"Buzz!" A cold light suddenly appeared, its power so formidable that it seemed to explode the very void itself. This was an assassination attempt aimed at Xu Qingling.

"Aaaaah!" Xu Qingling almost went mad, that feeling of imminent death returned once again.

"Ding!" Ye Chen acted like lightning, breaking that streak of cold light and saving the beautiful general.

"You laid your hands on me the first time, and I let it slide, but this is the second time now!" Xu Qingling turned to Qian Yue Bing. "What are you trying to do, assassinate a Huaxia general? Are you trying to start a war?"

"Sorry about that, I meant to throw at Ye Chen, just accidentally threw it off target," said Qian Yue Bing.

"..." Xu Qingling's face darkened with an expression filled with resentment as she looked at Qian Yue Bing.

"Alright, you better head home now. If you keep hanging around here, she will 'accidentally' throw more hidden weapons off target!" Ye Chen said.

"On such a dark and windy night, if a cousin and her cousin-in-law are found together, people will want to kill to silence them!" Xu Qingling said with deep resentment.

"Buzz!" Another silver light flashed suddenly.

This time, Ye Chen did not intervene. Qian Yue Bing had no intention to kill; she just wanted to scare Xu Qingling away.

"Ahh!" Xu Qingling felt her legs go weak with fright as the sharp, cold light skimmed past her cheek, the cold and sharp sensation made her feel as if she was on the brink of hell.

"Ye Chen, why didn't you save me!" Xu Qingling was on the verge of madness.

"Sorry, I was distracted. What just happened?" Ye Chen said innocently.

"It's shameful to act cute, especially for a man!" Xu Qingling, looking at Ye Chen pretending to be innocent, clenched her fists tight, wanting to have a duel to the death with him.

"Are you going to leave or not?" Qian Yue Bing looked at Xu Qingling with a smile that was not quite a smile, playing with a willow-leaf shaped hidden weapon in her hand, as if ready to fling it at any moment.

"You two are really something. Just wait, this isn't over!" Xu Qingling's face changed as she finally spat out a few tough words before opting to retreat; a smart woman does not suffer in silence!

"..."

Xu Qingling left with resentment, Qian Yue Bing and Ye Chen looked at each other and exchanged inexplicable smiles.

"How is Naimei Xue doing now?" Ye Chen asked.

"Not good," Qian Yue Bing answered succinctly.

"..." Ye Chen looked at Qian Yue Bing, trying to put his words together, hoping to extract some information from her.

"Your clothes are really nice, where did you buy them?" Ye Chen suddenly asked. "Naimei Xue used to cover her face with a black veil, and you have a veil on too. Do island country women all like to wear veils?"

"..." Qian Yue Bing gazed at Ye Chen as if looking at an idiot. She really couldn't believe that Ye Chen could say something so crude.

"Did you come here to kill me?" Ye Chen suddenly asked.

"Correct!" Qian Yue Bing said proudly and coldly.

"If you want to kill me, you should at least give me a reason, right?" asked Ye Chen.

"Heh, do you need me to uncover again what you did yourself?" Qian Yue Bing said with cold laughter.

"A match of talents and looks, a mutual attraction; what does that have to do with you?" Ye Chen asked.

"..." Qian Yue Bing looked at Ye Chen, her gaze reflecting complex emotions.

Ye Chen tried hard to act cute, hoping that his wife's cousin would take pity on him and reveal some secrets.

"..." Wherever Ye Chen was trying to act cute, it almost made Qian Yue Bing feel sick, prompting her to divulge the situation of Naimei Xue.

Several months ago, after Naimei Xue completed her training, she returned to the Naimei Family and then triggered a series of shocks.

Before Naimei Xue had left, she was only at the early stage of a Grandmaster, but after a year of training, she had reached the pinnacle of Grandmasters!

This matter not only delighted the Naimei Family to no end, it also shook the entire island nation.

Naimei Xue was just over thirty years old and still considered young among powerful Martial Artists, but she was already a peak Grandmaster, which undoubtedly meant she had the qualifications to ascend to the status of a Land God!

However, shortly after the celebration had faded, the Naimei Family discovered a terrible truth.

Naimei Xue's purity was no more!

The island nation was a decadent empire, but the family rules of the great families were very strict, especially for a first-tier family like the Naimei Family, where a woman's chastity was valued more than life itself!

Naimei Xue wasn't betrothed, nor did she even have a fiancé, and yet she had lost her precious purity, one could imagine the huge uproar this would cause within the family.

The Naimei Family was prosperous, with its members divided into different factions, their interests entangled in a complex web that could dazzle onlookers.

The scandal of Naimei Xue's lost chastity was seized upon by some, who wanted to suppress the branch of the family to which Naimei Xue belonged.

Some factions within the Naimei Family even banded together to claim that Naimei Xue's existence brought disgrace upon the family honor and demanded that Naimei Xue end her own life.

However, Naimei Xue was a peak Grandmaster, one of the strongest in the Naimei Family, and a disciple of the absolute ninja of the island nation, so how could she be easily executed?

Naimei Xue was not harmed physically, but she was still subject to countless public criticisms, and in the end, she was forced to leave her family and stay by the side of her master, Fujiwara Kinboku.

"Damn it!"

Qianyue Bing narrated the events, speaking of how Naimei Xue was humiliated by her family and eventually forced to follow at her master's side, which fueled Ye Chen's rage like wildfire.

Ye Chen found it hard to imagine what kind of torment and public attack Naimei Xue had endured to remain so strong!

Some matters chilled even Ye Chen to the bone, yet Naimei Xue faced them all and persevered! What immense inner strength she must possess!

Naimei Xue was wronged, and that pained Ye Chen's heart.

"Naimei Family, you have shamed my woman, you must pay the price!" Ye Chen said through gritted teeth.

Ye Chen decided to take a trip to the island nation. He wanted to bring Naimei Xue to his side and flatten those who had bullied her!

"There are ill intentions within the Naimei Family, but the main reason still lies with you!" Qian Yue said. "If Naimei Xue's purity were still intact, everything would change, and she would become the brightest pearl!"

"Nonsense, ours is true love!" Ye Chen said.

"Hmph!" Qianyue Bing scoffed disdainfully.

"It's you who have destroyed her future and her life!" Qianyue Bing said. "That's why I must kill you, to free Naimei Xue from this sea of suffering!"

Qianyue Bing's grandfather was Naimei Xue's maternal grandfather, and they had been extremely close since childhood. Over time, their affection only grew stronger.

After they grew up, one became a legendary female ninja, and the other was taken as a disciple by the absolute ninja, becoming the two most dazzling jewels of the island nation!

However, upon Naimei Xue's return from her training, she was led astray by Ye Chen, who took her purity, plunging her into a demonic frenzy!

Qianyue Bing couldn't bear to see Naimei Xue degenerate and wanted to rescue her deeply beloved cousin!

In Qianyue Bing's view, Naimei Xue was bewitched by Ye Chen. Ye Chen was her demon; if he was killed, Naimei Xue would naturally be freed.

"Naimei Xue and I have mutual affection, and being together was mutual consent," Ye Chen said. "What you're saying about freeing her from suffering, where did you even come up with that!"

Ye Chen looked dissatisfied with Qianyue Bing. Was this cousin trying to play the spoiler to their love?

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