At that moment, a thought flashed through Gu Youwei's mind.
Could Gu Chen have already discovered her?
Gu Youwei decided to respond to all changes by remaining unchanged. She simply sat where she was, intending to see what Gu Chen would do next.
Yet Gu Chen actually sat down in front of her and began eating noodles openly and without a care in the world!
He even ate with such relish!
Gu Youwei's fury instantly flared to the heavens.
She felt that everything she had suffered was all thanks to Gu Chen.
Yet Gu Chen was sitting here like some grand lord, leisurely eating his noodles!
At that moment, a fierce killing intent flickered in Gu Youwei's eyes.
She circulated her inner force, intending to summon Scarlet Plume directly.
Gu Youwei knew that with her current Cultivation Level, using her cultivation again would definitely bring severe backlash.
But as long as she could kill Gu Chen, she felt it would all be worth it!
Yet before Gu Youwei could make a move, Gu Chen spoke unhurriedly. "You've killed quite a few people, haven't you?"
That question left Gu Youwei completely stunned.
Gu Chen then continued, "You had pretty good damn luck to find Scarlet Plume at the Cangshan Sword Sect."
"But when you escaped from the Gu family, you should have brought more silver with you."
"Otherwise, you wouldn't be unable to afford even a bowl of hot noodles now."
Gu Chen spoke those words with such composure.
During that time, Gu Chen even took a sip of soup!
Meanwhile, Gu Youwei's face was already filled with shock.
Because she realized that Gu Chen had truly discovered her!
Not only that, Gu Chen knew about the Cangshan Sword Sect and the Gu family as well.
In other words, from the moment he was reborn, Gu Chen had clearly known everything!
Gu Chen had watched her remain in the Gu family and be given to He Changsong by them, yet he had done nothing!
He had even taken away all the inheritance and left none for her!
Thinking of this, the hatred in Gu Youwei's eyes grew even more intense.
She knew she had been right all along—Gu Chen was a heartless, faithless petty man!
In an instant, an astonishing killing aura erupted from Gu Youwei's body!
The killing intent and inner force spilling from her made her black cloak flutter faintly.
Just as Gu Youwei was about to summon Scarlet Plume and slit Gu Chen's throat with a single sword—
Gu Chen said blandly, "I don't care what you think."
"But don't interfere with my participation in the Rookie Competition."
After saying that, Gu Chen's gaze sharpened, and Gu Youwei instantly felt an overwhelmingly powerful pressure bearing down on her!
That pressure carried immense inner force, leaving Gu Youwei with no time to react at all!
Boom!
The next second, Gu Youwei was sent flying by that pressure of inner force.
She smashed straight through the inn's surrounding wall and flew backward for dozens of meters!
Fortunately, there were few pedestrians on the street at the time.
Otherwise, when Gu Youwei flew out, she would definitely have knocked down plenty of people like a bowling ball!
The diners inside the inn were terrified by the sudden scene.
From their perspective, everything around them had been perfectly normal.
Then someone suddenly flew out and even smashed a huge hole through the wall!
Hearing the commotion, the waiter hurried over.
He had just been about to lose his temper, but when he saw it was Gu Chen, his face immediately broke into a wide smile.
After all, the waiter had witnessed Gu Chen's thunderous methods during the day.
That person had merely been sent flying. Compared to Chen Xiongfei, who had lost an arm, she was simply blessed!
"Hehe, sir, you truly possess god-given strength."
"Sir, are you full? Would you like another bowl of noodles?"
Gu Chen was quite satisfied with the waiter's service attitude.
He replied as if nothing had happened, "No need. Just clean this place up a little."
With that, Gu Chen went straight back upstairs, as though nothing had happened just now.
As for Gu Youwei, she had just been blasted dozens of meters away by Gu Chen.
Only after crashing through a century-old tree did she finally come to a stop!
At the time, Gu Youwei felt the world spinning around her, as if Gu Chen had nearly scattered her brains with that blow.
In her dazed state, Gu Youwei felt the meridians in her body become tangled and disordered as her blood surged upward.
Immediately afterward, Gu Youwei spat out a huge mouthful of blood!
Gu Youwei had never experienced such agony before.
Every inch of her skin, every inch of her flesh, was transmitting endless pain!
"No... impossible..."
Gu Youwei truly had not expected Gu Chen to strike so quickly.
So quickly that even she herself had failed to react!
One had to know that Gu Youwei's Cultivation Level had clearly already reached the Innate Realm.
With Scarlet Plume added to the equation, killing Gu Chen should have been easier than crushing an ant.
Yet the truth was that Gu Youwei had not even touched Gu Chen before he had beaten her half to death!
"Gu Chen, you... you will die a miserable death..."
Gu Youwei struggled to climb up from the ground, only to discover that she could not muster any strength at all.
Whenever she tried to circulate her inner force, the already severed and disordered meridians in her body would cause her blood and qi to surge.
That heart-rending pain would then gather from all directions like a rising tide!
Gu Youwei was in unbearable pain, yet she did not even have the strength to groan.
She could only lie there miserably amid shattered bricks and broken trees, struggling to breathe as she clung to life...
After returning to his room, Gu Chen had nothing better to do, so he took out the gemstone he had obtained from the Third Divine Hall and began to play with it.
Normally, he could not be bothered to deal with a girl like Gu Youwei at all.
Whether Gu Youwei lived or died had absolutely nothing to do with him.
But since Gu Youwei had chased him all the way to the inn, Gu Chen had to act first.
Otherwise, if that woman disturbed his rest, Gu Chen would only become more annoyed.
Now that he had dealt with the trouble called Gu Youwei, Gu Chen could finally get a peaceful night's sleep.
Yet not long afterward, Gu Chen suddenly smelled a scorched odor spreading through the air.
It seemed as though someone was burning something.
"It's summer right now. Why would anyone be burning coal?"
Gu Chen originally did not want to bother with it, but the smell was far too choking!
Left with no choice, Gu Chen could only follow the scent all the way over.
In the end, he discovered that the smell was coming from the room next door.
Gu Chen suddenly recalled that he had beaten someone to death in the room next door last night.
It was only natural for the innkeeper to burn some spirit money in the neighboring room and perform a ritual.
So Gu Chen merely reminded them kindly, "Just burn a little. You don't need that much."
"Other people still need to sleep, after all."
Wei Qingyu had just happily finished taking a hot bath.
As night fell, she was crouching over a brazier, cultivating the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture.
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