Chapter 76: Ye Wuming

Chen Yi He held the sword, his hand gripping it trembled for the first time.

The trembling wouldn't stop, he couldn't suppress it.

"Give me back my roasted chicken!" Chen Yi He, from behind, hung his sword on that person's neck.

"Burp..." A long belch... that person threw away the chicken bone in his hand, clapped his hands, completely unbothered by the icy Purple Tempered Sword on his neck.

"Chicken..." Seeing the bare chicken bone, Chen Yi He instantly collapsed, he dropped his sword and almost knelt down crying.

That was the wild chicken he had painstakingly caught, stolen and eaten by this person before him.

"The taste is not bad, really not bad... burp..." That person finally spoke, he turned to face Chen Yi He, his left hand feeling his full belly, his right hand using a thin wooden stick to pick his teeth.

Chen Yi He, using the moonlight, made out that face—aged yet not weary, ugly to the point of being hard to look at… silver-white long hair, silver-white long beard… nothing worth noting.

If one must say what is worth noting, it's his pair of eyes deeply sunk in the sockets, the eyeballs within turbid to the extreme…

At a glance you could tell he was also a martial artist! And his cultivation was not low!

"Why did you eat my chicken?" Chen Yi He asked angrily.

"I was too hungry..."

"Then am I not hungry?"

"Respect the elderly and love the young, we ought to reason..."

Chen Yi He didn't expect this old man's thinking to be so advanced, even knowing the phrase "respect the elderly and love the young," "Don't you know you're stealing others' labor?"

Suddenly, Chen Yi He's head felt like it had been electrified, he realized something… the sound that had just split the air must have come from this old man! And then he had fallen for the "lure the tiger away from the mountain" scheme!

Then this old man's cultivation must be terrifying? In TV dramas and martial arts novels, it's always like this…

The old man stared at Chen Yi He and smiled, a brazen smile…

His smile made Chen Yi He uneasy, "You… who are you?"

"I am Old Man Ye Wuming, just now I was too hungry, passing by I was drawn by the aroma of the roasted chicken… and then… I ate one of your roasted chickens."

"Ye Wuming?"

"Hmm..." Ye Wuming nodded, he licked his fingers, as if still wanting more, "It's rare for someone like you to have mastered the heat of roasting chicken so perfectly..."

Chen Yi He was speechless, wondering if that was praise; but he knew he couldn't afford to offend such a person, so he cautiously asked, "You ate my roasted chicken, shouldn't you compensate me?"

"Compensate?" Ye Wuming obviously hadn't expected Chen Yi He to ask that, but he nodded, agreeing with Chen Yi He's point, after all he was in the wrong first.

"Hmm…?" Chen Yi He hinted at Ye Wuming with his eyes.

"Go on, tell me what you have to say..."

"Martial arts manual?"

"None."

"Divine weapons?"

"Silver notes?"

"Also none."

"Then what do you have?" Chen Yi He was about to explode!

Chen Yi He made up his mind, if this old man before him had nothing, he would fight him to the death to avenge the wild chicken!

Ye Wuming thought for a moment, then pulled out a brown wooden box the size of a palm from his clothing pocket, handed it to Chen Yi He, pursed his oily lips, and said, "This settles it."

Chen Yi He took the wooden box, curiously asking, "What is this?" while asking, he opened the box.

Inside the wooden box lay a pitch-black pill. The pill looked plain, but its fragrance rushed into Chen Yi He's nose.

A faint fragrance, indescribable in words, it permeated the heart and spleen, made one feel at ease, made the whole body relax.

Ye Wuming stared at Chen Yi He, smirking wickedly, the very picture of an old man who disrespects his elders. "How is it? Aren't you bewitched by this old man's pill?"

"What kind of pill is this?"

"A life-saving pill; used well, it can even reverse life and death!" Ye Wuming said proudly.

"Reverse life and death?"

"Yes." Ye Wuming nodded, he gazed up at the moon, continuing, "There is only one such pill in the world; today, seeing you have fate, I give it to you…"

Chen Yi He looked at Ye Wuming, then at the pill in his hand, thinking, "Is there such a good thing in the world? Just randomly meeting a thief on the road and getting a pill that can reverse life and death?" This is too much of a coincidence!

"What's wrong, kid, you don't believe me?" Ye Wuming felt Chen Yi He was doubting him.

"I really don't believe it."

"Unless the heart is smashed, this pill can bring anyone back! Hahaha! I never thought Old Man Ye Wuming, in my lifetime, could still be doubted!" Ye Wuming laughed loudly.

Chen Yi He knew Ye Wuming was not simple, he couldn't see through Ye Wuming's strength, yet he still put the wooden box away.

"When you reach the Imperial Capital, go inquire properly about my name, Old Man Ye Wuming!" Ye Wuming slapped his knees with both hands, then rose from the ground, tossed aside the thin wooden stick used to pick his teeth, and was about to leave.

"Why are you giving me this pill?" Chen Yi He loudly asked.

Ye Wuming stopped, his body unmoving, he turned his head and replied, "Chen Yi He, famous far and wide! You've become a big name in the martial world, able to retreat unscathed from the Thousandfold Gate, beating the emperor's brother-in-law into a cripple, even daring to rob the Embroidered Uniform Guard's prison, now who doesn't pay attention to you? Hehe…"

Chen Yi He's legs went weak, he almost collapsed, he truly wanted to cry but had no tears; besides the prison break, the other two things he was forced into…

"Remember, it's called the Heartless Pill," Ye Wuming strode off, gradually disappearing into the night, "We'll meet again soon! Hahaha!" His hearty laughter accompanied by the cool night breeze…

Chen Yi He still stood there dazed, not knowing what was going on. "Ye Wuming…" "This person came fast and left fast, just to simply give me a life-saving divine pill? How dare he eat such a pill himself?"

Upon further thought, "When the moment truly comes to die, who would care whether this Heartless Pill is a divine medicine or poison? If it's poison, dying a bit quicker would actually be easier…"

"'We'll meet again soon…' What on earth is that about?" Chen Yi He wondered, feeling he was being watched.

"Gurgle…" Chen Yi He's stomach growled again, looking at the scattered chicken bones on the ground, he felt a wave of sorrow, "Starving to death, Dad…"

……

Chen Yi He in the deep mountains and forests still didn't know that Zhang Gonggong had overnight issued a kill order in the martial world, a bounty of five hundred thousand taels, to take his head…

Going to the Imperial Capital like this is undoubtedly walking into a trap!

On the road to the Imperial Capital, inside the Imperial Capital City, inside Everjoy Gate, inside and outside the Imperial Palace, besides the Western Depot's Embroidered Uniform Guard, there are countless martial arts masters!

They were waiting for Chen Yi He.

And Chen Yi He was still catching pheasants…

…

Earlier.

Imperial Palace.

Sleeping Palace.

Consort Xiao, sobbing, pushed away the Emperor Zhou Wen Huang pressing on her, "Your Highness, you must uphold justice for my brother!"

"Beloved Consort, what's wrong with you? I feel so heartbroken!"

"My brother, he's been crippled..."

"What?!" Emperor Zhou Wen Huang flew into a rage!