"Do you just like making people lose an arm at the slightest provocation?"
But after thinking it over carefully, Wei Qingyu remembered that Immortal County was about to hold the Rookie Competition.
The place was now a chaotic mix of fish and dragons, with all sorts of people gathered here.
It was perfectly normal for the occasional conflict to break out.
With that in mind, Wei Qingyu decided to find an inn and stay there.
Meanwhile, the innkeeper and the other attendants had nearly finished cleaning up the hall.
They had already cleared away the shattered tables.
Even the bloodstains on the floor had been scrubbed over several times.
Whenever the innkeeper recalled the scene of Gu Chen confronting Chen Xiongfei, his legs could not help trembling.
He had never expected Gu Chen to be so fierce!
With only a lift of his hand, he had directly broken Chen Xiongfei's arm!
Chen Xiongfei had even knelt before Gu Chen in public and apologized!
Thinking back on it all, the innkeeper could not help sighing. "It looks like this Rookie Competition won't be simple."
Once the innkeeper had finished tidying everything up and was about to go rest for a while—
Wei Qingyu suddenly walked into the inn and said, "Innkeeper, I need a room!"
The innkeeper had not yet recovered from the shock, and Wei Qingyu's shout nearly scared him half to death.
At first, he thought people from Thunderclap Hall had come to cause trouble again.
But when he saw that it was merely a delicate-looking little girl like Wei Qingyu, he immediately let out a sigh of relief.
"Alright, alright, of course you can stay. A room upstairs has just opened up."
Before coming to this inn, Wei Qingyu had visited several inns in a row, only to find every one of them fully booked!
In her previous life, Gu Chen had always handled finding a place to stay. Wei Qingyu only needed to wait.
This time, having to visit inns one by one to find lodging truly felt like such a hassle!
The more she thought about it, the deeper Wei Qingyu's resentment toward Gu Chen became.
"Gu Chen, it's all your fault!"
"If you hadn't done everything for me in my previous life, I wouldn't be having such trouble just finding an inn!"
Fortunately, Wei Qingyu had finally found somewhere to stay this time, and her mood immediately improved.
What Wei Qingyu did not know, however, was that the former occupant of this room—
Had been punched to death by Gu Chen just the previous night.
Now that she finally had a place to stay, Wei Qingyu lay comfortably on the large bed, thoroughly enjoying herself.
Yet next door, Gu Chen was still quietly meditating and cultivating.
Gu Chen was continuously solidifying the foundation of his Cultivation Level.
After such a long period of advancement, Gu Chen had now reached the first level of the Profound Gang Realm.
One had to know that whether in East Desolation Commandery or Immortal County—
Anyone whose Cultivation Level reached the Profound Gang Realm was already a genius chosen one in ten thousand.
Take the Cangshan Sword Sect, for example. As long as someone possessed Profound Gang Realm cultivation, they could even become a sect protector!
Gu Chen felt that with his current Cultivation Level, claiming the championship at the Rookie Competition would be effortless.
Even if someone's Cultivation Level was higher than his, Gu Chen was not worried in the slightest.
Because the foundation of Gu Chen's Cultivation Level was exceptionally solid.
From the Body Tempering Realm to the Innate Realm, Gu Chen had tempered every level of cultivation until it was extraordinarily stable.
With such a rock-solid cultivation foundation, the value of Gu Chen's first level of the Profound Gang Realm was exceptionally high!
"Still, it's already been several days since my rebirth, and my cultivation has only reached the Profound Gang Realm. It's still too slow."
Gu Chen still felt that his cultivation speed was too slow.
He planned that after obtaining the Rookie Competition's reward this time, he absolutely had to properly raise his Cultivation Level again.
At that very moment, however, Wei Qingyu was next door, squatting over a brazier as she diligently practiced her cultivation.
Luckily, no one saw this scene.
Otherwise, they would surely have wondered why such a delicate and beautiful girl as Wei Qingyu—
Was squatting over a brazier in such an embarrassing posture.
Because the brazier was filled entirely with ordinary coal.
As a result, after cultivating for only a short while, Wei Qingyu was already badly choked by the smoke.
In the end, she became so impatient that she simply stopped cultivating altogether.
Because Wei Qingyu cultivated the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture, if she wanted to rapidly increase her Cultivation Level, the best results came in a cold, secluded place deep in the night.
Yet it was broad daylight now, and she was near a bustling market. The effects of Wei Qingyu's cultivation were practically negligible.
"Gu Chen, I've fallen to this state entirely because of you!"
"Just wait until I take first place at the Rookie Competition, then beat you until you're battered and scattered like fallen flowers and flowing water!"
The more Wei Qingyu thought about it, the angrier she became. In a fit of rage, she kicked the brazier over onto the floor.
As a result, all the coal inside rolled out.
This immediately left Wei Qingyu looking even more disheveled...
By evening, there were noticeably fewer pedestrians on the streets of Immortal County.
Chen Xiongfei sat in a tavern, his broken arm hanging limply at his side as he drank alone.
After leaving the inn, Chen Xiongfei had wandered the streets the entire time, not daring to return to Thunderclap Hall at all.
After all, he had originally intended to avenge his dead underling and establish Thunderclap Hall's prestige while he was at it.
Yet not only had he failed to establish that prestige, he had lost an arm instead!
If he returned to Thunderclap Hall like this, Chen Xiongfei felt that the hall master would surely scold him to death!
With a heart full of frustration, Chen Xiongfei could only drink cup after cup of bitter wine.
The surviving lackey could not help asking Chen Xiongfei, "Big Brother, what should we do now?"
As for that question, Chen Xiongfei did not know what to say either.
Go head-to-head with Gu Chen? Definitely not. Gu Chen would kill him with a lift of his hand.
Go complain to Thunderclap Hall? Thunderclap Hall would certainly avenge him, but the hall master would certainly scold him half to death as well.
At this point, Chen Xiongfei was caught between advancing and retreating, utterly unable to decide what to do.
"Fuck, how would I know?"
"If I knew what to do, would I still need to be sitting here drinking?"
Chen Xiongfei angrily drained the wine in his cup in one gulp.
But he had drunk too much, and the wound suddenly began throbbing with intense pain again.
The searing pain nearly killed Chen Xiongfei on the spot!
"Ow, it hurts like hell!"
Chen Xiongfei slammed the table hard, startling the people around him.
They all turned to look in Chen Xiongfei's direction.
Chen Xiongfei immediately bellowed, "What are you looking at? Never seen a one-armed hero before?"
After Chen Xiongfei shouted at them, the group hurriedly turned their heads away, not daring to utter a single word.
Seeing this, the lackey hurriedly said, "That brat really doesn't know the height of heaven or the depth of earth."
"One look tells you he isn't from our Immortal County. Otherwise, he would never have dared lay a hand on you, Big Brother!"
Chen Xiongfei said unhappily as well, "Who knows where that brat came from? His Cultivation Level doesn't look low either."
"But people like him are usually arrogant and high-spirited. They look down on everyone."
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