NOVEL NEXT Chapter 53 - Hunted Down
Lin Chen initially managed to stay calm despite being chased by Ji Lanqing, even thinking about how he might tease her a bit.
However, as Ji Lanqing relentlessly pursued him for two hours, Lin Chen found himself in a dire state. If it weren’t for his quick reactions, he would have been killed by Ji Lanqing multiple times.
Now, despite Ji Lanqing looking like a heavenly fairy, Lin Chen harbored intense hatred for her and no longer had any romantic thoughts.
All he wanted was to escape from Ji Lanqing, and it would be even better if he could kill her.
Throughout the ordeal, Lin Chen kept asking Elder Danyue if there was any solution, but Elder Danyue was also helpless. He thought Lin Chen was truly useless; despite being at the same realm, he couldn’t even handle a female cultivator in the Organ Refining Realm and was reduced to an embarrassed escape.
Now, even escaping was becoming difficult, and Lin Chen had no choice but to seek help.
Lin Chen also blamed Elder Danyue in his mind, thinking about how he bragged about being at the peak of the Holy King realm and invincible at the same level, yet now he couldn’t handle a mere Organ Refining female cultivator. Just know that bragging is not reliable at all.
Moreover, Elder Danyue had previously claimed that a certain ancient formation was hidden in a broken stone, leading them to spend days solving it and ending up stinking and despised.
What a useless, old fool.
The master and disciple exchanged disdain, each with their own thoughts, but they had to put on a pretense.
Other people in the secret realm also noticed Ji Lanqing pursuing Lin Chen.
“Why is the maid of Xuantian Holy Son chasing Lin Chen?” someone asked this question.
“It must be Lin Chen’s fault. With his malicious mind, he’s bound to do bad things,” replied a female disciple from the Illusionary Sound Valley.
If you were to ask the female disciples of the Illusionary Sound Valley who they hated the most, it would certainly be Lin Chen.
“The maid of the Xuantian Holy Son is beautiful and kind-hearted. She wouldn’t chase Lin Chen for no reason. He must have done something wicked,” a fan of Ji Lanqing said with indignation, watching Lin Chen evade Ji Lanqing’s attacks.
“Lin Chen is cunning and, to win in the entry competition, he could even deliberately make himself stink. He must have used unscrupulous methods and stolen Ji Fairy’s spirit herb. Let’s go, sisters, let’s help.”
The speaker was one of the female disciples from the Illusionary Sound Valley who had been disgusted by Lin Chen in the entry competition.
The other female disciples from the Illusionary Sound Valley were also eager to target Lin Chen because he was simply too disgusting.
All of them joined the pursuit of Lin Chen. Although their cultivation was slightly inferior, Ji Lanqing and Lin Chen had been running for over an hour, and their spiritual energy was not as abundant, so the disciples could keep up with some effort.
Additionally, with everyone occasionally throwing talismans and attacks, Lin Chen was forced to dodge continuously, unable to increase his speed.
Ji Lanqing, not having learned any flying techniques or possessing flying artifacts, relied solely on spiritual energy to support her, so her speed was also limited.
Others were curious about why someone was being chased by so many people. Upon closer inspection, they realized it was Lin Chen.
It wasn’t surprising then. Lin Chen was extremely disgusting and malicious; it was only natural for him to be pursued.
Someone else asked, “Why is Lin Chen being chased?”
“It’s said that he used poison to steal a precious spirit herb from Ji Fairy, which is why she is pursuing him,” someone shared the rumor they had heard.
The moment Ji Lanqing’s fans heard this, they couldn’t sit still and immediately joined the mob chasing after Lin Chen.
The title “Ji Fairy” was given to Ji Lanqing after she was praised as the most beautiful woman in the Eastern region. Since people only knew her surname was Ji, they referred to her as Ji Fairy.
Another person asked, “Why is the Illusionary Sound Valley also chasing Lin Chen?”
“It’s said that he also used poison to steal spiritual herbs from the female disciples of the Illusionary Sound Valley.”
Again, it was just hearsay, but as the rumor spread, it quickly morphed into Lin Chen finding some great treasure in the secret realm.
More and more people joined the army pursuing Lin Chen.
Lin Chen looked at the large group of people behind him and was shocked, but he dared not stop. He had no idea why these people were chasing him.
He couldn’t afford to stop and ask; if he dared to stop, he would be hit by numerous talismans and attacks.
Fortunately, as a Pure Yang Body, he had boundless energy, which allowed him to barely escape from so many pursuers.
The boundless energy of the Pure Yang Body wasn’t truly infinite; it was just several times more than ordinary people’s energy, and it would still be exhausted eventually.
Lin Chen could only continue running. The number of people chasing him increased, and even the Nine Suns Sect, led by Yang Xuan, joined the pursuit to distance themselves from Lin Chen and prove they were not associated with him.
Lin Chen saw the Nine Suns Sect members among his pursuers, which caused him to falter for a moment and nearly get caught by the crowd.
Jin Jiuxiao watched this scene in astonishment. As expected of the male protagonist, even the scale of people chasing him was extraordinary.
2233 was confused, 【Host, why is Lin Chen so hated? Half of the people in the secret realm are chasing him, and I don’t see that he has done anything.】
“You need to understand that the main character is always chased no matter where he goes. You’d better get used to it; he’s going to have plenty more days of being hunted down in the future.”
2233 didn’t understand why the male protagonist had to be chased, but it nodded as if it understood. It didn’t want Jin Jiuxiao to look at it with disdain.
Jun Jiuxiao watched Lin Chen being chased with great interest. If it weren’t for the fact that there were still people outside, he’d be munching on sunflower seeds while enjoying the show.