Free Web NovelChapter 80: Chapter 80: Following One’s Heart! Neither Servile Nor Overbearing
"She’s taken a liking to me?"
Chen Xuan froze, hardly believing his ears.
’What kind of brazen words are these?’
’How old are you, anyway?’
"Don’t get the wrong idea. It’s not that kind of liking."
Wang Qinglian’s gaze turned cold and sharp. "Your Alliance Leader sent you to assist us. Did he say anything else?"
"Not really. He just said to help you exterminate the heretics. And that after it was done, I would return to become an External Affairs Envoy."
Chen Xuan shook his head.
"Hmph. An External Affairs Envoy. Fine."
Wang Qinglian’s voice was frigid, tinged with an indescribable air of nobility. "It doesn’t matter what your Alliance Leader told you. You have caught my eye. Experts from seven factions across the Five Great Commanderies came to offer their aid, all in the hopes of earning my esteem. A shame they’re all mediocrities. You, however, are barely talented enough. Go back and inform your Alliance Leader that in ten days, you are to visit my Wang Clan in the provincial capital."
"Visit your Wang Clan? For what?"
Chen Xuan was suspicious.
"You’ll find out when the time comes."
Wang Qinglian said flatly.
’In that case, forget it. I’m not going.’ Chen Xuan refused in his heart.
’I never do things when I don’t know the purpose.’
’Who knows what your Wang Clan is really like?’
As if she had seen right through his thoughts, Wang Qinglian’s delicate brows furrowed. "It’s something good."
"Something good?"
"You don’t want to join our Wang Clan?"
Wang Qinglian asked lightly.
"I’m used to my life in the alliance. I’ve got too much of a ruffian’s air about me; I wouldn’t fit in with a great and noble clan!" Chen Xuan said with a cupped-fist salute.
’Life in the alliance is much freer. We’re all crude folk.’
’And most of us aren’t related by blood.’
’But joining the Wang Clan would be different. My surname isn’t Wang. If I joined, I’d just be a house slave.’
’Absolutely not!’
"Quite the wordsmith now, are we?" The corners of Wang Qinglian’s mouth lifted into what sounded like a melodious sneer. "Fine. If you don’t want to join, so be it. But there is something I’d like to ask of you."
"Ask of me? Your Wang Clan is so powerful. What could you possibly need my help with?"
Chen Xuan said.
"I want you to come to our Wang Clan and beat up a few people for me. If you can defeat all the young experts of my clan, I will grant you a great opportunity, one that will bring you unimaginable benefits."
Wang Qinglian’s voice was haughty and cold as she stared at Chen Xuan.
"Go to your Wang Clan to beat people up?"
Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow.
’Are you insane?’
"In recent years, the younger generation of the Wang Clan has grown arrogant, conceited, and wild. Most of them are insufferably condescending. If this continues, it won’t be a good thing. I worry that when they enter the martial world, they will suffer a great loss. So I have been searching for a suitable talent to teach them a lesson on my behalf, to make them understand that there is always someone stronger."
Wang Qinglian said coolly.
"So you chose me?"
Chen Xuan asked.
"Correct."
Wang Qinglian nodded calmly. "There are benefits. As long as you complete this task, I can invite you to the Martial Land for a baptism. It will allow you to cleanse your marrow and refine your meridians, raising your cultivation by several minor realms. That should be no problem."
"Is that so?"
A glint flashed in Chen Xuan’s eyes as he stared at her.
"And after I beat them, the Wang Clan will let me leave?"
"Of course. I invited you. Who would dare to make a move on you?"
Wang Qinglian’s voice was icy.
"I’ll need to think about it."
Chen Xuan replied.
"Fine."
Wang Qinglian nodded. She started to walk away on her long, slender legs, saying coolly, "Someone will come for you in ten days."
Her figure quickly vanished.
Chen Xuan frowned, watching her retreating back.
’What an overbearing woman!’
’So what if you’re in the True Qi Realm?’
’Sooner or later, I’ll show you what I’m made of.’
’Don’t come crying to me then!’
Chen Xuan set off, darting back toward the mountaintop. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
The place was still filled with wails and screams. The thick stench of blood hung everywhere.
Many members of the Wang family were there maintaining order, helping the various experts stanch their bleeding.
But their movements were extremely rough, causing many to let out even more piercing screams.
The entire mountaintop was like a slaughterhouse—a truly miserable scene.
The remaining heretics had all been cleaned up.
"Shen Yunfei!"
Chen Xuan’s gaze swept the area, finally spotting a familiar face, and he immediately called out.
"Ah, Senior Brother Chen!"
Shen Yunfei’s face was covered in dust, but thankfully he hadn’t been killed in the explosion. He quickly ran over, overjoyed. "It’s so great that you’re alright! I knew you were blessed with great fortune and a grand destiny..."
"Where are our men? What are the casualties?"
Chen Xuan asked.
"I’m still looking. I’ve found about half of them, but the rest are nowhere to be seen. I’m afraid it’s not looking good for them!"
Shen Yunfei gritted his teeth. "Those bastards planted who-knows-how-much explosive powder under the mountain and blew the whole peak apart! And what the hell was the Wang family doing? How could they not have noticed something so important!"
"Alright. Take me to them."
Chen Xuan said.
"Yes, sir."
Shen Yunfei responded and led Chen Xuan toward the area where the Twelve Alliances were gathered.
Before long, they arrived at a scene of chaos.
The alliance members there were indeed in a terrible state.
One member, whose stomach had been blown open, was clutching his abdomen and screaming shrilly on the ground. He still hadn’t died, and pools of thick, sticky blood were everywhere.
A dozen or so others with severed arms and legs were also wailing in agony.
The rest were all mangled messes of flesh and blood.
Besides Chen Xuan and Shen Yunfei, only three or four others were still in one piece.
"It hurts so much! It’s killing me! I don’t want to die! Senior Brother Chen, please save me!"
The man whose stomach had been torn open, his intestines spilling out, writhed on the ground. He looked at Chen Xuan and shrieked, "I’m begging you, Senior Brother Chen! I don’t want to die!"
"Stop your goddamn screaming! You’re making my fucking head explode! If living is so painful, I’ll just put you out of your misery!"
A member of the Wang Clan who was helping with first aid became enraged by the noise. He raised a palm, about to slam it down on the man’s skull to end his suffering.
But Chen Xuan had already kicked out.
BANG!
The sound boomed as a shockwave shot out.
The Wang clansman was sent flying more than ten meters, crashing into the ground in the distance. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, having broken several ribs.
"You dare hit me?"
The Wang clansman’s face was a mask of shock and fury. He scrambled to his feet, felt a sharp pain in his side, and quickly turned his head back to look at Chen Xuan.
"He’s already in such a miserable state, and you were going to kill him? Isn’t that going too far?"
Chen Xuan frowned, looking at the man.
’His stomach is just torn open. It’s not like he can’t be saved!’
"You!"
A furious sneer appeared on the Wang clansman’s face. "Fine, fine, fine. So I’ve run into a real tough guy. Do you have any fucking idea who I am? How dare you lay a hand on me?"
"Who are you?"
Chen Xuan asked.
"I am from the Canglan Wang Clan!"
the Wang clansman roared.
Chen Xuan remained expressionless. He looked at Shen Yunfei and said, "Go, start a fire, find a few swords or knives, and get some clean water. I’m going to stop their bleeding. Also, find me a needle and thread!"
"Needle and thread?"
Shen Yunfei was stunned.
"Yes. The wounds are so severe. How can they heal if they aren’t sewn shut?"
Chen Xuan said flatly.
"Sewn shut?"
Shen Yunfei was dumbfounded again.
’Did I hear that right?’
’Can you really sew up human flesh like you’re mending clothes?’
"Hurry up. They don’t have much time!"
Chen Xuan said.
"Yes!"
Shen Yunfei quickly hurried off to find the tools.
"Are you fucking listening to me? I’m talking to you!"
The Wang clansman’s face was flushed red as he roared in fury.
WHOOSH!
Chen Xuan appeared before him in a flash, as if teleporting. Their noses were almost touching, and Chen Xuan’s eyes were locked onto his. The man’s scalp tingled, and a chill ran down his spine as terror filled his face.
"You!"
"If you’re going to speak, speak properly. Your mouth is so filthy. Have you been eating shit?"
Chen Xuan’s eyes narrowed.
SLAP!
With a single slap, he sent the man flying again. The man shrieked, spitting a spray of blood.
[A beautiful move. You followed your heart and delivered satisfying retribution, not hesitating to act just because of your opponent’s noble status. Retribution points +3000!]
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