517: Chapter 517 was done by the Bai family!

Abbess Jingan's expression changed completely.

She could tell...

She was no match for Ye Chen.

But at the thought of Shenni Nunnery's demand to bring that woman back...

She subconsciously took half a step back, her right hand quietly reaching for her waist.

Hidden there was a soft sword.

But just then...

"Martial Aunt, I'm here to help you!"

A cold voice came from behind her.

Luoshui stepped forward, her monastic robes swaying gently in the wind.

Her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly as her gaze fell upon Ye Chen.

Ye Chen tilted his head and glanced at her.

"Little girl, it's not good to meddle in others' business."

Luoshui's dark brows furrowed, and a trace of anger flashed across her stunning face.

"You're not much older than I am!"

She was twenty-three this year, and Ye Chen looked to be only twenty-four or twenty-five.

In terms of age, the two were neck and neck.

But the way he called her "little girl" was clearly looking down on her.

Since she was a child, she had always been the one looked up to; when had she ever been addressed in such a tone?

Luoshui gave a delicate cry and stomped her foot, lunging toward Ye Chen like an arrow released from a bowstring!

Her movement technique was elusive, her grey silhouette leaving a trail of afterimages in the air, making it impossible to tell which was the real body.

Simultaneously, she flipped her right hand, and a gleaming short sword slid from her sleeve. The blade was coated in a layer of pale green True Qi, emitting a faint humming sound.

Peak Earth Realm—she was only one step away from the Heaven Realm.

But her combat power far exceeded the Peak Earth Realm.

Because her sword technique was the Shenni Nunnery's secret art, the "Luoshui Sword Manual."

However.

Just as Luoshui was still ten feet away from Ye Chen—

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

The sound of breaking air suddenly exploded.

Luoshui's pupils constricted, and she abruptly halted her forward momentum. Her toes tapped the ground as she flipped through the air, dodging to the side.

Three pebbles whistled past her. One of them grazed her monastic robe, tearing a hole in her sleeve.

Luoshui landed and retreated two steps. Her beautiful face shifted slightly as she looked in the direction the pebbles had come from.

Bai Shanshan was standing there.

The most shocking thing was...

Around her, a dozen or so pebbles of various sizes were suspended in mid-air. Each one was enveloped in a layer of pale gold True Qi, trembling slightly and ready to strike.

The scene looked exactly like the legendary immortals controlling objects.

Luoshui's expression changed completely.

"You... are in the Heaven Realm?!"

Before coming, she had looked at the files.

Bai Shanshan, a secular police officer with no strength at all.

But how could this woman before her, who could control objects from a distance and possessed an aura as deep as an abyss, be an ordinary person?

The pressure radiating from her was clearly that of the Heaven Realm!

A genuine Heaven Realm Expert, directly suppressing her!

Luoshui's hand gripping the short sword tightened slightly.

She found it a bit hard to accept.

After all...

How could a secular policewoman have stepped into that realm before her?

An indescribable emotion welled up in Luoshui's heart.

There was resentment, confusion, and a refusal to back down.

Abbess Jingan stood to the side, her expression even uglier.

Wait...

Jingxiang and the others had clearly told her that the target had been captured by them.

Would a Heaven Realm Expert be captured by a bunch of trash?

No...

Absolutely impossible!

In just one short day, what on earth had happened?

Could it be that Jingxiang had betrayed them?

The more Abbess Jingan thought, the more confused she became; her mind was like a jumble of paste.

Just then—

An indifferent voice came from her side.

"Hey, if you get distracted while you can't even beat me, you'll die."

Abbess Jingan was startled into alertness.

She whipped her head around and found that Ye Chen was already standing less than three feet away from her.

In the next moment.

The hair all over her body stood on end.

She instinctively wanted to draw the soft sword at her waist, but just as her hand touched the hilt—

Ye Chen made a casual wave of his hand.

There was no golden light.

There was no True Qi.

With just that casual wave of his hand, an irresistible force exploded, slamming into Abbess Jingan's chest.

BOOM!!!

Abbess Jingan's body was like a projectile hit by a cannonball; her feet left the ground as she was sent flying backward!

She traced an arc through the air, sailing over the heads of the thirty-plus Shenni Nunnery disciples behind her, flying nearly fifty feet before slamming heavily onto the ground.

"Pfft—"

A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from her mouth, a shocking sight.

She struggled to crawl up, but that force was still wreaking havoc in her chest, and her internal organs were in turmoil.

To the point where...

She simply couldn't stand up!

Everyone fell into a daze.

Good heavens!

Abbess Jingan was a Celestial Master Realm expert and a special envoy of the Kunlun Ruins' Shenni Nunnery!

Yet before Ye Chen, she couldn't even last a single move?

No.

It couldn't even be called a move, because he had just casually waved his hand...

What if Ye Chen were to strike seriously?

No one dared to think further.

The nuns of Qingyin Nunnery were all pale-faced, their legs turning to jelly.

They finally understood that everything Ye Chen had said earlier in the cave was true.

When he said he would give them a chance, he really meant it.

When he said he wouldn't kill the innocent, he really meant it.

Because he didn't need to kill indiscriminately at all.

If he wanted to kill someone, no one could escape.

Luoshui stood in place, her hand holding the short sword trembling slightly.

She looked at the fallen Abbess Jingan and then at Ye Chen, who stood there with an unruffled expression. That bit of defiance in her heart was thoroughly extinguished, like being doused by a bucket of ice water.

No matter how good her talent was or how exquisite her sword techniques were, what meaning did they have in the face of such an absolute gap in strength?

Ye Chen didn't even spare her a glance.

He simply walked toward Bai Shanshan.

"Job's done."

"Take the person, and let's go back."

"Whoever dares to resist even a little, you're coming with us too."

Arrogant!

Too damn arrogant!

Domineering!

The ultimate dominance!

Yet, not a single person dared to object.

Abbess Jingan clutched her chest and coughed a few times before speaking up unwillingly.

"You... who exactly are you?"

"Do you know what the consequences are for becoming an enemy of Shenni Nunnery, an enemy of the Kunlun Ruins?"

She was truly unwilling.

She also couldn't understand.

The target of her trip was clearly just an ordinary secular policewoman.

But now?

That policewoman had actually become a Heaven Realm Expert!

And beside her stood an unfathomable and terrifying existence!

What was going on?

Questions surged in Abbess Jingan's mind, yet she could find no answers.

Ye Chen arched an eyebrow: "You really want to know who I am?"

Abbess Jingan bit her teeth.

"Yes!"

"Even if I die, I want to die knowing the truth!"

Ye Chen cleared his throat, placed his hands behind his back, and spoke solemnly.

"Since you've asked so sincerely, I shall mercifully tell you."

"I am Ye Chen of the Dragon Group."

Abbess Jingan's pupils suddenly contracted, and she froze in place as if struck by lightning: "Ye... Ye Chen? That Chief Instructor of the Hidden Dragon Pavilion?"

Ye Chen nodded, his smile unchanging.

"That's right, it's me."

Abbess Jingan's face instantly turned as pale as paper.

In the next second.

She performed an action that left everyone dumbfounded...

Thud!

She actually knelt directly on the ground.

"Instructor... Instructor Ye, please have mercy!"

"This humble nun failed to recognize your greatness and offended you, Instructor Ye. Please, Instructor Ye, be magnanimous and spare my life!"

She kowtowed repeatedly like a chicken pecking grain, her forehead hitting the stone slabs with loud thuds.

In that posture, where was even a shred of her previous arrogance?

In that appearance, where was even a hint of her majesty as a special envoy of Shenni Nunnery?

The whole audience: "???"

Everyone was stunned.

The nuns of Qingyin Nunnery stared with wide eyes, their mouths hanging open wide enough to fit an egg.

They were just thinking that although Ye Chen was powerful, Shenni Nunnery was a power from the Kunlun Ruins after all, so they shouldn't be too cowardly, right?

And the result?

Abbess Jingan knelt directly!

And she knelt faster and more thoroughly than anyone else!

She was even fucking kowtowing for mercy!

My Guanyin Bodhisattva, my Tathagata Buddha...

The thirty-plus disciples of Shenni Nunnery also couldn't hold it together.

The Abbess Jingan in their hearts had always been a figure whose word was law.

But now...

She was actually kneeling before a secular young man, kowtowing for mercy?

This scene completely subverted their understanding of reality.

Ye Chen was also taken aback for a moment, then asked in surprise: "You've heard of my name?"

Abbess Jingan looked up, her face full of terror, and nodded repeatedly.

"I have! I have!"

"Instructor Ye's great name is like thunder in the Kunlun Ruins; no one is unaware of it!"

"Who in our Shenni Nunnery doesn't know of your deeds?"

She became more agitated as she spoke, her voice trembling.

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but scratch his head, looking helpless.

"If I had known my name was this useful, wouldn't it have been enough to just say it earlier?"

"Why bother fighting back and forth? It's so troublesome."

The whole audience: "..."

Everyone was speechless.

You call what just happened "fighting back and forth"?

That was clearly a one-sided crushing, okay?

Abbess Jingan knelt on the ground, her heart filled with a complex mix of emotions.

If she had known earlier that this young man was Ye Chen, she wouldn't have dared to lift a finger even if she were beaten to death!

Wasn't this just seeking death?

Moreover.

He had already been restrained; otherwise, if she had been slapped to death, she probably wouldn't even have a place to complain.

Ye Chen withdrew his smile and spoke indifferently.

"Alright, stop kowtowing."

"Tell me, who ordered you to kidnap Bai Shanshan?"

Abbess Jingan snapped back to her senses, a look of struggle appearing on her face.

"This..."

"What? You don't want to say?" Ye Chen arched an eyebrow.

"No, no, no!" Abbess Jingan waved her hands frantically. "I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"

She took a deep breath and gritted her teeth.

"It's the Bai family!"

"The Bai family of the Kunlun Ruins asked our Shenni Nunnery to help capture her!"