Come Out and Die

Pang Rong, sprawled on the ground, was dumbfounded by their conversation.

He had thought Lu Chen had come over because of the time he had blocked Tianyu Academy's gates.

Now, it seemed that was not the case at all.

The two sides had known each other from the start.

His pants immediately grew wet.

The others came to the same realization.

No wonder this bastard had beaten people, killed people, and cursed people like a madman. Damn it, they had known each other all along, and their relationship was anything but shallow.

Perhaps Lu Chen was one of Peerless Princess's suitors.

"I'll arrange someone afterward!" Peerless Princess said when she saw Lu Chen nod.

"Yun Niang?" Lu Chen's eyes lit up.

The corners of Peerless Princess's lips curled slightly beneath her black veil. "Perhaps. That depends on how you perform!"

"Where is she?"

"I gave her a small task. If all goes well, she'll be back soon!"

Lu Chen could not help looking utterly disappointed.

With Yun Niang gone, what the hell was he supposed to do?

All his motivation vanished at once.

"What did you say just now?" Seeing Pang Rong quietly retreating, Peerless Princess suddenly asked.

Pang Rong's body trembled, and he hurriedly said, "N-Nothing?"

"If it was nothing, why are you in such a state? Why aren't you going back to clean yourself up? What a disgrace!"

Pang Rong's throat sweetened, and he nearly suffered internal injuries from being scolded.

Under everyone's contemptuous gazes, he slunk out of the hall in disgrace.

"Little Wolf King!" Peerless Princess finally looked at Di Kun, whose chest was stained with blood, and asked curiously,

"Before entering, I saw someone from Wolf Court unconscious, and now I see blood on your chest. This is...?"

Di Kun's eyelids twitched. Was she mocking him?

With a cold snort, he said, "Your people did this. Arrogant, domineering, and utterly unreasonable!"

Peerless Princess smiled. "My people were thoughtless. Fortunately, there weren't any serious losses. Please forgive them!"

Your uncle!

Di Kun nearly exploded.

They had killed several of his people, and she called that no serious losses?

"He..."

"Enough. I know you feel uncomfortable. After all, you lost face at my banquet. I trust Little Wolf King is magnanimous enough not to hold a grudge. Let this matter end here, shall we?"

Mm-mm...

Little Wolf King was trembling with rage.

"Why should it?" someone beside Little Wolf King roared.

"Your man beat our people and killed my brothers. Why should we let it end here?"

"Lu Chen must be buried with them, or don't blame Wolf Court for turning hostile and refusing to recognize old ties."

Qiu Mo, watching this unfold, secretly rejoiced.

Let's see how you wrap this up.

If things went badly, you might really have to make Peerless Princess marry him.

Peerless Princess frowned.

"Today, I invited all of you..." Halfway through, her tone suddenly shifted. "Did I send you an invitation? And who are you?"

The speaker's breath caught.

"He is my man!" Little Wolf King stepped forward.

"Of course I know he's your man. Otherwise, he would already be a corpse!"

Then she looked at the man again. "Since you snuck in, obey the rules. Otherwise, get the hell out!"

"You..." His expression immediately turned extremely ugly.

"Hehe, one invitation brought more than twenty people inside. Little Wolf King, just because Wolf Court has no rules does not mean Great Yan has none. Is the imperial forbidden ground somewhere you can enter whenever you please?"

"Or have you taken the rumors outside as truth and treated Peerless Palace as your own home?"

"If you have any self-awareness, you'd best abandon that thought, lest you ruin yourself!"

She had laid all her cards on the table.

She was clearly telling Little Wolf King that she had not taken a fancy to him.

"The one I, Ji Wushuang, admire is a peerless genius who looks down upon the nine heavens; a hero with compassion in his heart and the world in his breast; an outstanding man who is unyielding and untamed, who dares to act and dares to bear the consequences. Tell me, how many of those qualities do you possess?"

"When your own people were killed and beaten, instead of asking why, you only shouted at me and cried injustice. That alone makes me look down on you a hundred times over. Little Prince of Wolf Court, I also saw you throw a Blood Thunder Seed earlier. What, were you planning to blow up my residence?"

The air at the scene froze to the extreme.

Boundless fury and humiliation surged over him like a tidal wave. Little Wolf King was utterly enraged.

Never had anyone humiliated him like this.

He had come full of burning blood, only to end up like this. If he endured it any longer, he would not be Little Wolf King, nor Wolf Court's future heir.

"Lu Chen, come out and die!" Little Wolf King roared and shot out of the great hall.

Holy shit!

Even Lu Chen was stunned.

A woman's mouth could turn vile words into blades and awls, enough to utterly destroy a person!

Could it be that she had said all this just to provoke Little Wolf King into fighting him to the death?

But how did she know he could take the other man down?

And after taking him down, could she really cover for him?

"Come out!" Little Wolf King roared again and again, his voice shaking the heavens.

Everyone looked toward Lu Chen.

Seeing his hesitation, they became even more certain that he was Peerless Princess's man.

Where was that domineering aura from before?

Clearly, it had only been because Peerless Princess had arrived.

"Get the hell out here!" Little Wolf King roared repeatedly.

Lu Chen looked at Peerless Princess, then at the doorway. Scratching his head, he called out with a bitter smile,

"Little Prince, could you not get so worked up? The princess was only joking with you. Don't be so unable to take a joke!"

Pfft, pfft...

Many people spat outright.

Damn it, he was actually trying to talk him down.

But was this really persuasion? It was clearly adding fuel to the fire!

"Come out!"

"I can't beat you!"

Fuck me...

Many people wanted to grab Lu Chen and beat him senseless.

Peerless Princess sighed at just the right moment. Looking at the other members of Wolf Court, who could neither advance nor retreat, she said,

"Talk Little Wolf King down. If anything happens to him, Peerless Palace truly cannot bear that responsibility!"

"Pass along a message for me: if our hospitality was lacking, please forgive us!"

She was clearly trying to drive them away.

With Little Wolf King's temperament, how could he possibly accept that?

The moment they went outside and relayed it, Little Wolf King became even more berserk.

He specifically demanded that Lu Chen come out and die, or else he would return with a hundred thousand wolf guards and flatten Great Yan.

Driven mad by the provocation, he was already talking nonsense.

Ji Wushuang's expression darkened. She fiercely flung out an imperial decree and shouted,

"A fight is fine. Sign a life-and-death agreement, or get the hell out!"

"Bring it out!" Little Wolf King's roar came from outside.

Someone carried the imperial decree outside, and soon brought Little Wolf King's life-and-death document back.

Its general meaning was that life and death had nothing to do with Great Yan or Peerless Palace, and Wolf Court would not vent its anger on anyone else.

Peerless Princess handed the document to Lu Chen. "Whether you fight or not is your own decision."

Lu Chen glanced over it twice and gave a bitter smile. "Wolf Court won't vent its anger on Great Yan, but it doesn't say they won't vent it on me. It's written ambiguously. I won't fight!"

Pfft, pfft, pfft...

Many people could not take it anymore.

"Then make him rewrite it!"

As she spoke, Peerless Princess tossed out another imperial decree.

Outside, Little Wolf King was on the verge of breaking down.

Wasn't he supposed to look down upon the world? Wasn't he supposed to be unyielding and untamed?

Damn it, he feared wolves ahead and tigers behind. This was it?

Suppressing his boundless rage, he added another clause: if he died, Wolf Court would not trouble Lu Chen. Life and death would be left to fate.

Looking at the life-and-death document, Lu Chen's heart stirred. He swept his gaze around the room and smiled.

"Your Highness, I have an idea!"

"Please speak!"

"Look at how many people are here. Shouldn't we have them bear witness as well?"

The instant those words fell, the hall erupted into an uproar.

"I think that's a good idea!" Peerless Princess smiled. "Little Sword King, and Princess Sha Sha, what do you think?"

Lu Yang and Zhu Sha nearly went mad.

What did this have to do with them? Yet they truly could not bring themselves to refuse.

If they did not even dare bear witness, if they had no courage at all, how could they deserve the title of peerless genius?

The key was that they would be outdone by Little Wolf King!