The Birth Of The Unrivaled Ruler

2.

"Yao Chen, look at how your entire clan is being slaughtered?!"

"Is this the strength of the clan feared by the four great powers? Turns out, you are nothing special!"

One by one, the events of how the three clans ambushed the Yao Clan flashed through his dream. Even the memory of Xiao Ling's cunning smile, and especially Bai Long's betrayal, was vividly etched into his mind for the rest of his life.

"The Yao Clan has been destroyed... and you have become trash?" Xiao Ling's voice echoed inside his mind.

"NO?!"

Yao Chen jolted awake from his nightmare. But as he looked around, to his surprise, he was still alive. He could even feel a reasonably comfortable bed beneath him.

"Where am I?" he murmured. Suddenly, a man opened the door. The man sneered and began to speak.

"You're awake? Good. Now, get out of here... and make sure the young mistress never sees you again... How could the young mistress ever be interested in a piece of trash like you?" The man narrowed his eyes.

"Trash?" Infuriated by the remark, Yao Chen tried to circulate his Qi, but his gaze instantly went hollow.

"It's obvious you don't have meridians... yet you still fantasize about using energy..."

Plaaaaak!

A sharp slap silenced the man. A young woman named Shi Yin entered the room, glaring intensely at Hao Yu, who was a servant of the Shi Clan.

"You have no right to insult him..."

"Yo-Young Mistress... b-but he doesn't have meridians... If your father finds out, how will he react? Besides, why are you being so kind to him? There are plenty of handsome, powerful young men with influential backgrounds who could become your partner and strengthen the Shi Clan!"

"Who do you think you are? How dare you meddle in the affairs between my father and me?" Shi Yin’s gaze turned razor-sharp.

The man quickly left the room. Shi Yin then approached Yao Chen, who was staring blankly ahead.

"What is your name?"

"Yao Chen..."

"The Yao Clan? It doesn't seem like there is such a clan on this continent," she said, tilting her head slightly.

Yao Chen glanced briefly into the beautiful girl's eyes. "What that man said just now is true... I am trash. Why did you bother saving me?"

Shi Yin nodded in understanding, though she seemed to be hiding something. "I don't have any friends... How about we become friends? I'll make sure that in this cultivation world... no one will ever dare to oppress you?!"

"I am not fit to be friends with anyone... A piece of trash without cultivation will only become a burden. Thank you for nursing me back to health." Yao Chen stood up from the bed, intending to leave the room.

Instantly, Shi Yin’s face flushed red with anger and frustration. She began to explain, her voice laced with a hint of embarrassment.

"Wait?! You already saw me bathing in the Aura Purification Pool... Either way, you must take responsibility, since I am not yet married?!"

"I was unconscious at the time... How could I have seen anything? Even if I had a choice, I would rather have fallen into a sea of lava than live like this?!"

Shi Yin grew even more exasperated. "You..."

"Stop your babbling... What do you expect from me? Marriage? Living with trash like me, wouldn't you feel ashamed? Besides, I truly didn't see anything," Yao Chen stated coldly.

Furious, Shi Yin finally let Yao Chen leave her residence.

Inhaling the fresh air, Yao Chen took a deep breath as he gazed at the bustling Bei City. The vengeance in his heart continued to fester, for he was forced to remember that brutal massacre every passing second.

But what could he do? Seek revenge? That was absurd. His meridians had been forcibly ripped out. He could no longer cultivate. If they were merely damaged, he might still be able to repair them. But his current condition was utterly hopeless!

"Father, what did you expect from my life without cultivation in this cruel world?"

Braaaaak!

Suddenly, a fast-moving horse collided with his body. Yao Chen was sent flying, crashing violently against the wall of a building!

The working townsfolk were shocked when Yao Chen stood right back up, as if nothing had happened to his body.

"H-he doesn't have a cultivation aura... but why is his physical body so resilient?"

"D-damn, if it were me who got hit by Master Juzi's carriage... I'd probably have broken a few bones?!"

The citizens began to gossip. Soon, a man inside the carriage stepped out and immediately stared at Yao Chen with a calculating, probing gaze.

"No cultivation... a sturdy build, good muscles, and a hollow look in his eyes... Guards, capture this young man?! Turn him into my cash cow! With a physical body this strong, clans in need of a slave will surely pay me a handsome price?!" A look of sheer greed flashed in Juzi's eyes.

"What terrible luck. Living without cultivation... his life is bound to be miserable."

"Just got hit by a horse, and now he's about to be captured and turned into a slave... Without cultivation, it’s better off committing suicide!"

"Poor guy, having the misfortune of running into Master Juzi?!"

The middle-aged man's guards seized Yao Chen, who offered no resistance whatsoever.

"Never have I seen someone get captured without putting up a fight..."

"It seems he has already accepted his fate?"

"But who is he? Why come to the city if he has no cultivation? Why didn't he just stay in a village?"

Just as chains were being wrapped around Yao Chen's body to drag him behind the carriage along with several other slaves, Shi Yin suddenly intervened, stopping Master Juzi.

"Wait..."

"Young Mistress of the Shi Clan... Is there a problem? Why are you halting my journey?"

Shi Yin smiled faintly. Just as she had predicted, the moment Yao Chen left her residence, he was bound to run into trouble.

"I will buy that handsome slave?!"