Legend of the Heavenly Swordsman
Ch.137 - Identity

"Master Kong, someone wants to meet you." Xuan Rong knocked on the door of Ye Kong's study a few times, then waited for a reply from the man.

"Lake in!" sahut Ye Kong from within.

Xuan Rong entered first, followed by Fu Chen, the young man returned wearing his hood and mask to cover his face. Fu Chen had advised Xuan Rong not to mention her name if Ye Kong asked.

Ye Kong's eyebrows slightly furrowed when he saw Fu Chen, he felt familiar with the appearance but did not manage to remember it clearly.

"Alright, you can leave us both, Miss Rong." Ye Kong said as he tidied up his desk.

Xuan Rong then bowed for a moment before leaving, despite many questions about the affairs of the two but the woman refrained from interfering.

Without waiting for Ye Kong to say, Fu Chen immediately sat down on one of the long chairs near Ye Kong's desk. The chair was also equipped with a long table, this place seemed to be used to discuss with important figures who came to this place.

"I think you know who I am, don't you? So let's skip this introduction," Ye Kong walked up to Fu Chen and sat face to face with the young man, "What business is it that has made you come to this place?"

"It looks like you're really busy, Mr. Ye." Fu Chen smiled faintly at Ye Kong not caring about his identity, he then immediately gave a greeting, "Include, my name is Tang Chen."

Ye Kong's forehead instantly frowned, he stared at Fu Chen intently for a moment. The clan was clearly very familiar to him, hearing someone mention his name with the clan almost made him aghast.

But Ye Kong was quick to control himself, he heard the news that after several years of chaos in the Central continent at that time. Many people used the name of the Tang clan to gain personal advantage. Ye Kong guessed that Fu Chen was one of them.

Ye Kong still showed his calm face, he had actually tried to read Fu Chen but found nothing useful. Ye Kong felt that there was a strange force blocking his observation.

"Actually I just want to buy some pills, but it seems like the quality of those pills is much lower than the rumors circulating out there."

Fu Chen was actually quite confused as to why Ye Kong still looked ordinary after hearing the clan, but perhaps this was the man's form of professionalism as a manager.

Ye Kong looked a little confused when he heard Fu Chen say, all the pills that this organization sells should be the best in the Song Empire, maybe even the Eastern continent.

As Ye Kong had opened his mouth to speak, he suddenly began to catch Fu Chen's words. In addition to selling resources, actually the Gold Star organization also has a certain group to collect information.

Ye Kong knew very well that there were no exaggerated rumors about their organization, it seemed like the rumor that Fu Chen had said was the nickname of the Greatest Alchemist Clan that the Ye clan held in their prime.

Ye Kong still looked calm but his heart started beating faster, from his observation this man's hand in front of him looked like a young man, so Ye Kong thought that he was only just talking, "Maybe I just thought too much about it." Ye Kong immediately dismissed those thoughts.

Ye Kong sighed softly after considering a few things, then said "So what do you want? We always put quality forward, so may I know why you say that the quality of our pills is bad?"

Fu Chen slightly smiled wryly, it was indeed his mistake to compare the pills present in this store with the pills stored in his Earth ring.

"That's just criticism, signifying that your family has suffered a setback quite far." Fu Chen again tried to lure Ye Kong, his plan would not have materialized if Ye Kong still looked at him one eye.

Ye Kong slightly squinted, this person's words could not be said to be off-guard, making Ye Kong have to be careful with his words.

"May I know from where do you know all that?" Ye Kong could not help his curiosity, every single remark that came out from the mouth of this person before him continued to fill his mind.

"Isn't that clear? Anyone who knows your family and comes to this place will say so." Fu Chen raised his eyebrows, he caught that Ye Kong had already started to get hooked.

Fu Chen pulled the corner of his lips when he realized that this was the perfect time to execute the plan.

"Actually the intention of my arrival was to negotiate.." Fu Chen handed over something covered by a cloth from under his cloak. He asked Ye Kong to check the cloth.

Ye Kong looked at the cloth and Fu Chen alternately, his conjecture growing bigger about Fu Chen's background.

"This might sound like a joke to negotiate with an organization as big as a Gold Star. But I hope you will listen to the explanation to the end." Fu Chen spoke again as Ye Kong began to slowly open the cloth.

Ye Kong's breath was instantly restrained, his hands were shaking violently while his eyes were widening to his surprise with a badge in front of him now.

"I-this-!" Ye Kong was speechless, he knew very well that this badge was genuine because there were some small details and a thin aura covering it.

"What do you think, Mr Ye? Can you trust my words now?" fu Chen asked after Ye Kong opened the cloth.

Ye Kong only kept silent while observing the badge he was holding, this incident was too shocking, instead of trusting Fu Chen but he was instead more wary of the young man.

"W-who are you really? Where did you get this badge?" Ye Kong slightly raised his vigilance, he had to be on guard as he was unable to gauge Fu Chen's strength.

"Don't I have said it before, my name is Tang Chen." Fu Chen had expected Ye Kong's reaction to be so, but he didn't expect even a person as great as this would raise his vigilance just because of a badge.

Ye Kong was bluffing his teeth, he did not know this person was a man or not, his head was also unable to think clearly.

"I'd say some information that might make the worry in your head less. Enough with one simple condition." Fu Chen leaned his body onto the chair, he waited for Ye Kong's reply.

"What's that?" asked Ye Kong with a serious look.

"Don't tell anyone other than the current Patriarch of the Ye family, and make my meeting with that Patriarch any time soon." Fu Chen replied while putting both of his elbows on his knees.

Ye Kong's forehead wrinkled slightly, "Aren't you just asking for one condition?"

"Oh.." Fu Chen hissed softly, an extremely viscous fighting aura instantly seeped from the young man's body, "If you were to violate those conditions, then, then I myself will seek you to the corners of the country though!" fu Chen continued, revealing a cold face, even though he was wearing a mask.

Ye Kong slightly gulped, the aura coming out of Fu Chen's body was enough to suppress the man. "Well, I'll inform the Patriarch immediately and arrange a schedule for you…"

Ye Kong was still a little hesitant, this would be the first time after all this time they had a meeting with a Tang clan member.

Fu Chen nodded in satisfaction, he asked Ye Kong to give assurances that he would not lie and Ye Kong was forced to make a pact with Fu Chen. The young man then stroked his chin thinking about where he would start to introduce himself.

"Do you know Tang Shu?" fu Chen asked as he handed Ye Kong a paper brush, "When the war happened, my father's age should have been no more than 20 years…"

"Dad?" Ye Kong widened his eyes, "You mean you are.." Ye Kong did not finish his sentence, he immediately picked up the paper that Fu Chen had handed over, the man was immediately stunned as he read the contents of the paper.

Fu Chen then opened the mask and the hood that covered his face, he only smiled meaningfully as Ye Kong looked at him with his mouth open. The man seemed to be in disbelief when he learned that the aura of fighting earlier came from a young man who didn't even look like he had reached the age of 15.