The SSSSSSSS-level Mad Dragon is released from prison!

The Third Elder's palm hovered in mid-air, the crimson true energy in his palm distorting the air.

Xiao Ruoye stood in front, her bangs curly and charred, her eyes bloodshot.

"Wakaba, step back."

Xiao Wanshan stepped down from the armchair, his hands behind his back, his heavy footsteps treading on the blue bricks.

The Third Elder withdrew his palm strike, but the heat wave lingered in the air, scalding hot.

Xiao Wanshan stopped, not looking at Jiang Chen, but his gaze fell on Xiao Ruoye's pale face.

"The Han family just sent a message."

Xiao Wanshan's voice was flat, revealing neither joy nor anger. "Han Jue is dead. His body is rotting in a puddle outside the city. The Han family patriarch is furious and wants to turn the entire capital upside down."

Xiao Ruoye's body stiffened for a moment.

"I killed Han Jue," she said, her neck stiff.

"You?" Xiao Wanshan sneered, his cloudy old eyes full of calculation. "With your meager skills, you can't kill Han Jue. But that's not important."

He took a step forward, staring intently at his niece who hadn't been home for three years.

"The Han family demands an explanation. Either hand over the murderer's head, skin him, and hang his skin on the city gate, or..."

Xiao Wanshan paused, his gaze sweeping over the goods up for sale. "The third son of the Han family has just lost his wife and is in dire need of a replacement. If you marry into the family, the two families will be united, and Han Jue's matter will be wiped clean."

Xiao Ruoye suddenly raised her head.

The third son of the Han family is a notorious idiot who can eat human flesh and drink human blood. His first two wives were tortured to death.

This is not a marriage alliance.

This is treating her like a piece of meat, throwing her to the Han family to vent their anger.

"Uncle, I am a direct descendant of the Xiao family." Xiao Ruoye's lips trembled. "You're just going to sell me out like this?"

"The Xiao family raised you all these years, and now that the family is in trouble, it's your turn to help." Xiao Wanshan pointed at Jiang Chen, who was sitting in a chair. "If you don't marry him, I'll have someone chop him up and feed him to the dogs right now. A cripple with all his meridians severed, killing him is easier for me than crushing an ant."

The swords held by the dozen or so worshippers around them moved forward another half step.

The cold light was chilling.

Xiao Ruoye turned her head and looked at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen remained in the same position, sitting in the chair, toying with the cracked teacup in his hand.

Given his current physical condition, that one finger strike was already his limit.

If they continue fighting, they will surely die.

Xiao Ruoye lowered her eyes, slipped her right hand into her sleeve, and touched the cold dagger.

That was her backup plan.

The moment Jiang Chen steps out the door, this knife will plunge into her own heart. She will never let that fool touch her.

"it is good."

Xiao Ruoye raised her head, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace, "I'll marry you."

The murderous aura in the hall dissipated somewhat.

The Third Elder snorted coldly and withdrew his hand.

Xiao Ruoye turned around and walked up to Jiang Chen.

She didn't dare look Jiang Chen in the eye, but stared at the button on his collar.

"You can leave now."

Her voice was soft and trembling, "This is a matter for the Xiao family, it has nothing to do with you. You saw it just now, I am the eldest daughter, and I must abide by the rules when I return home. Getting married is only a matter of time."

Jiang Chen placed the teacup on the table.

He looked at this stupid woman.

She is lying.

The hand inside the sleeve was taut, wrist bones protruding—it was gripping a knife.

"You want to die," Jiang Chen said, his tone as calm as if stating a fact.

Xiao Ruoye shuddered and suddenly shoved Jiang Chen.

"Just leave when I tell you to! Stop with the nonsense!"

With red eyes, she roared, "Who do you think you are? A savior? You're just a useless person now! What good are you if you stay here and only become a burden? Get out!"

She yelled loudly, spitting on Jiang Chen's face.

Shen Suxin stood behind Jiang Chen, and her hands, which had been hanging down, suddenly rose up.

The fingertips are turning black.

She didn't understand anything about family interests; all she knew was that these people wanted to harm Jiang Chen and force the sister who had led the way to her death.

If she were to unleash a deadly poison at the right moment, everyone in this room, except for Jiang Chen, would die.

A hand was placed on Shen Suxin's shoulder.

Jiang Chen stood up.

He didn't look at Xiao Ruoye, but instead scanned the people in the hall.

Xiao Wanshan stood high above, the Third Elder had a face full of menacing features, and the group of sword-wielding retainers all wore the mockery of victors.

They are wolves in human skin.

He certainly can't kill all the wolves right now.

If they fight head-on, Shen Suxin will die, Xiao Ruoye will die, and he will die too.

It's not worth dying here.

"Okay, I'm leaving."

Jiang Chen patted the hem of his clothes, turned around and walked out.

Clean and efficient.

Xiao Ruoye was stunned.

As she watched Jiang Chen's resolute back, her heart felt as if a piece had been hollowed out, a mix of sourness and pain, yet she also felt a sense of relief.

It's good that you've left.

As long as he's alive, my life wasn't wasted.

"Hahahaha! Cough cough..."

Xiao Ding, lying in the pile of wood shards, suddenly burst into wild laughter, which aggravated his wounds and caused him to cough violently, spitting out blood and saliva.

"Useless! Just as expected, a cowardly coward who clings to life!"

Xiao Ding propped himself up with his intact hand, glaring venomously at Jiang Chen's back. "Ruo Ye, look at this! This is the wild man you brought back! He abandons you when disaster strikes, not even looking back!"

"Get lost! Don't let me see you in the capital again, or I'll beat you up every time I see you!"

The Third Elder added menacingly, "You're smart enough to keep your mouth shut once you leave this room. If you dare to gossip about the Xiao family, I'll chase you to the ends of the earth and rip out your tongue."

A burst of laughter filled the hall.

The worshippers sheathed their swords and waved their hands as if shooing away flies.

Jiang Chen didn't stop walking.

Shen Suxin followed behind him, and as she passed the threshold, she turned back to look at Xiao Ruoye.

Xiao Ruoye stood alone in the center of the hall, like a sacrifice that could be swallowed up at any moment.

The two walked out of the Xiao family's gate.

It's raining outside.

The rain in the capital always carries a muddy smell.

The raindrops hit my skin and felt a little chilly.

The two walked all the way to the foot of the mountain, to the stone tablet engraved with "Xiao Family Manor".

Jiang Chen stopped in his tracks.

He took the empty pack of cigarettes out of his pocket, crushed it, and threw it into the muddy water.

"Why did you stop me just now?" Shen Suxin wiped the rain off her face, her voice filled with confusion. "Even a little bit of poison would make them rot."

"and then?"

Jiang Chen looked at the red walls and green tiles that were faintly visible through the rain. "Your poison flared up again, and you lost control once more. Xiao Ruoye was poisoned to death. I'll have to pay with my life."

Shen Suxin fell silent.

She looked down at her toes; her shoes were covered in mud.

"So we're just leaving like this?"

"Walk?"

Jiang Chen turned around and looked at the two tightly closed vermilion doors.

Rain dripped down his hair, tracing the contours of his angular face.

His expression was cold, even colder than the autumn rain.

"In my entire life, I, Jiang Chen, have never suffered such a loss."

He reached out and placed his hand on a dead tree about the thickness of a wrist next to him.

No internal energy was used.

A burst of pure physical power.

"Click."

He crushed the withered tree with his bare hands, the wood chips piercing the skin of his palms and drawing out a trickle of bright red blood.

The blood dripped into the mud and was quickly washed away by the rain.

"Three days."

Jiang Chen's voice wasn't loud, but it pierced through the rain.

"Within three days, I will wipe out the entire Xiao family, not even a chicken or a dog."

"That woman wanted to trade her life for mine. I won't take that deal."

Shen Suxin looked at Jiang Chen's profile.

She sensed an aura she had never seen before rising from this man.

It wasn't murderous intent.

It is a kind of violent outburst that has been suppressed to the extreme and is about to rebound from rock bottom.

Jiang Chen withdrew his hand, a burning pain shooting through his palm.

Deep within that dantian, sealed shut by toxins.

"Wave."

A very faint sound.

It sounded like an eggshell cracking.

In the meridians that were originally like stagnant water, a wisp of dark golden energy forcefully opened a tiny crack, like a newly hatched dragon greedily devouring the surrounding spiritual energy.

The fourth shackle has been loosened.