443: Has Tian Boguang taken a liking to Dongfang Bubai?

However, he was not a masochist, and he wasn't about to stand there and take a beating without fighting back.

He raised his hand, grabbed Moon Invitation's fair and tender hand, gave a gentle pull, and with a spin, Moon Invitation tumbled directly into Duan Zhengchun's embrace.

Feeling such an ambiguous posture instantly filled her with a sense of shame and anger.

"Bastard, let me go! Otherwise, I'll make you regret it!"

"Make me regret it? You'd have to take off your clothes for that."

"Although, you look quite enticing just as you are." Duan Zhengchun looked at Moon Invitation with a mischievous grin.

"What do you think you're doing? Let me go, quickly!" Moon Invitation, looking puzzled, struggled to break free from Duan Zhengchun's hold.

But it was utterly futile.

"Hehe... Want to know? Then this prince will show you what 'front' and 'back' really mean." As he spoke, Duan Zhengchun used action to make Moon Invitation understand the meaning of front and back.

"You, what are you doing? How... how can you do this?" Moon Invitation cried out in shock.

But, they were out in the wilderness!

How dare he? How could he do this? Was this his way of humiliating her?

Why? Why had she even come looking for him?

Didn't this guy ever get tired? He had just been frolicking with that courtesan all day.

And now, even at night, he wouldn't settle down. Heavens, was he even human?

Before such thoughts could fully form, Moon Invitation was completely lost.

No woman could remain unaffected under Duan Zhengchun's 'assault'.

This also proved a saying from Duan Zhengchun's experience: familiarity breeds affection.

Such was the case between him and Moon Invitation; the two now knew each other inside and out.

They understood each other thoroughly.

However, what Duan Zhengchun didn't expect was that just as he was thoroughly enjoying himself, someone had the audacity to interrupt his fun.

In Invincible East's room, she had fallen into a deep sleep due to exhaustion. It was the first time in many years she had slept so soundly.

She was completely unaware of someone approaching outside. A pipe for knockout fumes pierced the paper window and extended inside, dispersing a cloud of smoke throughout the room.

After the time it takes an incense stick to burn, the door latch was lifted from the crack by a dagger, and the door opened. A man with a lecherous, rat-like appearance appeared in the room.

Seeing the sleeping Invincible East, the man's eyes immediately lit up.

"A peerless beauty, a peerless sleeping beauty. So exquisite."

"Hehe... Even though she's been tasted before, with a beauty like this, being tasted a few more times wouldn't matter."

"I've hit the jackpot today. Finally, I get to savor this peerless beauty."

"Here I come, my great beauty..."

This man was none other than the notorious flower thief of the Martial World, Tian Boguang.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Moon Invitation concentrated her Internal Energy into her ears to listen to the surroundings but heard nothing.

"Some insignificant trash has dared to spoil this prince's mood. He actually dares to have designs on this prince's woman. He truly deserves death." Duan Zhengchun rose, his expression turning dark.

Moon Invitation's face changed, thinking Duan Zhengchun had detected someone's arrival. She hurriedly got up to straighten her disheveled dress.

"Come, let's go teach this clueless fool a lesson together." Duan Zhengchun said, wrapping an arm around Moon Invitation's slender waist.

"Wait, I'm not dressed yet!" Moon Invitation exclaimed in surprise.

"It's fine, you have the dress on. Let's go. Later, this prince will give you a better one." As he spoke, Duan Zhengchun's figure had already vanished.

Before Moon Invitation could react, she found the surroundings had changed. In the blink of an eye, she had been transported from the Ten-Mile Pavilion to inside a room.

Upon entering the room, Moon Invitation caught a whiff of an unusual fragrance.

The scent caused her expression to shift.

"Not good, knockout fumes."

Moon Invitation inwardly cried out and immediately circulated her energy to hold her breath.

Fortunately, the fumes weren't the most potent and had no effect on someone of her Heavenly Human Realm.

Only then did she notice a lecherous-looking man standing before her, wearing a vile smile as he gazed at the beauty still asleep on the bed.

The sight of this man instantly filled Moon Invitation with disgust.

Simply because the man was too ugly, so ugly it would ruin her appetite.

Just as Tian Boguang was about to make his move, he found himself completely immobilized. This sudden realization sent cold sweat pouring down his back.

"Hah, quite the nerve you have, daring to lay hands on this prince's woman." Duan Zhengchun approached Tian Boguang with a mocking look.

Seeing Duan Zhengchun, Tian Boguang's face instantly paled.

"Y-you, who are you? Why are you meddling?" Tian Boguang stared at Duan Zhengchun in shock.

"Hah, you dare target this prince's woman, yet you don't know who I am?"

"Now, shouldn't you be telling me who *you* are?" Duan Zhengchun looked at Tian Boguang mockingly.

"No need to ask. If I'm not mistaken, he is the notorious flower thief of the Martial World, Tian Boguang, the Lone Traveler of Ten Thousand Miles." Moon Invitation stated coolly.

Hearing this title, Duan Zhengchun's eyes narrowed sharply, a flicker of killing intent passing through them.

"Ah, so it's you. Just as I suspected, the famous flower thief of the Martial World."

"You also have ties to the Huashan Sect's Senior Brother, Linghu Chong. However, that idiot Linghu Chong has already been turned to dust by a single slap from this prince."

"Originally, this prince thought you, being Linghu Chong's sworn brother, would seek revenge. Who would have thought you not only didn't seek revenge but are here picking flowers instead."

"Hey, do you even know who your intended target is?" Duan Zhengchun asked Tian Boguang with a sardonic smile.

From Duan Zhengchun's manner of address, Tian Boguang had already guessed his identity.

"Y-you... are you Prince Kaoshan of Dali, Duan Zhengchun?" Tian Boguang looked at Duan Zhengchun in terror.

"Not completely stupid. But, do you know who the person you were about to attack is?" Duan Zhengchun looked at Tian Boguang with amusement.

"Your Highness, spare me! I'm sorry! I truly didn't know she was your woman!"

"If I had known, I wouldn't have dared even with a hundred lives!" Tian Boguang was on the verge of tears.

He never imagined that the courtesan he had been coveting for so long was actually Duan Zhengchun's woman.

Duan Zhengchun was currently acknowledged as the number one among the younger generation across the Nine Provinces continent, with his strength rumored to have reached the Peak of the Earth Immortal Realm.

This was a Realm Martial Artists dreamt of attaining, and he had achieved it at such a young age.

Moreover, conservative estimates put the number of Earth Immortals who had died by his hand at two.

One was a Shaolin Temple Master, the Sweeping Monk, and the other was the Murong Family's Old Ancestor, Dragon City.

Who would dare lay a finger on the woman of such a peerless Master?

Still, he was somewhat curious. What was this courtesan's identity that she could catch Duan Zhengchun's eye?

"S-she... who is she? Isn't she just a courtesan?" Tian Boguang stammered, stealing a glance at the still-unconscious Invincible East.

At this moment, he also noticed Moon Invitation beside Duan Zhengchun. When he saw Moon Invitation, his eyes nearly popped out of his head.