Chapter 1730: Using the Opportunity to Curtail Vassals

Wan Pojun valued loyalty and righteousness above all else, which was the key to the Cataclysmic Front's survival and success to this day.

He was already moved to tears of gratitude toward Ye Chen for his empathy regarding his parents' need to be laid to rest, and immediately after, seeing the shameless faces of the Ye family's collateral members, he was already furious to the extreme.

It was precisely because of his anger that he let his guard down and blurted out the words "Mr. Ye," and said it twice in a row.

This immediately made these collateral Ye family members sense something unusual.

If it were a case of the Ye family completely giving up resistance and surrendering to the Cataclysmic Front, and Wan Pojun taking Ye Chen in as a lackey, that wouldn't be hard to understand.

However, Wan Pojun suddenly addressing Ye Chen respectfully as "Mr. Ye" seemed a bit off.

But before they could be too surprised, several soldiers from the Cataclysmic Front rushed into the crowd and dragged out all those who had been speaking so boldly.

Immediately after, the sound of slaps, like firecrackers, echoed through the entire valley.

This group of soldiers from the Cataclysmic Front were all martial arts experts, and their arm strength was almost equal to, if not greater than, that of an adult tiger.

If one slap wasn't held back, it was very possible to kill the other person.

Although Ye Chen was very dissatisfied with these collateral Ye family members, he hadn't thought about taking their lives.

Thus, he spoke to stop them, "That's enough, no need to hit them anymore."

Ye Chen only said these six words coldly, and those soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front immediately stopped their actions.

This scene made these collateral Ye family members even more astonished.

If Wan Pojun's respectful address of "Mr. Ye" just now made them unable to understand, then the fact that these soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front were so obedient to Ye Chen was enough to make their jaws drop.

Almost every collateral Ye family member asked themselves a soul-searching question in the depths of their hearts: Why were Wan Pojun and the soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front so respectful to Ye Chen?

Could it be just because the Ye family handed over half of their assets to the Cataclysmic Front?

That didn't seem very realistic.

They had never heard of any aggressor who, after succeeding in their aggression, treated the victim with such respect.

Generally speaking, any aggressor was without bottom line and without credibility.

They would first put forward the first step of demands to the victim. If the victim complied, they would never stop there; they would only escalate and put forward the second and third steps of demands until the victim's value was completely squeezed dry.

Even if the Cataclysmic Front had high credibility and kept their word after the Ye family handed over half their assets, they would never reach the point of being so respectful to the Ye family.

Therefore, they all wanted to know, what kind of unknown secret was hidden behind this?

At this time, Ye Chen looked at these dumbfounded Ye family members, cleared his throat, and said, "I originally intended to let you know the truth after you crawled to the top of the mountain on your knees, but since you all have suspicions, I won't pretend anymore. I'll show my cards."

The more than seven hundred collateral Ye family members all stiffened, staring fixedly at Ye Chen, waiting for what he would say next.

However, before Ye Chen could speak, Wan Pojun, who was to the side, knelt on one knee with a face full of shame and said with extreme self-reproach, "Your subordinate was impulsive just now and didn't control my mouth. I ask Mr. Ye to punish me!"

"Holy shit!"

"What's going on?!"

"Wan Pojun actually knelt to Ye Chen?!"

"Did he just call himself a subordinate?! What does that mean?! Has the Cataclysmic Front surrendered to Ye Chen?!"

The Ye family members below exploded.

None of them had expected things to develop in this direction.

This was simply the direction they least expected.

This feeling was like throwing a brick from a hundred-story building; you might have thought it could hit a person, a car, a small animal, or flowers and plants, but would you dare to imagine that the brick not only didn't fall, but instead defied gravity and flew upwards, flying all the way out of the atmosphere?

This group of collateral Ye family members had exactly this feeling at this moment.

Shock was no longer enough to describe their state of mind; they had begun to feel that this world was extremely absurd, absurd to the point of being full of magical colors.

Everyone had fled in a panic precisely because they were afraid of Wan Pojun. Who the fuck could have imagined that Wan Pojun had become Ye Chen's subordinate?

At this time, Ye Chen waved his hand at Wan Pojun indifferently and said calmly, "It's fine. We were going to show our cards eventually; it's just a matter of sooner or later."

After finishing, Ye Chen looked at the more than seven hundred collateral Ye family members and asked coldly, "Do you think that the Ye family was bound to fail in front of the Cataclysmic Front?"

None of the seven hundred people below dared to respond.

Ye Chen asked again, "Do you think the Ye family was doomed this time, which is why you couldn't wait to distance yourselves from the Ye family?"

The seven hundred people looked panicked, and still, no one dared to speak.

Ye Chen asked again, "Do you think that your own wings were already strong enough, and that even if the Ye family was completely finished this time, it wouldn't affect your future?"

Among the seven hundred people, many had already begun to hurriedly wipe the cold sweat from their foreheads.

Ye Chen sneered at this time, his expression full of contempt, and said sternly, "You bunch of short-sighted fools, have you ever thought that I, Ye Chen, could not only save the Ye family from danger, but even take the Cataclysmic Front under my command?!"

The crowd trembled all over from Ye Chen's shout.

Only then did they realize what they had missed.

If they hadn't run away at the time and had stood guard on Mount Ye Ling with the Ye family, then every one of them would have been a hero.

But not one of them had faith in the Ye family, and not one of them cared about the clan relationship or the Ye family's kindness; they all fled like rats.

Now, it was time for Ye Chen to settle the score!

Seeing that this group of people all looked terrified but dared not say a word, Ye Chen said with a face full of disdain, "Now, I am already the head of the Ye family, and you clansmen have made me realize what it means to have a heart separated by skin! When the Ye family helped you and supported you in the past, it was completely like raising a tiger that would eventually cause trouble!"

Hearing that Ye Chen was already the head of the Ye family, the crowd was even more shocked and speechless.

Many people had already begun to curse themselves in their hearts for being complete idiots.

They thought they had avoided a catastrophe, but they didn't expect that what they had avoided was a massive fortune!

Ye Chen continued at this time, "As the saying goes, fools are not worth conspiring with! For trash like you who have no sense of responsibility at a critical moment, I should have borrowed someone else's hand to cut you all down with a sharp knife! And I was actually naive enough to care about clan ties and wanted to spare your lives and give your families a chance at survival. This was simply the benevolence of a weakling!"

Wan Pojun immediately cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Ye! Just say the word, and I, Wan Pojun, will stake my life on it. Not one of these seven hundred people will walk out of Mount Ye Ling alive! And the Cataclysmic Front is willing to take full responsibility for this crime for you!" ===== CHAPTER 1731 =====