Chapter 61: Overawing the Petty (Part Two)

Therefore, he took a few more concubines, but it did nothing to help, instead breeding a host of absurd and ridiculous rumors.

Some said the Prince's Manor was cursed with bad feng shui, destined to have no surviving male heirs, while others even whispered that the Prince was lacking in certain manly vigor.

What was even more infuriating was that rumors had once spread claiming his daughters might not even be his own, driving the Prince into such a furious rage that he had the entire family of the gossip executed.

Thus, toward this obedient and tactful nephew, the Prince naturally held a deep affection.

Meanwhile, inside a secluded room,

A man half-reclined on the bed, murmuring, "Really, they all put on such lofty airs, unwilling to stay a single moment longer. So be it!"

"Now that the fellow has returned, shall we have that person on the mountain make a move?" asked a man beside him in a shrill voice.

"Go! Tell him to give it his absolute all and cooperate fully. Grant him any condition he asks for," the man waved his hand dismissively.

The latter crept out of the room on tiptoe, terrified of making even the slightest sound.

On the other side, Lin Chen and Xie Mengmeng entered a dilapidated tavern outside Nanyang City one after the other.

"Ugh! Being hunted down back and forth for so long has utterly exhausted me," Xie Mengmeng sighed, wiping the sweat from her brow.

"That's hardly fair of you. I've been doing all the running while you've been riding the donkey, yet you're the first to complain," Lin Chen said, panting heavily with a disgruntled expression.

"Who asked you to run? This donkey is full of vim and vigor—couldn't it carry both of us?" Xie Mengmeng shot him a sidelong glance.

That was true indeed, but Lin Chen was somewhat afraid of Xie Mengmeng. Nowadays, she would tease him at the drop of a hat, which he truly found unbearable.

Sometimes, even when the enemies were snapping at their heels, she would still find ways to touch and grope him,

Provoking the pursuers into cursing aloud: "Shameless and utterly debauched!"

Once the two of them were seated, a waiter rushed over in a single bound and said with a ingratiating smile, "What can I get for you two honored guests?"

Lin Chen cast a sidelong glance at the two factions sitting nearby; besides wine, there was nothing else on their tables.

A moment later, he frowned and slowly said, "Bring us one of everything the tavern has."

The waiter was slightly stunned, then immediately replied, "Very well, honored guests, please wait a moment!"

A short while later, a pot of wine and a plate of cold dishes were placed on the table. Just as Lin Chen was about to pick up some food with his chopsticks, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that everyone around was staring at him.

Seeing this, he put the food back onto the plate and continued to wait. Yet, after a long while, the waiter made no move to bring out any more dishes, which only firmly confirmed his suspicions.

After trying a few more times, he realized that those people were simply waiting for him to eat the food. Fortunately, Xie Mengmeng seemed to have sensed something as well and had been sitting quietly by his side the entire time.

The corners of Lin Chen's mouth curled upward slightly as he muttered to himself, "So, if the straightforward approach doesn't work, they resort to underhanded tricks."

Finally, one of the hot-tempered brutes slammed his hand on the table and roared, "What are we waiting for? Let's all kill him together. I refuse to believe that so many of us can't handle just two people."

In an instant, the people at the surrounding tables all rose in unison, staring at the pair with murderous intent.

Lin Chen said coldly, "You are walking to your deaths. Let me offer you all a piece of advice: leave right now, and I will pretend I never saw you."

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, clearly hesitating, for they had all heard that Lin Chen had single-handedly slain more than a dozen minor masters.

"I'll count to three. Those who haven't left by then can leave their lives behind," Lin Chen stood up, his gaze like lightning, and shouted loudly, "One!"

By this time, some people were already beginning to waver.

Lin Chen continued to roar, "Two!"

A few more individuals turned around and fled.

Lin Chen shouted in a thunderous voice, "Three."

In the blink of an eye, he lunged forward fiercely, thrusting his sword straight into the chest of one of the men.

The man's eyes widened as he struggled to ask his dying question, "Why...?"

Lin Chen sneered, "In front of me, there are no rules—only life and death!"

Simultaneously, the man slowly collapsed backward.

Lin Chen gave a cold huff, "Since you've already made your choice, let go of your fear and accept the arrival of death."

"Impertinent brat, don't be so arrogant!" roared the brute who had been the first to slam the table.

At the same time, he swung an axe toward Lin Chen. The latter leaped gracefully into the air, easily dodging the blow, and with the speed of lightning, delivered a fatal slash across the throat.

"Utterly pathetic," Lin Chen sneered, his eyes filled with utter disdain. "With a mob of riffraff like you, how dare you act so rampant in front of me?"

Scanning his surroundings, those who had previously looked fierce and menacing now wore expressions of terror, their bodies trembling involuntarily.

"What? Scared? Weren't you acting all aggressive just a moment ago?" Lin Chen said loudly. "If you want to run now, it's already too late!"

The remaining men were cowed by his overwhelming momentum, and several of them involuntarily took a few steps back.

Wielding his longsword, Lin Chen pointed it at them and roared, "Come on! Let's all attack together. I want to see who can escape alive from my sword today!"

A timid man said with a trembling voice, "Have mercy on me, young hero! I was blind and failed to recognize Mount Tai; I shouldn't have offended you." His voice carried a crying tone, and his face was as pale as paper.

Naturally, Lin Chen had no intention of showing mercy; anyone who dared to harbor murderous intent toward him had to die.

Lin Chen threw his head back and laughed loudly, "Begging for mercy now? Too late! Prepare to die, all of you!"

With that, his figure darted through the crowd like a ghost, sword shadows flashing as blood splattered everywhere.

"Ah, ah, ah!" Screams rang out one after another.

Someone widened their eyes in terror and shouted, "How is this possible? He... he is simply a demon who kills without blinking an eye!"

Yet Lin Chen showed no intention of stopping; instead, he grew more ferocious the more he killed,

Continually mocking them aloud, "With just this little bit of skill, you dared to come and cause trouble for me? Truly overestimating yourselves!"

In the blink of an eye, more than half of them had fallen. The remaining few collapsed to the ground, completely drained of the courage to resist, their complexions ashen.

Lin Chen stepped heavily onto one man's face and said coldly, "Remember, the consequence of provoking me is only death! From now on, whoever dares to harbor designs against me, this will be your fate!"

Having said that, he swung his sword and severed the man's head, which rolled across the ground a few times before coming to a shaky halt.

A moment later, Xie Mengmeng called out from the side, "Alright, stop killing and let's get out of here quickly."

Even Xie Mengmeng felt that his murderous intent was growing heavier by the day, and she immediately stepped in to stop him.

Only then did Lin Chen halt, let out a cold snort, and follow Xie Mengmeng away from the tavern.

However, they had not walked far before a commotion echoed from behind them.

Lin Chen looked back and saw yet another group of people pursuing them.

"This is truly endless!" Lin Chen said angrily, "Since you all wish to die, I'll grant your wish!"

This group looked even more formidable than the previous ones, but to the current Lin Chen,

As long as it wasn't a Grand Master, he was fully capable of putting up a fight, and this bunch didn't even include a single minor master.

At the head of the group was a man dressed in black with a gloomy, sinister gaze.

"Lin Chen, today is your day to die!" shouted the man in black.
Lin Chen scoffed, "Just you? You dare to boast so shamelessly!"

The man in black gritted his teeth and said, "Traitor, prepare to meet your doom! This time next year will be your anniversary!"