Chapter 42: The Mysterious Beast King of Demons

  The morning sun slowly climbed over the mountain, and the first ray of sunlight shone into Yejiabao. Many people in Yejiabao had already gotten up early, and Ye Mofar's ironwork shop was also open for business. The sound of hammering on metal echoed through the alleys between the houses.

  In the martial arts arena, a group of young men were diligently practicing their martial skills.

  "Ho ho ho!"

  Fists howling, voices rising and falling, as neat as thunder.

  A new day has begun.

  Ye Cangxuan walked with Ye Chen, passing by the side of the martial arts arena. Suddenly, a group of young men stood still, and the alleys on both sides were crowded with members of the Ye family. They looked over at Ye Cangxuan and Ye Chen, their faces filled with worry, silently praying in their hearts.

  "Let's go." Ye Cangxuan patted Ye Chen's head, glanced at Ye Zhantian and the others beside him, and laughed loudly, "Don't worry, even if I have to risk my life, I'll send Chen back safely."

  "Chen Er, be careful in everything, when you encounter anything, you must ask your uncle first before making a decision!" Ye Zhan Tian reminded him on the side, his heart was still somewhat worried.

  "I understand." Ye Chen nodded in response, although his ears were almost numb from the scolding. He knew that his father was concerned about him.

  Ye Chen looked at Ye Ai beside him.

  Ye Dai's face was filled with a wronged expression. She had already asked the elders, but all of them unanimously disagreed to let her go together.

  Ye Chen smiled and patted Ye Lian's head, saying: "Don't worry, I'll be back safely."

  "Be careful, Ye Chen." Ye Xuan also spoke up from beside him.

  "Mm." Ye Chen smiled slightly at Ye Xuan and followed Ye Cangxuan as they walked out of the Ye family manor.

  Two people walked along, with the tribesmen following behind them growing more and more numerous, reluctant to leave, all the way until they reached outside Yejia Fort, where some of the older generation even had tears in their eyes.

  "May the elder have a smooth journey."

  "When our elderly tribal leader returns triumphantly, we will welcome him with a banquet and a ceremonial cleansing!"

  "Safe journey, Chief!"

  The people behind him nodded in agreement, Ye Chen could feel their sincerity, his heart was moved, the Ye family village was like his home, and everyone here was his family!

  "A journey of a thousand miles must come to an end. I and Chen Er are leaving now, everyone please go back." Ye Cangxuan clasped his fists together in farewell.

  Ye Chen waved his hand at the crowd, and the two of them walked away. The villagers still stood in front of the Ye family's gate, gazing after them from afar, reluctant to leave for a long time.

  All the way to the depths of Lianyun Mountain, looking back, Yejia Fortress can no longer be seen.

  "Chen Er, once we leave Ye Jia Bao, there may be spies from the Yun family on this mountain road. We should take a more secluded route." Ye Cang Xuan said, still being quite cautious, after all, Ye Chen now carries the future of the entire family.

  Ye's village is only twenty miles away from Yun's village, but taking the remote small road makes the journey two or three times longer. With steep and winding mountain roads, it takes five or six hours to hurry along the way.

  A Li quietly crouched on Ye Chen's shoulder, a pair of bright and spirited eyes, looking around everywhere.

  "A Li, what did you find? Don't worry, it's nothing." Ye Chen stroked A Li's back to comfort her, possibly because those demon wolves had left some shadows in A Li's heart. As soon as they entered the interior of Lianyun Mountain Range, A Li became a bit tense.

  The raccoon dog burrowed into Ye Chen's arms, curled up and chirped twice.

  Ye Cangxuan glanced at the small fox in Ye Chen's arms. This little fox had a bit of spirituality, and although he was somewhat curious about its origins, he didn't pry further. The fox might just be a two or three-stage demon beast that didn't pose any threat to them, so it probably wasn't anything special, just a slightly rare demon beast.

  The Lianyun Mountains were layered and towering, with dense forests that could provide cover at any time. In such an environment, even if the entire Yun family mobilized to search for them, they might not be able to find two people, let alone Ye Cangxuan and Ye Chen, who were both eighth-stage or higher experts.

  After several hours, passing through a dense forest area, from the gaps between the trees, you can see Yunjia Fortress on the other side of the mountain, Yunjia Fortress is magnificent and grand, covering an extremely large area, several times larger than Yejia Fortress, with houses standing densely, tall trees reaching the sky, just like this, faintly visible, nestled in the mountains.

  In the nearby woods, there seemed to be some rustling sounds, Ye Chen clearly felt that Ali's body in his arms trembled, and its fur stood up.

  Ye Chen furrowed his brow, had Mo Fei discovered some kind of demonic beast?

  "Uncle, let's sit down and take a rest for a while." Ye Chen suggested.

  "Alright." Ye Cangxuan nodded, they were almost at Cloud Manor, no need to rush.

  As soon as he stood still, Ye Chen's divine soul immediately released and extended to a very far place, searching everywhere. He actually found three demon wolves hiding in the bushes, their eyes glowing with green light. Two of them were the same as the demon wolves Ye Chen had encountered before, both were seventh-grade. The other one was slightly larger in build, its fur was blood-red all over, and it couldn't be detected what grade it was. There was even a hint of soul fluctuation on its body.

  "That little fox is actually with humans, what kind of strength do those two humans have?" The blood-red demon wolf unexpectedly spoke human language, shocking Ye Chen who was observing from the side using his divine soul.

  The monster can actually talk?

  Ye Chen was shocked, just then, the red wolf seemed to have discovered something and let out a low growl: "Who?"

  That red demon wolf unexpectedly also released something similar to a divine soul, chasing after Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen furrowed his brow, the opponent unexpectedly also had something similar to a divine soul, but it was much weaker than his own. He condensed an even more intense divine soul, transforming into a soldier wielding a long-handled knife, appearing in the void above Ye Chen's head. Although it was just a projection, Ye Chen controlled the projection, swinging the long knife towards the red wolf's divine soul.

  I don't know what kind of strength that red wolf has, but Ye Chen is ready to use his divine soul to compete with it.

  That red wolf was about to take a few steps forward when its soul saw a huge figure pouncing on itself in the void. The soldier held a long knife, majestic and powerful, its fur stood up immediately, with a terrified expression.

  "It's actually a spiritual transformation! Go back and tell the boss, that little fox is with a demon king who has transformed into human form, we'll split up and run!" The red wolf looked extremely flustered and fearful, tucking its tail and fleeing in panic, while the other two wolves also ran wildly in different directions.

  That red wolf felt a soulful thought following closely, scaring it so much that its four legs trembled. Unaware of the road ahead, it crashed into a large tree with a thud and let out a painful yelp before stumbling away in fright.

  The three-headed wolf was scared away, and Ah Li felt that there was no danger around her, so she relaxed and shrank into Ye Chen's arms, only then did she feel a sense of security.

  "What's going on? Is it a spiritual transformation or a mystical beast king? What is that thing?" Ye Chen muttered to himself, somewhat perplexed. The red wolf seemed to have mistaken him for some kind of mystical beast king, and was terrified.

  "Chen Er, what are you talking about?" Ye Cangxuan asked in puzzlement, looking at Ye Chen.

  "There's nothing." Ye Chen hastily shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and looked at Ye Cangxuan to ask, "Uncle, what is the Xuan beast?"

  Upon hearing Ye Chen's question, Ye Cangxuan looked at him with a hint of surprise and said: "How did you come up with this question? Did you see it in the family's ancient books?" Ye Cangxuan glanced at Ah Ling who was lying in Ye Chen's arms and said: "I also have some doubts. The lynx in your arms is not a demon beast, but a xuan beast. However, xuan beasts are extremely rare and usually live deep in the mountains where demon beasts roam, never interacting with humans. Maybe I'm thinking too much."