Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 2538 - 2558: Does She Like Me?

Chapter 2538: Chapter 2558: Does She Like Me?

Lin Chen was blissfully unaware of the high praise that Fan Tianxing and Shangguan Wenyin held for him as he wandered with the wind.

In a secluded valley, Lin Chen landed in front of a waterfall, summoned the Linglong Tower, and released Shang Wenyin, who had been hiding inside for quite some time.

Shang Wenyin looked around and asked, "Where is this?"

Lin Chen took out the Hidden God White Jade Stem and waved it at Shang Wenyin, "Got it!"

Shang Wenyin’s eyes lit up instantly, "The Hidden God White Jade Stem?"

Lin Chen nodded with a smile, "Not only did I get the Hidden God White Jade Stem, but also the Tianmi Xuanshen Water and quite a few Clam Pearls. This trip has been quite fruitful."

With shining eyes, Shang Wenyin looked at Lin Chen, her tone filled with genuine admiration, "You’re really amazing!"

When Lin Chen met Shang Wenyin, he hadn’t even reached the peak of Daluo Mysterious Immortal. Yet, in just a few years, Lin Chen had advanced directly to Daluo Ultimate Immortal.

He clearly had only such limited strength, but he was able to hop around in front of top big shots or leading forces, reap rich rewards, repeatedly thwart them, and then retreat unharmed.

Is this something ordinary cultivators can do?

Lin Chen felt somewhat overwhelmed by Shang Wenyin’s beautiful eyes that seemed to speak, especially when they were filled with admiration.

It was like being in University, where the campus belle acknowledged by tens of thousands of students would keep you company all day and look at you with admiring little eyes—how could you withstand that?

Moreover, Shang Wenyin was much more than just campus belle level. Rated as one of the three great goddesses by all the male cultivators of the Northern Sea, wasn’t her lethality to men ten times, a hundred times greater than that of a campus belle?

Despite his firm Daoist heart, Lin Chen found it hard to resist those eyes that seemed to speak, and he averted his gaze as he split the entire Hidden God White Jade Stem in two, handing over half to her.

"We’ll each take half, refine and absorb it. That way, the special fluctuations of the Primordial Xuan Water Technique won’t be detected by others, and you won’t have to worry about being tracked by the Gui Xu Sect. The world is vast, you can go anywhere, you’re free."

Shang Wenyin bit her lip gently, looking at the Hidden God White Jade Stem in front of her and softly said, "You’re giving me something you worked so hard to get?"

Lin Chen laughed casually, "We’re friends, aren’t we? I also took your Primordial Xuan Water Technique before, and you were very straightforward about it. Besides, this was meant for two people from the start; I planned for you, too."

Shang Wenyin glanced at Lin Chen, her gaze subtle.

That gaze was irresistible, like the breath of spring.

This man was truly straightforward, showing no hidden intentions from start to finish!

It wasn’t that Shang Wenyin wanted men to do something to her, but since she was young, countless men had coveted her. If she hadn’t cultivated the Primordial Xuan Water Technique, she might have been dominated as a Daoist couple by now.

After cultivating the Primordial Xuan Water Technique, she gained a transcendent status within her sect, and no one dared to pursue her anymore. The sect protected her, but upon reflection, she realized this protection wasn’t genuinely for her, but because of the Gui Xu Sect Ancestor.

She had been designated by the Gui Xu Sect Ancestor!

Who would dare touch or vie for a woman coveted by the Ancestral Master?

She had become accustomed to those intense, unconcealed, and covertly greedy gazes. If someone did her such a favor, they’d probably expect some kind of repayment.

But Lin Chen did not.

Lin Chen never asked for anything, and the way he interacted with her was always open and honest.

Indeed, Shangguan Wenyin was the same.

No wonder these two could become close friends, a dignified friendship.

In her vision, Lin Chen suddenly looked somewhat unnatural and quickly turned away his eyes, coughed, "It’s better to eliminate these fluctuations sooner rather than later. Let’s enter the Linglong Tower, absorb them first, then we won’t have to stay inside anymore..."

Shang Wenyin came back to reality and smiled gently, her smile as refreshing as a spring breeze that brought comfort to one’s heart.

Hey, it seems it’s not that I lack charm, he’s also panicking.

Shang Wenyin’s mood suddenly became more cheerful, and her voice softened with her good mood, "All right, I’ll listen to you."

Lin Chen gave an affirmative "Hmm," without looking at Shang Wenyin, "Then let’s go."

Look?

In front of Lin Chen, Shang Wenyin always appeared as her true self. This glance, this tone of voice, what man could withstand it?

Previously, Shang Wenyin had concealed her true appearance. Her attitude, her way of speaking, she had maintained a distance. Though also captivating, Lin Chen managed to suppress his instinctive impulses, staying within bounds, not crossing the line, not saying ambiguous things, not doing ambiguous things, just a normal friendship.

Now, after living on the island for a few years, Shang Wenyin had become extremely familiar with him. She took the initiative to forsake that boundary, and her manner of speaking often left people unable to help but think more.

Could she possibly like me?

Otherwise, why would she look at me that way, why would she talk to me with that tone?

Would normal men and women act like this?

Where’s the sense of boundaries?

Lin Chen, being an ordinary person too, couldn’t escape convention. Faced with Shang Wenyin’s blooming beauty, her tender and admiring gaze, the fence he had forcefully constructed within himself suddenly developed cracks...