Killing with a Borrowed Knife, the Past

Blood splattered across half the arena. Yun Chen frowned, clearly finding it filthy, but as he swept his gaze around, the cries accompanying Mad Tyrant and death continued.

"Monarch! Monarch! Monarch! Monarch!"

Countless shouts echoed through the air. The entire venue had fallen completely into madness and bloodlust. Yun Chen could not help frowning; looking at the frenzied crowd, he felt somewhat nauseated.

Damn feudal society. This is fucking disgusting!

Everyone's eating everyone else. Heh...

Yun Chen slowly walked out of the changing room. Outside, the officials from the Soul Fighting Arena had already been waiting. The instant they saw him, they hurried forward to greet him.

"Your Highness Monarch! This is your violet-gold badge, along with a savings card containing one hundred million Gold Soul Coins."

A female staff member, wearing a fawning smile, presented a jade box to Yun Chen with both hands. Yun Chen lightly accepted it. The jade box was of decent quality. Opening it, he found a violet-gold badge lying quietly inside.

The male staff member who was clearly the supervisor rubbed his hands together before handing over a black-gold card.

"This card can be used at all banks across the continent. Please keep it safe."

Yun Chen calmly accepted the black-gold card without much expression. After all, Qian Renxue had given him several billion over the years. This time, Yun Chen had truly latched onto a rich woman.

As for why Qian Renxue had given Yun Chen so much money, it was naturally because she feared he would not have enough to spend. Besides, several years ago, Yun Chen had exposed the matter of whale glue.

That made Qian Renxue even more supportive of Yun Chen tinkering with all sorts of strange things, such as buying heavenly treasures or conducting special experiments.

Well, Yun Chen had originally wanted to see whether he could replicate soul tool technology in Douluo I, but it turned out he had overestimated himself. Without any inheritance, he simply could not make sense of those junk soul tools he had collected.

"Ah, Sister Xue'er... forget it..."

Yun Chen's figure vanished into the boundless night.

"Supervisor, the task from above was to recruit His Highness Monarch... or kill him."

The beautiful female staff member stood uneasily beside the supervisor, quietly relaying the task assigned by their superiors as though reminding him.

The supervisor merely smiled faintly after hearing this. He gave the female staff member beside him a meaningful glance before slowly speaking.

"Do you think this Monarch's background is that simple?"

"Do you know how that wager was negotiated in the first place?"

Without waiting for her response, the supervisor shook his head and continued.

"Three Titled Douluo personally brought that boy to negotiate it. All three were from Spirit Hall, and every one of them was a Super Douluo above rank 95."

"Heh... With just that one Titled Douluo from the Seven Great Families, they dared compete with Spirit Hall? If they killed Spirit Hall's genius, then the Seven Great Families would disappear from this continent as well."

The female staff member staggered back two steps in shock, her voice trembling involuntarily.

"Then why did they still ask us to..."

"Heh, killing with a borrowed knife."

"I won't be their knife."

For this supervisor to possess such information, his background was clearly far from ordinary.

Heh... everyone was eating everyone else.

Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince's Residence.

"Young Master! News from Azure Cloud City."

"Young Master Yun Chen has completed his hundred-win streak."

Qian Renxue, who had been reviewing documents at her desk, slowly raised her head. A flicker of surprise passed through her eyes.

"So quickly? Then he should be returning soon, right?"

She Long, who had come to report, looked rather awkward. He hesitated for a long while before shaking his head and speaking.

"Young Master... Young Master Yun Chen... he seems to still be heading south."

"For now... for now, he does not seem to intend to return."

The room instantly fell silent. She Long lowered his head, not daring to look at Qian Renxue in the seat of honor. The air pressure around Qian Renxue seemed to have dropped several degrees.

"Alright, Uncle She. You may leave first."

She Long breathed a sigh of relief, bowed, and hastily withdrew.

Young Master Yun Chen, it's not that I don't want to help you. You snuck out, and you've stayed away for so long... You've truly made the young master angry.

Ah, you should pray for yourself.

Qian Renxue remained seated in the seat of honor, her expression still unchanged. Her gaze unconsciously fell upon a chibi doll at her side.

A closer look would reveal that this chibi doll was modeled after Yun Chen.

Qian Renxue's gaze softened, and the corners of her lips rose slightly. She pulled the chibi Yun Chen into her arms.

She gently stroked it, but in an instant, her eyes turned fierce and her voice became cold.

"Little Chenchen, you really are being disobedient."

"You'd better... you'd better not let your sister catch you. Otherwise, you'll be in trouble."

Qian Renxue pressed the chibi Yun Chen against her cheek and kept rubbing it against her face. A trace of pink appeared in her eyes, while a faint flush spread across her cheeks.

"Achoo!"

Yun Chen, who was cultivating in an Azure Cloud City hotel, suddenly sneezed. He rubbed his nose, a bad feeling rising in his heart.

Uh... sigh, maybe Sister Xue is thinking about me. I left her a letter when I left, so it should be fine... right?

Even Yun Chen was not entirely sure. Whenever he had slipped away to compete in matches before, he would either get beaten up upon returning or be locked up and thoroughly fussed over.

It was just that this time, he had been gone for several months—a little too long.

It was not that Qian Renxue was bad in any way. Yun Chen simply could not stand it sometimes. There were many things he wanted to do with his own hands, but under Qian Renxue's supervision in Heaven Dou City, many matters became difficult to handle.

And Qian Renxue's feelings for him seemed a little... strange... Her favorite thing to do was lock Yun Chen up, and then...

Ahem, ahem. Don't get the wrong idea.

She only locked Yun Chen up so he would cultivate properly. Sometimes, she even fed him herself and such. Don't let your imagination run wild.

Oh no, am I being forcefully loved?

Only now did Yun Chen begin to realize that Qian Renxue really was not normal when it came to him. With Qian Xunji as an example too, uh... was this some mandatory Qian Family tradition?

"Hehe... come find me in the secret chamber..."

Yun Chen shook his head, shaking those unhealthy thoughts from his mind.

Yun Chen's gaze became firm.

He was going to be a man like a lion. How could he possibly let Qian Renxue pin him beneath her? No matter what, a man had to have his dignity!

The reason Yun Chen participated in spirit fighting competitions was actually simple. First, they could hone his practical combat ability. Second, they gave him the chance to travel around different parts of the continent.

Most importantly, Yun Chen had always had his eye on Little Three's mother...

Uh... don't misunderstand. Yun Chen merely wanted to obtain that hundred-thousand-year spirit bone, as well as the Blue Silver Emperor's true body.