Chapter 27: Dimwitted Assassin

However, that killing intent didn't get too close; presumably there were some misgivings, Ye Chen guessed that the Dao Alliance mentioned by Huang Yan yesterday had placed restrictions on them.

Otherwise, that person would have acted directly.

"If that's the case, then he wouldn't dare to act in a short time; in that case, let's go to the kindergarten and deal with him."

However, Ye Chen ultimately still underestimated these people's insanity; the next moment, that killing intent surged toward him, Ye Chen instantly felt like facing a formidable foe, he could fall into danger, but his family absolutely cannot.

Almost instantly, he summoned Zhi Ren Ye Chen; after summoning Zhi Ren Ye Chen, his figure instantly vanished at the washstand.

Zhi Ren Ye Chen bears only Ye Chen's divine sense; if one does not cultivate divine sense, they cannot perceive Zhi Ren Ye Chen's existence, which is why Ye Chen dares to leave Zhi Ren Ye Chen here.

Moreover, Zhi Ren Ye Chen can also protect his parents in critical moments.

He now intends to deal with that fool seeking death.

Meanwhile, not far downstairs, a man in casual clothes stared puzzledly at the apartment building where Ye Chen was.

"Strange, just now I could still sense his aura through the secret treasure, how did he suddenly disappear?"

The young man remained doubtful; just as he was about to enter the building, a voice suddenly sounded behind him, and upon hearing it, a chill that shot straight to the top of his head instantly surged from the soles of his feet.

"You...... are you looking for me?"

The instant Ye Chen's voice appeared, that person jerked his head back in fright; just as he turned, the chill vanished completely; he had expected a formidable foe, but never imagined it was just a brat.

But he seemed to forget one thing: Ye Chen's ability to appear silently behind him already proves the terror of his strength, yet a child inherently gives off a feeling of weakness; perhaps that is the main reason he underestimated his opponent.

"Brat, are you weaned?"

His tone was full of mockery, as if he didn't regard Ye Chen at all.

Seeing this, Ye Chen suddenly understood why some novel villains are so stupid—because they really are stupid.

"Do you know that one of your people was killed by me just like this yesterday?"

After Ye Chen finished speaking, that person actually burst out laughing.

"I admit you have some skill, but it's nowhere near enough to deal with him; the reason he was killed by you is solely because he was inferior, but I'm different—because I am a Grand Master!"

Upon hearing his words, Ye Chen formed a preliminary concept of the realms of cultivators in this world for the first time.

"Finished speaking?"

After Ye Chen finished speaking, the man seemed to detect impatience in Ye Chen's tone, and gave him a contemptuous look, saying, "You still don't know how strong a Grand Master is; otherwise you wouldn't speak to me like this. Moreover, as a lone cultivator, reaching this level is already no small feat, so naturally you wouldn't know the might of us Grand Masters."

While he spoke, Ye Chen gave him a glance akin to looking at an idiot.

He had originally intended to ask further about the realms of cultivators in this world, but now it seems completely unnecessary, because he is truly brainless.

"Well then, let's search his soul."

Ye Chen thought to himself; he had also wanted to search souls yesterday, but due to time pressure he abandoned the idea.

After Ye Chen finished thinking, in an instant a terrifying pressure swept over that person; he hadn't reacted yet, his knees slammed heavily to the ground, and even if he could have reacted, he couldn't withstand Ye Chen's pressure.

"How is this possible!?"

"Nothing is impossible."

Ye Chen said; as soon as he finished speaking, his divine sense entered that person's mind, and the person's gaze gradually became vacant.

Not long after, Ye Chen withdrew from that person's sea of consciousness, and upon exiting he also destroyed the person's sea of consciousness; consequently, that person will spend the rest of his life in a daze, as he has lost his own consciousness, much like a vegetative state.

From that person's sea of consciousness, Ye Chen roughly grasped the cultivation system of this world.

First comes body tempering, then entering spirit, then latent strength; after that is this person's realm, the Grand Master realm, but according to the division in his mind, he should be a Lesser Grand Master, and after the Lesser Grand Master comes the Greater Grand Master.

Generally, those who reach the Grand Master level are martial arts masters of a region; such people can often kill invisibly, and are the kind of individuals all martial artists wish to befriend; going higher, that person's memory has no corresponding realm, presumably because his strength is insufficient to perceive what lies beyond.

However, Ye Chen also considered another possibility: that the Grand Master level is the pinnacle of martial arts in this world.

As Ye Chen was lost in thought, the system's voice suddenly sounded.

【Facing a powerful enemy, you remain fearless in crisis—no wonder you dare to offend a fairy's host; however, after this incident you also realized your own insignificance, for the Grand Masters of this world can effortlessly destroy heaven and earth, they are supreme beings.】

【Now you have offended a sect; you currently have two choices: one is to go door-to-door bearing reeds to apologize, pleading for forgiveness from the great sect.】

【The second is to kill them upon arrival, slaughtering until the sky darkens and the earth trembles; we cultivators ought to gallop across heaven and earth, roam the four seas and eight wildernesses!】

After hearing the system's words, Ye Chen unhesitatingly chose option two.

【Congratulations on making your choice; go kill, Pikachu!】

"System???"

"So this is what kind of system you are."

However, after Ye Chen finished speaking, the system did not reply to his words.

Ye Chen recalled something, and thus asked the system: "System, I have made a huge choice; surely there must be some reward?"

As soon as Ye Chen's words fell, the system's voice suddenly sounded.

【This system is not a choice system, so there will be no corresponding reward for any choice you make.】

"Alright."

Ye Chen's voice carried a hint of disappointment; although the system's gifts are undoubtedly powerful, he still wanted to squeeze some good stuff out of the system.

【Friendly reminder: if you don't go back now, you'll miss your father's car.】

"Holy shit! Why didn't you say so earlier!"

【You didn't ask either.】

Ye Chen stopped wasting words with the system, hurried home, and finally caught Ye Nan's car at the last minute; as for that person, he no longer bothered with him, since that person's forces would naturally come looking for him, and he refrained from killing him merely to avoid further trouble coming to his door.

Regarding those people, he will eventually go settle scores with them.

After arriving at the kindergarten, Ye Chen spent another plain and uneventful day.

Today An Yu took leave and didn't come; Ye Chen asked Lin Jingxue and learned that An Yu had caught a cold.

Perhaps before this, hearing such news would have seemed natural to Ye Chen, but now he only finds this matter extremely suspicious.

Because earlier he had given An Yu the Supreme Health Pill; logically she shouldn't have gotten sick, as the Supreme Health Pill for ordinary people almost grants immunity to all ailments.

However, now Lin Jingxue says An Yu is ill; then only one thing can explain this: an evil influence.