How Dare You Talk Like That If My Big Brother Were Here?

At dusk.

Chu Tian arrived at Hengtian Hall, with Hui Mei following at his side, looking utterly languid. The setting sun shone upon his gleaming bald head; his rosy skull paired with those strangely bewitching features was particularly eye-catching.

Hengtian Hall was as bustling as ever, but the smaller hall belonging to the Bone Forging Ranking had only scattered figures inside, with barely anyone around.

After all, Hui Mei had spent an entire night issuing challenges, injuring nearly every Sacred Heaven Sect disciple qualified to challenge the Bone Forging Ranking. They presumably had yet to recover.

At that moment, waves of sharp inhalations suddenly rose from the neighboring Body Integration Hall.

"Five seconds—Young Master Ye Feng has killed twenty Crimson Flame Golden Crystal Leopards."

"Ten seconds, fifty of them. My heavens."

"Young Master Ye Feng broke through to the Body Integration Realm less than half a year ago. Could he be about to leap from ninety-fifth place straight into the top ten of the Integration Ranking?"

Ye Feng?

At the sound of that name, a cold glint flashed through Chu Tian's eyes. He looked toward the Hengtian Body Integration Realm Ranking and saw that the name Ye Feng stood prominently at ninety-fifth place.

Fourth on the Hengtian Earth Ranking: Ye Feng, son of the Heavenly Xiong Emperor. He had once ranked third in the Blood Condensation Realm, fifth in the Bone Forging Realm, first in the Spirit Refining Realm, and ninety-fifth in the Body Integration Realm.

He was Eldest Sister Chu Yunshang's fiancé, Ye Tianxiong's son, one of the culprits behind the destruction of the Chu Family, and the man who had deceived Eldest Sister, with her Innate Sacred Bone, so completely that she had been fooled to death.

He had asked Third Uncle Chu Tianyun before, and learned that Eldest Sister had gone out to train with Ye Feng.

It seemed Eldest Sister Chu Yunshang had likely returned with him as well.

The chill in Chu Tian's eyes deepened. He would never allow the tragedy of the original plot to happen again.

Only then did Chu Tian suddenly notice that his ranking on the Hengtian Earth Ranking had dropped to second place once more.

Hui Lian Saintess's ranking had returned to first. Although her first-place position in the Body Integration Realm had not changed, the battle record behind it had been refreshed by a huge margin again.

That competitive woman. The corner of Chu Tian's lips curled faintly.

In the original plot, she had been an exceedingly competitive and proud woman, always determined to be ahead of everyone else.

"Hiss, Cousin has gotten stronger again."

Hui Mei kept baring his teeth and grimacing as he scratched his head hard. His itchy scalp was driving him mad.

"At this rate, when will I ever catch up to her?"

At that moment, bursts of astonished cries also came from the Spirit Refining Hall.

"Ye Wu has risen to eighty-third on the Spirit Refining Ranking. He annihilated ten Illusion Nightmare Fierce Beasts in one minute."

"What is with the Ye Family disciples today? They're all acting like they've been pumped full of chicken blood. This makes sixteen Ye Family members who have come to Hengtian Hall today to challenge the rankings below the Body Integration Realm, doesn't it?"

"Is the Ye Family trying to occupy both the Integration Ranking and the Spirit Refining Ranking entirely?"

"Haven't you heard? Yesterday, the Bone Forging Realm disciples of the sect were utterly crushed by that little bald head from the Cihang Sacred Sect. Then they were defeated by the Little Holy Son as well. When the Sect Master returned, he flew into a towering rage, cursing the Ye Family's younger generation for being useless and disgracing the Ye Family."

"The Ye Family disciples are holding back a breath of anger now. They've all rushed here to challenge the rankings, determined to suppress the Little Holy Son Chu Tian's limelight. They even called Young Master Ye Feng back from his training outside."

"What an astounding sight. The Ye Family truly deserves to be a Founding Family. This generation has far too many heaven-defying prodigies."

"Looking at the Chu Family, though, there are barely any from this generation worth mentioning. The Little Holy Son Chu Tian may be gifted, but he is ultimately still too young. One tree cannot hold up a forest."

At that moment, a tidal wave of astonished exclamations suddenly erupted from the neighboring Body Integration Hall.

"One minute—he slaughtered three hundred and sixty-seven Crimson Flame Golden Crystal Leopards. Good heavens!"

"Ye Feng has entered the top ten! Sixth place on the Integration Ranking!"

"My heavens, Young Master Ye Feng is only seventeen this year!"

"Quick, look at the Earth Ranking!"

"Young Master Ye Feng has risen to second place on the Earth Ranking, pushing the Little Holy Son beneath him."

Chu Tian looked up at those words and saw that his ranking on the Earth Ranking, which had only just fallen to second, had now dropped to third, while Ye Feng's ranking leapt ahead of his.

"Only seventeen, yet second on the Earth Ranking and sixth on the Integration Ranking. That talent is a little monstrous. Even compared to Cousin, he's not inferior in the slightest." Hui Mei scratched his head hard, baring his teeth. "Why does your Sacred Heaven Sect's generation feel so fierce? It's only a tiny bit worse than my Sacred Sect."

"Brother Feng, that little bald head is Hui Mei. Chu Tian is here too." A familiar voice came from the Body Integration Hall.

Chu Tian glanced up and saw the pale-faced Ye Qiang emerging from the Body Integration Hall. He was pointing at Chu Tian and Hui Mei while speaking to a handsome young man in white robes beside him.

The young man in white had a tall, straight figure. He walked with the stride of a dragon and the gait of a tiger, carrying a heroic, martial air that made people involuntarily submit to his bearing after just one look.

He was Ye Feng, the current Young Master of the Ye Family, a peerless genius, and Chu Tian's Eldest Sister Chu Yunshang's fiancé.

Chu Tian was about to step into the Testing Space when he heard the voice. Turning back, he happened to meet Ye Feng's gaze.

"Little Tian, wait. Big Brother has something to say to you." Ye Feng smiled warmly and waved Chu Tian over, like a kindly elder calling a child from his household. His attitude was intimate and familiar.

In Chu Tian's memories, due to his marriage alliance with Eldest Sister Chu Yunshang, Ye Feng had been close to him and treated him well. Every time he returned from training outside, he would bring Chu Tian strange little trinkets, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and the like. Chu Tian had also deeply respected this peerless yet refined and approachable big brother.

Eldest Sister Chu Yunshang had been deceived by precisely this facade. Later, for his sake, she had been condemned by the entire Hengtian Continent, hunted by every major sect, and ultimately died miserably at his hands.

When Ye Feng personally led powerful experts to hunt the Great Vengeance Demon Lord until he had no path to heaven and no door into the earth, he had not been nearly so refined, gentle, and approachable as he was now.

Chu Tian's expression remained calm. He suddenly raised a hand and made a throat-slitting gesture at Ye Feng before stepping into the golden stone vortex. After all, that was the purpose of his visit.

From the moment of his rebirth, Ye Feng had already been a dead man in Chu Tian's eyes. The only difference was when he would be allowed to die.

"That bastard Chu Tian is outrageously bold. He actually dared provoke you, Brother Feng." Ye Qiang's voice was low.

The smile on Ye Feng's face remained refined as he explained, "No rush. Little Tian must have developed some misunderstanding about me. Let's wait here."

At that moment, Ye Wu also emerged from the Spirit Refining Hall. He had already risen to eightieth on the Spirit Refining Ranking. He was a robust young man.

"Brother Feng, your temper is simply too good. That little devil of the Chu Family forced Grand Elder Hongwu to death, imprisoned Ye Fan, and defied and contradicted the Sect Master. He has no sense of etiquette at all—he is utterly lawless and desperately needs discipline." Ye Wu said coldly.

"If my big brother were here, would you dare talk like that?"

Hui Mei crossed his arms and sneered, mocking them without mercy. "You only dare badmouth my big brother behind his back. Trash like you are doomed to be ordinary mortals forever."

After being set up by Ye Tianxiong and spending an entire night terrified out of his wits, Hui Mei had come to hate the entire Ye Family.

Ye Qiang's expression was ugly, but he still harbored lingering fear toward Hui Mei. After all, he had been beaten until his bones broke and tendons snapped in a single move. Even after taking healing pills, his arm still ached faintly.

"Even if Chu Tian were standing here right now, I would speak however I please. What could he possibly do to me?" Ye Wu sneered, glancing at Hui Mei's bald head. "No hair on your head, no steadiness in what you do. The Cihang Sacred Sect's prodigy is nothing much either. What one-move victory? After being defeated, didn't you still cry in public and cling to Chu Tian's thigh?"

"You can only bully the useless Bone Forging Realm trash of my Sacred Heaven Sect. You should know that the Ye Family's true prodigies are my big brother Ye Feng and the heavenly talents of the other realms."

"Even if you enter the Spirit Refining Realm, you will still be far from invincible. I could defeat you in one move."

Ye Qiang's face darkened. Ye Wu's words had mocked him as well, yet he did not dare retort, because his parents were dead and he still needed Ye Wu's parents' help to rescue his younger brother Ye Fan.

"A fifteen-year-old piece of trash who only ranks eightieth on the Spirit Refining Ranking dares to be this arrogant."

A fierce light erupted from Hui Mei's eyes. Before Chu Tian, he was a little lamb, because his skills were inferior and he accepted it.

But before anyone else, he was an entirely different person.

Boom!

Hui Mei shot out like an arrow released from the bowstring. His spiritual fluctuations surged violently, his blood and qi soared to the heavens, and his fist hurtled straight toward Ye Wu's face. The explosive crack of air was like rolling thunder.