Free Web NovelChapter 123: The Prodigal Son Returns
"The annual tournament is certainly looking incredibly lively and entertaining this year."
The massive crowd slowly began to part as to clear a wide path and Gu Chen and Gu Ling confidently stepped into the bright morning light of the town square, taking the limelight away from the three stages. After all, the Golden Boy has finally returned.
Gu Chen wore a pristine, and expensive looking white martial robe with golden embroidery that perfectly highlighted the calm aura around him.
He carried a sword strapped on his back and held a confident smirk on his face as he casually strolled toward the Gu Clan pavilion, not even looking at the bloody fights still happening on Stage One and Stage Two because he only cared about the main event.
"My, my, this is certainly an incredibly lively circus you all have put together today," Gu Chen laughed out loud, his voice carrying easily over the entire crowd as he pointed a finger directly at the three bleeding, exhausted experts standing on Stage Three.
"Is this really the absolute best our town has to offer?" Gu Chen taunted, looking at the three of them, "Please don’t embarrass us in front of the esteemed guests."
He then locked his eyes with the unknown masked cultivator first, "A nameless rogue cultivator who hides his ugly face behind a cheap piece of porcelain? Are you that shy to show your ugly face?" Gu Chen smirked as he opened his protagonist playbook.
The masked cultivator just stood there like a dark statue and completely ignored the arrogant remarks of Gu Chen as if he did not care, completely refusing to dignify the taunt with a response. Right now, he was entirely focused on recovering his depleted Origin Realm Qi.
Gu Chen then turned his mocking gaze towards to look at Song Tianyu, who was currently covered in his own blood with a completely shattered nose, "And look at the great Young Master Song, bleeding like a slaughtered pig. You couldn’t even handle a random rogue cultivator." freewёbnoνel.com
Despite his heavy injuries and extreme exhaustion, Song Tianyu maintained his pleasant demeanour and offered a polite, bloody smile, "Ah, Brother Gu Chen, you are finally here. We were starting to wonder if you got lost on your way to the tournament, but I welcome you to join the fun whenever you are ready." ƒrēewebnovel.com
"I will... I will Gu Chen nodded as his gaze turned towards Bai Bing and his eyes widened and his lips curled up in an amused smirk.
His eyes traced the torn icy blue dress of hers, showing the smooth skin of her thighs with a lecherous look, "And the untouchable Ice Fairy of Bai Clan. How can someone look even more tempting even after such a messy fight. I will need to exchange some pointers with you privately."
"Hmph!" Bai Bing’s beautiful blue eyes burned with disgust, and she simply gripped her crystal sword tighter in response, as her gaze moved away from Gu Chen to look at her dear master, making sure to let him know that he was the only one in his eyes.
"Keep your filthy thoughts to yourself, Gu Chen," Bai Bing rejected him coldly, her voice carrying zero warmth. "Instead of dreaming about things you will never have, you should probably focus on whatever pathetic reason you dragged yourself out here for."
Gu Chen just threw his head back and laughed out loud at her straightforward rejection, completely unfazed since his massive ego made him believe she was just playing hard to get. "Ah, the Ice Fairy is as feisty as ever. I like it. It will make breaking you so much more satisfying."
Before Gu Chen could arrogantly reply to Song Tianyu, a loud, furious voice violently interrupted him from the VIP pavilions.
"You have a lot of nerve acting so high and mighty, you cowardly little shit!" Meanwhile Patriarch Bai Haoran snarled, glaring down at Gu Chen withhate, "You practically hid in a cave like a terrified rat for the entire month, and now you finally show your face just to bark like a wild dog!"
"You are nothing but a weak, pathetic coward, Gu Chen!" another Bai Clan elder roared in agreement, trying to severely disrespect the Gu Clan’s star genius in front of the scouting sect elders, "Run back to the pussy you have been hiding for the last one month.
"Huh??!" Finally Gu Chen’s face twitched. The elder managed to poke him in the one sore spot that he had, ’Damnit! Does the whole town know?’
As he looked around, Gu Chen could see it on the faces of not just the Gu Clan people, but also the bai Clan, the Song Clan, and even the ordinary folks of the town had this expression that they understood what the elder was talking about.
’I am going to kill him,’ Gu Chen gritted his teeth as he with anger as he thought about that invisible man who ruined it all for him, time and time again.
On the other hand, at this very moment, a transparent blue interface flashed in front of Gu Fan’s eyes.
[SYSTEM ALERT: NEW QUEST TRIGGERED!]
[Objective: The Golden Boy has arrived to steal the spotlight. Embarrass Gu Chen in front of the entire town and the sect elders, and absolutely make sure he does not win this tournament.]
[Rewards: 50000 Medium-Grade Spirit Stones, 5 stalks of Earth-Grade Dragon Blood Ginseng, 10 stalks of High-Grade Yin-Yang Coiling Grass, 1x Luck Card, 1x Lottery Spin.]
Gu Fan blinked at the floating blue screen, a highly amused chuckle escaping his lips as he read the pettiness of the objective, ’Damn, System, why do I feel like you absolutely hate my dear ’son’? What has the poor guy done to you?’ Gu Fan thought playfully, genuinely wondering if his cheat had developed a personal grudge against the Golden Boy.
[DING!]
[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION:]
[The System Shop Beta Version is now officially available for the Host!]
As he looked at the quest notification in front of him and then at Gu Chen’s face, gritting his teeth in anger, his lips curled up in a villainous excited smirk.
’Let me see what you have in the shop. I want to know what kind of nasty toys I can buy to completely ruin this arrogant bastard’s day,’ Gu Fan thought to himself.
’This is so fun!’
