Chapter 41 Arrogant Ignorance?

Liu Qianzhong was stunned.

As the dean of the academy, one of the strongest in the empire, countless people sought to become his disciple. It was not an exaggeration to say that there were enough people willing to line up from the academy to outside the imperial city.

However, despite such an opportunity, this Ye Chen actually refused!

"Young man, do you know what you're refusing?" Ouyang Qianzhong spoke lightly, his tone showing some displeasure. It was evident that his impression of Ye Chen had deteriorated significantly.

This youngster had some talent, but he was too arrogant.

"I have no interest in knowing," Ye Chen replied casually, asking directly, "So, why did you summon me here?"

Ouyang Qianzhong looked deeply at Ye Chen and continued calmly, "Originally, I wanted to give you an opportunity to become my disciple. Since you've refused, let's talk about something else."

"As for the Ye family, I've already spoken to them, and they won't trouble you anymore. As for the royal family, they're willing to appoint your father as the lord of Tianyou City. You and your father can rule over Tianyou City, and the empire will provide you with the greatest protection."

With Ouyang Qianzhong's words, Ye Chen's eyebrows raised slightly.

"Finally, I will bestow upon you a set of True-level martial techniques. With your talent, coupled with True-level martial techniques, entering the True Martial Realm will be no difficult task. And, in the future, if you encounter any difficulties, I will do my utmost to protect you once."

Ouyang Qianzhong spoke softly.

The disciple beside him listened with wide-eyed disbelief.

To ensure that the Ye family wouldn't trouble Ye Chen and his father was perhaps a simple matter for Ouyang Qianzhong.

But appointing Ye Chen's father as the lord of a city among the thirty-six cities of the Xuantian Empire, each lord being a member of the royal family, would make Ye Chen's family an extraordinary figure in the empire.

A lordship of a city by someone from a different surname? It was unprecedented.

And the True-level martial techniques, along with the dean's protection...

These were all incredibly valuable assets.

Ouyang Qianzhong was one of the strongest individuals in the empire. With his protection and the royal appointment, Ye Chen and his father would undoubtedly become influential figures in the empire.

A lordship by someone from a different surname, controlling a city, could be considered a power within the nation itself.

And with the dean's protection, who in the Xuantian Empire would dare to move against Ye Chen and his father?

Ye Chen's smile gradually faded as he heard Ouyang Qianzhong's words. His gaze focused on the dean, and he asked, "Dean, what is the meaning behind your words?"

"It's nothing more than this: because you are close kin to Shuixian," Ouyang Qianzhong said.

Ye Chen lowered his voice, saying, "I don't like beating around the bush. If you have something to say, say it directly."

Ouyang Qianzhong looked deeply at Ye Chen, his pupils appearing profound, and said, "Very well, then I'll be direct. I heard that you intend to take Shuixian away?"

"And what if I am?" Ye Chen asked.

"What I'm saying is, you cannot take Shuixian away. The promises I've made to you are based on Shuixian's face. These promises are sufficient compensation for you. In the future, do not disturb Shuixian's cultivation," Ouyang Qianzhong said.

"Haha." Ye Chen chuckled, his gaze equally profound and dazzling, like a brilliant star.

"Shuixian is my sister. If I want to take her away, who can stop me? Furthermore, what you call compensation is garbage in my eyes. What qualifications do you have to compensate me?"

Even if the Ye family set aside their grievances and wouldn't trouble them, Ye Chen wouldn't let it go. Did they need Ouyang Qianzhong to inform them? 

As for the royal appointment as a lord with a different surname, did Ye Chen care?

If Ye Chen was willing, not to mention the lordship of a small empire, he could even sit on the imperial throne.

As for the so-called True-level martial techniques, Ye Chen couldn't be bothered to even look at them. As the Infinite Immortal Emperor, his mind was filled with countless profound immortal techniques. Would he care about these garbage martial techniques?

And the dean's protection was even more ridiculous. Did Ye Chen, a man of infinite immortality, need Ouyang Qianzhong's protection? It was really overestimating himself.

"Young man, don't be ungrateful." Ouyang Qianzhong's eyes narrowed, staring at Ye Chen, an invisible pressure spreading silently. The disciple beside him staggered back several steps, unable to bear the pressure.

Ye Chen also felt some pressure, but his body remained straight, his gaze deep and unchanging, still brilliant.

"Shuixian has astonishing talent, rarely seen in a hundred years. She will definitely leave the academy in the future and enter a broader world. If you take her back to Tianyou City, you will be burying her talent and future. A teacher cannot tolerate such a thing."

Ye Chen laughed disdainfully. "Shuixian staying in the academy is burying her talent and future."

"Hmph!" Ouyang Qianzhong snorted repeatedly. This Ye Chen was truly too arrogant.

Not only did he boast of accepting someone's favor and assisting him in breaking through to the Imperial Martial Realm, he now claimed that keeping Shuixian in the academy would bury her talent and future.

Wasn't this implying that he, Ouyang Qianzhong, was not qualified to teach Shuixian?

"Young and arrogant is indeed a good thing, but being too arrogant is ignorance. Young man, do you know how vast the world is and what constitutes a strong individual?" Ouyang Qianzhong suppressed his aura, speaking disdainfully. He believed that Ye Chen was ignorant and too arrogant, beyond reason.

Ye Chen sneered at his words.

In the Canglan Continent, no one dared to speak to him about the vastness of the world, because he was the Infinite Immortal Emperor, traversing countless realms. How could a mortal from a lower plane understand?

As for strong individuals, even the strongest in the Canglan Continent weren't worth mentioning in Ye Chen's eyes.

Ouyang Qianzhong had the qualifications to talk about the vastness of the world and the strength of individuals?

"Shuixian has astonishing talent, rarely seen in a hundred years. In the future, she will break through to the Imperial Martial Realm. Youngster, do you perhaps not know what it means to reach the Imperial Martial Realm?" Ouyang Qianzhong looked at Ye Chen and continued, "In the Imperial Martial Realm, one commands the rules of heaven and earth, able to travel through the void like immortals. For hundreds of years, there has not been a single Imperial Martial Realm expert in the Xuantian Empire

, and Shuixian is the most likely candidate to achieve it."

"If you take her away, you will be stifling a potential Imperial Martial Realm expert. She's your sister, can you bear to waste her talent and future?"

"It's you who are wasting my sister's talent and future," Ye Chen shook his head and laughed. "Imperial Martial Realm may seem unattainable in your eyes, but to me, it's nothing but ants. Give me a year, and I can help Shuixian enter the Imperial Martial Realm. Her future is not something you can imagine."

"Hmph, arrogant and ignorant!" Ouyang Qianzhong's disappointment was evident.

Imperial Martial Realm is just ants? Helping someone enter the Imperial Martial Realm within a year?

This Ye Chen was truly arrogant and ignorant, beyond reasoning.