Chapter 29

Ye Xiwén followed the waiter into the Qingfeng Trading Company, but suddenly heard a shout that stopped both of them: "Ah Wen!"

Ye Xiwén turned his head and saw Wang Lie striding up with a delighted look, laughing, "I didn't expect it to be you, kid!"

"Fourth Young Master!" The waiter bowed to Wang Lie and said.

"Fourth Young Master... Is this trading company your family's?" Ye Xiwén was taken aback. He knew that Wang Lie's family was a major force in the area below the mountain, but he didn't expect it to be the Qingfeng Trading Company.

"Yes, why are you here?" Wang Lie looked at Ye Xiwén with some confusion.

"I accepted a protection mission and came here!" Ye Xiwén said.

"You took this mission!" Wang Lie's expression turned serious, "Alright, you're dismissed. I'll take care of this!"

After Wang Lie dismissed the waiter, Ye Xiwén spoke again, "What's going on? Your family is offering three thousand low-grade spirit stones for this protection mission!"

"Actually, the reward isn't from our family!" Wang Lie said. Three thousand low-grade spirit stones were a significant amount for anyone, and if there were more people involved, the total would easily exceed ten thousand.

"Our family is actually a trading company under the control of the Tianyuan City Lord!" Wang Lie explained slowly, "For a long time, we have been collecting medicinal herbs and other items for the City Lord's residence."

"This time, we need to escort a batch of medicinal herbs to the City Lord's residence. All the rewards are from the City Lord's residence. If it were up to our family, it would really hurt our resources!" Wang Lie said.

"What kind of herbs are so important that the City Lord's residence is so concerned?" Ye Xiwén asked. Although Tianyuan City was just a small city on the border of the Dàyue Kingdom, it still had a population of over 200,000, and with its affiliated towns, the total population exceeded 500,000. The lives of these 500,000 people were in the hands of the City Lord's residence. Moreover, with the proximity to Qingfeng Mountain, there were many medicinal herbs on the mountain. Given the City Lord's residence's strength, what kind of herbs could be so important?

"I don't know either. Even my father is very secretive about it. How could I know!" Wang Lie said with a bitter smile.

Ye Xiwén could understand to some extent. Wang Lie's family was not as harmonious as the Ye family. Since Wang Lie's father had established a considerable business, Wang Lie had three older brothers who were all ambitious. Wang Lie, being the youngest and born to a concubine, was not highly regarded in the Wang family. His three older brothers were already adults and had established their own significant influence when Wang Lie was born. Even his nephews and nieces were about his age. Therefore, Wang Lie preferred to spend most of his time training on Qingfeng Mountain rather than staying at home.

"I was going to ask for your help, but I couldn't find you for the past month!" Wang Lie said.

"I went to the back mountain to train!" Ye Xiwén replied without hiding it.

"You're almost a training fanatic!" Wang Lie said. Although he couldn't see through Ye Xiwén's cultivation since their last meeting, it was clear that Ye Xiwén's aura had become even more profound and mysterious over the past month.

Ye Xiwén smiled but didn't say anything. Wang Lie actually had decent talent; otherwise, he wouldn't have always been a bit ahead of Ye Xiwén. However, he was naturally lazy and had a lackadaisical attitude towards cultivation. If not, he would have already reached the Fifth Level of the Later Heaven stage.

As they chatted, they arrived at a large hall on the second floor of the Qingfeng Trading Company. Inside the hall, about ten martial artists were standing in groups, each talking among themselves. These were the experts hired by the Qingfeng Trading Company for this mission.

"Hey, isn't that Wang Lie?" Suddenly, a young man in fine clothing walked over from the group of martial artists.

Wang Lie's face turned a bit sour as he quietly explained to Ye Xiwén that this was his eldest brother's son, Wang Ding, who usually didn't get along with him.

"Tsk tsk, is this the martial artist you brought? He hasn't even shed his baby teeth, has he been weaned yet?" Wang Ding laughed without restraint.

"Ha ha ha!" Wang Ding's words made the other martial artists laugh loudly.

"You are blind. This is the champion of our Yiyuan Sect's internal competition!" Wang Lie said, his face turning red.

"Ha ha ha, I've heard of the Yiyuan Sect's internal competition. The champion is just the champion of the inner disciples, a bunch of inexperienced kids. Have they seen real combat? I can take on five of them at once!" A martial artist in his thirties laughed loudly.

The other martial artists also nodded in agreement. Although the Yiyuan Sect was well-known, to these lone martial artists who had seen blood and traveled far and wide, the disciples of the Yiyuan Sect were just like flowers in a greenhouse.

Each of these martial artists was at least at the Sixth Level of the Later Heaven stage, and there was even one at the early Eighth Level. Each of them was fierce and had seen and taken lives.

Suddenly, Ye Xiwén moved. His figure flickered, and he appeared in front of the arrogant martial artist, striking out with a palm.

"Bang!" The martial artist was hit squarely, his teeth shattered, and his body flew out like a broken kite, crashing into the wall, creating a web of cracks, and then rolling down, unconscious.

"Looking for death, is the Yiyuan Sect something you can casually insult?" Ye Xiwén said expressionlessly.

Silence!

The hall was so quiet that a pin dropping could be heard.

A peak Sixth Level Later Heaven martial artist was struck unconscious by Ye Xiwén with a single palm.

The other martial artists were stunned, and then several of them became furious.

"He actually dared to hit Fourth Brother!"

"Disable him!"

"Break all his bones!"

The surrounding martial artists, all peak Sixth Level or even Seventh Level Later Heaven martial artists, charged at Ye Xiwén with fierce momentum.

Ye Xiwén was not afraid at all. He charged forward with the Heavenly Immortal Step, instantly activating the Thunderhand technique.

"Bang!" A martial artist was struck by Ye Xiwén's palm and thrown out of the window, screaming.

"Bang!" Another martial artist was kicked by Ye Xiwén and crashed into a pillar.

...

These martial artists were no match for Ye Xiwén and were all defeated in a few moves.

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