A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1489 Have You Really Made up Your Mind?

But now, Ye Fan was saying that he was leaving.

Ye Fan had left them for long periods of time before in the past, but Li Er could sense that it was going to be different this time.

This was the first time that he had glimpsed uncertainty in the young man's eyes.

The sight seemed incredulous.

Li Er knew very well how proud Ye Fan was.

He had shown no hints of uncertainty even when he had charged into Jiangbei or stormed Mount Yan alone. He had faced down numerous Chinese supreme grandmasters without the slightest hesitation. But the arrogance and confidence that he once had seemed to have fled him this time.

Li Er could tell that this time, Ye Fan might not be coming back.

He found that unacceptable.

He was like the grass growing at the foot of the mountain, who had woken up in the morning to find out that the mountain that he had relied on for shade and shelter was gone.

No one would shelter him from the storm now!

"Mr Chu, I can't do this. I really can't! I know nothing else but flattery and buttering someone up! You're the reason why I am where I am today. Without you, I'll just be a lazy good-for-nothing...I know what I'm capable of. I won't be able to run Jiangdong without you...Mr Chu, please don't leave...Miss Qiu can't do without you too!" wailed Li Er.

Snot and tears stained his face. He looked like a young woman who had been spurned by her caddish lover.

Ye Fan simply smiled.

"Stop crying like a girl. Don't worry, besides setting up that formation, I will also be leaving the Green Dragon Force in Jiangdong. With their support, you'll be able to help me keep Jiangdong safe. Don't underestimate what the Invoke the Celestial Sky Formation is capable of. Even those old fellows from War God Castle will take a while to breach the formation when it's fully activated. Alright, I've said my piece. Remember what I told you. I'll be heading to Fenghai tomorrow. Don't tell Mu-Cheng what I told you. You can go now."

Ye Fan seemed exhausted. With a wave of his hand, he sent Li Er away.

Li Er's eyes were red. He gave Ye Fan a final glance before he left. "Mr Chu, will I see you again?"

Ye Fan laughed.

"What are you going on about? I'm not going on a suicide mission. Stop dawdling and get out of here. Remember, guard Jiangdong on my behalf," Ye Fan said before chasing Li Er off. He was left alone on Mount Yunding.

The smile on Ye Fan's lips faded away now that Li Er was gone and the faint mirth on his face was replaced with intense solemnity.

Li Er had been right. Ye Fan wasn't confident of his chances.

Even though he had been planning for this for the past ten years, he remained uncertain if he would succeed.

After all, he was going to take on a longstanding family and sect that had dominated great parts of the world for centuries.

Since Ye Fan could remember, he had been taught the Chu family's strength and power and Chu Sect's invincibility.

Both the Chu family and Chu Sect were the epitome of absolute power in the world.

In fact, Ye Fan had no idea the extent of resources and power that the Chu family had kept hidden from the public eye. All he knew was the little that they had revealed.

Besides the Chu family, he also had Chu Sect to contend with.

The silhouette of a proud and devastatingly beautiful woman popped up in Ye Fan's head then.

His heart skipped a beat without any warning.

Something seemed to be tearing apart. From its ripped seams emerged bitterness and sorrow.

No matter how resilient he had grown, there were still things out there that could pierce the hardened husk around his heart.

She was the first woman who had tricked him.

He couldn't have known that Yu Yun, the woman whom he had spent so much time with at the old Chu family mansion and whom he had embarked on joint cultivation with, was the sect leader of Chu Sect. He hadn't expected her to be so heartless.

She had cast aside their friendship and chosen to protect Chu Sect's interests.

The sword that had pierced his heart that night had also destroyed the warm memories that he had held of that woman.

She probably wasn't going to stand by and do nothing if the Chu family came under attack.

They might have to fight each other.

She was an incredibly powerful foe.

But, so what?

It didn't matter if the path before him was laid with obstacles or that he might not survive the trip, Ye Fan was going to take this trip through the gates of hell.

Like the moth flinging itself at a fire, he would not regret his death.

This was Ye Fan's obsession. It was what he had toiled and labored so hard for to attain. It was what had given him the reason to live.

The wintry winds began to howl.

Ye Fan was a solitary figure standing at the top of the mountain.

The hems of his clothes fluttered loudly in the harsh winds.

He stood silently under the vast heavens.

No one knew what he was thinking.

After a very long while, the call that Ye Fan had been waiting for finally arrived.

It was from Han.

Han's communications with Ye Fan had dwindled since the Chu family had changed its head of the family.

The lords and dukes of each reign did not live past the king of said reign.

Han's status in the Chu family had plummeted and he could no longer move as freely in the Chu family.

He had to exercise extreme care when communicating with Ye Fan.

Chu Zheng-Liang and his son weren't going to let him off easily should his identity as Ye Fan's spy be exposed.

"Young Master, are you well? Gaia told me what happened to you." Han's voice was deep and gravelly over the phone.

"I'm fine. What's the situation like in the Chu family? If everything goes according to plan, I'll be heading to the Chu family in a few days. I've sent out the Dragon God Tokens. I'll be leading the Dragons and storming Chu Sect in a few days," said Ye Fan.

Han fell silent for a moment.

"Master, have you truly made up your mind? Chu Zheng-Liang and his son have the Chu family under their control now. Should you fail, there will be no turning back for you. Your killing of multiple elders of Chu Sect in the Amazon rainforest has incurred the collective wrath of the upper echelons of all three families in Chu Sect. If they find out that you're alive and are storming the sect, they won't stand by and do nothing. The Sect Leader might step in."

Han was filled with worry.

Chu Zheng-Hong had been the head of the Chu family in the past.

Han knew that even if Ye Fan were to fail in his attempt to storm the Chu family, the worst that he might suffer was defeat and injury.

Ye Fan was still Chu Zheng-Hong's flesh and blood. No matter the gravity of his misdeed, Chu Zheng-Hong would try his best to ensure that Ye Fan got out alive.

But everything was different now.

The odds were clearly and utterly against Ye Fan.