The roar was like thunder, echoing throughout the entire Daoist temple!
It seemed she wanted to release all the fear, anger, and panic she had been suppressing!
The elder was also startled and couldn't help but take a small step back.
In his memory, Jiang Huamei had always been a refined and elegant person, and had never lost her composure like this before!
"Didn't you hear me clearly? If I don't agree, he'll slaughter the entire sect!" Jiang Huamei said coldly. "Besides, the Grand Elder is even stronger than me; he's a top expert on the Dragon Ranking! Even he wasn't a match for him, and he was defeated by that brat who deliberately lowered his cultivation level. Tell me, what can I do? Can I kill him to avenge the Grand Elder? Or can you?"
"He wouldn't dare slaughter the entire sect..." The elder shrugged, then added, "Slaughtering the entire sect is just a bluff. In Huaxia, sects are united against a common enemy. If that kid dares to defy the world, not only will the Huaxia object, but even the Mystery Gate and Heaven and Earth Palace will likely have to intervene. He can't bear that responsibility!"
"Heh, he can't afford it?" Inadvertently, Jiang Huamei recalled Gu Chen's cold gaze and couldn't help but shudder.
She wasn't as naive as this elder. Just now, from Gu Chen's aura and his eyes, she was certain of one thing: he really dared!
I'm afraid they won't even consider the consequences!
"That kid can't possibly be Late Revolving Illumination Realm!" the elder exclaimed again. "Such a young Late Revolving Illumination Realm is unprecedented in the entire history of Huaxia! Not only will there be no one like him in the future, but there's certainly no one before! He definitely doesn't have that level of cultivation; he must have used some divine skill or secret technique to scare us! Sect Master, they shouldn't have gone far yet; we can still stop him in time!"
"Roll!"
No sooner had the elder finished speaking than Jiang Huamei flew into a rage, and with a flick of her sleeve, the latter received a slap across the face.
The elder gave an awkward smile, covered his bloodied face, and dared not speak.
Jiang Huamei's expression was icy and chilling. She looked around and said, word by word, "Anyone who dares to provoke this person again will be expelled from the sect! Also, collect the Grand Elder's body into a coffin. Anyone who leaks what happened today will face my ruthless consequences!"
After speaking, Jiang Huamei turned and walked into the house. Her immediate priority was to contact the Liu Family; as for anything else, she couldn't consider it at the moment...
After leaving the Daoist temple and heading down the mountain, Gu Chen sat in the back seat of the car and once again fell into deep meditation.
Yu Sheng, sitting next to him, sat even more upright, not daring to utter a sound.
Gu Chen had just caused a huge disturbance at the Steel Tremor Sect and even killed a powerful elder, yet he remained completely calm, as if nothing had happened. This filled Yu Sheng with both admiration and fear.
No wonder his master, Zhuge Kun, instructed him to take good care of this kind of person; otherwise, he might lose his life!
After all, the Steel Tremor Sect is far more powerful than their Honghe Sect!
The journey was uneventful, and the cars quickly descended the mountain. However, just as the three cars were about to head towards the city of Shangjing, the tollbooth became blocked.
What happened?
Gu Chen opened his eyes and saw a long line of vehicles ahead, some of which were being inspected, and there were also some police officers in front of them.
It's already past midnight. Even if they were to check vehicles, they wouldn't do it at the main toll booths unless something major happened.
"Young Master Gu, I'll go take a look."
Yu Sheng quickly replied.
Several long lines of vehicles were already forming ahead of them heading into the city. Honghe Sect's three cars were at the very end, but Yu Sheng got out and quickly got back in.
"I found out," Yu Sheng said. "I heard that a celebrity was kidnapped after a concert, and now all the tollbooths leading out of the city are surrounded by police."
"Understood." Gu Chen nodded and said, "We should have no problem entering the city. Let's wait a bit."
"Yes."
Shangjing is the largest capital city in Huaxia, and many celebrities reside here. However, being kidnapped is still quite rare.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen asked casually, "I just saw SWAT officers ahead. Even a regular celebrity concert doesn't end until 11:30 at the earliest. For them to deploy police and set up so quickly, they must be quite famous, right?"
"Not well-known," Yu Sheng said. "At least I've never heard of it."
"Oh?" Gu Chen asked, "Male or female?"
"The woman, I heard she's a new star who debuted less than a year ago, and she's very young. But that girl probably has some family background; she's only been in the industry for less than a year, yet she's already amassed a huge fan base and is heading straight for the top tier." Yu Sheng smiled and shook his head, saying, "What, Young Master Gu, are you still a fan? I'm too old for that."
Hearing this, Gu Chen suddenly frowned and asked, "What's her name?"
"It seems... her name is Ye Zhuxin."
"What?!"
Gu Chen, who had been lazily lounging around, suddenly opened his eyes!
His gaze sharpened as he looked at Yu Sheng, coldly asking, "What did you just say?"
"I said, I'm too old, I can't keep up anymore..."
Yu Sheng was startled. Staring at Gu Chen with such a terrifying gaze, he finally understood the fear that the Steel Tremor Sect group had felt earlier!
"That's not it!" Gu Chen said coldly. "What's her name?!"
"Ye... Ye Zhuxin..."
"Damn it!"
After Yu Sheng finished speaking, Gu Chen's face darkened, and he kicked open the car door.
"Young Master Gu, what's wrong?"
Yu Sheng hurriedly opened the car door, wanting to chase after him, but within seconds, Gu Chen had already walked ahead and arrived at the checkpoint where the police officers were checking people at the toll station.
"Is the celebrity who was kidnapped named Ye Zhuxin? Ye Zhuxin from the Ye Family?"
Several SWAT officers were conducting checks at the toll booth. Gu Chen stood next to a young officer and asked a question.
"Go away, get out of here, don't cause trouble!"
The young policeman glanced at Gu Chen, seeing that he was just a teenager in his early twenties, and assumed he was a fan group coming to see a celebrity. He waved his hand impatiently.
Gu Chen suppressed his anger and asked, "Is it true or not?"
"Are you a fan of Ye Zhuxin?" The young police officer was checking one of the cars when Gu Chen persisted. He turned around and said menacingly, "Kid, don't bother me, or I'll detain you!"
"It really is Ye Zhuxin!"
Gu Chen's body trembled!
A scene from his past life vaguely flashed through his mind.
"Brother Chen, what do you think I should study?"
"Sing a song, I like girls who can sing."
"Okay, then I'll learn to sing! I'll definitely become a big star someday and sing just for Brother Chen."
It's a deal.
As the sun sets, a boy and a girl with a ponytail are bathed in golden light on the small hilltop behind the school. The girl's face is full of longing and innocence, while the boy's smile is radiant with romance.
It was as if time had frozen in that summer when I was nine years old.
"I never expected that after more than half a year of no contact in this life, you would actually start singing."
Gu Chen felt a sense of relief, but mostly pain.
In his previous life, after he and his father were driven out of the Gu Family, they came to Zhou City in a sorry state and lost contact with Ye Zhuxin. Later, due to the scheming of the Zhou Family and Zhou Xue'er, Gu Chen was forced to break off his engagement. His father went to the Shangjing to seek help from the Gu Family, but was humiliated to death. After that, when Gu Chen jumped off a cliff, he met his master Luo Yunxi, who took him away from Earth.