Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

As a result, they were even more curious as to how Ye Chen had actually defused this deadly trap.

'Could it be that those four Great Powers of the Divine Might Realm were all truly dead?'

In the face of Murong Dai's skepticism, Ye Chen just let out a cold laugh and held out his hand.

There, in his palm, were four Storage Rings.

Ye Chen hadn't refined them yet.

The Storage Rings still carried the auras of their original owners.

At that moment, Murong Dai's expression finally changed.

"How... How is this possible?!"

"How did you possibly do it?"

Even if Ye Chen wasn't telling the truth, the auras on the Storage Rings could not be faked.

Without a doubt, these four Storage Rings did indeed belong to Lord Shakyamuni's party.

Mo Tianyun and the others were also utterly shocked.

They could all feel the astonishing fluctuations of divine might from the Storage Rings!

This was enough to prove that their owners had been terrifying existences who had reached the Divine Might Realm!

And now, all four of these Storage Rings were in Ye Chen's possession.

This was ironclad proof that what Ye Chen had said earlier was, in all likelihood, true.

The four Divine Might Realm experts had come, never to return, and had all met their end here.

It was simply unimaginable.

"Ridiculous! Simply ridiculous!"

Murong Dai's beautiful face was a whirlwind of emotions. She couldn't accept this reality—not because she wished Ye Chen dead, but because it meant she had lost yet another round in her contest against him.

She had always hoped to make Ye Chen bow his head to her, and she had always believed that with her power and influence, forcing a young man like him to submit should have been simple.

Even this deadly trap had already spun somewhat out of her control.

But in the end, the young man had once again defused the deadly situation with seeming nonchalance. He didn't even have a single scratch on him.

"Miss Murong, those men snuck aboard this tower ship and waited for a chance to make a move on me. From start to finish, your chamber of commerce's people saw it all but turned a blind eye, remaining completely indifferent."

"Am I to understand that their actions had your permission?"

Ye Chen looked at Murong Dai with an indifferent gaze.

The moment he saw Murong Dai, he understood.

No wonder Master Jingde and his men could appear on the ship with such impunity. Four Great Powers of the Divine Might Realm had joined forces and boarded, yet not a single person from the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce was alarmed.

It was obvious they had someone on the inside! And that person was Murong Dai.

Hearing this, Murong Dai's brow furrowed slightly. She said coldly, "The four of them were my honored guests, invited aboard by me. Do I need to explain myself to an outsider like you?"

"Honored guests?"

"What a coincidence that the honored guests you invite all happen to be Young Master Ye's enemies."

Hongyu Pill Venerable blinked, a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

"How would I know?"

A cold glint flashed in Murong Dai's eyes. "That this happened is a complete coincidence! The grudge between you and those men has nothing to do with me!"

"Is that so? You're right. You didn't attack me personally, so what does this have to do with you? Of course you're not on their side."

Ye Chen smiled.

Though his face was full of mirth, his eyes grew deeper and more indifferent. Surging waves of Divine Soul power seemed poised to swallow her whole.

Murong Dai's face went pale and her body trembled slightly. Unable to withstand the pressure of his gaze, she was forced to look away.

Cold sweat beaded on her back as a storm raged in her heart.

'What is happening? How can this young man's gaze be so terrifying?'

For the first time, Murong Dai realized she might have made a grave mistake.

Relying on her high-ranking position in the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce, she had never taken this young man with no background seriously.

But now, an inexplicable sense of dread washed over her.

"Leave. I don't want to see you again."

Seeing Murong Dai's pale face, Ye Chen shook his head with a light laugh and dismissed her.

In the past, if Ye Chen had dared to speak to her in such a tone, Murong Dai would have erupted in anger long ago.

This time, however, she felt a rare sense of relief, as if a great weight had been lifted.

She didn't dare to linger. After giving Ye Chen one last, deep look, she left.

As for the news of Master Jingde and his men's deaths... Murong Dai didn't dare to press the issue any further.

She no longer cared how those four had died!

"Young Master Ye, are we really just going to let her go so easily?"

Watching Murong Dai's hurried departure, a cold glint flashed in Hongyu Pill Venerable's eyes as she couldn't help but ask.

She still remembered what had happened in the main hall earlier.

Even if Murong Dai hadn't been actively colluding with Master Jingde and his men, her act of condoning their reckless behavior on the ship was unforgivable!

"This Cloud Mist Tower Ship is the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce's territory, after all," Ye Chen said with a smile.

Hearing this, Hongyu Pill Venerable couldn't help but give Ye Chen a strange look.

"But from what I know, you're not the type to worry about causing trouble, Young Master Ye," she said.

In her eyes, if the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce truly angered Ye Chen, he would absolutely go on a killing spree without a second thought, even on their own territory.

"She may be guilty of condoning them, but on the surface, at least, her crime isn't punishable by death."

"After all, she held no murderous intent toward me, and it's not as if she could have easily stopped Master Jingde and his men from doing what they did."

Ye Chen said lightly, "Of course, the most important thing is that I have something of a relationship with the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce."

"Out of respect for that relationship, I don't want to completely burn my bridges with the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce just yet."

But then, Ye Chen's tone shifted, becoming much colder. "Of course, after this incident, my opinion of the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce has hit rock bottom."

Murong Dai couldn't have been the only high-ranking member on this Cloud Mist Tower Ship.

'What about the others? Did they really not notice Murong Dai allowing Master Jingde and his men to run wild?'

'That's impossible.'

'With the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce's network of spies on the ship, Master Jingde's party would have been discovered long ago.'

'Yet from start to finish, not a single person from the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce stepped forward to stop them.'

'Clearly, the other leaders on the ship had tacitly approved of Murong Dai's actions.'

This had caused Ye Chen's opinion of the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce to drop to freezing point.

'There's still plenty of time.'

'He might have shown some consideration for their past relationship this time, but if the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce dared to provoke him again, he wouldn't hesitate to strike!'

Hearing this, Hongyu Pill Venerable, Mo Tianyun, and the others realized that Ye Chen was truly furious with the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce this time.

"In any case, what matters is that this deadly threat has been resolved,"

Mo Tianyun said with a sigh. "It won't be long before we reach Dongxuan Province. By then, this whole affair should be behind us."