spirits—he had just shaken off a batch with great difficulty, and they’d actually found him again.
A tail he just couldn’t shake!
Just a moment ago Xue Dingchuan had been spouting ruthless words about making Ye Chen wish he were dead, and in the blink of an eye he was being chased around by a swarm of evil spirits.
The more this happened, the more Xue Dingchuan wished he could grind Ye Chen’s bones to dust!
......
"Brother Zhang truly lives up to being Vice Alliance Leader Zhang’s descendant—direct and straightforward. Then it’s happily decided: when the time es, we’ll beat Xue Dingchuan to death together!"
At this moment, Ye Chen was together with a man from the Body Alliance named Zhang Yao.
This Zhang Yao was a top-tier prodigy of the new generation in the Body Alliance, the descendant of Vice Alliance Leader Zhang Qiancheng.
Zhang Yao had a tigerish head and a dull-looking face, appearing simple and honest, yet in his eyes flashes of wisdom flickered as he said, "Ye Chen, you’re one of our Body Alliance people, so by rights I shouldn’t doubt you. But since this is about dealing with Xue Dingchuan, I have to say a bit more.
If it’s only the Body Alliance making a move, this would be hard to handle and would instead turn into a disaster."
Ye Chen smiled faintly and said, "Xu Yanran of the Martial Alliance has also agreed to act together."
"Oh?" Zhang Yao looked surprised and said, "Xu Yanran isn’t so easy to persuade. How did you manage that?"
Ye Chen answered casually, "Xue Dingchuan has repeatedly spoken rudely to Xu Yanran; she’s long wanted to teach him a lesson."
As for the real reason...
No matter how hard she was to convince, that wasn’t a problem.
His own martial uncle had literally slept her into submission!
Of course, that was a secret and couldn’t be said.
Zhang Yao stopped dwelling on that and asked, "You didn’t contact the Spirit Alliance side, right?"
"The Spirit Alliance’s representative in this battle is Su Qi. I’ve heard that this person is indecisive, like a woman, so I don’t intend to seek him out!"
Zhang Yao laughed loudly and said, "Exactly. The Spirit Alliance people all have pointy heads and sharp mouths, always scheming this and that. Cooperating with them is the most boring thing."
"Then it’s settled. I’ll go lure Xue Dingchuan over, and we’ll take him down together!" Ye Chen said with a smile.
After making his agreement with Zhang Yao, Ye Chen once again left alone, then found a place to carefully think through the many details of this strike.
Although the Forbidden Zone evil spirits were targeting the Ten Thousand Islands Sect, especially Xue Dingchuan, once fighting broke out here, the odds were higher that the Forbidden Zone evil spirits would choose to sit back and watch the fire from across the river and take advantage of the chaos.
So not only could he not count on the Forbidden Zone evil spirits, he had to pay particular attention to guarding against them!
The Spirit Alliance side was a variable.
Back in the Outer Sea, he had already heard that the Spirit Alliance folks were unreliable, loved scheming, and might stir up some mess at any time.
The Martial Alliance and Body Alliance joining hands... was still a bit lacking.
A faint unease rose in Ye Chen’s heart.
This time he had roped the Martial Alliance and Body Alliance in together—if something went wrong, there’d be no way to explain it.
Zhang Yao was the descendant of Body Alliance Vice Alliance Leader Zhang Qiancheng.
Xu Yanran was the daughter of the Martial Alliance Leader, the Celestial Blade Emperor, and also his own Martial Aunt. He absolutely couldn’t let his martial uncle lose his "soft-rice" source!
"I still don’t have enough manpower. I just arrived at the Inner Sea and came straight into the Forbidden Zone. I lack foundation!" Ye Chen sighed.
This kind of thing couldn’t be built overnight. It was truly a headache!
Just then—
Roars like a tidal wave sounded, and a large group of figures surged toward Ye Chen.
Ye Chen raised his sword and took to the air, power gathered but not unleashed, his eyes wary as he watched these people.
At their head were a man who looked extremely rough and a woman with an outrageously explosive figure.
"Young Master Ye, no need to be nervous."
The rough man showed a smile he himself felt was friendly, but to Ye Chen, this guy looked ferocious even when he smiled!
The curvaceous woman in the fiery outfit twisted her slender waist and said, "Young Master Ye, do you still remember Old Wang whom you met in the Outer Sea?"
Ye Chen was taken aback.
"You were sent by Old Wang?"
The rough man laughed heartily and said, "That’s right. Old Wang’s been bored lately and built a lighthouse here in the Forbidden Zone. He originally wanted to invite you personally to e over and chat, but now Emperor Realm experts can’t take part in the fighting here, so it’s inconvenient for Old Wang to e. He sent us to fetch Young Master Ye instead!"
Hearing this, Ye Chen’s heart surged with excitement.
Old Wang, what a great man!
He’d actually built a lighthouse inside the Forbidden Zone, even more capable than Ye Chen had imagined.
Just a moment ago he’d been fretting over his lack of manpower.
Now things were looking up.
This group who’d arrived were all far from weak, with a fierce aura about them.
"Everyone, I miss Old Wang very much as well. But I have to settle one matter first before I can go catch up with him."
"Young Master Ye’s business is our business. Speak freely—we’ll help resolve it together."
Ye Chen grinned and said, "You should all know of Xue Dingchuan, right?"
As soon as he said this, the whole group’s expressions changed.
Ye Chen was just about to add that if it was too troublesome he wouldn’t force them...
But who would’ve thought...
The rough man suddenly slapped his thigh, eyes blazing with excitement as he said, "Is Young Master Ye planning to hack him to death? If so, count me in!"
"Tsk tsk, he’s the Ten Thousand Islands Sect’s Daoist. Killing him will definitely be satisfying. You guys chat first—I’ll go tidy up my Array again."
"I just developed a new batch of poisons—perfect chance to test them on Xue Dingchuan!"
"I’ve long had my eye on that Top-level Sacred Weapon of his, the Vast Sea Holy Halberd. None of you better steal it from me..."
Ye Chen: "..."
Where did Old Wang find these people?
Each of them looked... like they were absolute professionals at killing people and robbing their goods...
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