"Daddy... are you Daddy? Mommy was locked up by them!"
"They are going to take Ningning's heart... Mommy told me to call this phone to find Daddy! Daddy, save me..."
At the peak of the Kunlun Mountains, a strange call came through.
Listening to the girl's voice with a hint of crying on the other end of the phone, Ye Chen's eyes showed a trace of doubt.
"Little one, who are you?"
"My name is Xia Yuning, my nickname is Ningning, my mommy's name is Xia Qingyue, are you my daddy?"
Boom!
Like a bolt from the blue, it fiercely struck Ye Chen on the head.
Xia Qingyue!
Five years... he had not heard this name again.
In an instant, those memories hidden deep in the bottom of his heart surged like a tide.
"Little bastard, who are you on the phone with!"
Suddenly, a wave of scolding came from the other side of the phone, followed by a "slap" sound... a harsh sound came over, it must have been that Little Ningning's phone was smashed.
"Who! Who dares to touch my daughter!!!"
At this moment, Ye Chen could no longer suppress the baleful aura in his body.
Boom!
In an instant, the pearwood lectern in front of Ye Chen shattered directly into fine dust.
Then Ye Chen cast everything aside and quickly rushed out of the classroom.
Swish!
Seeing this, dozens of disciples under the stage stood up in unison.
These dozens of disciples... some were undefeated Great Xia War Gods; some were powerful lords of small countries; some were the richest men of major countries whose wealth could rival nations; some were top medical sages who could put flesh back on bones; and some were the murderous Death Yama!
They were all Ye Chen's closed-door disciples.
Today should have been a day for their revered master to impart knowledge, teach and clear up doubts, but something was unknown that made him so angry!
"Someone, come!"
Only to see Chen Junlin, dressed in military uniform with five stars on his shoulders as a Great Xia War God, give a stern shout: "Quickly help my master prepare a helicopter... and pass down my order, one hundred thousand Dragon Cavalry are to stand ready immediately, Boeing fighter jets, tanks, armored vehicles—mobilize all that can be mobilized, to fully support my master at any time and any moment!!!"
Before his voice had even faded, Chen Junlin had already rushed out.
"Damn it!"
At the same time, the lord who wielded power over a certain country also cursed fiercely, "Someone dares to anger my master. Pass down my order, send all the mercenaries from the Golden Triangle... mobilize the strength of an entire country, whoever angers my master shall die!"
"...Pass down my order, all disciples of the Medicine God Valley are to leave the valley immediately... Whether they are physicians or poison masters, send them all out in full force! Angering my master makes one the mortal enemy of the Medicine God Valley!!!"
"...Pass down my order, members of Yama Hall are to immediately abandon the tasks at hand and come to support my master... That's right, drop all tasks in hand right now... regardless of gains or losses!!!"
"...Pass down my order, mobilize all the funds of the Tengli Group, eight hundred billion in funds, available for my master's use at any time!!!"
"...Pass down my order, contact all of my master's disciples and inform them that my master has come down the mountain!!!!"
...
At the same time, the Gu Family in Jinling City.
A two-and-a-half-year-old little girl was tied to a cold operating table.
The little girl was very thin and weak, and her pale little face still bore tear stains: "You drew my blood... will you let me and Mommy go?"
Beside the cold operating table was a soft Simmons mattress.
On the bed lay a pale little boy, leaning in the arms of a female nurse, his eyes fixed tightly on the little girl beside them.
Gu Nanfei sneered, "...I really didn't expect that the bastard born of Xia Qingyue would actually have Rh-negative blood!"
Rh-negative blood is what people commonly call panda blood.
Thus, the little girl became a mobile blood bank for Gu Nanfei's son.
Whenever the little boy's body grew weak, Gu Nanfei would throw the little girl onto the cold operating table and take her fresh blood.
Day after day, the little girl's body grew weaker and weaker, and her little face grew paler and paler.
She was already three and a half years old... yet her body was as frail as a two-and-a-half-year-old child!
Gu Nanfei's icy eyes stared straight at the little girl as he said word by word:
"Did you know that my son has a congenital heart defect...? I've long wanted to replace his heart, but unfortunately, panda blood is very difficult to match with other hearts!"
"Especially, finding a panda blood heart of the exact same size is even more difficult!!"
"Now it's great... you little bastard were born just to be my son's blood bank and spare heart!!"
"Doctor Li, do it—drain her blood!!! Then, dig out her heart!!!"
When he uttered the very last word, Gu Nanfei's face had already twisted into that of a devil. "Anyway, it's the last time, draw more fresh blood! After the surgery, my son's body will be very weak, and it will take a lot of blood to nourish his body."
"Yes!"
Beside Gu Nanfei, a doctor wearing gold-rimmed glasses put on a face mask expressionlessly.
He deftly took out a blood bag and shoved the needle into the little girl's arm without the slightest hesitation.
...In an instant, bright red blood was continuously sucked out!
The little girl gritted her teeth without crying out in pain, her already pale little face turning even ghastlier.
Fifty milliliters, one hundred milliliters, ...two hundred milliliters, five hundred milliliters!
The blood bag was full, and the drawn dose had already exceeded the donation amount for an adult.
However, Doctor Li did not pull out the needle, but instead replaced it with a new blood bag... Fifty milliliters, one hundred milliliters, ...five hundred milliliters.
A few minutes later, all three blood bags were stuffed full!
"Doc...tor, Ningning has no strength left."
"It hurts so much, don't draw anymore..."
The little girl raised her face, looking helplessly at Gu Nanfei, her big eyes filled with helplessness and entreaty, "You've drawn so much blood, can you let Ningning go home... Ningning misses Mommy..."
Clearly, three-and-a-half-year-old Little Ningning did not yet understand what a heart represented.
She had listened to Gu Nanfei's words just now with vague comprehension, thinking that once the blood drawing was finished, she could go home!
"Humph!" Gu Nanfei sneered. "A little bastard with no utility value still wants to go home? Once I dig out your heart, I'll go find Xia Qingyue... I've long wanted to pin this woman down on a bed and ravish her fiercely!"
Then, Gu Nanfei said with a ferocious look, "Doctor Li, do it, dig out her heart!"
Doctor Li nodded and took out a scalpel.
"Doctor, what are you going to do... Sca-, Ningning is scared."
Seeing the scalpel gleaming with blue light and the icy-eyed Doctor Zhao, Little Ningning began to panic.
She looked helplessly at Gu Nanfei, beginning to wail and ask for help, "Ningning is so scared, Ningning is so cold, please take Ningning back to see Mommy..."
Gu Nanfei turned a blind eye, turning instead to the little boy beside him with doting eyes, "Son, don't be afraid of the pain later. After this surgery, you will have a healthy heart."
"Mhm."
The little boy looked at his father, a flash of excitement in his eyes, "Quickly take her heart out and give it to me!"
The next second, the sharp scalpel sliced open Little Ningning's chest.
The blade cut through skin and flesh, making a "sizzling" sound.
"It hurts, hurts, hurts! Ningning hurts so much..."
Bright red blood flowed out, and Little Ningning cried out in agony, her pale and tender little face covered in sweat. She wanted to struggle, but she was firmly tied to the bed and unable to move.
"Mommy... come save Ningning, Ningning hurts."
"Mommy! Save Ningning... Daddy, Daddy, where are you?"
"Ningning hurts so much... Come save Ningning!"
The intense pain and massive loss of blood quickly plunged Ningning into a semi-comatose state. At this moment, what she missed most was her mommy, and... her daddy whom she had never met!!
The moment Ye Chen rushed out of the classroom, the three thousand Kunlun Disciples guarding outside dropped to their knees in unison.
"Exalted Master!!"
Yet Ye Chen did not look back, charging directly into a private plane.
At the same time, Chen Junlin, the Great Xia War God bearing five stars on his shoulders, also rushed onto the plane.
Chen Junlin dashed to the pilot's seat and said respectfully, "Master, I'll fly... I will use the fastest speed to take you anywhere."
"Tianshan Province, Jinling City!"
Ye Chen's eyes were bloodshot, forcibly suppressing the baleful aura in his body as he bit out each word.
"Yes!"
Hearing this, Chen Junlin personally piloted his private plane worth over ten billion, pushing the speed to the absolute limit!
Rumble!!
The plane pierced through the clouds, as if about to tear this firmament apart!
"I have a daughter!"
"I actually have a daughter, and her name is Ningning!!"
"Why, why did you only tell me now... Qingyue, why didn't you tell me sooner!!"
Inside the plane, Ye Chen trembled all over with agony, wishing he could instantly appear in Jinling and hug his daughter.
Five years ago, he was framed, his reputation ruined, living a life worse than death...
Just as he was preparing to end his own life, Xia Qingyue appeared.
This woman gave Ye Chen the hope to go on living; she was the one who dragged Ye Chen out of hell, bit by bit!!
"...The time I was severely injured and went berserk, did I really end up hurting you!?"
"...I always thought it was a dream!!"
Recalling scene after scene of the past, Ye Chen was so angry his eyes turned bloodred, and he said with a trembling voice, "I always thought it was a dream... but I never expected, never expected, that I really hurt you...!!"
After Ye Chen's injuries healed, Xia Qingyue had vanished without a sound.
He had searched for Xia Qingyue, but at the same time he had to evade pursuit from enemies... he did not have much time.
In the end, he had no choice but to leave Jinling City!
Later, Ye Chen obtained extraordinary encounters in the Kunlun Mountains, gaining heaven-defying abilities, controlling people's lives and deaths, and wielding power across the world with just a single thought!
Within his sect, Ye Chen had one hundred thousand Kunlun Disciples!
Outside his sect, Ye Chen's disciples were countless!
The disciples who studied military tactics under him became invincible in warfare, officially appointed as the peerless War Gods of Great Xia who knew no defeat!
The disciples who studied assassination under him killed enemies without a sound, becoming the most terrifying Asura Gods of Death in the world!
The disciples who studied medicine under him possessed miraculous healing hands, visited by countless high-ranking officials and aristocrats!
The disciples who studied commerce under him amassed wealth that could rival nations, capable of easily shaking the economic lifeline of major countries!
The moment Ye Chen rushed toward Jinling City, all of their disciples were shocked!
Then they immediately dropped everything at hand, desperately rushing toward Great Xia Country, Tianshan Province, Jinling City!
...
At this very moment, the Great Xia War Department.
An old man in military uniform with greying hair, yet eyes of exceptional vigor, slapped the desk and stood up in anger: "What is Chen Junlin trying to do!? What does he want? Why is he privately mobilizing one hundred thousand Dragon Cavalry, and privately mobilizing those planes, tanks, and armored vehicles... What is he doing? What is he trying to do?! Is he trying to rebel?!"
"Marshal, we are trying our best to contact General Chen, please don't be angry..."
A spirited female officer in military uniform stepped forward to explain: "General Chen has been utterly loyal to Great Xia, dedicating his all. Let's not jump to conclusions!"
"Report!"
Before the female officer's voice had faded, a military officer rushed in, extremely anxious. "Reporting to the Marshal, something terrible has happened... At the borders of Great Xia, countless mercenaries are trying to break through, and even some small border countries are trying to force their way into our Great Xia territory!"
"Report!"
Before that person finished speaking, another military officer rushed in, anxious: "Reporting to the Marshal, we received news that tens of thousands of assassins from Yama Hall have flooded into Great Xia Country with some unknown intent!"
"Report!"
Immediately following that, another military officer rushed in and shouted: "All six great poison kings of the Medicine God Valley have left the valley... These old fellows once promised Great Xia that they would not step half a step out of Medicine God Valley for the rest of their lives! Now all six have left the valley at the same time. Please issue an order, Marshal, for us to act!"
Finished speaking, he added: "Leaving the valley with them are also the four medical sages, as well as the Valley Master of Medicine God Valley!"
"Hiss!!!"
Hearing this, the old Marshal couldn't help drawing a sharp breath, his pupils instantly expanding dozens of times!
Could, could this be some earth-shattering event about to happen!?
"Report!"
"Report!"
"Report!"
Before the old Marshal could digest the previous matter, countless military officers rushed in one after another, and every piece of news brought by each officer was enough to make one's scalp tingle from shock.
"What on earth is going on?"
"Could it is that they want to turn the sky of Great Xia upside down!?"
At this moment, even the old Marshal lost his composure, his voice trembling as he said: "Immediately! At once! Use every possible means to contact Chen Junlin... Send another hundred thousand elite troops to the borders, and tell those people that the territory of Great Xia is not somewhere they can come and go as they please!"
...
Jinling Gu Family.
Xia Qingyue sat at the vanity, her captivating and stunning face covered in tear stains.
Behind her stood two ferocious-looking thugs, staring at her malevolently, "Hurry up and put your makeup on, our young master's patience is limited!"
"Rest assured... as long as he is willing to let my daughter go, I, I will make him get his wish!!" Xia Qingyue's voice trembled, her fingernails digging deep into her flesh.
In an instant, a few streaks of bright red blood appeared between her slender, fair fingers.
Xia Qingyue tried hard to control her emotions, preventing herself from collapsing, and then lightly applied her makeup...
After finishing her makeup, she used all her strength to stand up, continuing with a trembling voice: "I, I will go sleep with Gu Nanfei right now, let him release my daughter!"
"Good!"
The two ferocious-looking thugs exchanged a glance, then smiled coldly. "Let's go, I'll take you to see the young master!"
A minute later, the thugs brought Xia Qingyue to the door of another room and knocked twice.
"Come in!" Gu Nanfei's voice came from inside.
Hearing this voice, Xia Qingyue's body trembled, but she still summoned the courage to walk in. "Gu Nanfei, where is my daughter?"
"Isn't she right there!?" Gu Nanfei sneered, pointing at the cold operating table.
Then, Xia Qingyue saw Little Ningning, whose chest had already been cut open.
Little Ningning had already passed out, but the doctor did not stop his work, and the scalpel was "sizzling" as it cut through Little Ningning's chest.
"Ningning!"
Xia Qingyue collapsed instantly. She lunged forward, instinctively picking up a scalpel, intending to stab it into the doctor's neck.
Yet her movements were too slow; before the knife in her hand could stab in, it was blocked by Gu Nanfei.
Gu Nanfei grabbed Xia Qingyue in a tight embrace, then said with extreme excitement, "Don't delay my son's heart transplant surgery! You bitch, if you can't wait, I'll satisfy you right here... How about!?"
"Beasts, you are beasts, you won't die a good death!!!" Xia Qingyue screamed like a madwoman, on the verge of a complete breakdown.
"Hahahaha!!!"
Gu Nanfei laughed loudly, excitedly saying, "Beasts?? Soon, you'll know how good big brother is!!!"
With that, his hand exerted sudden force!
Rip!
More than half of Xia Qingyue's clothes were torn away, revealing a expanse of snowy white beneath her neck...
Rumble!!!
Chen Junlin had pushed the engine to its absolute limit!
Every time he saw Ye Chen's appearance, his heart couldn't help but wrench, wishing the plane could instantly arrive in Jinling!!
"What on earth has happened to make the master so heartbroken!"
"He is a man like a heavenly god!"
Chen Junlin sighed heavily in his heart; at this moment, he actually couldn't bear to look at Ye Chen's expression any longer.
At this moment, Ye Chen had his face buried in his hands, drop after drop of blood-tears escaping his eye sockets and dripping onto his palms.
At the thought of Ningning's cry for help over the phone, at the thought that someone was going to dig out his daughter's heart, Ye Chen couldn't help but release the baleful aura within his body!
"Ningning, wait for me..."
"Ningning, you must wait for Daddy to come back!"
"Ningning, wait for me... Once I return, no one will dare bully you anymore!"
"No matter who you are, as long as you dare touch my daughter, I will pursue you to the ends of the earth and down to the nether-springs, exterminate your entire clan, and grind your bones to ashes!!!"
Ye Chen gritted his teeth, the blood-tears in his eyes falling drop by drop.
The baleful aura inside his body kept churning. If not for Ye Chen desperately suppressing it, this private plane worth tens of billions would probably have exploded high in the air instantly, turning into a dazzling firework!!
Rumble!!!
The plane continued forward, and at this moment, Chen Junlin's phone rang.
To be exact, Chen Junlin's phone had been ringing nonstop; people from the Great Xia War Department were trying every possible way to contact him.
Yet Chen Junlin had no time to answer the phone. He was exhausting every ounce of his strength, vowing to deliver the master to Jinling at top speed—even a second too slow wouldn't do!!
Jingle bell!!
This time another phone was ringing.
This number could only be dialed by his fellow apprentices...
"Speak!"
Chen Junlin hurriedly picked up the phone, spitting out a single word.
"Found out... It was the mistress and the junior martial sister who were harmed; they were captured by people from the Jinling Gu Family! The mistress is temporarily safe, but the junior martial sister..."
"What's wrong with the junior martial sister?" Chen Junlin asked anxiously.
The person on the other end was silent for half a second before saying through gnashed teeth: "They are going to subject the junior martial sister to... blood-letting and heart-extraction!!"
What?!
Even Chen Junlin was stunned by these four words!!
Blood-letting and heart-extraction!!
These four words were too vicious, too malicious!!
Chen Junlin finally understood why the master was so angry, why the master was rushing to Jinling with such desperate haste!!
With a loud bang!!
It was Chen Junlin, consumed by rage, who had crushed the phone in his hand to pieces!
Then, he exerted all his strength, pushing the engine to the limit!!
Rumble!
Faster!! Faster still!!!
The plane pierced through the clouds, tore apart the firmament, and flew swiftly in the direction of Jinling.
"Qingyue, Ningning... You must not anything happen to you!