Chapter 169 - To Meet with Danger (3)

“Oh? I’m a peasant from the countryside? Then who are you? Where are you from?” Murong Qingyan continued her provoking, “Ha, you have been talking about how noble your family is for two entire days, but you know what, I’ve never heard any Chen Family in this continent! Stop making a pretense of dignity!” Murong Qingyan goaded Chen Wenwen into talking about the truth by throwing sarcasm at her.

“Making a pretense of dignity!” Chen Wenwen fumed, “How can peasants with a narrow view like you hear of us before? I loathe your petty continent, we are the most renowned alchemist!”

‘Petty continent? The most renowned alchemist?’

Murong Qingyan narrowed her eyes and repeated what Chen Wenwen said in her heart, ‘What does she mean? She is saying this continent is petty? Does she mean she is from somewhere else even larger than our whole continent? What kind of family is the Chen Family? Is mother related to them?’

A battery of questions preyed on Murong Qingyan’s mind, but she still managed to keep a poker face. Murong Qingyan decided to throw more sarcasm at her thus to get more information from her, “All right, all right, I’ve never heard of the Chen Family you just mentioned, you won’t earn respect from me by throwing big talks at me.”

Chen Wenwen had totally taken the bait, she had thrust aside all precautionary advice that her brother told her, she pointed a finger at Murong Qingyan and explained, “Murong Qingyan, of course there are things you haven’t heard of, but it doesn’t mean they don’t exist. You are just an ordinary girl from an ordinary family, of course there are going to be things beyond you! But an advice for you, don’t open your mouth when you know little of what is going on in the world of affairs, otherwise you will only be a laughing stock in people’s eyes.”

Chen Wenwen didn’t stay low-key as Chen Xianbin told her to, but she didn’t give herself away by revealing her true identity, she knew how far she could go and when to stop.

Murong Qingyan nodded her head in silence, ‘It looked like she is from somewhere people have never heard of, where could it be? Should I continue asking her or should I stop? Chen Wenwen is simple-minded, but her brother isn’t, what if I pester her too much and she asks her brother for help, how can I justify myself then, I should probably stop.’

Chen Wenwen was satisfied to see how quiet Murong Qingyan was, she thought Murong Qingyan must be worshiping her in the heart now.

Soon the two walked out of the water.

Chen Wenwen took a new outfit from her Interspatial Ring and cast a glimpse at Murong Qingyan, putting on grand air.

Murong Qingyan didn’t even notice that, she got a new outfit from her space quietly.

The two were about to walk back to the team after they both got changed, but Chen Wenwen was distracted by a plant hanging on a hill by the river, her eyes sparkled when she recognized what it was.

‘It is Scarlet Herb!’ Chen Wenwen exclaimed in her heart!

Scarlet Herb was a true treasure for cultivators, it would help any cultivator who was Azoth Level to advance to the next level.

Chen Wenwen had seen Scarlet Herb back at home, the elders in the Chen Family would award them to people who had made great contributions to the family because the plant was very rare and very difficult to raise.

Chen Wenwen was stoked that she found a Scarlet Herb just like this. She couldn’t wait to see her brother’s face after they got back and told him what she had found, she wanted to make a point that she wasn’t being self-willed by insisting that she needed to have a bath in the river, it was destiny.

She quickly stepped forward and soared onto the hill using dark power, with that she snatched the Scarlet Herb and put it in her sleeve.

Murong Qingyan changed countenance for fear, but it was too late now, what was done couldn’t be undone, she shouted at Chen Wenwen, “Get down right now!”

Chen Wenwen shook her head with impatience, she gracefully landed on the ground after she put the plant in her sleeve and flashed a provoking smile at Murong Qingyan.

“What are you doing, you ugly face? Shouting at me when I was up in a hill, do you know I almost fell off from the hill because of your shouting! It looks like you not only have an ugly face, but also you have an ugly heart! I’m going to tell this to Mr Huangfu in full detail so he will know what kind of person you really are.”

“What did you just do?” Murong Qingyan ignored Chen Wenwen’s mocking, she grabbed Chen Wenwen’s hand and asked her, “Tell me what you have picked from the hill!”

Chen Wenwen withdrew the Scarlet Herb from her sleeve and showed it off to Murong Qingyan, Murong Qingyan’s voice trembled as she took a closer at the plant in Chen Wenwen’s hand, “Is… is this Scarlet Herb?”

Chen Wenwen was taken aback, “How come you know what this is, you ugly face!”

Scarlet Herb was rare even in where she came from, so she was astonished when she heard Murong Qingyan knew what this was.