The Third Person to Enter the Secret Realm Was... (Second Update)

Zhang Daosheng sat in the reception hall, utterly baffled. What was going on with the Westwind Lion King...

Why had he suddenly flown into a rage?

He wasn't about to barge in and kill Ye Chen, was he?

"Well, well. How did you manage to anger the Lion King the moment you arrived, Brother Ye?" Lan Batian came downstairs with a smile, followed by his daughter, Lan Lengshuang.

"You're joking, Brother Lan. How would I dare anger the Lion King?" Ye Chen waved a hand, wearing an expression that said he had nothing to do with it.

Lan Batian didn't believe a word of it, but he said nothing more.

Zhang Daosheng glanced at Lan Batian. "Hm? That Wind-Type Spirit Stone has done you a lot of good."

Lan Batian's aura had grown considerably stronger since yesterday.

"Yesterday's battle helped me make some progress, and the Wind-Type Spirit Stone let me absorb more spiritual energy. A little improvement is only natural."

Lan Batian, that reckless brute, was actually being modest.

Zhang Daosheng stared at him in shock. "You know how to be modest?!"

"Ahem... Not that I want to be. But with the Lion King outside, I'm afraid I'll show off in front of him one day. Then I'd be finished."

"Pfft." Ye Chen and Lan Lengshuang couldn't help laughing.

"Whose fault is that? You're the one who invited that mighty figure home," Ye Chen teased.

Lan Batian scratched the back of his head. "The Lion King's not bad, really. He didn't object to me absorbing the spiritual energy coming off the Wind-Type Spirit Stone. He even agreed to let me train there for a while every day and gave me pointers on using wind."

Zhang Daosheng looked at him enviously. "Sounds like you've gained a great deal. Even this old man's jealous."

"You're not a wind user, so there's nothing you can do about it~" Seeing Zhang Daosheng's envy, Lan Batian burst out laughing.

"Shouldn't we get down to business?" Ye Chen cut into their banter.

If he let them keep talking, they would forget why they were here.

"Ah, the Secret Realm? Everything's ready. We just have to wait for one more person."

"Who?" Ye Chen was curious. Who could make both the head of the Lan Family and Zhang Daosheng wait?

"Someone from the Yan Family," Lan Lengshuang said suddenly, her eyes full of disgust.

At the mention of the Yan Family, Ye Chen's mood soured at once. His eyes narrowed. "The Yan Family from the imperial capital?!"

Zhang Daosheng and Lan Batian immediately heard something in his tone.

"Do you have a grudge against the Yan Family, brother?"

Ye Chen nodded slightly. Everyone here had been through life and death with him, and Lan Batian was a decent man.

He told them exactly what Yan Feng had done when Imperial Capital University came to recruit him.

"See, Dad? I told you the Yan Family was rotten!" Lan Lengshuang shot Lan Batian a look.

Lan Batian grew awkward. "I didn't want to work with the Yan Family either, but they paid for the spot. If I'd known you had a grudge against them, Brother Ye, I wouldn't have sold it to them!"

Lan Batian was helpless. He only had one daughter.

He couldn't let a spot in the Secret Realm go to waste...

"It's fine. Who does the Yan Family plan to send into the Secret Realm?" Ye Chen wasn't worried. He knew exactly what he was capable of now.

At full strength, he could kill someone in the Sea-Overturning Realm!

"The Yan Family's eldest son has already reached the Sea-Overturning Realm. For the Secret Realm, it should be their second son, Yan Feng."

Zhang Daosheng thought for a moment before answering.

"Then... can people be killed inside the Secret Realm?" Ye Chen's voice was thick with murderous intent.

Yan Feng had wanted him dead simply because he refused to join Imperial Capital University.

That was enough to make Ye Chen want to kill him!

If a man like that lived, he would only hurt more people. Better... to let him die by my hand!

Zhang Daosheng was startled. "Don't say that so lightly. The Yan Family is powerful!"

The family had deep roots in the imperial capital. According to rumor, the Yan Family had once had a half-saint, though that person had since died.

Of course, it was only a rumor. Who knew whether it was true?

"I don't think it would be much of a problem." Lan Batian narrowed his eyes.

"The Secret Realm is sealed off. No one knows what happens inside. And if Yan Feng dies, who would suspect Ye Chen, a support user, of killing him?"

Lan Batian laid out his reasoning matter-of-factly.

"Dad, have you considered me?" Lan Lengshuang rolled her eyes. Did he not think of his daughter as a person?

"You're so weak that no one would suspect you. Don't worry."

Everyone fell silent...

"What if he tries something with your precious daughter?" Lan Lengshuang asked, tilting her head.

The mood turned heavy in an instant.

"I've heard Yan Feng is a lecher. He really might do something like that," Zhang Daosheng added, making matters worse.

"He wouldn't dare!" Lan Batian flew into a rage.

He had sold a spot and might end up putting his daughter in danger too. He couldn't stand that.

Thank goodness Zhang Daosheng had brought it up!

The Yan Family was rich and powerful. If they really did something to Lan Lengshuang,

there would be little Lan Batian could do about it afterward.

"Ye... are you sure you can kill him?"

Ye Chen gave a wicked grin and nodded.

Meanwhile, the Yan Family's party had reached the gates of Zanghai City.

"Young master, I hear Lan Batian's daughter is exceptionally beautiful, and she has SSS-grade talent..."

The speaker was Yan Feng's personal guard, who also served as his steward.

"Oh? Are you saying I might get an unexpected prize out of this trip?" Yan Feng's eyes lit up.

"Exactly. The Lan Family is just a small family from a remote region that got lucky enough to produce someone with SSS-grade talent. If you... make her yours and take Lan Lengshuang as a wife or concubine, the Yan Family would be sure to gain another Myriad Stars Realm cultivator, perhaps even a Bright Moon Realm cultivator! If her talent is strong enough... the Blazing Sun Realm isn't out of the question!"

The more Chen Xiang spoke, the more excited he became, as though he were the one courting her.

Of course, Chen Xiang had his own plans for that possibility.

For years, Yan Feng had passed the women he'd grown tired of on to Chen Xiang.

They might have been women the young master had already had, but what kind of man was Yan Feng?

He would never touch a woman who wasn't beautiful!

So although Chen Xiang was saying all this for Yan Feng's benefit, what if?

What if Yan Feng grew tired of Lan Lengshuang... Then Chen Xiang could...

Lust filled Chen Xiang's eyes at the thought.

It seemed a master and his servant really were alike.

The moment Yan Feng heard Chen Xiang's suggestion, he could barely contain his desire.

"There's an opportunity like that?" Yan Feng took a moment to calm himself.

In the Yan Family's current generation, the only direct descendants were Yan Feng and his elder brother.

His brother's talent needed no explanation. It surpassed his by a mile.

His brother had already reached the Sea-Overturning Realm, while Yan Feng himself...

It was true. If he could get Lan Lengshuang, his standing in the Yan Family would rise considerably.