Escape. Facing the Cloud Ruins Alliance elder's hypocritical "I'm only thinking of you" face, the entire Starry Sky Plaza sank into an eerie silence.
Everyone's eyes focused on Chen Yan.
Compensation? That would be tearing off the Cloud Ruins Alliance's face and grinding it against the ground.
Join them? That would be chaining up a future true dragon ahead of time.
No matter what he chose, it was a pit.
Elder Lei of Nine Heavens Palace stood with his arms folded, the mockery on his face almost overflowing, waiting to see how the Cloud Ruins Alliance would clean this up—and also waiting to see how this kid named Chen Yan would respond.
However, Chen Yan's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations.
He did not even look at that Cloud Ruins Alliance elder spraying spit everywhere.
His gaze passed over the layers of people and gently landed on Yu Qingmeng.
The girl was still dressed in a white skirt, standing there cold and clear, like a snow lotus untouched by dust.
When she felt Chen Yan's gaze, she paused slightly, then gave an almost imperceptible nod.
Yu Qingmeng was very safe right now.
That was enough.
Chen Yan withdrew his gaze, and then he smiled.
It was not a cold smile, nor a mocking smile. It was simply very calm, the corner of his mouth lifting slightly.
"Do I need you to teach me how I should do things?"
His voice was not loud, yet it was like an invisible slap, striking that Cloud Ruins Alliance elder hard across the face.
The elder's face instantly flushed the color of pig liver, and he was just about to flare up.
"You..."
But he only had time to utter a single word.
The next second, an indescribable, vast and tyrannical dragon might erupted thunderously