Chapter Ninety-One: I Am a Man of Principles

"Forget about that for now. Where are you off to?" Chen Xiang asked with a narrowed, smiling gaze.

That smile was trouble, no doubt about it.

The Rainbow Glazed Eel instinctively backed away.

"Kid, there’s no real grudge between us, not now anyway. So where I go is none of your business. Let’s part ways here and never meet again," the Rainbow Glazed Eel said warily.

"Mm, I guess there isn’t," Chen Xiang said after thinking it over carefully.

"If that’s the case, then I’ll owe you a favor. Just take me out of here. You can collect that favor later. Let it stand for now."

"Are you serious? You have the nerve to make me take you out and still want me to owe you a favor?" the Rainbow Glazed Eel cried out miserably. For some reason, ever since leaving the Ice Spirit Tower, its reactions had become much sharper, and it instantly saw through Chen Xiang’s scheme.

Chen Xiang did not care that he had been exposed. He merely said indifferently, "Isn’t that right? You scared me by speeding just now. It’d already be generous of me not to settle accounts with you. Asking you to owe me a favor is a loss for you?"

"Kid, you really have no shame. It was clearly you blocking my way, and you still say I scared you? I’m not even as fast as you, okay?" the Rainbow Glazed Eel said angrily.

It had seen Chen Xiang’s speed with its own eyes. When the Three Thousand Lightning Movement was unleashed, it could barely catch a human shadow in its sight, and that was before mentioning that his cultivation had now reached the Soul Formation stage. His speed would certainly be even more terrifying. As for its own speed, it had hardly changed at all. Besides, how could it possibly have scared this kid? And what on earth was speeding?

"Mm, my eyesight’s been a little nearsighted lately, so I don’t dare drive too fast. Enough nonsense. Hurry up and take me out. I’ll settle the rest of that favor with you later," Chen Xiang said earnestly.

"Why should I?" the Rainbow Glazed Eel protested, but then its sharp eyes caught sight of the unconscious Li Hanwei lying in the snow. Immediately, it gasped in disbelief. "What the hell, kid, you’ve actually abducted an innocent young woman? You, you, you... How could you do something like that? No, I can’t let you fall any further. I’ve decided I saw nothing, so let us part here. Farewell!"

With that, it turned and fled without even waiting for Chen Xiang to react.

But who was Chen Xiang? He had been watching the Rainbow Glazed Eel all along. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly. "Trying to run? Perfect timing to send me a human navigation system... no, an eel navigation system. What incredible luck!"

As he spoke, Chen Xiang stepped onto the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and gave chase.

To be honest, the Rainbow Glazed Eel was very fast indeed, almost comparable to a cultivator at the early Soul Formation stage. But it had met Chen Xiang, a monster among monsters. Chen Xiang himself was not slow, and with the enhancement of the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, his speed became truly terrifying. Using the second realm of the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, Lightning Flash, he caught up to the Rainbow Glazed Eel in less than three seconds.

Once he caught up, there was naturally no kindness to be had. He brought down a heavy club and smashed it fiercely onto the Rainbow Glazed Eel’s head.

A cry of agony rang out, and the Rainbow Glazed Eel turned into a streaking meteor, crashing with a boom into the snow and leaving behind a small crater.

Chen Xiang had not used any incantation; he had struck only with the force of his own body. But his physique was no ordinary thing now. The enhancement from the third level of Heavenly Thunder Quelling, Thunder Body, and Lightning Tempered Soul, was no joke. With only physical strength, he could deliver power even greater than when he had previously used incantations.

Chen Xiang landed quietly beside the Rainbow Glazed Eel, which was now giving him an aggrieved little look.

"Kid, you’re far too ruthless," the Rainbow Glazed Eel said painfully.

It had known from the moment it met Chen Xiang that there was no escaping him. Just now it had only been hoping for a miracle.

"Who told you to run? I’m a man of principles. If I owe others something, I’ll usually repay it. But if others owe me something, I will definitely get it back," Chen Xiang said solemnly and earnestly, as if the eel truly owed him something.

"Kid, I think you’ve cultivated a supreme divine art of shamelessness, or there’s no way you could be this formidable," the Rainbow Glazed Eel said in a grave voice.

Chen Xiang slapped the Rainbow Glazed Eel on the head. "Cut the nonsense. Since I say you owe me, then you owe me. Now hurry and take me out. Listen carefully: I know the distance of the route. The divine sense I left in your body last time is still there. If you haven’t gotten out of the Extreme South within three days, or if you remove that divine sense, you’re done for."

"All right, all right," the Rainbow Glazed Eel said helplessly. It had originally wanted to shake Chen Xiang off in the snow, but after hearing that, there was no chance left.

Indeed, the reason Chen Xiang had been able to sense the Rainbow Glazed Eel was that his divine sense was still lodged inside its body. He had not expected the eel to be so foolish as not to check itself first. If it had done that, it might never have run into Chen Xiang.

Chen Xiang flew over to Li Hanwei. By then, Li Hanwei had already awakened. With the warmth of the northeastern military overcoat, what cold could still be a threat? Yet her face remained very pale, so she likely still needed proper warmth.

"You’re awake?" Seeing Li Hanwei sit up, Chen Xiang said indifferently. "We’ll be leaving the Extreme South right away. Be sensible on the road. It’d be best if you tell me about the Li family’s situation. Of course, if you don’t want to say anything, that’s fine too."

"What about the four guards of the Li family?" Li Hanwei asked with lowered eyes. There was no particular stir in her expression, but what she asked about was the Li family, not herself.

"They’re fine. I was measured in my strike. They should wake in about half an hour," Chen Xiang said.

Li Hanwei nodded lightly and said nothing more.

The Rainbow Glazed Eel came over and asked Chen Xiang, "Hey, kid, where did you abduct this innocent young lady from? Are you taking her with you? And where did that little girl go?"

At first, the Rainbow Glazed Eel had thought this woman was Li Qiner, but her voice did not sound like it, and her figure was quite different as well. Yes, Li Hanwei was more ample, with a more mature charm.

"Enough talk. Let’s go. Are you not afraid that man might come back?" Chen Xiang kicked the Rainbow Glazed Eel and said.

At the mention of that person, the whole body of the Rainbow Glazed Eel stiffened. If it had had hairs, they would surely have stood on end.

It immediately said, "Kid, hurry up, hurry up. We can’t let him see me."

With that, the Rainbow Glazed Eel ignored Chen Xiang entirely and flew off at once in one direction.

Chen Xiang turned back to look at Li Hanwei.

"May I ask for your name, young master?" Li Hanwei suddenly asked.

"What, taken a fancy to me? Fine then. Do you want the full package, or the all-night service?" Chen Xiang said with a smile, sweeping a hand through his waist-length hair.

Li Hanwei gave him a cold glance. She had no idea what Chen Xiang was talking about.

"I am the thief-hero Chu Liuxiang. Beauty, you’d best keep a close eye on your heart," Chen Xiang said, spreading one hand with a smile.

Li Hanwei’s expression remained as cold as ever. She was completely unmoved, and then very naturally walked to Chen Xiang’s side.

Then she said, "That’s a good name."

Chen Xiang naturally put an arm around Li Hanwei’s slender waist. Even through the northeastern military overcoat, she still felt so slim.

"Of course!"

After saying that, Chen Xiang shot up into the sky and soon caught up to the Rainbow Glazed Eel.

To be continued...