I will burn books and slay gods.

Chen Ye's eyes suddenly became wary as he looked at all the guards in front of him who had drawn their swords and were pointing their blades at him!

"You all step back..." Chen Ye said.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ye squatted down and picked up a chopstick from the floor at random.

Huo Lie saw Chen Ye pick up a chopstick and couldn't help but sneer, "You think you can clash with my sword with just this chopstick? You're just... too arrogant."

"Conceptual definition—hardening," Chen Ye said in a low voice.

"I don't care what you're muttering." At Huo Lie's signal, "Go! Kill him!"

For some reason, the four guards began to move extremely slowly, as if time had slowed down.

Just as one of the guards was about to succeed, his sword was only an inch away from Chen Ye.

Suddenly, Chen Ye, who was standing in front of the guards, vanished instantly, and the sword blade missed its mark.

The guard staggered, his sword blade embedded in the floor, and he used the hilt to steady himself.

The guards were so shocked they couldn't speak, their faces filled with terror as they searched for Chen Ye's figure.

At this moment, it wasn't just the guard who missed his target who was searching for Chen Ye's figure; in an instant, Chen Ye disappeared from sight.

Just then, a guard who was looking for Chen Ye found him sitting quietly next to Huo Lie. Just as the guard was about to call out, Huo Lie's scream followed immediately.

At this moment, the chopstick in Chen Ye's hand, which had been re-hardened by the concept definition, had become extremely hard. The guard watched as the chopstick was plunged into Huo Lie's left leg and then quickly pulled out!

"Ah—!" Huo Lie's scream came out the instant Chen Ye pulled out the chopsticks.

All eyes turned to Huo Lie, who was screaming in pain. Blood was streaming down his leg. Huo Lie, who had already suffered a mild concussion from Chen Ye's punch, was now injured again.

Almost simultaneously, Chen Ye, holding chopsticks, moved swiftly beside the four guards!

None of the four guards could touch Chen Ye in the slightest.

The four guards were filled with panic. They had never seen such a powerful person before; it was as if a "god" had descended to earth.

My own skills are completely inadequate to show off in front of this great man; such provocation is simply suicide.

She panicked and searched everywhere for Chen Ye.

In an instant, the weapons of the four guards who were gripping them tightly were suddenly released from their hands, followed by painful screams.

Chen Ye did not use chopsticks to end the guard's life.

Instead, when no one could see Chen Ye, he used chopsticks to pierce the palms of four guards, penetrating their hands to teach them a lesson.

Then Chen Ye reappeared in everyone's sight, but the four guards were now powerless to resist. Seeing the situation was dire, Huo Lie quickly told the only remaining uninjured member of the Wang family to help him away.

Just as he was leaving the private room, Huo Lie, still stubbornly insisting, angrily said, "You wait, I'll be back..."

Before Huo Lie could finish speaking, a chopstick flew past his face and embedded itself firmly in the outer railing post.

Huo Lie stared tremblingly at the chopstick, then exclaimed in surprise, "Quick, quick, get out of here!"

The polite people downstairs, upon witnessing this scene, were all shocked by the powerful figure. Some guests even gathered together to discuss, "I wonder what's been going on these past few days? So many powerful people have appeared in various places, beating up the two young masters of the Wang family. Perhaps this is retribution for the Wang family."

……

Meanwhile, inside the private room, the Mo family patriarch asked Chen Ye with concern, "Young friend, do you know who he is?"

"Who is it?" Chen Ye replied indifferently.

"He's a member of the Huo family!"

"His father is Huo Zhenna!"

When Chen Ye heard the name Huo Zhen, he suddenly stood up. Lin Su and Wang Xiaoming were equally shocked.

"Master Mo, is what you're saying true? His father is Huo Zhen?" Chen Ye asked anxiously.

"yes!"

After hearing the Mo family head's definite answer, Chen Ye looked at Lin Su and the other person and nodded slightly.

He walked up to the two of them and said, "It seems we have indeed arrived in the right time and space."

Seeing the anxious Mo family leader, he said hastily, "You've offended the wrong people, and it's also my fault. I shouldn't have brought you here. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so deeply involved."

Seeing the Mo family head hurriedly apologizing, Chen Ye and the other two approached him and said, "Mo family head, we should thank you. If you hadn't sent us here, we might still be lost. Now we've found some clues, more or less."

The Mohist leader's eyes suddenly lit up. "Really!"

Chen Ye and the other two nodded in agreement.

Then Chen Ye spoke to the Mo Clan Chief, "Clan Chief, could you find us a place to rest, preferably not an inn? Is that possible?"

After listening to Chen Ye's request, the Mo family leader said righteously, "No problem. I happen to have another courtyard. If you don't mind, I can take you there."

"Of course," Chen Ye said with a smile.

Afterwards, Chen Ye and the other two left Huatian Restaurant with the head of the Mo family. The proprietress did not ask the four for any compensation from the private room.

Afterwards, led by the Mo family leader, they walked south along the street until they arrived at a secluded courtyard.

"Young friend Chen, this is it." Then, the head of the Mo family unlocked the door to the courtyard and entered.

Following closely behind the Mo family head, Chen Ye and the other two entered the courtyard together. Chen Ye discovered that there were two rooms and a courtyard that was not too small.

Once the Mo family patriarch lit the lamps, one of the rooms became brightly lit. Chen Ye and his companions entered the brightly lit room, whereupon the Mo family patriarch spoke, "In that case, young friend Chen, I shall take my leave. If there is anything you need, please feel free to ask, and I will do my best to assist you."

Just then, Chen Ye spoke up and asked, "Patriarch Mo, may I ask where the Huo family's residence is?"

The Mo family head hesitated slightly, and Chen Ye noticed his concern. "Since the Mo family head is unwilling, then just pretend I didn't say anything."

No, no.

"The Huo residence is located two streets north of this villa, then east."

"Don't think I'm being long-winded, but please be careful with such a dangerous matter."

"That's all the advice I can offer."

Please forgive me.

The Mo family leader told Chen Ye the general route, but there were some things he didn't say.

After listening to the Mo family leader's explanation, Chen Ye said, "Okay, we will."

The Mo family patriarch then handed the key to the villa to Chen Ye, bid farewell to the three of them, and left. He departed the villa, watched by the three of them.

……

At this moment, after leaving the villa, the head of the Mo family looked around and then boarded a secluded carriage. Inside the carriage were Mo Zheng and Mo Xun.

"How is Father? What about these three?"

"Is it really okay to leave this to them?"

Mo Xun asked his father.

"Yes!" the Mo family leader said confidently.

Mo Zheng and Mo Xun looked at their father, whose face was beaming with joy, and asked, "Father, why are you so happy?"

"I originally sent you out to find some thugs, but I never expected you two to find such powerful individuals. I was planning to have them do this for us over dinner today. But instead, we ran into Huo Lie!"

Mo Zheng and Mo Xun looked shocked.

"And then?"

"Later, the guy you found, Chen Ye, single-handedly outmaneuvered several of the Huo family's capable guards. Because of this incident, Zheng'er's wedding will have to be postponed. Or rather, young friend Chen has taken on an even more difficult task for us."

"With them around, our Mohist school will be extremely safe."

The Mohist master recounted.

After the Mo family leader recounted everything that had happened that evening to Zheng'er and Xun'er, the two were completely incredulous at Chen Ye's power. "Luckily, we weren't too reckless."

The three then boarded a carriage and headed back to the Mo residence.

Meanwhile, Chen Ye locked the gate in the courtyard and returned to his room to discuss important matters with Lin Su.

At this moment, Lin Su, who was inside the room, spoke up, "I never expected that the head of the Huo family would be Huo Zhen. But I still can't understand how Huo Zhen could appear so young in the original timeline, looking only about twenty years old."

"Or how did he become a member of the Night's Watch? Did he awaken his powers later?"

All sorts of questions were raised by the three of them. These events made Chen Ye even more convinced that Tang Shouyi was definitely hiding something!

But the answers to these questions are for them to find themselves. Perhaps Lan Tu's journey to this time and space was also to find some answers, some things that even he himself didn't know.

But where is the blueprint for traveling to this time now?

As Chen Ye and his companions pondered these questions, they felt the situation was becoming increasingly unpredictable. Even Lin Su felt that some kind of cause and effect was unfolding within them.

The three then decided to secretly visit the Huo family the next morning to find out if the head of the Huo family was the Huo Zhen they knew.

……

Morning arrived quickly.

He stretched and got out of bed. For safety reasons, the three of them had stayed in the same room to rest yesterday, with Lin Su sleeping on the bed, while Chen Ye and Wang Xiaoming took turns keeping watch.

Last night, when the Mo family patriarch left, he gave Chen Ye some money. Afterwards, Chen Ye and the other two left the courtyard and locked the gate.

Afterwards, they ate breakfast at a roadside breakfast shop. After finishing, they followed the route described by the Mo family master the night before, leaving the courtyard and heading north. Then, they turned east at the second street and finally saw the Huo residence.

The three of them continued walking along the route. As they went on, Chen Ye increasingly felt that something was wrong with their surroundings. He then whispered to the other two, "Has anyone else noticed that there are fewer and fewer people on the streets?"

After Chen Ye said those words, the two began to observe the situation on the street. Although they hadn't observed much at first, it was indeed as Chen Ye had said: the closer they got to the Huo residence, the fewer people were on the street, and the more deserted it became.

Just then, Chen Ye suddenly noticed a sign on the roadside with three portraits depicted on it. Chen Ye patted the two of them and pointed to the sign, saying, "Don't you think the people in those portraits look familiar?"

This remark piqued their interest, and the three of them walked up to the notice board. After looking at the portrait, they exchanged glances. Suddenly, Wang Xiaoming laughed and said, "Chen Ye, isn't that you? The portrait looks quite like you."

When Chen Ye heard Wang Xiaoming still joking even after saying that, Wang Xiaoming noticed that the air suddenly became quiet after he finished speaking, while Chen Ye and Lin Su looked at Wang Xiaoming speechlessly.

Only then did Wang Xiaoming realize, "This...this...isn't this our wanted poster...?"