Sowing Discord

Activating the Destruction Fire Body still took a heavy toll on Lin Xuanchen. On top of that, he had just fought such an intense battle that his body could no longer withstand the overbearing power of the Life Spirit Flame. He had reached his limit.

"You little brat, you're ruthless!" Tai Tan shot Lin Xuanchen an indignant glare, took a deep breath, and asked curiously, "What Secret Art did you just use? How did your strength increase so much?"

"Heh." Lin Xuanchen chuckled. "The Dou Technique I just demonstrated is called the Destruction Fire Body for short. Its activation conditions are..."

Just as Lin Xuanchen was about to continue, his vision went black, and the words on his lips abruptly cut off.

His entire body went limp. The emerald-green crystals covering him vanished in an instant, and he plummeted from the sky.

As he fell, horrifying bloody wounds split open uncontrollably across his body, blood seeping out in streams.

Wang Dong'er's pretty face had been filled with admiration as she watched Lin Xuanchen, but the moment she saw him fall from the sky, it visibly drained of color.

Niu Tian reacted swiftly. In a flash, he appeared beneath Lin Xuanchen and caught him.

"A-Chen!" With a thought, Wang Dong'er unfurled a pair of pink-and-blue Butterfly Wings behind her and flew toward Niu Tian at full speed.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Dong'er reached Niu Tian, snatched Lin Xuanchen straight out of his hands, and cradled him in her arms, her pretty face filled with worry.

Seeing Lin Xuanchen drenched in blood, Wang Dong'er burst into anxious tears. They slid down her delicate, fair cheeks and dripped softly onto him.

"Second Dad, this is all your fault! Didn't you say you were only going to give A-Chen some pointers? Why did you hit him so hard?"

Wang Dong'er looked down at the blood-soaked boy in her arms, her beautiful pink-and-blue eyes filled with worry and heartache. Then she suddenly raised her gaze and glared at Tai Tan, fiercely scolding him.

"Huh? I hit him hard?" Tai Tan was utterly dumbfounded by her words.

"Little Dong, have you got this wrong? I was the one getting beaten up the whole time!"

At that moment, Tai Tan truly had grievances he could not voice. He had been taking a beating from start to finish! Lin Xuanchen had nearly blown his arm off, so how had he become the one who had struck too hard?

"Little Dong! Look at my arm!" Tai Tan raised his arm high and said indignantly, "If your Eldest Dad hadn't stepped in, that brat would've blown my arm off! Aren't you going to show me any concern?"

"Second Dad, I hate you! This is all your fault! If you hadn't challenged A-Chen to a fight, would he have ended up like this?"

Wang Dong'er's limpid pink-and-blue eyes brimmed with tears. "Even if we take ten thousand steps back, aren't you still at fault, Second Dad? Even setting the facts aside, aren't you at fault?!"

"Second Dad! I hate you! I hate you so much! I'm never talking to you again!" Wang Dong'er shouted angrily at Tai Tan.

With that, Wang Dong'er ignored the bloodstains on Lin Xuanchen, took a clean handkerchief and some bandages out of her Storage Soul Tool, and began tending to his wounds.

"Huh? But..." Hearing Wang Dong'er's accusations, Tai Tan felt as though something had shattered inside him. Niu Tian, meanwhile, felt that their little padded jacket was already letting in the cold.

Suddenly, Lin Xuanchen, who should have been unconscious, actually raised his right hand and gave Tai Tan a thumbs-up, then turned it upside down in a mocking gesture.

Lin Xuanchen had been faking his unconsciousness all along. Although keeping the Destruction Fire Body active for too long did have considerable side effects on his body,

with the Life Spirit Flame in his possession, he could quickly heal his internal injuries. There was no way he would pass out.

The bloody wounds on his arms looked frightening, but he had deliberately created those as well. In truth, he was perfectly fine.

As long as he stayed within what his body could endure and kept it under half a minute, he would merely end up extremely weak at worst. He had done all this just to mock Tai Tan.

"Little Dong! Look! That brat moved his hand! He's even mocking me!" The moment Tai Tan saw Lin Xuanchen's taunting gesture, he exploded and hurriedly alerted Wang Dong'er.

"Second Dad! Shut up!" Wang Dong'er responded with an angry glare.

"I..." Tai Tan choked on his words. His brownish-yellow eyes bulged like bronze bells. He wanted to say something, but fearing he might upset Wang Dong'er again, he could only storm back to the Clear Sky Sect in a huff.

Boom!

Before long, an enormous blast of flatulence suddenly rang out from the direction of the Clear Sky Sect.

"Urgh! Who?! Who released this poison gas?!"

"Urgh! It stinks! Damn it! Someone with a butt martial soul has actually infiltrated the sect! And they even know Divine Fart Release!"

"I can't take it anymore. It's just too foul..."

Cries of agonized complaint immediately rose throughout the Clear Sky Sect.

Only then did Tai Tan stroll leisurely out of the Clear Sky Sect, rubbing his lower belly. His expression was relaxed as he said, "Much better now that I've let it out. Heh heh."

"Little Dong, take good care of him for now." Watching the aftermath of the booming fart Tai Tan had released inside the Clear Sky Sect, Niu Tian's lips twitched involuntarily. After speaking to Wang Dong'er, he flew toward the sect.

Niu Tian opened the Clear Sky Sect's main gates and used his soul power to clear the surrounding air. Only then did he walk inside and roar at Tai Tan:

"Tai Tan, get your ass out here! That Thunderous Fart of yours could stink people to death thirty miles upwind! I'll beat you to death!"

After lying on Wang Dong'er's lap for quite a while longer, Lin Xuanchen finally pretended to wake up, opening his eyes with a bewildered look.

"Dong'er, what happened to me?" Lin Xuanchen asked, feigning ignorance.

"A-Chen, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. You were injured while sparring with my Second Dad just now. I've already bandaged your wounds. Does it hurt?"

Seeing Lin Xuanchen wake up, Wang Dong'er could not help feeling delighted. But as she looked at the bandages covering him, a flash of heartache immediately crossed her pink-and-blue eyes, and she asked softly.

"I feel much better." Lin Xuanchen sat up from Wang Dong'er's lap. "Besides, your Second Dad didn't mean any harm. I'm doing all right now."

"Cough, cough, cough." Lin Xuanchen gave a couple of feebly affected coughs. "Dong'er, where's your Second Dad? Why don't I see him around?"

"Hmph!" Wang Dong'er snorted softly. "A-Chen, don't worry about him. I'm not planning to speak to him for a while!"