Super God Grandmaster
Chapter 1429 - 1429 1415 Envy Jealousy and Hatred

Chapter 1429: Chapter 1415: Envy, Jealousy, and Hatred Chapter 1429: Chapter 1415: Envy, Jealousy, and Hatred The day broke.

Ye Chen had gotten up early, eaten something, and then continued on his way.

Finally, he had made it through that dense forest.

The sun had not yet risen, and they had rested early the previous night. This morning they had gotten up very early too, without making any fresh food and just eating some leftovers from the previous night before starting their journey. They had already been walking in the forest for about two hours.

Ye Chen said, “I can already smell the scent of roasted meat.”

Guo Yuqing, who was on his back, asked with disbelief, “You can really smell roasted meat?”

“You should believe me.”

“So quickly, you should have known they were nearby yesterday evening and deliberately didn’t find them, right?” Qing’er had every reason to be suspicious—she hadn’t noticed how long they had walked, and if they had tried harder the evening before, they could have already met up with the others.

“You still suspect me of deliberately not finding them and then taking the opportunity to chat with you all night long.”

“Why wouldn’t I suspect that? If we could find them this quickly, a little more effort last night would have led us to them.”

“I had no idea we would find them so quickly last night.”

“Who knows if what you’re saying is true? Your words are never trustworthy,” Guo Yuqing said.

“I got no benefits from spending an extra night with you, and I even had to exhaust myself preparing food for you.”

“Peeking at me bathing, huh? That’s the benefit you got.”

Ye Chen was shocked and said, “You actually see me as a big pervert. How can my conscience be clear with you saying such things about me?”

“Isn’t that so? If we had met up with them, it wouldn’t have been you keeping watch, and you wouldn’t have had such an opportunity.”

“My goodness, how am I to explain this? I guess I can’t clear my name.”

“Come on, let’s get moving. Stop dilly-dallying.”

“Do you think I’m your horse or what?”

Guo Yuqing laughed with a “hehe.”

Her head turned slightly, and she discovered a person, almost like a ghost, standing two yards away by a banyan tree. She was startled. How had he appeared so silently there, just like a phantom, without her hearing a single footstep?

She quickly patted Ye Chen, and he followed her gaze.

He saw someone expressionless, looking at them with eyes full of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Ye Chen was also startled; he had failed to notice Su Zhanze. Perhaps he was too engrossed, otherwise, how could someone appear right beside him without him noticing?

Guo Yuqing hurriedly asked Ye Chen to put her down, acting as if she had done something guilty. Although it had been a long time since she and Su Zhanze broke up, that reflexive behavior remained unchanged.

Ye Chen put Guo Yuqing down and was about to greet Su Zhanze, but Su Zhanze turned around and disappeared into the banyan forest.

Those eyes full of envy, jealousy, and hatred still lingered in his mind; even though there were no expressions on Su Zhanze’s face, he could feel a kind of rage.

Ye Chen whispered to Qing’er, “He seems to have heard our conversation.”

Qing’er then picked up her cane and said, “So what if he heard?” It seemed there was no need to care about it; she had completely severed ties with that person.

“I haven’t offended him again, have I?” Ye Chen remembered their earlier conversation, slapped his forehead, and said, “He wouldn’t chop my head off with the Dragon Slayer Sword like he did to Xiong Shuobo’s, would he? I’m innocent. Last night I didn’t take any advantage at all. Taking a hit from that sword would be too much of a loss.”

Guo Yuqing ignored her and went ahead, leaning on her cane.

After a turn and past the crest of the hill, they saw the camp of the people from the Demon Domain and the Thirty-Six Islands, who were busy making food.

Yang Tao’er ran up to Yun’er, who was eating, and said, “They’re back.”

Yun’er turned around and saw her sister approaching like an old grandma, limping along with a cane, with Ye Chen following behind her.

Yun’er ran over and asked, “Sister, did you twist your ankle?” She wanted to help.

Guo Yuqing waved her hand and said, “It’s nothing serious, just took a fall. It should heal up quickly.”

Yun’er moved behind her to help, while Ye Chen casually walked over.

“A lot of interesting stories must have happened, right?” How could nothing have happened when her sister had injured her foot.

“Of course, it’s been quite the rich experience. Two days and two nights, how could it not be?” Ye Chen said it on purpose.

“My sister got caught?”

“Worse than being caught, nearly eaten by two monsters. If I hadn’t shown up in time, it would have been a rare opportunity.”

“And you just let my sister come back like this?” She came closer.

“How is that possible? She just got off my back. With her hobbling along, could she possibly catch up to you?”

Li Mo and Ouyang Yue walked over.

Ye Chen said to Li Mo and Ouyang Yue, “Quickly summon all the leaders here. We need to discuss something. Baili He is very likely waiting for us up ahead with the Evil Spirit.”

Li Mo was skeptical.

Ye Chen urged, “Hurry up. I’ll tell you why later. Ask them to gather by the forest.”

“Are you alright?” Ouyang Yue asked with concern.

“I should be fine. Go on, get busy.”

Li Mo and Ouyang Yue left.

Seeing Qing’er limping, Yang Tao’er hurriedly went to get the medicine box, eager to properly treat Qing’er’s injury.

Yun’er circled Ye Chen once, as if conducting a pre-battle assessment of an opponent.

“Hey, what’s the matter? You’re not getting jealous over your sister, are you?” Ye Chen headed to the barbecue pit; he hadn’t eaten much that morning. He asked the brother grilling meat to cut him two slices, then set off for the forest.

Yun’er followed closely, her eyes seemingly piercing enough to see through a person.

“Hey, your sister sprained her ankle. Shouldn’t I carry her? How else would I have caught up with you, with hunting dogs on our trail? I would’ve asked someone to help, but there was no one else by my side.”

“I didn’t say anything. What are you so anxious about?” Guo Yuyun sat down beside him.

Caught in the memories of Su Zhanze’s envy and jealousy, Ye Chen said, “Su Zhanze appeared beside us out of nowhere just like a ghost, with no sign of how he got there.”

“Did he catch you doing something indecent?”

With a questioning tone, Ye Chen hurriedly replied, “If I were doing something indecent, I wouldn’t have needed to wait until I found you. In the past two nights in the forest, we could have quietly dealt with such matters.”

“Must bring back memories, right?” Yun’er knew that her sister’s story with him began with an accidental sprained ankle in Immortal City.

Ye Chen glanced at her, pretending not to understand her implication, and said, “What memories?”

“The sprained ankle happened in Immortal City. Shall I help jog your memory?”

“Ah, that’s all in the past. The future is what’s most important. Who has time to reminisce about the past?”

“I think it’s quite worth reminiscing about.”

Ye Chen quickly said, “You must have been really worried yesterday, right? Ah, I tried my best, but I took the wrong path and didn’t catch up with you in time. I ended up spending another night in the forest.”

“Why not spend another night there?”

“I thought about that, too. But I feel guilty, making you worry so much. How could I live with myself?” said Ye Chen.

Yun’er gave a cold smile.

Seeing Hu Nanyue and the others approaching, Ye Chen put down his food and said to Yun’er in haste, “I’d better not linger with you any longer. There are important matters to discuss.” He stood up.

Guo Yuyun turned her head away.

Among the group, Su Zhanze was present, but his expression was noticeably less pleasant.

Ye Chen didn’t worry about that and went on to share his discoveries from the previous day, as well as his concerns.

Hu Nanyue stood gaping, murmuring, “You’re saying Baili He might appear ahead with the Evil Spirit, and we might be ambushed a second time.”

After hearing this, Chen Yu said, “That doesn’t make sense. Why didn’t the Evil Spirit appear when they surrounded us the last time but managed to get ahead of us? What’s the logic in that?”

Ye Chen could not explain but said, “It’s indeed very strange. I can hardly believe it myself, but we must err on the side of caution.” He pulled a map from his tunic, spread it on a wooden stake, and continued, “It was in this part of the forest where we encountered members of the Demon Clan. Considering their direction, they must have planned to encircle us from the southwest. Why would they want to cut off our escape in the southwest unless they also had someone blocking the northwest? The east is already sealed by Longhun, so if they don’t have anyone in the northwest, there’s no sense in blocking the southwest.”

Gu Xueyun and others stood speechless, looking at the map, and nodded to themselves.

Ouyang Yue pondered for a moment and said, “Right, if it’s as you say, and our current direction is northwest, they wouldn’t have to worry about us heading southwest unless they had someone waiting in the northwest.”

They seemed to have an epiphany.

Ye Chen said, “If you don’t trust me, you can send Winged Dragons to bombard them. I’m sure we’ll discover some abnormalities.”

Gu Xueyun said, “Indeed, we should be cautious.”

Hu Nanyue said, “Does that mean we’re in danger?”

“There is some danger, and the situation is urgent. If we keep going like this, we’ll directly walk into their encirclement. But we still have some time; we can still think of a way to avoid it,” Ye Chen replied.

Wan Shajiang said anxiously, “Then we must hurry. We can’t afford to walk into their trap.”