Chapter 27: Doubts

Madam Su's mouth corner twitched with gratitude, moved she said: "Thank you, for the trouble, Steward Ye, I will first thank the Head of the Ye family for his favor."

From Madam Su's pupils slowly turning cold, reflected was Ye steward's final sarcastic glance at the meridian-damaged second sister Su Lingxue, after which he strode out of the gate.

Speaking of bestowing spirit pills and sending a medic to treat Su Lingxue's meridians!

Actually it's just a covert surveillance, openly planting spies in the Profound Heaven Dao Sect to monitor their every move.

With this excuse, the Head of the Ye family can ascertain the Profound Heaven Dao Sect's current foundations, and when Ye Xuan comes to power, suppress them with thunderous means.

When Su Chen returns home, he will learn that the Ye family will station a medic within the sect.

He held in his hand two fish-pattern bracelets, one yin one yang, emanating chaotic qi.

The bracelets are engraved with yin-yang fish; he and Liu Liyan each have one, using them as tokens.

Su Chen felt the cool sensation transmitted from the yin-yang fish-pattern bracelet, his voice hinting at a chill: "It seems Ye Xuan won't shed tears until he sees the coffin; back then our Profound Heaven Dao Sect had once shown them kindness, yet after they rose to prominence, the first step they took was to tread on our Profound Heaven Dao Sect."

"Since he wants to send a medic to spy on my Profound Heaven Sect, once they come they won't be leaving; as long as we activate the Protecting Sect Grand Formation, if it's a tiger, make it lie down; if it's a dragon, make it coil."

"Mother."

"Starting tomorrow, you pick a few trustworthy ones with the highest cultivation in the sect, and I will give them all the remaining Breakthrough Pills in my hand to help them break through, adding to our strength."

Madam Su nodded solemnly: "Alright, Mother knows."

"But... you worry about startling the snake; without activating the Protecting Sect Grand Formation, the sect's interior has already been infiltrated by the Ye family's hidden guards—if Chen'er suddenly disappears dozens of people, wouldn't that arouse the Ye family's suspicion?"

Currently, Su Chen still has five unused Breakthrough Pills left from his last exchange.

Moreover, his Myriad Worlds Mall Card still holds over four hundred thousand points unused.

If the Ye family truly senses something amiss and guesses that the Profound Heaven Dao Sect has a trump card to overturn the odds, then before Ye Xuan even arrives they might strike first to exterminate them.

Ye Xuan is now willing to play slowly, merely because he thinks the Profound Heaven Dao Sect cannot stir up any waves.

First, Sect Master Su, the number one person under the Martial Sovereign of the Eastern Wasteland Region, will surely lose his life on this trip to the Ye family.

Secondly, Ye Xuan and the people of the Central Province Dynasty have not yet made a move.

Lastly, Su Chen, this beloved son, is being held in Qianyuan City; even if Sect Master Su were to retreat ten thousand steps, leave the Eastern Wasteland Region unharmed and bring reinforcements, what good would it do?

Would he dare to resist?

Would he dare?

Once they act, Ye Xuan will detain Su Chen and the Su family as hostages; moreover, the Profound Heaven Dao Sect has terrible connections, unless the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons are willing…

"Mother."

Su Chen narrowed his eyes, a fierce light flashing in his depths: "Ye Xuan is fully confident in his current layout; he has planned and calculated for so long, even that Father would first go to scout the Ye family's strength, intending to kill Father first to weaken the sect's power—he even accounted for this step."

"Now I estimate that in his eyes I am still a waste who only knows how to fawn over women!"

"His focus is entirely on Father, after all, openly Father is our Profound Heaven Dao Sect's strongest combat power; as for us, heh, in his eyes we cannot stir up any waves."

"Exactly!"

This is not just Ye Xuan's personal view; all cultivators in the Eastern Wasteland Region consider Su Chen nothing but a waste, whose ultimate fate is to die beneath a woman, a foolish fool whose mind is only on how to please Lin Jianran, fundamentally unfit to be Young Sect Master, let alone shoulder the Profound Heaven Dao Sect's main beam.

As long as we deal with the strongest cultivator, Sect Master Su, the others are no match for ants.

But…

Who could have imagined?

Who would dare believe that Su Chen's painstaking efforts to please Lin Jianran are merely for the strongest physique between heaven and earth, the Innate Sacred Body Dao Fetus! Ye Xuan has schemed for three years; how could Su Chen not also be striving to change the predetermined ending?

Just give Su Chen a little more time, and everything will be reversed.

"Miss Lin!"

"You cannot enter, Miss Lin……"

"Su Chen, come out for Miss, I want to see you now; I came to find you myself—are you satisfied now?" Lin Jianran's hoarse, tear-filled voice echoed throughout the sect's main hall, heard by all cultivators.

Upon hearing that familiar tone, Su Chen couldn't help but frown in disgust.

Madam Su also dislikes Lin Jianran, this woman who loves to put on airs; although her status is ordinary and her cultivation talent mediocre, she constantly relies on her son's indulgence to act mighty everywhere, flaunting herself.

"Su Chen!!"

"You come out to see Miss, weren't you begging to see Miss? Now you don't need to beg; Miss herself has come to see you—why are you avoiding me? Are you guilty? Or have you done something shameful?"

"What nonsense are you spouting?" Su Chen strode into the main hall, a stern handsome face, gazing at Liu Liyan who rushed into the Profound Heaven Dao Sect disregarding the sect guards' obstruction.

Lin Jianran's forehead was dotted with fine sweat, her cheeks slightly flushed, she clenched her fists panting; it was clear she had rushed all the way without riding a carriage.

Instead, she flew on a sword powered by spiritual power for the time it takes to finish a cup of tea.

Upon seeing Su Chen appear, she could no longer hold back.

The tears in her eyes fell like broken pearls, pattering down her cheeks.

While choking back sobs, she arrogantly lifted her head, unwilling to let tears fall, to conceal her inner fragility and uphold her shattered self-esteem: "Su Chen, I admit I still like Brother Ye Xuan, but I haven't said I dislike you; I merely… like to test your sincerity."

"I allow you to like me, but you should also let me see your determination to like me; test yourself further—if in the future I do not marry Brother Ye Xuan, I will consider you; then you'll have a chance, won't you?"

"I have never been a casual girl, so you should cherish me all the more."

Su Chen: "……"

Madam Su: "……"

"After all, I am not that cursed, ominous person like Liu Liyan, and I don't know how to restrain myself—allowing men to kiss her at the drop of a hat, a few words and she's coaxed into acting like a child."

"I am completely different from her; I am kinder, purer, more self-loving, flawless!"

Su Chen: "……" Ah, right, right, right.

"You are the purest, you are the most self-loving!"

"You deeply love your Brother Ye Xuan, yet you can accept everyone's gifts with a clear conscience."

"You can allow all men to adore you, even throw yourself into their arms, but only me! No chance."

Su Chen truly doesn't know where Lin Jianran gets the nerve to come to the Profound Heaven Dao Sect and say these things—is it not that she misunderstands herself?

"Could it be… Hiss! Don't, don't ever regret—I still prefer the proud you."

"Lin Jianran, could it be that you regret it? How come your brother Ye Xuan isn't even willing to give you the status of a concubine?" Su Chen's eyes held three parts mockery and ridicule, and he just stared at Lin Jianran, speaking from the heart.

It's clear she spoke sincerely, her self-awareness…… cough, quite appropriate.

Purest, most self-loving!

Regret? A concubine?!

These three words made Lin Jianran's expression stiffen slightly, her pupils contracting sharply.

Her whole state turned bad, and then presumably recalling something, her eyes veiled with mist, she tightly pressed her thin lips and said: "I understand your urgent desire for me to marry you, and I know that earlier I tested your sincerity, testing it a bit too much, causing your faith in my sincerity to waver."

"Good!"

"Su Chen, you won, I was moved by you."

"I now understand that you love me more than you love yourself, so your earlier proposal, this young lady agrees! Let's get married!"

Su Chen's face turned the color of pig liver.

Madam Su's mouth corner twitched, her eyes full of mocking disdain.

The next moment.

"Hahaha——"

Su Chen burst out laughing, holding his stomach, raising his wrist adorned with a yin-yang fish pattern, pointing at Lin Jianran's face that still retained a bit of prideful arrogance, unable to help laughing as he shook his head: "You? I didn't mishear, right? How did your childhood friend Ye Xuan completely abandon you? So you plan to have me take over? Hahaha……"