Chapter Fourteen: Deep in Enemy Territory

  The night fell slowly, but at this time, the Liu family village was filled with laughter and cheers. Maybe it's because of a month of repression that made the villagers extra excited.

  In the village street, a long table was set up at this time, which was taken out from many villagers' homes and arranged to be over 20 meters long. The young man with a long face and his party sat in the upper seat, and even the village chief of Liujiacun could only sit in the lower seat.

  However, Ye Chen was sitting in a place far away from the long-faced young man at this time, not because the long-faced young man intentionally made things difficult for Ye Chen, but because Ye Chen had requested it himself.

  "Haha, you are all so young and promising! We originally thought some older predecessors would come, but unexpectedly, all of you are so young!"

  The village chief raised the wine glass in his hand and stood up, smiling at the long-faced young man with a respectful tone. As the village chief's wine glass was raised, the villagers who were seated also hastily got up to toast the long-faced young man together.

  The young man with a long face narrowed his eyes, and his expression changed as he said discontentedly, "Are you questioning us?"

  As soon as this was said, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward. The villagers of Liujiacun changed their faces and held their wine cups in their hands, looking at the long-faced young man with some surprise and panic, not knowing what to do.

  The young man with a long face looked at everyone's expression and burst out laughing, saying in a low voice: "Just kidding, look at you guys being so serious!"

  Upon hearing this, many villagers let out a deep breath.

  The old village chief smiled awkwardly: "High man, don't joke with us, we are all honest people!"

  The young man with a long face smiled, immediately picked up his wine glass and toasted the old village chief, saying in a low voice: "Village chief, don't say that, just call me Single Strong, no need to address me as 'high person'!" He then drained his glass in one gulp and sat back down smiling.

  The old village chief also gave a respectful bow and sat down, whispering to the villagers beside him.

  A chubby young man looked at Shan Qiang's actions with a puzzled face, lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "Brother Qiang, this doesn't seem like you, they're just a group of country folks!"

  He gave a cold and ruthless glance at the crowd, followed by an ominous smile, and replied in a low voice: "Let's just say it's for their last bit of good feeling in this world!"

  Upon hearing this, the plump young man's face changed slightly, and he made a slashing motion with his hand across his own neck, asking incredulously: "Qiang Ge, you mean to say that...?"

  A cold, cruel smile: "Feng Shixiong has ordered that after killing Ye Chen this time, not a single word can be leaked out. Although it's not a big deal, assassinating a fellow disciple is no small matter. If the other personal disciples find out, there will probably be some more trouble. But let's just say, these people, if we didn't come, they probably wouldn't live for much longer either!"

  Listening to Shuang's explanation, the chubby young man nodded slightly and sat there with a frown, no longer speaking, lost in thought.

  Ye Chen sat quietly on one side, sipping the fine wine in his hand. From time to time, some villagers would offer him a toast, and he would respond with ease, but no one could tell what was really on his mind.

  After three rounds of wine, after five dishes of food.

  The old village chief looked at the time and knew that tomorrow, Dan Qiang still had a tough battle ahead of him. He didn't continue with the banquet and after consulting with Dan Qiang, he slowly stood up and said loudly: "Everyone! Please quiet down!"

  The people who were originally eating and drinking happily also put down their wine cups when they heard the voice of their village chief, listening attentively.

  The village head looked at everyone who was listening to him seriously, and then lightly coughed: "Everyone, tomorrow you will still go to execute the strong thief, today we need to rest well. How about we stop here for today? When you return triumphantly tomorrow, we'll drink together!"

  Listening to the village chief's words, many villagers hastily stopped their whispers and looked up at the young man with a respectful face, then bowed to him respectfully and said gratefully.

  "Thank you very much!"

  "You must kill all those bandits!"

  "That's right!"

  The young man with a long face slowly stood up, smiled slightly, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and glanced at Ye Chen lightly before looking at the crowd and saying in a soft voice: "Fellow villagers, you're too polite, this is what we should do!"

  Everyone looked at Shan Qiang's humble appearance and felt honored, hurriedly waving their hands in succession.

  Ye Chen sat there watching Shan Qiang's pretentious appearance, sneered at him, and then leaned back slightly, quietly turned around and left.

  Ye Chen leaned against the door of a room on one side, watching the crowd that was still chattering and bidding farewell for half a day. A sinister smile appeared, and he immediately turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

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  The night was enchanting, the sky was filled with stars, under the moonlight, a figure quickly ran towards the mountain where the bandits lived outside Lius' village.

  This was precisely Ye Chen, who had quietly left the banquet, wearing a black robe and covering his face. If he didn't remove his hat brim, even the people closest to him might not be able to recognize him.

  "Who is this person, daring to intrude on our territory so late!"

  A burly man with a ferocious face suddenly appeared in front of Ye Chen, blocking his way.

  A sturdy man, eight feet tall, with a bare upper body, and on his body was tattooed a ferocious beast. Under the illumination of the night, he looked extremely ferocious, and at first glance, he was absolutely a bandit material.

  Originally, Zhuang Han had planned to kill him directly, but generally speaking, robbers, although they look intimidating, actually have the smallest guts and are most concerned about their own lives.

  The strong man looked at Ye Chen, who was alone and riding a horse, rushing into their territory. With Ye Chen's crazy speed, the strong man felt a little timid and could only ask what he wanted to do first.

  Ye Chen's footsteps stopped, a hoarse voice came from under the black robe, giving people a mysterious feeling: "I'm here to save you, take me to see your master!"

  Zhuang Han was taken aback by the words, and then whispered in a puzzled tone: "You wait here first, I'll go inform the master!"

  At the words, Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, knowing that the people in front of him were all bullying the weak, and if he gave this strong man a good face now, it was likely that things would not go according to his own plan.

  Ye Chen put on an angry face, let out a cold hum, and suddenly took a step forward. His strongest move was to attack directly, and in an instant, he seized the robust man in front of him who had just reached the first level of Body Refining. With a sinister smile, Ye Chen said, "What are you? You dare to make me wait for you, take me there!"

  The strong man did not expect the black-clad person in front of him to take action directly, completely forgetting to resist, and only nodded with a fearful face, then followed Ye Chen's instructions and walked towards the top of the mountain.

  All the way was also safe and sound, perhaps the robbers did not expect that Liujia Village would find a strong man, so they only arranged for a sturdy man to guard the night.

  After a rugged mountain road, Ye Chen finally arrived at the top of the mountain under the leadership of Zhuang Han. Looking at the strong thieves lying on the ground drunk, he shook his head slightly and was already certain that if it were just a single person coming to attack, they would probably be able to win completely within the time it takes to burn an incense stick. This is simply no match: one side has overwhelming strength and unity, while the other side has many people but their cultivation levels are somewhat uneven, like scattered sand.

  Ye Chen lowered his voice and whispered: "Which one of you is the master of the house?"

  Zhuang Han heard this and trembled as he pointed to a nearby tent, saying fearfully: "...I...we...the master is inside!"

  Ye Chen glanced at the distant tent and a hand knife directly hit the back of the strong man's head.

  Zhuang Han felt a sudden dizziness in front of his eyes and directly fainted.

  Ye Chen made sure that Zhuang Han had fainted and passed out, then carefully approached the tent, being extremely cautious not to wake up the sleeping bandits.

  Ye Chen walked quietly to the side of the tent, listening to the heavy breathing sounds coming from inside, his face slightly reddened, and Shen Xiang's delicate face suddenly appeared in his mind...

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