At this moment, Su Chen, the dark horse of Tianfeng Kingdom, was lying on the bed.
It hurt… his whole body hurt!
Su Chen felt as if his body was about to fall apart.
Every inch of his skin felt as if it was being cut by a knife.
A thousand cuts!
Wang Bailu, Li Ming, and familiar faces from Lingyun Martial House were all looking at Su Chen anxiously.
Wang Bailu was leaning by the window, tightly holding Su Chen's hand, small pearls of tears constantly dripping from her eyes.
The bed was damp.
Women are indeed made of water.
Su Chen against his will comforted everyone, saying, "It's alright, I'm awake now."
Everyone looked at Su Chen's pale face, not believing him in the slightest.
Su Chen could only change the subject, "Who won the battle between me and Nangong Meng of Tianlan Sect?"
At the mention of this, everyone began to speak voluminously.
"Of course, Junior Brother Jiang, you won!"
A beautiful Senior Sister looked at Su Chen with shining eyes.
Su Chen felt his hand was a bit slippery and tender, cool yet warm.
It turned out that Wang Bailu had pressed her face against Su Chen's hand.
She was asserting her claim.
This made Su Chen laugh and cry, and even the pain from his injuries lessened considerably.
"Now, rumors of Junior Brother Jiang's legend are spreading throughout the Royal Capital; that Nangong Meng was a top-three favorite, but she lost to Junior Brother Jiang and missed out on the top ten!"
A Senior Brother interjected, his tone full of admiration for Su Chen.
"Junior Brother Jiang's Martial Dao spirit is worthy of admiration; this is what Martial Dao should be like: courageous, fearless of death, making one's blood boil!"
Another Senior Brother praised him, already conquered by Su Chen.
In reality, Su Chen was screaming in pain internally.
What nonsense Martial Dao spirit, as long as the Martial Dao spirit doesn't die, it's fine.
The reason he was so desperate was entirely because Nangong Meng was Li Qingyue's proud Disciple.
In his previous life, Li Qingyue's appearance when she broke off the engagement was still firmly etched in his mind.
He couldn't defeat Li Qingyue, but surely he could defeat Li Qingyue's Disciple, right?
This was a battle of proof.
Su Chen told himself that he could not lose!
Until the very end, Su Chen's mind only had one voice: defeat Nangong Meng.
So, in the end, Su Chen won.
In a pure contest, Su Chen would not be Nangong Meng's opponent.
However, in terms of combat experience, Nangong Meng also could not be Su Chen's opponent.
"Jiang Chen, you are truly amazing!"
"Nangong Meng is the Dream Fairy among the top ten beauties of the younger generation, and she was actually beaten until she cried and conceded!"
Li Ming was full of admiration, exclaiming how amazing it was.
Watching his good friend rise to fame, Li Ming was incredibly excited.
When you become rich, don't forget your old friends.
Good friends share honor and disgrace.
Su Chen, however, fell into deep contemplation.
A question mark popped up in his mind.
Was there such a thing?
For a Prodigy to be beaten to tears like that was too fantastical.
How could he, the person involved, not know that Nangong Meng had been beaten to tears?
Su Chen slowly said, "When did this happen? Nangong Meng is also a Martial Dao Prodigy; she wouldn't be beaten to tears, would she?"
Li Ming swore, "Now, this matter is being discussed everywhere in the streets and alleys; storytellers are writing about it at length, saying that you made the Dream Fairy cry, and now many young talents from various forces are preparing to team up to find trouble with you."
"If your injuries haven't recovered, I suggest you hide for a bit."
Su Chen felt a myriad of special plants passing through his mind; if he found out which scoundrel was spreading this rumor, he would definitely hang him up and give him a good whipping.
It wasn't that Su Chen didn't want Nangong Meng to cry.
It was that he hadn't made Nangong Meng cry, yet he had unnecessarily gained a big problem.
What a sin!
At this moment, a middle-aged man walked in, and seeing the awakened Su Chen, he strode forward, patted Su Chen's shoulder, and laughed loudly, "Jiang Chen, well done!"
"Our Lingyun Martial House finally has someone in the top ten in this Martial Dao Grand Competition!"
The middle-aged man looked delighted, but when he lowered his head, Su Chen was already lying on the bed, unable to move.
Only a low voice said, "Elder Mu… you can be a little gentler…"
Su Chen passed out again.
Everyone in the room looked at Elder Mu with deep gazes.
Elder Mu gave an awkward smile, then reluctantly took out a third-grade Medicinal Pill and gave it to Su Chen.
There was no other way; for five consecutive Martial Dao Grand Competitions, no one had entered the top ten, and now they finally had Su Chen.
If he were to be crippled like this, the old fellows in the academy would surely flay him alive.
Elder Mu thought, how good it would have been if he hadn't come here today!
A third-grade Medicinal Pill, worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
....
Su Chen finally woke up, experiencing the taste of a third-grade Medicinal Pill for the first time.
It was completely like a Divine Pill.
The rewards from the Tianfeng King were also quite generous.
Three days of Cultivation in the Spirit Pool, a green Spirit Vein, and a Profound Rank Low Grade weapon; Su Chen chose a long spear.
An inch longer, an inch stronger.
Three days later, Su Chen's cultivation also advanced further, crossing Spirit Convergence Seventh Level and reaching Spirit Convergence Eighth Level.
Leaving the Spirit Pool, Su Chen saw a familiar figure again.
Her graceful figure was perfectly covered by a purple robe, her face was as cold as winter snow, and a few strands of hair hung down her forehead, like a dream.
She was a beauty that countless people longed for day and night.
If only she didn't have those eyes that seemed to want to kill.
Su Chen inwardly thought, 'Not good,' the person who came was none other than Nangong Meng, whom he had defeated.
"Jiang Chen, I want to challenge you!"
Nangong Meng was very unconvinced; it was spreading everywhere in the streets and alleys that she had been beaten to tears by the madman from Lingyun Martial House and had conceded.
She, Nangong Meng, accepted the concession, after all, she wouldn't bother with a madman.
But she, Nangong Meng, didn't cry!
Nangong Meng wanted to prove this point; she wanted to defeat Su Chen and avenge her humiliation!
Su Chen walked around her.
Now his cultivation had Broken Through to Spirit Convergence Eighth Level.
Defeating Nangong Meng was not difficult.
But he didn't want to make a move.
Nangong Meng saw herself being ignored by Su Chen and was half-dead with anger: "Jiang Chen, are you even a man?!"
Su Chen turned to look at Nangong Meng's furious face, his expression puzzled: "What does whether I'm a man have to do with whether I accept your challenge?"
He didn't understand the logic of these young girls.
Nangong Meng was enraged; she decided to force the issue.
She directly raised her sword and slashed at Su Chen.
"She looks cold and aloof, but she's actually a hot-tempered tigress."
Su Chen mumbled softly, and not a single word was missed by Nangong Meng's ears.
He raised his long spear, and the spear tip gleamed with cold light.
The cold light pressed against Nangong Meng's head, and her forehead, which could be pierced with a flick of a finger, was broken by the spear's glow.
Crimson blood dripped down.
It had a unique kind of beautiful charm.
Su Chen put away his long spear and waved his hand, "Little girl, you should wait until you enter the Spirit Vein Realm before challenging me!"
Then he left gracefully.
Nangong Meng stood stunned for a long time; besides the bloodstain on her forehead, her eyes were filled with small pearls, dripping, dripping.
"Bastard! Jiang Chen, you bastard!"
That day, the Royal Capital was shaken once again.
There were rumors that the Dream Fairy had been abandoned by Jiang Chen, heartbroken, and cried for an entire day.
This caused the younger generation of Tianfeng Kingdom to clamor, demanding that the person who bullied the Dream Fairy pay the price.