In Chuan Province, outside the outskirts of Lu City, a ragged young man with a shabby backpack on his back walked leisurely.
His steps were steady and orderly. Although he was dusty and looked a little embarrassed, it was hard to hide the divine light in his eyes.
The young man was tall and slender, like a long spear that was about to pierce through the sky. He moved forward, looking down on everyone.
Looking at the tall buildings that could be seen vaguely in the distance, he murmured with a faint look in his eyes.
"Eight years!"
"I, Ye Chen, have finally fulfilled my promise to you!"
"Ye Shan, Ye Yunlong, you wouldn't have thought that I wouldn't die, right? I'm still alive!"
He clenched his fists and thought of the days before he was ten years old. It should have been the happiest time for him. He had thought since he was a child that he would strive to become stronger and reach the peak for that family and that surname in the future.
He believed that one day in the future, he would bring supreme glory to that family. He would make it stronger and become the real first family in Huaxia.
But everything he dreamed of was ruthlessly torn apart on the night of thunder and lightning eight years ago.
The Ye Family in the capital city was a big family with hundreds of years of history. It was one of the top rich and powerful families in the capital city. There were many talents in the Ye Family and they were very powerful. It seemed that they were going to surpass the other rich and powerful families.
The other well-known families almost all relied on their connections and connections in business, politics, and military circles. However, the Ye Family was different. They not only gathered a large number of talents, but also the Ye Family itself was an extremely special existence—a martial arts family.
The Ye Family had been practicing martial arts for generations. It was not an ordinary punching skill of the outside world, but a real internal martial arts, majoring in internal force.
In every generation of the Ye Family, there were at least three or four people who were born with Martial Meridians and had the talent to cultivate Martial Arts. In addition, there were relevant talents in all fields of Shang, politics, and the army. Therefore, the Ye Family became stronger generation by generation and became very famous.
Ye Chen was the most outstanding direct descendant of the third generation of the Ye family. He was well-liked by the Ye family's old man, Ye Shan. The Ye family regarded him as the candidate for the family head in the future and placed high hopes on him.
Ye Chen's talent had been outstanding since he was a child. No matter from all sides, he was able to crush his peers. Moreover, he possessed the Martial Meridian. When he was four years old, his father, Ye Yunlong, personally taught him to become an internal cultivator.
His talent in martial arts was first-class in the history of the Ye family. Although his brother Ye Xing was excellent, there was still a long way to go before he came.
Almost everyone in the Ye family believed that there would be a rising star in the Ye family. In the future, it would shine brightly in China and lead the Ye family to go further and higher.
However, on the day of Ye Chen's tenth birthday, he happily ran in front of his grandfather, Ye Shan, to ask for a gift. However, Ye Shan, who had always doted on him, revealed an unprecedentedly cold expression.
Ye Shan's next words stunned Ye Chen even more. He was at a loss and didn't know what to do.
"Ye Chen, the third generation of the Ye Clan, is the root of the Ye Clan's disaster. The root cause of the Ye Clan's turmoil will be punished according to the family rules!"
"I announce with the identity of the 15th master of the Ye family that Ye Chen will be expelled from the Ye family, removed from the Martial Vein, and deprived of all resources. No one in the Ye family can have contact with him. If anyone finds out, he will be expelled from the Ye family immediately!"
"Ye Xing alone is enough for the third generation of the Ye Clan!"
Ye Shan's face was cold. He looked at Ye Chen as if he was looking at a virus or a scourge.
Ye Chen was confused. He had no idea what he had done wrong. When had he ever caused turmoil in the Ye family?
But everything happened so fast that he had no chance to defend himself. His father, Ye Yunlong, who had always cared for him and taught him carefully, even cruelly attacked him and smashed his Martial Meridian.
After that, Ye Yunlong ignored the heartbroken look in Ye Chen's mother's eyes and brought Ye Chen, who had lost all his skills, to a wild forest in the outskirts of the capital. He left Ye Chen to his own fate and did not ask anymore.
In this modern world, there were very few people who practiced ancient martial arts. Only those who were born with a martial vein were qualified to practice ancient martial arts and cultivate inner strength. There were only one in a million martial artists.
Once a warrior lost his Martial Meridian, it would be the same as losing his Dantian. He would lose all his cultivation and would never practice Martial Arts for the rest of his life. This was absolutely a devastating blow to a warrior.
Ye Chen, who was only ten years old, had been stripped of his Martial Meridian. His martial arts had been completely ruined and he had even been abandoned in the wilderness. This was equivalent to completely exterminating him and leaving no way out for him to live.
He was puzzled and angry. Why did his grandfather, who loved him so much, regard him as a sinner of his family? Why did his father, who had always cared for him, kill him and expel him?
Even now, he still remembered that Ye Yunlong had left him deep in the mountains. His indifferent and determined expression had not even forgotten a little bit of details.
Having suffered such a cruel blow, if it were anyone else, they would have given up their lives and passed away.
On the same night eight years ago, Ye Chen endured the excruciating pain and leaned against a big tree. He made an oath to Ye Yunlong that he would never lower his head when he turned and left.
"Ye Yunlong, what I've learned, and even what I've got, are all because of you. I don't hate you for destroying my Martial Meridian, but I'm done for the kindness you've shown me!"
"From today onward, I, Ye Chen, have nothing to do with you, and I have nothing to do with the entire Ye family!"
"I, Ye Chen, swear here that I will never die. I will continue to use this name. I will live better than anyone else and stand taller than anyone else!"
"In the future, I will definitely make your Ye clan look up to me. I will make all of you regret everything you have done to me today!"
After he finished speaking, he punched the tree with all his strength. The back of his hand was ground to a bloody mess, and blood dripped on the ground. It was shocking, but he didn't feel pain at all. Only a little flame was dancing in his eyes.
When Ye Yunlong heard his words, he just paused slightly, but he did not turn around. He still left coldly. Maybe Ye Yunlong thought that Ye Chen would never survive in such a situation.
Even if Ye Chen managed to survive, it would be an exaggeration to say that he, as a young man with no Martial Meridian and no one to rely on, could become the richest man in a country. However, not to mention the richest man in a country, even if he was the richest man in China, he might not be qualified to be valued by the powerful Ye Family, let alone look up to them.
In Ye Yunlong's eyes, Ye Chen's words at that time were nothing but a bunch of jokes.
However, whether it was Ye Shan or Ye Yunlong, they might not have expected that the ten-year-old child, who had been exiled deep into the mountains and forced into a dead end, did not die.
And now, he had gone through countless life and death situations, undergone a complete transformation, and returned to being a king.
A cold smile appeared on the corners of Ye Chen's mouth when he recalled the incomparably cold expressions of Ye Shan and Ye Yunlong back then.
"Ye Shan, Ye Yunlong, Ye Family, when I stand in front of you again, your expressions will definitely be very interesting, won't they?"
He clenched his fist, and the crisp sound of joints spread. Those past events were temporarily suppressed in his heart.
"Lu Cheng, you will be my first stop!"
Ye Chen's eyes were as bright as stars. With a gentle tap of his back foot, he disappeared.
