Chapter Five: This Grudge Unavenged Is a Disgrace to One's Ancestors

Upon hearing Lin Yurou’s voice, Ye Qingyao and the others, who were angrily preparing to leave, all turned their heads to look back.

Has this fool finally come to his senses?

At this moment, Chu Tianchen’s gaze was no longer vacant; his sharp eyebrows and starry eyes exuded a completely different aura from before. There was now a trace of vitality about him.

However, although he seemed to have regained some consciousness, there was no fluctuation of energy within him—he remained a cripple.

This fact made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Chu Tianchen had once shone like a star in the celestial river of the nine heavens, hailed as the greatest genius of the Great Qian Empire. It was said that even those from the Great World personally came to witness his talents.

Rumors circulated that the Great World highly valued him and intended to take him away; only his grandfather had refused.

Therefore, when Lin Yurou claimed he had recovered, everyone’s hearts skipped a beat.

“Chu Tianchen, even if your mind has somewhat cleared, you’re still nothing but a complete waste,” Lin Yurou said with a frown. “What’s there to be proud of?”

“Sign,” Chu Tianchen said, preparing an IOU and handing it to her.

A murderous gleam flashed in Lin Yurou’s eyes instantly.

“I am the daughter of the Lord of Youhuang Ancient City. You want me to sign an IOU for you? I think you may have regained your wits, but you’re still a fool. What is your status now? And mine? How dare you ask me to sign this?”

Lin Yurou said arrogantly.

If she signed that IOU, rumors would spread quickly. Where would her dignity be? What about the reputation of Youhuang Ancient City?

Seeing Lin Yurou refuse to sign, Old Lady Yuan stepped forward, releasing a faint pressure of Heavenly Gang Realm.

Lin Yurou and the Heavenly King Realm elder behind her felt uneasy. In front of a Heavenly Gang Realm cultivator, even a centenarian had no power to resist.

“A traitor whose family was stripped of their assets, acting so arrogantly,” a young voice called out suddenly from nearby.

Then, a handsome young man with fair skin appeared in everyone’s sight.

Upon seeing him, Lin Yurou’s heart leapt with joy.

“Master Tai Xu!” she exclaimed, as if clutching a lifeline, and hurried over excitedly.

“Master Tai Xu, you have arrived just in time! That old hag is bullying me with her Heavenly Gang Realm cultivation,” Lin Yurou said.

“It looks like if I don’t give them the elemental stones today, they might even resort to killing.”

Master Tai Xu looked at Lin Yurou with eyes full of affection, then reached out and gently pinched her delicate face.

“With me here, no one will harm you,” he said.

“Master Tai Xu? Recently there’s been talk that a genius from the Great World came to Yunhai Academy to cultivate, someone named Yin Tai Xu. Could this be him? Why does he seem so familiar with Lin Yurou?”

“Isn’t it obvious? They clearly have feelings for each other.”

“Damn, does that mean that fool got cheated on?”

“They’re not even married yet, so what cheating? I think Master Tai Xu and Lin Yurou make a perfect couple—truly a match of talent and beauty. Look at that Chu Tianchen—he’s only handsome, but a complete waste. Besides, who knows if he’s really regained his mind.”

…

A woman already betrothed, yet still shamelessly entangling with another man without ending her engagement—truly a rarity in this world.

But Chu Tianchen and the others didn’t care.

Since the engagement would be broken anyway, even if Lin Yurou married a beggar, it would have nothing to do with the Chu family.

Yin Tai Xu stepped forward calmly in the face of Yuan Minglan’s Heavenly Gang pressure.

“Fifth layer of Heavenly Gang Realm?”

“Probably only able to show off in a small place like the Great Qian Empire,” he said disdainfully.

Then, his gaze suddenly sharpened, and his aura exploded forth. A terrifying pressure quickly spread.

Feeling this extreme force, Chu Tianchen nearly fell to his knees.

Fortunately, his grandmother stepped in front of him just in time.

“Yin Tai Xu, let me teach you a lesson!” she declared.

Then, under everyone’s watchful eyes, the elder and the young man clashed with a single palm strike.

In the next instant, all present widened their eyes in shock.

Yuan Minglan, at the fifth layer of the Heavenly Gang Realm, was slammed dozens of meters away by Yin Tai Xu’s palm.

Bang!

A loud crash sounded as Yuan Minglan’s body shattered seven or eight black coffins before falling, blood spurting from her mouth. Her internal organs seemed displaced, causing excruciating pain.

“Grandma!”

“Grandmother!”

Two little girls cried as they ran to Yuan Minglan.

Seeing this, Chu Tianchen’s eyes suddenly turned bloodshot.

“Grandma, are you alright?” he asked, rushing over to support her.

“I’m fine,” Yuan Minglan forced a smile.

Then she coughed up another mouthful of blood.

She was a fifth-layer Heavenly Gang cultivator.

Even at a hundred years old, her strength was formidable. Yet, she couldn’t withstand a single palm from Yin Tai Xu.

“Damn, Yin Tai Xu is terrifying! He looks only about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, yet he’s reached the sixth layer of the Heavenly Gang Realm? That’s unbelievable.”

Everyone was stunned.

But no one noticed that, at some point, a pill had appeared in Chu Tianchen’s hand.

It was a sixth-grade Explosion Core Pill, left to him by his grandfather.

The sixth-grade Explosion Core Pill was the finest among Explosion Core Pills; when detonated, it rivaled the self-explosion of a Heavenly Gang Realm cultivator.

Chu Tianchen vowed to kill the treacherous couple!

“Don’t, Tianchen! You still have infinite potential! Don’t waste it here!” his grandmother urged.

“Your grandfather has high hopes for you.”

“I’m really fine,” Yuan Minglan smiled, signaling him to calm down.

Chu Tianchen suppressed his urge to rage and slowly put away the Explosion Core Pill.

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