Han Chen remained unmoved. He knew Yun Che's temperament well enough; the boy generally would not beat someone up without a reason.
"Old Huang, have you been deliberately making things difficult for young Yun? I know how stingy you are. Whatever you owe him, hand it over before you get beaten."
Huang Huihong's expression changed drastically. How could this happen? They were good friends! Yet Han Chen was siding entirely with that brat.
Yun Che's face darkened. "I'll give you one chance. Hand over the Gauntlets, and I'll hit you a little less hard."
Huang Huihong's eyes shifted evasively. "Wh-what Gauntlets?"
Bang!
"Owww!"
After a furious beating, the shameless deadbeat Huang Huihong finally behaved himself.
Yun Che also forcibly obtained the high-grade Black Jade Spider-Silk Fist Gloves.
Although Han Chen sided with Yun Che, Huang Huihong was still his longtime friend. He could not quite bear to watch. "Young Yun, what exactly did Old Huang do to provoke you?"
Yun Che put away the Gauntlets and said coldly, "This fellow gave me an S-rank mission, but when I reached the Imperial City Underground Chamber, I was almost slapped to death by the two Emperor Realm Late Stage Demons guarding its entrance. That mission was at least SSS Rank."
"If he weren't the academy's apothecary and your old friend, I might have already slapped him to death."
Hearing this, Han Chen sighed helplessly. Veteran experts like them naturally knew a little about the Imperial City Underground Chamber.
It held Great Yuan's greatest secret. It was not somewhere just anyone could go.
Yun Che's return alive was already astonishing enough.
Han Chen turned to the barely breathing Huang Huihong beside him and said sternly, "Old Huang, Yun Che saved my life. I don't want to see anything like this happen again. Do