A Sucker for Good Looks, and a Bad Guy in the Crowd

"The Heaven Dou Imperial Family's secret guard was actually him?"

The red line ended at the boy who was being beaten up.

Text also appeared above his head.

He really was a secret guard of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and his cultivation was by no means weak. He had already reached the Soul King realm.

What was more, he had used a disguise technique to assume his current appearance. It was not his real face.

"A man in his sixties actually confessed to Hu Liena?"

"Did he think that being older and more experienced meant he could easily wrap a young girl around his finger?"

"Or did he think he was that charming?"

Chu Xuan was utterly speechless.

If the man had been forty-odd years younger, it might have been understandable.

But he was over sixty...

How could he have the nerve?

If Hu Liena learned his real age and saw his real face, she would probably lose her mind.

Being pursued by a man that old would leave a psychological scar.

Now that he had found the Heaven Dou Empire's spy, he had to capture him.

He had been coveting the Myriad Treasures Divine Eyes reward.

"Make way, make way."

He pushed through the crowd toward the spy.

Yan, who was beating the boy up, noticed someone beside him and turned to glare viciously at him.

"Huh? A little brat? What are you butting in for?"

"Scram, or I'll beat you up!"

A little brat?

Chu Xuan's brow twitched twice.

His body was young now, sure, but he was not little at all!

Wouldn't it scare the hell out of this bastard if he whipped it out?

"Still staring? I'm in a foul mood right now!"

As Yan spoke, he turned and swung his fist.

But before the punch could land, a figure flashed over and reached out to shield Chu Xuan behind her.

"Yan, that's enough!"

Hu Liena's face was cold.

Her sudden move left everyone dumbfounded.

What was going on?

Hu Liena, who usually kept out of other people's business and was somewhat aloof, had actually stepped in to protect a stranger?

Yan was completely stunned, frozen like a wooden chicken.

"Nana, what... what are you doing?"

"Hmph! He's just a child. Why are you bullying him?"

With that, she turned around, a radiant smile spreading across her face.

"Little brother, I don't think I've seen you at the academy before. Are you a new student?"

Little brother?

The way she addressed him made Chu Xuan clench his fists.

If this weren't the wrong place, he would have loved to show her what a big treasure was!

And what was with Hu Liena?

That smile was strange.

It could easily make people read too much into it.

Wait, if he remembered correctly, Hu Liena seemed to be a bit of a sucker for good looks in the original story.

She was always especially patient with good-looking people.

Of course, by her standards, a person had to be so good-looking that they could stun the heavens.

His own looks were naturally beyond question.

A solid one hundred points, one hundred points!

So Hu Liena's strange behavior seemed reasonable enough.

Xie Yue knew his sister well and couldn't help pressing a hand to his forehead.

All right, his sister had spotted a boy she liked.

The boy was just a little young.

Still, he really did look good.

Yan seemed to understand something too, and he glared viciously at Chu Xuan.

He had always thought he was in a pretty good position.

At least Hu Liena didn't have anyone she liked.

If he stayed by her side long enough, she would eventually accept him.

But now Chu Xuan's appearance had given him a strong sense of crisis.

It wasn't safe, not safe at all.

"Little brother, can you tell me your name?"

Hu Liena completely ignored Yan.

The most pressing matter was to find out who he was so she could spend more time with him later.

The moment she saw Chu Xuan, she felt as though the whole world had become more beautiful.

Chu Xuan frowned and took a step back. "I'm here for him."

He pointed at the boy lying on the ground, eating melon and watching the show.

He had been beaten up, but a classic melodramatic love-triangle scene was clearly playing out now. How could he not eat melon?

It was just that the sight of him eating melon while lying on the ground was rather comical.

When he saw Chu Xuan pointing at him, he was a little bewildered.

"Do I know you?"

Chu Xuan smiled faintly. "No, but it's enough that I know you."

"What?"

The boy froze, feeling that something was strange.

Before he could make sense of it, Chu Xuan flashed forward and slammed a fist into his stomach.

Bang!!!

The tremendously powerful punch landed, and the boy's face filled with terror. His eyeballs nearly popped out.

Spiderweb-like cracks spread across the floor beneath him.

With just one punch, the level fifty-three Soul King saw stars.

He felt as though his stomach had been smashed with a giant iron hammer, and he lost consciousness in an instant.

"You... hit him that hard?"

Yan had been about to get angry. How dare a little brat ignore him?

But when he saw Chu Xuan strike, he felt afraid for some reason.

This was no child. He was clearly a Ferocious Beast in human form.

If that punch had landed on him, he would probably have gone to see his great-grandmother by now.

Come to think of it, that boy could really take a beating. He had taken a punch like that and still hadn't died?

"Little brother, what are you doing?"

Hu Liena blinked.

Why had he suddenly attacked?

Did they have a grudge?

Chu Xuan glanced at her and said calmly, "This is why I say the students at Spirit Hall Academy have it too easy now. They aren't vigilant at all."

"You don't even know there's a bad guy in the crowd. If you died one day, you wouldn't even know why."

"A Soul King-level man disguised himself as a student and infiltrated the academy, and none of you noticed a thing?"

"A Soul King?"

"An old man?"

Chu Xuan's words left the onlookers utterly confused.

The boy had been knocked unconscious, but no matter how they looked at him, he didn't look like an old man.

He looked very young!

Hu Liena, however, nodded repeatedly. "Little brother is right!"

Xie Yue covered his eyes. He really couldn't bear to watch.

It was over. Had his sister fallen into the river of love and was now preparing to drown in it?

Ignoring Hu Liena, Chu Xuan crouched down and placed a hand on the boy's face. He hooked a fingernail under it and tore off a human-skin mask.

When the man's true face was exposed for everyone to see, several students were so startled that they backed away.

"Holy shit! He really is an old man?"

"So many wrinkles? He must be at least sixty, right?"

"A spy! He's definitely a spy!"

Yan and Xie Yue immediately understood.

He had disguised himself as a student and confessed to Hu Liena to attract her attention.

It didn't matter if the first confession failed. At least he would leave an impression, giving him more opportunities later.

So what was the other party trying to get close to her for?

Chu Xuan didn't give them much time to react. He grabbed the old man by the hair and headed straight outside.

Only when he had left the square did the people there come to their senses.

"Oh no~ I still don't know his name."

She suddenly cried out and looked back, but Chu Xuan was nowhere to be seen.

In the shadows, Elder Huo Ling narrowed her eyes in thought.

The God Child had found another spy.

The man had disguised himself well and hidden at Spirit Hall Academy. Indeed, no one had been able to discover him.

So how had the God Child uncovered the spy's identity?

It looked like she would have to ask when she had the chance, or she really would start doubting her own abilities.

She was his protector, after all. She couldn't be completely useless, could she?