CHAPTER 448: THE FLAMES OF LOVE [THE RECLUSIVE TANYA~]

Chapter 448: The Flames of Love [The Reclusive Tanya~]

At Hua Jin's residence, in front of that elegant screen.

Two elders, their faces bruised and swollen, knelt there sobbing uncontrollably.

"Noisy! What kind of decorum is this crying and wailing?!" After a long moment, Hua Jin's angry scolding came from behind the screen.

The two elders quickly shut their mouths, not daring to make a sound.

"Were you beaten by Chen Huaian?"

"Yes." One of the elders trembled as he spoke:

"We tested his strength as you requested. We never expected him to completely disregard brotherhood. Every strike he threw was fatal! Fortunately, we are both at the Golden Core stage, or we would have been beaten to death..."

Hua Jin remained unmoved by their complaints and continued asking, "What did he use to beat you? Sword techniques, fist techniques, or something else?"

"Respectfully to Her Eminence, he used a sword, but it seemed unmethodical—he merely used the sword as a weapon. However, his true energy was extremely thick, even thicker than that of Golden Core Ascenders at their peak."

"Hmm." Hua Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

If it wasn’t a particularly skillful sword technique, that basically ruled out Chen Huaian as being one of those mysterious sword cultivators.

As for the thickness of his true energy, she could obviously tell. Chen Huaian’s true energy wasn’t just somewhat thick—he had so much that even ordinary Nascent Soul Ascenders might not match it.

There are many explanations for thick true energy.

For example, some treasure could enhance true energy, or maybe he consumed rare heavenly materials.

Or it could be a special innate talent that awakeners have when they awaken.

"Her Eminence, you must stand up for us! Chen Huaian is unreasonable. He was so ruthless on his first day in office. If we make any mistakes in the future, won’t he beat us to death?"

The two elders, seeing Hua Jin’s casual attitude, began to sob again.

"Shut up." Hua Jin frowned slightly and sneered, "If you’re afraid of being beaten to death, then don’t make mistakes. If you make mistakes and Elder Chen doesn’t kill you, but it escalates to me, I will kill you myself!"

The two elders felt utterly hopeless upon hearing this, shrinking there in confusion.

"Don’t you have anything to do?" Hua Jin was already impatient.

"Get out!" She waved her hand and kicked the two elders out.

...

"Old Zhang, I’m back! How’s your physical body... coming along?"

"Damn it!" The moment Chen Huaian pushed open the door, he couldn’t help but curse.

What did he see?

A handsome old man with a Hulk-like physique and a head full of white hair?

"Yo, little brother, I’m feeling fantastic right now!"

Zhang Yibai flexed his muscular biceps for Chen Huaian.

"Although my cultivation dropped sharply to Perfect Integration, how should I put it? I never cared about love before, but this young body has reignited my hope for romance!"

Zhang Yibai began showing off his magnificent chest muscles and perfectly arranged eight-pack abs.

Chen Huaian’s gaze continued downward, his mouth twitching.

Even though the old man was wearing just shorts, Chen Huaian knew that when he modeled himself, the old man definitely bulked up the proportions.

"Old man, I have a question..."

"Go ahead."

"Were you very small before?"

Zhang Yibai was stunned, looking puzzled.

"Because the less you have, the more you emphasize it," Chen Huaian calmly analyzed, "Have you ever heard of the famous beauty Diao Chan from the Three Kingdoms? And a general named Lü Bu whose catchphrase was 'Where is my Diao Chan?'"

Zhang Yibai: "..."

"Alright, little brother, you don’t have to say anything more. I understand what you mean. Actually, I didn’t want to do this either, but I just checked on my phone and found that modern men are expected to improve themselves in all aspects. Without full enhancement, how can one get true love?"

Chen Huaian thought Zhang’s words made sense.

But the urgent matter was to establish their sect first.

"Old Zhang, we have to find a mountain to found a sect."

Chen Huaian’s expression turned serious. "I heard from Wang Shouyi that soon Spirit Jade veins will appear in Tianfu District. All the major sects will fight over them. If we don’t found a sect now, we won’t have the qualifications to compete!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yibai stopped posing, his chest muscles no longer flexing, surprised: "Founding a sect needs the approval of those Ascender sects? Isn’t it just a matter of one word?"

"That’s the rule in the Cangyun Realm, but here, things are different." Chen Huaian shrugged, smiling bitterly, "Founding a sect here is like building a martial arts school—you have to get approval from the other schools. It’s like challenging them."

"Are you crazy..." Zhang Yibai rolled his eyes, "So how many sects do we need approval from?"

"Five, they say."

Zhang Yibai squinted thoughtfully, then suddenly said: "Little brother, you mentioned challenging. If I smash the dojo of one sect, can I just take over the mountain? I guess there aren’t many mountains left to found sects now. Places like Emei, Wudang, Huashan... those are probably all occupied by other sects."

"Sss!" Chen Huaian inhaled deeply, nodding repeatedly. "Hey, you know, you might be onto something... I heard from Wang Shouyi that it might actually work that way. But it would definitely be high profile."

"High profile is fine." Zhang Yibai waved his hand, "It has to be high profile. Otherwise, how can I cover for you? Don’t worry, I’ll draw all the Ascenders’ firepower. You just go all out!"

Chen Huaian felt warmth in his heart hearing this.

Is this the security that Old Deng gives?

Ha Ji Bai, you really... are damn reliable!

"Touched?" Zhang Yibai puffed out his magnificent chest muscles and grinned:

"If you’re too touched, you can lean on these big muscles."

Chen Huaian: "..."

Has Zhang Yibai fully adapted to Tianfu District’s customs now?

...

The closest and most famous mountain near Tianfu District was undoubtedly Mount Emei.

Moreover, Mount Emei’s height and depth were very suitable for founding a sect.

In ancient times, there was a hermit sect called the Emei Sect on Mount Emei.

But now the sect occupying Mount Emei was not the Emei Sect; it was the Black Blade Sect, which had driven out and nearly exterminated the original Emei Sect.

...

Night.

Chen Huaian disguised himself and pretended to be Zhang Yibai’s sword servant, carrying the Black Scales Sword as he ascended the mountain with Zhang Yibai. Because Zhang Yibai was special, even though he had a physical body, he was still the sword spirit of the Black Scales Sword.

He could leave his soul and enter the Black Scales Sword when needed.

In a way, this was also a method of self-preservation.

...

Black Blade Sect’s main hall.

"S-Sect Leader! Someone is breaking in!"

A loud shout startled Li Zongsi, the sleepy Sect Leader of the Black Blade Sect.

He was the newly appointed Sect Leader of the Black Blade Sect.

Li Zongsi originally lacked qualifications but forcefully raised his cultivation through Ascension Pillars and resources from the Demon Hunt Conference. Coupled with his high mastery of the Black Blade Sect’s signature technique, “Deathly Black Blade,” he naturally became the new leader after some fights.

The Black Blade Sect had never been broken into before.

Hearing someone challenging their sect now, it was impossible not to be nervous.

"How many are there?" he hurriedly asked.

"Two, Sect Leader!"

"Two?"

Li Zongsi widened his eyes, then laughed loudly.

"Brothers, grab your weapons!"

...