Peerless Martial Expert in the City -
Chapter 375 - 378: The Frightening Scrawny Old Man
Chapter 375: Chapter 378: The Frightening Scrawny Old Man
Liu Tianzheng!
Hearing this name from the mouth of the old man, the bodyguard next to him shuddered once again, almost fainting on the spot. He was transferred from the Shen Family in Glass City by Shen Xiaoxiao, and was all too familiar with this name!
The old man before him was none other than the legendary Old Master Liu of the Liu Family, known as one of the top ten masters in Glass City, Liu Tianzheng!
He had actually come to G City, and had even appeared before him!
Barely regaining his composure, which had just been slightly restored due to Xiao Yi’s earlier action, he completely collapsed once again, his gaze towards Liu Tianzheng filled with sheer terror. A man’s reputation cast a long shadow, and Liu Tianzheng’s reputation was indeed immense, having long cast a terrifying shadow in his heart!
"Justice?"
A cold smile appeared on Xiao Yi’s lips, "He was inferior in skill and defeated by me, how can there be any talk of justice?"
"Inferior in skill, you defeated him, I naturally have nothing to say, but since you had already defeated him, why did you have to strike so fiercely!"
Hearing Xiao Yi’s words and seeing the disdainful tone on Xiao Yi’s face, the old man’s eyes grew even more furious, his beard and hair nearly bristling. If it weren’t for some doubts and concerns in his heart, wanting to ask Xiao Yi clearly, he would almost have erupted on the spot. He had lived for so long, not to mention a junior like Xiao Yi, even those noble family heads in Glass City, who would not call him ’Elder Liu’ respectfully, who would dare to treat him with such light ridicule?
How could he not be enraged by a junior treating him with such an attitude today?
"I am too fierce? If I had really been fierce, you should know what he would look like now! He would have become a cripple just like his ignorant bodyguard!"
Xiao Yi sneered coldly, seemingly unfazed by the old man’s fury, completely unmoved.
"What a ruthless young man, at such a young age, you actually boast about crippling others. Who exactly are you? If you are wise, you’d better quickly reveal your sect. Let’s see if it is one of my old acquaintances, and depending on that, I might consider sparing your life; otherwise, don’t blame me for using my power over the weak!"
Upon hearing Xiao Yi’s words, the old man’s face could no longer contain his fury. This youngster actually dared to speak to him in that tone, mentioning the cripple of their Liu Family with such an attitude was as if squashing an ant, although that person’s status in Liu Family wasn’t much in his heart, it was, after all, his Liu Family member. This tone, especially in his presence, was a bare contempt for him and the Liu Family!
As he spoke, his body emitted that terrifying aura once again, even more dreadful than before, causing the air in the entire hall to suddenly freeze.
If it hadn’t been for sensing Xiao Yi’s strength upon entering, which was at least at the peak of the Bone Tempering period, he would have slapped this naïve and ignorant youngster into ash long ago!
Of course, his restraint was not because he truly regarded Xiao Yi’s strength highly. With his current realm, all beneath Condensation are mere ants, unworthy of mention. Even though Xiao Yi, not even thirty years old or more precisely, just over twenty, had reached the peak of Bone Tempering, possibly even half a step into Condensation, a feat astonishing in the eyes of many, it was nothing extraordinary in his view.
Having lived to his age, he had already seen countless brilliant youths in his lifetime, among whom were not a few who, at Xiao Yi’s age, had reached such a realm.
But what of them? Except for a few who were greatly favored by luck or born from prominent noble families, they had already faded into obscurity.
Therefore, Xiao Yi’s strength could not yet make him see him in a new light. What he was cautious about was merely the power behind Xiao Yi, his men had been investigating everything about Xiao Yi for some time, but his background still seemed like a fog.
This Xiao Yi popped out seemingly from the cracks in the rocks, nobody knew where he came from before.
The only clue about him was traced to Chen Jianguo, who revealed from his mouth that he was the grandson of a man named Elder Xiao, Xiao Tianci.
But this Xiao Tianci, he had never even heard of.
For this message, he had specifically inquired if there were any notable experts with the surname Xiao, but the responses he received were almost all negative, indicating that they had never heard of such a person.
Once he confirmed that the old man named Xiao Tianci was not an expert and had no significant backing, he felt relieved and decided to seek out Xiao Yi. However, upon meeting Xiao Yi, he decided it would be better to clarify the situation first.
After all, the Liu Family was a Noble Family, and initiating a conflict with a powerful enemy without reason was not good for the Liu Family at the moment.
This was also the sadness of Noble Families.
"Haven’t you already investigated? My grandfather is Xiao Tianci, and I am from the Xiao Family."
Feeling the pressure emanating from the old man, Xiao Yi hardly managed to stabilize his mind. He protected his bodyguard from harm, and upon hearing the old man’s words, a sneer appeared at the corner of his eyes. It seemed that these people from Noble Families were all bullies who feared the strong. The beardless pale-faced man before had been so, and now this old man was the same. They spoke outwardly fair words, but in reality, they just wanted to inquire about his master to see if he was someone they could afford to provoke.
But...this is also the sadness of human nature, isn’t it? Not just in the Cultivation World, but also in the real world where ordinary people live, isn’t it the same?
Actually, people only need to think from another perspective—this is also a helpless reality. Are they really stupid and useless? Haven’t you seen, even though such jokes are widely circulated, such words, such news, are still being explosively revealed one after another?
The reason they speak such words is not that they are foolish, but because they are useful, practical!
Unfortunately, Xiao Yi was destined to disappoint the old man—he was indeed from the Xiao Family, the grandson of the old man named Xiao Tianci, without any illustrious family background or a prominent status or reputation.
And Xiao Yi was never one to wield power from behind another’s name, otherwise, he believed that simply by mentioning the Shangguan Family’s reputation, or the names of some friends he knew, whether it was the beardless pale-faced old man or the current old man named Liu Tianzheng, Liu Dongjun’s grandfather, they would probably—at the very least—hold some fear.
"Since you seek death, I will grant it to you!"
Hearing Xiao Yi’s words and seeing the sneer on his lips, Liu Tianzheng felt as if his heart had been completely pierced, as if all his secrets had been seen through. A mix of shame and anger, which he had not felt in many years, surged up from his heart. His eyes emitted a fierce homicidal intent, and without any more civility, he struck with a palm carrying a terrifying force towards Xiao Yi.
No matter who you are, whatever background you have, today I, old man, will end you with my palm!
Liu Tianzheng silently declared in his heart, his strength increasing by another twenty percent.
As Liu Tianzheng moved his palm, almost the entire hall was instantly stirred by a powerful fluctuation, as if all the air was moved by his palm!
The two men in black behind him showed a pained expression, their foreheads sweating and veins bulging, their hands tightly clutching the nearby sofa, struggling desperately. Meanwhile, on the other side, those weaker individuals in front of the computers were already unable to withstand it, feeling a surge of blood qi, with a trace of blood leaking from the corners of their mouths.
The extremely thin old man, who had been silent all this while, slightly furrowed his brows, moved, and in a ghostly manner, picked up the two men in black, drifted towards the group in front of the computers, threw the two men aside, and then stood there lightly, opening his thin arms.
And the moment his arms opened, the two men in black and the men and women in front of the computers suddenly felt a relief as if they had returned from a tumultuous sea to tranquil land.
After a brief moment of surprise, their gazes all turned towards the thin old man with open arms, each of them involuntarily showing a look of extreme fear and reverence.
At this moment, they truly realized how terrifying this rarely speaking, extremely thin old man was!
Even though they were within the Liu Family and considered core members, they only knew he was a close and trusted servant of Old Master Liu, deeply trusted by Old Master Liu and skilled in medicine, almost magically so. Yet, they never knew his name or anything special about him.
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