Crossing the Two Realms: From a Trader to an Immortal Emperor - Chapter 17

“This time, we both made mistakes. Can we start over? ”

Bai Fengjiao acted like nothing around her mattered. She didn’t care about the whispers or the stares from the people nearby. Her face showed a fake kind of softness, like weak tea pretending to be sweet. She looked pitifully at Chen Le’an, her voice full of pleading.

“Do you remember how you used to treat me?”

Her eyes turned red as she thought about their sweet past. “I wanted the stars in the sky, and you would say yes without hesitation. You tried so hard to give them to me. Back then, you treated me like a princess.”

“No matter how big my mistakes were, you always forgave me. You held me close and accepted everything about me.”

Her tone sounded full of longing, but there was also a tiny bit of pride hiding in it.

“You said you’d be good to me for your whole life. No matter what happened, you’d stay by my side!”

Her voice trembled, like she really believed it could happen again.

Chen Le’an’s face grew darker and darker. Finally, he couldn’t take it anymore and shouted, “Enough!”

His voice was like thunder. The whole banquet hall fell silent. Everyone stared at him.

“So what? That’s why you cheated on me?”

Chen Le’an’s voice was as cold as ice.

But Bai Fengjiao didn’t seem scared. She bit her lip and said softly, “He tricked me. And besides, didn’t you have brain cancer and lose your job back then? I just didn’t want to live a poor life with you forever.”

Her twisted logic shocked everyone at the scene.

“Le’an, maybe… maybe you could kill Liu Feng now. Think of it as me saying sorry to you, okay?”

Suddenly, she said something completely crazy.

Liu Feng turned pale right away. His eyes were red with anger. “You liar! You were the one who came after me! You said you wanted a better life! And now you say this?”

Chen Le’an’s strength had far surpassed what Liu Feng had expected. If Chen wanted him dead, he wouldn’t even get the chance to run.

He was full of fear and regret.

“Enough!”

Chen Le’an shouted again. His eyes were cold and firm.

“Master Zhang, can I trouble you to do something? Please throw these two people out and don’t let them show up in Yudu ever again.”

With just one sentence, he decided their fate.

It also showed that Chen Le’an had completely cut ties with his past.

Bai Fengjiao still didn’t give up. She cried out, “Le’an, we’re husband and wife! You can’t treat me like this! Have you forgotten our promises? ”

She truly regretted it now.

But her begging only made Chen Le’an’s gaze even colder.

At that moment, a group of young noble ladies from Yudu stepped forward.

“You don’t deserve Brother Chen!”

A girl in a fancy long dress glared at Bai Fengjiao with disgust. “Brother Chen, look at me. My family is worth billions. I also graduated from Qinghua University. I’m a hundred times better than her!”

“You? Please. You still have to share your inheritance with your brothers. Brother Chen, I’m an only child, and I graduated from an Ivy League school. All my family’s money will be yours. I’ll follow you anywhere!”

Another girl refused to be outdone. Her beautiful face showed determination and passion.

Soon, the whole hall was filled with girls confessing their love and competing for Chen Le’an’s attention. They showed their best side just to win him over.

But Chen Le’an just watched coldly. He felt nothing.

Women… they only slow down my cultivation.

Once the Zhang family guards threw Bai Fengjiao and Liu Feng out, the banquet finally returned to normal.

Master Zhang said a few words of thanks, and the room was filled with loud applause.

Then came the gift-giving part of the birthday banquet. The Zhang family was one of the most powerful in Yudu, so every gift was a rare treasure.

There was a shining emerald as green as grass. A coral tree over two meters tall looked like it came straight from the sea. A diamond the size of a fist sparkled so brightly that no one could look away.

But Master Zhang only smiled politely at these treasures. His eyes showed no emotion.

To him, these common items could no longer move his heart.

Only when someone offered rare, aged spiritual herbs did he nod slightly and show a hint of approval.

For a cultivator like him, only things that could help him live longer or grow stronger were real treasures.

“Chen Le’an: one bottle of Body-Tempering Liquid!”

Suddenly, a glint of light flashed in Master Zhang’s eyes.

He was a cultivator at the seventh level of the Qi Refining Stage. The name “Body-Tempering Liquid” was very familiar to him. In the world of cultivators, it was famous.

Even though he was strong, he had never seen it in real life.

The reason was simple—this world had very few spiritual resources. Herbs were extremely rare.

So this kind of liquid was like a legend.

Master Zhang looked at Chen Le’an with hope.

Chen Le’an threw him a bottle—it was just a regular water bottle.

But a faint, strange spiritual energy came from it.

Right away, Master Zhang grabbed the bottle like it was the most precious thing in the world, afraid it might disappear.

His speed shocked everyone there.

“Wait, did I see that right? Isn’t that just a water bottle? Why does Master Zhang look so nervous—like he’s holding a treasure?”

“Yeah! That bottle looks so plain, but Master Zhang seems to care more about it than all the rare treasures combined! Could it be that it’s not water inside, but some kind of magical elixir?”

People whispered, their eyes full of curiosity.

Master Zhang held the bottle tightly, sensing the spiritual energy from it. His heartbeat quickened.

This is definitely the real Body-Tempering Liquid!

Suddenly, Master Zhang stood up. His eyes were full of excitement and a little bit of anger.

He stared at Chen Le’an as if trying to see through him.

“You brat! This kind of precious liquid, and you put it in a water bottle?! Aren’t you afraid the energy will leak out?!”