Battle Through the Heavens: The Alchemist Starting from the Ye Family

As for Hu Tian, ​​whom Ye Zhong mentioned, he was a retainer of the Ye family for decades, with the strength of a half-step Dou Zong. It is said that he was saved by Ye Xun, the patriarch of the Ye family, and therefore voluntarily followed Ye Xun as a servant...

However, for the past few decades, the Ye family has treated him as a revered figure, so his loyalty is absolutely unquestionable. Therefore, Ye Zhong can feel more at ease having Hu Tian accompany and protect Ye Chen, the young master of the Ye family.

Upon hearing the news that Ye Chen was going on a trip, Ye Lan and Song Chun'er were somewhat surprised and immediately objected.

Knowing that this situation would occur, Ye Chen did not mention it to the two of them beforehand, but instead discussed it with his grandfather, Ye Zhong, first.

As long as Ye Zhong agrees, it doesn't matter whether Ye Lan and Song Chun'er agree or not.

Sure enough, after Ye Zhong spoke up, the two of them had no choice but to swallow their anger.

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However, judging from his mother's threatening gaze, Ye Chen knew that he was probably in for a rough time...

"No, I can't stay at home anymore!"

Having made his decision, Ye Chen's gaze immediately shifted to Ye Zhong.

An hour later, Ye Chen walked along the path of the Ye family again, followed by a thin, long-bearded old man in purple robes.

The fledgling eagle has grown up; it's time for it to soar through the sky!

Thinking of Ye Zhong's words, Hu Tian felt a sense of relief when he looked at the handsome young man in front of him.

He was originally a wandering ghost in this world, someone who would go unnoticed even if he died in some obscure corner...

If he hadn't been unintentionally saved by Ye Xun forty years ago, he might have already become a skeleton by now.

It was from the moment he was rescued that Hu Tian decided that his life belonged to Ye Xun!

Over the course of forty years, he knew very well what his master had gone through.

The decline of the Ye family tormented him constantly, making him restless and unable to eat or sleep properly every day...

Thirteen years ago, Ye Chen was born, which gave his master real hope!

When Ye Chen first detected a terrifying soul value far exceeding that of his peers, Hu Tian witnessed for the first time how his master lost his composure.

That night, the master held his hand, and the two talked all night long!

Ye Chen is the Ye family's last hope!

It was also the owner's last hope!

Thinking of all this, Hu Tian made up his mind that no matter what happened, even if it meant sacrificing his own life, he had to ensure Ye Chen's safety!

After all, Ye Xun gave him his life, and he should return it to Ye Xun in the end, shouldn't he?

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……

Ye Chen's departure did not alert anyone except his parents and grandfather Ye Zhong.

The young man, dressed in ordinary clothes, walked out of the gate empty-handed, and then slowly disappeared at the end of the street under the respectful gaze of the family guards.

"Young Clan Leader, where are we headed next?" After leaving the Ye family and wandering aimlessly through Ye City for a while, Hu Tian finally couldn't help but ask.

Although he had been in this world for thirteen years, Ye Chen had spent most of his time at the Ye family home. Even in Ye City, he hadn't really had a proper chance to explore. So, it was inevitable that he would be a little too excited about his first time out.

After hearing Hu Tian's question, Ye Chen stopped and thought about it for a moment.

He knew why Hu Tian asked that question...

The Central Continent is different from the Northwest Continent. Due to its vast territory, people in the Central Continent usually have to travel long distances by using space wormholes.

Moreover, Ye Chen can't even fly right now. If he really has to travel on foot, it will probably take him several months to reach the next city!

Ye Chen's main purpose in coming out this time was to see blood and get familiar with combat, so there was no need to run all over the world. Therefore, he planned to find some magical beasts to practice on first, then improve his strength, and finally see if he could rely on the protagonist's halo to find a suitable star chart for himself...

"Let's continue on foot for now, heading west to Qingyue City, and then if we have the chance, we'll see if we can visit Shengdan City..."

Chapter Twenty-Two: The First Battle

In the silent forest, a young man dressed in black walked quietly, his wary eyes constantly scanning the shadows among the trees, his hands tightly gripping the weapon at his waist, ready to deal with any unexpected situation at any moment.

This was Ye Chen's first time entering such a desolate and ancient forest. Looking at the huge ancient trees entwined with vines around him, it seemed as if countless dangers were lurking within.

"In this deep, ancient forest that has existed for who knows how many years, the weeds and vines are so dense that even if a magical beast were hiding ten meters away, you wouldn't be able to see it," Ye Chen thought, a chill running down his spine.

Since the goal is to hone his skills, it's impossible to let Elder Hu protect him openly all the time. Otherwise, with Elder Hu's strength at the half-step Dou Zong level, Ye Chen wouldn't need to fight the magical beasts himself.

After walking for a short while, Ye Chen had to stop.

Right in front of him, a monster resembling a red-maned wild boar, over two meters tall and four or five meters long, blocked his path.

"The Fanged Bloodmane Beast is a third-tier earth-attribute magical beast. It possesses immense strength and astonishing defense. Even a Dou Ling expert cannot withstand its full-force charge!"

Information about the magical beast instantly appeared in Ye Chen's mind.

Ye Chen's powerful soul force gave him a strong memory. From a young age, he was able to memorize his family's thick medical scriptures perfectly. He also knew a lot about magical beasts.

Faced with this kind of melee-oriented magical beast, Ye Chen, an alchemist, naturally couldn't possibly engage it in a direct confrontation...

As he retreated, a ball of silver flame rose directly from his palm, then rapidly wriggled in his palm and transformed into a small silver snake, which shot towards the wild boar.

The Bloodmane Beast completely ignored this insignificant little creature, lowering its head and charging towards Ye Chen...

In the blink of an eye, the silver fire serpent slammed directly into the Bloodmane Beast's massive head.

boom!

A burst of intense flames erupted instantly, completely engulfing the Bloodmane Beast's large head.

A smell of burning fur immediately filled the air, followed by the painful howl of the fanged bloodmane beast...

Ye Chen's Starfire was as powerful as the beast fire of a fifth-tier magical beast, so the mere third-tier Bloodmane Beast was no match for the intense heat of the Starfire.

It's only because this thing is tough and has high magic resistance that I could have blown its head apart with that fire explosion.

Ye Chen hid on a branch of a large tree in the distance, watching the Bloodmane Beast's massive body struggle and roar on the ground below, which lasted for a full quarter of an hour before finally stopping.

At this moment, everything within a radius of several dozen meters of the Bloodmane Beast had been razed to the ground. The huge ancient trees that would take several people to encircle had their trunks snapped in half, and a patch of flowers and grass had been trampled down...

Ye Chen was looking at the huge corpse of the Bloodmane Beast on the ground, wondering if he should get some pork to taste, when Hu Tian, ​​who had been hiding in the shadows, suddenly appeared and said in a deep voice, "The commotion you just caused was too great, and all the surrounding magical beasts have been alerted. You must leave immediately!"

Although he had checked the forest and found no sixth-tier magical beast kings, Ye Chen, with his strength of only a one-star Great Dou Master, would be unable to withstand even fourth- or fifth-tier magical beasts.

These words directly extinguished Ye Chen's desire to try something new; in fact, he could already vaguely hear the sounds of beasts coming from the distant dense forest.

A roar...

Without any hesitation, Ye Chen jumped onto the tree trunk beside him, nimbly leaping over the tangled branches and vines that blocked his path, just like a monkey.

They ran for more than ten miles, and just as Ye Chen was about to stop and rest...

"Holy crap...!!" Upon seeing the scene not far away, Ye Chen couldn't help but gasp.

A dozen meters in front of him, the ground was littered with the corpses of more than ten people.

The bodies of these dozen or so people were not yet badly decomposed, but the marks of being bitten and eaten were very obvious. One of the men even had most of his thigh eaten away, and his stomach had been ripped open...

Seeing the bloody scene that suddenly appeared in front of him, Ye Chen's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but stop breathing.

"They should have died two or three days ago." Hu Tian reappeared beside Ye Chen, carefully examining the corpses on the ground, and said calmly.

Although Ye Chen had prepared himself mentally before leaving his family, seeing this bloody scene still made him feel slightly nauseous.

Hu Tian thought this was quite normal. After all, it was already quite remarkable that a thirteen-year-old boy who had never left home and experienced the true cruelty of the world could maintain his composure when he saw such a scene for the first time.

“Young clan leader, look closely. There’s an inconspicuous bloodstain on the clothes of these five corpses near their hearts. If I’m not mistaken, these five people were killed by humans, and by the same person.”

As he spoke, Hu Tian pointed to the unmarked corpse to the west and explained.

"There are other people like these. Although many of their bodies have been confiscated and devoured, careful observation reveals wounds inflicted by different weapons. Therefore, this group was not killed by monsters, but by humans, and possibly even their own companions..."

Listening to Hu Tian's introduction, Ye Chen also forced himself to examine the corpses, and they were indeed as the latter had described.

"I originally thought that these people had all died at the hands of magical beasts in such a dangerous forest, but I didn't expect that they were killed by their own people..." Ye Chen shook his head silently and sighed.

Hu Tian, ​​standing beside him, remained calm, only saying, "On the Central Continent, danger is never just limited to magical beasts. Young Clan Leader, you must always keep this in mind!"

Ye Chen nodded, keeping Hu Tian's reminder firmly in mind.

Neither the original novel nor Ye Chen's memories from the past ten years contain any information about the lives of these lower-class people in Zhongzhou...

Compared to the barren Northwest Continent and the Gama Empire, places like the Central Plains are far more dangerous and far greater!

Especially for those "weak" individuals below the rank of Fighting King...

"Alright, let's keep going. There are bound to be other dangers in this place, so we shouldn't stay any longer."

After Hu Tian gave a reminder, the two set off again, traversing through the dense forest.

The rest of the journey was much calmer, with no major incidents except for the occasional encounter with a magical beast or two.

Ye Chen also took action multiple times, eliminating some magical beasts suitable for his practice, and also gathering some rare spiritual herbs, until he traversed this mountain range...

Chapter Twenty-Three: Qingyue City

Half a month later

Beside a stream near the outer edge of the mountains, Ye Chen was sitting on a blue stone, washing his wounds with clean water.

In the past two weeks, Ye Chen has experienced dozens of battles, big and small, sometimes several times a day, and many of them were very dangerous. Naturally, he has also suffered various wounds.

Some of these wounds were inflicted by monsters, but many were also caused by humans...

Several times Ye Chen almost died at the hands of those cunning magical beasts and despicable people, but thanks to Hu Tian who was always watching from the shadows, he was always able to save Ye Chen at the most critical moment.

in particular--

He had a horrific wound in his abdomen; he had truly been on the verge of death that time, but in the end, it was thanks to Hu Tian, ​​who was prepared, that he was saved.

The wound wasn't left by a monster, but by a very cute-looking girl.

"I was really blind back then, actually believing that all her friends had been killed, leaving her all alone and injured..." Ye Chen felt a lingering fear when he thought about what happened a week ago.

That girl looked so kind and innocent; when she stared at you with her big, round eyes, you couldn't possibly have any bad intentions.

Well, the most important thing is that the other party has a pair of huge breasts, which, combined with her girlish innocence, completely overwhelmed Ye Chen.

When Ye Chen found her, the other four men and one girl she called her companions were already dead, leaving only her looking like a frightened deer in front of Ye Chen...

At the time, Ye Chen thought it was his protagonist halo kicking in, and that fate had directly given him a chance to be a hero and save a damsel in distress. And, as is customary, wouldn't the other party also have to have an incredibly powerful and prestigious identity...?

Unfortunately, it was all just an illusion!

I still remember how I thoughtfully concocted medicine to heal the little girl's wounds, and how this frightened little deer needed Ye Chen to hold her every night before she could fall asleep peacefully...

Seeing the girl sleeping peacefully every day filled Ye Chen with joy, and he secretly sighed that he was indeed the protagonist, his luck with women was truly amazing! But after two days of this, on the third day…

The girl, who had been sleeping peacefully in Ye Chen's arms, suddenly stabbed the unsuspecting Ye Chen in the abdomen with a dagger...

Immediately afterward, Hu Tian, ​​who was hiding in the shadows, made his move. He directly severed the woman's hand holding the knife, along with her shoulder, with a blade of battle qi.

Feeling deceived, Ye Chen flew into a rage, slapping the woman's head until it was smashed, and then burning her to ashes.

In fact, Hu Tian had already noticed something was wrong with her when she first appeared. It was very likely that the person who killed the so-called companion she mentioned was that woman herself!

If she hadn't been seriously injured at the time and not confident in killing Ye Chen, she probably wouldn't have gone through the motions for three days...

The reason Hu Tian didn't reveal his discovery was to let Ye Chen experience it firsthand so that he could truly remember the lesson.

He just didn't seem to expect that this lesson would be so profound...

Regardless, Hu Tian achieved his goal this time. Having learned his lesson, Ye Chen was no longer fooled by those with ill intentions, and he acted without hesitation, killing anyone, regardless of gender!

By the stream, while reflecting on his experiences over the past two weeks, Ye Chen took out a medicine bottle from his storage ring, crushed a healing pill, and sprinkled the powder on his wound.

Fortunately, it was just some superficial injuries. Although it looked terrible, it was actually nothing serious. After using the Ye family's special wound medicine, not even a scar would be left.

After a quick bandage, Ye Chen took out a clean set of clothes, changed, and immediately ran out of the forest.

Now that they had reached the outer edge of the mountain range, the magical beasts they encountered were becoming weaker and fewer in number...

By the time the sun had passed its zenith, a wide road had appeared before Ye Chen.

With a flash, Hu Tian was already beside Ye Chen. Looking at the distant end of the road, he said in a deep voice, "Following this road, Qingyue City is another thirty miles away..."

Once they left the mountains, their initial training was over. The two then needed to travel to Qingyue City, so Hu Tian stopped hiding in the shadows and instead followed Ye Chen directly.

Thirty miles was not a long distance for Ye Chen and his companion; they arrived in just a quarter of an hour.