C8 Your Arrogance Will Be the End of You

“Are you lying?”

Shi Xiong shifted his gaze to look at Ye Tian doubtfully as he said this.

He had seen a lot of martial art Secret Scriptures in novels and movies, but in real life, was there really such a thing?

“Why would I lie to you? Besides, think about it, what would you lose if you practiced it?”

With both eyebrows cocked, Ye Tian smiled at Shi Xiong.

“That makes sense.”

After scratching his head, Shi Xiong chuckled.

“Remember to practice this method correctly. There is no class in the afternoon, so I’ll head back to the room I’m renting.”

With a roll of his eyes at Shi Xiong, Ye Tian waved his hand and walked in the direction of the school gate.

“Ye, thanks for everything!”

Shi Xiong could see that Ye Tian had given him a great thing and shouted this towards Ye Tian’s back.

“You get lost now!”

Ye Tian didn’t even turn around to say this and just scolded him with a smile on his face.

Shi Xiong just chuckled as he turned the piece of paper with the Secret Scriptures written on it and walked back to the dormitory.

There was no need for such courtesies between good brothers.

Ye Tian had just taken two steps when the sight of Hsu Qing, who was dressed in a long pink dress, walking with a few girls with her gracefully in front, accosted him.

Hsu Qing, who was chatting and laughing with her friends, immediately saw Ye Tian, and the pleasant smile on her face instantly froze on her face.

Ye Tian put his hands into his pockets and walked past her casually like it was nothing. When passing her by, his eyes were trained straight ahead, not even making a glance at her direction.

From an outsider looking in, they looked like complete strangers.

“Qingqing, why isn’t he bothering you today?”

“I heard that Ye Tian gave Niu Xu a punch at the classroom door today. Could it be that he’s using a different method to pursue you?”

“Finally, he knows he’s not good enough for Qingqing!”

They stared at Ye Tian’s back and discussed this amongst themselves. Altogether their curious, mocking, and teasing voices rang around Ye Tian and there was nothing he could do about it.

“Stop with your nonsense…”

Hsu Qing waved around her hand and stopped their chatter. She could not help but look in Ye Tian’s direction.

She did not know why, but when looking at Ye Tian’s back, she felt both relief and an inexplicable sense of loss overwhelm her.

At the school gate.

“You disrupted the peace of the school just now.”

With a glance at the school gate, Ye Tian could see Niu Xu taking the lead in guiding a dozen tall men in black to where he was standing. At the sight of this, he shook his head at a loss for words entirely.

“Ye Tian, your end is near! Trust me, as long as I’m still here in this school, I will make you suffer every day!”

When Niu Xu caught sight of Ye Tian, he immediately led the group of strong men in black over and surrounded him.

Niu Xu had replaced the sport students with professional bodyguards from his father’s company. All of them were retirees from the military. Not only did they have incomparable strength, but their martial arts moves were both ruthless and extraordinary.

There was no doubt about it in his mind, he would definitely teach Ye Tian a lesson at this time.

All the students at the school gate could all sympathize for what would be Ye Tian’s inevitable outcome.

He had dared provoked the anger of the most vengeful Niu Xu. So he was just asking for it when he landed not one but two punches onto their fearless leader.

“What are you waiting for? Attack together, now!”

With his eyes trained on them, he glanced over at the bodyguards in black and said this calmly.

“Your arrogance will be the end of you!”

As soon as Ye Tian finished with his speech, one of the bodyguards acted alone and threw a punch at Ye Tian’s head. Perhaps he wanted to show off in front of Mr. Niu, but the act proved to be a stupid one.

“I’m arrogant because I have the means to be so.”

With a smile on his face, Ye Tian waved his hand around casually.

At that very moment, a black shadow flew overhead two meters away. The length of the shadow flew into the fountain at the school gate as water splashed all over the ground.

All those standing at the school gate fell silent all at once.

The sound of a needle drop could be heard for miles.

Everyone’s eyes were on Ye Tian, unflinchingly.

No one had seen how Ye Tian had executed his blows just now. Just the aftermath, of the bodyguard in black flying in the air and landing in the fountain.

Niu Xu’s face as he stared at Ye Tian, unblinkingly, was despondent. He took turns looking from the bodyguard in black sitting in the pool and Ye Tian, surprise and doubt filling his face.

The man, who was dumped into the water, struggled to get out of the pool for a long time, but eventually found that he was too incompetent to get out. Obviously, the beating had placed him in a raw state.

Not only him, but the other bodyguards in black also hesitated to act at that moment.

They weren’t dumb. They knew what Ye Tian was capable of when he sent their companion flying in the air with just one punch. This Ye Tian was certainly not a weakling. If they didn’t pay attention, their companion’s fate would be their fate.

“All of you, attack at once!”

The expression in Niu Xu’s eyes changed and he quickly made a decision. He waved his hand around and shouted out his command.

Instantly, the bodyguards in black charged at Ye Tian and covered him like a swarm of bees.

Besides, after learning from their past mistakes, none of them had the audacity to turn their noses at Ye Tian’s ability again. Every one of them used 100% of their strength! There would be no playing around this time!

Ye Tian glanced at the mob of people ambushing him at that moment, and the corners of his mouth curled up in a smile. He stood on the tip of his toes, and without moving out of the way, he threw himself straight into the crowd.

With a leap, Ye Tian jumped up with a raised knee. His knee immediately fell heavily onto the jaws of a bodyguard in black at the front. The bodyguard in black spat out a mouthful of blood before being knocked down.

With just one strike, he had done what he had set out to do. Changing his moves in midair, he lifted one knee and swiped it forward.

He was like an unstoppable fighting machine, with moves so precise people will be awe-struck upon witnessing such fluid motions. Next, his feet found ground on the necks of the other bodyguards in black.

Accompanying a series of dull thuds, the remaining ten bodyguards in black fell to the ground one after another like a domino effect. Their inert bodies twitched from their positions on the ground and their screams of pain sounded out in the air.

The scene was like that from a splendid action film, jam-packed with thrill-seeking forceful movements and sequences!

And Ye Tian just happened to be the main character in this action film!

Niu Xu stood rooted on the spot, baffled. Looking at the bodyguards in black who were lying on the ground, howling in pain, he was too startled to know what to do next.

He was nobody’s fool. No matter how dumb he might appear to be, it was obvious that he needed special reinforcements if he were to deal with Ye Tian.

“Today, I will make myself clear to you. I am no longer interested in pursuing Hsu Qing, but if you continue to bother me like an annoying fly, as long as I am still here in school, I will make you suffer for it!”

Ye Tian walked before Niu Xu and said all this in a condescending tone. Then with his upraised right fist, he leaned it against his waist. In a flash, he suddenly punched Niu Xu.

With a dull thud, Niu Xu’s entire body flew up into the air like a kite broken free from its string, then heavily slammed into a wall not far away. After being glued to the wall for a long time, he slowly made his descent to the ground.

Then, Niu Xu’s face visibly paled. He clutched his stomach and began vomiting violently. During mid-vomit, one could see traces of blood in his mess.

Inside the school gate and beyond, complete silence had fallen across the crowd.

All eyes were fixated on Ye Tian.

There was shock in their eyes, but for the most part, there was fear.

“Take care of yourself now.”

Ye Tian gave Niu Xu an indifferent glance, then made his way towards the direction of his rented house.

The breeze gently blew through Ye Tian’s hair and the edges of his clothes. Not a speck of dust could be seen on his body. It was as if the Pill Monarch of the past had reemerged to make an appearance in this world!

“My funds are slowly depleting. I need to think of more ways to earn some money!”

Who would have thought that Ye Tian’s heart, untroubled by any residue of dust, would be caught up in the stench of copper at that moment?

“Amulet!”

After having only taken two steps, the sight of the dense peach forest at the school entrance immediately fell into his eyes. His footsteps slowed before stopping entirely. His eyes lit up upon seeing the grove of trees.

Peach trees were some of the remaining magical trees on Earth. They frequently grew in the area and were easy to draw Spiritual Energy of both Heaven and Earth from.

He immediately made his way into the peach garden, plucking a couple of peach branches, and afterwards preparing a few simple Peach Wood Amulets from what he had collected. Although the effects of amulets from peach branches were less effective than spirit wood carving, to the ordinary citizens on Earth, it was more than enough to prevent small calamities.

After having crafted five simple Peach Wood Amulets, Ye Tian found dusk had fallen around him in the peach forest. After that, Ye Tian rode a bicycle to the front of the city hospital. He stood quietly on the side of the road, selling Peach Wood Amulets and absorbing the Spiritual Energy circulating around the area.

When the street lamps were lit, the crowd around the entrance to the hospital saw him and could not hide the disdain and contempt they were feeling for him.

Nowadays, it was very common for students to pretend to be Master God-Diviner and use that to cheat other people.

Ye Tian ignored the judgmental gazes of these people. He acted as if it was nothing like a slight breeze suddenly brushing past his face.

They were just mere mortals, and if they didn’t recognize the treasures in front of them, he could do nothing about it. There was no need for anger at this time.

With 200 years of Cultivation as backing, he had become Pill Monarch. But after coming to this world, he had lost it all. His heart had sunken into a deep depression like that of a vast ocean. Even if the heavens and earth were to fall before him, he would still remain unmoved.