Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 178 - 178 175 Swear_1

178: Chapter 175 Swear_1 178: Chapter 175 Swear_1 People around all turned their heads.

As they saw Xu Shaoming coming over, their expressions turned serious.

“I had long heard that the Eldest Young Master Xu was arrogant and despotic, but I never imagined he would be so brazen as to not give Lu Chuan any face.”

“Yes, no matter what, Lu Chuan is a rising star in Cloud City.

To shout at him to roll over the moment you arrive is simply too arrogant.”

…

Many people started to whisper among themselves.

Zhou Siming looked over at Lu Chuan with a worried expression and silently prayed in his heart, “Please let nothing happen.”

Qi Zhenyun saw Xu Shaoming’s attitude and frowned, then forced a smile and made excuses for Xu Shaoming, “Eldest Young Master Xu, you really know how to joke around.

Lu Chuan is now quite a prominent figure in Cloud City, Your way of greeting is a bit too enthusiastic.”

Xu Shaoming snorted with laughter and said, “A prominent figure?

A cowardly wimp who can be called a prominent figure, it seems this shabby place of Cloud City is indeed full of rubbish.”

Qi Zhenyun’s face darkened.

If Xu Shaoming’s first statement was a joke, it could have been understood, but with those words afterward, everyone knew he was here to cause trouble.

Lu Chuan looked at this provincial city’s young master with some confusion and approached him, asking, “I don’t believe I’ve offended you, have I?”

Xu Shaoming stared at Lu Chuan and asked, “Are you Lu Chuan?”

“I am.” Lu Chuan nodded.

Xu Shaoming burst into laughter and said, “Looks like I wasn’t wrong then, you really are a wimp at first sight.

I truly don’t understand how someone like you became famous in Cloud City.”

“However, speaking of which, your Black Dragon Pill is indeed not bad.

I gave one to my bodyguard, and he actually advanced directly from Transcendent Realm Level 2 to Level 3.

I’ve already had someone take the remaining two back to my father.

Considering the favor of these three elixir pills, I’ll reluctantly allow you to sit with me for dinner tonight.”

Lu Chuan frowned, “How do you know about the Black Dragon Pill?”

Such an elixir pill was only known within the Cultivation World, and except for teaching the method of making the Black Dragon Pill to Zhou Siming, he had never mentioned this elixir to anyone else.

At that moment, Zhou Siming came over, grabbed Lu Chuan, and spoke somewhat anxiously, “Lu Chuan, let’s leave, shall we?

I forgot to tell you something; we can talk about it after we go back.”

Xu Shaoming, looking at Zhou Siming’s demeanor, seemed to understand something and said with a smile, “So the old man didn’t tell you, huh?”

Lu Chuan’s confusion deepened, and he turned to look at Zhou Siming, asking, “Old Zhou, is there something you haven’t told me?”

Zhou Siming, with a look of urgency, said, “Let’s go back first; we’ll talk once we’re back.”

Xu Shaoming sneered, looking at Zhou Siming and said, “I didn’t expect you, old man, to be so responsible, to have kept this matter under wraps.

And here I was wondering why Lu Chuan hasn’t come to trouble me.”

He had always thought that Lu Chuan already knew he had seized the Black Dragon Pills, but didn’t have the guts to confront him, which is why he considered Lu Chuan a coward.

“Since he’s unwilling to speak, then let me do it for him.

These three Black Dragon Pills made by this old man were stolen by me.

Now you understand what’s going on, right?”

Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan’s face registered shock, and he turned to look at Zhou Siming, “Old Zhou, didn’t you say not a single pill was successfully made?”

Zhou Siming looked ashamed and heaved a sigh, saying, “Lu Chuan, the Eldest Young Master Xu of the Xu family has an deep background that we can’t afford to provoke.

I also hid it from you out of fear that you would act impulsively.

You must not stoop to his level.

Let’s skip the banquet and head back instead.”

A surge of anger flared up in Lu Chuan’s heart.

He said, “Old Zhou, you should have told me about this earlier.”

He glared at Xu Shaoming and said coldly, “Do you really think it’s decent of you to snatch things from an old man’s hands!”

Xu Shaoming sneered and replied, “I snatched his stuff as a courtesy to him.

I didn’t just take the Black Dragon Pill; I also gave him a beating.

What about it, you disagree?”

The fury in Lu Chuan’s heart soared as he stared intently at Xu Shaoming, “But he is an elderly man nearing seventy!”

Xu Shaoming curled his lips, “So what?

If someone pisses me off, even if it’s a three-year-old child, I would still hit them!”

Lu Chuan immediately wanted to lay hands on Xu Shaoming.

Seeing this, Zhou Siming hurriedly intervened, saying, “Lu Chuan, don’t be rash.

We shouldn’t bother with his kind.”

Qi Zhenyun also quickly approached Lu Chuan and whispered, “Even though what he did is truly wrong, you have to consider his background.

He’s from the Xu family of the Provincial City; offending him could lead to big trouble!”

Lu Chuan snorted coldly and said, “What of the Xu family of the Provincial City?

Just because they have a big background, they have the right to hit the elderly and snatch things at will?”

“If I don’t teach him a lesson today, then what’s the point of striving to become stronger?”

As soon as he finished speaking, he flashed in front of Xu Shaoming and slapped him across the face.

Zhou Siming sighed helplessly, not having told Lu Chuan precisely because he feared Lu Chuan would act on impulse, yet it had ended up like this regardless.

Qi Zhenyun and other social elites from Cloud City also began to worry for Lu Chuan; after all, offending the Xu family of the Provincial City was no small matter, and Lu Chuan’s direct action was too reckless.

A bright red slap mark appeared on Xu Shaoming’s face.

He looked at Lu Chuan, completely enraged, “You dare hit me!

Trash from a backwater place like this daring to hit me!”

Lu Chuan delivered another slap across Xu Shaoming’s face, “What of a small place?

Even if Cloud City is small, it’s not your Xu family’s territory.

To act so arrogantly on someone else’s turf, do you truly not know the meaning of death?”

Xu Shaoming was utterly dumbfounded.

Since he was a child, wherever he went, people tiptoed around him, resorting to flattery, fearing they might upset him.

This was the first time someone had the audacity to slap him, and in front of so many people no less.

Turning his head, he glared at his two bodyguards and roared, “Are you fucking blind?

Kill him for me!”

The two bodyguards instantly unleashed their aura, one at Transcendent Realm Level 2 and the other at Level 3, both attacking Lu Chuan.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan also immediately exhibited his Spiritual Power and engaged in combat with the two.

“My two bodyguards are skillful experts of the Transcendent Realm, and their strength is no weaker than that pathetic Long Tianya.

Let’s see how long you can last!” Xu Shaoming said through gritted teeth.

Qi Zhenyun and others quickly moved aside to avoid getting involved.

Zhou Siming secretly worried for Lu Chuan, very concerned that he might not be able to hold out.

Experts at Transcendent Realm Level 2 and Level 3 are considered extremely impressive among martial artists, capable of becoming the undisputed strongest on the Martial Path in any small city.

However, in Jiangbei Provincial City, even though Transcendent Realm skillful experts were still rare, they were not uncommon.

Every family with a bit of strength would employ several Transcendent Realm experts as patronage, and in some families, even the Family Head was one in ten thousand Martial Path expert.

For a family like the Xu family, Transcendent Realm Level 2 or Level 3 experts were only employed as bodyguards for Xu Shaoming.

Of course, part of this was also because Xu Shaoming was the only son of the Xu family and was deeply cherished.

If it were someone else today, they might have already been subdued by these two bodyguards, but the person they were facing was Lu Chuan.

As a Cultivator in the Beginner Foundation Building stage, Lu Chuan had long deduced that he was invincible below Transcendent Realm Level 4.

The three of them fought fiercely, and before long, Lu Chuan slapped away the Transcendent Realm Level 2 expert with a palm strike.

Then, using a few martial arts skills, he easily took down the Transcendent Realm Level 3 expert as well.

Everyone was stunned, unable to believe that Xu Shaoming’s bodyguards were completely no match for Lu Chuan.

Xu Shaoming himself was shocked, “This…

how is this possible!”

Having dealt with the two bodyguards, Lu Chuan turned his gaze toward Xu Shaoming.

Xu Shaoming, trembling with fear, turned to run away.

Lu Chuan rushed forward in a single bound and kicked Xu Shaoming’s back, sending him crashing to the ground, face-first in a humiliating fall.

He grabbed Xu Shaoming by his clothes, lifting him up, while his other hand formed a fist, smashing down viciously on Xu Shaoming’s face.

“For hitting an old man!

For running wild in Cloud City!

For stealing my Black Dragon Pill!”

Lu Chuan’s fists rained down on Xu Shaoming’s face like drops of rain, and soon, he had beaten him into a swollen mess.

“I…

I’m wrong, please stop hitting me…” Xu Shaoming pleaded weakly.

Lu Chuan stopped, dragging him in front of Zhou Siming, and said, “Apologize!”

Xu Shaoming hastily said, “I’m sorry!”

Lu Chuan commanded, “That’s not sincere enough?

Kneel!”

Xu Shaoming, scared out of his wits, knelt down with a thud and said loudly, “I’m sorry!”

Lu Chuan then said, “Apologize to the citizens of Cloud City!”

Xu Shaoming, not daring to hesitate, quickly said, “I’m sorry!

I shouldn’t have looked down on the people of Cloud City!”

Qi Zhenyun and the others watched as Eldest Young Master Xu apologized so humbly and found it somewhat unbelievable.

But they also felt a great sense of relief since upon his arrival, Eldest Young Master Xu had called Cloud City a trashy place, which naturally infuriated them as locals.

After Xu Shaoming finished apologizing, Lu Chuan said, “Now let’s settle the matter of you stealing my Black Dragon Pills.”

“Those three Black Dragon Pills were refined from over a dozen hundred-year medicinal herbs; how do you plan to compensate?”

Xu Shaoming looked at Lu Chuan nervously, knowing that if he didn’t provide a satisfactory answer today, leaving this hotel would be difficult.

He said, “I…

I’ll have my family prepare fifteen hundred-year medicinal herbs and send them to you afterwards.”

Lu Chuan smiled and said, “Fifteen is not enough.

You’ve done wrong and should pay a higher price.”

Xu Shaoming asked, “Then…

how many do you want?”

Lu Chuan answered, “Thirty.”

Xu Shaoming’s face changed.

Hundred-year medicinal herbs were already rare, and even though the Xu family had substantial wealth and several channels to acquire hundred-year medicinal herbs, thirty was still a significant amount for them.

“If you don’t want to compensate, I can break your hand right now; make your choice.”

Xu Shaoming, startled, after agonizing for a long while, gritted his teeth and said, “Fine, it’s thirty.

But even for the Xu family, it’s impossible to produce so many hundred-year medicinal herbs all at once.

You have to give me some time.”

Lu Chuan nodded and said, “Write an IOU then, and swear in front of everyone that you will definitely deliver these thirty hundred-year medicinal herbs to me.”

Xu Shaoming quickly agreed, now only eager to leave the place, naturally not daring to complain.

Soon, Lu Chuan prepared the IOU, had Xu Shaoming sign his name, and press his handprint.

Lu Chuan then said, “Swear.”

Xu Shaoming immediately raised his hand, saying, “I swear, if I do not deliver these thirty hundred-year medicinal herbs to you, I shall be stricken by heavenly retribution!”

Lu Chuan, satisfied, nodded and said, “Get up.”

Xu Shaoming hurriedly got to his feet.

No one noticed that as he stood, a strand of Spiritual Power silently flew from Lu Chuan’s hand, swiftly merging into Xu Shaoming’s body, vanishing.

“Can I…

can I go now?” Xu Shaoming asked with a face full of subservience.

Lu Chuan laughed and said, “What, not staying for dinner?”

Xu Shaoming gave an awkward smile, saying, “No…

no, I’m not eating.”

Lu Chuan said, “Then you can go, just remember what you owe me.

If you don’t pay it back, I will come knocking on your door for it.”

Xu Shaoming quickly nodded, “Yes, yes, yes.”

He then left the place in a disheveled manner.

Qi Zhenyun walked up to Lu Chuan and said, “Lu Chuan, you shouldn’t have been so rash.

The Xu family is powerful, no matter if you have an IOU, they won’t acknowledge the debt.

And since you made him lose face, he will certainly seek revenge later.”

Lu Chuan showed a mischievous smile and said, “Don’t worry, it’ll be fine.

Besides, he’s already sworn an oath.

If he doesn’t pay, he will suffer from heavenly retribution.”

Qi Zhenyun shook his head helplessly, feeling that Lu Chuan was too naïve.

An oath was nothing more than child’s play; how could it be taken seriously?