Chapter 28: Don't act big-headed if you don't have a big brain

  The mountain range that had just undergone a transformation suddenly burst out with dozens of cave holes, and many people rushed in quickly. Niu Ying also found a cave hole and was about to enter when she saw Chen Luo standing at the entrance with a thoughtful expression, saying: "Let's go, what are you dawdling for?"

  Standing at the entrance of the cave, Chen Luo was feeling the subtle fluctuations of the array. Since he couldn't see the array pattern, he couldn't determine what kind of array it was. However, from the fluctuations, he could sense that the structure of the array had been damaged, but the array eye remained, so the array hadn't completely failed. Hearing Niu Meng's shout, he nodded and walked into the cave.

  The cave was like a tunnel, and it looked like it had been blasted open by some powerful force. As they walked further in, the temperature seemed to rise, and inside it was pitch black. The cow-like creature seemed to have been prepared, taking out a bead from its package and holding it up, emitting a faint glow - this thing was a sunstone, commonly sold on streets and alleys.

  The caves inside the tunnel crisscrossed and intersected, weaving together. The cow was like a headless fly, flying around randomly. Due to the high temperature inside, it was so hot that he was sweating profusely, Chen Luo was also the same, wiping away sweat while constantly sensing the fluctuations in the formation. He found that the fluctuations on the east side were stronger, and the temperature seemed to be higher as well. So, he told the cow to head eastward as much as possible. The cow didn't know the reason but still followed Chen Luo's instructions.

  "There's movement."

  Niu Ying suddenly stopped in his tracks, Chen Luo also sensed it and both of them became alert. Niu Ying even picked up his iron spear and held it upright beside him. Chen Luo listened carefully and the sound seemed to be coming from a tunnel behind them, and the entrance of the tunnel was getting brighter and brighter. Indeed, after a while, seven people walked out from inside - five men and two women: Xue Yanwen, Ding Zixuan, Ye Qing, Bai Jian, Wan Liqun, Fang Hongguang, and Gao Fei.

  All seven of them were holding a sun bead, illuminating the surroundings with a bright white light. They looked much better than Niu Chou and Er Duo, although they also had sweat beads on their foreheads, but not many. It could be seen that these guys should all be wearing some kind of cooling ornament to avoid the heat. When they saw Chen Luo, they were also quite surprised, as if they hadn't expected to meet him here.

  "What a coincidence! I didn't expect to run into you in this chaotic tunnel."

  Ding Zixuan's face always wore a gentle smile like a spring breeze.

  They say that a smiling face is hard to hit, so when the other party was being so polite, Chen Luo naturally smiled back in response. However, he only responded with a smile and nothing more, for he was very clear that Ding Zixuan had never considered him as a friend.

  "It's scorching hot here, don't you two have any cooling accessories? Why are you sweating so much?" Seeing Chen Luo was about to leave, a hint of cunning flashed in Ding Zixuan's eyes as he hastily said: "Chen Luo, although you've left Xiaoluo Tian now, we were once fellow cultivators after all. Do you want me to give you a cooling wristlet?"

  Ding Zixuan's words sounded like concern, but were actually filled with ridicule. He was intentionally trying to show off in front of Xue Yawen, knowing that Chen Luo had a strong sense of self-respect and would definitely refuse. But he was wrong. Just as Chen Luo was about to leave, she heard the words and suddenly stopped in her tracks, turning around. On her pale and delicate face, a strange smile played on her lips as she said, "Alright, then you can give me one."

  Ding Zixuan thought Chen Luo was proud and would definitely refuse, but that was just what he thought. He didn't know that Chen Luo's self-esteem was indeed strong, and because of this, he wouldn't let anyone bully or mock him. So when Chen Luo agreed, Ding Zixuan was left speechless for a moment, unsure of how to respond.

  "Come on, aren't you going to give me that cool wristband?" Chen Luo pointed at the light green wristband on Ding Zixuan's wrist and said: "I'm not picky, this one is fine, just give it to me."

  The bracelet on Ding Zixuan's wrist was a high-quality cooling bracelet, worth a lot of money. At this moment, he really regretted what he had just said. He was in a dilemma, if he didn't give it away, he would definitely be ridiculed, and with the goddess present, he absolutely couldn't lose face. But if he gave it away, how could he bear to part with it, especially since he was giving it to someone he secretly despised.

  "What? Can't bear to part with it?" Chen's mouth curled up in a smile, his dark eyes gazing intently, then he snorted and shook his head, patted Ding Zixuan's shoulder, turned around and left, saying: "Then forget it."

  Ding Zixuan's face turned pale in an instant, his mouth twitched uncontrollably, he took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and managed to squeeze out a smile on his face. He pretended to be nonchalant and said: "It's just a bracelet, since I, Ding Zixuan, have given it to you, how could I not give it up?" After that, he directly took off his own cool bracelet and handed it over.

  Chen Luo took the bracelet without a word of thanks, patted Ding Zi Xuan's shoulder and said thank you before leaving.

  Looking at Chen Luo leaving like this, Ding Zixuan's heart was bleeding, and Ye Qing suddenly stood out and shouted: "Chen Luo, stop for me! The value of Brother Zixuan's Qinglian bracelet is high, it's more valuable than you, do you think you deserve to wear it?"

  Chen Luo seemed to have not heard it and continued to leave, a faint voice came: "Don't pretend to be something big in front of me if you don't have such a big brain!" As soon as the words fell, he swung his hand and threw the cool bracelet back in front of Ding Zixuan.

  Looking at the refreshing hand bangle on his feet, Ding Zixuan's face changed suddenly, and his eyes stared at Chen Luo's departing back like a sharp knife. If it weren't for the goddess Xue Tianyun being present, he would probably rush over and tear Chen Luo to shreds immediately.

  "Hum! Poor devil!"

  Ye Qing picked up the cool hand bangle and handed it over, but unexpectedly Ding Zixuan glared at her fiercely, saying in a cold voice: "Shut up!"

  "What do you mean? I helped you get the cooling bracelet back, how can you blame me for being too talkative!" Ye Qing felt inexplicable, but she didn't know that if it wasn't for her saying that one sentence, Ding Zixuan would have at least saved face in front of Xue Yawen after losing the cooling bracelet. But now, his face had been completely trampled on by Chen Luo's ruthless words, making it impossible for him to give her a good expression.

  Ding Zixuan was too lazy to bother with her, and just as he was about to explain things to Xue Yawen, he found that she was staring blankly at the back of Chen Luo who had just left. Just as he opened his mouth, Xue Yawen suddenly let out a soft cry.

  A shout, however, was not a response to him, but rather... seemed to be yelling at Chen Luo.

  Chen Luo never stopped in his tracks, and continued to leave.

  Xue Xiangyun chased after him, shouting several times in a row. Chen Luo finally stopped and turned around, looking at her with confusion.

  "Is that you? Do you still remember me?" Xue Yiwen didn't sleep at all last night, not because she didn't want to, but because her mind was filled with doubts. She really couldn't figure out why one of the sapphire mice she had been searching for was missing, and even more so, why the Soul-Confusing Array she had set up would lose its effect without being damaged by the natural environment. At that time, only that young man was present, Xue Yiwen had wanted to ask him some questions, but he didn't know where he ran off to. Now that they've met again, she naturally wants to get some answers.

  Chen raised an eyebrow and looked at her, asking: "What's up?"

  "Last night..."

  As soon as he heard this, Chen Luo immediately shook his head and didn't even wait for Xue Yurou to finish speaking. He directly responded: "I don't know you, did you mistake me for someone else?" After saying that, he turned around and left. What a joke, he definitely didn't want this little girl to find out that he had stolen her blue rat.

  Chen Luo's response was too sudden, and Xue Ya didn't react in time. Her small mouth opened slightly, wanting to speak but hesitating, before she finally said: "Last night, we were in the small woods..." Before she could finish speaking, Chen Luo had already turned into another tunnel.

  Did I mistake you for someone else?

  How come.

  Yesterday in the dead of night at the small thicket, it was clearly this guy who was present. Xue Yi felt somewhat inexplicable and also found it hard to believe. How could this guy be like this?

  She felt inexplicable, and beside Ding Zixuan, Bai Jian, Wan Liqun and others felt even more inexplicable. No matter what, they couldn't understand how their goddess Xue Yawen could know Chen Luo, and the goddess even said that last night, they were in a small forest... This was really a thought-provoking sentence, and what made Ding Zixuan even more unacceptable was that Chen Luo actually said he didn't know Xue Yawen.

  It sounds like a story about a lovesick woman and an unfeeling man, where they meet in the woods at midnight, fall deeply in love, make love under the stars, but when the woman wakes up the next day, the man is gone. They meet again elsewhere, and when the woman asks for an explanation, the unfeeling man claims she mistook him for someone else.

  The conversation between Chen Luo and Xue Yuyang always gives people a feeling of this kind.

  Is it possible?

  No!

  Absolutely impossible!

  No matter whether it was Ding Zixuan or Bai Jian, and others who didn't believe her, Ding Zixuan walked over and asked: "Miss Qian, did you mistake someone for me?"

  Did I mistake you for someone else?

  Xue Xiang shook her head, neither admitting nor denying. She was a clever woman and had already been suspicious of Chen Luo since last night's incident. Now this guy was also denying having met her before, which made her even more suspicious inside. "Do you guys know him?" she asked.

  "Who? Are you talking about Chen Luo?"

  "Chen Luo?" Upon hearing this name, Xue Yi's expression changed slightly as she thought for a moment, her tone uncertain as she asked: "Could it be that he is the Chen Luo of your Little Luo Tian?"

  "That's right, it was him." Wan Liqun finally got an opportunity to talk to the goddess and wouldn't miss a chance to show off, saying: "He used to be a disciple of our Xiao Luo Tian, but later took a shortcut, tainted by darkness, and was caught by the Guardians of Light. After that, his cultivation was crippled and he was imprisoned for over a year."

  Xue Xiang had not only heard of Chen Luo's name, but also knew a thing or two about the stories behind it. He was said to have been tainted by darkness, abandoned his cultivation, and was ruthlessly expelled. In just five short months, he had opened up all five spiritual meridians, and each one was different from the others. Rumor had it that this guy had also cultivated the Tiger's Fury Formless Fist and the Residual Shadow Three Moves to their peak, and his combat strength was so powerful that even the disciples who had opened up seven meridians were no match for him.

  Xue Ya asked some more trivial questions about Chen Luo, not because she was interested in Chen Luo, but to find out if this guy understood array methods. She had always suspected that the Soul-Confusing Array she set up was broken, but couldn't find any clues, which made her very puzzled.

  "Does he understand formation?"

  Hearing that his goddess had been inquiring about Chen Luo's situation made Ding Zixuan and the others very unhappy, but they couldn't show it, so they just smiled and responded: "Formation? How would he understand formations?"

  "Is that so......" Xue Yi was lost in thought, when Ye Qing suddenly spoke up and said: "Who says he doesn't understand array methods? I've seen him set up arrays."

  "When did this happen? How didn't I know?" Ding Zixuan was shocked in surprise, he really didn't know that Chen Luo still understood formations.

  "Chen Luo set up a soul-gathering array for me when he was pursuing me." Since Ding Zixuan had just lost his temper with her, Ye Qing also deliberately wanted to provoke him, and at the same time, she wanted to prove her charm in front of Xue Shuangwen. She took this opportunity to tell Xue Shuangwen, "You're interested in Chen Luo, aren't you? The person you're interested in used to pursue me, hum!"

  "So he really understands the formation, huh." Xue Ya murmured to herself, but her mind was even more puzzled. The Ling Jie Formation was just a very ordinary formation, and any formation master, or even some formation apprentices, would understand it. She didn't think that her own Soul-Confusing Formation could be deciphered by an apprentice, let alone an apprentice - even if it were a formation master with extraordinary skills, they wouldn't have been able to break through her Soul-Confusing Formation.

  "Ah!" Ye Qing nodded, proudly saying: "Didn't I say so? He set up many formations for me when he was pursuing me." The two words "pursuing" were intentionally emphasized by her, and she was about to continue speaking, but at this time, the cold and icy White Sword suddenly stopped in his tracks and said: "I can't take it anymore, it's really too disgusting."

  Can't take it?

  Everyone did not understand what Bai Jian could not bear, and Ye Qing seemed to think that Bai Jian was targeting himself, angrily saying: "Bai Jian, what do you mean?"

  "What do you mean?" Bai Jian sneered, saying: "I've never seen a woman as shameless as you. You actually have the nerve to say that Chen Luo was pursuing you? Tsk tsk... I transferred to Xiaoluo Tian two years ago, and I've heard about your affairs. The whole of Xiaoluo Tian knows that it was you who pursued Chen Luo back then, but he wasn't interested in you at all. And yet, you're so good, always sending him spiritual pills and trinkets."

  "Later, Chen Luo was imprisoned for being tainted by darkness. You saw that his cultivation was ruined, so he ran to Xiao Jinguo and cut off ties with him, warning him not to mention knowing you again. When Chen Luo defeated Zhuo Weidong and Gao Fei one after another with the Five Transformations of Spiritual Pulse on Qing Shi Tai, you repeatedly said that he had been tainted by darkness again. What was the result? He wasn't tainted at all! That day, I wasn't present, but I heard that if Chen Luo hadn't been tainted by darkness, you would have been thrown out..."

  "I've lived for 16 years and this is the first time I've seen such a shameless woman, you actually... said that someone else was pursuing you at first, I'm going to... it's really disgusting."

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