Chapter 254 - Strangers (1/2)

Chapter 254 Strangers

“What’s wrong, Junior Brother Xiao?”

Seeing Xiao Chen stopping in his tracks, Yu Yifeng questioned him before following his line of sight. He saw a red-clothed young woman in the prime of her youth.

It was Su Wan. She was momentarily stupefied when she spotted Xiao Chen but her next reaction was unsheathing her Teal Frost Sword. Back in the Skygale Sect in the Human World, Xiao Chen took her as a hostage and Shangguan Yan later teased her on the ship. To the Eldest Young Lady of the Su family, this was enough for her to see Xiao Chen as her greatest foe.

Her action immediately drew the attention of those around her. Next to her was a white-clothed man with a folding fan in his hand.

The man was tall, slender, and handsome. Many ladies nearby couldn’t help stealing glances at him. Seeing Su Wan unsheathe her sword, he frowned and asked, “What are you doing?”

“Brother Zimu, it’s him. He was the one who nearly killed me in the Human World,” Su Wan said resentfully, glaring at Xiao Chen with the eyes of a viper. She wanted nothing more than to storm up to him and stab him several times to avenge herself.

“Oh?” Su Zimu snapped his folding fan back together and followed her line of sight.

The moment their eyes met, Xiao Chen’s heart leaped in surprise at the man’s impressive cultivation. The man wasn’t in any way inferior to Xiaoyue. Right then, a high-pitched voice came from tens of feet away. “Cousin Su Wan, Brother Zimu, it’s been a while.”

It was a black-clothed young man: Ling Fei, the strongest youth of the Ling family, who declared that he would have a life-or-death battle with Xiao Chen at the Immortals’ League. He sneered at Xiao Chen before turning to look at Su Wan and her brother.

Seeing him walking over to them, Su Wan put away her Teal Frost Sword and smiled. “Cousin Ling Fei.”

Su Zimu waved his folding hand. Giving Ling Fei a haughty, uninterested look, he said, “So it’s you, Brother Ling Fei. Did you also come for the Immortal’s Sword Assembly?”

Ling Fei, as the strongest youth of the Ling family, was in the peak of the Core Forming Realm. Naturally, he came today for the assembly. Su Zimu was obviously looking down on him.

With an awkward laugh, he replied, “I’m not that talented. I’m just here to join the fun. I wouldn’t dare to compare with you, Brother Zimu.”

“Oh.” Su Zimu nodded uninterestedly. Beside him, Su Wan also dared not contribute to the conversation.

Bored, Ling Fei smiled and said, “I have something to attend to. Please excuse me.”

When he was gone, Su Wan glanced at Su Zimu. “Brother Zimu, how can you do that?!”

Su Zimu said placidly, “Do what? I advise you to stay away from those from the Ling family. You’ll just lower your status.”

“Can you stop being so harsh with your words?” Su Wan was a little mad. “No matter what, Ling family is our…”

Before she could finish, Su Zimu glared at her. “Don’t even mention our families in the same breath. They’re not worthy. Moreover, I’m forbidding you from interacting with Ling Yuxuan. He’s just a cripple without learnings or skills, but he dares to find help for his revenge. Life-or-death battle? He needs to know his place.”

He was rather loud, so it naturally reached Ling Fei who hadn’t walked far yet. The latter clenched his fists but there was nothing he could do about it. Pretending he heard nothing, he walked away.

“Let’s go, Brother Yifeng,” Xiao Chen said quietly, redirecting his attention from Su Wan’s group. He began walking to the registration counter.

“Lil Chen, is there a grudge between you and the Su family? Why did that woman unsheathe her sword the moment she saw you?” Yu Yifeng whispered.

Xiao Chen forced a smile. How could he bear a grudge against the Su family? That was her mother’s family, after all. Moreover, someone on the level of an ancestor of the Su family, Su Xiaomei, was living inside the cold jade pendant that he was wearing.

The issue with Su Wan was just a little misunderstanding in the Human World. It couldn’t be considered as some sort of great grudge. Moreover, she was now a “cousin” to him.