Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

"I am wholeheartedly convinced. Thank you… thank you for your guidance, Young Master Ye!"

As she finished speaking, a hint of shame even flashed across Hongyu Pill Venerable's pretty face.

"In the cultivation and pursuit of the Great Dao, to have someone who can offer guidance and save you from many wrong turns is a tremendous blessing."

Ye Chen smiled.

"You are absolutely right!" Hongyu Pill Venerable nodded repeatedly.

'In the end, it was her own perspective that was too narrow.'

'To be so powerful at such a young age, with unrivaled talent, and still possess such magnanimity!'

Even with all her pride, Hongyu Pill Venerable was completely won over by Ye Chen.

...

"Something terrible has happened, Commander Murong!"

He Daoyun ran into the hall with a look of utter panic on his face, shattering the silence within.

Murong Dai, who was sitting alone quietly sipping tea, furrowed her fine brows and said with some displeasure, "Elder He, we should never lose our composure, no matter the situation. You are behaving quite unseemly."

"Commander Murong, this situation is such that I can't help it!" He Daoyun panted heavily.

"What is it? Is it about Ye Chen?" Murong Dai asked casually.

"That's right." He Daoyun seemed to finally catch his breath as he straightened up.

"Oh?" Hearing it was about Ye Chen, Murong Dai's interest was instantly piqued. She asked inquisitively, "What's that kid's attitude now? Is he planning to give in to us?"

"No! I haven't had a chance to find out Ye Chen's attitude yet!" He Daoyun shook his head. "I originally wanted to see if the Xu family would make a move after learning that Ye Chen no longer has any connection to our Chamber of Commerce."

"But I never, ever expected the Xu family to move so fast!"

"According to a report from our informant, the Xu family has already dispatched an Earth Tier assassin from the Valley of Death to assassinate Ye Chen!"

"What?" The moment he said this, the expression on Murong Dai's mature, alluring face changed. She had a bad feeling.

"An assassin from the Valley of Death?! Is this true?" she cried out in alarm.

"Absolutely true!" He Daoyun said grimly. "My informant saw it with their own eyes!"

"Damn it!" Murong Dai shot to her feet, her face livid. "If that kid can't survive this assassination attempt, we're in trouble!"

'After all, Ye Chen is a genuine Sixth Grade Alchemist!'

'Even Hongyu Pill Venerable, the number one Alchemist in the eastern part of the dynasty, praised him highly and admitted her own inferiority!'

'Such a monstrous talent, and frighteningly young at that. He's full of potential, and his future achievements are bound to be limitless!'

'If they could recruit Ye Chen into the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce, it would be an immense boon for them.'

Of course, Murong Dai knew what a genius like Ye Chen signified.

She was just too proud to back down, wanting to use the Xu family's threat to force Ye Chen to come to them and seek their protection.

But Murong Dai had never expected the Xu family to act so quickly, or that they would go straight for the kill the moment they made their move!

After all, the Valley of Death was the number one assassin organization in the eastern part of the dynasty.

With an Earth Tier assassin taking action personally, they could bypass all of a room's Defense Arrays and ruthlessly kill the person inside without anyone noticing.

With Ye Chen's cultivation, which was not even at the Divinity Transformation Realm, he was almost certain to die facing an assassination by an Earth Tier assassin!

"Damn it!!!"

"If that kid really dies, then the Xu family can just accompany him in death!!!"

Murong Dai's beautiful eyes were filled with intense fury. Her full chest heaved violently, a sight that was hard to look away from.

"Commander Murong, what… what should we do?" He Daoyun sighed inwardly, at a complete loss for a moment.

'He was naturally full of resentment toward Murong Dai's decision. He had been getting along well with Ye Chen, but in the end, Murong Dai's arrival had forced this peerless genius to leave the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce.'

'But Murong Dai's status was what it was. She was the second-in-command of the Punishment Office, and her word was law on this Cloud Mist Tower Ship. She wasn't someone an ordinary Elder like He Daoyun could defy or question.'

"What should we do?"

"You take some men to Heaven One Suite right now and see if that guy, Ye Chen, is still…"

Murong Dai thought for a moment and immediately made a decision.

But before she could finish her sentence, she saw Ye Chen and Hongyu Pill Venerable walk into the hall, chatting and laughing.

"This…"

Not only was Murong Dai stunned, but He Daoyun also wore a look of utter astonishment.

'Weren't they just saying that Ye Chen was being assassinated by the Valley of Death and was in mortal danger?'

'But looking at him now, he didn't look at all like someone who had just been through a deadly encounter.'

His relaxed and leisurely appearance was just like one of the tourists on the Cloud Mist Tower Ship out for a sightseeing trip—chatting and laughing calmly, completely at ease.

Murong Dai furrowed her brow, sizing Ye Chen up.

But she just couldn't find anything out of the ordinary about him.

"Commander Murong, Elder He."

Entering the hall, Hongyu Pill Venerable greeted Murong Dai and Elder He with a smile.

Ye Chen, however, merely gave a slight nod, his expression indifferent.

Of course, compared to his expression toward Murong Dai, the one he showed Elder He was much friendlier.

This detail, of course, did not escape Murong Dai's notice. She narrowed her phoenix eyes, feeling a surge of anger inwardly.

'Clearly, even now, Ye Chen had no intention of bowing his head to her.'

'What puzzled her, however, was this: the assassin from the Valley of Death had actually failed?'

'An Earth Tier assassin was supposed to have a cultivation at the Divinity Transformation Realm or higher!'

'Assassinating a Primordial Mansion Realm Cultivator should have been ridiculously easy, a guaranteed success.'

'She had been worried that Ye Chen would die at the hands of the assassin from the Valley of Death, but now it seemed she had been worrying for nothing!'

He Daoyun was equally shocked.

'News of the assassination attempt against Ye Chen had just arrived, yet in the next moment, he walked in as if nothing had happened.'

'Without a doubt, the assassination attempt must have been neutralized immediately.'

'But who on earth could have been the one to neutralize it?'

"Commander Murong, Young Master Ye has come to fulfill his prior agreement with your Chamber of Commerce."

"He will be taking just enough herbs from the repository to refine a single pill each day. Rest assured, I will be supervising to ensure the amount is exactly right."

As Hongyu Pill Venerable passed by Murong Dai, she first gave a graceful bow and then spoke with a gentle smile.

"Since Hongyu Pill Venerable will be present, we naturally have no objections. Please, feel free to proceed."

Murong Dai nodded slightly, but a strange feeling flickered through her.

'It seemed that this Hongyu Pill Venerable had developed quite a good relationship with Ye Chen.'

'He Daoyun watched this scene with a complicated expression. After all, their Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce could have been the one to build a relationship with Ye Chen.'

'It was just a pity that in the end, Murong Dai had ruined it all!'