Chapter 1350: Chapter 1348: No One Can Touch Me
The next day.
Yang Chen was about to leave Jin Chen and wanted Ye Xin to go with him.
After all, he still had to go back and discuss the wedding with his parents so they could set a suitable date.
But Ye Xin turned him down.
In Ye Xin’s words, some things can’t wait, some things can wait; endure a bit of grievance now to remove hidden dangers later.
Yang Chen could only agree helplessly, but he asked Ye Xin to resolve it as soon as possible and then come to Ancheng to find him.
What Yang Chen actually meant by having Ye Xin go with him was that he didn’t want her involved in this matter at all. After all, Bei Hai Security had been embedded inside for a long time and in an extremely covert way. There would definitely be someone protecting them from behind. If Ye Xin went to investigate now, there would definitely be danger.
But Ye Xin wasn’t willing to be protected like this; she insisted on staying.
With a bit of helplessness, Yang Chen left Jin Chen and returned to Ningchuan.
He knew Ye Xin wanted to prove herself, to tell Yang Chen she wasn’t a canary in a gilded cage, but a Fire Phoenix that could soar into the sky and burn the heavens with flames!
Before leaving, Yang Chen instructed Yang Cao to keep a close eye on the situation around Ye Xin, and to report to him immediately if anything seemed off.
Even after doing all that, Yang Chen was still a little worried.
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Ningchuan.
Defense Zone.
Yang Chen arrived at Elder Zhuo’s home.
Seeing Yang Chen, Elder Zhuo looked very happy and immediately told the kitchen to prepare some good dishes so he could have a few drinks with Yang Chen.
Looking at Elder Zhuo’s delighted expression, a broad smile appeared on Yang Chen’s face as well.
"Tell me, how did the Xibo matter get resolved? I had people go ask around, and they couldn’t find out anything. What now, are you all keeping it from this old man?" Elder Zhuo looked a bit displeased.
He could definitely dig up plenty of information; he was just very dissatisfied with the attitude of those people in Jin Chen.
He hadn’t gone to Jin Chen, nor had he stayed at the artificial sea. His attitude was clear enough—he had no intention of meddling too much, nor would he get involved in their power struggles.
Yet those people were still guarding against him!
Yang Chen laughed. "You’re already settled here in Ningchuan; why bother about all that?"
"Normally I don’t, but this mission was carried out by you. How can I not know what happened! Even the top leaders won’t tell me the truth! Have I really grown old, my eyes blurry, my ears deaf, my brain muddled, so I’m not allowed to know anything?" Elder Zhuo said unhappily.
Yang Chen smiled. "I’m standing here just fine, aren’t I? It’s over. Maybe not perfectly, but it’s done."
"You really just let them go like that? The old chief didn’t give you trouble?" Elder Zhuo stared at Yang Chen and asked.
Yang Chen fell silent.
He knew Elder Zhuo was no simple character. Living in Ningchuan, in this Defense Zone, was precisely to avoid suspicion, to stay out of the fights between those people and avoid trouble. He was old; he didn’t fear for himself, he mainly feared dragging his family down with him.
But he was no fool. He saw things very clearly, and he was far from as simple as he appeared on the surface. He understood a lot more than he let on.
Seeing Yang Chen go quiet, Elder Zhuo snorted. "You don’t need to worry! As long as this old man is still around, no one dares to lay a finger on you! From the day you entered the Guard, how much credit have you earned for this country! Has the record of the Dragon Tooth Squad been forgotten? Does no one care about what you sacrificed in the maritime incident? ’Swordpoint’ was a joke now? Whoever dares move against you, they can come ask this old man first if he agrees!"
Hearing this, Yang Chen couldn’t help but give a wry smile, a warm current flowing through his heart. "Uncle Zhuo, what are you getting worked up for! At this point, who can still do anything to me?"
Although Yang Chen wasn’t on stage in public now, anyone who wanted to move against him really had to weigh it carefully.
Forget others—even the old chief couldn’t!
No one dared to touch him directly!
Leaving aside the powerful backing of the Ye family and Elder Zhuo, just the Dragon Tooth Squad under him, even with only three people left, was a force no one could underestimate.
Power has never been one plus one equals two; it multiplies!
Why could the Dragon Tooth Squad become the myth of the Special Guard?
Because you could pull out any one of them at random, and they were someone who could stand alone against ten thousand!
Back when Gao Hong escaped, why was everyone so nervous, and no one even dared go in after him? They just had people block off the bottom of the mountain, and not a single one went up?
Because even if it was just Gao Hong alone, he wasn’t someone ordinary people could handle.
To put it bluntly, those Guard members stationed at the foot of the mountain back then—if they all walked in standing up, they’d all be carried out lying down!
And that was just Gao Hong, trained only in the early days in the Wolf Fang Squad.
Any member of the Dragon Tooth Squad was many times stronger than Gao Hong!
How do you fight that?
Even with only three of them left, Yang Chen could still lead them to charge forward, no matter how many enemies there were!
And then there was Asura Hall!
Each one of them was in no way inferior to a member of the Dragon Tooth Squad!
If things really blew up inside Flame Country, the Dragon Tooth Squad members were all Flame Country citizens with deeply ingrained beliefs. They might not be able to make a move, and even if they did, they’d have concerns that would weaken their combat power.
But the people from Asura Hall had all come back from overseas. Yang Chen had saved their lives and rebuilt them; add to that the fact that they’d been operating on the international stage all this time, using every method under the sun, and they had no scruples. If things really went down and you threw this group into any country, they’d turn it upside down!
What’s more, the people of Asura Hall had already started cultivating according to the Cultivation Technique Yang Chen passed on to them. At the very least, each of them was at the level of an Innate Martial Artist, having broken through the limits of the human body, with combat power that had multiplied several times over!
And that’s not even counting this battle strength.
He also had immense financial power!
Baisheng Real Estate.
Baisheng Real Estate wasn’t his, but it belonged to his father. Back when the Yang family incident happened, Fu Zhou already had complaints about the leadership. If something else happened now—if his son was touched—he’d definitely throw caution to the wind!
Hundreds of billions in assets, with the total value of fixed property developed over the years exceeding a trillion—what concept is that?
If Baisheng Real Estate made a move, it would immediately trigger a collapse in the real estate sector!
To say the entire sector would collapse might be boasting a bit, but an implosion across large swathes was guaranteed!
Then there were the industries in Ningchuan. Leaving aside Shangdong Group’s clothing business, just the five massive foreign companies Yang Chen had brought in were enormous entities. Especially Precision Heavy Industry, Berry Pharmaceutical, and Lairui Technology—each held cutting-edge high-tech in their hands, technology that Flame Country desperately needed!
No one was blind enough to go after these assets.
And then the industries in Ancheng.
After the nine great families fell, the remaining few all ended up under Yang Chen’s control. The entirety of Ancheng and New City also fell into Yang Chen’s hands.
With this level of control, he was practically a feudal lord in modern times.
If they went after him, everyone involved would end up with broken bones.
In short, anyone thinking about moving against Yang Chen—there was simply no way.
If you had the nerve to go after Yang Chen, you might as well go have a war with foreign powers instead. Forget win or lose, at least you’d get some reputation out of it.
Picking a fight with Yang Chen would only lead to reaping what you sowed.
That was why Yang Chen was so confident.
He was no longer the man he was when he first came back!
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