Ye Meng walked home with a faint smile on his handsome face without knowing that he was being targeted by someone.

Flashback from 3 months ago

‘What?! She left Dongxue Tian and now she became another guy’s concubine willingly?!” exclaimed the Crown Prince with shock while slamming the table. “Yes your Highness, that’s what the reports say. We had some eyewitnesses testify for us as well.” said the servant while bowing.

The Crown Prince reassured himself, “My beloved isn’t a slut! She was forced into being Dongxue Tian’s concubine by the Hua Clan! She must’ve been forced by her clan this time around as well!” thought the Crown Prince with an anxious face. “My plans to kill Dongxue Tian were just about to be executed. I had two Quasi Divine Sense cultivators ready to attack after the auction was over. I guess I’ll have to make them change targets.” thought the Crown Prince with a vicious look on his face.

“Make sure to tell the assassins to stalk that motherfucker Ye Meng and kill him when he’s alone.” ordered the Crown Prince fiercely. “Also, arrange a meeting with Dongxue Tian’s mother when she gets back to the capital.”

The Quasi Divine Sense cultivators he was referring to were on the brink of reaching the Divine Sense stage. Another name would be half a step into Divine Sense stage, Quasi Divine Sense stage was actually supposed to be a title. There was no actual Quasi Divine Sense, it was a stage where the cultivator had reached the limits of Golden Elixir stage and had managed to acquire pseudo Divine Sense. Generally, the Divine Sea condenses to form a puddle of elixir and once you reach the peak of Golden Elixir, it turns gold. To acquire Divine Sense, you need to transfer the Golden Elixir into your meridians and condense it in your upper dantian otherwise known as your Shentian, short for Shen Dantian. Quasi Divine Sense cultivators were people who’ve condensed a bit of Divine Sense. Only 20 of these experts would be found in a Great Clan such as the Dongxue Clan while the Royal Family had around 40 of these experts.

Flashback End

While Ye Meng was continuing his journey back home, he felt like someone or some people were stalking him. He would be fine if they were just Divine Sense lackeys but they were actually Quasi Divine Sense cultivators! “Only the Crown Prince would have enough money and influence two Quasi Divine Sense among the people who I’ve offended. But, I’ll still interrogate the men anyways just to make sure.” thought Ye Meng with his lips curled up. That was one of the many benefits of not provoking many people, you use simple logic to find who targeted you!

Ye Meng went into a dark alley which made the assassins grin. Going inside a dark alley? That was simply digging your own grave! Ye Meng pulled out a sword from his interspatial pouch and tightly grasped the hilt.

The hooded and cloaked assassins didn’t speak a word and daggers flew towards Ye Meng with the intent to kill. Their auras became concealed yet filled with killing intent. Ye Meng withdrew his sword and cut the flying daggers into two with one deft slash of his sword. “What! How is this possible? Isn’t he just a Divine Sea brat?!” thought one of the unfortunate assassins. “That must’ve been a life saving treasure from his master. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure that the second attack works by using poison.” said one of the assassins to his partner. Suddenly, a vicious thick green cloud crept up and surrounded Ye Meng who just stood there with a smile. “What is that bastard doing? He’s just standing there like an idiot… Did the Crown Prince order us to assassinate a retard?” were the thoughts of both of the assassins as they watched the seemingly stupid Ye Meng.

Ye Meng was secretly laughing in his heart, he could withstand a great deal of poison due to reaching the second stage in The Sovereign’s Body. Slowly, half an hour passed and the assassins grew more dumbfounded every second. “What a monster! That poison could kill Quasi Divine Sense stage cultivators with relative ease but a Divine Sea stage brat can resist this with no problem?” whispered one of the assassins to the other. The other assassin wasn’t paying attention at all and he seemed to be thinking about something grave as his face was getting increasingly more sullen. “Brother Xinfeng, we might’ve provoked a character far more frightening than we thought.” said the sullen faced assassin. “Why? His master should be a Divine Sense stage cultivator, we’ll break through to that realm in maybe a couple hundred years.” asked the confused Xinfeng.

Meanwhile, Ye Meng fanned the air with his palm and all the poison dispersed into the wind. The assassins trembled with fear, their poison was known for being thick and impossible to disperse but the ‘monster’ in front of them just dispersed it with ease. They both looked at Ye Meng with shock and Xinfeng realized what the sullen faced man was talking about. “You’re wrong, maybe he is actually a hidden Divine Sense stage expert! Remember that auction? There was a technique that could hide your aura that was sold.” said the sullen faced assassin. Xinfeng’s expression became increasingly more ugly as he realized what they might’ve done. “Senior! We’re sorry for attacking someone of your level. Previously we’d been forced to under unpleasant circumstances but so I beg of senior to forgive us!” exclaimed both of the assassins while kowtowing. Ye Meng sneered at them with disgust and said, “Be my slaves and I won’t kill you.”

The two Quasi Divine Sense assassins wanted to refuse but they knew that their lives were in the hands of this young man. They gritted their teeth and said, “We’ll agree to be your slaves.”. Ye Meng chuckled and exclaimed with a large smile plastered over his face, “Great! You guys don’t have to call me senior, I’m just around 30 years old.” The assassins were both stunned, at first they thought that the rumours that Ye Meng was 30 was just a blatant lie because how could a Divine Sense stage expert be 30 years old?! “Holy shit! Following this guy won’t be bad at all if he tells us how he got so strong at 30 years old.” thought the two assassins with their eyes shimmering with greed. Power is everything in this world so how could they not desire more strength? In Fact, they became assassins for the money to buy cultivation resources and treasures. Nothing is more important than cultivation in this world.

Ye Meng noticed the greed in their eyes and faintly smiled. Desires are a good way to control some people more effectively but in this world it’s a lot more prominent because everyone desires strength no matter who they are. It’s a desire that everyone has so Ye Meng could control anybody based on how much they want power. If someone desires revenge badly, then they’ll be willing to become a maidservant even though they were an arrogant rich daughter previously. If someone desires a nice and easy life, they’ll be willing to charm countless people to find one person who’ll give them the life they desire.

They told Ye Meng that the Crown Prince ordered his death for 5,000 low grade spirit stones. Ye Meng made the assassins into his slaves and asked them to reveal themselves. The previously sullen face man took off his hood to reveal a middle aged man with an imposing gaze and he said while bowing, “Master, my name is Song Donghai and I have a wife named Hou Yuanyu.”

The person named Xinfeng bowed and revealed his hood. “Master, my name is Jiang Xinfeng and I have a wife named Xiao Qing.” Xinfeng was a middle aged man as well but he had a rather fierce gaze. Ye Meng smiled and said, “Where do you guys live?”

His slaves both told Ye Meng where they lived and Ye Meng made sure to buy some nice houses for his slaves near his mansion. Although Ye Meng is their master, they can always choose to perform their duties and mess up. Like if they both hated Ye Meng and wanted him to die, they would leave witnesses behind when Ye Meng asked for them to do an assassination. It’s not breaking the contract because he really did what Ye Meng asked of him, just inefficiently. That’s the reason why Ye Meng treats his slaves very well compared to some other people.

Meanwhile, Li Xiaoyu was just getting back home after leaving Bai Chen’s mansion when suddenly, two peak Golden Elixir stage cultivators blocked her way. She had something important to tell Ye Meng so she was in a hurry. “Move!” ordered Li Xiaoyu with a cold expression on her face. “Do you want to offend Young Alchemist Ye?”

One of two sneered and he said with vicious intent, “A dead genius is a worthless genius.”

Li Xiaoyu’s heart started pounding furiously and her eyes started to get watery at the thought of Ye Meng dying. “Wait! Isn’t he supposed to be able to kill a Divine Sense expert? Then why am I worried. No one would mobilize a Divine Sense stage expert to kill a mere Divine Sea cultivator.” realized Li Xiaoyu in her thoughts. Her heart rate slowed done and she wiped the tears at the edge of her eyes. “These bastards must be playing a psychological game and trying to trick me.” Upon seeing that their words had no effect, one of the men raised their hands and Li Xiaoyu was instantly knocked out.

At that moment, Ye Meng felt a deep sense of foreboding. He felt as if Li Xiaoyu was in a large predicament and urgently needed his help. Every passing second, made him lose more reason and act without thinking of the consequences. He left his slaves and ran straight towards his mansion with his thoughts being frantic. He didn’t see anyone but Hua Tong’er and asked her, “Where did she go?!” Hua Tong’er saw his anxious expression and knew that she couldn’t offend him in this state. “She went to her friend Bai Chen’s house.” Ye Meng rushed out and ran to Bai Chen’s house. “Please…. Be there!” he thought as his heart was like it was being crushed due to anxiety. Li Xiaoyu wasn’t at Bai Chen’s house as well!

Ye Meng felt the pressure increase every second as he looked everywhere for Li Xiaoyu for hours. He was completely drenched in sweat and red eyes for some reason. Ye Meng felt like a madman and looked like one as well as he stared at the Heavens with hatred as if cursing fate. Coincidentally, it just started to rain at that exact moment. “Where is she?! WHERE IS SHE?! WHERE IS SHE?! WHERE IS SHE?!” screamed out Ye Meng towards the skies as if he was personally asking the Heavens a question. His relentless screams towards the skies continued for a couple of minutes, until an ancient and powerful voice shouted inside his own mind. “INSOLENT!” Splatt! White colored lightning descended from the Heavens and smited Ye Meng as if he was a heretic. “THE SUCCESSOR OF SOVEREIGN JIANG FENG WILL NOT BE THIS USELESS! FIND HER BY USING YOUR OWN ABILITIES!” Ye Meng coughed up a mouthful of blood and surprisingly, he felt extremely calm. His sense of reason was coming back to him after it departed when he was searching for Li Xiaoyu.

He immersed himself on finding out what that foreboding sense of danger was. “If I can figure out what this is, maybe I can find out where she is..” thought Ye Meng. An hour quickly passed and Ye Meng was stuck, it seemed as if the foreboding sense of danger was a natural part of him buried underground. He imagined digging a small hole but that resulted in mind wracking pain. Suddenly, the Divine Elemental Stone released a white strand of energy and the mind wracking pain was gone. Ye Meng kept digging while trying to reach the foreboding sense of danger. Ye Meng’s mouth was bloody from biting his tongue and his fingernails were bloody from clenching his fists too hard. 1 feet. 2 feet. 4 feet. 8 feet. 16 feet. 32 feet. Ye Meng kept on digging and digging for what seemed like forever but only a couple of minutes had passed outside.

Finally, he had reached the foreboding sense of danger. He dug it up and saw that it was an extremely large milky sphere that felt soft to touch. As soon as the milky white sphere left the ground, his entire body started convulsing and blood started leaking from his 7 orifices. His perception of the world completely changed, it was like before he was looking at a black and white version of the world but now it was like a colored version of the world. The milky white sphere split into two and one part went in the direction opposite of Ye Meng. Ye Meng washed himself off using his control over the Profound Laws of Water and knew exactly where Li Xiaoyu was. He felt a unique bond with her and her only. He knew exactly where she was and he felt as if her emotions could influence his mood. Unbeknownst to Ye Meng, he had actually managed to condense a True Soul before even stepping into the Soul Cleansing stage! He had also split his soul into two and gave half to Li Xiaoyu!

He ran straight towards the direction of Li Xiaoyu and entered a low class pub. He went to the restroom and kicked the wall. Kacha! The wall was unexpectedly a door to a secret room! The door shattered due to the force of his powerful kick, and he entered the secret room. He pulled out a sword and made sure he was on guard as the room was very dark. “Haha! So, our Li Xiaoyu has finally woken up! I’ll have my son play with you, bitch! Even someone pretty as you will be forced to serve him and be under his crotch in a few minutes! Just wait till he gets here!” cackled a completely shrill voice filled with insanity. Ye Meng felt his anger explode, Li Xiaoyu was gonna be forced by that old woman. If the limit to anger was a dam, then anger itself was the water. Ye Meng’s dam exploded and he ran straight for that voice. Dozens of bodyguards tried to block his path but they all ended up dying from being beheaded.

Ye Meng approached the voice and saw Li Xiaoyu chained up along with an extremely beautiful mature lady looking at Ye Meng with hate. “So! You’re the one who made that monster Bai cripple my son… Hahhaaha! My son will enjoy having a fellow cripple as a friend!” she shrieked and put up a symbol. Suddenly, the room turned completely dark and water started flooding it. “EVEN IF I DIE, I’M GONNA TAKE YOU WITH ME! I’M SORRY I COULDN’T PROTECT YOU TIAN’ER!” yelled Dongxue Tian’s mother. Ye Meng smiled as if he had just won the lottery, he had comprehended the Profound Laws of Water! How could he be killed by drowning?! Ye Meng rushed towards the insane lady and chopped her head off. He felt disappointed because originally, he had planned to make this old lady die in the hands of Dongxue Tian’s father.

Li Xiaoyu’s hands and were bound in chains and her mouth was stuffed with cloth. Ye Meng chopped off the chains and grabbed Li Xiaoyu with his left hand. She spit out the cloth and she jumped into Ye Meng’s embrace. She started crying on his chest and thanked Ye Meng multiple times. She told her about what happened and Ye Meng felt enraged. “Big brother Ye, will this happen again?”, she said with a worried tone. Ye Meng stroked her hair and reassured her, “Don’t worry, in a couple of days I’ll have 2 Divine Sense stage experts guarding you at all times.”

Ye Meng saw the ugly bruises the chains left on her beautiful skin and reminded himself to make pills to heal that. “Everyone who wants to touch her will die by my hands.” thought Ye Meng while radiating a massive amount of killing intent. They got home and eventually, it was time for the tournament.