As soon as Su Chen said that, everyone present looked over at him, their eyes full of confusion.
Su Chen also realized that what he'd said sounded a little off, so he rephrased it. "What I mean is, the horses pulling carts in our village have never run this fast."
Yue Guan covered his mouth and chuckled.
"That's only natural. These are Soul Beast horses tamed by Spirit Hall, and the carriage was built by Grandmaster."
"They can travel a thousand miles a day."
Su Chen nodded slightly, but inwardly he was too exasperated to even complain. Was this really something worth bragging about?
In another fantasy world, people had flying beasts pulling their carriages, and the top experts could teleport through the void!
Take you, Chrysanthemum Guan. You'd always had the upper hand against Dugu Bo, but just because Tang San gave Dugu Bo a pair of Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Orbs, Dugu Bo turned around and started beating you instead.
If they were Soul Tools, he'd have nothing to say, but how could a Hidden Weapon unleash such explosive force...? Still, there was nothing he could do about it. Even Qian Renxue hadn't said a word. What the hell was the point of becoming a god?
As the carriage rolled along, Su Chen chatted idly with the others, while growing more and more eager to test the limits of his own abilities.
Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track was already so mysterious. Just how powerful was his Wind God Leg, backed by a century of cultivation?
Night fell.
The group gathered around a campfire to rest.
Hu Liena handed Su Chen some roasted Soul Beast meat. "Here, you can have this!"
Su Chen politely thanked her, but the more time passed, the more he felt something was off.
He could understand Hu Liena's enthusiasm as a case of her being lovestruck, but aside from Fei Yanyan, even Chrysanthemum Guan and the others hadn't shown any dislike toward him.
That was a huge problem!
He was only a Level 15 Soul Master right now. Even if Hu Liena was lovestruck, the others should have stopped her and looked down on him.
But they hadn't.
Yan sat off to the side, angrily tearing into his roasted meat. It was as if he were treating the meat in his hands as Su Chen, biting down hard again and again, as though he wanted to tear him apart.
Before long, he was full and let out a belch.
Hu Liena frowned and looked at Yan.
"Yan, can't you eat a little more elegantly?"
"You're so crude!"
Yan's face immediately turned awkward. He hurried to placate her. "Uh... sorry. I won't do that next time."
As he spoke,
Yan suddenly noticed Su Chen beside him, also wolfing down roasted meat. He hurriedly snapped at him.
"Hey! Su Chen, can't you eat a little more elegantly? You're so crude!"
Su Chen: ???
Su Chen paused, then said, "Well... Hu Liena's cooking is really good. I'll be more careful next time."
A smile appeared on Hu Liena's face. She looked at Su Chen warmly and said, "It's fine! That's what makes a boy bold and hearty."
"Pfft—!"
Su Chen instantly spat out his food, staring at Hu Liena in a daze... Big sis! Did you grow up on the grasslands?
Gui Mei and Xie Yue both looked at Hu Liena, feeling even more sorry for Yan.
Sure enough!
When you loved someone, they could do no wrong.
When you didn't, everything they did was wrong.
How had we never noticed before how two-faced you were, Hu Liena?
Even the two coachmen were stunned. City folk sure knew how to have fun.
At that moment, Yan's emotions, which he'd been holding in all afternoon, finally erupted.
Damn it!
Just how was I worse than him?
I hate this!
Yan stood up, pointed at Su Chen, and spoke in a voice trembling with anger.
"Su Chen!"
"I challenge you to a duel!"
"I don't care what tricks you used to deceive Nana. If you're a man, fight me!"
"If you win, I'll never interfere in your relationship with Nana again. If you lose, you're not allowed to go near her anymore!"
Hu Liena was instantly furious too. She stood up and stepped in front of Su Chen, her face dark.
"Yan, that's enough."
"Do you remember what the teacher told us before we left? If you keep acting up, go back to Spirit City right now."
Hu Liena was absolutely livid.
She shouldn't have brought Yan along. This trip wasn't for hunting Soul Rings in the first place. She'd come along just to stay by Su Chen's side and get closer to him.
That bastard was always picking on Su Chen!
Yan gritted his teeth. "Even if I have to go back, I'm dueling him today. The weak don't deserve your favor!"
Su Chen stood up and looked at Yan with pity. You were born a lovesick fool. Even if I'd never shown up, you'd still be a lovesick fool!
"A duel is fine, but there's something I have to tell you. The outcome won't change how Hu Liena feels about either of us."
"Besides! If you lose, Hu Liena will look down on you and admire me even more. If I lose and you hurt me, she'll feel sorry for me and hate you even more."
"You might gain a little from this fight, but I'll never lose. Are you sure you still want to go through with it?"
"Cough, cough!"
Gui Mei and Xie Yue choked on the spot. Su Chen's reasoning couldn't have been any clearer. That was absolutely how it would go!
Talk about twisting the knife.
Hu Liena, meanwhile, glanced at Su Chen with a shy look, her mind wandering off to who-knew-what...
Yan stood there dumbly, staring at Su Chen, completely unsure what to do.
That was right!
Su Chen was absolutely right. There was no way he'd lose, but if he beat Su Chen up, wouldn't that only bring the two of them closer?
I hate this!
Yan turned and ran into the woods. Right after that, the sound of "thump, thump, thump" rang out as he started beating the trees.
"No!"
"No!!"
"No!!!"
As Yan let out a furious roar, Yue Guan, who'd gone into the woods to relieve himself, happened to return and passed by. He asked in confusion, "Yan, what's wrong with you?"
Yan was in utter despair. He fell to his knees and howled at the sky. "I can't solve this problem! I can't solve it! It's too hard!!!"
Su Chen shook his head slightly and hummed:
"True love stretches wide as the grasslands~"
"Layer upon layer of wind and rain can't keep it apart~"
"Some day the clouds will part and the sun will shine~"
"Ten thousand beams of sunlight will fall on you and me~"
Hu Liena looked at Su Chen with stars in her eyes, clasping her hands together as she asked, "Su Chen, what were you singing just now? It sounded so beautiful!"
Su Chen smiled faintly.
"Just a little voice-over, nothing worth mentioning. Of course, I only sing this song when the moment calls for it. The conditions for using it are pretty strict."
After speaking, Su Chen didn't forget to glance at Yan in the distance.
Night had grown deep.
For Fei Yanyan, tonight was destined to be a sleepless one!
Of course,
Hu Liena wasn't asleep either. She was waiting for the diary to hand out its rewards. She wasn't sure whether she'd be lucky enough to get one today, but she still wanted to see!
At the same time,
the women all over the world who possessed Diary Copies were also still awake, waiting to see whether the diary would hand out rewards today.
And if it did, who would get them?
Bibi Dong.
Liu Erlong.
Since today's entry was about Yu Xiaogang, these two had been mentioned the most. So it should be one of them, right?