Chapter 6: Bloody Means

  The old city bell tolled its evening chime, and the afterglow of sunset quietly enveloped the entire city.

  With a sprig of grass clenched between his teeth, Ye Chen walked into the grand courtyard with an expressionless face, ignoring the nakedly mocking gaze of the gatekeeper. However, at the moment he turned around at the corner, he raised his middle finger high to several gatekeepers, then held his head high and strode towards his own courtyard.

  A gentle breeze blew, and the trees alongside the stone path were trimmed extremely neatly. Especially the magnificent pavilion beside the stone path was in no way inferior to the palaces of previous dynasties. However, Ye Chen had no heart to appreciate it, as his mind was already captivated by the martial skills in his hands.

  Bypassing the grand and majestic pavilions, Ye Chen slowly walked towards that dilapidated small courtyard. Looking at the rows of shabby houses, Ye Chen shook his head and sighed: "Servants' quarters, the elder really thinks I'm young and ignorant!"

  Even if Ye Chen was an illegitimate child, he was still the second young master of the Ye family. The elder would treat him this way and think that he was a waste for the rest of his life. With a calm smile, Ye Chen knew that at this moment, he should focus on his cultivation, so this matter could only be dealt with later.

  A gentle breeze blew, and the leaves rustled in response. A shrill voice pierced the air, "Hey, hey, are you blind? Can't you see Madame Bao?" A woman, about thirty years old, wearing a gray dress with her hands clasped to her chest, stood brazenly blocking Lan's path as she hurried back home.

  "Ah!" Lan gently hugged a new warrior's uniform, accidentally bumping into the woman's body. The woman's face showed anger, and with an apologetic expression, she said: "Sorry, Qian Jie, really sorry!"

  "Ah yo!" The woman, called Qian Jie, was shocked and her mouth agape, as if she had seen an alien. She then shouted: "Yo, isn't that Lan Gu? How is it that your family's good-for-nothing wants to order new clothes again? What virtue does he have to be able to wear a martial robe?"

  "You..." Lan's voice was stifled with anger, her fists clenched tightly, but she didn't dare to make a move.

  The woman in front of him was not someone he could afford to offend, also a wet nurse for the young master, one was a useless wet nurse, and the other was a talented young master's wet nurse, Li Qian's status in the Ye family was not something that these servants could compare with.

  "What's wrong with what I said? A useless person is indeed a useless person!" Li Qian glanced at Lan Niang from head to toe, her eyes calm and arrogant.

  Those slaves also ridiculed each other, and the sound of "废物" (useless person) thundered in Lan's ears. Lan had always treated Ye Chen as her own son, and with a face full of anger, she glared at Third Madam and said: "You are too much! Li Qian, as a concubine, is so bold!"

  "Bang!"

  A crisp sound.

  Li Qian slapped Lan's cheek with a loud slap: "You don't know the severity, you really don't know east, south, west, and north! I said he was a waste, how could he be worthy of being called Young Master? He's just a bastard born to a prostitute! I don't know why Old Master looked up to that prostitute who can be ridden by anyone. I think that waste must not be Old Master's flesh and blood, it must be the wild seed of that prostitute and some man!"

  A loud noise came from the courtyard next door, and the scene just now undoubtedly fell into Ye Chen's eyes. A surge of anger suddenly rose up from the depths of his mind, his face turned even darker, with a fierce gaze like a wild beast, staring fixedly at Li Qian's figure.

  The dragon has a reversed scale, touch it and you will be killed! And the reversed scale in Ye Chen's heart is Lan Gu and that deceased mother. Suddenly, a loud shout: "Enough!"

  The gaze that seemed to materialize made Li Qian involuntarily shiver, and she slowly turned around to see Ye Chen standing outside the courtyard. A loud and unpleasant voice rang out: "Ah yo, isn't this our genius young master? Not seen for a few days, and he's grown even taller! Indeed, simple-minded and physically developed!"

  Ye Chen walked into the courtyard with a cold expression. Lan's aunt saw this and ran to Ye Chen's side, wanting to pull him away, but was stopped by Ye Chen. His eyes stared straight at Li Qian, his mouth curled up in a chilly arc, and a chill rose slowly in his dark pupils.

  Those beast-like eyes made Li Qian tremble involuntarily, but relying on Ye Tian's support, she was not afraid. Her lips moved, and her voice rose again in a strange and eerie tone: "Ah, young master, did the slave do something wrong? Your gaze is making people's hearts panic!"

  As Ye Chen was expelled from the attic by the Council of Elders and undoubtedly sentenced to death, Li Qian also gradually became bolder, and actually teased Ye Chen in public.

  With a cold snort, Ye Chen's gaze swept towards Li Qian with an icy stare and barked: "Li Qian, kneel down for me!"

  "What?"

  Li Qian's face was filled with shock and disbelief, staring tightly at Ye Chen, for a moment not daring to believe what she had just heard. The entire Ye family knew that the young master in front of her was not even as good as an ordinary servant in the Ye household, yet today he dared to speak to her like this, and couldn't help but let out a few cold laughs.

  "I'm telling you to kneel down, don't you understand?" Ye Chen smiled coldly, his dark eyes gleaming with a murderous intent. With a swift movement, he kicked Li Qian's knee, sending her tumbling to the ground with a thud. A wave of pain washed over her, and Li Qian's face turned deathly pale.

  "You! You dare! You good-for-nothing, you actually dare to hit me!" Li Qian was kicked by Ye Chen and fell to the ground on her knees. At first, her eyes were wide open, then she suddenly opened her mouth and scolded loudly, her voice sharp and shrill. Until now, she still couldn't believe that this good-for-nothing young master in front of her actually dared to hit her.

  Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, a cold smile playing on his lips. He raised his hand high and slapped Li Qian's face twice with a loud "slap", each slap imbued with a small amount of true energy. A muffled sound echoed through the air as Li Qian's body crashed to the ground. On her shocked face, two distinct palm prints appeared in an instant.

  Without giving Li Qian a chance to react, Ye Chen suddenly took a step forward with his right foot, shook his arm, pointed at Li Qian and shouted: "You are just a slave, you dare to scold me as a useless person, don't you know the difference between master and servant? You, a slave, actually dare to ride on your master's head, you want to rebel against your master!"

  "You!" Li Qian's face turned pale in an instant, and a hint of panic finally appeared in her expression.

  "You're saying I'm a bastard, aren't you implying that the master of the house is wearing a green hat!" Ye Chen didn't give Li Qian any chance to retort, and took another step forward, his right foot heavily stomping on Li Qian's right foot, producing an unusually loud cracking sound.

  He snorted and took another step forward. Ye Chen's momentum was like a rainbow, and he shouted again: "You don't know the difference between superior and inferior, you deceive and insult your master, you insult the host, Li Qian, do you know your crime!"

  Li Qian's face turned pale, her lips trembling, and she almost fainted. She didn't know the difference between superior and inferior, bullying the master, insulting the host, any one of these crimes could cost her life. Ye Chen's several loud shouts scared her so much that her face turned pale, and she stuttered: "I am the wet nurse of the young master, if you dare to move me, the young master will not let you off easily!" Seeing Ye Chen walking towards her again, Li Qian finally brought out Ye Tian.

  His body slowly arched, his gloomy eyes staring fixedly at the front, with a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes. Then, Ye Chen's mouth corners rose to form a fine arc filled with coldness.

  One foot lifted up and fell heavily, only to hear a "crack" sound, Li Qian's full left breast immediately sank down, and the white shirt was stained with a piece of blood red.

  The entire hall was as silent as death, all the slaves were staring at that thin figure with their eyes wide open and their mouths agape, their eyes filled with shock.

  Li Qian's mouth suddenly opened wide, her eyes instantly bulging like copper bells, but the sudden severe pain made her unable to let out a scream. A cold smile flashed at the corner of her mouth, and Ye Chen said indifferently: "This is the price you paid for hitting Lan earlier!"

  "Master!" Lan's eyes stared blankly at Ye Chen's back, a thread of crystal clear tears slowly flashing in her eyes.

  Slowly turning around, but in that instant, Ye Chen's right foot lifted again and kicked fiercely towards Li Qian! A loud "crack" sound was heard, kicking heavily on Li Qian's right chest, a dent appeared instantly on her chest, a mouthful of blood spurted out, her body fell backwards, already unconscious.

  Some timid slaves covered their mouths, staring blankly at the cruel scene in front of them, cold sweat constantly dripping down their cheeks, and the whole scene was quiet except for the heavy breathing of those slaves.

  Through their profiles, some maids could clearly see a smile at the corner of Ye Chen's mouth, which made him look even more sinister.

  "Oh, I forgot, this kick is the price you paid for scolding me just now!"

  Ye Chen's cold voice slowly echoed in the courtyard, causing the temperature of this place to become abnormally icy.