C14 I will Give You a Chance to Attack Him

"It's no big deal. Young folks tend to carry a bit of pride," Yeh Hongchen said with a nonchalant smile. Before the middle-aged man could even compose himself, Yeh Hongchen's next words took him by surprise.

"Here's the deal—if either of you can touch me, even just the hem of my garment, I'll offer you an apology. But if you fail, and your cultivation is destroyed in the attempt, you have only yourselves to blame."

Yeh Hongchen's smile didn't waver as he spoke of crippling their cultivation, treating it as casually as if it were an everyday affair.

"Senior Brother Yeh, isn't this going a bit too far?" Yun Qingxue approached, her voice low with concern. She had come to the Ye family to break off an engagement, not to stir up more trouble, especially now that the engagement was off.

Yeh Hongchen glanced at Yun Qingxue, and a coldness instantly crept up from beneath her feet.

"Fine! I accept your challenge. Let's see if this so-called prodigy lives up to the name," Ye Zuoming declared, pulling Ye Yue Ming with him as they headed out.

"Come on, are you going to back down now? To the martial field," Ye Zuoming said, tossing a reminder Yeh Hongchen's way as he passed.

Yeh Hongchen merely smiled, unfazed. To him, the man was nothing more than an ant easily squashed—why bother with his words? It was just a shame that he might have inadvertently helped Ye Bufan, the story's destined hero, by eliminating his future obstacles.

"What do we do now? This is too rash! I have to stop them!" The middle-aged man blurted out in a panic, moving to follow them.

But Ye Yuhang caught his arm, and before he could protest, Ye Yuhang said with a sigh, "That's Young Master Yeh. With his esteemed status, who are we to intervene?"

"Then what? We can't just stand by and watch Zuoming and Yue Ming get destroyed, can we?"

"This is your doing! If Young Master Yeh harbors any ill will towards our Ye family, it won't just be their problem—it'll be a question of whether our family can continue to exist at all!"

At the Ye Family's Martial Field, three figures stood on a dueling platform: two men and one woman. The man and woman were clad in long blue robes that exuded a sense of nobility.

Yet, in contrast to the person before them, their attire seemed utterly plain. This individual was garbed in white, with striking red trim adorning the shoulders, the fabric of such lavishness that it set them worlds apart from the other two.

These three were none other than Yeh Hongchen and siblings Ye Zuoming and Ye Yueming.

"Go for it, Brother Ming! Show that so-called prodigy what true genius looks like!" The crowd below the platform, filled with the Ye family's younger members, was abuzz with excitement, the news of the match having been deliberately spread.

"I'm not so sure. Ye Zuoming is formidable, but he might not be quite there yet..."

"Not quite there? Sounds like you're not on our side. Come on, Brother Ming, give it your all!"

Yeh Hongchen, listening to the rallying cries of the Ye family disciples, let his smile vanish as he turned to Ye Zuoming and Ye Yueming. "You two make the first move. I won't use my Innate abilities, just the Acquired Stage's middle period Blood Refining."

"Alright! Watch yourself." Ye Zuoming charged at Yeh Hongchen without a hint of courtesy.

Tiger Collapse!

With a whoosh, Ye Zuoming's fists, though only at the Blood Refining Stage, managed to unleash a sonic boom as they hurtled towards Yeh Hongchen.

Yet Yeh Hongchen stood motionless. As Ye Zuoming's punch neared, he subtly shifted on the balls of his feet, his body imperceptibly gliding to the left.

Ye Zuoming's punch sailed harmlessly past, whistling by Yeh Hongchen's ear.

It had missed entirely!