C58 (1/2)

Since it was morning, the second floor of Lingxiao Hall was filled with a lively atmosphere. The plaza's second floor was filled with students eating their food.

Bai Chen's hair was stiff, and under everyone's gazes, he casually picked up some food from the table on the second floor. When he took a look around, he discovered that in the entire second floor, there was only one table where no one was sitting, so he hurriedly walked towards that table where no one was sitting.

All of a sudden, when they saw Bai Chen sitting at a taboo table, the students on the second floor all started boiling. They all looked at Bai Chen with ridicule in their eyes.

Having keenly sensed the changes in the gazes of the surrounding students, Bai Chen's heart trembled, and a bad feeling arose in his heart.

Did I do something bad? Before the thought disappeared from Bai Chen's mind, a voice filled with boundless indifference rang in his ears, ”Bai Chen? You're sitting in my seat. ”

Xue Ruchen! The owner of this voice was Xue Ruchen!

Just as this thought flashed through Bai Chen's mind, the students beside him all looked at Bai Chen with strange gazes. All of them had a hint of ridicule in their eyes.

Bai Chen was a very polite person, so he knew that it was very impolite for him to have his back facing Xue Ruchen. Thus, he slowly stood up from his chair and turned around, just in time to see Xue Ruchen dressed in black robes. He raised his head, and his eyes locked with Xue Ruchen's crimson red eyes.

Bai Chen could feel a strong sword energy attacking him from his spiritual sense. The hairs on his body stood up involuntarily, as if he had sensed a massive crisis. His heart thumped in his chest, and a wave of boiling hot blood energy flowed out from his heart, flowing into his limbs and bones.

That surge of powerful blood energy was like a powerful force that flowed through his limbs and bones, providing strength for his body. When his right foot stomped on the ground, the flesh and bones all over his body seemed to tremble.

A Blood Qi Barrier was a power that only Body Practitioners could comprehend. Normally, only Body Practitioners of the Spirit Master level would have a Blood Qi Barrier.

A clear sword hum suddenly rang out from Xue Ruchen's body. It was a three feet long blood-red sword aura. Although the color of the sword aura was blood-red, there seemed to be traces of loneliness on it.

The sword aura was just like a person. Xue Ruchen was born lonely like snow, so the sword aura on his body was tainted with a sliver of the aura of loneliness like snow. It could even be said that the aura of loneliness like snow was something that Xue Ruchen was born with.

While Xue Ruchen was releasing the sword Qi that he had cultivated, the blood-red barrier on Bai Chen's body seemed to be suppressed. Suddenly, an invisible wave of Qi came from the blood-red barrier and slashed at Bai Chen's barrier. A tiny crack actually appeared on the blood-red barrier.

As if surprised by the might of his sword Qis, Xue Ruchen's right hand moved imperceptibly. In his pair of scarlet eyes, there was a trace of doubt and confusion.

Only Xue Ruchen knew in her heart that the terrifying aura she had felt from Bai Chen yesterday was enough to prove that Bai Chen possessed strength comparable to his. However, at this moment, Bai Chen had not unleashed that power, and this doubt was enough to cause him to have thoughts of forcing out Bai Chen's true strength.

”Am I not enough for you to unleash your true strength, or was it because of my misperception yesterday?” A faint smile appeared on Xue Ruchen's lips, but his face was hidden behind the black robe. As a result, no one could see the smile on his lips, otherwise, the entire Lingxiao Hall would definitely be shaken.

The usually reserved Xue Ruchen actually started laughing!

This point alone was enough to cause the students in the entire Hall of Soaring Heavens to boil over in excitement. This was because the expressions on Xue Ruchen's face were ice-cold as far as they could remember. He had never smiled, so they subconsciously thought that Xue Ruchen would not smile.

”Bai Chen, show us your true strength.” At the mouth of Xue Ruchen, which was hidden behind a black robe, someone said something that shocked everyone. Immediately, a flurry of discussion broke out among the spectating students.

”What!?” Bai Chen is actually hiding his true strength? ”

”You still dare to hide your strength in front of the number one person of the Ling Xiao Hall? I really don't know if this Bai Chen is a fool or a genius. ”

”So Bai Chen is still hiding his strength?” ”I was wondering why he had such a calm expression on his face when he was facing the berserk Bai Lintian yesterday. It turns out he didn't care at all …”