Chapter 14: Breakup

When Su Chen left the Ziyang Sect, night had already fallen.

He happily opened the Myriad Worlds Mall and glanced at the total points in the upper‑left corner: 【Today's added points, total points.】

Before preparing to return to the Tianxuan Dao Sect,

Su Chen once again put his thick‑skinned enjoyment to full use, having three rounds of mouth‑to‑mouth with the fair and tender Holy Maiden Liu; reluctant to leave, of the over 120,000 points gained today, about two‑thirds came from that.

"Young Sect Master, you've finally returned." The guard lowered his voice at the gate to Su Chen: "Miss Lin has been waiting for you a long time."

Miss Lin?

Which Miss Lin? Oh oh! It's Lin Jianran!

A hint of coldness appeared in Su Chen's eyes; he wouldn't give the slightest good look to that damn heroine.

As expected!

The next second, before he could even raise his eyes, he met Lin Jianran's gloomy, almost‑dripping "little white flower" face.

At that moment, Lin Jianran crossed her arms over her chest, her eyes blazing with anger, she lifted her snow‑white chin and looked down at him, as if scolding him for being an unfaithful man.

Su Chen couldn't be bothered to glance at her, striding past Lin Jianran straight into the sect.

"Stop!!!"

Lin Jianran waited at the sect gate for two full hours, from noon until night fell; usually when the Tianxuan Dao Sect knew she was coming, they would surely sweep the mat to welcome her, but today it was as if dead—no movement for an hour.

They merely sent a guard to perfunctorily entertain her, not even offering a polite invitation to come in for tea.

Such a world‑of‑difference treatment left Lin Jianran unable to accept it: "Su Chen, what exactly do you mean? Don't you have anything to explain to me?"

Upon hearing this, Su Chen paused, turned, and looked at Lin Jianran with a sneer: "Explanation? Are we that close?"

"Did the wide‑sleeved Flowing Immortal Dress I gave the Holy Maiden Liu make you uncomfortable?"

"Or are you unhappy that I went to view the lanterns with her?"

"Or is it that you feel wronged because I ignore you?"

Lin Jianran's teeth chattered with rage as she listened, listened—what tone, what attitude: "Is this how you're speaking to me now?"

"Why are you forcing me? You clearly know I like the kind of person Ye Xuan elder brother is—someone who doesn't seek power and won't bow to difficulties. Do you really think I'm the sort who'd be moved by a few low‑grade spirit stones?"

"I am pure and noble, kind‑hearted, especially opposed to those who flatter for treasures and precious pills—how can you humiliate me like this?"

"Huff… I'm giving you one last chance now——"

"I need a Nine‑turn Golden Pill to save someone, a very important person—hand over the pill and apologize to me, and I might consider letting Ye Xuan elder brother not hit you too hard; otherwise!"

"Shut up, you dead green‑tea." Before Lin Jianran could finish speaking, Su Chen cut her off.

He curled his lip in a cold sneer and spat out words she could barely bear: "I'm really fed up with your two‑faced, inside‑out, white‑lotus‑plus‑green‑tea slut!"

"Still want an explanation?"

"Heh! I gave you the Flowing Immortal Dress, I held your hand, this Young Sect Master no longer likes you, you trash—is this explanation satisfactory?"

In an instant.

The surrounding air froze, the world fell into dead silence.

But Lin Jianran didn't break down from this; she merely curled her lip in a cold smile.

With the expression "you're completely under my control, victory is in hand," she again spoke in a lofty tone, confident and fearless: "You'd better think it through before you speak—there's only one chance."

"If today you kneel before me begging for my forgiveness and I don't see my smile return, you should know the consequences—then in this life you are destined to lose me completely! I will never speak to you again!"

Su Chen: "……"

The Tianxuan Dao Sect disciples and guards present were frightened into lowering their heads, afraid to look.

Perhaps at this moment, they all thought their Young Sect Master would surely be frightened into panic, crawling like a dog to beg for forgiveness.

After all, Miss Lin has said such harsh words—can the Young Sect Master's affection for her still hold?

Too bad!

They overthought it—Su Chen is no longer that fawning Su Chen.

As for Lin Jianran, that conceited woman, who knows who gave her the nerve to think that way?

"Hahaha…" Su Chen couldn't hold back and burst out laughing, unable to resist mocking Lin Jianran: "Losing you completely? How funny! Hahaha I'm about to laugh myself sick!"

Those words made Lin Jianran's bright eyelids twitch wildly.

Her heaving bosom rose and fall, anger beginning to brew in her heart.

"Lin Jianran, are you still dreaming? What are you, a mere second‑rate clan disciple, running to the top sect of the Eastern Wasteland Region, the Tianxuan Dao Sect, shouting loudly and daring to threaten me?"

Once again, Lin Jianran felt her dignity being trampled.

"Saving someone? Just you? If you're capable, go save it yourself—spending all day looking for noble excuses to satisfy your selfish desires! As a person, shouldn't you have some shame?"

"Stop day‑dreaming—this Young Sect Master now doesn't even glance at you half a point. You claim you won't be moved by a few petty spirit stones, yet you secretly take my things to support your Ye Xuan elder brother!

"Do you really think I don't know? Since you keep saying you look down on my gifts."

"Then——"

"Return the mysterious weapons, pills, cultivation methods, and spirit stones I once gave you, you two‑faced slut—old man, I've really given you face!"

The words fell.

The shock left Lin Jianran's brain short‑circuiting, her face blank, unable to react for a moment.

He, he—what did he say?

Is he motivated by greed?

Is he two‑faced?

Does he want the Lin family to return all the gifts?

Is Su Chen crazy? Does he even know what nonsense he's spouting!

"In your eyes, am I really this kind of person?" Lin Jianran's pretty face flushed redder than a monkey's butt.

For a moment she couldn't even think about the Nine‑turn Golden Pill; her mind was filled with the humiliating words Su Chen had thrown at her.

She extended her jade finger, trembling all over as she pointed at Su Chen, that utterly unfamiliar and hateful face: "Those gifts, clearly, were all forced upon me using the authority of the Heavenly Mystery Dao Sect, painstakingly obtained, you went to great lengths to make me accept them—what right do you have to say I'm greedy for profit?"

"What right do you have to ruin my reputation?"

"Su Chen!"

"I never imagined you were this kind of person—if you can't get something, you slander? Do you think I'd submit to your threats and marry you just because you act like this? Let me tell you, dream on!"

Saying this, Lin Jianran gave Su Chen a look with an almost collapsing gaze.

She was like a holy lotus that grows from the mud yet remains unstained, too lofty to mingle with the filth.

Words like "treasure" and "mystic weapon" would only tarnish her pure character.

Her eyes held tears of endless humiliation; the gaze she directed at Su Chen was full of loss and heartache, plus hatred, as if Su Chen had committed some heinous crime unforgivable: "I, Lin Jianran, swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao."

"Effective immediately."

"I will never again accept any kindness from Su Chen, nor will I ever speak another word to you—get lost! You have completely lost me; I never want to see you again!"

After shouting at Su Chen, Lin Jianran dashed into the carriage, her face full of grievance, thump-thump-thump as she boarded the carriage.

This scene made the atmosphere outside the sect especially still.

The guards and disciples dared not breathe, their hearts in their throats, feeling extremely uneasy.

One bold guard glanced at Su Chen, and that glance immediately left the guard dumbfounded.

The Young Sect Master wasn't heartbroken?

On the contrary, he wore a look of disdain?

This this this... exactly as expected!

"Pfft, what nonsense! I've never cared for you." Su Chen flicked dust from his collar.

He raised his head and said to the guard beside him: "Go make a list of everything I've given the Lin family over the years; since Miss Lin is so aloof, constantly saying she looks down on our gifts, then this young master will fulfill her wish and return them all."