Chapter 702: Chapter 699: Go Our Separate Ways!
Ling Shuanghua took three steps back, her almond-shaped eyes wide open, staring coldly at Li Chen as she said word by word:
“Don’t come any closer. From now on, let’s pretend we never met. You go your way, and I’ll go mine!”
It was then that Li Chen understood what it meant to “destroy the bridge after crossing the river.”
However, he had no complaints about this and simply shrugged his shoulders in agreement.
“There are two paths ahead, you choose first!”
As Ling Shuanghua glanced at the two paths in front of her and was about to make a choice, she suddenly remembered something very important.
“Break the effect of the Red Lotus Flame inside me!”
Li Chen said, “The effect of that thing only lasts for three days, it has already dissipated on its own!”
Ling Shuanghua was astonished and half-doubting, she asked, “Really?”
Li Chen nodded and said, “Really, why would I lie to you?”
“Cut it out, if you weren’t deceiving me, I would… wait, I haven’t lost my chastity, my Guardian Palace Sand is still intact, everything before was an illusion, not what really happened!”
Ling Shuanghua started to hypnotize herself like a monk chanting scriptures.
Li Chen watched this with utter speechlessness.
Suddenly, his eyes trembled. He sensed a powerful aura rapidly approaching.
At that moment, six flying swords appeared out of thin air.
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When they saw Ling Shuanghua, joy was evident in their eyes.
“Little junior sister, we finally found you!”
Seeing the newcomers, Ling Shuanghua was also excited.
“Fifth Uncle, Senior Brother Jiang, Senior Sister Sun, why have you all come?”
The one Ling Shuanghua called Fifth Uncle was a middle-aged woman dressed in a splendid Daoist robe named Yue Suzhen. She was an Outer Elder of the Cloud Sea Sect and also Ling Shuanghua’s mother’s best friend.
She nodded slightly towards Ling Shuanghua and then immediately set her gaze on Li Chen, with a hint of hostility.
“Shuanghua, who is this fellow Taoist?”
Before the Fifth Elder could finish speaking, Ling Shuanghua immediately denied any connection.
“I don’t know him; we’re not familiar!”
“Shuanghua, why are you injured?”
Jiang Tianxing saw a faint scar on Ling Shuanghua’s snow-white neck, and immediately became furious.
Before Ling Shuanghua could reply, he angrily drew his sword and demanded, “Did you hurt my junior sister?”
Seeing the other party draw his sword without hesitation, Li Chen’s expression also slightly darkened.
The Fifth Elder, being a Peak Golden Core Late Stage expert, had power not inferior to the Great Elder of Dragon Control Castle.
Besides, the other five were all Foundation Establishment Disciples. Among them, the man who drew his sword at him had the highest cultivation, being at the Great Perfection of Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, just a step away from the real Golden Core.
Seeing the tense situation, Ling Shuanghua quickly rushed over to stand between Jiang Tianxing and Li Chen.
“Senior Brother Jiang, what are you doing? This injury wasn’t caused by him, why are you drawing your sword at him?”
Although Yue Suzhen looked like a woman in her thirties or forties, robust and well-rounded, her actual age had long surpassed a hundred years. With her perspective, how could she not see that Ling Shuanghua had special feelings toward Li Chen.
However, she was tactful and worldly, not as rash as the younger generation.
“Tianxing, what are you doing? Put your sword away now!”
Although Jiang Tianxing felt aggrieved, since his master had spoken, he couldn’t disobey.
“Hmph, just wait, if I find out you bullied my junior sister, I will surely kill you!”
Li Chen shrugged his shoulders, showing an indifferent expression of “do as you please.”
Yue Suzhen walked over, pulled Ling Shuanghua aside, and while pretending it was casual, she checked her Guardian Palace Sand, and seeing that this most important thing was still intact, she breathed a sigh of relief.
“Shuanghua, you’ve run away from home for three or four months with no news. Think about how your grandparents and parents will punish you after you return. When I left, they were all furious. Probably this time, grounding you or making you face the wall will be the least of your punishments!”
Knowing she was at fault, Ling Shuanghua didn’t dare argue and just sulkily put on a pitiful look.
Seeing her own niece looking so pitiable, Yue Suzhen knew that she must have suffered a lot during this trip alone, so she only gave a symbolic scolding.
Then, she turned the conversation to Daqing Mountain.
“Shuanghua, what’s with the Daqing Mountain disappearing without a trace?”
Hearing her uncle suddenly bring up Daqing Mountain, Ling Shuanghua’s mind inexplicably conjured up the scene inside the Underground Palace, suddenly feeling guilty.
“I, I, I also don’t know what happened?”
Seeing her nervous and incoherent expression, Yue Suzhen realized there was definitely a problem here.
“Then, did you encounter Yuj Longzi from Dragon Control Castle? I heard he also went to Daqing Mountain?”
Hearing the name “Yuj Longzi,” Ling Shuanghua’s eyes shifted, and she said, “Yes, I met him. They even wanted to kill me!”
Hearing this, Yue Suzhen became furiously angry.
“It’s outrageous, the audacity of Dragon Control Castle to attack a disciple of Cloud Sea Sect, it’s utterly unforgivable!”
“Shuanghua, what happened after that? How did you escape, and where are Yuj Longzi and the others now?”
Seeing her uncle Yue Suzhen believing her words, Ling Shuanghua gathered her thoughts and casually lied, “I repelled him with a Nascent Soul Talisman, and he disappeared, probably went deeper into Daqing Mountain. Meanwhile, I got injured, and Li Chen saved me, leading to meeting you all!”
As she mentioned “Li Chen,” her peripheral vision inadvertently glanced at Li Chen.
Following Ling Shuanghua’s gaze, Yue Suzhen looked towards Li Chen and started scrutinizing him closely.
At this moment, Li Chen was also extremely nervous.
He had just subdued an Artifact Spirit and was still gravely injured. If the other party noticed anything fishy and suddenly attacked him, the consequences would be unthinkable.
A Peak Golden Core Late Stage expert, not inferior to Yuj Longzi, along with five elite Foundation Establishment disciples; if it came to a fight, he estimated that he would be killed instantly.
With this thought in mind, Li Chen secretly took out the Nascent Soul Talisman that Ling Shuanghua had given him, ready to deal with any emergency!