The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

In less time than it takes to drink a cup of tea, the group had flown out of Drunken Immortal City, one after another.

Wang Wan'Er and the four Immortal Masters were all at the Foundation Establishment Stage. However, Wang Wan'Er's cultivation was the shallowest, and she was carrying someone. Chen Dong was by no means light, so she was on the verge of being overtaken.

Chen Dong said hurriedly, "Use the Secret Technique from the Cultivation Technique! If you don't use it now, we're going to get caught, and we'll both be finished!"

Wang Wan'Er looked anxious as well. "I haven't learned it yet."

"Don't worry, I'm here! I'll help you!"

Wang Wan'Er circulated her True Qi according to the explosive burst method from the Cloud-Breaking Inner Vision Scripture's secret technique. Her speed instantly tripled, and a considerable distance opened up between her and the four pursuers.

The four pursuers had similar burst techniques, but using them always came at a price. No one was willing to use such a skill outside of a critical moment in battle. The situation was still unclear, and using a trump card just for one of the Wang Family's sons-in-law was simply not worth it.

Left with no choice, Senior Brother Li split off from the group to return to the Wang Family for more information. Meanwhile, of the remaining three, Sister Wang summoned a Flying Boat from her storage bag. This Flying Boat could consume Spirit Stones to achieve a burst of speed equivalent to twice that of a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator. Each burst devoured ten Spirit Stones. After loading the Spirit Stones, the three of them boarded the Flying Boat and resumed the chase.

With the Flying Boat, the three of them could keep tailing their target. As long as they didn't fall too far behind, they were confident they could catch up once her burst of speed wore off.

But then, the three of them were dumbfounded. The burst technique used by the figure ahead was far from ordinary—she just kept bursting forward, on and on.

They had already reloaded the Spirit Stones twice, yet the figure ahead showed no signs of slowing down.

'What kind of Secret Technique could produce such incredible speed, and for so long?'

Even after pursuing relentlessly and wasting a total of thirty Spirit Stones, they could only watch as the figure vanished over the horizon. It left them with the strange feeling that their quarry wasn't a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator at all, but some senior expert who was just toying with them.

If their target truly was at the Foundation Establishment Stage, it was terrifying. A burst technique that tripled one's speed and lasted for so long... Not even the most powerful manuals in the Qixia Sect could achieve such an effect.

This was exactly what Chen Dong had predicted. When it came to combat, an Inner Scene Technique was significantly stronger than a Foundation Establishment Technique.

Wang Wan'Er felt the nervous tension of someone who'd been caught doing something wrong. She didn't stop flying until she had nearly exhausted all of her True Qi. She had no idea where she'd ended up, only that she had landed beneath a large tree. Then, the backlash from the Secret Technique hit, leaving her utterly weak.

A flicker of joy lit up in Chen Dong's heart. 'Is my luck finally turning?' He wouldn't even have to keep tricking her. In her current state, Wang Wan'Er couldn't possibly watch him. The backlash from the Cloud Breaking Secret Technique would take at least twenty-four hours to recover from.

As Wang Wan'Er was meditating to regulate her breathing, she sensed Chen Dong was about to leave. "Where are you going?" she asked.

The dragon was finally free from the shallows. Chen Dong decided it was time to teach this naive girl a lesson. "I'm going to look for the herbs needed for the Body Shaping Secret Technique," he said. "Wait for me here."

Surprisingly, Wang Wan'Er didn't doubt him. She simply nodded and resumed her meditation.

Without a hint of reluctance, Chen Dong strode away under the moonlight. 'Even though she's incredibly weak,' he thought, 'ordinary wild beasts are still no match for her. There's nothing to worry about.'

He felt an incredible sense of exhilaration. 'Ah, the freedom of being untethered feels so good.'

To return to his own world, cultivation was essential. The fastest way to restore his power was still that Immortal Drunk. From his prior experience cultivating, he knew that as long as he could drink Immortal Drunk, reaching the Outer Appearance Stage would be a simple matter, though the Inner Scene realm was another story.

Immortal Drunk required three hundred Spirit Stones. Just as Chen Dong was pondering where to get them, AWOOO—! A massive roar shook the mountain forest, making Chen Dong's ears ring. The sound had come from the direction of Wang Wan'Er.

'What was that? A strange beast? A Demon Beast? Or a ghost?'

Chen Dong hadn't been in the Wangyou Realm for long and had no idea what kind of creature could produce such a roar. But whatever it was, it was clearly powerful.

He felt a flicker of concern for Wang Wan'Er's safety. After all, she was suffering from the Secret Technique's backlash, with less than a tenth of her usual strength. If she encountered a monster like that, she would almost certainly be killed.

Chen Dong muttered to himself, 'Forget it. I'm not getting involved. I'm like a Mud Bodhisattva crossing a river—barely able to save myself. If I go back now, it'll just be two deaths instead of one.'

He only had two wisps of True Qi in his body, and even those he had painstakingly condensed in secret. A creature of that level was not something he could hope to fight right now.

He took a couple of nonchalant steps forward, then sighed and started running back the way he came.

'No matter how you slice it, I used her to escape,' he reasoned. 'Her current state is entirely my fault. I can't just stand by and do nothing.'

He grumbled aloud, "I'll just go take a look. If that silly girl gets eaten, I can always avenge her later!" Even as he spoke, his pace quickened.

When he arrived back at the spot where Wang Wan'Er had been meditating, she was nowhere to be seen. The surrounding trees had been snapped in half, and the area was a complete wreck. Not far away, he saw splatters of blood.

'That silly girl's dead!'

Just as he was thinking this, the sounds of a struggle erupted again from not too far away.

Chen Dong ran closer and saw a one-horned white tiger, nearly twenty feet long, roaring at an injured Wang Wan'Er.

Wang Wan'Er spotted Chen Dong and shouted anxiously, "Run! This Tiger Demon has the strength of Qi Cultivation Perfection! I can't beat it in my current state!"

Chen Dong couldn't help but laugh to himself. 'In a situation like this, shouldn't this naive girl be using a weakling like me as bait to cover her own escape? And yet she's still worried about me.'

In the instant Wang Wan'Er was distracted, the Tiger Demon seized the opportunity. It lunged forward, aiming straight for the vital points on her neck!

Wang Wan'Er was already a spent force. Weakened by the Secret Technique's backlash and now wounded by the Tiger Demon, she no longer had the strength to dodge. Facing the ferocious attack, she trembled and closed her eyes.