Chapter Eighty-Seven: How Dare You!

  Ye Chen rushed all the way north, running day and night for three whole days. Along the way, he saw some small villages, but he didn't stop to rest. For him, three months was a short time, subtracting the time spent on the round trip, he could only stay at home for about a month. This was really too little time for Ye Chen, who hadn't returned home in eight years.

  Gradually, a city appeared in Ye Chen's line of sight. This was the first time Ye Chen had seen a city. Before this, Ye Chen had never seen a city, and at most had only seen towns and villages.

  Looking at the majestic city in the distance, Ye Chen felt a shock from the bottom of his heart.

  The city wall is nearly ten meters high, and the moat around it is at least five meters wide. On the bridges over the moat stand several guards wearing armor, their faces expressionless as they watch passersby.

  Ye Chen stood at the bridgehead, looking at several guards with a shocked heart. With his cultivation, he could see that these guards' cultivation was between the third and fifth layers of the Fragmented Body Realm. To think that these people were just gatekeepers.

  Ye Chen let out a light sigh and muttered to himself, "I've never been to the city before, I'll just go in and take a look. It's a good opportunity to rest for a bit, my body can't take it after three days of frantic running. Hopefully, I can buy some medicinal herbs inside the city to refine 'Nourishing Liquid', and also ask around about the location of Blue Rain City. Otherwise, who knows how much time it'll take if I just keep searching blindly?"

  Then, Ye Chen walked towards the moat leading into the city.

  "Halt! Where are you from? Do you understand the rules?"

  With a loud roar, a middle-aged guard wearing armor directly blocked Ye Chen's path.

  Ye Chen was taken aback, then looked at the guard in front of him with a puzzled expression, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, and said softly: "I'm just passing by, I want to enter the city to buy some goods, what are the rules?"

  A middle-aged Han man smiled and said: "Just passing by? This is Tianlan City, outsiders need to buy a temporary residence permit to enter the city!"

  "Temporary residence permit?" Ye Chen furrowed his brow, but soon relaxed, after all he had never entered the city before and didn't understand these rules, maybe it was just like that! He then asked in a soft voice: "I'll be staying here for one night, how much will it cost?"

  The middle-aged guard smiled slightly and then stretched out five fingers towards Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen nodded slightly and smiled, saying: "Five taels of silver?" He then reached into his bundle to get the money. After all, Ye Chen was still relatively easy-going, and besides, for him, money was just a material possession, so giving him five taels of silver didn't matter much.

  A middle-aged man laughed and said with a teasing tone: "No! No! It's five taels of gold!"

  "What? Five taels of gold?" Ye Chen was taken aback, and then looked at the middle-aged man with some anger: "I'm just staying for one night, do I have to pay so much money?"

  The middle-aged guard looked at Ye Chen's appearance, thinking that Ye Chen had no money. He sneered and looked at Ye Chen with disdain, saying: "No money? Get out! Don't block the way in front of others!" Then, he turned his head and walked back to where he came from, while still muttering to his companion: "Damn it, what a poor guy!"

  Ye Chen's face darkened as he listened to the middle-aged guard's words, his eyes coldly staring at the guard who had just spoken.

  Actually, for Ye Chen, giving him five taels of gold was nothing, but the middle-aged guard's contemptuous gaze just now made Ye Chen somewhat dissatisfied. Immediately, the middle-aged guard's insulting words turned Ye Chen's dissatisfaction into anger!

  The middle-aged guard glanced at Ye Chen, saw the angry gaze of Ye Chen, and slightly frowned. He then walked over again, with a ferocious expression, looking at Ye Chen and said: "Still not leaving? Do you want me to escort you out?"

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's face turned cold and he was about to take action!

  The middle-aged guard looked at Ye Chen's gesture of wanting to take action, narrowed his eyes and said disdainfully: "What, do you still want to move my hand?"

  As soon as this was said, the guards standing around immediately surrounded him, their faces coldly staring at Ye Chen.

  This has been done many times by everyone, and it's extremely familiar. Only when the middle-aged guard speaks up do people directly surround him, and at that time they will forcibly take away his money and goods, after which everyone will divide the spoils equally.

  Passersby around stopped and watched from a distance, while softly sighing.

  "Hey! The people in the city lord's mansion are too arrogant now!"

  "Yes! It's no wonder that young man looks frail. Generally, outsiders entering the city only have one or two silver coins. The guards must be looking at him as a weak target, and since he's from outside, they want to make a profit off of him!"

  "Yes! This is the fourth time I've seen it in a month!"

  "That young man is in trouble! These guards are lawless, they're simply robbers!"

  "Right! These guards are no good!"

  "Shh! Keep your voices down, you want to live, don't you? If they hear you, I reckon your family will be in for a raid tonight!"

  "Really! Really!"

  .........

  Ye Chen looked at the many guards surrounding him, his eyes narrowing slightly, without any fear. He was now a cultivator of the Eighth Layer of the Fragmented Body, and these guards in front of him were not even worth mentioning, even if their numbers doubled.

  "You little brat, are you looking for death?" The middle-aged man sneered coldly: "If you don't give me money now, it's hard for you to leave!"

  Ye Chen sneered and said, "Is that so? If I really wanted to leave, could you stop me?"

  A middle-aged man let out a "haha" and with a ferocious face looked at Ye Chen saying: "You try it!"

  As soon as the voice fell, many guards directly attacked Ye Chen, but a surprising scene appeared. When the guards' weapons touched Ye Chen's body, they all passed through his body. The originally stationary Ye Chen slowly disappeared without a trace.

  Many guards were stunned, all looking at him with a face of surprise.

  The middle-aged guard was even more surprised and shouted out in shock: "Where is he?"

  The middle-aged guard's words had just fallen when he felt a huge knife placed on his head, and immediately a cold voice came from behind: "I'm asking you one question, how much money do I need to enter the city?"

  Afterimage!

  Ye Chen just used Shadow Clone!

  The many civilians standing not far away saw the scene in front of them and were stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said to the person next to them.

  "We're in trouble, let's get out of here quickly! This young man actually dares to confront the Imperial Guard, and soon many people will arrive!"

  "Yes! Let's hurry up and go! Otherwise we'll get burned!"

  "Go! Go!"

  .......

  The crowd of people who were originally going to gather around to watch the excitement suddenly disappeared without a trace.

  The middle-aged guard listened to Ye Chen's cold voice, and slowly turned his head around, with no fear on his face, but a ferocious expression as he said: "You dare to fight me? I'll make sure you die without a whole corpse!"

  Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and smiled coldly: "I'd like to see how you can make me die without leaving a complete corpse!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Chen suddenly kicked the middle-aged guard's chest with one foot, and kicked the middle-aged guard out of a distance of five or six meters.

  Everyone was stunned, staring at Ye Chen. They did not expect that the young man in front of them would dare to fight with their boss. To be honest, they were used to bullying men and women in the city, and no one had ever dared to confront them. Now, encountering this young man who actually dared to hit someone was unimaginable.

  Actually, if it were according to Ye Chen's previous personality, he would never have done so. However, all these changes stemmed from the fusion of Ye Chen and Longgu, making Ye Chen's temper more and more arrogant, overbearing, and full of desire! It's just that Ye Chen hasn't realized it yet, but as time goes on, Ye Chen will gradually feel the change in his own personality...

  The middle-aged guard lay on the ground, feeling the severe pain in his chest, and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. In fact, Ye Chen's kick just now was still merciful, otherwise, with the middle-aged guard's cultivation of five layers of fragmentation, he would have already died under Ye Chen's kick. He immediately glared at the crowd with a ferocious expression and roared: "What are you all stunned for? Kill him for me!"

  Many guards listened to the middle-aged guard's words and only then reacted, immediately rushing towards Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen looked at the crowd rushing up, sneered, and immediately tightened his right hand on the giant knife, ready to start a massacre!

  "Stop!"

  Just as everyone had rushed to the front of Ye Chen, a loud roar came from inside Tianlan City, and immediately a figure quickly rushed out of the city, and suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

  The newcomer was a woman wearing golden armor and a red cloak, but even dressed like this, she couldn't hide her sexy figure.

  Many guards saw this woman and hastily knelt down on the ground with a frightened face, respectfully saying: "Young lady!"

  "Big sister?" Ye Chen was taken aback, looking at the girl with a puzzled expression, muttering to himself.

  The woman nodded to the crowd, then glanced at the middle-aged guard still lying on the ground. Her face slightly sank, and she slowly turned her head, looked up and down at Ye Chen, and asked in a low voice: "Was it you who made the move just now?"

  Ye Chen stared at the woman in front of him, and was stunned. She was too beautiful. The beauty of this woman was absolutely on par with Mu Bing's, but the kind of beauty she exuded was different. Mu Bing gave off a delicate and weak beauty, while the woman in front of him gave off a wild and untamed beauty.

  The woman looked at Ye Chen's eyes, her face turned cold, and she shouted: "I'm asking you something!"

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen slowly came to and felt that he had been a bit out of line earlier. He then looked at the woman with some embarrassment and said in a soft voice: "It was me who hit him, but..."

  "There's no need for excuses, just admit you're wrong and that's it!"

  The woman directly interrupted Ye Chen's words and loudly said to him.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he gazed at the woman and said in a soft voice, "It was your people who offended me first!"

  "Hmph!" The woman snorted, saying: "I don't care about these things, I only know that you hit my person, and you must pay the price!"

  Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "What do you want!"

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