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espite him flirting with another woman right in front of their eyes!”

“Yeah! Pei Mianman and Chu Chuyan are whispering to one another, and Ji Xiaoxi is treating her love rival without any signs of jealousy at all.
My gosh, this is unbelievable! He’s really the role model of all men!”

“I used to think that young master Xie was the love expert in the academy, but it looks like the title is going to change hands.”

…

Hearing their discussions, Xie Xiu smiled bitterly and murmured, “I’m indeed far lacking compared to Brother Zu.”

In order to enjoy the flowers in the garden without being tied down, he had always been careful not to choose the most beautiful ones.
He knew that women who stood at the top tended to be prideful and wouldn’t allow him to cheat on them.

For the sake of the entire forest, he had no choice but to forsake some of the trees.

Yet, Zu An was able to accomplish what he was unable to pull off.

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Meanwhile, Zheng Dan stared at Zu An with a doubtful glint in her eyes.

Shi Kun was determined to kill him this time around, but it doesn’t seem like anything has happened to him.
Based on the intelligence, he shouldn’t have the means to deal with Shi Kun’s force, so how did he manage to survive? Was it Chu Chuyan’s intervention?

But what’s with the woman he’s holding in his hands then?

Her gaze continuously alternated between Chu Chuyan and Qiao Xueying before glancing at Ji Xiaoxi and Pei Mianman.
In the end, she could only conclude… The circle of nobility sure is complicated!

Not too far away, Hong Xingying sighed in disappointment.
This fellow sure is lucky.

He rushed over to Chu Chuyan’s side and asked, “Young miss, are you fine?”

“Yes, I’m alright.” Chu Chuyan directed him a slight smile.
They were all members of the Chu clan after all, so it wouldn’t do for her to be too distant to him.

Her faint smile enchanted Hong Xingying.
For a moment there, he had a feeling that the young miss had become even more beautiful.
In the past, she felt like an unreachable flower, lacking a human’s touch, but the current her seemed to command a much more feminine grace, making her even more alluring.

Could this be the effect of her marriage?

Hong Xingying knew that Chu Chuyan and Zu An were just a couple in name, but he was still unable to curb the envy in his heart.

If not for that bastard’s sudden intervention, I would have become the young miss’ husband.
She was supposed to be mine!

You have successfully trolled Hong Xingying for +1024 Rage!

Pei Mianman watched as Hong Xingying turned around and left before remarking with a smile, “Chuyan, that subordinate of yours seems to be very fond of you.”

Chu Chuyan shook her head, not bothering to respond to that remark.
There were far too many people who had expressed affection toward her over the years, so how could she possibly bother with every single one of them? Her time could have been used at something far more productive.

At the same time, Zu An was shocked by the sudden influx of Rage points from Hong Xingying.
Woah, I didn’t know he harbors such a huge grudge toward me!

After everything he had been through in the underground cavern, he had grown not just in terms of strength but ambition as well.
He had seen how huge the world beyond what he had seen thus far was, and he didn’t think that it was worth wasting his time with someone of Hong Xingying’s caliber anymore.

But still, it wouldn’t do to keep someone who obviously bore malicious intentions toward him by his side.
He would have to find a way to deal with him once and for all.

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“Ah Zu, you’ve bled a lot! Are you really fine?”

After checking Qiao Xueying’s condition, Ji Xiaoxi noticed that Zu An was covered in blood as well.
His clothes that were even more tattered than a beggar showed just how intense of a fight he had just been through.

To that, Zu An responded with a smile, “Don’t worry, I’m fine.
If you’re still worried, do you want to check my pulse?”

He offered his hand to her while saying those words.

Zu An simply looked too miserable that Ji Xiaoxi was unable to calm the unease she felt in her heart despite his assurance.
So, she placed her fingers on his wrist to read his pulse and diagnose his condition.

“Xiaoxi, I’m really grateful to you this time around.
If not for you, I would already have died many times by now,” said Zu An.

Had it not been for the huge amount of medicine she had given him, there was no way he would have been able to toil through those difficult battles he had been through.

It had just been a few days, but he had encountered the zombie soldiers, came under the assault of Shi Kun and his subordinates, and faced all sorts of crisis in the underground cavern.
All in all, he must have fought at least a dozen battles by now.
It was only thanks to her medicine that he had been able to pull it through all of these.

“There’s no need to thank me.
You did save my life too.
If not for you, I would have been killed by those zombies.” Sensing the earnest gratitude in Zu An’s eyes, a flush of redness gushed up Ji Xiaoxi’s neck.

Zu An burst into laughter.
“Haha, let’s skip all of these polite words then.
It feels kind of weird to be thanking one another as friends.
Ah, what brought all of you here?”

Before Ji Xiaoxi could respond, Bai Susu had already spoken up, “It’s all due to Xiaoxi.
Just not too long ago, young master Shi returned in a terrible state.
He told us that a particularly terrifying zombie has captured all of you.

“Everyone was alarmed upon hearing those words.
After all, Shi Kun is a strong cultivator, and he has many experts under his command.
Worse comes to worst, he has a lot of life preservation means given to him by the Shi clan.
If even he had such a close shave with the zombie, it was unlikely that others would fare any better against them.

“Most people wanted to leave the area, but Xiaoxi pleaded for us to save you, so we decided to make our way over.”

Bai Susu didn’t speak the complete truth.
If it had only been Zu An, they wouldn’t have cared even if he died.
However, the problem was that Chu Chuyan was with him too.
If she were to die here as well, they wouldn’t be able to bear the responsibility of it.

So, he quickly looked for Lu De’s group and gathered some of the stronger student cultivators to explore the area.
Unexpectedly, before they encountered any danger, they ended up meeting one another.

Qiao Xueying’s face twitched a little upon hearing Shi Kun’s words.
She seemed to be on the verge of saying something, but she eventually held herself back.

On the other hand, Zu An harrumphed coldly.
“Where’s Shi Kun right now?”