Chapter 2596: You are courting death!

For a moment, Hong Changqing lost his composure, not knowing what to do.

Ye Chen asked coldly, "What? Are you afraid? Weren't you very impressive? You even call yourself a Celestial Master, yet you're chickening out over such a small matter?"

Hong Changqing said with a dark face, "Kid, how could I, Hong Changqing, possibly chicken out!"

After saying this, he changed his tone, sneering with an arrogant face, "I, an old man, was almost led by the nose by a greenhorn like you! Yesterday, he, Shi Tianqi, voluntarily competed with me and was willing to accept the loss. By all rights, he should have handed over this Jishi Hall to me! But now, he is hiding like a tortoise, afraid to show his face, and has found a glib-tongued kid like you to spout nonsense here. Isn't this just trying to renege on a debt? Furthermore, I have already won this Jishi Hall; why should I gamble with you again? And what do you have to gamble with me?"

Ye Chen laughed, "Old man, one of us is trying to lead the narrative, but I won't bother with that. I have secretly recorded the entire process just now with cameras. Aren't you afraid to accept the challenge now? It doesn't matter; I will immediately post these videos on the internet, and specifically on foreign websites! A mere Jishi Hall, with an investment of only a million or so, what does it matter if I give it to you? As long as you aren't afraid of losing face, and aren't afraid of picking up sesame seeds only to lose the watermelon, you can just take this Jishi Hall."

After saying this, Ye Chen asked Chen Xiaozhao, "Xiaozhao, did you record the whole thing as I asked?"

Chen Xiaozhao nodded hurriedly and said, "Back to Master Ye, Xiaozhao recorded it all!"

As she spoke, she took off the black leather bag slung across her body, opened it, and pulled out several action cameras. Looking at the black bag, there were actually four or five round holes in it, presumably cut for the camera lenses.

It was just that the lenses and the bag were both black, and Hong Changqing's attention had never been on Chen Xiaozhao, so he hadn't noticed at all.

Hong Changqing only now realized that this kid had set a trap for him that blocked all three paths!

If he agreed to compete again, those dozen or so women would definitely expose him. If he couldn't even guess the ages of a dozen people, it would indirectly prove that he had cheated yesterday, and he would inevitably be ruined.

But if he didn't agree, and this kid uploaded the video to the internet later, he would be ruined all the same.

The key was that he couldn't even kill them to silence them. With so many people watching, if he really killed them to silence them, he would probably be wanted nationwide immediately. If he fled China, he would probably be wanted globally, and he would still be ruined.

Only then did Hong Changqing realize just how sinister the intentions of the kid in front of him were!

Therefore, he carefully calculated in his heart, "If I go head-to-head with this kid, I won't be able to escape the outcome of being ruined. Rather than that, I might as well shake hands and make peace with him. In that case, it would be nothing more than the Jishi Hall I had in my grasp flying away; I wouldn't have any other losses..."

Thinking of this, Hong Changqing pursed his lips and, feigning magnanimity, said, "Fine, fine. I see that you brat have gone to such lengths to plot all this, all just to help that Shi Tianqi keep this Jishi Hall. I, Hong, will be magnanimous today; I'll return this Jishi Hall to Shi Tianqi. I don't want it anymore!"

Having said that, he stroked his beard with one hand, adjusted his long gown with the other, and with his hands behind his back, he strode haughtily toward the exit.

How could Ye Chen let him get away with such a ruse? He blocked his path directly and mocked, "Old thing, don't be in such a hurry to run off. Yesterday, you plotted to frame the Divine Physician Shi, which has already affected his reputation in Jin Ling. Now you want to just wipe your butt and walk away? How could there be such a cheap deal?"

Hong Changqing panicked instantly and demanded, "Then what exactly do you want!"

At this moment, Hong Changqing regretted to the extreme that he had ever set his sights on Shi Tianqi's Jishi Hall!

Earlier, he hadn't expected that this matter would end up putting him in such a passive position.

To the point that now, even when he wanted to raise his hands and surrender, the other party wouldn't allow it.

Ye Chen looked at Hong Changqing at this time and said with a smile, "I heard from Divine Physician Shi that you made a bet with him yesterday, and the stake was a medicine cauldron. I see that cloth bag on you is bulging; is that what's inside it?"

Hong Changqing retreated a step in fear, covered his cloth bag, and blurted out, "You want my medicine cauldron?!"

Ye Chen laughed, "Hey, that's not right of you to say. How can you call it me wanting it? It was clearly you who used it as a stake yesterday, but then you cheated on the bet. By rights, cheating is equivalent to losing. If you lose, you have to admit it, and if you admit it, you have to hand over the stake. Is there any problem with what I'm saying?"

Hong Changqing was furious, gritted his teeth, and cursed, "Stop spouting nonsense here! When has this old man ever lost?! It was clearly this old man who won yesterday, but today I am being magnanimous and not pursuing it, yet you actually still want this old man's things. You are simply tired of living!"

Having said that, Hong Changqing's veins bulged, and he roared, "Brat! This old man has tolerated you for a long time. If you're sensible, move aside; you and I will mind our own business. But if you continue to be aggressive, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Ye Chen snorted and said to the casual laborers hired by Chen Xiaozhao, "There's nothing left for you here; you can go."

The group of women already felt that the two men were terrifyingly at daggers drawn. Upon hearing this, they felt as if they had been granted amnesty and ran off one by one.

Once everyone had run off, Ye Chen said to Chen Xiaozhao, "Xiaozhao, go close the door. If this old thing doesn't hand over the stake today, he isn't leaving!"

Hong Changqing was completely enraged. He smashed a fist onto Shi Tianqi's consultation desk, shattering the solid wood, then pointed at Ye Chen and roared, "Brat, I see you really don't know how to write the word 'death'!"

He had originally thought that by showing a little of his strength as a martial arts expert, this brat would surely be scared out of his wits, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to send him off.

But he never expected that Ye Chen would be completely indifferent to his status as an eight-star martial artist, and instead sneered with disdain, "I know how to write 'death', and I even know how to spell it in English. If you don't hand over that stake today, I'll find a buddy who specializes in human calligraphy to come over and carve 'death' in both Chinese and English onto that wrinkled forehead of yours with a knife!"

Master Hong was about to be angered to death by Ye Chen!

He had traveled the world for many years and was respected wherever he went, yet he never expected that upon coming to Jin Ling, he would encounter a young man who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, and this young man actually wanted to carve words on his forehead with a knife!

He clenched his fists, stared fixedly at Ye Chen, and asked coldly, "Brat, you've seen my strength. Do you really think I don't dare to kill you? I'll give you a chance to live now: kneel on the ground, kowtow ten times, and delete all the videos. I'll spare your dog life. Otherwise, your head will end up just like that table!"

Ye Chen mocked, "Old thing, it's not that I look down on you, but with your little bit of ability, wanting to smash my head like that is simply wishful thinking!"

Master Hong completely lost his reason this time. He gritted his teeth, stared at Ye Chen with bloodshot eyes, and roared coldly, "Brat, you're fucking courting death!"

Having said that, he swung his fist violently. The strength of an eight-star martial artist was pushed to the extreme. This punch, carrying a full blast of gale-force wind, whistled toward Ye Chen's face!