Chapter 31

At this moment, Duanmu Xin shrugged: "But I suggest we team up."

Huo Ling'er sneered: "How do we team up?"

Duanmu Xin pouted: "You saw it yourself—Li Ruoling, Chi Lian, Jiang Lan, Jiang Hong—all came."

Huo Ling'er sighed helplessly: "I know. They're all chasing Xu Chen too, and even the Palace Master seems to have issues."

Duanmu Xin curiously asked: "What's wrong with your Palace Master?"

Huo Ling'er said: "She's desperately trying to take Xu Chen as her disciple, but he refused."

Duanmu Xin muttered in disbelief: "I can understand… after all, Xu Chen is only interested in Li Ruoling."

In ninety-nine lifetimes, Xu Chen desperately flattered Li Ruoling.

Unfortunately, in the end, Li Ruoling always ambushed him and stabbed him through with a sword.

They were all speechless—what trash plot did the original author write? It made them want to vomit.

Huo Ling'er snorted coldly: "That bitch Li Ruoling gets all the benefits. This time, we must stop her."

Duanmu Xin nodded approvingly: "You handle passing messages to this Saintess. If you need my help, just tell me."

With that, Duanmu Xin tossed Huo Ling'er a Jade Pendant.

This jade was condensed from her blood essence; Huo Ling'er only needed to focus on Spiritual Qi to communicate with her.

Huo Ling'er nodded coolly: "Hmm, fine."

Hearing this, Duanmu Xin's red lips curved into a perfect smile, then her body dissolved into black smoke and vanished.

She was going to follow Xu Chen.

After all, according to the plot, Xu Chen is about to be brutally beaten by Ye Xuan.

Could she let that happen? Absolutely not.

…

Xu Chen wandered around and found that the Spirit Medicines were almost all gone.

He was about to head back when he suddenly remembered something.

"After Ye Xuan beat me in my past life, he found a cave and obtained extraordinary martial arts."

"One of them was the Wings on Back Technique, usable before Grade Five Sword Riding."

"The second was the Dual Cultivation Method—the original author included it just to give the protagonist and heroine a convenient shortcut, but the whole novel was pure filler, never actually used."

"The third was that the cave held many precious Spirit Medicines, including one Grade Five Spiritual Medicine: Dragon Saliva Divine Flower."

"The Dragon Saliva Divine Flower is extremely rare—it can refine the Divine Soul and Divine Sense. In my past life, Ye Xuan used it to skyrocket his cultivation."

"Sigh, too bad—I can't steal the protagonist's opportunity, or I'd have to reincarnate again."

Xu Chen sighed.

But he remembered that after completing the plot, he would gain immortality and own billions in wealth.

To hell with the Dragon Saliva Divine Flower!

It's all virtual!

Not worth mentioning!

Xu Chen quickly turned back and met Yang Gao and the others.

Li Ruoling and Chi Lian had already returned, smiling at Xu Chen.

Especially Li Ruoling—her eyes brimmed with tenderness and doting affection.

Xu Chen shuddered—this woman's acting was too good; he almost believed her.

"I've finished my task. What about you?"

Xu Chen spoke first.

Chi Lian giggled: "They're still far behind—you're the only one who's good."

Xu Chen nodded: "Then, keep going? Time's unlimited anyway."

In his past life, the task trial took several days.

Everyone nodded and, under Chi Lian's lead, headed straight for various parts of the forest.

"Huh? The smell of blood is heavy—seems all the beasts nearby have been slaughtered."

After a long while, unable to find any beasts, they all exclaimed in shock.

Xu Chen frowned—this wasn't the original plot.

Something's gone wrong again.

But why?

Who's so bored as to slaughter so many beasts?

He stopped to examine the beast wounds and found they were sword cuts.

Each sword cut was razor-sharp; these Second and Third Grade beasts were almost all killed by a single strike.

"This Sword Qi—it's the Haoxuan Emperor Cloud Sword, created by a Martial Emperor, divided into nine layers."

"This sword requires massive killing to forge; judging by the aura, this person has already perfected the first layer."

"In my past life, only one person from Jixia Academy knew this sword technique."

Xu Chen narrowed his eyes, thinking inwardly.

Yes—Ye Xuan, the protagonist.

He guessed that Ye Xuan must have consumed a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, then trained his sword on beasts, leading to this situation.

"If so, Ye Xuan's combat power will skyrocket dramatically—no wonder he's the protagonist."

Xu Chen secretly relaxed—he saw the plot wasn't deviating.

As long as he waited one or two days in Xingyun Forest, Ye Xuan's power would surge.

By then, won't the plot of defeating him still proceed perfectly?

Chi Lian and Li Ruoling saw it too, and their dark brows immediately furrowed.

It is Ye Xuan's Sword Qi; the protagonist's luck has begun to take effect.

Ye Xuan practices Dan-Wu Dual Cultivation; his alchemy is strong, and his martial arts are strong too.

If he unleashes the Haoxuan Emperor Cloud Sword, won't Xu Chen be in trouble?

Having thought this, the two women looked at Xu Chen with worried expressions.

No, they absolutely would not allow Ye Xuan to harm Xu Chen.

If Ye Xuan dares to make a move, they will kill Ye Xuan.

In a flash, another three days passed.

After a rather arduous search, the target beast was gradually found.

Everyone in Qingyang City had completed their mission.

"Not bad, the time is nearly up; we can assemble all the new students."

Chi Lian said with satisfaction.

She was just about to release a signal to gather the Xuegong disciples.

But unexpectedly, a wave of blood-evil qi from the side suddenly surged toward them like a mad tide.

The crowd was secretly shocked; such terrifying evil qi, and it was contained within Sword Qi.

In an instant, they turned back to look and found that the one releasing the evil qi was none other than Ye Xuan.

At this moment, Ye Xuan's eyes were bloodshot, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "Xu Chen, I have found you."

They discovered that at this moment, Ye Xuan had already reached the Third Grade Late-Stage realm.

Xu Chen blinked; is this the protagonist?

Leveling up is simply unreasonable!

Very well, come on, trample him ruthlessly.

PS: Begging for data!!! Especially evaluation tickets, there are too few!!!!