Chapter 52: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 52 Facing Off
"Sir Qian, there doesn't seem to be any deep-seated grudges between us! Why sacrifice your future for this?"
Although Chen Yuan tried to persuade verbally, he had already made up his mind. If Bailiff Qian dared to harm his wife and daughter, he would sacrifice his own life to take him down with him.
"Deep-seated grudges?" Master Qian sneered, revealing a greedy expression. "As long as you hand over that technique you just used, there will be no deep-seated grudges between us."
He didn't know what that technique was, but he was certain that if he obtained it, it might be useful to him.
Chen Yuan sighed. It was impossible to hand over such a technique. Even though it was just a so-called recording pen, handing it over would mean losing its mystery. Without it, Kuang Wei and others wouldn't be easily blackmailed. Moreover, they might try various ways to force them to hand over the pen if they did.
Instead, keeping it as a mysterious technique would make them more fearful.
Chen Yuan and Chen Xue exchanged a glance and then sighed. "To be frank, my daughter worshipped an immortal of Kunshan before she was exiled. She spent ten years learning this technique."
They had already discussed it. Even if they were cautious, there was still a chance of exposure. Instead of letting others speculate wildly, it was better to establish a certain image themselves.
An apprentice of an immortal!
That was the image they had in mind.
In this world, there were many Taoist priests who claimed to have become immortals, as well as many charlatans. Among them were those who were enamored with vanity and played tricks. Of course, there were also some truly talented individuals.
These people had different abilities and were incredibly mysterious. However, at most, they could only be considered as extraordinary individuals, not immortals. Yet they still insisted on presenting themselves as such.
Therefore, for Chen Xue to present herself as an apprentice of an immortal wasn't a big deal. In fact, many people would scoff at it. It was only when she displayed her extraordinary abilities that people would be surprised and dare not offend her.
After hearing this, Bailiff Qian's face changed drastically. An apprentice of an immortal? Whether there were immortals in this world was unknown, but there were indeed extraordinary individuals.
And the so-called Kunshan was the foremost among the mountains of the world, with peaks towering thousands of meters into the sky, shrouded in clouds and mist year-round. No one could reach the summit.
Therefore, people believed that if there were immortals, they would reside on the summit of Kunshan, which was considered to be an immortal realm.
In the past, there had been tales of an immortal emerging from the summit of Kunshan, treading on the surging waters of the river, calming floods that ravaged several provinces with just a chant, and saving tens of thousands of people. Afterwards, the immortal disappeared without a trace, and people believed he had returned to the summit of Kunshan.
Countless people built temples to worship him. Since they didn't know the immortal's name, they referred to him as the Immortal of Kunshan.
Later, there were also instances of people impersonating the Immortal of Kunshan, but without exception, they all met tragic ends, either falling into the water and drowning or being struck by lightning. Therefore, everyone knew that although there might be an immortal on Kunshan, he couldn't be offended.
So, when Master Qian heard this, he was shocked. If she truly was an apprentice of the Immortal of Kunshan, he couldn't afford to offend her.
Actually, Lord Chen had previously opposed Chen Xue impersonating an apprentice of the Immortal of Kunshan because there were many precedents. He didn't want his daughter to get into trouble.
However, Chen Xue didn't care. She didn't believe in this, even though she had crossed over and had a system, she could still explain things scientifically.
In the end, she compromised with her parents and claimed to be an apprentice of the Immortal of Kunshan.
"Impossible!" Bailiff Qian was shocked. If she was an apprentice of the Immortal of Kunshan, how could she have been exiled? As long as she revealed this information, the court might show mercy.
After all, that was the Immortal of Kunshan. If they angered an immortal, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Moreover, if they could curry favor with the immortal, they might even obtain the elixir of immortality.
So, Bailiff Qian was the first one not to believe it. However, he was also astonished by the courage of the Chen family. They dared to impersonate an apprentice of the Immortal of Kunshan. Didn't they fear death?
He felt that the Chen family was crazy. Even if they wanted to die, they shouldn't drag him down. Although he was crazy, he didn't want to die.
"What are you trying to do, Bailiff Qian!"
Just then, Xu Tian rushed over with a group of people angrily. Last time when Bailiff Qian tried to bully Chen Yuan, he didn't arrive in time. He wouldn't make the same mistake this time.
"What? Want to fight?" Seeing Xu Tian with several followers, Bailiff Qian sneered, feeling confident.
With these people, he wouldn't back down.
But the key was, if he retreated, everyone would think he was afraid of Xu Tian. How could he continue to survive?
At this moment, a bailiff ran over from behind Bailiff Qian and shouted loudly, "Chen Yuan, the captain is looking for you."
Bailiff Qian immediately looked grateful. Thankfully, the bailiff was clever and gave him a way out.
So, he glared at Xu Tian and the others, uttered a threat, and then left. "I'll let you off this time. You won't be so lucky next time."
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