The Ye family members looked at Ye Chen.
Ye Chen's expression darkened.
His master, the master he was so proud of, was now kneeling before his enemy.
Yet Ye Chen could only stand by and watch.
Li Xi was dumbfounded too.
Before this, Di Juetian had always been gentle with her, indulging her in everything.
Now, with a single word from him, even the Heavenly Sun Sacred Lord of their Tianyang Domain had to kneel on the ground.
The Li family members were utterly terrified.
Judging by how things stood, blood would be spilled today.
Their gazes turned cold as they looked at Li Xi.
They dared not show it.
After all, no one knew what the young master on the raised platform was thinking.
If the young master was still interested in Li Xi, offending her would hardly be worth it.
Di Juetian looked at Li Qingfeng.
"Do you know the person beside you?"
Di Juetian's words carried not the slightest pressure, yet Li Qingfeng felt the hairs on his back stand on end.
He felt as though a great demon capable of destroying the heavens and myriad worlds had fixed its gaze on him.
A shadow settled over his heart.
Li Qingfeng was, after all, the sacred lord of the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land. Though he had panicked, he recovered after a brief moment.
He had seen his disciple when he first came in, and he knew that what had happened today had something to do with him.
The Heavenly Sun Sacred Lord looked at Ye Chen, but found himself at a loss for words.
"Master."
Ye Chen called out to him.
"Alas."
Li Qingfeng sighed.
He looked away from Ye Chen.
A complicated look flashed through his eyes, replaced in the blink of an eye by resolve.
"Divine Son, Ye Chen was once my disciple. Because he broke the rules and led a disorderly life, he has already been expelled from the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land."
"We simply didn't announce it because a scandal was involved."
"Master, you..."
Ye Chen watched as the master who had still been teaching him with care and guiding him in martial arts just days ago suddenly abandoned him.
Ye Chen was a little dumbfounded too.
"Oh, is that so?"
Di Juetian asked softly.
"Yes, Divine Son. That is indeed the case."
"In that case, shouldn't you give me some proof?"
The Heavenly Sun Sacred Lord's expression changed at those words.
But when he saw the disappointment and resentment in Ye Chen's eyes, he grew somewhat angry as well.
I thought you were the true dragon of the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land, but I never expected you to get so full of yourself as soon as you became the Holy Son. Take a good look at who the young master before you is!
With that thought, a terrifying fluctuation appeared in the Heavenly Sun Sacred Lord's hand.
Just as he was about to strike in full, his mind suddenly stalled.
Then he looked at the Ye family members, a fierce light on his face.
With a light slap, he killed over a hundred of them.
At that moment, Ye Chen came to his senses.
He looked at the Heavenly Sun Sacred Lord, his own master.
"Li Qingfeng, you old beast! And to think you call yourself an expert! You actually attacked my family!"
"With a sacred lord like you, the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land will be destroyed sooner or later!"
"Old beast, if I survive this, I'll kill you with my own hands one day!"
Ye Chen's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked ready to devour someone.
The Heavenly Sun Sacred Lord had been about to leave.
But he stopped when he heard Ye Chen's words.
He bowed and said to Di Juetian,
"Divine Son, may I say a few words?"
"As you please."
Di Juetian did not care in the slightest.
After all, a system notification had already sounded in his mind.
[The Heavenly Sun Sacred Land has fallen out with the Child of Fortune, Ye Chen. Ye Chen loses 300 Heavenly Mandate Value, and Master gains 300 Villain Value.]
After the system's voice sounded,
Di Juetian looked at Ye Chen's panel again and saw that it had changed.
Name: Ye Chen Identity: Child of Fortune, young master of Ye Family Town, Azurewood Domain Heavenly Mandate Value: 1,700 Strength: Sixth Layer of the Voidseeking Realm Constitution: Nine Yang Sacred Body Cultivation techniques: Nine Suns Sacred Scripture, Cloud Sun Steps, Nine Suns Finger...
One identity was gone, and his Heavenly Mandate Value had dropped by 300.
But Di Juetian did not know what this Child of Fortune's golden finger was.
There were quite a few types of sons of fortune.
Li Qingfeng looked at Ye Chen.
"You were originally a genius from a small town. How many hardships did you go through to get this far?"
"I thought you were a clever young prodigy with a steadfast will. Only now do I know that you're nothing but an ungrateful wretch."
"Whoever is useful to you is your friend, and whoever isn't is your enemy."
"How much stronger has your Lineage grown since you became the Holy Son of the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land?"
"How much has your strength increased?"
"How many resources and conveniences has the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land given you?"
"To bring you to the Sixth Layer of the Voidseeking Realm, how many heavenly materials and earthly treasures that can't be found outside did the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land provide?"
"Could you have obtained some of those things yourself?"
"When you fought others for resources, do you think you could have survived if the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land hadn't been backing you?"
"If not for the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land, could your Lineage have developed so quickly? It might have been swallowed up by another power long ago."
"Anyone else has the right to criticize the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land, but not you, Ye Chen."
"Just look at your Lineage. Relying on the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land, they don't even take certain dynasties seriously anymore."
"Those dynasties pay tribute to our Heavenly Sun Sacred Land, after all. Is your Lineage helping lead the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land to ruin?"
"And you went and confronted the Divine Son directly."
"A single woman was enough to make you lose your mind."
"Take a look at yourself. Are you even worthy?"
"Some things you're born with. If you don't have them, you never will."
"This world is bigger than you can imagine, yet you've made a few accomplishments and started preening over yourself."
"The Heavenly Sun Sacred Land helped you so much, and it would be one thing if you simply weren't grateful."
"But you went straight to courting death."
"The Heavenly Sun Sacred Land's ten-thousand-year foundation was nearly destroyed in your hands."
"So this is how you repay the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land?"
"And now you still dare to criticize the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land?"
"Is your life the only one that matters? Don't the lives of the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land's hundred thousand people count?"
"Trash! Good-for-nothing! Stupid pig!"
"One woman was enough to make you like this. I must have been blind to make you the Holy Son of the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land."
Ye Chen fell silent upon hearing Li Qingfeng's words.
I did nothing wrong! I did nothing wrong! I only did it for the woman I love. What did I do wrong?
If Li Xi and I were together, my strength would surely grow rapidly.
Ye Chen roared wildly in his heart!
"Divine Son, I'm finished."
"Mm."
Di Juetian nodded.
He looked at the Heavenly Sun Sacred Lord with satisfaction.
The Heavenly Sun Sacred Lord's expression brightened. He knew the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land was safe.
"Send the Heavenly Sun Sacred Land on its way."
Di Juetian spoke indifferently.
He took a light sip of tea.
There was not the slightest fluctuation in his tone.
"Divine Son, you..."
Li Qingfeng's expression changed drastically.