Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor
Chapter 315 - 313 Lord Long of Guangling City [First Update]

Chapter 315: Chapter 313 Lord Long of Guangling City [First Update]

Shen Xingchen looked at Li Chen behind the dark-faced man with an extremely complex expression.

Theoretically, she should hate Li Chen to the bone for stealing her Jade Pendant.

But in the current situation, the role Li Chen played was that of a prince on a white horse coming to rescue her.

So her feelings for him were a mix of love and hate, an indescribable complexity.

Moreover, even if Li Chen had ill intentions towards her beauty, being taken advantage of by a rather handsome young man was much better than being at the mercy of a group of burly, intimidating brutes, right?

Seeing the female thief Shen Xingchen’s eyes swivel, her expression changing unpredictably, the dark-faced man didn’t think she was lying, so he abruptly turned around.

But he didn’t expect the shock he got upon turning, causing him to collapse to the ground.

Li Chen rubbed his nose and waved at Shen Xingchen: "Beauty, we really are fated to meet again!"

Shen Xingchen, eager to free herself, really wanted to call out the name of her savior with deep emotions, then play coy and flirt a little, hoping he would fight for her for free and deal with the trouble before her.

But as soon as she opened her mouth, she got stuck. She didn’t know Li Chen’s name, which really disqualified her from being a "cheap damsel."

So she just skipped the name part and affectionately cried out: "Darling, come save me!"

Li Chen got goosebumps all over hearing her shout. Bloody hell, could she possibly sound any cheesier?

"Kid, it seems you two really are together. Be sensible and hand over the Dragon Pattern Jade Pendant. Otherwise..."

Before the dark-faced man could finish, he tried to look intimidating by cracking his knuckles and neck, hoping to scare Li Chen with the sound.

However, before he finished his pretentious act, Li Chen sucked up a brick with the palm of his hand and smashed it onto the man’s head.

Instantly, the man’s head burst open, his body slumped to the ground, and blood spilled everywhere, quite a frightening sight.

Li Chen dusted off his hands and snorted disdainfully: "Noisy!"

Seeing this, the other brutes looked at each other and then drew their weapons, surrounding Li Chen.

"A bunch of ants, daring to draw weapons in front of me?"

With a flick of his sleeve, the knives in the hands of the group uncontrollably chopped towards themselves or their companions. The scene was incredibly bloody.

Shen Xingchen was stunned, and had it not been for her covering her mouth, she would probably have screamed out loud.

Li Chen brushed the dust off his clothes and approached Shen Xingchen.

Shen Xingchen, trembling with fear, kept moving backward, continuously shouting, "Don’t come closer, don’t come closer!"

Li Chen smiled faintly and asked, "Weren’t you calling me dear just now? Why are you afraid of me all of a sudden?"

Shen Xingchen steadied her nerves, her lips quivering, and asked, "You’ve already taken my Jade Pendant, what more do you want to do?"

Suddenly, she seemed to realize something, and with both hands across her chest, asked in panic, "You... you... you’re not thinking of assaulting me, are you?"

Li Chen rolled his eyes and said, "What beauty do you have that I would want to steal, just those mini buns?"

"Mini buns?"

Shen Xingchen’s mind was a bit muddled, not catching the connection with mini buns right away.

But when she followed Li Chen’s gaze, her face flushed red again.

The "mountains" below her neck might not be all that magnificent, but they weren’t mini buns, were they?

"Stop covering, I have a question for you!"

As he spoke, Li Chen flashed the Dragon Pattern Jade Pendant and asked, "Where did you get this Jade Pendant?"

Shen Xingchen hesitated for a moment, then said, "I stole it, no, I borrowed it from Lord Long’s house."

Li Chen raised an eyebrow and questioned, "Lord Long?"

Shen Xingchen boldly glanced at Li Chen’s expression and asked, "You don’t know the infamous Lord Long from Guangling City?"

Li Chen shook his head and replied, "I don’t, and I don’t need to. Since you’ve been to his house to steal, you must know where his house is, right?"

Shen Xingchen pouted and corrected, "To clarify, I borrowed the item, I didn’t steal it."

Li Chen couldn’t be bothered to argue with her. He just waved his hand dismissively and said impatiently, "It doesn’t matter whether it was stolen or borrowed. Now, you take me to his place!"

Upon hearing that Li Chen wanted her to take him to Lord Long’s home, Shen Xingchen couldn’t help but shiver.

"Lord Long is the Emperor of the Underworld in Guangling City. He’s a big shot who could make the entire Underworld of Guangling City tremble just by stomping his foot. He also has several Inner Strength Masters at his command. Aren’t we going there just to throw our lives away?"

Li Chen sneered and said, "You don’t need to worry about that, just lead the way!"

Shen Xingchen shook her head like a rattle-drum and said, "No way, you might want to die, but I sure don’t!"

"That’s not up to you!"

As he spoke, Li Chen grabbed Shen Xingchen’s wrist.

"Ah!" Shen Xingchen cried out in pain as Li Chen yanked her wrist.

"What are you doing? Can’t you be a little gentler with a girl? Humph, you have no idea how to cherish and care for the ladies."

Li Chen, following her wrist, snatched a bright silver needle from the palm of her hand and said coldly, "Just lead the way nicely upfront, and don’t play any tricks. Otherwise..."

While saying this, Li Chen held the silver needle and drew it across Shen Xingchen’s delicately sculpted cheeks back and forth.

"Such a beautiful face would look awful with a couple of slashes across it!"

Shen Xingchen trembled with fear and immediately nodded like an obedient child, signaling that she would lead the way.

Li Chen’s reason for seeking out Xu Jinlong was to understand the origin of the Dragon Pattern Jade Pendant and, by following the clues, to find the trace of the True Dragon.

...

Xu Jinlong was the Emperor of the Underworld in Guangling and also enjoyed showing off, so his residence was very luxurious, with a vast area of thousands of square meters, featuring standard European-style architecture, complete with a garden and a swimming pool.

There were thirty to forty security personnel equipped with a range of police gear. Besides, he had hired two Inner Strength Martial Artists at a high cost to act as his personal bodyguards, preventing assassination attempts by his enemies.

In theory, someone like him who rose from the underworld to whitewash his identity, even becoming a representative of the People’s Congress and a star of charity, with power and wealth, spending his days embracing beauties and enjoying fine wines like the life of an ancient Emperor, would typically have nothing to worry about.

However, this "Emperor" had recently been driven to his wit’s end.

In three days, it would be the 60th birthday of Heavenly Master Sect’s Outer Elder, Xuan Long. To curry favor with this influential figure, Xu Jinlong had specially spent 250 million Hong Kong dollars at Newport Christie’s Auction House to secure a Dragon Pattern Jade Pendant as a birthday gift.

But he never anticipated that this gift would catch the eye of the Swallow Sect, who directly stole it. And up to now, the Jade Pendant had not been retrieved.

If he could not recover the Jade Pendant within three days and present it to Great Elder Xuan Long as a token of filial piety, he would probably be resented.

No matter how formidable he was as an "Emperor," he was ultimately an ordinary mortal, whereas the experts of the Heavenly Master Sect were like the deities in the heavens, not people he could afford to offend.

Moreover, given Great Elder Xuan Long’s status, if he wanted to handle Xu Jinlong, he wouldn’t need to lift a finger himself. A mere glance would be enough to have people line up to flatten this so-called Emperor of the Underworld.

Xu Jinlong stood in front of the swimming pool, shouting angrily at his subordinates, "Have you found the whereabouts of that despicable couple from the Swallow Sect?"

His brothers came to report timidly, stating that they had not yet found them.

Xu Jinlong erupted in fury, hysterically yelling, "Call third bro and ask him what he’s been doing; it’s almost two days now, and he can’t even catch a single woman."

A subordinate quickly responded and went to dial the mobile number of the dark-faced third bro.

But no one answered.

Xu Jinlong completely lost his temper, snatched the phone away, and violently smashed it on the ground.

"A bunch of trash, just trash, what’s the use of keeping you lot around?"

"What are you standing there for? Send everyone out. Even if we have to turn Guangling City upside down, find the thief who stole the Jade Pendant. This time, I will utterly crush them to ashes!"

However, before his voice had died away, the large iron gate was kicked open.

The four brothers guarding the gate were flung inside like uprooted scallions.

"No need to bother, we’re here!"

Li Chen stepped over the iron gate, walked over the bodies of the groaning lackeys, stretched his lips into a smile at Xu Jinlong, flashing two rows of neat white teeth, absolutely harmless to humans and animals.

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Humbly asking for a recommendation ticket, and if there isn’t one, I’ll come back for it in the next update!