Done with his declaration of a battle, Wandong put on a resolute look. With his sword pointed at Jin Mu, he shouted, "Jin Mu, you're destined to be vanquished by me today!"
Jin Mu yelled back with rage, "Xu Yaoting, don't talk big! You count for little in my eyes. As a matter of fact, my elder brother only wanted me to give a dressing down to Ye Mei and make her remain Xiu Wei's mistress with her heart and soul. Given Xu Wenchuan is your grandpa, I didn't mean to provoke you. Now that you are asking for it, I will get you sorted once and for all. Whatever you did with Xiu Wei will come back to you."
"Jin Mu's elder brother is Jin Sen, who was ranked the eighth on the Qingyun Martial Rankings. A truly stellar martial art marvel," Leng Yuecui hastened to come up and offer Wandong a reminder, lest he would come to grief owing to his ignorance about Jin Sen's brother.
Indeed, it was justifiable for Jin Mu to behave in an overbearing manner. Not to mention his own commendable martial competence, the Jins' social status in the Tiezhan Empire was just equivalent to the Xus' in the Qing Yun Empire.
Wandong was really ignorant about the Jins' background. However, even if he had been, he would still have made light of Jin Mu. Aspiring as Wandong was — he decided to go against the Great Taoist World — the so-called aristocratic class in the mundane world was actually pointless to him. And he believed that whoever came from the Tiezhan Empire deserved a harsh lesson.
"Leng Yuecui, I didn't picture you two shacking up as an item. If I'm not mistaken, you used to be adversaries, didn't you?" Jin Mu asked with a light-minded laugh.
In order to climb places in the Qingyun Rankings, Leng Yuecui launched several challenges to Jin Mu, which all ended up in failure. Hence she had long been holding a grudge against Jin Mu. Compounded with his filthy words, Leng Yuecui simmered with rage.
"Bastard, dare you to talk shit anymore, I'm gonna smash your teeth out," Leng Yuecui intimidated Jin Mu.
"Aha. Oddly enough, given that you already did that, how come I'm not allowed to say anything about it? Adversaries become friends of benefits. That is truly amazing!" Jin Mu went on shamelessly.
"I...I'm gonna chop your head off!" Leng Yuecui yelled back. Being an unmarried maid, it was hideously outrageous for Jin Mu to badmouth her to an insufferable amount. She lifted her palms and hacked toward Jin Mu.
Having been engaged in multiple duels with Leng Yuecui, Jin Mu was fully aware of her moves and strategies. Though She dashed up in a murderous manner, he retained his composure and took her attack effortlessly.
While two were occupied in a fierce fight, Wandong set eyes at the underlings. Failing to notice any sign of recovery in the innocent student, he appeared increasingly furious. Without mincing the word with them, Wandong let out a merciless shout, "Stretch your right hands out!"
"Childe...Childe Xu, what...what are you up to?" The underlings stammered. Apparently, they'd already seen it coming.
"I commanded you to stretch right hands out!" Wandong repeated, glaring at them with a conspicuous murderous look.
"Childe...Childe Xu..." They pleaded with a faint voice.
"Amputation or decapitation? You will have to choose between the two!" Wandong spoke with curt finality.
On picking up the resolute intention to kill on Wandong's tone, the underlings lapsed in despair. They knew their place — Xiu Sheng wouldn't care to intercede with Wandong for them, and the Tiezhan Empire wouldn't even throw a glance. And they figured out that Wandong wouldn't for the life of him show any respect to the Tiezhan Empire.
Obviously, there was actually no choice for them to make. After a death-like silent moment, the underlings stretched their trembling right hands out at the same time.