Female Star's Personal Bodyguard

Ye Chen sprawled leisurely with his legs crossed, patting his full belly with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Master Ye, have you had your fill?" Li Weiguo stood by, asking with utmost respect.

"Not bad, I've eaten to about 90% full. I haven't eaten in too long, so I can't overdo it," Ye Chen replied casually.

"..."

Li Weiguo slowly wiped the sweat from his brow. This demigod had devoured a whole fat cow, two roast sheep, one roasted pig, and hundreds of dishes filled with exquisite food, clearing them in one fell swoop. In the end, the demigod claimed he was only nine and a half full!

This was definitely a rhythm to scare people!

"Are you a soldier from the same batch as Xu Zhi?"

Li Weiguo was nearing middle age, and Ye Chen was nearly twenty years his junior, but Master Ye spoke with an air of aged wisdom. Sometimes age didn't represent much.

"Indeed, we are brethren from the same squad. But in the end, we took different paths. I became a super soldier commander, and he became a Zhongnanhai bodyguard. However, now we've both retired," Li Weiguo responded.

"Your hidden injury must have plagued you for over a decade, right? Why wasn't it completely cured at the time? Such ailments are usually easy to treat in the early stages!" Ye Chen couldn't understand.

Ye Chen always abided by the belief: If people respect me by an inch, I'll respect them by a yard!

It was true that Li Weiguo had previously attacked him, but Ye Chen then turned this man into a pig-headed mess.

Now, Li Weiguo treated Ye Chen with utter reverence, as if worshipping a deity. Thus, as a deity, he should bestow blessings upon him.

"At the time, I was on a mission, and my muscles and bones were all shattered by an explosion. After initial treatment, I regained my combat strength and continued to fight in the battles," Li Weiguo narrated the origin of his hidden injury. "After the mission ended, my injury had become ingrained. I sought treatment from many acclaimed military doctors, but none could heal me, and I've dragged it on till now."

After saying this, Li Weiguo tried to suppress the excitement in his heart. This hidden injury had caused him immense pain, and if this Great Emperor could heal it with a simple gesture, it would be a rebirth for him!

"An old injury is challenging to completely cure," Ye Chen offered his diagnosis. "This injury not only tortures you but also suppresses your physical improvement! I see the vigor in your stride and the imposing presence you command. Your mastery of martial combat is also sharp and unpredictable. It seems you haven't neglected your training over the years!"

"I was only one step away from entering the realm of a martial arts master, but for all these years, I've been hovering at this threshold, unable to take that step. Could this be related to my hidden injury?" Li Weiguo looked shocked.

"Over the years, you've been nourishing your vigor with a rich diet and rigorous training through the bitter cold of winter and sweltering heat of summer. Your physique should have peaked, and by rights, you should've stepped into the realm of a martial arts master by now. Yet, you've been unable to advance. Haven't you ever been curious about why?" Ye Chen sat up straight, addressing Li Weiguo seriously.

"I thought I just hadn't reached the point of a breakthrough yet," Li Weiguo had not expected his many years of rigorous training and failure to advance to be due to his hidden injury.

"Your lingering hidden injury has turned chronic. You're in your prime now. The injury won't be fatal, but it will prevent your ascension to martial arts mastery," Ye Chen said. "However, once you're old and weakened, with insufficient vitality, you'll no longer be able to suppress the injury. When it erupts, it will claim your life!"

"That...can't be!" Li Weiguo was startled by Ye Chen's words, feeling a twinge in his heart.

"We martial artists are of firm character, our vitality robust when we're spirited and invincible," Ye Chen said intently. "However, the path of martial arts is uncertain. In our practice, we are also damaging our bodies, draining our physical energy! If we don't take care of our vitality and leave behind hidden afflictions, once an injury flares up, it can leave one crippled or even be fatal!"

"Master, please save my life!" Li Weiguo was greatly alarmed, knowing deeply as a martial artist that all of Ye Chen's words were true.

"I have an eighty-year-old mother to take care of above, and a newborn child below. My wife at home still awaits my monthly salary to squander at the beauty salon!"

"Great Emperor Ye, your divine martial prowess is unmatched, your medical skill divine. You must save me, Li Weiguo!"

Li Weiguo's hidden ailment had been seen by many leading experts, but none could clearly diagnose or treat it. Yet Ye Chen's words had caused him to break out in a cold sweat. Many masters had met their misfortune in old age because of such hidden afflictions—a sight too pitiful to watch. Li Weiguo did not wish to follow in their footsteps.

Li Weiguo saw that Ye Chen appeared indifferent to his pleas and was about to kneel in worship!

"The knees of a man bear the weight of gold, how can you kneel so easily!" Ye Chen stopped Li Weiguo's attempt to kneel. "I didn't say I wouldn't help you! Rest assured, I'll cure your hidden affliction and consider it a good deed."

"From now on, you are my parents reborn. If you order me, Li, to scale a mountain of blades or plunge into a sea of flames, blinking would make me the spawn of a dog!" Li Weiguo declared earnestly.

"Enough, no need for such sentimentality," Ye Chen waved his hand dismissively. "In a few days, I'll start refining medicine. I'll give you a Strength God Elixir then, to rid you of your hidden ailment, to transform and rejuvenate. It might even help you bound over the dragon gate, stepping into the realm of a martial arts master!"

"Great Emperor Ye, your grace will never be forgotten!" Li Weiguo said gratefully.

...

In a small pavilion built for enjoying the breeze, Chu Yanran held her son, sitting on the stone bench inside the pavilion.

Next to Chu Yanran, Ye Chen and Tong Xingtong were engaged in an uncompromising, fierce battle.

"You're quite adept at winning people over, aren't you? Li Weiguo, the bodyguard leader, has been bought by you just like that. Now you can move around freely in this mansion!" Tong Xingtong said with a sneer.

"I'm not buying anyone over, I'm saving all souls!" Ye Chen replied.

"Haha, do you think you're God or something?" Tong Xingtong laughed uncontrollably.

"I am not God—that's what Westerners say—I am the Jade Emperor!" Ye Chen declared majestically.

Tong Xingtong: "..."

"I told you, once I escape from that cage, I'll make you regret it for the rest of your life!" Ye Chen's face changed, acquiring a hint of ruthless ferocity.

"I told you, I'm waiting for you. Come on!" Tong Xingtong was fearless, her eyes emitting a penetrating glare.

Tong Xingtong was a wise woman. She excelled in understanding the human psyche, and she knew that Ye Chen would not touch her because Chu Yanran was there.

"Is that so?" Ye Chen said with a taunting smile.

Tong Xingtong: "..."

"Ye Chen, the child is here, be mindful of the influence, don't go too far," Chu Yanran said at this moment.

"Heh, alright then!" Ye Chen laughed awkwardly and released Tong Xingtong.

"You wait for me, I won't let you off!" Tong Xingtong, like one reprieved, again issued a threat. However, this time she was smarter and stuck close to Chu Yanran, afraid that the rascal might bother her again.

"I'll still be staying in the underground room tonight. Just come looking for me. I'll be all clean, have my BB cream on and wait for you. Don't stand me up!" Ye Chen said flippantly.

"Get lost!" Tong Xingtong, sensing Ye Chen's ill-intentioned gaze, was instantly seething with rage.

"You'd best not provoke me. If I get angry, the consequences will be very grave!" Ye Chen warned.

"..." Biting her teeth, Tong Xingtong submitted. Ye Chen had just broken free from his cage, and his emotions were still unstable; she truly did not dare to provoke him too much.

"Are you called Xiao Chenchen?" Ye Chen approached Chu Yanran, playing with Xiao Chenchen in her arms.

"Hello, uncle, my name is Li Chen!" Xiao Chenchen introduced himself. He was brought up with high-end education, spoke clearly, and was very polite.

"I am Ye Chen." Ye Chen interacted gently with Xiao Chenchen. "Can I hug you, Xiao Chenchen?"

"Of course, you can! I also really want to play with uncle, but uncle, you never pay attention to me!" Xiao Chenchen said happily.

Ye Chen laughed as he took Xiao Chenchen into his arms and began to secretly assess his physical condition with True Qi, a technique known as Internal Vision, which is a secret medical technique.

Martial Arts Masters and Grandmasters alike can only use Internal Vision on their own bodies to observe their conditions and certainly cannot use True Qi to examine someone else's body.

But Ye Chen, who mastered the Tianshi Medical Classic and possessed a secret medical technique with boundless uses, could utilize True Qi to detect another person's bodily condition, similar to those X-ray scans and MRI imaging used to diagnose diseases.

However, Ye Chen's control of True Qi was so refined that it was more marvelous than any machine-based examination.

Ye Chen played with Xiao Chenchen for a while and got a good sense of the child's condition, gradually formulating a plan in his mind.

"Xiao Chenchen, go to your mom for a hug, will you? Uncle is tired, how about we play later, okay?" Ye Chen said to Xiao Chenchen in his arms.

"No, mommy is cold, uncle is warm!" Xiao Chenchen clearly did not want to leave Ye Chen's embrace.

Chu Yanran was taken aback upon hearing this; it seemed her son was more fond of clinging to Ye Chen, a stranger.

"Ye Chen, why does Xiao Chenchen like sticking to you so much?" Tong Xingtong asked.

——

——

Yesterday I was occupied so there was only one update, but from today onwards, we will resume to two updates.

A new readers group has been created, 305855323 (Male God Army), and everyone is welcome to join the group for discussions