Chapter 155: Chapter 154: Chilling
Just then, Shangguan Qiuyue said, "Mr. Ye, no need to rush. We will set out tomorrow evening because the Sky Sword Sect’s Sword Oath Ceremony is in three days!"
"Oh?"
Ye Fan looked at Shangguan Qiuyue with curiosity, as he had no idea what this so-called Sword Oath Ceremony entailed.
"At that ti, all the disciples of the Sky Sword Sect will return to the Sword Tomb together. Then, we can capture all of them in one fell swoop. The Shangguan Family has already contacted many of the Sky Sword Sect’s mortal enemies for this occasion!" she explained. "When the ti cos, it will be the Sky Sword Sect’s doomsday!"
After hearing Shangguan Qiuyue’s explanation, Ye Fan said, "Good!"
That night, Shangguan Qiuyue’s villa was bustling with activity. Many of her friends, all from prominent families in the southwest, had co for a party.
Upstairs, Ye Fan was lost in thought. I have to send Mu Wanxin back first thing tomorrow. Her presence here is a fatal weakness. If the Shangguan Family were to take her hostage, it would be a disaster.
Mu Wanxin was already asleep. She had been exhausted for the past few days. Ye Fan contacted Black Fog and asked him to co to the provincial capital the next day to pick her up.
He then went downstairs to get sothing to eat.
Just as he reached the first floor, a drunken man stumbled into him. With the King of Heaven’s powerful build, the intoxicated man was imdiately knocked to the ground. Ye Fan was about to help him up when they faced each other, and he realized the man was a familiar face—or rather, not an acquaintance, but soone he had taught a lesson to at the airport.
It was Chen Ke.
"Damn it! You dare bump into Laozi!" Chen Ke cursed angrily.
Upon recognizing Ye Fan, his eyes filled with malice. Ye Fan was the one who had humiliated him at the airport. "It’s you, kid!" he snarled.
"That’s right, it’s ," Ye Fan replied coldly.
"I’ve been looking all over for you, kid! I never expected to run into you here. Today, Laozi is going to give you a harsh lesson!"
He threw a clumsy punch at Ye Fan, sothing he would only dare to do while drunk. In his sober monts, he would never have the courage.
SMACK!
Ye Fan slapped him across the face, sending him crashing onto a nearby table. The wine glasses on it shattered as they hit the floor. The commotion caused the entire party to turn and stare at the two of them.
Chen Ke was helped up by two bodyguards. He shouted, "Beat him! Beat him to death for !"
Several bodyguards charged forward.
"Hold on!"
Shangguan Qiuyue ca over, and the crowd hastily parted for her. They all knew this woman was no simple figure. She practically supported the entire Shangguan Family’s business empire. Her status in the southwest was even higher than that of the Shangguan Family itself. Offending her was tantamount to suicide. She had the makings of a kingpin; it was just a pity she was a woman.
Chen Ke imdiately complained to her, "President Shangguan, this guy beat
up at the airport! You have to teach him a harsh lesson for
today! Kill this bastard!"
He instantly beca overbearing. Shangguan Qiuyue was his relative, albeit a distant one, but he knew a single word from her would be Ye Fan’s death sentence. The onlookers cast sympathetic glances at Ye Fan. Chen Ke was known for flaunting his distant connection to the Shangguan Family, and many had suffered his arrogance in silence.
However, to everyone’s surprise, Shangguan Qiuyue suddenly slapped Chen Ke across the face.
"Cousin, you hit !" Chen Ke stamred in shock.
"What? Do you have a problem with that?" Shangguan Qiuyue asked coolly.
"No, not at all!" Chen Ke hurriedly mumbled. He dared not voice any objection. Even though he was a distant relative, he knew better than to talk back when Shangguan Qiuyue herself struck him.
"Then get out of here now!" Shangguan Qiuyue snapped.
Chen Ke glared fiercely at Ye Fan. "Bastard, just you wait! Don’t you dare take a single step out of this place!"
At that, Ye Fan, who had been about to let the matter go, beca enraged. He instantly released a trendous murderous intent.
Shangguan Qiuyue’s expression changed. The entire hall was enveloped in an unsettling aura, and no one knew where it was coming from.
Ye Fan spoke, his voice dangerously calm. "I was originally prepared to let this go. However, Miss Shangguan, unless you make him kneel and kowtow a hundred tis, our cooperation is hereby terminated!"
"If I choose to leave, not even your revered ancestor would dare to make a sound!" he declared coldly.
Shangguan Qiuyue knew he had the strength to back up his words and that he was dead serious.
But Chen Ke just laughed wildly. "Hahaha, who do you think you are? Do you have the right to make such demands?" He simply couldn’t believe that Shangguan Qiuyue would humiliate him just to appease Ye Fan.
However, Shangguan Qiuyue turned to Ye Fan and said, "Rest assured, Mr. Ye. I will do as you wish!"
Hearing this, not only was the departing Chen Ke stunned, but so was every young man and woman in the hall. They never imagined that Shangguan Qiuyue would yield so completely to Ye Fan.
Shangguan Qiuyue then ordered Chen Ke, "Kneel and apologize!"
"Cousin, you... you can’t do this to !" Chen Ke panicked.
"I said, kneel down!" she repeated, her voice like ice.
"Cousin, you’re making your own cousin kneel for this little bastard," Chen Ke said resentfully.
That was the last straw. Enraged, Ye Fan lunged forward, grabbed Chen Ke by the neck, and gave it a sharp twist. In a flash of terror, Chen Ke’s body fell lifelessly to the floor.
Without a doubt, his neck was broken.
"AH!"
Screams erupted throughout the hall. They couldn’t believe that Ye Fan had dared to kill soone right in front of Shangguan Qiuyue—and her distant cousin, no less! It was unbelievably audacious!
"Silence!" Shangguan Qiuyue commanded. "n! Escort these people out!"
Imdiately, bodyguards stepped forward and ushered the guests out of the room.
Once they were alone, Shangguan Qiuyue took a sharp breath. She hadn’t expected Ye Fan to be so ruthless, acting without hesitation or regard for decorum. Such decisiveness was terrifying.
"A person’s patience has its limits," Ye Fan stated as he walked past her. "I can tolerate an insult once, even twice, but not a third ti. In the future, you will learn that there are so people you cannot afford to provoke. Once you do, you pay with your life."
He then went upstairs.
Shangguan Qiuyue ordered the bodyguards to remove Chen Ke’s body and to warn the guests to forget everything they had seen tonight.
A chill ran down Shangguan Qiuyue’s spine. The mont Ye Fan acted so decisively, he was like a demon! And what about his warning? Did it an he already knows I’m using him?
Shangguan Qiuyue, who had previously been completely confident in her ability to control Ye Fan, now felt her certainty evaporate. His actions tonight proved that he was no easy target. Furthermore, she was powerless against him. It was completely unnecessary to offend a man like Ye Fan over a distant cousin, especially during such a critical ti for the Shangguan Family. In her eyes, Ye Fan’s value could even rival that of the family’s ancestor, who was currently in seclusion.
A distant cousin was nothing. Shangguan Qiuyue had no intention of avenging Chen Ke. On the contrary, she would have to warn the Chen Family not to act rashly. This demon was truly not soone to be provoked, lest they face annihilation. At least for now, she no longer had the confidence to suppress Ye Fan, and clearly, neither did the Shangguan Family.
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