Leave No Future Trouble

After Chen Ye finished speaking, he closed the door. Facing the somewhat dim moonlight outside, his footsteps were light as he quickly made his way to the foot of the hill.

He passed the various houses ahead and headed straight for the easternmost side of the village.

That was the best location in the entire village. The fields lay directly behind it, making watering, fertilizing, and such much more convenient.

Among the rows of dilapidated thatched cottages, Chen Ye moved lightly. As his figure swept past, he merely glanced around a few times before locating his target.

Clearly, Chen Ye had come here more than once before. He simply had never made a move.

His feet landed softly on the ground. As a trace of silver clung to his feet, his body was instantly enveloped in silver light.

The wall before him seemed to split open with a crack, and he casually passed through it.

Compared to the darkness outside, this place was still lit by bright candlelight.

There were five figures sitting casually around the candlelight.

They were tearing into something as gulping sounds rang out.

Seeing the scene inside the thatched cottage, Chen Ye calmly took two steps forward, then quietly approached the window and stood there in silence.

At the same time, the conversation inside slowly drifted over.

"Brother Cheng, are we really not going to make a move against those siblings? That brat has level-five soul power. Once he grows up, won't he come looking for revenge?"

"Yeah, Brother Cheng. Not only did we rob his family's money, we were even going to sell his little sister to someone else as a maid."

"If that brat becomes a great Soul Master in the future, he'll definitely kill us."

"Why not act now? Even if his longbow has some power, the five of us are adults with blades. He probably won't get anything good out of it."

As the men spoke, they all echoed one another's words.

At the center of the group, a burly man over two meters tall and enormously fat disdainfully stuffed a chunk of meat into his mouth. Chewing, he let out a somewhat helpless sigh.

"What's the rush? Eat and drink well today, brothers. Tomorrow, we'll wait on the only road leading out of the village."

"Even if those siblings want to leave, they'll have to go to the village chief in the morning to collect their household registration first."

"Then we'll stop them and kill them both. It's just a pity that little girl is too young, and she can remember things. We can't let her live either."

The man called Brother Cheng sighed as he spoke, his tone filled with regret.

Hearing him, the others burst into laughter and raised their bowls. The sound of bowls clinking rang out.

Chen Ye's expression did not change as he listened to the voices inside.

He merely calmly stepped back two paces. As he raised a hand, silver radiance gathered in his palm and formed another silver longbow.

His originally calm black eyes were instantly enveloped in silver. With those silver eyes, the scene inside, which had originally been impossible to see clearly, was directly pierced through.

The positions, expressions, and movements of all five men were completely clear to Chen Ye, enhanced by the power of space.

His expression remained indifferent. He steadily raised one hand before his chest while his other hand rested on the bowstring.

The next instant, a long arrow entirely pale silver appeared. It was nocked on the bow and slowly drawn back.

As he aimed the longbow, Chen Ye could feel a portion of his soul power being consumed, though the expenditure was not great.

His gaze turned forward and quickly locked onto a short young man.

This young man had beaten him at his home before and had even tried to forcibly take away his sister, so Chen Ye remembered him deeply.

Looking at the scrawny youth, who resembled a rat, Chen Ye gently released the bowstring.

The next instant, a sharp whoosh rang out, swift and fierce. The wall that stood in the way was pierced by the arrow in an instant.

Silver light flashed. The arrow shot through the wall, and the next second, a bang resounded.

The scrawny man's head was struck in an instant, then directly detonated by the power of space.

As blood sprayed across the sky and splattered over them, the remaining four men screamed at once, their eyes filled with panic and confusion.

Outside, Chen Ye had already calmly nocked a second arrow. He aimed it at another somewhat short and fat young man, then released it again.

Before the young man could react, his fat belly had already been pierced through.

The instant the spatial arrow pierced him, it detonated. The pulling force of space appeared, and his body exploded along with it.

Blood sprayed everywhere. As two men died in succession, the young man surnamed Cheng in the center seemed to finally realize what was happening. He barked out a low shout.

"Someone outside is attacking! Grab your weapons! He's outside! Kill him, kill him now!"

After shouting, the young man was the first to pull out a cleaver used for chopping firewood. He took a step forward and smashed open the front door.

Seeing Chen Ye outside with his arrow calmly nocked, the young man's eyes carried a hint of gravity.

The other two young men immediately behind him also leaped outside, but before the three could react—

Chen Ye had already released the string again, and the third arrow shot out.

The next instant, the young man standing on the other side of Cheng Tian had no time to react before his body exploded as well.

Blood sprayed everywhere, staining Cheng Tian's clothes crimson. He stared at Chen Ye with anger and fear in his eyes.

The other young man watched three of his brothers die in the blink of an eye. His legs went limp, and he fell to his knees.

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! Cheng Tian made me do it! Cheng Tian made me do it! It has nothing to do with me!"

"Chen Ye, I never did anything to you! Please spare my life!"

The young man's body began to tremble. A foul stench rose from beneath his trouser legs, followed by yellow liquid.

Seeing this, Chen Ye frowned slightly and calmly nocked a fourth arrow.

Seeing this, Cheng Tian, the leader, no longer hesitated.

His body suddenly leaped forward with great speed. Clearly, he possessed soul power as well, though his soul power level was not high.

Yet compared to six-year-old Chen Ye, he held a massive advantage in age, combat experience, and strength.

His body shot forward, then twisted aside. With a whoosh, he dodged the spatial arrow, and without pausing, he charged straight at Chen Ye.

He raised the butcher's knife in his hand, his eyes fixed on Chen Ye with a fierce gleam.

But just as the blade was about to fall, Chen Ye continued to watch him with calm eyes.

Then Chen Ye lightly pointed a finger at him, and a spatial rift appeared before Cheng Tian.

Cheng Tian crashed directly into the rift, and his chest was instantly sliced apart at an angle.

His body froze for a second. Then the wound burst open, and his body split into two halves that fell to the ground, utterly devoid of life.