The six Yuan Foundation Realm experts looked at Ye Yunfei, feeling utterly resentful and unwilling. As a grand clan that had dominated the Eastern Region for centuries, to be rendered helpless and confined within their headquarters by a junior, with the entire clan not daring to come out — the Chen Clan, whose prestige had shaken the Eastern Region for hundreds of years, had never faced such a humiliation.
"Ye Yunfei, are you truly determined to persecute our Chen Clan like this?!" one of the Yuan Foundation Realm experts demanded angrily, his gaze fixed sharply on Ye Yunfei.
"I told you, your Chen Clan must pay a price," Ye Yunfei sneered.
"Brat, do you truly think our Chen Clan is easy to bully!" The six Yuan Foundation Realm experts trembled with fury as they spoke.
Despite their words, however, they could do nothing against Ye Yunfei. His movement technique was far too bizarre; once he slipped into the spatial fabric, he became utterly untraceable. The current standoff was this: Ye Yunfei couldn't defeat these six Yuan Foundation Realm experts, but they, in turn, couldn't get to him either. A deadlock was all they had.
"Ye Yunfei, what will it take for you to let this go?" After a long while, one of the Yuan Foundation Realm experts suddenly spoke up.
"Heh, what do you think?" Ye Yunfei gave a cold laugh. The Chen Clan had repeatedly tried to kill him. How could he simply forgive and forget?
"Ye Yunfei, our Chen Clan no longer wishes for further strife. I guarantee that from now on, our clan will never be your enemy again. Can we let our grievances end here?" a Yuan Foundation expert said.
Upon hearing this, the six Yuan Foundation Realm experts all hung their heads in dejection, feeling intensely humiliated. The mighty Chen Clan was actually softening its stance and seeking peace with a junior! Yet, apart from this, they had no other choice. Continuing to fight Ye Yunfei would only cause the Chen Clan even greater losses. These six elders of the clan did not want the clan's centuries-old foundation to be destroyed by the hands of a junior. Even more terrifying was that Ye Yunfei was still young, possessing limitless potential for growth. In the future, if he truly matured, he would undoubtedly become a great personage that the Chen Clan could not afford to provoke! Thus, after deliberation and with great reluctance, these six Yuan Foundation experts reached a consensus to sue for peace with Ye Yunfei.
"Heavens! Am I hearing this right? Those Yuan Foundation experts of the Chen Clan seem to be taking the initiative to seek peace!"
"Even the Yuan Foundation Realm experts are bowing their heads to Ye Yunfei!"
"This Ye Yunfei is truly terrifying! To have forced the Chen Clan to this extent..."
... The onlookers in the distance were utterly astonished.
Inside the Chen Clan headquarters.
"No!" The clansmen of the Chen Clan could barely accept the reality before them. The six ancestral elders were actually taking the initiative to seek peace!
"Has our Chen Clan truly declined to such a state?" Many True Manifestation Realm experts choked back sobs, tears falling.
"The action of the six elders is correct. Did you not see? Not even they could handle Ye Yunfei. Why should our Chen Clan cling obstinately to a feud with such a terrifying young calamity?" However, a few True Manifestation Realm members felt the decision of the six elders was a wise one.
"Oh? Provoke me, Ye Yunfei, and think a mere casual sentence can sweep it all under the rug? I, Ye Yunfei, am not so easily talked into anything," Ye Yunfei said with a faint, mocking smile.
"What? The six Yuan Foundation Realm experts of the Chen Clan took the initiative to seek peace, and Ye Yunfei actually refused? This is too arrogant!" The crowd marveled once again.
"Ye Yunfei, there is no need for you to press so relentlessly," one Yuan Foundation expert spoke up.
"Hahaha! And am I truly the one pressing relentlessly? Back in Luohai City, if I hadn't been strong enough, I probably would have died at the hands of your Chen Clan's three hundred knights, wouldn't I? The accounts between me and your Chen Clan cannot be settled so simply," Ye Yunfei laughed heartily.
"Ye Yunfei, our Chen Clan can offer you compensation," one of the six Yuan Foundation experts said after a moment of collective silence.
"What? Compensation? The Chen Clan is going to compensate Ye Yunfei? This isn't just making peace; this is bowing their heads in defeat!" The distant onlookers were shaken to their core. For the mighty Chen Clan to be blockaded at their own headquarters' gates by a junior was already an immense disgrace. And now, the Chen Clan was actually offering compensation! Such a thing was simply unimaginable!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Amidst the stunned discussions of the crowd, one of the Yuan Foundation experts waved his hand. Over a dozen spatial rings shot over and halted before Ye Yunfei. Ye Yunfei probed them with his Soul Power. The wealth contained within these dozen-odd spatial rings was substantial. However, Ye Yunfei's personal wealth was now frighteningly vast. Just from destroying over a dozen branch strongholds of the Tianyou Tomb, he had reaped astronomical riches. It was worth noting that Tianyou Tomb assassins commanded high prices. One could say every assassin, every branch stronghold, had accumulated immense wealth. And all of that wealth had fallen into Ye Yunfei's hands.
Ye Yunfei gave a cold sneer and did not take the dozen-odd spatial rings.
The faces of the six Yuan Foundation experts of the Chen Clan grew somewhat unpleasant.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Another dozen-plus spatial rings flew to stop before Ye Yunfei. Again, he probed them with Soul Power but made no move, his hands clasped behind his back and a cold smile on his face.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
A third batch of over a dozen spatial rings cut through the air to halt before Ye Yunfei. In total, over forty spatial rings now floated before him! Needless to say, these spatial rings all contained valuables of considerable worth. Ye Yunfei swept a cold gaze over the forty-odd spatial rings before him, yet still did not speak. The faces of the six Yuan Foundation experts turned extremely ugly. They felt Ye Yunfei was being insatiable, asking for the moon. The taste of bowing to another was truly bitter. Yet, precisely because they had no other choice. Since they couldn't kill Ye Yunfei, they absolutely did not want the Chen Clan to remain in a hostile relationship with him.
Thus, with gritted teeth, the six Yuan Foundation Realm experts acted.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
One spatial ring after another flew forth in a continuous stream, landing before Ye Yunfei. Moments later, over a hundred spatial rings floated before Ye Yunfei! Each of the six Chen Clan elders felt their hearts bleed. Handing over so much wealth at once was a devastating blow to the Eastern Clan, damaging their very foundation and draining their vitality!
"Ye Yunfei, this is our Chen Clan's compensation to you. Let our past grievances be wiped clean, alright? From now on, my Chen Clan will no longer be your enemy," one Yuan Foundation expert said to Ye Yunfei, barely suppressing the humiliation in his heart.
"Remember your words. If you provoke me again in the future, you will not get off so lightly as you have today," Ye Yunfei said, flicking his sleeve and collecting all hundred-plus spatial rings. He left these final words, then vanished on the spot.
"You were easy to talk to today? If you were easy to talk to, our Chen Clan wouldn't have needed to compensate you with so much wealth!" Hearing Ye Yunfei's parting remark, every member of the Chen Clan couldn't help but curse inwardly.