"Brother Du, are you looking for me for something?"
Lin Chen looked at the Inner Sect Disciple and asked indifferently.
"Brother Lin, you’re finally back. You might not know yet, but your woman is in big trouble," Du Ziteng said earnestly and anxiously.
Lin Chen was completely baffled by this. Since when did he have a wife, and why was he not aware of it?
"What happened? You need to make it clear—who is in trouble?"
Lin Chen pressed for answers with a puzzled look on his face.
"It’s Xia Wanxin. She’s been abducted by the people from Heavenly Dragon Hall. Tang Tianlong, that brute, wants Xia Wanxin to become his Dao Companion," Du Ziteng explained.
As someone who followed Lin Chen in placing bets and had earned a significant amount of Contribution Value, Du Ziteng certainly showed respect to Lin Chen.
Now, having received the news from within the Inner Sect, he rushed over without delay.
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Although Lin Chen didn’t understand when Xia Wanxin had become his daughter, he indeed had some connection with her; and since she was in trouble, Lin Chen certainly had no reason not to help her.
After all, he was relying on Xia Wanxin for the Five Elements Treasure.
"Little girl, just follow me. I guarantee I’ll give you the good life, with fine foods and drinks," said a fat man in Heavenly Dragon Hall, eyeing Xia Wanxin’s curvaceous figure with a lecherous grin.
Xia Wanxin immediately gave the man a disdainful glare in response.
With his appearance, if Xia Wanxin followed him, it wouldn’t be any different from associating with a fat pig.
As a Martial Artist who trained every day and cultivated her Martial Arts Skills, Xia Wanxin simply could not comprehend how there could be such a corpulent martial artist—did this guy never train?
"With you? In your dreams. Do you know that I’m Lin Chen’s woman?"
Ever since entering the Inner Sect, Xia Wanxin used Lin Chen’s name whenever someone pursued her.
Surprisingly, it worked quite well; many in the Inner Sect were scared off by the mention of Lin Chen’s name.
However, the fatty paid no heed to Xia Wanxin or someone named Lin Chen, for that matter—he didn’t even take Lin Chen seriously.
But why did the name Lin Chen sound so familiar?
"Boss, Lin Chen, the one known for betting—Lin the Rascal," a follower gently reminded Tang Tianlong about Lin Chen’s reputation, seeing that his boss was unconcerned.
After the explanation, Tang Tianlong immediately felt a chill run down his spine and broke out in a cold sweat.
"My lady, I was wrong. Please, just let bygones be bygones," Tang Tianlong pleaded, kneeling in front of Xia Wanxin once he recognized that the man she mentioned was Lin Chen.
Are you kidding? Lin Chen’s reputation in the Inner Sect was well-known to everyone.
Lin Chen had been continuously challenging others and had now become one of the top 600 fighters in the Inner Sect.
Tang Tianlong’s ranking was just over 800, definitely not a match for Lin Chen.
"Letting you off is easy; it just depends on how generous you are," Xia Wanxin said coldly. Upon hearing this, Tang Tianlong immediately handed over some Heavenly and Earthly Treasures to Xia Wanxin, thinking that it was a lesser evil than getting beaten up by Lin Chen.
At that moment, Lin Chen entered Heavenly Dragon Hall with Du Ziteng, looking at Tang Tianlong with an unfriendly gaze.
"Senior Brother Lin, you’ve arrived. Are you here to take Miss Xia home?" Tang Tianlong said nervously upon seeing Lin Chen.
Lin Chen surveyed the Treasures Tang Tianlong was offering Xia Wanxin, and it wasn’t hard to guess that his reputation had scared Tang Tianlong into gifting them to Xia Wanxin.
Lucky him—his name, Lin the Rascal, could be so useful.
Immediately, Lin Chen took the Treasures from Tang Tianlong’s hand, and Xia Wanxin started to argue with him about it.
"These are the Treasures I’ve earned with my abilities; what right do you have to take them?" Xia Wanxin challenged Lin Chen aggressively.
"On what grounds? On grounds that you’ve been parading around claiming to be my woman."
"Can’t I take something from my own woman?" Lin Chen retorted with laughter before he turned and walked away.
Xia Wanxin stomped her feet in frustration. She turned to Tang Tianlong, demanding another set of Treasures from him, and only after receiving them did she leave satisfactorily...
Lin Chen did not further dispute with Xia Wanxin and went back to his room, where he started to cultivate again.
The encounter with Shi Xinghai from his Second Soul Division made Lin Chen realize once more that his strength was far from enough.
Although he had made it into the top 600 in the Pride List of the Formation Sect’s Inner Sect,
Lin Chen knew well that he was not a match for Chang Bai.
At this time, Lin Chen had finally broken through to the Ninth Layer of the Heaven-reaching Realm and only needed the right opportunity to advance to the Reverting Void Realm.
Lin Chen went to the Medium Grade Cultivation Room once again.
Having achieved Great Success with the Summoning Thunder Sword Technique, Lin Chen began to cultivate the Seven Killings Sword Array.
Just after Lin Chen completed the registration for a cultivation room, a loud voice called out from behind him.
"Steward Mu, I need a cultivation room for about a month," a woman in black with a fiery figure said.
Out of curiosity, Lin Chen turned to look and then continued toward his cultivation room.
"I’m sorry, Miss Fang, but the last cultivation room has just been taken. We have no vacancies left," Steward Mu obsequiously tried to appease the woman in black, deliberately pointing at Lin Chen.
"Hey, you, stop right there," she called after Lin Chen.
"You, I’m talking to you!" As Lin Chen walked on, the woman in black suddenly stopped him.
Lin Chen was not inclined to respond, but the woman sent a surge of Soul Power directly at him.
He stopped, frowning slightly before turning around.
"Give me your cultivation room. I need to use it," Fang Xiaoya demanded, her voice commanding as her eyes fixed on Lin Chen.
"I need the cultivation room as well. Find someone else to exchange with," Lin Chen replied, showing no inclination to indulge such behavior and turning to leave.
"Kid, don’t be shameless when I’m giving you face. Do you know who I am? You dare to refuse my request. Do you still want to remain in the Inner Sect?" Fang Xiaoya shouted.