Volume 1 Chapter 122: Exchanging Half a Life for You

  Qiao Yichen's delicate white face twisted into an unrecognizable shape, pointing at Qin Yan from afar and shouting loudly at Xue Ying: "What are you? Why should I let him go? Why should I leave Pingjiang? I want him dead, no one can stop me!"

  Crazy!

  This woman has gone completely mad!

  Who does she think she is, telling him to leave Pingjiang immediately and not cause any more trouble? In this world, apart from his parents and grandparents, no one dares to speak to him like that.

  "You little white face, are you really inexperienced or just pretending to be arrogant? Take a closer look!" Jin Gang waved his hand, and a purple-black token about three inches long and nearly two inches wide turned into a residual shadow flying over. A black-clad man immediately appeared beside Qiao Yichen, taking a step forward and grabbing the token.

  "What the heck..."

  Qiao Yichen saw the sign brought by the man in black, and was about to say that the nameplate was a "broken toy", but after seeing it clearly, he swallowed the last few words.

  He is a flower in the greenhouse. He hasn't seen much of the world, but that doesn't mean he's an idiot. With his identity, there are some things he has known since childhood.

  Shadow!

  The strongest martial arts group in Yanhuang, existing not as a gang or family, but as the guardian of the entire Yanhuang Divine State.

  The strongest, without exception!

  Of course, others are afraid of the "shadow" organization, but he is not. Although the "shadow" is the strongest, the forces behind him are not weak either.

  "Hilarious! What's with the 'shadow' person?"

  Qiao Yichen's eyes flashed with a hint of arrogance, and he said coldly: "You are just small pawns of 'Ying', while I am the young master of Nanhai. Are your identities higher than mine? Not to mention you, even if your leader came, this matter would not be over. You can control the heavens and the earth, but can you still control my grudges with this crawling insect?"

  "Yes, we can't control the young master's private matters." Xue Ying smiled and said.

  "It's enough that you know!" Qiao Yichen coldly snorted.

  "But if Miss Qiao clashes with our 'shadow', that's a different story, isn't it?" Xue Ying's tone turned cold.

  "What?"

  Qiao Yichen was taken aback, and then he got so angry that he jumped up and down, pointing at Xue Ying and shouting: "You even dare to frame me? When did I ever have a conflict with your people?"

  "Ghost of the dead... no, no, no! Young Master Qiao, sorry to disturb you." Qin Yan walked up with a smile.

  "Get out! You have no right to speak here!"

  "Damn it!"

  Qin Yan suddenly appeared in front of him, and if it weren't for several black-clad men who moved quickly to block his way, he would have already made a move.

  Since he couldn't do anything, he could only point at Qiao Yichen's nose and scold: "This is my turf, this bar is mine, you're a dead man standing in my place, how dare you yell at me to get out? I really underestimated your shamelessness, are all the people from Nanhai as thick-skinned as you?"

  "How dare you! Insulting the South Sea - looking for death!" Several men in black clothes turned pale with rage and were about to pounce.

  "Are those who attack 'Ying' not asking for death?"

  A purple-red plaque appeared in Qin Yan's hand, held high by him, facing Qiao Yichen, with a large character written in seal script on it - Ying.

  Innumerable cloud patterns surround the character "shadow", and under the big character, there are two seal characters as small as soybeans, which is the identity mark of the holder.

  Qin Yan!

  That's right, the following two words are Qin Yan!

  It's clear that the leader of the Shadow has made up his mind to recruit him, and even prepared an identity badge in advance. However, the notorious title "Greedy Wolf" can no longer be used, not to mention that Greedy Wolf was one of the fourteen great generals of the "Tianming" organization, and he had no other alias, so he could only use his name as a temporary substitute for his alias.

  Qiao Yichen stared foolishly at the nameplate, raised his right hand, and pointed tremblingly at the nameplate.

  Who the hell told this young master what exactly did he discover?

  Who is this crawling insect?

  How is this possible?!

  What's going on?!

  He was very clear that 'Ying' had an extremely special status in Yan Huang, and the Nanhai faction he was in was very powerful, almost as strong as 'Ying', but no one dared to oppose 'Ying', nor did he dare, because that would lead to all other forces of Yan Huang attacking together.

  This is a powerful and extremely special organization. Within Yan Huang, all parties have an unwritten rule: strictly prohibiting disciples from conflicting with 'Shadows'. If someone is found to be deliberately provoking 'Shadows', regardless of their identity, they will not be easily forgiven.

  Why would those powers follow a rule that is so unfair to them?

  It's very simple, because 'shadow' is the guardian of the Yan Huang people.

  On this planet with a diameter of over 10,000 kilometers, there exist different ethnic groups and races, forming more than two hundred large and small countries and regions.

  There is racial discrimination, ethnic discrimination, but the greatest conflict is still the conflict between countries, and the root of the conflict is always interests. For a country to survive, to be stronger than other countries, it needs to protect its power, and this power, apart from the army on the surface, also has warriors hidden in the dark.

  As one of the world's largest countries, the Yellow Emperor wants to inherit and survive in competition, and must also have the power to confront other countries.

  Who will take on this responsibility?

  There are many descendants of the Yan and Huang emperors with family-style and sect-style influences, but none of them is willing to take on this responsibility.

  Once becoming the guardian of the Yan Huang, it is inevitable to compete with other countries' similar forces, fight and kill each other. In this process, warriors will die continuously, and eventually, this force will be greatly reduced due to massive consumption, ultimately falling into decline and extinction.

  The reason why all forces within Yanhuang jointly follow this seemingly unfair rule is actually because they dare not offend the "Shadow".

  If this behemoth is provoked, it will no longer take responsibility for guarding the Yellow Emperor's legacy and will throw in the towel. Who will do it afterwards?

  No force is willing to see its painstakingly trained masters fall one by one in the struggle against other forces, which is why 'Shadows' have privileges.

  Of course, since personnel are constantly being injured in the battle, they must be constantly replenished. Otherwise, even if 'Ying' is strong, it cannot withstand such consumption. Therefore, 'Ying' enjoys privileges in all aspects, including the selection of members, and can even forcibly recruit masters from any family or sect of Yan Huang when necessary.

  In short, even if Qiao Yichen is the young master of Nanhai, he cannot openly oppose 'Ying', not even his own grandfather, the Pope!

  Several men in black stopped in their tracks, they also recognized the nameplate.

  Those who humiliate South Sea will inevitably face the revenge of a faction from South Sea!

  Who dares to insult 'Ying'?

  That would be the common enemy of all martial forces in Yan Huang, and even the powerful Nanhai would be powerless to resist, because the survival and attitude of "Ying" are directly related to the interests of all martial forces in Yan Huang. As long as "Ying" fights to protect Yan Huang with its life, other domestic forces do not need to charge forward, and can enjoy peace and tranquility at home.

  "Let's go!"

  Qiao Yichen finally took a step back. As the second-generation heir, he wasn't an idiot and even if he wanted to deal with Qin Yan, he couldn't let everyone in the world know about it.

  "Master Qiao is leaving just like that? The matter between us has not been settled yet." Qin Yan's figure flashed, blocking Qiao Yichen in front of him with a smile.

  "Qin surname, don't be too excessive!"

  Jiao Yichen was already embarrassed by his retreat, and in his opinion, he had already given in. Qin Yan should have taken advantage of the situation and stopped, but unexpectedly this crawling insect refused to give up. Jiao Yichen couldn't help but burst into anger: "You never showed your emblem from the start, I didn't know you were a 'Shadow' person, even if you went to heaven, you wouldn't be reasonable!"

  Rules are rules but they're not absolute. Others can't provoke someone with a "shadow" identity, on the condition that you also let the other party know your identity.

  Moreover, having this dual identity does not mean one can do as they please. That rule is also based on right and wrong; otherwise, the "shadow" person would be able to kill whoever they want.

  In fact, until now, Qiao Yichen still didn't know how Qin Yan had obtained that nameplate. He thought the other party was deliberately pretending to be a pig eating a tiger to fool him, otherwise, why would Jīn Gāng, Xuě Yǐng and Jīn Sī appear so coincidentally?

  He hated Qin Yan even more: You deliberately made Ben Shaozhu a monkey!

  "Whether or not you know who I am, you kidnapped my friend and smashed up my bar. Are you just going to get away with it?"

  "What do you want?"

  "Pay back debts."

  "Think you can extort me? What can you do if I say no?"

  "It's nothing."

  Qin Yan smiled slyly at Qiao Yichen, and lightly laughed to Xue Ying: "If I give you a prescription that can make an ordinary person advance to the third heaven within half a month, wouldn't that be a great achievement?"

  Xue Ying was taken aback, and then her heart started racing like a motor, she even thought she had misheard.

  Triple Heaven!

  In the world of martial artists, this kind of strength is really too weak. Some ordinary people who have not practiced martial arts can even reach the Threefold Heaven Boundary after undergoing rigorous military training.

  However, whether it's an ordinary person training or cultivating martial arts mental methods, from an ordinary person to the Threefold Heaven, people with extremely good talent can achieve this in two to three years. If Qin Yan can really do it, it means he can help the Huaxia martial artists save two to three years of cultivation time, and these extra two to three years may be able to raise them to an even higher level.

  Attention!

  This is not about elevating one or two people, nor is it about elevating a group of people. Rather, it's fundamentally allowing all martial artists after the Yan and Huang dynasties to save two to three years of arduous cultivation time.

  The achievement is for the present, but the benefit is for a thousand years!

  "If you can do it, I think your nameplate can change color." Xue Ying struggled to keep her expression calm, but her mood was excited beyond words.

  The emblem represents identity, and the 'shadow' emblem is divided into four levels. The lowest level is Qin Yan's purple-red color, which is a sign of reserve members. Then there are the official members' purple-black emblems, the core elders' purple-gold emblems, and only one leader emblem.

  "Change the brand and it's useless. Use this achievement to exchange for his life, is it enough?" Qin Yan pointed at Qiao Yichen, saying lightly.

  "Not enough!" Xue Ying thought for a moment and shook her head.

  "Is it worth half of one's life?"

  "Almost."

  "Alright."

  After Qin Yan got a satisfactory answer, he smiled at Qiao Yichen and said: "If you don't compensate me, I'll break your four limbs and castrate your fifth limb. Believe me, with the help of those three, the disabled people around you are not enough to look at, I guarantee that you will never get out of bed for the rest of your life."