Su Yanche laughed. "You brat, just accept your fate! Hahaha!"
He burst out laughing, then rose and left the hall.
Su Chen remained where he was, his head lowered, no one knew what he was thinking.
"No!"
Su Chen raised his head and murmured, "I need to find Mother and have her call off this marriage!"
With that, he vanished from the hall.
The courtyard
At some point, Ye Lingxi had returned to the courtyard. She was now sitting in Su Chen's wicker chair, eating a skewer of candied hawthorns.
The Demon Venerable stood behind her as always.
Just then, Su Chen pushed open the courtyard gate and walked in.
"Brother!"
When Ye Lingxi saw Su Chen, she hurried to her feet and trotted over to him. She opened her palm, and a skewer of candied hawthorns appeared in her hand. She offered it to Su Chen. "This is my last skewer. You can have it!"
Su Chen smiled and accepted it without refusing. Then he reached out and rubbed Ye Lingxi's head. "I have something to take care of. I need to go out for a while."
Ye Lingxi blinked. "Can't I come with you?"
Su Chen smiled. "I'll come back as soon as I'm done."
Ye Lingxi was a little disappointed, but she nodded obediently. "Okay~"
Su Chen said, "I'll buy you some tasty things from the Immortal Realm while I'm out."
Ye Lingxi's eyes lit up at once. She had never tried the Immortal Realm's delicacies before. She threw herself into Su Chen's arms and nestled against him. "Thank you, Brother!" she said happily.
Su Chen smiled, then looked at the Demon Venerable.
The Demon Venerable hurriedly said, "Young master."
Su Chen said, "Take good care of her."
The Demon Venerable nodded. "I will."
After saying goodbye to Ye Lingxi, Su Chen left the Su Clan.
Three days later, Su Chen was walking along a narrow path through a bamboo grove. The grove was peaceful, its verdant leaves swaying gently in the wind with a pleasant rustle.
The sky gradually darkened, and twilight spread over the land, casting a haze over the bamboo grove.
Su Chen glanced at the sky, then found a clearing, lit a campfire, and sat down cross-legged.
He planned to rest for the night before continuing his journey. For the past few days, he had traveled entirely on foot without using his cultivation. As for why, he probably thought using his cultivation to travel was too boring.
Late at night, the bamboo grove was dark, with only one flickering fire.
Su Chen sat quietly beside the campfire. A spirit fish was roasting over it, giving off a rich, peppery fragrance that filled the entire bamboo grove.
Just then, a figure suddenly fell to the ground in front of Su Chen. It was a slender woman with delicate features and cheeks pink as blossoms, a pitiable and lovely sight.
At the moment, however, the woman looked rather disheveled. Her clothes bore many signs of having been torn, and her eyes were filled with terror.
"Hahaha, beauty, you can't escape!"
A man was slowly approaching from the distance. He was bald, with a vicious scar across his face and a broadsword in his hand. As he gazed at the woman, his eyes were full of lust.
The sight of him drained the color from the woman's face. She hurriedly turned to Su Chen and pleaded, "Young master, save me!"
Su Chen looked at her and said calmly, "Why should I save you?"
Her face turned pale. The next moment, she snapped, "Shouldn't you be a hero saving a beauty?"
Su Chen said nothing. His eyes were like bottomless pools.
The man in the distance glanced at Su Chen and breathed a sigh of relief. From the moment he first saw Su Chen, he had sensed that there was more to him than met the eye. If Su Chen had tried to save the woman, the man would have been in a difficult spot. Fortunately, Su Chen had not intervened.
The man laughed. "Beauty, be a good girl and become my woman. No one can save you! Hahaha!"
With that, he strode toward her.
Frightened, the woman hurriedly crawled backward. "Do you know who I am?" she cried in terror.
The man did not stop. He laughed loudly. "Why should I care who you are? Even if you have a noble status, we're out here in the wilderness. I could kill you, and no one would know!"
The woman had intended to use her status to threaten him, but when she saw it did not work, her heart filled with despair.
She was just about to get up and flee, but she was a step too late. The man had already pounced on her.
"No! No!"
The woman struggled and fought desperately, trying to escape, but it was no use. In despair, she looked at Su Chen again and begged, "Please, save me!"
Su Chen watched calmly without speaking.
"Ah!"
"I hate you! I hate you!"
Seeing that Su Chen remained unmoved, the woman was utterly distraught. She stared at him, her eyes full of deep resentment.
Strangely enough, the woman did not curse the man, but cursed Su Chen instead.
"How dare you!"
An angry shout rang out, and a figure appeared on the scene. It was a middle-aged man.
The man was dark-skinned, tall and sturdy, with a square face and a spear in his hand. A terrifying presence surrounded him.
When he saw the woman being violated, he flew into a rage and thrust his spear!
Terrifying spear intent enveloped the man in an instant. Alarmed, he hurriedly grabbed the broadsword beside him and held it across his body.
Bang!
The man screamed and was sent flying. His broadsword shattered along the way. His face darkened, and he turned to flee without hesitation.
But the instant he turned, the spear reached him and pierced straight through his head.
Thud!
The man's corpse fell to the ground.
The middle-aged man turned to the woman. She was curled up, her face deathly pale and her whole body trembling uncontrollably.
Just then, the woman's face twisted savagely. She looked at Su Chen and said venomously, "Leng Shan, kill him! Kill him!"
Leng Shan frowned and looked at Su Chen, growing wary.
Su Chen was leisurely eating his roasted fish. The more relaxed he was, the heavier Leng Shan's heart grew.
The woman shouted angrily, "Kill him! What are you standing there for-"
Pfft!
A flash of sword light appeared, and the woman's voice stopped abruptly. Her eyes widened, filled with bewilderment. At that moment, her head fell from her body to the ground.
Leng Shan's face darkened at the sight. He did not attack because he suspected Su Chen's identity was anything but ordinary, and attacking rashly would be unwise.
He stared at Su Chen and said gravely, "She was the daughter of the Mysterious Yin Holy Land's Holy Lord. You killed her just like that. Aren't you worried there'll be trouble?"
The Mysterious Yin Holy Land!
A first-rate power in the Immortal Realm!
Su Chen glanced indifferently at Leng Shan and said calmly, "Can you contact your Holy Lord?"
Leng Shan was taken aback. Confusion filled his eyes; he did not understand what Su Chen meant. "I can," he said.
Su Chen nodded. "Contact him and tell him his daughter has been killed."
"Huh?"
Leng Shan was utterly dumbfounded.
What does he mean?
Holy shit?
He's that confident?
Leng Shan drew a sharp breath, then said, "Are you sure?"
Su Chen nodded. "I'm sure!"
Leng Shan glanced at Su Chen and hesitated no longer. He immediately took out a communication stone.