Chapter 10: Rescue

Ye Chen jumped down from the treetop, and the disturbance caused by his jump instantly attracted the attention of the trafficker and the buyer.

What are you doing! You didn't even notice being followed by a child.

The buyer's tone was full of blame, while the trafficker looked at Ye Chen with a face full of puzzlement.

This isn't right, I'm absolutely sure—when I came, there was definitely no one following me.

The trafficker was utterly baffled, not knowing how Ye Chen had found this place.

However, when they saw Ye Chen was just a little brat, their tense nerves instantly relaxed.

Old Zhang, want to add some cargo? Consider it a welfare gift, how about that?

Upon hearing this, the buyer called Old Zhang was delighted at such a good deal, slapped his thigh, and said, 'This works!'

Ye Chen listened to their words, his brows slightly furrowed, 'These two, their nerves seem a bit off...'

At this moment, the trafficker had already approached Ye Chen, while the buyer called Old Zhang stood still in place.

Seeing this, Ye Chen cracked a smile, his cultivation instantly erupted, and the trafficker suddenly felt an inexplicable pressure, as if he could barely breathe.

What's going on!? Could it be that doing this too much has brought karmic retribution?

Someone like the trafficker, who does heinous deeds, inevitably believes in gods and buddhas, but he didn't know that this pressure came from Ye Chen's cultivation.

And Old Zhang, standing behind the trafficker, seeing the trafficker hesitate to act, couldn't help but feel doubtful: 'Liu Ergou, if you don't move soon, when this kid's parents arrive, our whereabouts will be exposed, and that won't be good.'

Hearing Old Zhang's voice, Liu Ergou regained some clarity, he shook his head hard, trying to fling off that inexplicable pressure.

But no matter how he shook it, the pressure persisted, as if it had grown inside his heart.

Damn it!

Liu Ergou didn't understand what was happening, only feeling extremely eerie.

Damn it, you can't even handle a simple task—what good are you?

Old Zhang angrily stepped forward, but the moment he approached Liu Ergou, a pressure suddenly swept over his body.

He instantly lifted his head to look at Ye Chen, only to see a faint smile on Ye Chen's youthful face, as if he had never regarded them at all from beginning to end.

At this moment, Ye Chen's pressure on them grew heavier, pressing them so they could barely lift their heads.

Ye Chen looked at them, recalling what the system had previously told him.

'The system suggested execution; logically, if I killed him I might get a system reward, but this is a lawful society, so I can't just kill him.'

He naturally isn't afraid of being investigated, but in this world he has a happy family, and for now he doesn't want to bring trouble upon them.

Thinking this, Ye Chen formed an idea, because earlier while listening to Old Zhang and Liu Ergou talk, he heard them mention a family drawing lots, which was likely the clan selecting someone to take the blame.

Since they had no intention of letting the trafficker live, and given his crimes practically warranted the death penalty, Ye Chen decided to do him a favor by making his death less easy.

Ye Chen thought to himself, then lifted his head to look at the two; at this moment, they were pressed by Ye Chen's aura and could hardly move, only able to stare at him in terror.

Ye Chen walked toward them slowly; seeing him approach, the two's fear grew ever stronger.

Strange, a monster!

Don't come over, don't come over!

In the voices of Old Zhang and Liu Ergou lay pure fear, but Ye Chen wouldn't mind them.

He leapt up on the spot and struck them directly, knocking them out.

With a thud, the two collapsed to the ground.

After doing that, Ye Chen walked toward Feng Lele.

At that moment, Feng Lele blinked open her eyes in a daze, but soon fell asleep again.

Seeing this, Ye Chen knew she had taken too much sleeping medicine.

Taking too much of this can cause irreversible damage to the body.

Moreover, it may cause drowsiness, coma, and in severe cases suppress the respiratory center, slowing or even stopping breathing, thus endangering life.

Seeing this, Ye Chen took out the 'Supreme Health Pill' the system had previously given him; though it is a health supplement, because it is not mundane, its efficacy is enough to cure all kinds of ordinary ailments and difficult miscellaneous diseases.

He fed the Supreme Health Pill to Feng Lele; after taking it, her complexion improved markedly.

Having done that, Ye Chen went to Old Zhang and Liu Ergou, took out their phones, and unlocked them with their fingerprints.

However, Ye Chen now felt a difficulty: he wanted to notify the Feng family, but didn't know how to contact them.

Just as Ye Chen wondered what to do, Feng Lele murmured something in her mouth; with his keen hearing, he immediately recognized she was reciting numbers.

So he quickly asked Feng Lele, 'What's your father's number?'

Feng Lele seemed to hear someone asking about her father's phone, opening and closing her mouth as she recited: '1……3……'

Feng Lele recited slowly, but it was complete; Ye Chen hesitated not at all and dialed. When the call connected, he imitated his past-life voice, steady, and said: 'Your daughter is in the eastern suburbs of Dachang City; the trafficker has been subdued by me—come quickly.'

Having said that, he gave the other side no chance to respond and hung up.

Next, he began to clean up his traces, then placed a call to Enchanting Spirit.

After doing that, he turned to Feng Lele: 'You remember the phone number so clearly, and with your princess dress, red rope, and sachet, it's clear her family loves her dearly, and she loves them back.'

Ye Chen said this, and his figure vanished into the woods.

About half an hour later, a troop appeared here, roughly thirty or more people.

And Ye Chen hid in the dark, watching.

After confirming Feng Lele was unharmed, they angrily kicked Old Zhang and Liu Ergou awake.

When the two woke, their faces first showed disbelief, then were filled with fear.

Listen to me...

However, before Liu Ergou could finish speaking, a miserable scream rang out—his ankle was stepped on and broken.

Old Zhang standing beside him watched, seeming to envision his own fate, his body trembling violently from fear.

However, the Feng family clearly had no intention of letting him off.

In the following period, the miserable cries continued nonstop; and in the darkness, Ye Chen watched Old Zhang and Liu Ergou's miserable state, feeling not a shred of pity.

Ye Chen looked for a while, until the system's voice sounded, then he chose to leave.

【You used others' hands to kill a person with great karma; such people deserve death by all. Although they did not die by your hand, after your careful planning, they still could not escape the fate of death.】

【Because you killed a person with great karma, as a reward, you receive the list of abducted children, two levels of cultivation, and your current cultivation is Qi Refining Stage Eight.】

Ye Chen listened to the system's words and shouted loudly, "Awesome!"

However, Ye Chen had not yet fully left, his steps suddenly stopped, because the people of Yao Yao Ling arrived, but the development of events exceeded his expectations.