MTLNOVEL Chapter 3:
Chapter 3: System Ability, The Genius Has Returned:
Floating in the sky, Liu Qingxian looked down at Chen Xuanyi, a mocking smile spreading across her face. She gazed at him as if he were a fool.
“You aren’t even at the Qi Refinement stage anymore, and yet I still brought so many people.”
“Do you know why I want you dead?”
“It’s not just because the treasures on you could elevate the Liu family to greater heights. There’s another reason.”
Chen Xuanyi remained silent, watching her calmly.
He couldn’t recall ever wronging this woman. If anything, it was she who owed him.
Liu Qingxian continued, “I am the head of the Liu family. It was your honor that I showed you favor, and yet you dared to reject me?”
“Who do you think you are, putting on airs in front of me?”
“I had to lower myself repeatedly, smile at you, and you think you’re worthy of that? Filthy dog.”
“A man like you should be kneeling at my feet!”
Listening to her words, Chen Xuanyi wasn’t even angry—he found it laughable.
This woman had tried time and time again to curry favor with him. Just because he had refused her, he was in the wrong?
For people like her, he only had one word—pathetic.
Before Chen Xuanyi could respond, Jiang Ningxuan suddenly shouted in fury,
“My Master even looking at you is already a favor to you!”
“You filthy bitch!”
“I’ll fuck your whole family!”
Chen Xuanyi turned to his first disciple, who was furiously cursing at Liu Qingxian, and couldn’t help but chuckle.
Jiang Ningxuan was born with a Crimson Flame Immortal Body, her personality as fiery and bold as the sun.
At this moment, she was like his personal spokesperson!
Although her words were crude, they were incredibly satisfying.
Liu Qingxian, humiliated beyond words, was at a loss for how to respond.
She stood there, struggling for a retort, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt like she was about to explode from frustration.
“You… you… I—!”
“Forget it, I won’t lower myself to the level of a mere disciple.”
“Chen Xuanyi, since you’re already a dead man, I might as well tell you the truth. We never did anything that night.”
“A fool like you is truly a rare find. Hahaha!”
Liu Qingxian laughed wildly, killing intent flashing in her eyes.
“Once you’re dead, the treasures on your body will serve my Liu family well. You should feel honored!”
“White-Haired True Lord, Dark Yin True Lord, please take action. Killing this waste would only dirty my hands.”
Both White-Haired True Lord and Dark Yin True Lord were Nascent Soul cultivators, just like Liu Qingxian.
In their eyes, killing Chen Xuanyi was as easy as squashing an ant.
The two glanced at each other, not bothering to refuse, and rushed toward Chen Xuanyi.
Chen Xuanyi, however, felt no anger. Instead, he felt a sense of relief.
Now that he knew he had never actually touched Liu Qingxian, the knot in his heart had finally unraveled.
Standing with one hand behind his back, the gentle breeze lifted his hair, revealing a handsome, god-like presence.
As the two Nascent Soul cultivators charged at him, his expression remained calm.
With a soft but chilling voice, he said,
“You think the likes of you can kill me?”
“Have you forgotten who I am?”
His voice, filled with absolute arrogance, made both True Lords halt in their tracks.
Although they couldn’t sense any cultivation aura from him, an unshakable fear crept into their hearts.
Chen Xuanyi was once a legendary figure who ruled the heavens. Cultivators at their level could only look up to him from a distance.
Even though they knew he had lost his cultivation, their instinctual fear of him still lingered.
“Die!”
The two True Lords attacked in unison.
Chen Xuanyi prepared to leap into the sky and unleash a powerful strike to annihilate them.
He jumped.
And jumped again.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd…
He only managed to hop twice in place.
He didn’t fly at all.
The two True Lords burst into laughter, unable to hold themselves back.
“HAHAHAHA! The once-mighty genius has turned into a fool!”
“He’s not even at the Qi Refinement stage anymore. Of course, he can’t fly!”
“He must have gone mad, refusing to accept reality!”
Hearing their laughter, Chen Xuanyi felt a bit embarrassed.
Forget it. Even if he couldn’t fly, he could still unleash his move.
At that moment, Jiang Ningxuan suddenly clung to his arm.
Her pure, beautiful face was so close that he could see every delicate feature.
“Master, let me help you.”
“In the past, I always relied on you. From now on… please rely on me more.”
With those words, she lifted him into the air and flew upward.
Hearing this, Chen Xuanyi was deeply moved.
This was his beloved disciple, the one person he could trust the most.
Even if the whole world betrayed him, his disciples would always stand by his side.
Even now, when things seemed hopeless, she was still giving her all for him.
Dark Yin True Lord stared at Jiang Ningxuan, practically drooling.
He loved destroying couples and taking women for himself.
And now, Chen Xuanyi was powerless, making him feel as if he had found the perfect prey.
“Hehehe, Chen Xuanyi, I won’t kill you. I’ll let you live—so you can watch yourself suffer!”
“Soul-Draining Technique!”
As he spoke, his black staff emitted a disgusting, rotting stench, and an ominous dark energy rushed toward Chen Xuanyi.
Chen Xuanyi raised one hand.
This time, he activated his system’s power.
“Blazing Fire Palm!”
A blazing golden flame ignited in his palm, burning as brightly as the sun itself.
With a single motion, it transformed into a massive flaming hand that swept across the battlefield.
This was originally a basic technique, but in his hands, it became a force of apocalyptic destruction.
As the flaming palm appeared, an unstoppable pressure spread across the land.
Before Dark Yin True Lord’s Soul-Draining Technique could even reach Chen Xuanyi, the sheer pressure of his attack shattered it completely.
Everyone present, including the three Nascent Soul cultivators, found themselves completely immobilized.
This was absolute power.
Before such might, no one could resist.
Dark Yin True Lord’s expression twisted in horror. Before he could even think of escaping, the edge of the flames had already melted his face away.
Next were his bones.
Finally, his entire body evaporated into nothingness.
Behind him, White-Haired True Lord tried to escape, desperately throwing out protective artifacts, but none of them worked.
In just a few moments, he too was swallowed by the flames.
The Blazing Fire Palm continued its descent, searing a massive, bottomless handprint into the earth, as if it had the power to pierce through the world itself.
Chen Xuanyi stared at the destruction, his eyes widening in disbelief.
This… this power… was even stronger than he had ever been at his peak.
It seemed…
The once-forgotten genius had returned.