by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“You!” Hua Jinrong was enraged. Ever since she had become a Celestial, the entire family had treated her as a treasure. How was she supposed to accept such an insult?
“What you? Get the fuck out of here! Just look at your own face. The top is wide and the bottom is narrow. If you tied a string to your nose, we could use your face as a plow. Don’t nauseate others here.” Chai Liehuo’s mouth was truly vicious.
Fang Chang and Long Chen both had admiring expressions. Chai Liehuo was actually an expert curser. He had truly hidden his skills well.
“Fuck off!” Hua Jinrong’s face twisted in fury. She unsheathed her sword and stabbed it toward them as quick as lightning.
POW!
Just as Long Chen was wondering if this was the time to use his divine face-slapping technique, Fang Chang had already struck. His hand swung in a graceful arc, smashing onto Hua Jinrong’s face.
There was no need to doubt his talent when it came to this. Fang Chang was the first genius Long Chen had seen who possessed this kind of comprehension and control. Due to her fury, Hua Jinrong was easily struck and sent flying.
“Bitch, how dare you block my path! You think I don’t dare teach you a lesson?” snorted Fang Chang.
To send a Celestial flying in such a graceful, beautiful, smooth, and calm manner was truly amazing. If he could erase the excitement in his eyes, then it would definitely be extremely badass.
Long Chen had hesitated because he felt this woman was a bit too ugly to be slapped. But it seemed Fang Chang wasn’t picky.
Suddenly, a hand brushed open the curtains of the carriage, revealing a face that caused startled cries.
“Wow, what a beautiful woman! Hahaha, I really profited this time!” Long Chen suddenly let out a strange cry upon seeing Hua Biluo.
Hua Biluo had originally thought that she was dead. She had essentially ignored everything happening outside. But then she had heard Long Chen’s voice. That tone felt familiar.
Then seeing his face, she couldn’t help being disappointed. This person was familiar, but it wasn’t him.
However, then Long Chen had let out that strange cry which caused Hua Biluo to stiffen. That voice was Long Chen’s original voice. It sounded a bit odd to others, but Hua Biluo immediately recognized it.
She was sure. It had to be him. Although his face had changed, his figure was the same. And that wild aura of his was the best tell.
Seeing Long Chen stealthily wink at her, Hua Biluo immediately suppressed her excitement. Although she didn’t understand what was going on, she knew that she was saved. In this world, was there anything he was incapable of doing?
Thinking of that, her heart warmed. She hadn’t expected that when the rest of the world had abandoned her, Long Chen would be the one to save her. She wasn’t able to stop her tears. She hastily closed the curtains so that others wouldn’t suspect anything.
“Wow, she really is beautiful. Third master, you really profited.” Fang Chang and Chai Liehuo were stunned and envious.
Although it had only been an instant, the surrounding people had still seen her face. They were flabbergasted.
“Bastards, who are you?!” Hua Jinrong was no longer so stupid. Within Pill Yang Prefecture, who didn’t know that today was Huo Wufang’s wedding day? So they definitely knew what they were doing. That startled and angered her. She cursed at the carriage, “Slut, was this done by you?”
Long Chen’s expression sank. He immediately realized this sharp-faced woman was no good person.
He flashed into motion, arriving in front of Hua Jinrong and giving her a slap on the other side of her face.
Seeing this, Fang Chang immediately concentrated. He had always prostrated himself toward Long Chen’s divine face-slapping ability. He had to take advantage of any chance to learn. But this time, the thing he didn’t understand was that Long Chen’s slap this time was clearly slower than usual. Hua Jinrong instinctively dodged.
But just as she dodged, a large hand grabbed her throat, and a berserk energy directly sealed her cultivation base.
“Junior master Chai, this woman is yours. Weren’t you the one who said you came to snatch women? A man must keep his word.” Long Chen flung Hua Jinrong to him.
Hua Jinrong was pale now. Her cultivation base was absolutely nothing in front of Long Chen. She was unable to resist at all.
She had only just advanced to the Xiantian realm, so this was a huge blow to her. In the Hua family, she was the number one junior expert. But here, if someone wanted to kill her, she would be crushed like an ant.
Yes, it was true that Hua Jinrong was a Celestial. Yes, it was true that Celestials were incomparably powerful. But Hua Jinrong’s actual combat experience could not compare to Hua Biluo.
She had only been lucky to obtain a Heavenly Dao inheritance and become a Celestial. Furthermore, she had not yet reached the point where she could summon the Cry of the Heavenly Daos.
When it came to fighting ordinary experts, she naturally would crush them. But as for Long Chen? What kind of joke was that? Long Chen had killed more Celestials than she had ever seen.
Chai Liehuo caught Hua Jinrong. Noticing that her spiritual yuan was sealed and she was unable to move, he couldn’t help but feel bad. “Long San, it’s not that I’m against stealing women, it’s just that… are you sure she’s a woman?”
“Ah, junior master Chai, your words are a bit off. Who knows? Maybe once you blow out the lanterns at night, she might really be a beauty,” laughed Fang Chang.
At this time, everyone was dumbfounded. Someone as powerful as Hua Jinrong, a grand Xiantian Celestial, didn’t even have the slightest ability to resist before being caught.
Long Chen was too lazy to bother with Hua Jinrong. He turned to the carriage. “The beauty inside, don’t be shy. I’m not a bad person.”
No one could endure it. After robbing a carriage, he now said he wasn’t a bad person? Did he even believe himself?
Hua Biluo almost laughed. Long Chen was always like this. Huge matters were all treated lightly by him as if they were insignificant.
“Come out and chat. What are you doing here?” asked Long Chen.
Hua Biluo held back her smile and walked out of the carriage. “You can’t tell? I’m here to marry someone.”
Although she didn’t know what drug Long Chen had taken, she knew that since he had come, he would definitely save her. She directly accompanied Long Chen in his act.
“Marrying someone? Huo Wufang? You should stop while you still can. That fellow is just a brute. For a beautiful woman like you to marry someone like him is like throwing a flower in a pile of crap.” Long Chen shook his head.
“Brother, the expression is sticking a flower into a pile of manure[1],” said Fang Chang.
“Tch, is Huo Wufang even fit to be manure? Manure at least has a few nutrients to grow more flowers. But at best, he is just dogshit, shit without the slightest use.” Long Chen then turned to Hua Biluo. “Miss, let’s discuss this. Since you came to marry someone, well, aren’t I someone? You should just marry me. No matter how you look at it, at least in figure, I’m human, not shit.”
The others were speechless. This Long San was truly talented. He was clearly kidnapping the bride, but he could still say such grand and righteous words. Just how shameless was he?
Despite knowing she shouldn’t and trying to hold back as hard as possible, a chuckle still escaped Hua Biluo’s mouth. “Haha, alright.”
Hearing this, the crowd became deathly silent. Had the world gone insane? The Huo family bride had been snatched away by someone just like this?
“Hahaha, miss, your eyesight really is good. Let me tell you, by marrying me, you’ll definitely wake up from laughter every morning,” laughed Long Chen.
He then went over to those people from the Hua family who had been her escorts. “Because it’s our first time meeting, I don’t have anything good for you. Each person will get ten middle grade spirit stones. Please, don’t cry about it
being so little. Just take them for now, and in the future, once we enter the bridal room, there will be even greater rewards…”
This action of his stunned everyone. This Long San really had too much money.
“Many thanks, son-in-law!”
The people in charge of escorting Hua Biluo immediately changed their tone. What kind of joke was this? The majority of them were merely at the Bone Forging realm. They had never even seen a middle grade spirit stone before. Let alone calling him son-in-law, if he wanted them to call him daddy, they wouldn’t hesitate.
Whether it was the guards or the servants, they were all given ten middle grade spirit stones. Each of them was so excited that they almost went crazy. They felt like they were dreaming.
“Alright. Let’s start the music again. Everyone, work hard! We’re returning home,” ordered Long Chen. The procession’s musicians immediately began to play again, this time even louder than before.
“Wife, get in the carriage. We’re returning.” Long Chen smiled and pulled Hua Biluo in. The procession changed directions, now going toward Fang Manor.
All the experts that had been hoping to curry favor turned into statues. They just watched as the bridal carriage went off in another direction.
[1] This is an actual expression. .
Chapter 682 The Mess Grows
“Who was that?” asked someone upon seeing the carriage slowly leave.
“You don’t know who Long San is? He’s an absolute legend. He’s someone soaring like a shooting star in Pill Yang Prefecture. It’s said that he’ll definitely get in the top three of the Pill Emperor Competition, and there’s even a chance he might take first,” answered someone.
“Ah? He’s that amazing? Then what are we waiting for? We originally had no business here. If we can suck up to Long San, then if he takes first place in the Pill Emperor Competition, wouldn’t it still be the same thing for us? It would be even easier than sucking up to the Huo family!” Suddenly, someone slapped himself on the leg and chased after the carriage.
Everyone thought about it. They had originally come to curry favor with the Huo family. But the fact that someone dared to fight against the Huo family meant they were even more badass than the Huo family.
Who would believe that someone who dared to do this didn’t have any ability? The people present were all pragmatic experts. They quickly flocked over to the carriage.
Because the carriage was so slow, and the majority of these people were Xiantian experts, they almost instantly caught up. They cheered on the sides of the road while waving streamers and sprinkling flowers.
Long Chen laughed inside. He hastily took out a spatial ring. That was what had been left behind after killing the Corrupt Celestial. It was filled with spirit stones.
As people sprinkled flowers, he sprinkled spirit stones. There were all middle grade spirit stones, and these people went crazy, cheering with even greater fanaticism.
They saw that whoever shouted the loudest would get tossed a spirit stone. In an instant, the ruckus Long Chen was causing was ten times greater than before. The cheering was transmitted through the majority of Pill Yang City.
There was no way around that. These people were experts. Experts didn’t just have strong fists, they also had strong throats.
“Congratulations third master Long on your union with miss Hua Biluo!”
“Congratulations third master Long, I wish you an early son with miss Hua Biluo!”
“Congratulations third master Long, may the two of you be blessed with love and affection!”
…
Long Chen laughed. Anyone who screamed their blessings loudly was given a spirit stone.
“Third master, don’t you think this is a bit too much?” Fang Chang and Chai Liehuo were both pained to see Long Chen throw out middle grade spirit stones like this. Even they didn’t have that much money.
But Long Chen didn’t care. In any case, Fang Mingyuan had already agreed to cooperate. But his true identity was still a secret. Only Fang Mingyuan and Chai Gaoyang knew.
So even Fang Chang and Chai Liehuo didn’t know Long San was Long Chen. Seeing him throw out money like this, they were incredibly distressed.
“What are you afraid of? We’re boosting our momentum right now. The greater our momentum, the greater the slap to the Huo family’s face. It’s very worthwhile. Wait, where’s that woman?” asked Long Chen.
“I tossed her. Holding her was too nauseating,” said Chai Liehuo with a disgusted expression.
BOOM!
Suddenly, a huge fist-image smashed into the road in front of the carriage, forming a huge hole.
“Long San, you bastard!” Huo Wufang was blocking the path with a group of experts. There were over forty people, including men and women. Long Chen’s sharp eyes immediately saw Hua Jinrong’s shovel-like face.
Originally, the Huo family’s higher-ups had been waiting for the carriage at the Huo family’s headquarters. Because it was just taking a concubine, and not marrying a wife, the rules were that the groom’s side of the family wouldn’t make huge movements. That was to display their status and honor.
Only if Huo Wufang was having an official wedding with a wife would these experts come out. This was the status distinction between a wife and a concubine. So today, all the experts had been indoors. This was to avoid having the future first wife be offended.
But when the time had arrived, the Hua family’s people still hadn’t appeared, not a single one of them. That had caused the Huo family’s people’s expressions to sink.
Huo Wufang was the junior master of the family, and even if it was just taking a concubine, it was an extremely ceremonious and grand matter. But the Hua family dared to be late.
Over an incense stick’s worth of time, their expressions grew uglier. This was an insult to the Huo family.
Just as their fury was soaring, someone finally came to report that the bridal procession had been stopped halfway. When he had heard that it had been done by Long San, Huo Wufang had almost exploded. Huo Changsheng pondered it, and in the end, he decided to let Huo Wufang settle this matter on his own.
Huo Changsheng knew that the Fang and Chai families were having a trial of strength with him. If their two families only sent out juniors, then he couldn’t send out true experts, or that would say he was powerless otherwise.
Huo Wufang immediately gathered all the Celestials who had come to congratulate him. They all volunteered to go, as they wanted to see what kind of monster Long San was to dare snatch Huo Wufang’s concubine.
But they had only just left the Huo family when they saw Hua Jinrong rushing over. Hua Jinrong explained what had happened.
Of course, she didn’t mind telling some extra details to make the story more interesting. Based on her words, Hua Biluo had intentionally seduced Long San. Her words made the two of them out to be an adulterer and seductress pair.
Huo Wufang’s head almost exploded. His woman hadn’t just been taken away, she had even gone willingly.
When Huo Wufang finally rushed over and saw the carriage, despite being prepared, he still coughed up blood. The procession hadn’t changed. The person inside the carriage hadn’t changed. The gaiety and cheer in the air hadn’t changed. The only thing that had changed was that Hua Biluo had turned into Long San’s wife.
“Huo Wufang, you’re the bastard! Today is a great day of celebration for me. Fuck off while you still can!” shouted Long Chen. You dare place your sights on my woman? If I don’t play you to death, how would I be worthy of being a new and improved scoundrel?[1]
The cheers immediately stopped. Some people even fled to watch from a distance.
Huo Wufang’s face was truly a sight to see. His face was as green as a leaf, and his eyes were as red as blood. His thirty-two teeth were all clattering. It seemed that he wanted to bite Long Chen to death.
“Long San, Hua Biluo is to be brother Huo’s officially wed concubine. Your actions today are even worse than a beast,�
�� cried a Celestial behind Huo Wufang righteously. He was the one wearing the scholarly headband.
“Screw your mother! If you hadn’t farted just now, I wouldn’t have recognized you. You fucker, you were the one who kidnapped my woman yesterday!” As soon as this person opened his mouth, Long Chen recognized his voice. He was one of the eight people from yesterday. Out of the eight, he had been the one to speak the most.
“Long San, don’t slander others. If you want to accuse someone, bring out your evidence,” he sneered.
“Fuck off, I’m not a prosecutor. Don’t bother playing this stupid game of evidence with me. Huo Wufang snatched my woman, and now I snatched his woman. Now everyone’s even,” sneered Long Chen.
Hearing this, the spectators were dumbfounded. This Long San really was a straightforward and logical man. If you took one from him, he would take one from you. Did all the Pill Tower’s people play around like this?
Long Chen waved his hand disdainfully, continuing, “Don’t waste your words with me. Right now, we’re even, and neither side owes the other anything. You snatched my woman? Well, I don’t want her anymore. I’ve snatched one back, and it’s enough to break even.”
Inside the carriage, Hua Biluo had been shocked to see Huo Wufang bring so many experts. She had panicked, but then seeing Long Chen wasn’t the slightest bit nervous and even dared to curse back, she was much more relieved.
The only thing she was confused about was how Long Chen’s woman had been snatched. According to his character, if someone dared to touch his woman, he would take that guy’s life without saying another word. She didn’t understand.
“What nonsense! Yesterday, they didn’t even manage to snatch-” Huo Wufang quickly realized his mistake and shut his mouth. But it was too late.
“As expected! Huo Wufang, you bastard, you’ve finally admitted that you actually sent people to kidnap someone in my manor! Do you treat the Fang family as a soft persimmon?!”
Fang Chang immediately cursed Huo Wufang. He had already gotten used to acting the same way as Long Chen. Originally, he and Chai Liehuo had paid a great deal of attention to their status as junior masters of their families. But under Long Chen’s guidance, they had finally learned to spout profanities as well.
