Chapter: 23

The crowd of spectators parted. A tall and brawny, roughly twenty year old man rushed towards the stage with an angry expression. Behind him walked a young man with swollen cheeks. The right side of his face was swollen to the point where one would wince just by looking at it. Blood still tickled down his nose showing that the wound still hasn't healed yet.

Yun Che knew this man.

It was Murong Ye from before who was slapped aside by him.

He was about to use phoenix flames on him but then he changed his mind and slapped him instead. He now regretted it. He should have just killed him.

{Ungrateful bitch! I showed him mercy and this is how he thanks me!}

{Your definition of mercy needs some editing…} Jasmine rolled her eyes at Yun Che's definition of mercy. If he had used some profound art to defeat him, at least it would not look so humiliating as it did when he slapped him aside.

Nothing is more humiliating than a slap to the face, more so when it was done in public. So it was obvious why he would be left with a sour feeling in his heart towards Yun Che.

{Humph! This young master can only bear this bullshit for so long! Today is just the worst! Everyone is after my ass for some reason! A dude I don't even know hates me, a dude I don't know wants to injure me, and now a dude who attacked me first and I just defended myself brought his boss to beat me. This is just worse!}

{... Just get used to it. Believe this princess, it's just the starting.} As someone who lived her whole life in God Realm, she knew more than anyone how fools and idiots acted. She had her own fair share of them. She could only sympathize with what her disciple said.

{Tsk! I wish I could just kill them, really. And I'm supposed to be the pacifist here…}

{Pfff! This is the funniest thing this princess has heard for so long. You, the pacifist? Right. Good luck with that thinking.}

{Don't blame me. Even the most calm man has a limit. And mine has been crossed a lot today. I feel like that one game boss that gives good loot every time, so he is dead the moment it spans! Hateful!}

Jasmine tilted her head in confusion, wondering what he was talking about. Sometimes, it was hard for her to understand what Yun Che was talking about as he spoke words which she didn't understand.

Meanwhile, the person finally reached close to the stage and jumped before landing on it before shouting once more.

"I asked, who is Yun Che!?"

From what he understood from the peanut gallery, this person was named Murong Yi, cousin of Murong Ye and the inner disciple of Blue Wind Profound Palace. He was also a ranking member on a list called Heavenly Profound List of which Yun Che had no idea was.

Seeing as no one replied to him, Yun Che also played dumb and remained silent.

Finally, seeing him not speaking, it was Murong Ye who pointed his finger at Yun Che and shouted.

"Cousin, he is Yun Che! The one who hit me unjustly!"

Murong Yi's head snapped towards Yun Che. He asked.

"Are you Yun Che?"

Yun Che took a deep breath.

'I'm calm… I'm calm… I'm calm… Yosh! Let's get this over with!'

"Your parents didn't put much thought in naming you, didn't they?" Yun Che inquired, suddenly dumbfounding everyone who heard him. "I think your parents had a thing for that dude over there, Ye-whatever. They loved him so much that they didn't bother searching for a new name for you and literally named you Yi instead of Ye. Do you understand? You are just a replacement of him to them. Face it. And grow up."

Saying his part, Yun Che walked to Murong Yi and patted his shoulder before walking off the stage.

The whole area was silent… and confused. No one understood what just happened. It just… happened and they could only stand at their places and watch it happen.

Only when Yun Che was about to exit the place did a loud voice come from Murong Yi.

"Stop for me!" Murong Yi shouted. "Yun Che, you bastard! Not only did you hurt my cousin but also insulted my parents! Do you think you can leave this palace alive!?"

{Ugh… Detec—Jasmine, what is his cultivation realm?}

{Nine levels of True Profound Realm.}

{How many gates can I open?}

{One.}

{Can I defeat him?}

{... No?}

{No?}

{Hmm. After you "upgraded"} Jasmine rolled her eyes. {your control over profound energy, your strength has basically leveled up. So you should at least be able to exchange… three? Moves with him before losing miserably.}

{Great!}

"What was your name again? Murong Ye or Yi, don't give a shit. Anyways, let's bet. Three months, let's postpone our fight for three months. After three months, let's have a duel. If you win, I'll let you do whatever you want with me. If I win, I want you to circle the whole capital naked while shouting I'm gay. Okay?"

Murong Ye, Murong Yi, and everyone who heard him had their eyes widened.

Was this man insane? — was their question right now.

As someone who was in the Nascent Profound Realm, he didn't have the qualifications to challenge someone weaker than Murong Yi let alone him!

He sounded like a madman to them!

"... He… Hehehehehahahahahahaha!" Murong Yi placed his hand over his mouth and started to laugh loudly. He couldn't believe what he just heard. It sounded the funniest thing in existence to him. So much that he almost choked himself while laughing. "You? YOU! YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE ME!? HAHAHAHA! This is so funny! I can't! I—HAHAHAHA!"

'He finally lost it huh. I should be the one who should have lost his shit though… after these mobs keep spawning nonstop at me.'

"You don't deserve to challenge me!" After finishing his joker-wannabe show, Murong Yi looked down at Yun Che with disdain and said. "Just stay still and let this Yi deliver judgment to you!"

In a blink, he appeared in front of Yun Che with his hand shaped in claws. He swung, reaching for Yun Che's throat.

But, instead of catching Yun Che's throat, his hand was intercepted by another hand. A powerful blast occurred at their point of contact, breaking the ground where Yun Che stood as cracks formed everywhere.

Yun Che indifferently stared at the person who defended him. He was wondering when his backup would show and it finally showed. He released a sigh of relief.

With his current cultivation, he wasn't strong enough to fight with Murong Yi.

He could if he opened the second gate, but he wasn't willing to sacrifice his life for something so insignificant. The moment he opened the second gate, his body would burst away due to the unbearable amount of berserk energy that his vein would release.

Even with a skill such as [Self-Healing], he just didn't have enough energy to convert into HP and Stamina to sustain the damage that would be dealt to his body after the usage of second gate.

All in all, his only option was to let other people deal with this shit. He just wanted to skedaddle from this place already.

'I'm glad that I maxed Calm Mind. For pepe sake, I would be losing my shit right now otherwise. A man can only take so much bullshit, and I have long since hit my limit!'

He was tired of this constant spawning of mobs already!