Martial Master

The Skeleton Helmsman almost spat blood and said, “One year is not enough to recover from the early stage of the eighth level to the peak of the mid-stage?”

It was furious and wondered how fast it was expected to recover. After all, it had been in slumber for too long, and naturally, its recovery was slow in the early stages, and it also needed to familiarize itself with the power of the Demon Lord's corpse.

“Then continue your recovery, don’t even think about slacking off,” Qin Chen said.

After a long journey, Qin Chen was a bit tired and decided to rest peacefully for a night. The next morning,

“Qin Chen!” A cold snort came from outside, it was the Ouyang Saintess.

She had arrived.

Qin Chen walked out and saw Ouyang Nana had entered uninvited, standing in the courtyard. Beside her stood a young man with a humble smile on his face, yet every movement he made revealed his arrogance, showing that his humility was merely a facade.

“You haven’t moved out!” Ouyang Nana said coldly, appearing extremely dissatisfied.

“You haven’t found me a new room yet, so how can I move?” Qin Chen replied with a laugh, showing no sign of anger.

“Unaware of your own mortality!” Ouyang Nana glared at him, and a terrifying pressure surged like a tsunami.

“Ouyang Saintess, let me handle this!” The young man stepped forward, looking at Qin Chen with strong disdain and hatred.

This young man was named Ling Yi. He was also a genius from the Alchemy Pavilion headquarters. His family elder held a high position in the Alchemy Pavilion, and he was exceptionally talented. Now he had also reached the Half-Step Martial Emperor realm, and came to the Ancient Yu Realm to break through to the Martial Emperor. His combat power far exceeded his own realm, having once killed a Martial Emperor at the early eighth level, making him infamous and a great talent.

This also gave him the confidence to pursue Ouyang Nana, the celestial beauty.

Yesterday, he was in seclusion when he learned that Ouyang Zhengqi had actually let Ouyang Nana take care of a Commoner from the Four-Domains, which naturally made him furious.

What did “take care of” mean? They were clearly adventuring together in the Ancient Yu Realm, intending to match Qin Chen and Ouyang Nana.

Why should it be?

He had been pursuing Ouyang Nana for so many years, and everyone in the Alchemy Pavilion knew it. If Qin Chen were to interfere, how would he face others in the future? Moreover, Ouyang Nana had an extremely high talent and a strong background; once she broke through to the Martial Emperor, she could very well hold a high position in the Alchemy Pavilion and might even inherit the position of the Ouyang family head, becoming the first female head of the Ouyang family.

Their Ling family was considerably smaller than the Ouyang family, and it was one of his reasons he could not give up on the marriage alliance with the Ouyang family.

A Commoner from the Four-Domains dared to compete with him for a woman? Was he tired of living!

Of course, he only thought this way; he still didn't dare to kill Qin Chen. After all, he was the champion of the Alchemy Competition from the Four-Domains and the chosen representative for the Ancient Yu Realm set by the Alchemy Pavilion headquarters. If he really killed Qin Chen, his family could not protect him.

However, while he couldn't kill Qin Chen, he could still teach him a lesson to please Ouyang Nana. He did not believe that a mere Commoner from the Four-Domains, without roots in the Alchemy Pavilion, could find someone to support him over such a trivial matter.

Ouyang Nana looked down on Qin Chen. Hearing Ling Yi's words, she nodded, thinking that a peak Martial King from the later stage, coming from the Four-Domains, was nothing. Either she or Ling Yi could easily defeat him in a few moves.

“You could have avoided punishment,” Ling Yi said, stepping forward. “But since you want to humiliate yourself, then blame no one else.”

He didn’t wait for Qin Chen to respond and reached out to grab him.