"Wan Yanbing, Zi Fengchun, Wanren Mountain …"
The surrounding martialists began to recite their names one after another.
These names made Ye Chen's face darken.
Within the Sacred Race, the four great lineage clans had already become the symbol of martialists who valued their bloodline. As long as one was born in one of the four great lineage clans, there were very few martialists who didn't value their bloodline.
In other words, they were innately hostile towards foreign martialists like Ye Chen.
After knowing these people's identities, Ye Chen finally understood why no one had come to greet him when he was outside the ancestral cemetery.
And now, these people were filled with hostility towards him.
After saying his name impatiently, Wan Yanbing immediately continued, "Ye Chen, you are a member of the Sacred Race. The treasure in your hand naturally comes from the Sacred Race. I believe that the senior of the Sacred Race entrusted you to bring it to the ancestral cemetery for us to cultivate with. Therefore, it is no longer appropriate for this treasure to remain in your hands. Give it to me first."
After saying that, Wan Yanbing's figure flashed and he directly grabbed the jade stone in Ye Chen's hand.
This person's skin was really thick. After saying a few words, he immediately attacked Ye Chen in an attempt to snatch the treasure.
It wasn't surprising that he would act this way. There were countless powerhouses and geniuses in the ancestral cemetery. Although Wan Yanbing's talent wasn't bad, he definitely couldn't be considered top-notch in the ancestral cemetery.
If other people knew that Ye Chen had a treasure that specialized in dealing with Yin soldiers, they would probably swarm over like flies that had smelled blood.
When that happened, this treasure wouldn't belong to Wan Yanbing anymore.
Therefore, Wan Yanbing was so straightforward and recklessly snatching the treasure from Ye Chen's hands.
On the surface, Wan Yanbing looked like he was trying to snatch the treasure from Ye Chen's hands. However, in reality, his attacks were extremely ruthless. He looked like he wanted to severely injure Ye Chen.
"Blood Aperture Palm." Ye Chen swung his hands and used the Blood Aperture Palm to attack Wan Yanbing, who was rushing towards him.
Seeing Ye Chen attacking him, Wan Yanbing didn't care at all. He even laughed and said, "Ye Chen, although you reached the tenth floor of the Divinity Battle Tower at the First Heavenly Layer of the Divine Path, I am now at the Second Heavenly Layer of the Divine Path and have reached the sixteenth floor of the Divinity Battle Tower. What do you have to compete with me? Obediently give me that treasure and I will let you suffer less."
Boom!
Ye Chen's Blood Aperture Palm hit Wan Yanbing, but it didn't cause any harm to Wan Yanbing. On the contrary, Ye Chen was forced to retreat continuously.
"Wan Yanbing, this Brother Ye has just arrived at the ancestral graveyard, and you're already secretly attacking him. You're too shameless." A cold laugh suddenly sounded from the side.
The dozen young men and women who had taken away the veiled woman appeared on the side. One of them directly blocked Wan Yanbing's path.
He was only one step away from Ye Chen and would be able to snatch the treasure from Ye Chen's hands. However, someone had interfered and prevented him from doing so. Wan Yanbing's expression immediately turned ugly. He snorted coldly and said, "Wang Ji, do you want to challenge me?"
"If I want to challenge you, I'll challenge you. Who's afraid of you?" The martialist who had blocked Wan Yanbing said disdainfully.
His strength had always been on par with Wan Yanbing, so he naturally wouldn't be afraid of Wan Yanbing.
Wan Yanbing also knew this in his heart. Therefore, after letting out a fierce roar, he stood there unwillingly and stopped attacking. Instead, he looked at Ye Chen and coldly snorted, "This person is a member of my Sacred Race. Do you want to interfere in my Sacred Race's affairs?"
"Of course we have no interest in meddling in the Sacred Race's affairs. However, even the Sacred Race is a part of the Wu Huang Dynasty. Hence, I only appeared here to make friends with Brother Ye," the martialist called Wang Ji said calmly.
Wan Yanbing's face turned ashen. "Make friends my ass! You're just interested in the treasure in Ye Chen's hands. Don't think that we're fools."
"So what? At the very least, we won't be like you, shamelessly seizing things by force."
Wang Ji pursed his lips and turned to Ye Chen. "Brother Ye, I'm sure you know why we're here. Hence, we won't beat around the bush. The treasure in your hands is very important to us, so I suggest that we cooperate. You can use the treasure in your hands to help us collect Dark Soul Pearls. In return, we will give you 30% of the Dark Soul Pearls we obtain."
It had to be said that Wang Ji was indeed much stronger than Wan Yanbing. At the very least, he spoke very politely and directly stated his conditions to Ye Chen. He didn't try to pull any tricks behind the scenes.
If it weren't for the many Heroic Spirits in Ye Chen's body secretly guiding Ye Chen, Ye Chen would have chosen to cooperate with Wang Ji immediately.
Ye Chen already understood the function of the Dark Soul Pearls. If he cooperated with Wang Ji and the others, he would be able to obtain 30% of the Dark Soul Pearls for free. This was already a huge gain.
Of course, Ye Chen also knew that the main reason Wang Ji and the others had offered such generous conditions and wanted Ye Chen to cooperate with them was because of the treasure in Ye Chen's hands.
However, only Ye Chen knew that this so-called treasure was just an ordinary piece of jade. It didn't have the effect of restraining Yin Soldiers.
Hence, if Ye Chen really cooperated with Wang Ji and the others, the details of this treasure would immediately be exposed when they hunted down the Yin Soldiers.
When that happened, the furious Wang Ji and the others would immediately fall out with Ye Chen.
"Seniors, what should I do next?"
Ye Chen's expression made it seem as if he was frozen in place. However, he was actually secretly communicating with the Heroic Spirits.
The Heroic Spirits had helped Ye Chen come up with the idea of taking out the jade and using it as a treasure to restrain the Yin Soldiers. However, Ye Chen still didn't know the exact purpose of these Heroic Spirits.
"It's very simple. Reject this kid's invitation and do as I say." The Heroic Spirit immediately began to guide Ye Chen.
As Wang Ji and the others waited expectantly, a strange expression suddenly appeared on Ye Chen's face. He glanced around and said, "You must be Brother Wang. I know very well why you are here. However, I have to apologize to you. I don't have any intention of cooperating with anyone for the time being."
"O … Alright." Wang Ji smiled awkwardly and took a few steps back. At the same time, he felt a little annoyed.
He was willing to give 30% of the Dark Soul Pearls collected by everyone to Ye Chen. Wang Ji believed that this was already a very generous offer. However, Ye Chen still rejected his invitation.
"Ye Chen."
When Wan Yanbing saw that Ye Chen had rejected Wang Ji's offer, his face lit up with joy. He immediately stepped forward to negotiate with Ye Chen. He even wanted to snatch the treasure from Ye Chen's hands.
However, before he could say anything, Ye Chen interrupted him. He glanced around and said loudly, "What you are all concerned about is the treasure in my hands that can restrain the Yin Soldiers. I'm not afraid to tell you that with this treasure, the speed of collecting Dark Soul Pearls can be increased by more than ten times. In just half a day, I have already collected 30,000 Dark Soul Pearls."
As he spoke, Dark Soul Pearls appeared in Ye Chen's hands.
These Dark Soul Pearls were controlled by Ye Chen and floated in front of Ye Chen.