Chapter 26

At the same time, Li Ruoling's face fell, her eyes red-rimmed; he, he had rejected her.

Why? Had she not done enough?

So this was how Xu Chen had felt in his past life when she rejected him; she now understood.

Xu Chen had suffered so much before; she had rejected him so many times, yet he still fiercely protected her.

If she now retreated because of a slight grievance, how could she speak of loving Xu Chen?

She must strive, move Xu Chen with her true heart, and never retreat.

Beside her, Jiang Hong and Jiang Lan pouted; their master was shameless.

Stealing even her disciple's beloved—pah!

Hmph! But they would not give up either.

Xu Chen had not yet fallen for anyone; they all still had a chance!

The onlookers witnessing this scene were nearly stunned.

"See? Elder Chilian has suddenly gone dull, as if in love."

"And the Holy Maiden looks like she's about to cry; so pitiful, it makes me want to beat Xu Chen."

"Grandma, all the good-looking ones have been snatched by the bandit Xu; that rascal is detestable."

The crowd murmured, gnashing their teeth in anger.

Four great beauties, each one capable of sinking fish and making geese fall from the sky.

Yet now all were captivated by Xu Chen; how could they not feel envy?

Bandit Xu, you have become the public enemy of the Academy!

Ye Xuan felt a fresh pang of heartache; the sense of loss was even more intense.

Damn it, should not all of this have been his?

Xu Chen, from now on, we shall be eternal enemies!

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Xu Chen looked at the aggrieved Li Ruoling and the pouting Jiang Hong and Jiang Lan with a pained expression.

The female lead coming to curry favor with him, the villain, was truly absurd.

He was just a villain; theoretically, he should be beaten up by the protagonist.

He had even prepared himself to be beaten up.

Instead, damn it, he was almost becoming the protagonist.

The most critical point was that he had really done nothing at all.

Xu Chen turned to look at Ye Xuan again and found that Ye Xuan had exploded.

His face was extremely ugly, and his injuries were not yet healed, making him look terrifyingly pale.

Finally, Xu Chen looked at Chi Lian, who was still secretly rejoicing, and coughed, "Elder Chi Lian, shouldn't we be going back?"

Chi Lian's eyes were filled with tenderness, and she was incredibly charming: "Okay."

Her voice was also incredibly pleasant to hear as she spoke.

Xu Chen: "..."

Don't, big sister, calm down, and stop thinking about seducing me all day.

"Junior Xu Chen, senior sister is back."

Just then, a fifth clear and pleasant voice came.

Xu Chen was stunned; it seemed this was... Huo Ling'er?

Before, he seemed to have used Huo Ling'er as a tool...

This is bad...

As expected, Huo Ling'er rushed over to him excitedly and handed Xu Chen some spiritual herbs.

"Junior Xu Chen, you asked me to gather spiritual herbs, but I found there aren't many left."

"Just one third-grade and two second-grade spiritual herbs; you won't mind, will you?"

At this moment, Huo Ling'er, completely free of any irritability, spoke with nervous shyness.

Xu Chen was numb; he should have known not to make her a tool.

Now, this hatred is being drawn to him like crazy.

He wanted to be a low-key villain, so why is it so difficult?

"I don't want the pile they gave me; you have so little, how can you even offer it? Keep it yourself."

In the end, Xu Chen decided to reject her.

His words sounded very much like a villain's, and his voice held a touch of coldness.

Huo Ling'er felt extremely aggrieved; she had originally intended to seize Ye Xuan's opportunity to give it to Xu Chen.

But when she raised this thought, she found all the opportunities were gone.

Not a single spiritual herb remained.

She felt it was extremely strange; Ye Xuan had gone to heal his injuries, so the opportunities shouldn't have all been taken.

"Hmm?"

In that instant, she saw the spiritual herbs Jiang Hong, Jiang Lan, and Li Ruoling had given Xu Chen.

Her mouth dropped open on the spot; wow, the protagonist's opportunities.

It turned out all the opportunities had been taken by these three little bitches, who then came to curry favor with Xu Chen.

Damn it, damn it, these three little whores are so shameless.

For a moment, Huo Ling'er's teeth nearly ground to dust.

How could she not have thought of this? A miscalculation, a miscalculation!

Irritable, she saw the heavily injured Ye Xuan beside her and immediately scolded, "Why are you so useless? You got injured just doing a mission and brought shame to our Fire Dao Academy."

Ye Xuan: "..."

He hadn't even spoken, yet he was being scolded?

He was already miserable enough; she got rejected by Xu Chen and now takes it out on him?

In an instant, Ye Xuan's anger rose to the heavens, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura becoming even more despondent.

Even Xu Chen, looking at Ye Xuan, felt a bit sorry for him.

Miserable, too miserable.

The surrounding crowd also wore expressions of sympathy.

Truly, comparing people makes one angry!

Huo Ling'er snorted coldly: "Spitting blood over this, truly useless."

She felt extreme disgust for Ye Xuan; since she hadn't obtained his opportunities and couldn't get close to Xu Chen, her disgust grew even stronger.

It was all Ye Xuan's fault; otherwise, Xu Chen would have had a good impression of her.

Ye Xuan's face turned gloomy, and he said nothing.

He felt that except for his master, the whole world was against him.

Especially Xu Chen, who was the main culprit.

Just wait; sooner or later, he will take revenge.

"Alright, since the mission is complete, let's go back."

Chi Lian also came to her senses at this moment and said seriously.

The disciples nodded and, one by one, mounted their flying spiritual beasts, heading straight for the Academy.

On the way back, Xu Chen was still on the Flying Sky Crane.

On both sides, Li Ruoling and Chi Lian each held his hand tightly.

Most importantly, Chi Lian kept touching him, shamelessly taking advantage of Xu Chen.

Poor, weak Xu Chen could not break free.

Xu Chen: "..."