Chapter Three: Half a Step Above the Clouds

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Chu Linfeng’s slightly questioning tone struck straight at Li Xiaoxue’s heart. Her once clear and beautiful eyes were instantly suffused with a warm, misty glow. Li Xiaoxue struggled to control her emotions, knowing she must remain rational at this moment. Her immediate priority was to quickly reorganize the tangled threads in her mind.

Fate truly is a cruel trickster—just as she feared, the very trouble she dreaded arrived. The “confession plan” she had carefully prepared was disrupted by these five men, and the person she most needed to protect, Shen Luoxi, had now been implicated.

From Li Xiaoxue’s slightly evasive, tear-filled eyes, Chu Linfeng caught a faint clue. He immediately grabbed her delicate shoulders with both hands, shaking her urgently.

“Speak up!”

Chu Linfeng only desperately wanted to know the truth. But Li Xiaoxue, after all, was a woman of noble birth, who had concealed her stunning beauty behind a veil since childhood—her unparalleled grace only fully revealed at the age of sixteen. Who could have predicted this rogue’s sudden assault?

“Hands! Let go quickly!” Li Xiaoxue, frightened, stammered incoherently.

Chu Linfeng cared little about propriety at this moment; he had to escalate the pressure. In urgent situations, a show of sincerity was necessary for the words to be believed.

“Chu Linfeng, let go of my hands first!” Li Xiaoxue clutched his hands, struggling to break free. But Chu Linfeng refused to release her; instead, he stepped closer, pressing his nose against her forehead and demanding, “Speak!”

The five heroes standing nearby exchanged glances. The man in a suit and shorts looked dumbfounded: “What’s going on here?”

“Can’t you tell? There’s a big secret here, I think…”

“Smack!” Before the crooked-mouthed clown could finish, someone’s buttocks flew at his face, hitting him squarely and causing stars to flash before his eyes, teeth shattering, nose bleeding. The flying buttocks belonged to none other than Chu Linfeng.

After all, Chu Linfeng was an air-depleted invalid, while Li Xiaoxue possessed true cultivation. Despite her delicate appearance, her records showed she was at the ‘Complete Cycle’ realm—a fact lowered on paper by her father’s under-the-table maneuvering to match Chu Linfeng’s class; otherwise, these five fools might have been her classmates instead.

Chu Linfeng had crossed a line just now, and Li Xiaoxue, unable to break free, was forced to activate her energy sea and sent him flying.

“Chu Linfeng! Are you alright?” Li Xiaoxue felt remorseful as soon as she was ‘safe.’ After all, a mortal body struck by true energy could suffer internal injuries.

“I’m fine!” he barked.

“Ha—huh—tch!”

The crooked-mouthed clown staggered to his feet, spitting out a half tooth lodged in his throat. The other four immediately took up battle stances.

“Chu Linfeng, are you hurt?” Li Xiaoxue ignored the clown entirely and looked anxiously at Chu Linfeng.

“Cough, cough... I’m not dying. It’s just that something stung me in the back.” Chu Linfeng slowly rose, rubbing his rear.

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