51: Chapter 51 Grand Opening: Who Says I, Xu Chen, Can Only Rely on Women?

Central Province, Star Observation Platform.

This is a massive stone platform floating above the clouds, crafted entirely from Star Meteorite Iron. Having weathered the vicissitudes of time, it is covered in countless Dao traces and sword intent. Legend has it that in ancient times, a Great Emperor once observed the stars here to comprehend the Dao, severing the galaxy with a single finger.

Today, the Star Observation Platform is bustling with people, filled with thousands of streaks of auspicious qi.

Prodigies, Holy Sons, and Divine Maidens from all over the Three Thousand Dao States have gathered together. Looking around, there are talented young elites everywhere; any one of them, if placed in the outside world, would be a monstrous genius capable of suppressing an entire region.

However, the topic of conversation among these usually arrogant prodigies is surprisingly consistent today.

“Have you heard? That Young Master Xu, Xu Chen, actually dares to come to the banquet!”

“Hmph, let him come. I was afraid he wouldn't! This time, our ‘Anti-Xu Alliance’ has prepared an inescapable net; we will definitely make him lose all face!”

“Exactly! That gigolo who only knows how to live off women, relying on his good family background to scavenge beauties everywhere. You have no idea, even the goddess in my heart, Jiang Liuli, was actually tricked into his hands! If this grudge isn't avenged, my Dao heart will never be at peace!”

“Not just Jiang Liuli, I heard that even the Palace Mistress of the Ice God Palace in the Far North, known as the ‘Men’s Forbidden Zone,’ has been victimized by him! It's simply unscrupulous!”

In the crowd, a group of young male cultivators were all filled with righteous indignation, their eyes as red as a rabbit's. That soaring resentment even condensed into a dark cloud above the Star Observation Platform.

On the main seats, several leaders from the Immortal Dynasties and Sacred Lands of the Central Province were holding wine cups, watching all this with playful expressions.

One of them, wearing golden battle armor with an aura as deep as the abyss and sea, was the representative of the Wang Family camp who had previously been “humiliated” by Xu Chen. Although Wang Teng himself was in seclusion preparing a ultimate move, the one the Wang Family sent this time was Wang Teng's cousin, known as the “Little War God,” Wang Lie.

“A motley crowd.”

Wang Lie sneered, his eyes full of disdain, “However, it's enough to disgust Xu Chen for a bit.”

Just as everyone was discussing and the atmosphere was gradually becoming tense.

“Roar—!!!”

A dragon roar that shook the nine heavens suddenly came rolling from the eastern horizon.

That sound was so vast, mixed with the pure pressure of a True Dragon, that it instantly drowned out all the noise on the Star Observation Platform.

Immediately after.

Heaven and earth changed color.

The originally clear sky was instantly covered by a vast expanse of purple qi. That purple qi stretched for thirty thousand miles, like a purple heavenly river hanging upside down, dyeing the entire Star Observation Platform a noble purple.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Dull and rhythmic war drums sounded, each beat striking at the hearts of everyone present.

In the eastern sky, an elite force of divine soldiers wearing black-gold armor and holding long halberds came through the void like a black iron torrent.

A full three thousand people!

Every single one of them was actually a powerhouse of the Dragon Transformation Realm!

And the eighteen leading divine generals were all, without exception, Half-step Great Powers!

“Hiss—! Those are... the Xu Family's Longevity Divine Guards?!”

“Three thousand Dragon Transformation Realm experts as an honor guard?! This... isn't this too exaggerated?!”

“Is this the foundation of an Imperial Clan?”

The prodigies who were shouting just now were all pale-faced, their throats seemingly choked, unable to make another sound.

But this was just the appetizer.

Behind the three thousand divine guards, nine Ancient True Dragons, each a thousand feet long and covered in flames, pulled a golden carriage that was extremely luxurious and resembled a heavenly palace as it descended with a crash.

Around the carriage, hundreds of graceful maidens were scattering flowers, and countless rare birds and exotic beasts were flying alongside.

What kind of gathering is this?

This is clearly a Heavenly Emperor's inspection tour!

“Boom!”

The nine dragon palanquin came to a steady halt directly above the Star Observation Platform, looking down on all living beings from above.

That overwhelming pressure forced everyone present to look up, a strong sense of powerlessness rising in their hearts.

“Xu Chen...”

Wang Lie gripped his wine cup tightly, his knuckles turning white, “What grand display!”

Under a gaze of dead silence.

The curtains of the carriage were slowly drawn back.

Xu Chen's foot, wearing a purple-gold cloud-patterned boot, stepped out nonchalantly.

Xu Chen was dressed in purple robes, his long hair casually tied behind his head, holding a folding fan in his hand, with that habitual lazy and gentle smile on his face. He looked like a young master from a wealthy family out for a spring outing, without the slightest hint of murderous intent, even waving his hand at the people below.

“Oh, so many people?”

“Everyone, don't be so polite. Sit, sit.”

However, no one sat.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the carriage door behind him.

Because four peerless figures were walking out one by one from there.

The first to walk out was Su Qingge, in a moon-white dress, with a temperament as cold and pure as an immortal. She held a baby as beautiful as carved pink jade in her arms, radiating a holy maternal glow. She was the Tai Chu Saintess, the white moonlight in the hearts of countless people in the righteous path.

The second was Luo Hongyi, in a fiery red dress with an extremely hot figure. Her eyes were full of charm, yet they also carried the overbearing aura of a queen looking down on the world. She was the Demon Sect Empress, the cinnabar mole that countless people both loved and feared.

The third was Jiang Liuli, in a green dress, gentle as water, with a scholarly air between her brows. She stood beside Xu Chen with lowered eyes, like a painting coming to life from the misty rain of Jiangnan. She was the Jiang Family Divine Maiden, the dream lover where wisdom and beauty coexisted.

The fourth was Bai Ningbing, in a snow-white palace dress, with a temperament as cold as frost, yet a figure that surpassed all others. As soon as she appeared, the surrounding temperature seemed to drop a few degrees. She was the mistress of the Ice Palace, an unattainable ice mountain goddess.

Saintess, Demon Empress, Divine Maiden, Palace Mistress.

Four completely different beauties, four extreme styles.

At this moment, they were obediently surrounding Xu Chen like stars surrounding the moon.

Su Qingge held the child, Luo Hongyi held his left arm, Jiang Liuli held his right arm, and Bai Ningbing thoughtfully straightened the hem of his clothes.

This scene, for the group of “prodigies” below who had been single for hundreds of years, was more terrifying than a forbidden spell by ten thousand times!

“Pffft—!”

Someone couldn't help but clutch their chest, feeling as if their Dao heart was about to shatter.

“Is... is this Xu Chen's happiness?”

“The Heavenly Dao is unfair! The Heavenly Dao is unfair!”

“I want to kill him! I must kill him!”

The sour smell in the air was enough to pickle someone.

Looking at the faces distorted by jealousy below, Xu Chen's sense of satisfaction reached the sky.

He gently patted the hands of Luo Hongyi and Jiang Liuli, signaling them to loosen their grip a bit, then stepped forward to the edge of the carriage.

“Just now in the sky, I seemed to hear someone mentioning my name?”

Xu Chen opened his folding fan, shook it gently, and asked with a smile.

“Saying they formed some... ‘Anti-Xu Alliance’?”

“And they want to make me lose face?”

His gaze swept across the field, finally resting on Wang Lie, who was shouting the loudest.

“Are you the one who wants to oppose me?”

Being called out, although Wang Lie was wary of the Xu Family's three thousand divine guards, if he backed down in front of so many people, how could he show his face in the future?

He braced himself and stood up, cold-snorting:

“Xu Chen, don't be so arrogant!”

“Everyone is targeting you not because of jealousy, but because your virtue does not match your position!”

“As the Young Master of the Imperial Clan, you are not enterprising, indulging in women all day long, and rising to power by relying on women's connections!”

“This prodigy gathering is a place for us cultivators to discuss and compete, not a place for you to bring your family to show off!”

“If you have the guts, let those divine guards step down, send your wives away, and come down to fight us fairly!”

Wang Lie's words spoke for everyone present.

In their view, the reason Xu Chen was strong was entirely because of his background and his powerful wives. If those were taken away, he would be trash!

Hearing these words, the expressions of the four beautiful wives behind Xu Chen turned cold simultaneously.

The whip in Luo Hongyi's hand began to flicker with demonic light, and the air around Bai Ningbing began to freeze.

“Don't move.”

Xu Chen reached out and stopped them.

He looked at Wang Lie, and the smile on his face didn't disappear; instead, it became even more radiant.

“Relying on women?”

Xu Chen closed his folding fan and lightly tapped his palm.

“Brother, what you said, although harsh, but...”

“I have to say, you observed quite carefully.”

Xu Chen actually admitted it?!

The entire place was in an uproar.

Xu Chen turned around, looking at his four wives with a doting face, then turned back to Wang Lie and everyone else, saying in an extremely annoying and boastful tone:

“That's right, the greatest skill I, Xu Chen, have in this life is being able to live off women.”

“I have a Saintess to raise my child, an Empress to warm my bed, a Divine Maiden to manage my household, and a Palace Mistress to... cough, give me massages.”

“This is my strength.”

“Not convinced?”

Xu Chen's expression suddenly darkened, a flash of Dao Severing King pressure appeared for a fleeting moment, but more than that was a disdain originating from his very bones.

“If you're not convinced, go find some yourself!”

“Can't find any?”

“If you can't find any, then shut up!”

“Venting your incompetent rage here only makes you look... very pathetic.”

These words simply pushed the idea of “shamelessly living off women” to the extreme.

No explanation, no anger.

Only a high-and-mighty look and mockery.

I'm living off women, so what?

If you're so capable, you do it too! Can you even get the chance?

Wang Lie was trembling with rage, his finger pointing at Xu Chen shaking.

“You... you're shameless!”

“Shameless?”

Xu Chen sneered.

“You call this shameless?”

“Then when we start fighting later, I'm afraid you'll cry for your father.”

After saying that, Xu Chen ignored the group of jealous people.

He turned around, extremely gentlemanly extending his hand to support Su Qingge and his wives as they walked down from the void step by step.

That posture, that display, was that of someone coming for a martial arts competition?

It was clearly a monarch inspecting his territory, bringing his beautiful concubines to receive the worship of his subjects.

“Let's go, wives.”

“Let's take our seats.”