Chapter 337 Beating Ling Xin Part I

"Hey Ling Chen, why is your face red like that?" Yun Feng asked as soon as he saw her walking back to the campsite.

However, Ling Chen didn't answer his question, she immediately sat cross-legged on her folding bed and started to meditate to calm her chaotic mind over Xia Tian's previous words.

Her reaction made the three people bewildered, as they didn't understand what had happened to her. However, Mo Xiaoqi glanced at her with a faint smile, as she had already guessed what had happened to her.

Even though Ling Chen had tried her best to calm her mind down, but Xia Tian's words kept ringing in her mind, and it made her restless. 'I'm sorry, Brother Xia. I know that you are a good man, but I really can't be your woman. I'm still alive just to take revenge on them, and I'll go after my mother once I've managed to avenge us.'

Before long, Xia Tian walked leisurely towards the campsite, and he carried a white deer on his shoulders. "Hmm? Why are you guys back here? I thought you guys were still hunting beasts."

The two men scratched their heads, and Huo Jun then explained it to him. "At first, we still wanted to continue hunting, Brother Xia. But we suddenly saw an Earth Rank Stone Lizard Beast, so we decided to return here."

"That's good." Xia Tian nodded in understanding. "As a cultivator, you must know when to step forward and when to retreat. Remember my words, bravado is idiocy, retreat does not mean cowardice, and surrender does not mean we admit defeat. If you do meet enemies much stronger than you, then you have to avoid them. And if you can't avoid them, then you have to use the returning jade to save yourself immediately. As long as we are alive, then we can think of taking revenge on our enemies, and we can avenge their humiliation on us in the future."

"Yes, Brother Xia." The two men nodded at him.

Mo Xiaoqi then said. "Since the sun was about to set, and Xia Wu was exhausted, so I decided to bring her back, Young Master."

"En, it's okay." Xia Tian nodded with a smile, he then looked at Xia Wu. "I've been keeping an eye on you, Little Wu. Even though you're still timid, I'm proud of your progress, and I hope that you can get even better in the future."

"Yes, cousin Tian." Xia Wu nodded to him, and a happy smile graced her face, as she was happy with his compliment. She had worked up the courage to kill beasts, and as a result, she had managed to kill several small beasts at the Silver Rank.

Suddenly, Xia Tian and the others looked up, and some intense pressure fell on them. The four people immediately fell to the ground, they were unable to move at all, and they were also struggling to breathe. "Ugh!"

Seeing them like that, Xia Tian immediately asked Alice to protect them with a protective barrier. After Alice covered them with it, they could breathe normally again. They then looked at Xia Tian and Mo Xiaoqi in shock, as they were not affected at all by the pressure earlier.

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However, they didn't know that Xia Tian and Mo Xiaoqi had jewelry with a defensive formation. The defensive formation was made by Fan Jing long ago, and it could protect them from the Peak Stage Ancestor Origin Realm.

'These bastards, they dare try to suppress me with their aura.' Xia Tian inwardly muttered and frowned as soon as seven people landed near them.

Yun Feng, Huo Jun, and Xia Wu were shocked by their appearance. Mo Xiaoqi remained calm facing them. And Ling Chen tightly gripped her sword looking at the person she hated the most.

"Hmm? Xia Tian?" Meng Yao's expression was filled with anger the moment she recognized him, especially when she remembered the condition of her body.

Without a second thought, Hua Shitian immediately brought his granddaughter to stand in front of Xia Tian, ??and he tapped his shoulder directly. "Are you Xia Tian? And are you really my daughter's husband?"

"Eh!?" The rest of the people were in shock at Hua Shitian's question to him, and they were even more shocked when they couldn't detect his cultivation. 'What the hell? How could he possibly hide his cultivation from us?'

"Hey, I am indeed Xiangyue's husband, and we have also dual cultivated together." Xia Tian shamelessly replied with a nonchalant shrug.

Hua Shitian looked at Xia Tian seriously for a long time, and a few moments later he burst out laughing. "Hahaha! You are such an amazing young man! You don't even flinch at our presence! No wonder, my daughter chose you to be her husband!"

"Grandpa!" Hua Xiuling tugged at his sleeves, she then turned to Xia Tian. "Thank you for saving me earlier, Uncle Xia Tian."

"Uncle?" Xia Tian was amused to hear her address him as her uncle.

"Humph!" She snorted softly. "Since you are Aunt Xiangyue's husband, naturally I should address you as my uncle, right?"

Xia Tian shrugged. "You can call me whatever you want because titles and stuff don't matter to me."

"Haha! I like your attitude, Kid!" Hua Shitian said as he patted his shoulder a few times.

*swoosh*

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"Argh!*

Suddenly, they were startled by a woman's scream. They immediately turned toward the source of the sound, and they saw Ling Xin strangling Ling Chen's neck. "Tell me! You must have killed my Yao'er- Guah!"

Without thinking, Xia Tian used his Void Breaking Steps to move above them, he then swiftly kicked Ling Xin's head and sent him flying backward. He then hugged Ling Chen and asked. "Are you all right, Chen'er?"

"I am alright." Ling Chen answered quietly, and her face turned red because he called her so intimate.

Hua Shitian and the others were shocked to see Xia Tian's action, they couldn't even feel the movement of energy in his body, but he was able to move that fast and attack Ling Xin in the blink of an eye.

Ling Xin immediately stabilized himself on the ground, and he stared at him with hostility, as he shouted at him. "How dare you interfere in my business, Brat! She already killed my daughter!"

Xia Tian let go of Ling Chen from his embrace and pulled her behind him. "Ho? You really are shameless, huh? As a senior in the Heaven Origin Realm, you even attacked a weak woman in secret."

"This is none of your business, Brat! Even though you are Zhu Yuhe's son-in-law, I will not spare you if you interfere in my affairs!" Ling Xin arrogantly shouted at him.

"Ha ha." Xia Tian laughed at his threat. "Unfortunately, you are wrong, old man! Chen'er is my woman, so her business is mine, and I will protect her. If you dare to touch her again, then I will beat you until no one can recognize you."

"Eh!?" Yun Feng, Huo Jun, and Xia Wu were shocked to hear that, even Ling Chen herself was gawking in astonishment.

Ding Yuan sighed softly, and he then tried to mediate between them. "Ling Xin-"

However, Ling Xin immediately interrupted him. "You don't have to interfere in our affairs, Ding Yuan! I'm sure it was that woman who killed my daughter!"

"Sigh! I don't understand how an old idiot like you is still alive now." Xia Tian disdainfully mocked him.

"What did you just say?" Ling Xin frowned, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

Xia Tian repeated it by dragging his words. "You... are... an old idiot."

- To Be Continued -