A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1044 Are We Friends?

"This...this...she's gorgeous. She looks like a goddess that's stepped out of a painting."

The young woman's appearance had everyone frozen to their spot.

Everyone loved a beauty.

Regardless of their sex or age, everyone had their breath instantly taken away the moment their eyes landed on the incredible beauty before them.

Their eyes were colored with shock and amazement.

Everyone, including Ye Tian and Ye Ya, reeled from the stunning beauty that had graced their presence.

It was a beauty that surpassed that of everything else between heaven and earth and inspired a near religious fervor.

Ye Xi-Mei couldn't help but feel ashamed of her own appearance.

Such beauty should only exist in a

painting.

No one expected someone so beautiful to exist in reality too.

The faint air of authority and ethereal purity that surrounded the woman served only to make her more illusory than real.

Ye Jian, Jiang Yu-Lang and the other hotblooded young men present had fallen head over heels for the stranger. They felt nothing but sheer shock and an endless well of adoration for the beautiful woman. "Dear heavens, did a deity just descend upon us?"

"I would happily give up ten years of my life for a girlfriend who's so beautiful and so breathtaking." Ye Jian's eyes couldn't leave the young woman in front of him. He was convinced that he had never seen a woman more elegant, more poised and more beautiful.

"Ten years? I would give up fifty years of mine to have her as my girlfriend!" Jiang Yu-Lang was equally blown away by the beautiful woman. He used to think that the prettiest girl in their college was an absolute beauty.

But compared to the young woman before them, she was about as pretty as a lump of shit.

In fact, she wouldn't even deserve being called a lump of shit.

The ordinary man would see only her heavenly beauty and sense the air of nobility that she exuded. Martial artists like Wei Wu-Ya, on the other hand, were more concerned by the aura of authority and power that she exuded.

The overwhelming sense of intimidation that the woman before him exuded was many times that of his master. It was unbelievable.

Wei Wu-Ya a grandmaster in his own right and his master was a supreme grandmaster and one of the six pillars of the na

Yet the aura that this woman exuded clearly showed her to be many times more powerful than his master.

"Who is she? Is she a friend or an enemy?" Wei Wu-Ya had no clue.

He felt like an ant gazing upon a towering mountain. He was standing on a layer of thin ice that served as the only thing separating him from the deep, bottomless abyss under his feet.

Only one thought occupied his mind. Who was this woman?

"Could she be the Phoenix Empress, one of the six pillars of the nation?"

Wei Wu-Ya knew only of one woman who had earned the title of supreme grandmaster in China.

She was the Phoenix Empress, one of the six pillars of China.

If she were truly the Phoenix Empress, that would make things a lot easier.

The young woman in the purple dress had made her way towards the crowd and now stood before them.

Wei Wu-Ya walked up towards her and cupped his fists in greeting.

"Greetings, young lady. Are you our esteemed senior, the Phoenix Empress? I am Wei Wu-Ya, a grandmaster who ranks number nine in the ranking for Chinese martial arts grandmasters. You should know my master. He is the Ice Emperor. Like you, he too, is one of the six pillars of the nation," said Wei Wu-Ya politely and in a deferential manner.

He might be older than she was, but nevertheless, he had referred to himself as her junior.

Wei Wu-Ya's wariness and fear of the young woman was visible for all to see.

The young woman remained silent in the face of Wei Wu-Ya's introduction.

Her silence did not anger him.

The powerful were oftentimes cold and distant. They spoke little.

His master had been a stern and intimidating teacher and a man of few words too.

He was not surprised by the young woman's disregard for him.

Wei Wu-Ya continued talking.

Tve heard many great things about the Phoenix Empress. It's an honor to be able to meet you in person. Unfortunately, I have a minor nuisance to deal with right now. Once I am done with it, I would like to host a feast in your name. Would the esteemed Phoenix Empress be so kind to grace me with your presence then?" asked Wei Wu-Ya politely.

The hearts of the Ye family members sank when they heard that.

They had thought that Xu Lei had sent this young woman to help them.

They had been wrong.

Wei Wu-Ya knew this woman.

In other words, she was on Lu Ming-Feng's side.

As Ye Xi-Mei and her family sank into despair, a cold voice rang out.

"Are all of you Ye Fan's family members?"

"And you're..."

Ye Xi-Mei and the rest froze momentarily. The faces of Ye Tian and Ye Ya twitched slightly.

That statement had come out of nowhere.

Did this young woman know Ye Fan?

Ye Xi-Mei asked hastily, "Young lady, are you my son's friend?"

Everyone from the Ye family turned towards the young woman instantly.

They were waiting for her reply.

They waited for a long time and heard nothing from her.

But she herself had no idea what she was to Ye Fan.

Were they friends?

They barely knew each other. In fact, the time that they had spent together barely exceeded one month.

Within that month, there had been multiple times that she had nearly been overcome by the urge to kill him. Would friends feel that way towards each other?

Clearly not.

Besides, she was a loner who kept to herself. She had subordinates who respected and obeyed her. But she didn't have friends.

Yet, if not on account of their friendship, what other reason would she have for helping his family? Why would she spend ten days waiting for him in Jiangdong because of something that he had said? Yu Yun had intended on returning to the sect immediately after leaving the old Chu family mansion.

But somehow, she hadn't been able to forget the date that Ye Fan had set with her.

It had remained on her mind even as she had trained.

In the end, she had returned to Jiangdong.

She had wanted to find out what Ye Fan was going to give her.

She had kept herself busy during that period and had looked into Ye Fan.

How was this young man with the surname 'Ye' related to the Chu family?

What had he done to earn the love and adoration of the old Madam Chu?

The old lady had let someone who wasn't family enter and leave their family home freely.

Yu Yun's search had led her to the Ye family in Jingzhou.

That was when she had found the Ye family in danger and had decided to lend a helping hand.

Truth be told, even Yu Yun herself had no idea what she and Ye Fan were to each other.

If they weren't friends, why would she instinctively protect his family when she had seen them in danger?

She shook her head and said coolly, "We're not friends. I might owe him a favor or two though."

"Are you going to save them? Phoenix Empress, they're but lowly commoners, nobodies. They don't deserve your help," blurted out Wei Wu-Ya when he realized that something didn't seem right here.

As soon as he was done speaking, the young woman raised her arm and waved.

Her sleeve stirred with the sudden movement.

A bolt of green lightning split the skies and, with a loud thunder, hit Wei Wu-Ya squarely in his chest.

His ribs broke instantly. Wei Wu-Ya spat out a mouthful of blood as the attack threw him into the distance, with the force of a cannonball fired from a cannon.