Chapter 499 (1/2)
Chapter 499: Love Rival?
Translator: Thyaeria Editor: Thyaeria
“So, what do you say?”
Hearing Wen Qingxuan’s clear and pleasant voice, Mu Chen sunk into a deep thought. Following the elapsing of time, the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament was currently starting to gear up, with various powerful groups gradually starting to surface. The strength of those groups would not be inferior to those coming from the five Great Academies. This was something that Mu Chen had experienced earlier, with the example being Zhen Qing, whose group wasn’t weaker than Xia Hou’s group.
Furthermore, it was clear that a situation like the appearance of Zhen Qing and his group wouldn’t be a one-off. There might be even more of such similar groups present in the dark. Although Mu Chen was confident about himself, he wasn’t blind. Just as what Wen Qingxuan had said, it was extremely hard to rely solely on the strength of his group to contend against an alliance formed by numerous groups.
There were numerous large and small remnants concealed within the fragments of this Shattered Continent. There was no one that could guarantee that a not-too-assuming group would not chance up a great opportunity, and distinguish themselves with a drastic increase of their strength.
What’s more, as of now, Mu Chen’s group was currently in a phase of strength that could be said as advancing by leaps and bounds. The absolute majority of the people that were able to participate were of Heavenly Completion Stage. After the Heavenly Completion Stage would be the three Sovereign Disasters. This was a unique phase where one wouldn’t need much accumulation of bitter cultivation to progress. That’s because the tribulations by themselves were a form of tempering. As long as one was able to pass through them, one’s strength would greatly advance and rise.
Therefore, with the aid from the numerous ancient remnants present in this Shattered Continent, an absolute majority of the people present here would obtain great progress within the short number of months they would spend here.
In this phase of great transformation, whoever was able to grasp the right opportunity would be able to obtain the greatest progression of strength from their entire group, allowing them to walk at the forefront of everyone present in this Shattered Continent.
This was the reason why Mu Chen had placed such importance on the ancient remnant of the Divine Wood Palace. Although there were numerous other ancient remnants hidden within the Shattered Continent, there should not be many that were able to rival what the Divine Wood Palace held in store. Therefore, as long as they were able to enter this ancient remnant, it would definitely be extremely beneficial for him and his group.
However, it was due to this Divine Wood Palace’s remnant being that perfect that there would naturally be countless groups flocking over towards it, with truly powerful groups among their ranks. At that time, the battles that would be waged would absolutely be unable to be matched by those in the past.
Therefore, at that time, if they were able to collaborate with a group like Wen Qingxuan’s, it would be considered as the most perfect scenario for Mu Chen and his group.
“Why did you find us for this?”
Mu Chen asked as he looked towards Wen Qingxuan. From the surface, with their strength, if they wanted to find a group to collaborate with, there would clearly be quite a few better groups to choose from. However, she had decided to find them in the end, something that caused slight doubt to rise within Mu Chen’s heart.
“That’s because I believe in Luo Li,” replied Wen Qingxuan with a sweet smile as she looked towards Mu Chen. A bright and beautiful smile surfaced on her beautiful, snow-white face as she said in a teasing fashion, “Could it be that Captain Mu Chen had assumed that I’ve fallen for him?”
Hearing her words, Mu Chen gave an embarrassed laugh. He wouldn’t be tricked into her claim of having fallen for him. Furthermore, it was extremely hard for him to imagine that an extremely opinionated girl like her would change her mind for a male.
“Luo Li has helped me before. Perhaps it might be accidental of her. However, I’m unable to not repay this favor. I’m clear about Luo Li’s strength. As for you…” Shooting a sizing gaze around Mu Chen’s body with her beautiful eyes, Wen Qingxuan slightly raised her red lips before saying, “From our exchange earlier, you really do possess some ability. Therefore, it can be considered that we didn’t suffer any losses coming here to collaborate with you.”
“I’m truly honored,” replied Mu Chen in an unhappy tone as he shook his head. This Wen Qingxuan truly is extremely hard to deal with.
“I don’t like collaborating with you men. Therefore, if you say that you’re honored, it’s indeed quite an honor to do so,” said Wen Qingxuan earnestly as she nodded her head, sounding exceedingly impressive as she did so.
This caused Mu Chen to become speechless.
Seeing Mu Chen appearing as if he had hit a wall, Luo Li could not help giving w soft laugh.
“Okay. I agree to collaborate,” replied Mu Chen as he nodded his head. Turning around, he pointed towards Xu Huang and the other two and said, “These are my group members, Xu Huang, Zhao Qingshan and Mu Fengyang. They’ve just broke through their Human Body Disaster.”
Shooting a mere glance at the trio, Wen Qingxuan withdrew her gaze in an instant, before nodding her head in a de-emphasizing manner.
Noticing the attitude she had towards them, Xu Huang and the other two could not help bitterly laughing in their hearts, but did not dare to show one bit of discontentment on their faces. Although the girl before them was as beautiful as Luo Li, those pair of beautiful phoenix-like eyes always seemed to possess more than sufficient feelings of encroachment. If it were people or things that didn’t garner her interest, her silence and faint smile was more than enough to make many people feel ashamed of their inferiority.
Only at this moment did they understand exactly how easy it was to get near Luo Li, who always appeared quiet and would only reveal a gentle smile before Mu Chen.