Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 644 - 664: Absolutely Can’t Laugh, Must Hold It In! _1

Chapter 644: Chapter 664: Absolutely Can’t Laugh, Must Hold It In! _1

Upon hearing Lin Chen say this, Su Mubai let out a sigh of relief.

She didn’t mind exposing the fact that Lin Chen had saved her. After all, she felt very grateful towards him. However, she didn’t want this matter to cause trouble for him.

Lin Chen had saved her, but didn’t claim any merit. Instead, he casually turned the truth around, making it sound like she had saved him instead.

This man had a very broad mind!

"Sister Su saved you?"

The caution in Murong Feng’s eyes eased a bit, and he smiled, "Sister Su is always helping her fellow disciples; it is indeed her style."

Su Mubai’s face stiffened slightly; why did Murong Feng’s words sound somewhat sarcastic? After all, she was the one who had been saved!

Su Mubai looked at Lin Chen apologetically, worried.

Lin Chen indeed laughed quite freely, "Yes, Miss Su is truly warm-hearted, not only saving me but also kindly answering my questions regarding alchemy."

Murong Feng’s expression was smug, with a very proud tone, "Sister Su is the most outstanding alchemist among the younger generation of the Four Great Sects, no, the entire Cave World. Even many older-generation alchemists are not her equal!"

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "Indeed, it’s truly admirable."

Su Mubai’s face flushed a little. In front of Lin Chen, she wished she could proudly say that she was the best alchemist Lin Chen could find for help. But when these words came out of Murong Feng’s mouth, they seemed to have a completely different taste.

Su Mubai quickly interrupted, "Lin Chen, I’m not that amazing. But if you need any elixirs or need help refining them, you can come to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and find me. As long as I have time, I can help."

Murong Feng was slightly surprised.

Su Mubai wasn’t usually so eager to help others. Although she occasionally helped people refine pills, she definitely wasn’t the type to do charity work for everyone. On the contrary, her refining fees were not cheap.

Upon further thought, Murong Feng figured it out. Since he had just praised her so highly, she was probably trying to be modest.

Hadn’t Su Mubai hidden a message in her words? "As long as I have time"... wasn’t that implying that if she didn’t want to help, she’d simply claim to be busy?

Of course, Murong Feng never considered that Su Mubai’s words could also be interpreted the other way around.

"As long as you come to find me, no matter how busy I am, I will definitely make time to help you."

Lin Chen smiled in response, "Alright, if there’s anything I need help with, I’ll make sure to trouble Miss Su."

Although Murong Feng suspected that there was nothing going on between Lin Chen and Su Mubai, his intuition still prompted him to probe into Lin Chen’s background.

"Lin Chen, right? My name is Murong Feng, a disciple of the Flying Crane Sect, and I am... good friends with Sister Su."

Lin Chen almost burst out laughing.

Good friends?

Sister Su?

You’re supposed to be Heaven’s Chosen, but you’re really licking her boots. It seems that Su Mubai has thoroughly rejected you. You can only address her as Sister Su; there’s no chance of using more intimate names like Su Su or Mubai. Just from this address, it’s clear that she doesn’t like you and hasn’t given you any room to imagine otherwise. Yet you’re still unwilling to give up, insisting on clinging onto her, even calling her "good friend." You must feel awkward introducing yourself like this as well, huh?

Don’t laugh!

Hold it in!

Lin Chen suppressed his emotions, knowing very well that if he laughed, this would cement their enmity.

After the introductions, Lin Chen shifted the topic to rescue, and he looked around, "How come we haven’t seen the person seeking help? Did they release the distress signal and then leave?"

Murong Feng continued, "That’s highly unlikely. We arrived quite quickly, and in such a short time, they couldn’t have just run away. We didn’t see any signs of intense fighting either. Could it be someone playing a prank?"

Su Mubai frowned, "Who would play with distress signals? Aren’t they afraid of severe punishment afterward?"

Lin Chen looked up at the white-haired old man in the sky and asked softly, "Who is that?"

Su Mubai answered, "He is Uncle Chen Bingquan from the Flying Crane Sect, with mid-Yuan Ying stage strength."

Murong Feng’s expression was somewhat smug, "Uncle Chen is concerned about my safety, so he’s with us on this mission. When we saw the distress signal, we came over to check it out, only to run into Sister Su."

Lin Chen nodded, refraining from asking further. His gaze swept over the surroundings and then fell upon a towering tree in the distance.

This tree must have had a history of thousands of years. The trunk was so thick that it would take hundreds of people to embrace it. Numerous branches plunged into the ground; many were even exposed on the surface, their roots seeming to cover the entire valley.

The towering tree’s trunk was very tall, at least a thousand meters high. Countless tree branches spread densely, covering the sky. This massive valley seemed to be obscured by more than half the foliage.

On the trunk and branches of the great tree, numerous blood-red roots grew. These roots coiled around the trunk or dangled in the air, resembling thick, blood-colored ropes. The sight of them was somehow creepy.

"What a huge tree!"

Lin Chen exclaimed softly, "This tree must be thousands of years old, it could even become a spirit at this age, right?"