Ten Days Later at the Southern City Martial Arena

Su Chen said, "Who says I have any obligation to treat someone from your Wang Family? Even if your brother dies, what does it have to do with me?"

"Su Chen!"

Wang Bingyan shrieked, "How can you still here shifting the blame? If you hadn't refused to render aid, how could my brother have been crippled? His crippling is all your fault, and you must take full responsibility!"

Su Chen's gaze turned cold, and he said indifferently, "I'm sorry, my time is not meant to be wasted on rabid dogs. Farewell."

With that, Su Chen tapped his toes and lightly leaped over the heads of the crowd, walking onward.

"Stop him!" Wang Bingyan shrieked.

Immediately, two Wang Family disciples pursued from the left and right, attempting to intercept Su Chen.

However, Su Chen didn't even glance their way. Spanning his arms, he struck out with both fists simultaneously to his left and right.

Those two felt their chests simultaneously receive the impact of a giant boulder, their vision turning black before they flew outward like kites with snapped strings.

"How is that possible?" Seeing this scene from behind, Wang Bingyan was extremely shocked as well. One had to know that those two were hardly weak characters among the Wang Family disciples, their cultivation even a notch stronger than Wang Teng's. To be so easily sent flying like that, without the slightest capability to resist?

Wang Bingyan couldn't help furrowing her brows, wondering whether it was her illusion, but Su Chen's strength seemed to have made substantial progress once again compared to that day at the Drunken Immortal Residence.

"Dammit, is there really no one who can stop him?" Wang Bingyan burned with anger in her eyes. Helplessly, the people she brought today were all young Wang Family disciples without any particular excellence, leaving her completely powerless in the face of Su Chen's departing back.

Yet, no sooner had Su Chen walked out a short distance than he heard another refined voice drift over: "Brother Su, leaving just like this seems rather lacking in poise, doesn't it?"

Su Chen halted his steps and looked toward the direction whence the voice came.

He saw a handsome young man wearing a moon-white brocade robe slowly emerge from

a tavern on the side, staring at Su Chen with unhurried composure. It was none other than Ye Xuan.

"Big Brother Ye!" Acting as though she had found a savior, Wang Bingyan hurried forward in two or three steps, her eyes brimming with tears as she said, "Big Brother Ye, you simply must uphold justice for me!"

Ye Xuan nodded, saying, "I have already heard about the entire matter."

With that, Ye Xuan looked at Su Chen and said, "Brother Su, leaving aside that you and my group shared a table and ate together, making us people with some acquaintance, even total strangers shouldn't turn a blind eye to someone in mortal peril. In this matter, you were in the wrong."

Su Chen looked at Ye Xuan indifferently. This person was still the same as last time, sporting that aloof tone akin to a moral arbiter.

"I wonder how Young Master Ye plans to deal with me today? Are you going to break my legs or my arms?" Su Chen sneered. Today's he was not the same person he had been when he first arrived in Clear River City. Now, even facing an Essence Condensation Realm genius like Ye Xuan, he could remain completely fearless.

Ye Xuan said, "Although you didn't directly harm Miss Wang's brother, refusing to render aid to him was a major contributing factor to his crippling. Personally, I feel it wouldn't be excessive for you to sever one of your own arms to offer amends to Miss Wang."

Su Chen looked at Ye Xuan as if looking at a mental patient: "What if I don't?"

Ye Xuan's brow furrowed: "Then I shall do it in your stead."

Su Chen shook his head, finding it uninteresting. Now that he had broken through to the Essence Condensation Realm, his mindset and perspective were vastly different from his past life. Ye Xuan, the number one genius of Clear River City whom his past self had once looked up to with high reverence, now seemed nothing special. The disputes among the younger generation of Clear River City now appeared so childish.

"If you feel you're up to it, then come on!" Su Chen said

indifferently, then walked right past Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan froze, his handsome face gradually filling with rage. What did this Su Chen mean? As a Qi-Attraction Realm martial artist, it was one thing not to fear him, an Essence Condensation Realm genius, but he actually seemed to harbor a trace of contempt?

The matter from the Drunken Immortal Residence last time had already displeased Ye Xuan. Now, Su Chen's attitude caused an anonymous fire to surge up from the bottom of Ye Xuan's heart.

"Big Brother Ye, this Su Chen is simply too arrogant. If you don't personally step up to teach him a lesson, he'll have no idea of his own limitations!" Wang Bingyan said from the side.

With a dark expression, Ye Xuan nodded, immediately shouting coldly at Su Chen's retreating back: "Su Chen!"

"Since you're so confident in yourself, let's have a duel!"

Ye Xuan said coldly, "If you lose, I'll strip off one of your arms in front of all of Clear River City. Do you dare accept?"

Ye Xuan was certain that Su Chen would refuse!

Among the younger generation of Clear River City, no one could be found who dared to duel him, Ye Xuan!

Yet Su Chen merely paused his steps and said indifferently, "When, and where?"

Gritting his teeth, Ye Xuan spat out a few cold words from his mouth: "Ten days later, at the Southern City Martial Arena!"

"Very well!" Su Chen nodded. "I'll be there."

Saying this, Su Chen wasted no time, striding away without looking back.

Ye Xuan stared at Su Chen's departing back, his gaze so gloomy it seemed capable of dripping water. He hadn't expected that Su Chen would actually dare to accept his challenge to a duel.

"Big Brother Ye, is there something wrong with this Su Chen's head? He actually dares to accept your duel challenge—you're the number one genius of Clear River City's younger generation, is he simply tired of living?!" Wang Bingyan said coquettishly, "Big Brother Ye, when the time comes, you must help my brother reclaim

justice!"

"Naturally." Ye Xuan nodded indifferently. When the time came, he would let Su Chen know the meaning of biting off more than one can chew!

Leaving Su Chen aside.

After shaking off Wang Bingyan's entanglements, he returned to the Jiang Family.

He took a hot bath, then had a wonderful sleep to replenish the energy consumed during half a month in the mountains.

Early the next morning, Xu Yin came to see him.

"Xiao Chen, you didn't run into any danger this time in the mountains, did you?"

Xu Yin asked with concern, although she knew her question was practically pointless—if Su Chen had really encountered any danger, he wouldn't have returned in such an intact and undamaged state now.

Still, her inner feelings held an instinctive care, especially upon seeing a few unhealed injuries on Su Chen's arms and legs. She knew that while Su Chen might not have encountered any major dangers this time, minor injuries had indeed been sustained.

"Don't worry, Little Aunt, I didn't run into any danger." Su Chen smiled, choosing not to mention the incident with the Iron Garb Sect to Xu Yin, as that would only needlessly cause her worry.

Hearing Su Chen say this, Xu Yin finally set her mind at ease.

"Little Aunt, over these past half-month, hasn't your old injury acted up again?" Su Chen asked.

"No." Xu Yin shook her head, then asked with puzzlement, "Speaking of which, what kind of medicinal pill was that you gave me last time? Ever since I took it, not only has my old injury failed to flare up again, but my whole body feels full of vigor, as though I have an endless supply of strength, and it's like I suddenly grew ten years younger."

Su Chen laughed: "That's naturally because Little Aunt is still young to begin with. With your eternal youth and natural beauty, what does it have to do with my pills?"

Xu Yin let out a "pfft" of laughter: "You child, when did you learn to be so smooth-tongued?"