This scoundrel is a bit of a swordsman.

He rolled for several minutes, feeling his body colliding with hard objects everywhere. The hole was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, until he was suspended in mid-air again, and then he descended vertically.

With a "plop," he fell into an underground river. Only then did he have time to look around. By the dim light, he sensed that the river was somewhat viscous.

Yes, the water felt sticky on his face, and the entire space was filled with the stench of blood. This jolted him awake, and he immediately swam towards the shore.

"What terrible luck! Where am I now?"

Climbing ashore, he could feel the vastness of the place; every sound echoed, indicating its immense size. However, the darkness prevented him from seeing clearly.

Just as he was stunned and confused, a light appeared overhead, and Chen Miao and the other two had actually followed the passage down.

"Over there, you wretch, prepare to die."

As soon as Qingyu landed, she saw Xiaoxingchen standing hesitantly in the distance. She rushed towards him, dagger in hand, which startled Xiaoxingchen.

This world is a place of violence. To fight against these warriors is like being an infant. The best course of action now is to run!

He dashed into the darkness without even noticing that the entire dark river space had been illuminated by the firelight Chen Miao had lit.

Chen Miao and Tian Yuanzi were both stunned by the scene before them, and some even trembled slightly.

The so-called underground river is indeed a river, but this river is not water at all; it is blood, a blood-red river flowing endlessly towards an unknown destination.

"Is this a dragon vein?" Chen Miao asked incredulously.

"It doesn't seem like it. Dragon veins are majestic and righteous, how could they be filled with blood? And how many people would have to die to form such a river of blood? Let's hurry and chase after them to see!"

Tian Yuanzi was somewhat confused, as this contradicted the results calculated by the Heavenly Mystery Bureau. He couldn't help but wonder if he had come to the wrong place.

The difficulty of walking in the dark is unimaginable. Qingyu quickly caught up, and the dagger was once again placed against his neck.

"Heroine, spare me! It's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

"You've got to be kidding me! Today I'll show you the consequences of messing with women!"

Qingyu thrust her dagger forward, the sharp blade already stained with blood from cutting his skin. Xiao Xingchen could sense that this woman truly intended to kill him.

Driven by desperation, he disregarded everything else. "You want to kill me, huh? Then we'll die together!"

Despite the risk of having his throat slit by a dagger, he resorted to low-level martial arts. However, this time it wasn't a groin kick, but rather an eagle catching a chick—though he wasn't actually trying to catch it. Of course, even if he were, he wouldn't.

He was betting that women would react instinctively to this move, and Qingyu was no exception. Upon seeing his lewd tactic, she instinctively took a step back.

This retreat, though seemingly insignificant, drew a line of blood from Xiao Xingchen's neck with the dagger, but it also gave Xiao Xingchen a chance to retaliate.

"You slut, you lecher!"

Ignoring Qingyu's shouts, he lunged forward again. It didn't matter that he didn't know martial arts; he'd seen thugs fight before. He started poking at Qingyu's sensitive areas, startling her and causing her to retreat repeatedly.

"I am going to kill you!"

"Shut up! You're always threatening to kill me. If anyone dares to marry you, or wants you to marry me, I'll tell them I messed with your private parts today."

Chen Miao, who had just caught up, and Tian Yuanzi froze, staring dumbfounded at the man and woman wrestling together in a somewhat bizarre manner.

"This..." Tian Yuanzi was at a loss, somewhat embarrassed.

"What are you looking at? Separate these two people. What kind of behavior is this?"

Chen Miao was furious. A woman's purity is paramount, and now Xiao Xingchen was actually fighting with Qingyu. The two were rolling around on the ground, and Qingyu was completely disoriented, her attacks becoming increasingly chaotic. This gave Xiao Xingchen an opening. "I'm sticking to you," he thought, "if you don't kill me, I'll fight this scoundrel."

Chen Miao stepped forward and slapped Xiao Xingchen hard across the face, sending him flying. A large red finger mark appeared on Xiao Xingchen's face; he had been sent flying by Chen Miao's slap.

"Holy crap, are all the women here this fierce?"

Even while airborne, he didn't forget to curse. No wonder he was so angry; he never dreamed he'd be slapped away by a woman.

"It's you?" Chen Miao finally realized that the familiar voice belonged to the man she had met during the day.

With a loud "thud," his whole body ached. The ground was hard, and many sharp objects were squeaking around, making Xiao Xingchen feel pain all over.

"Who? I'm going to kill him!" Qingyu was about to step forward again, but this time Chen Miao grabbed him and shouted at him.

"Stop it and let me get to the bottom of this."

"Your Highness, he made a lewd gesture towards me, he made a lewd gesture towards me..."

Qingyu's voice trembled slightly; this slut had touched her all over, and the thought of it brought tears to her eyes.

"I slept with your grandpa! If you hadn't tried to kill me right away, would I have done this? Now you're blaming me. I was chased in the middle of the night and almost fell to my death, and I have nowhere to complain."

Xiao Xingchen pulled out a long, stick-like object from under his body. Although he couldn't see what it was, it felt natural to hold. Using the stick for self-defense gave him a sense of security. He held a small stone in his other hand, one in each hand, and cautiously approached.

"It really is you! What are you doing here?"

By the firelight, Chen Miao finally saw Xiao Xingchen's face, but then she felt terrible.

"You...you have it..."

"What do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'I almost got killed' by you guys? Damn it, I was just out for a walk late at night, is it really necessary to be so aggressive?"

Upon seeing Chen Miao, he connected many thoughts. From Chen Haoran's reaction today to Chen Miao's death at the hands of a tiger in his previous life, everything now made sense. Chen Miao had also faked her death last time, and the Chen family seemed to have some designs on the Silent Temple.

The wicked accuse first, taking the moral high ground to launch their attack – this is Xiao Xingchen's consistent style. "I was just here for a stroll! You're the ones who killed me, and you're the ones who chased me! I'm innocent!"

"Taking a walk? Shouldn't you put that thing down first?"

Xiao Xingchen saw some confusion in Chen Miao's eyes, and Qingyu had stopped making a fuss and was staring at him with great interest, while the man beside her looked at him with admiration.

"What the hell? I'm using this for self-defense," Xiao Xingchen couldn't help but hold the object up in front of her, then she was completely taken aback.

"Holy crap!"

He jumped suddenly, throwing away what he was holding. The pebbles rolled twice and landed in front of him. They weren't stones at all; they were round and white bones. As for the stick, it was a leg bone—no wonder it felt so easy to pick up.

"Where is this place? Why are there bones here?" Xiao Xingchen was terrified. Ignoring Qingyu's fierce glare, she ran behind Chen Miao and hid.

"You bitch, I'll beat you up for being such a coward!"

Since they knew each other, Qingyu couldn't disobey Chen Miao's orders, but she didn't say anything nice.

"Coward? Bullshit. I'm acting only after careful planning. If I'm not sure about my plans now, it's best to retreat first."