Chapter 33: Bodyguard? (Second Update)

  Ye Chen stood up, his fists clenched tightly, and he felt an overwhelming surge of power throughout his body. At this moment, Ye Chen had no doubt that the force of this punch could probably not be withstood even by someone at the fifth level of Body Refining.

  All of this is thanks to that dragon bone, which originally merged with Ye Chen's body just now. The dragon bone actually fused with Ye Chen's skeleton, infinitely strengthening his physique. You know, dragons are famous for their strong bodies. Now, Ye Chen, who has merged with the power of the dragon bone, has a physical strength that is no longer within the realm of ordinary people's imagination.

  After a moment, Ye Chen woke up from his excitement and smiled slightly, muttering to himself: "Originally I thought my life was bitter, but recently I suddenly discovered that my luck is simply against the sky!"

  "What an encounter! What an encounter! And what another encounter!"

  Ye Chen smiled foolishly as he gazed out at the sunset that was about to set outside the window, his heart filled with emotion.

  "Right, now that we have the elixir, let's go give it to Wu Xin first!"

  Ye Chen, who was lost in thought, suddenly remembered that he still owed Zhuge Wu Xin five 'Strong Body Pills', and now he had more than twenty of them, so he went to exchange them with Zhuge Wu Xin first.

  Ye Chen thought of this, hastily pushed open the door and ran out, taking a step that directly spanned nearly two meters. Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, then disappeared outside the courtyard accompanied by the sound of "haha" laughter.

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  The night market of Lianyun Temple is held every day as scheduled. Although it's not as lively as the annual gathering, there are still many people.

  Ye Chen thought for half a day and didn't know where to find Zhuge Wu Xin, so he could only come to the night market to try his luck and see if he could find Zhuge Wu Xin.

  Night market, Ye Chen used to come here often, every time he came, it would cause a frenzy on the scene, young women would frequently pass by in front of Ye Chen, hoping to get the attention of this top ten outer door master.

  However, Ye Chen's arrival this time did not cause the shock it had in the past. Those who knew him only slightly nodded to acknowledge his presence, while those who didn't know him simply walked by him.

  Ye Chen looked at everyone's attitude and just smiled slightly, which was even better for Ye Chen, making him appear more low-key.

  Ye Chen strolled casually through the night market, looking around everywhere, hoping to find Zhuge Wu Xin.

  As he walked, Ye Chen heard the distant sound of commotion, his brow furrowed, but he didn't pay attention to it and continued searching for Zhuge Wu Xin in the night market.

  "Grass mud horse, Zhuge Wu Xin don't think you're a predetermined inner door disciple, you just give me a brush of rascal. I told you, either take it or get out, you exchange those useless herbs with me for martial skills, are you crazy?"

  Ye Chen was about to turn around and leave when he heard the name "Zhuge Wu Xin" in the midst of the commotion, so he hastily stopped in his tracks and walked over to the source of the noise with a puzzled expression.

  Ye Chen squeezed into the crowd and looked at the four people standing in the middle of it. One of them was surprisingly Zhuge Wu Xin!

  In addition to the three people, Ye Chen also knew them, they were outer door disciples.

  "How can you talk like that? If you're willing, why can't it be changed? And what's with these herbs? They're all good things!"

  Zhuge looked lazily at the three men opposite him with ferocious faces, not fearing them in the least, and shouted loudly.

  "You're too shameless! When people trade things, it's all about mutual consent. You're actually forcing the exchange!"

  One of the three men, who appeared to be the leader, indignantly shouted at Zhuge.

  Ye Chen stood by, listening to the conversation of several people, and soon understood the reason for the quarrel. It turned out that Zhuge had inadvertently seen someone selling martial arts techniques, became jealous, and wanted to buy them out. However, he didn't have anything valuable, so he could only offer his herbs and people in exchange, but the other party was unwilling, which led to the current situation.

  Zhuge ignored the three men's curses and lazily said, "Alright, I'll give you more herbs, but you have to teach me your martial skills!"

  "Want some more herbs?" The leading youth was taken aback, then looked at Zhuge Wu Xin with a stupid expression, and said in extreme frustration: "I'm convinced by you, I said no exchange, why are you making so much trouble! Get out, or I'll break your legs!"

  Another man walked up to the person's side, glared at Zhuge Wu Xin with a burst of anger, and then said to the person who had just spoken: "Lei Ge, let me teach him a lesson!"

  The young man known as Le Ge let out a cold laugh and nodded in agreement.

  The crowd of people who were originally watching from all sides hurriedly retreated backwards, afraid of getting burned.

  The young man rushed up, his right foot stomping heavily on the ground, and a burst of powerful aura erupted from him, shooting straight at Zhuge Wu Xin.

  Zhuge's heart skipped a beat, he didn't expect the other party to be so impulsive, although he himself had achieved the cultivation of Shu Ti Si Chong, but his was just for show, if he were to fight against someone with Shu Ti San Chong, he could still rely on his higher level to gain an advantage, but if he were to face someone of the same level as him, he would be no match at all!

  Ye Chen looked at the young man rushing towards Zhuge Wu Xin, let out a soft sigh, shook his head, and with a flash of movement, disappeared from where he was standing, only to reappear in front of Zhuge Wu Xin.

  Ye Chen's body tensed up, his eyes narrowed, and his right fist shot out directly in front of him.

  Bang

  A crisp sound, fists against each other.

  The young man who rushed up was actually knocked flying by Ye Chen with one punch, and fell beside the other two young men. Ye Chen stood still on the spot, unmoving.

  The whole audience stared blankly at Ye Chen standing in front of Zhuge Wu Xin, everyone knew that Ye Chen's cultivation was abolished just a month ago, and now he could knock a four-layer cultivator flying with one punch... this was beyond everyone's expectations.

  Ye Chen stared blankly at the young man he had just punched flying, then looked at his right hand that he had used to attack with a bewildered expression, revealing an incredulous look.

  Ye Chen never thought that the casual punch he threw would have such power. He had originally thought that the punch could only block the opponent's attack, considering the opponent was a Fourth-Order Shattered Body while he was only a Third-Order Shattered Body. At most, he thought he would be able to hold them off and help Zhuge Wu Xin escape, but Ye Chen never expected that his one punch would directly send the opponent flying...

  Zhuge Wu Xin stared blankly at Ye Chen blocking his way, then burst out laughing and patted Ye Chen's shoulder. He walked around Ye Chen to the front and looked at the young man who had fallen to the ground, smiling playfully: "How about it? My bodyguard is pretty impressive, right?"

  Ye Chen was stunned, speechless as he stared at Zhuge Wu Xin standing in front of him with a defiant expression. He felt extremely frustrated: How did I become a bodyguard? I shouldn't have come to help you.

  The young man known as Le Ge stared tightly at Ye Chen, ignoring Zhuge Wu Xin's words, and said indignantly to Ye Chen: "Ye Chen, what are you doing? My brothers and I have never offended you, have we?"

  Listening to the young man's words, Ye Chen hadn't come yet and hastily said "Ha", Zhuge Wu Xin with a complacent face quickly said: "Of course you didn't provoke him, you provoked me, he is my bodyguard!"

  The young man known as Le Ge still ignored Zhuge Wu Xin, but stared at Ye Chen, waiting for his response.

  Ye Chen smiled awkwardly and walked forward, saying somewhat apologetically: "Sorry, I didn't think it would be like this, I'm really sorry!"

  "Sorry! Ye Chen, you're too arrogant, do you still think you're one of the top ten masters from before?!"

  The young man who was knocked to the ground by Ye Chen got up, enduring the severe pain in his right hand, and shouted at Ye Chen in a rage.

  Ye Chen's face turned slightly dark as soon as the young man mentioned past events, and he looked at the three of them with some dissatisfaction: "What do you want?"

  The leading young man took a step forward, narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "You used to be one of the top ten masters, isn't it a bit excessive to bully us?"

  Ye Chen was furious and laughed back: "What do you want? Just say it! I've already apologized!"

  "Haha!" The young man smiled: "In the past, we were all far behind you and didn't know how strong you are now!"

  As soon as the young man spoke, it was clear that he wanted to fight Ye Chen. It's worth noting that Ye Chen used to be one of the top ten masters, and this guy just wanted to rise to fame by stepping on him.

  Ye Chen smiled slightly: "Why didn't you dare to challenge me before, but now you have the courage!" Suddenly, Ye Chen's face turned ferocious and he shouted angrily: "I'm Ye Chen, although I don't have my previous cultivation, it's absolutely not something you can challenge right now!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Chen thought of something and glared at the young man. In fact, Ye Chen was already quite good, having apologized, but the other party was still aggressive, wanting to know that even Buddha would get angry, let alone Ye Chen!

  Ye Chen glared at the young man, his clothes fluttering without any wind!

  Zhuge Wu Xin looked at Ye Chen's appearance, hehe smiled, leaned on Ye Chen's side, and stared at the three people opposite together.

  The people around, all hastily retreated a step back, whispering speculations.

  "Who do you think will win in a while?"

  "What more need be said? It's definitely Zhao Lei and the other two! You should know that all three of them have achieved the Fourth-Order Body Refining Realm, and their coordination is extremely good!"

  "It's not necessarily so, Ye Chen may have lost his former cultivation, but didn't you see that punch just now? One punch sent the person who was already severely injured flying!"

  "Yes, I don't know how Ye Chen cultivated it either. From the last time he was abandoned to now, it's only been a little over a month, and he already has such strength!"

  "Who knows! Ah~"

  "Shut up and fight! Stop talking!"

  Zhao Lei glared at Ye Chen, the two people beside him also moved closer to Zhao Lei, waiting for his instructions. As soon as Zhao Lei gave the order, the two of them would rush up instantly.

  Zhuge Wu Xin looked at the three people in front of him, smiled coldly and said to Ye Chen in a low voice: "Thanks Ye Chen, but maybe I'll get you into trouble!"

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and turned his head to say in a low voice, "Now you know you've gotten me into trouble. Didn't you just loudly claim that I was your bodyguard?"

  "That was a joke!" Zhuge Wu Xin smiled awkwardly.

  Ye Chen looked at Zhuge Wu Xin with an awkward expression, and smiled slightly: "Since you last went to find Dan Qiang with Xiner and others, you, Zhuge Wu Xin, have already become my friend! No matter what, I, Ye Chen, will absolutely not let my friends get hurt!"

  Zhuge Wu Xin was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Ye Chen with gratitude. In Zhuge Wu Xin's world, he could be said to have almost no friends. His fellow disciples in the sect generally looked down on him because of his low cultivation and didn't want to bother with him. The sect only valued his talent, but Ye Chen's words had moved Zhuge Wu Xin's heart.

  "Good! Friends!" Zhuge Wu Xin 'haha' laughed and immediately turned his head to stare at Zhao Lei and the other two.

  Ye Chen smiled and said: "Today, I will fulfill my duty as a bodyguard!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Chen directly bent his legs and pushed off the ground with a loud thud, charging towards Zhao Lei and the other two.

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