Chapter 1086: Cool Down

Chapter 1086: Xiao Xiao Qi Ma!

“Look at you, don't be so petty!” Seeing Ye Chen bending down to pick up a brick again, Mu Wanqing looked at him with a wronged expression. “Look how pretty I am; can you really bear to hit me?”

“I can bear it, and I can bear it very well.” Ye Chen's face was full of dark lines. For some reason, every time he saw Mu Wanqing, his face felt painfully sore. This was the second time he'd been thrown out of the gambling house, and he hadn't forgotten that grudge. If they weren't in Youdu, he would have slapped her already.

“Here, consider this an apology.” Mu Wanqing handed over a storage bag.

“Do I look like someone who's short on money?” Ye Chen said, but he had already taken the storage bag without hesitation. When he opened it and looked inside, he saw piles of shimmering yuan shi stacked like small mountains. A quick count showed at least 300,000 of them.

“What a generous gesture!” Ye Chen was stunned for a moment. Getting slapped twice and receiving 300,000 yuan shi as compensation— in that instant, he suddenly felt a strong urge: Sister, slap me two more times!

“Calm down, okay!” Mu Wanqing started blinking her watery, beautiful eyes again.

“No merits, no rewards— just spit it out, what do you want?” Ye Chen put away the storage bag and glanced at Mu Wanqing.

“It's nothing major; I just want to ask for your help.” Mu Wanqing's eyes curved into crescent moons.

“I knew it!” Ye Chen stroked his chin and began circling around Mu Wanqing, sizing her up as he went. “No wonder you're being so generous. You must need something from me!”

“So, will you help or not?”

“I'm busy.” Ye Chen shot back immediately. “When you were beating me, I didn't see the Mu family holding back at all.”

“You're wrong about that.” Mu Wanqing gave Ye Chen a reproachful look. “You keep running to our family's gambling house to win money. Who could put up with that? You can win, but don't be so ruthless!”

“Don't give me that nonsense.” Ye Chen wasn't having it. “What about my bets? I've never seen anyone as good at welching as you. And after welching, you even throw punches. Is there any justice?”

“I already brought it to you! And I added an extra 200,000.”

“No, no, no— that's a completely different matter.”

“Actually, it's not entirely my fault. How was I supposed to know if you were a spy sent by Ku Yue? I had to check it out!” Mu Wanqing stepped forward, adopting a coy demeanor, and grabbed Ye Chen's arm, shaking it like a little girl begging her big brother to buy her candy.

“Ku Yue?” Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. “What's that got to do with Ku Yue?”

“It's a big deal.” Mu Wanqing said with a face full of resentment. “My Mu family is a thorn in that old bastard's side. He's always plotting against us, so we can't rule out sending spies to cause trouble.”

“I see.” Ye Chen touched his chin and turned to leave. Now he understood why the Mu family had beaten him— it was all for probing, and that made sense in the context.

“Don't go!” Seeing Ye Chen about to leave, Mu Wanqing grabbed him. “Who'll help me if you go?”

“Who's Ku Yue anyway? Helping you means going against him. Unless I'm out of my mind.”

“I don't care; you have to help me.” Mu Wanqing directly hugged Ye Chen's leg. In this posture, even Ye Chen's composure wavered. What are you doing? You're the holy maiden of the Mu family. If they found out about this, would I get beaten to death the moment I step outside?

“I don't care; you have to help me.” Mu Wanqing completely ignored Ye Chen's strange look and clung to him like a rogue. As the holy maiden of the Mu family, this tactic left Ye Chen totally unprepared.

“Fine, fine, I'll help. Can you get up and talk?” Ye Chen rubbed his forehead hard.

“That's more like it.” Mu Wanqing chuckled and stood up immediately.

“Alright, spill it. What's going on?”

“There's this person, just like you— an outsider. In less than three days, he swept away seven or eight hundred thousand yuan shi from our Mu family gambling house.”

“Don't you have the Shen Ji Mirror? Like you did with me, just throw him out.” Ye Chen said irritably.

“He's different from you.” Mu Wanqing rubbed her forehead. “He's a guest elder under Yue Zhen. If we throw him out, Yue Zhen will come looking for trouble right away, and it could even lead to an all-out war.”

“Yue Zhen?” Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, not expecting it to involve him again.

“He's Ku Yue's disciple. To please Ku Yue, he's going all out to bring down my Mu family this time.” Mu Wanqing took a deep breath, and a cold glint flashed in her hazy eyes.

“Then calling me over won't help!” Ye Chen shrugged.

“As fellow outsiders, I believe you have a way.”

“I can help, but I have one condition.” Ye Chen glanced at Mu Wanqing.

“Go ahead; money's not an issue.” Mu Wanqing patted her chest generously. She was already determined to fight Yue Zhen and Ku Yue to the end. Everything was to protect the Mu family, and protecting the Mu family meant protecting her Jiu Huangzi. A mad woman like her was capable of anything.

“I don't want money. I just want the Mu family to pull some strings for me. I need to see Zi Ling Gongzhu.”

“Zi Ling Gongzhu?” Mu Wanqing was stunned.

“Is there a problem?”

“Why do you want to see Zi Ling? Do you like her?”

“Why I want to see her is none of your business.” Ye Chen said. “What I want to know is whether your Mu family has the ability to arrange it. If you do, I can try to help you deal with that person.”

“Yes, yes, of course we do.” Mu Wanqing hurriedly replied, full of confidence. “We don't even need to involve the Mu family; I can handle it myself. But please give me some time— Zi Ling is in closed cultivation right now.”

“Don't try to fool me.” Ye Chen looked Mu Wanqing up and down. “I'll overlook what happened before because of the circumstances, but if you welch again, I might just go be a guest elder for Yue Zhen and help bring down your Mu family. Don't blame me for being ruthless then.”

“How could I?”

“Alright, let's go check out that outsider first.” Ye Chen didn't waste any time and started walking.

“Got it!” Mu Wanqing quickly followed, and she seemed to be in a good mood. She had a strong feeling that this young man in front of her would definitely resolve the Mu family's current crisis.

It had to be said, she was at her wit's end. The Mu family elders were already very dissatisfied with her.

So, she needed Ye Chen to help her turn things around spectacularly, to regain the Mu family's trust. With their support, she'd have some leverage to keep fighting.

Everything she was doing was to protect that person, even if it meant setting aside her dignity as the Mu family's holy maiden.

Ye Chen had no idea what she was thinking. If he knew she was guarding the reincarnation of Xie Yun with such desperation, he wouldn't have mentioned any reward— he'd assist unconditionally.

It's worth noting that Ye Chen was helping Mu Wanqing not because of her pleas, but because this involved Yue Zhen. If aiding the Mu family could strike at Yue Zhen, he was more than willing to lend a hand.

Besides, Mu Wanqing could help him meet Zi Ling Gongzhu— it was a win-win situation.

The two walked one after the other, taking side paths and weaving through the bustling streets, entering the Mu family gambling house through a special passage.

My friend, we meet again!

As soon as they entered, Ye Chen saw the elder in purple robes who had beaten him.

Honestly, seeing you makes my hand itch!

Ye Chen's face was covered in dark lines. This was the second time he'd been thrown out of the gambling house, and he still remembered it vividly. Every time he thought about it, his face hurt, and his vision went starry.

Ye Chen's words left the purple-robed elder quite embarrassed.

Anyone would be upset in his position, so it was no wonder Ye Chen wasn't giving him a good face.

That's him!

While they were speaking, Mu Wanqing pointed it out, standing at the railing on the third floor and gesturing toward a gambling table below— more precisely, to the white-robed young man at the table, who was placing bets with great interest.

Ye Chen focused his gaze on the white-robed young man. He seemed somewhat demonic and effeminate, like a woman, with a faint, shimmering divine light covering his body, concealing his aura.

“He seems able to see through the dice points.” The purple-robed elder said. “He always bets with incredible accuracy.”

“Your dice cups are made of special divine materials; even Tian Yan couldn't see through them, let alone him.” Ye Chen said casually.

“Then where's the problem?” Mu Wanqing looked at Ye Chen.

“He's using a strange divine ability to deduce it.” Ye Chen revealed the secret. “In simple terms, he's not seeing through the dice points; he's calculating them. These kinds of divine techniques are profoundly mysterious.”

“Deduction.” Mu Wanqing frowned slightly, and after two or three seconds, she looked at Ye Chen. “That day when we gambled, were you using a deduction technique too?”

“Just as you thought.”

“I really underestimated you.” Mu Wanqing's beautiful eyes were full of meaning. Deduction techniques were profoundly mysterious and related to heavenly secrets. These secret arts were the hardest to learn and not everyone could master them— even great cultivators might not possess them. Yet, a Tian Jing cultivator like him had such a method.

“So, losing to you was destined from the start.” Mu Wanqing laughed and shook her head.

“My friend, do you have a way to deal with him?” The purple-robed elder looked at Ye Chen.

“There is a way, but it depends on whose deduction realm is superior.” Ye Chen pondered for a moment. “Next, I'll use deduction to interfere with his. Whether it works or not, we'll have to see.”

“What do you need us to do?” Mu Wanqing asked hurriedly.

“Just watch.” Ye Chen said lightly, and his fingers in his sleeve began to move, activating the Zhou Tian Evolution secret art.

This was his first time using Zhou Tian Evolution against an enemy. This divine ability wasn't an attack technique and had no offensive power, but it was different for someone else with a deduction divine ability.

Since it involved deduction, they were both peering into heavenly secrets in the shadows. As long as he found a subtle connection, Zhou Tian Evolution could be used to harm. The backlash from deduction was terrifying.

Ye Chen said nothing, and neither did Mu Wanqing and the purple-robed elder, afraid to disturb him.

Their eyes were fixed on the white-robed young man, hoping Ye Chen could truly disrupt his deduction.