Traveling Back Early: Forcing the Young Empress to Sign a Lifetime Servitude Contract

108: You heartless man, you can’t escape.Thump—

Chen Qingxuan’s pupils suddenly constricted;

Meeting Jiang Susu’s meaningful smile, in the next moment, he feigned dissatisfaction. ”Susu, what do you mean by that... isn’t that the name of that evil cultivator?”

”Senior Chen, don’t be angry. A name is just a label!”

Jiang Susu said meaningfully.

Then, before Chen Qingxuan could speak, she added, ”I was just thinking, now that the name Chen Qingxuan strikes fear throughout the Cangyun Continent, if Senior Chen truly doesn’t care about names, why not just call yourself Chen Qingxuan as well... That way, it would surely make that heartless man fly into a rage... At the same time, it would boost the Aura of our Heavenly Dao Alliance, letting the whole world know that Senior Chen isn’t afraid of that heartless man in the slightest. Wouldn’t that be killing two birds with one stone?”

”...”

Chen Qingxuan’s mouth twitched violently;

He was no fool; how could he not guess Jiang Susu’s intention?

She was clearly testing him!

Just where did she start suspecting... that he was Chen Qingxuan?

It couldn’t just be because they shared the surname Chen, right?

Fortunately, Chen Qingxuan also understood that Jiang Susu currently had no evidence; otherwise, it wouldn’t be just a simple test.

Thinking of this, Chen Qingxuan said solemnly, ”That’s not appropriate. Although this old man doesn’t care about reputation, sharing a name with an evil cultivator... that is an insult to me.”

”You don’t even care about your reputation, yet you care about an insult?”

Jiang Susu countered with a Soul-piercing question.

”...”

Chen Qingxuan’s heart rate quickened;

Even though he knew Jiang Susu had no evidence, he still felt a sense of unease facing her overbearing attitude.

In the next moment, he played dumb, ”Susu, you’re a bit strange today... just what has happened?”

”...”

Jiang Susu narrowed her phoenix-like eyes;

She tried to see through him using her Nine Profound Pupils, but it was still in vain.

However, when she came to question Chen Qingxuan, she had already expected that even if he were the real person, he would never admit it frankly;

Unless she could produce evidence!

”It’s nothing.” Jiang Susu changed the subject, ”I’m just curious... why does Senior Chen insist on having all the forces join the Heavenly Dao Alliance... what exactly are you planning?”

”...”

Chen Qingxuan swallowed hard;

Meeting her scrutinizing gaze, he knew that usual perfunctory excuses would no longer work. He had to drop a bombshell. ”Susu, actually, I didn’t plan on telling you this... but since you’re doubting my motives because of it, I can only tell the truth.”

As he spoke, Chen Qingxuan stood up with a feigned heavy expression. ”According to the latest information I’ve received, the Western Region’s Demon Alliance has been making major moves recently, and it seems to be related to that evil cultivator... I suspect he is trying to join forces with the Demon Alliance. For our Human Race, this is undoubtedly a massive threat. That is why I am mobilizing the Heavenly Dao Alliance to gather the Human Race’s forces as much as possible... all for the sake of protecting our shared home.”

”Hmm?”

Hearing this for the first time, Jiang Susu was greatly shocked.

”Such a huge matter... why didn’t you say so earlier?”

”The Heavenly Dao Alliance is still a loose sand; although the various forces have gathered, they haven’t yet united as one. I was afraid that speaking of it would only cause unnecessary trouble.” Chen Qingxuan said solemnly, ”Haven’t you noticed that since I joined the Heavenly Dao Alliance, I’ve been doing everything I can to build relationships with the various forces? Isn’t the goal precisely to increase the cohesion of our Heavenly Dao Alliance?”

Chen Qingxuan had prepared these words long ago.

After all, Pei Qingli had already reminded him that his actions of getting close to various forces had made the two talents suspicious;

Taking this opportunity, he could conveniently attribute his previous behavior to improving cohesion.

This might even dispel the doubts of The two women.

But while the imagination was grand, the reality was pathetic.

Jiang Susu sneered, ”The entire Heavenly Dao Alliance hasn’t received any word. How did you know... that Chen Qingxuan is going to join forces with the Demon Alliance?”

”I...”

Before Chen Qingxuan could start making excuses;

At this moment, Jiang Susu took a step closer. ”You’ve been in secluded cultivation for over three hundred years, and no information about you can be found in the entire Central Plains, Eastern Land, or Southern Border. Yet your network of contacts can reach so deep into the Western Region? If an outsider heard this... wouldn’t they think you usually live in the Demon Emperor Palace?”

Boom—

Chen Qingxuan’s brain buzzed.

Meeting her sharp, beautiful eyes and hearing the Soul-piercing questioning... at this moment, his heart felt like ten thousand horses were galloping through it.

What the hell?

How can she be so self-righteous without evidence?

If she had evidence, wouldn’t she be shoving her foot in my mouth?

At this moment, Chen Qingxuan knew very well that if he didn’t blow up, she would only push further.

Boom—

Thus, Chen Qingxuan activated the storage ring on his hand;

In an instant, a chilling pressure filled the entire room, and clusters of visible icy snowflakes appeared on the walls.

”Presumptuous!”

Chen Qingxuan feigned shocked anger, ”What do you mean by that... could it be that you have actually investigated me?”

Facing the bone-chilling cold pressure, Jiang Susu didn’t back down at all. ”I introduced you into the Heavenly Dao Alliance and gave you power no less than that of Qingxue and myself, the two Alliance Leaders. Can I not even investigate you? If you haven’t done anything wrong... why are you afraid of being investigated?”

”...”

Chen Qingxuan was speechless.

Until now, even when he was besieged back then... he had never seen Jiang Susu with such a domineering attitude.

This also made him realize... she was no longer that Little Girl with dangerous thoughts;

She was now a powerful woman with dangerous thoughts!

After all, according to the normal timeline, if he hadn’t become famous as an evil cultivator, Jiang Susu would have already become the revered Eastern Land Mystic Maiden.

And Huang Qingxue would have already become the Divine Phoenix Empress.

It was only because his reputation as an evil cultivator was too prominent that he had stolen too much attention away from The two women.

”Susu, you disappoint me.” Thinking of this, Chen Qingxuan feigned disappointment. ”I thought your slight rudeness when we first met was just because you were afraid your Revered Master would be deceived by me. I didn’t expect you to... This old man has lived a life of integrity; would I be afraid of an investigation? What angers me is... if you had any doubts, you could have asked me directly. Why do such a thing in secret?”

”Susu, now that the evil cultivator and the Demon Alliance have joined forces, it’s a time of life and death for the Human Race... how can you waste time on such useless matters?”

Chen Qingxuan lectured her, appealing to both emotion and reason.

Little did he know;

Jiang Susu wasn’t listening at all. ”Fine, then I’ll ask you directly now... drop your disguise and let me see what you really look like, how about that?”

”Hmm?”

Chen Qingxuan was stunned.

Before he could speak, Jiang Susu sneered, ”See? You don’t dare to drop your disguise... yet you talk so self-righteously. Go on, do it!”

”...”

Chen Qingxuan coughed lightly, ”When I was young, I once hung by a thread. Although my life was saved, my appearance was long since ruined...”

”No need to explain. I didn’t expect you to actually dare to drop your disguise.”

Jiang Susu interrupted decisively.

Although she had no evidence, she also understood that since he appeared in disguise, whether he was Chen Qingxuan or not... he wouldn’t reveal his true self just because of a few words.

Or rather, even if he really was Chen Qingxuan... without evidence, there was nothing she could do!

”Don’t worry, I will investigate whether the Demon Alliance has joined forces with that heartless man... when the time comes, the truth will naturally come to light!”

With that, Jiang Susu turned and left.

But as she reached the door, she suddenly stopped. Her voice was heard, but she did not turn around.

”heartless man... you won’t escape!”