194: Hero saves the beauty

The Liu Family Manor was exquisitely luxurious, exuding an Aura of extravagance and elegance everywhere. It was undoubtedly a prominent and wealthy Family in Qingshui Town.

Yang Lingchen arrived in front of the Liu Family Manor and stated his purpose. After a hurried announcement from a house servant, Liu Decai, the head of the Liu Family, quickly came out to greet him.

"Welcome, Young Master Yang, to the Liu Family. Please come in, Young Master Yang!" Liu Decai enthusiastically welcomed Yang Lingchen inside, a brilliant smile on his face.

"Liu Family Head, you are too kind!"

Yang Lingchen nodded and followed Liu Decai, walking steadily into the Liu Family Manor.

Led by Liu Decai, Yang Lingchen arrived at the Liu Family's spacious and brightly lit living room.

"Liu Family Head, please tell me about the bandits!"

Yang Lingchen asked directly, his expression serious and focused.

"It's like this...!" Liu Decai poured Yang Lingchen a steaming, fragrant cup of tea, then meticulously recounted everything he knew.

It turned out that two days ago, Liu Xiaoqing, the eldest Young Miss of the Liu Family, was escorting valuable Family goods from the bustling Great Yan City back to Qingshui Town when she was suddenly attacked by ruthless bandits. Liu Xiaoqing was abducted on the spot, which is why Liu Decai, in his anxiety, sought out the Great Yan Academy and issued a rescue mission.

Generally speaking, for such missions to eliminate harm for the people, the Academy usually doesn't charge much in the way of generous rewards.

"Liu Family Head, rest assured, as long as your daughter is still alive, I will do my utmost to rescue her." Yang Lingchen cupped his fists, his gaze firm and sincere.

"Then I shall trouble Young Master Yang." Liu Decai said, his eyes filled with anticipation and gratitude.

"Farewell!"

After speaking, Yang Lingchen left the Liu Family Manor without hesitation and headed straight for the perilous Great Yan Mountain Range.

The bandits' stronghold was on a mountain called Crow Ridge. The leader, Crow, was a middle-aged man as burly as an ox, with a cultivation level at the fifth layer of the Divine Origin Realm.

This man was utterly vicious, insidious, extremely lecherous, and notorious.

Towns near the Great Yan Mountain Range were often harassed by these wicked bandits.

Previously, due to severely inaccurate intelligence, many Outer Court students from the Great Yan Academy had taken on this dangerous mission to eradicate the bandits, and ultimately never returned, which showed just how fierce and brutal these bandits were.

After several painful failures, the Great Yan Academy directly issued the mission to the Inner Court this time, hoping that Inner Court students could completely resolve this bandit problem and restore peace to the region.

Not long after approaching Crow Ridge, Yang Lingchen cautiously restrained his Aura. He silently knocked out a rat-faced bandit, then used the miraculous Shapeshifting Technique to transform directly into the bandit's appearance.

Having done all this, Yang Lingchen confidently walked towards the bandits' mountain stronghold. After a careful observation, he set his sights on the magnificent Chieftains Great Hall.

As Yang Lingchen approached the Chieftains Great Hall, he heard intense clashing of weapons from within. He quickly and stealthily crept closer.

He saw a group of ferocious-looking bandits tightly surrounding a curvaceous young girl in the center of the Chieftains Great Hall.

One of them, a middle-aged man as sturdy as an iron tower, was fiercely fighting with the curvaceous young girl.

This middle-aged man was none other than Crow, the leader of these bandits, and the curvaceous young girl was surprisingly Liu Xueying.

Seeing this situation, Yang Lingchen couldn't help but frown, because Crow's strength far exceeded what was stated in the intelligence; he had already reached the seventh layer of the Divine Origin Realm, far from what Yang Lingchen could easily contend with at his current state.

However, what shocked Yang Lingchen was that Liu Xueying had also broken through to the second layer of the Divine Origin Realm.

Although Liu Xueying's Cross-Rank Challenge ability was formidable, she clearly hadn't reached the point where she could defeat Crow.

Just then, Crow seized a perfect opportunity and fiercely slammed his palm, sending Liu Xueying flying.

"Hehehe...! Little beauty, you truly had a path to Heaven but didn't take it, and instead broke into Hell where there was no gate!"

Crow let out an extremely evil sneer from the corner of his mouth, then slowly walked towards Liu Xueying, looking like a demon.

At this moment, Liu Xueying's face showed despair. She had completely lost her fighting ability, and even moving was a huge problem.

She had originally thought Crow was only at the fifth layer of the Divine Origin Realm, which was why she had confidently come alone to eradicate these bandits, but she hadn't expected Crow's strength to have already reached the seventh layer of the Divine Origin Realm.

At the critical moment, Yang Lingchen roared and rushed into the hall, urgently saying, "Chieftain, this is bad! A group of people from Great Yan Academy have broken in!"

"What?"

Hearing that people from Great Yan Academy had broken in, Crow's expression instantly changed drastically. He quickly said, "Guard her well for me, I'll go check!"

After speaking, Crow rushed out of the Chieftains Great Hall in a panic.

"Whoosh...!"

Just then, Yang Lingchen's Phantom Movement Technique instantly activated. His figure transformed into a lightning-fast afterimage. He embraced Liu Xueying and then sped away in the opposite direction like a whirlwind.

By the time the other bandits reacted, Yang Lingchen and Liu Xueying's figures had long since vanished from Crow Ridge.

After running for more than ten kilometers, Yang Lingchen slowly reduced his speed.

"You are Yang Lingchen?"

Liu Xueying looked at Yang Lingchen with her beautiful eyes, a hint of confusion in them.

"How do you know?" Yang Lingchen asked, a little curious.

"I recognize your Movement Technique." Liu Xueying said.

"I didn't expect you to be quite meticulous." Yang Lingchen smiled and reverted to his original appearance.

"scoundrel, put me down!" Liu Xueying glared at Yang Lingchen, snapped, her pretty face slightly flushed.

"I just saved your life. Not only do you not thank me, you call me a scoundrel."

Yang Lingchen looked helpless and slowly placed Liu Xueying on a smooth stone.

Liu Xueying's pretty face flushed. She angrily retorted, "You are a rogue! Tell me yourself, where were your hands all the way here?"

Yang Lingchen lightly coughed, awkwardly saying, "Ahem...! Young Miss Liu, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to. The situation was so critical just now, and to hold you steadily, I accidentally touched your chest."

"Pervert, rogue! You squeezed me the whole way and now you're telling This Young Lady it wasn't on purpose!" Liu Xueying's pretty face was flushed, with a hint of indignation, as she stared fiercely at Yang Lingchen.

If she wasn't severely injured at this moment, she would have fought Yang Lingchen to the death.

"Who told you to be so well-endowed! That was purely an unconscious act, you can't blame me." Yang Lingchen looked embarrassed, then continued, "How about I let you squeeze me back?"

Liu Xueying's beautiful eyes swept over Yang Lingchen's crotch and said, "Alright, come here and let me squeeze!"

"scoundrel, This Young Lady will definitely crush your parts!"

"Ahem..., I have to relieve myself, I'll go take care of it first. Take these Medicinal Pills for now!" Yang Lingchen threw down a few healing pills and went to the side.

"This bastard is even a Top-grade Alchemist. No, he took advantage of This Young Lady, I absolutely cannot let him off so easily." Looking at the top-grade healing pill in her hand, Liu Xueying had an idea.

Three days passed in a flash.

With the aid of Yang Lingchen's healing pills, Liu Xueying's injuries finally fully recovered.

"Yang Lingchen, you took such a big advantage of me, shouldn't you give me some compensation?" Liu Xueying's beautiful eyes rolled, a hint of slyness on her face.

Yang Lingchen thought for a moment and said, "What compensation do you want?"

Liu Xueying said, "supreme grade divine origin pill!"

"Alright, how many?" Yang Lingchen agreed without hesitation. He still had several sacks of divine origin pills!

"Just give me a hundred or eighty." Liu Xueying finished, secretly thinking, "scoundrel, if This Young Lady doesn't fleece you to death this time, I'm not myself!"

Yang Lingchen chuckled, "Young Miss Liu, can we negotiate?"

"What! You took advantage and don't want to compensate?" Liu Xueying looked at Yang Lingchen coldly, her eyes full of menace.

Yang Lingchen said, "That's not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?"

"What I mean is, how about I give you a few hundred more if you let me squeeze you again?" Yang Lingchen laughed, a mischievous grin on his face.

"scoundrel, I'm going to kick your dan...dan!" Liu Xueying instantly exploded in rage and pounced towards Yang Lingchen.