Chapter 28: Still So Stubborn? Get Him!

"Brother Chen… are you sure you don’t have a sister, or maybe an older or younger sibling?”
“Brother Chen, could you at least respond to me?”
“Brother Chen, are you angry because I watched you bathe? How about this—I'll let you watch me instead.”
As Chen Jia walked ahead, Jiang Lin continued to pester him. Under the moonlight, Chen Jia’s cheeks grew redder and redder, and the infamy points from him kept piling up.
Truth be told, every time Jiang Lin spoke, his heart raced a little faster.
At first, Jiang Lin genuinely thought Chen Jia might have a sister or something, but for reasons he couldn’t quite explain, he noticed that every time he said a word to Chen Jia, he’d get an icy glare in response—and the system notifications would pop up in his mind.
[Infamy points from Chen Jia +40… +30… +50…]
Even the densest person would figure out by now that Chen Jia was actually Chen Jia herself.
That meant, despite her flat chest, she was still a girl.
And he’d seen a girl bathing…
Jiang Lin didn’t dare imagine the consequences.
No matter what, he would never, ever admit it!
Not only would he not admit it, he had to cover it up, and the best way to do so was to change the subject—shift the focus from “peeking at Chen Jia bathing” to “who exactly is Chen Jia?”
Gradually, he would let the incident fade away. Otherwise, with two protagonists already wanting to kill him, a third would be too much—he’d cry himself to death.
“Jiang Lin! I don’t know who Chen Jia is! Stop asking! And I’m really angry right now!”
Suddenly, Chen Jia spun around, cheeks puffed with rage as he glared at Jiang Lin.
He was furious at being spied on while bathing, but even more furious that Jiang Lin hadn’t even considered the possibility that he himself was the girl in question.
He’d seen her body, yet acted as if nothing had happened!
What did that mean!
Did she really look so little like a girl?
Was it her fault she had a flat chest?!
Her mother had always said, “If you can’t flatten your chest, how can you flatten the world!”
What was wrong with being flat-chested!
How were those girls with huge chests supposed to practice boxing anyway!
With such size, how could their punches be fast!
The more she thought, the angrier she became. Her bright, watery eyes fixed on Jiang Lin, who suddenly felt a chill run down his spine…
“You beast! Die!”

“Ah…”
Chen Jia’s fist landed, sending Jiang Lin crashing through three trees and shattering a small hill, finally collapsing on the ground.
“Brother Chen… why did you hit me…”
Jiang Lin struggled to stand, clutching his chest…
“You, Jiang! I am Chen Jia! Chen Jia is me! I am proud to be flat-chested! Don’t let me see you again! If I see you, I’ll hit you every time! And if you dare tell anyone about today, I’ll break your third leg! Though I don’t know why my mother said you men have three legs, but breaking it sounds right!”
The girl was furious, no longer bothering to disguise her voice; her tone was as crisp and sweet as a silver bell, echoing through the mountain forest.
“Find your useless map by yourself! Hmph!”
She snorted and turned away.
“Brother Chen… no, Chen Jia, honestly, I prefer girls with small chests… really…”
Watching Chen Jia’s figure disappear into the distance, Jiang Lin realized he’d gone too far and hurriedly shouted after her, hoping to salvage his reputation, but the girl ran back and pummeled his chest with her tiny fists…
Jiang Lin really felt he was about to ascend to heaven.
Seeing Jiang Lin sprawled on the ground, unmoving, the girl took a deep breath, satisfied, smirked a little as if she’d finally vented all her pent-up frustration, felt much better, and then clapped her hands and left.
A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Lin crawled up from the ground.
Though he’d taken two more punches, at least the system hadn’t predicted that Chen Jia would scatter his ashes this time—not bad…
He spent 200 infamy points in the system shop for a bottle of ordinary blood potion, downed it, and spent fifteen minutes circulating his energy to recover. Jiang Lin exhaled heavily, just as he was about to stand, he suddenly sensed a change in his spiritual sea.
Wait! Was he about to break through his cultivation bottleneck!?
Jiang Lin was startled.
Cultivators hone their hearts and their qi; Jiang Lin felt his Dao heart was steady, so he mainly focused on cultivating qi. Was it possible that Chen Jia’s two punches had accidentally opened his Ren and Du meridians?
Damn… was he secretly a masochist…
Jiang Lin didn’t dislike the idea of breaking through, quite the opposite—he wanted it more than anyone. Thanks to that damned system, he was destined to walk the path of the villain, and although he had plenty of resurrection coins, cultivation was the foundation of his existence!
Otherwise, when those protagonists really kicked him off his twin peaks and stabbed him with their swords, no number of resurrection coins would save him.
But the problem was, breaking through from Cave Mansion stage to Sea Viewing stage could take an hour at best, two days at worst.
And in another day, the territory would start shrinking, and if someone passed by while he was in the middle of breaking through, he’d be a sitting duck. He’d insulted everyone, after all…
Maybe he should hold off? Break through after leaving?
That wouldn’t work. Except for the promotion from Nascent Soul to Jade Tablet stage, breaking through in the Lost Secret Realm would instantly be suppressed back to the initial Cave Mansion stage by the realm’s rules, just like compressing cotton over and over again—it would help solidify the Dragon Gate stage. Such a rare opportunity couldn’t be wasted.
Sure enough, just as Jiang Lin closed his eyes, torn between hesitation and breaking through, dozens of black-clad figures suddenly leapt out!
“Ke-ke-ke-ke-ke…”

Laughter like goblins filled Jiang Lin’s ears.
“Who are you?”
Steadying his heart, Jiang Lin slowly lifted his head, opening his eyes to see the black night-cloaked figures.
“Since you’ve asked so sincerely!”
“We’ll show you our boundless mercy!”
“To make the world tremble in fear!”
“To protect the darkness of the world!”
“Murder, arson, and every evil under the sun…”
“A villainous role, bold and nightmarish!”
“We are! The Lonely Demon Sect!”
“……”
Although Jiang Lin wanted to mock them, the name Lonely Demon Sect sounded oddly familiar.
“Oh, you’re the ones who wiped out the Carefree Sect?”
“Hahaha… Just a tiny eighth-grade sect, nothing worth mentioning. Small achievement, hardly worth bragging about.”
“Both demon sects, acting for profit… I get it. But why did the Lonely Demon Sect bother with a small sect? Seems like a lot of effort for little reward.”
“Ha, that’s not for you to know. You’d better worry about yourself.”
“Jiang Lin, hand over the Mountain and Rivers Map. Since we’re both in the same business, we’ll let you break through in peace.”
“Leaving aside how you know I have the Mountain and Rivers Map, it’s not on me…”
“Not on you? Are you really not afraid we’ll ruin your cultivation while you’re breaking through, just for a map?”
“No… I really don’t have the map. I lost it.”
“Still stubborn? Get him! Beat this pretty boy to death!”
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[Thanks to “Ya Ling” for 200 Starting Point coins, “Wind and Rain” for 100 Book coins, “…” (can’t type the name…) and all book friends who donated over 100 Book coins~~~(ꀕڡꀕ)]