Chapter 97: The Reason

One month ago, Cui Niang, a concubine of Yuan Chong, went to the town to purchase supplies and accidentally encountered an injured young man.

Cui Niang helped take care of him behind Yuan Chong's back, and after a few back-and-forth interactions, they took a liking to each other.

Yuan Chong and Cui Niang were already an old husband and young wife, and there were many inconveniences.

Later on, this young man taught Cui Niang a sword technique called the Heavenly Wolf Sword Art.

This brought about disaster, and the one who suffered was Yuan Chong's daughter, Yuan Shanhu.

"Master, I did not keep the sword manual to myself; I also taught it to Shanhu." Cui Niang lifted a floor tile in the kitchen and took out an ancient-looking sword manual.

Yuan Chong was furious at this moment. It was one thing for his concubine to have an affair, but she actually dared to covet someone else's martial arts, and it even involved his own daughter.

"You wretched thing, I'll kill you!!!" Yuan Chong raised his hand and slapped down toward the top of Cui Niang's head.

She was still useful; she could not die!

Chu Danqing was quick-witted and fast-handed; he intercepted with five magic orbs, and at the same time, Dabao also moved into action.

With the two of them coordinating—one intercepting and one blocking—they managed to save Cui Niang's life.

"Cui Niang is at fault, but killing her now won't help," Chu Danqing said. "It would be better to wait until Shanhu is rescued, then we can discuss the rest."

Yuan Chong suppressed his anger and then said, "I have heard a little about this person, Jin Baiyan."

"He is quite a character; his Nine Peaks Linked Sword technique is extremely exquisite."

"In terms of martial arts, he only has seventy percent of my skill, but the Three Mountains Sword in his hand is a famous precious blade."

"That gives him a thirty percent advantage over me."

"What you're talking about isn't the problem; the problem is that he has a hostage," Chu Danqing pondered. "Why don't we use the sword manual to trade for her and ensure her safety first?"

In his view, the sword manual was just a dead object; being able to trade it for a human life was very worthwhile.

As for revenge, there was no rush for that.

"That's fine, I will agree to it on behalf of Young Master Wei," Cui Niang said hurriedly.

Chu Danqing could only hold his forehead; she had absolutely no sense of the situation and was actually pouring oil on the fire.

She should have just stayed a transparent person and kept her mouth shut.

Yuan Chong snorted coldly, "Once Shanhu is rescued, I will settle this with you."

He was certainly angry, but for the sake of his daughter's safety, he had to endure it for now.

"Then without further ado, let's go to Songshan Cliff and wait," Chu Danqing suggested.

He had no idea where that was anyway, so he had to let Yuan Chong, the local, lead the way.

"Seeing your righteous nature, I really misunderstood you before," Yuan Chong said, looking at Chu Danqing earnestly.

At first glance, he only felt that Chu Danqing had an extraordinary temperament, but later, because of his prying, he developed a bad impression.

Later, when he ruined his daughter's good fortune, he naturally grew even more disgusted.

However, this disgust rebounded into goodwill under Chu Danqing's help.

Chu Danqing didn't think that much; he just felt that human life was greater than heaven. As long as you didn't do anything harmful or wicked, he was willing to lend a helping hand within his capabilities.

As for Yuan Chong's attitude, he had seen even more difficult clients; Yuan Chong was just hot-tempered but could be reasoned with, which was already an easy type to deal with.

"Mr. Chu is indeed heroic; when Grand Coordinator Xiong is in trouble, he steps up without a second thought," Zhao Mingqian also chimed in from the side.

"Don't, I haven't stepped up even once; I've been shrinking back the whole time," Chu Danqing said, speechless.

What was he stepping up for? To go up and offer his head?

He couldn't even run fast enough.

"Stop talking nonsense and let's move," Chu Danqing urged. Going early would allow them to set up and occupy the favorable terrain.

Yuan Chong spoke, leading everyone forward.

Cui Niang was left behind at the manor. Yuan Chong said it was because he was afraid she would ruin things, but in Chu Danqing's view, it was nothing more than sparing her life and telling her to leave quickly.

"Speaking of this, it is also my fault, sigh." On the road, Yuan Chong sighed and continued, "When Shanhu's mother died, I was obsessed with martial arts."

"Because of that, I forced a marriage with Cui Niang to have her take care of Shanhu."

"Later, she asked me several times to make her my official wife, but I only thought about practicing martial arts and was afraid of wronging Shanhu, so I ignored her."

"I don't hate her for finding a lover; after a forced marriage, she was essentially living as a widow. It's just that she shouldn't have taken someone else's sword manual."

Listening to Yuan Chong's explanation, Chu Danqing only felt his brain was as messy as paste.

He could understand the words, but why did Yuan Chong's focus perfectly miss the focus he understood?

"Oh, you never treated her as a wife, just as a servant," Chu Danqing shifted his perspective, which made it easier to understand, but he was even more speechless: "Then why did you force her to marry you?"

Yuan Chong looked at Chu Danqing with a strange expression and said, "Cui Niang was a concubine to begin with."

Once these words came out, Chu Danqing realized that the status of a concubine was roughly equivalent to a servant or an object.

Concubines truly had no human rights.

Otherwise, why would Cui Niang always be thinking about being promoted to an official wife?

"I can't talk to you people." Chu Danqing's thinking was still modernized; even if he had to adapt, he should adapt to the Paradise, not a Trial World.

"Little Chu, familiar smell, over there," Dabao leaned over to Chu Danqing's side, pointed in a direction, and said.

Upon hearing this, Chu Danqing immediately said, "Stop."

He asked Dabao again, "Whose smell?"

"The charming one." Dabao hadn't paid any attention to Yuan Shanhu at all; he had just been thinking about beating her up.

So he could only use previous behavior as a substitute.

"It's your daughter's smell," Chu Danqing said to Yuan Chong, then added, "Can you catch up?"

"Strange, why would she leave a smell here?" Chu Danqing felt puzzled. If there was one, Dabao should have smelled it from the beginning.

"She, peed, in her pants," Dabao answered Chu Danqing's doubt.

Dabao spoke the truth, making the atmosphere slightly stiff.

No one expected Yuan Shanhu to be detected by Dabao in such a way.

Yuan Chong's face also couldn't hold it together.

But it had to be said, it was indeed reasonable.

"Cough, your daughter is truly witty to use such a method to break the situation," Chu Danqing smoothed things over and then said, "Dabao, lead the way, let's chase after them."

Let's not worry about these small things for now.

Dabao sniffed, quickly chose a direction, and led the way in front.

With Chu Danqing's words, the stiff atmosphere gradually thawed, and everyone followed Dabao.

Seeing that Chu Danqing's speed couldn't keep up, Yuan Chong grabbed him and carried him along to continue the journey.

His attributes were indeed high, but he couldn't help that everyone present had internal energy and lightness arts, and Chu Danqing was also carrying a shrine.

Plus, the Five Elements Spirit Beast Command Art belonged to a summoning-type inheritance, so Chu Danqing only had his attributes left.

It had to be said that Yuan Chong's high-level skills brought him benefits no less than attributes.

Chu Danqing immediately felt relaxed and even had the thought of learning a lightness art.

Fortunately, it was just a thought, not something he truly wanted to learn.

Even if he were to learn displacement or acceleration skills, he would have to learn summoning-type ones to avoid future system incompatibility causing unnecessary trouble.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 98 =====