Li Ming was Su Chen's closest scoundrel friend, and his Family, the Li Family, held some influence in Lingyun City.
Investigating someone was quite easy.
Less than a day later, the information on the young man, who was suspected to be a person from the past, was already laid out before Su Chen.
The unreliable Li Ming was, at crucial moments, quite reliable.
"Just as I thought!"
Su Chen's face showed a cold sneer, his expression fierce.
His wolf-like intuition that day was not wrong.
The young man, who was suspected to be a person from the past, was indeed the son of an old acquaintance!
That young man, who stood behind Xu Ba, was the most outstanding young generation of the Xu Family twenty years ago, Xu Changzhi's son!
His name was Xu Sheng.
He was also a Disciple of Lingyun Academy, three years older than Su Chen, and at twenty years old, he was still at the ninth level of Spirit Vein Realm.
Perhaps he was about to Breakthrough.
But he would never have the chance to Breakthrough again.
"Xu Ba, I can't kill you, old bastard, but can't I gradually eliminate your Family members first?"
Su Chen hated, originally, if he had died, it would have been accepting the bet, no big deal.
The problem was that he was alive now.
The scene of his children and old friends' heads rolling at his feet, their eyes wide, staring at him, often appeared in Su Chen's dreams.
Unless the Xu Family was annihilated, down to a single ant, his hatred would not be appeased.
What's more, the Xu Family also had the Legacy of a Linghai Realm expert; that was a great Opportunity. A Linghai Realm expert was already considered an absolute powerhouse in the Tianfeng Kingdom. Li Qingyue, who had broken off the engagement, was now only at the Linghai Realm.
This Aptitude, placed in the Tianfeng Kingdom, was already extremely dazzling, no wonder she wanted to break off the marriage with him at that time.
She indeed had the right to say that they were not people from the same world.
But Su Chen still held a grudge.
He couldn't forget.
They were indeed not on the same path now.
Li Qingyue was already old, while he was still only 17.
He would rather die than marry an old woman.
This was no longer about gaining wealth.
Su Chen was pondering how to stealthily kill a Disciple of Lingyun Academy.
Disciples harming each other within the academy had always been a serious crime; minor offenses led to confinement, while severe ones resulted in expulsion from the academy.
Su Chen naturally couldn't kill openly.
However, what if Xu Sheng, during a mission, encountered vicious thugs who happened to have a grudge against the Xu Family?
And then he was killed.
This plot is quite normal, isn't it?
The academy wouldn't make a big fuss over Xu Sheng, and the Xu Family, having obtained the Legacy of a Linghai expert, would rather hide themselves, so how could they make a big move for Xu Sheng?
Finally, three months later, Xu Sheng received a richly rewarded mission.
"Who are you?"
Xu Sheng, dressed in academy attire, vigilantly looked at the three mysterious figures in cloaks who suddenly appeared before him.
"The one who will take your life!"
The three joined forces, forcing Xu Sheng to retreat repeatedly, until the last moment, under the crisis of life and death, Xu Sheng directly unleashed a fierce punch, with a faint roar of a white tiger, counter-killing the three.
Xu Sheng gasped; he didn't understand why he had been ambushed by three people. He wanted to lift their cloaks and see their true faces.
The next moment, a sharp sword pierced directly through his chest.
"What a bunch of wastes, they couldn't even kill one person!"
"Luckily, I was a bit vigilant and secretly followed them."
Yesterday, Su Chen drank desperately, getting everyone drunk, and then secretly slipped out.
Sprinkling a few drops of corpse-burning water to destroy the bodies, Su Chen left; they were just a group of desperate individuals, no one would suspect him.
Even if Xu Sheng's death was discovered, it didn't matter.
In this life, his name was Jiang Chen; what did that have to do with Su Chen?
Su Chen stealthily returned to Lingyun City, and when everyone found him, Su Chen was still lying in bed sleeping.
....
One month later
Xu Sheng's death was finally investigated.
As Su Chen had expected, the academy hastily concluded the matter, determining that Xu Sheng had provoked an enemy and was killed by them.
This was a martial Dao world; if an ordinary student died, they died.
Most people didn't even know such a person had died.
The Xu Family knew, but they dared not make a public announcement.
Only Xu Changzhi, the Xu Family Head, hated.
But no clues could be found.
The matter ultimately remained unresolved.
Only Su Chen knew that this was just the beginning; a single life was far from enough for the revenge of a destroyed Family.
With the enemy in the open and him in the shadows, Su Chen was not in a hurry for revenge and continued to Cultivate at Lingyun Academy.
...
A year later, Su Chen, who had just turned eighteen, was called home by Jiang Li.
Upon returning home, Su Chen saw an old man sitting beside his father, who looked somewhat familiar.
He wasn't from the Xu Family; reality wasn't that melodramatic yet.
The old man was the old Family Head of the Wang Family in Beifeng City, highly respected, and Su Chen had met him a few times.
Beifeng City was considerably larger than Chongchuan City. Jiang Li was a Spirit Vein Realm expert, and the old Family Head of the Wang Family was naturally also a Spirit Vein Realm expert.
Old Man Wang looked at Su Chen, who was handsome and had impressive Cultivation, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Nephew Jiang, I have a granddaughter as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal, who has been Cultivating in the Lingjian Sect for a long time. She just returned to Beifeng City today. This old man hopes you can take my granddaughter around Beifeng City for a few days."
Su Chen understood; this was a blind date.
Su Chen looked at his father, and Jiang Li nodded.
He understood; that girl must be as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal and have decent talent, which made Father Jiang very satisfied, so he called him home.
Arranged marriages were very common in large families. Su Chen's Su Family in his first life had been allied with the Li Family through marriage, and Su Chen's fiancée was Li Qingyue.
Unexpectedly, Li Qingyue was noticed by an Elder of the Tianlan Sect passing by and was taken to Cultivate in the Tianlan Sect.
In the end, Su Chen still agreed to meet her.
He had to live each life well, and he had to leave a mark in this world to gain destiny points.
Su Chen easily met the granddaughter Old Man Wang spoke of.
Dressed in plain white like snow, with a three-foot green blade, she leaned against the orchid pavilion, as light rain drizzled down, unadorned with makeup, yet fresh and ethereal.
This was Su Chen and Wang Bailu's first meeting.
Wang Bailu looked up, like an arrogant plum blossom in the snow, staring directly at Su Chen.
Su Chen was also sizing up Wang Bailu.
"She's beautiful, she's beautiful, but she can see her toes when she bows her head."
Su Chen pondered in his heart.
His dad's taste was indeed not bad, but there was still a slight flaw.
Wang Bailu didn't know what Su Chen was thinking, but a handsome man always made a good first impression on a beautiful woman.
This time, there was no engagement annulment plot.
Both parties were very satisfied.
Su Chen took Wang Bailu to stroll around Beifeng City, and for three consecutive days, the two were inseparable.
Three days later, the two parted, agreeing to meet again at the Tianfeng Kingdom's once-a-decade grand competition for the younger generation.
Su Chen returned to Lingyun Academy. His bad friend Li Ming looked at Su Chen with curiosity, always feeling that his good buddy had changed after returning.
Su Chen naturally wouldn't tell him that they were no longer the same.
He was already a man with a Family, while Li Ming was still a single dog.