"What?" A frightening killing intent burst forth from Lin Mi's pupils at this moment. This youngster, a nobody from a mountain village, was actually boasting he'll crush the Lin family, which as so powerful that no one dared to speak ill of it.
Everyone present in the temple was astonished.
Has he gone mad?
Even if you're unwilling, you can just refuse by saying you don't possess the qualifications. There's no need for you to vilify the Lin family in such a manner and make an enemy of such a colossus.
"Kill him for me."
Young Lady Lin said in a rage, her bosom heaving up and down violently, just like a volcano which was about to erupt.
"KILL HIM!"
She wasn't pointing towards Jiang Xiu in front of her. In her eyes, Jiang Xiu was akin to an insect which the Lin family could crush to death in a second if they wished to do so. She could kill him and then settle the problem, but since Jiang Xiu had refused her, she wanted to first solve it and then make Jiang Xiu feel regret. She wanted him to kneel on the ground and plead her.
Therefore, she pointed towards the man on the stage.
The man who had defeated the fighter of the Southern Mountain Village.
"Understood!"
Uncle Fu responded. He leaped into the sky and stepped on the crew-cut youth's shoulder, using that momentum to jump towards the arena from a high altitude.
At the same time, he said, "One move!"
He had already punched out, which swept past the opponent like a tempest.
That man's face turned paler as he tried to counter the attack quickly, but the punch was quite hard to resist. It was as if several million pounds of force was moving towards him. He went limp and fell to the ground as if made of mud.
That man's head slanted in a strange direction, his pupils expanding as blood flowed from his mouth before he stopped moving.
"Dead…"
"He's dead!"
Hiss!
The people on the scene drew in a cold breath.
As for Uncle Fu, he had disappeared from the arena long ago and returned to his original location. Everything had happened too suddenly. It felt as if he hadn't moved at all. As quick as a storm, as fast a flash of lightning, just like a demon arriving to reap the life of a human. The others felt goosebumps when they looked at him again.
The temple became silent.
Lin Mi wore a flimsy expression on her pretty face as she took out a card and walked in front of Jiang Xiu. Her gaze filled with arrogance as he inserted the card into Jiang Xiu's pocket, after which she turned around and left, not even glancing back once.
Uncle Fu and the rest gave a cold smile towards Jiang Xiu then followed after her.
After leaving the temple, the crew-cut youth asked, "Mimi, are you going to let that brat off like this?" His fretfulness with his words revealed as he would have instead preferred it if Uncle Fu had killed that brat on the scene.
Lin Mi said in a confident tone, "A countryside brat naturally wouldn't know what the words 'Lin Family' signify, but after seeing Uncle Fu act, he'd surely revere my Lin family."
"He'll come to the Imperial Capital to kneel down at the Lin family's doors and beg."
The youth finally realized it. "So that's why you gave the card to him."
Lin Mi smiled coolly.
"Are we going to leave then?"
"Leave? The real show hasn't even begun yet. The underworld powers of Jiang City still haven't arrived. I want to see who becomes the underworld king of Jiang City."
After Lin Mi's party left, the people in the temple raised a commotion again.
"What shall we do now?"
Initially, the Southern Mountain Village had already lost, but the Northern Mountain Village's expert was dead now. Unfortunately, the person hadn't acted to help the Southern Mountain Village, yet they were the reason for it to happen. A quarrel began due to all this.
In the end, they weren't able to make a reasonable argument to settle the issue.
After leaving the temple, Chu Qiancheng said, "Young Master Xiu, why didn't you accept that offer from that young lady of the Lin family? Many people can only hope to join the Lin family, but their hopes are just in vain."
Even Chu Qiancheng was among them. It was after all the Lin family, from where one of the 10 Commanders-in-Chief had originated. The phrase, 'Passing through several officials to meet the Prime Minister,' explains the situation correctly. If Chu Qiancheng could become a doorkeeper or a chauffeur of the Lin family, he'd believe that's the best he could he achieve in his lifetime.
"Just what are you thinking, you brat?"
Chu Qiancheng felt quite regretful.
People have to make a decision in life sometimes, fate offers only a single chance at that time, and if missed then the person might remain mediocre forever. Chu Qiancheng believed Jiang Xiu had lost such an opportunity.
Chen Xue also agreed, "Yeah!"
She looked towards Jiang Xiu curiously. Before, she had felt Jiang Xiu was quite ordinary and even somewhat timid. She hadn't expected him to transform into a handsome guy in just three years. Even the Lin family had tossed an olive branch towards him, but what's more shocking was that he had refused it.
Jiang Xiu said, "I possess the means to reach the heavens and cut through all my obstacles with a swing of my arm."
"Something's wrong with your head!"
At this moment, Jiang Xiu's phone started ringing. He discovered that it was Tang Wenchong by looking at the caller id. As Jiang Xiu had left for too long and still hadn't returned by dinner time, he got anxious. "Mr. Jiang… Where are you? Shall we come there to receive you?"
"No need! I'll find a place to spend the night."
Many of the powers from Jiang City were standing beside Tang Wenchong. It included Big Lei as well as a member of the Battle Wolf Regiment of the Military, called as Tang Tao. There were a few people at his side, who were the representatives invited by the Tang family this time. If someone wanted to challenge the Tang family, they would go and fight them.
"Alright. Mr. Jiang, the Dao Soldier Meet is tomorrow. I request Mr. Jiang to not miss it."
Tang Tao furrowed his brows when he saw Tang Wenchong reveal a respectful expression subconsciously. He felt that the children of his Tang family had no need to act so servile towards a wild Jianghu member, "What Mr. Jiang? He's so arrogant."
Big Lei said, "That Mr. Jiang is quite powerful, Brother Tao."
"I offended him by mistake before. A whole 300 brothers couldn't deal with him. They were all dealt with in less than 5 minutes, and none of them could even stand up after that."
"Hahaha…"
Tang Tao started laughing loudly, revealing deep contempt in his eyes. The brothers at his side also shook their heads. Tang Tao patted Big Lei's shoulders, saying, "I'm not looking down on you, but as long as someone cultivates to the Inner Strength stage then they can deal with you and your subordinates quite easily."
Big Lei felt embarrassed and squeezed out a bitter smile. Aren't you just saying that we're all idiots?
"Tomorrow is the Myriad Dao Festival's Dao Soldier Meet. Let me take a look at what he can do for my Tang family when we've spent such a huge amount of money for him."
Jiang Xiu was naturally planning to spend the night at Sister Xiang's home. He had spent his youth here. Though the house was damaged, he wouldn't avoid it. Moreover, there was a beautiful location here.
He took out the ladder and climbed to the roof. He stood there and just looked at the scene reflected by the moonlight.
At this moment, his cell phone vibrated. It was a message from Ye Bing: Scoundrel Jiang Xiu. Skipping school the entire day, you're acting too arrogant.
Jiang Xiu smiled calmly. It was 9 PM now, just about the time individual study hours ended. He guessed that the girl, Ye Bing, was waiting till now to send the message.
Jiang Xiu: There's no need to explain this Deity's actions to you.
Ye Bing gave an instant reply: How is this not related? It has influenced our class's attendance due to you skipping subjects without any reason. Our class has already lost this week's little red flag for the attendance. This is all because of you. You don't even give the face this Lady should receive as the class monitor.
Jiang Xiu: Idiot, this trick will only fool children.
Ye Bing: You should feel honored then.
Jiang Xiu: Your honor is to strive to become this Deity's maid.
Ye Bing: Bah! You stinky rogue.
Jiang Xiu: Think about it. Just what kind of grand identity this Deity has. Though there's a chance you can succeed in becoming this Deity's concubine, there's no hope for that in this life as you aren't gentle enough.
On the other end, Ye Bing had almost gone crazy, her face flushing up due to his instant counters. She called Jiang Xiu after that and then started speaking when the call got connected, "Jiang Xiu, you're a damned scoundrel, utterly shameless. You'll not live past tonight, you retarded genetic-mutated child. Your mind is at the same level as an elementary school child. You're just a chimpanzee with a gender-hormone imbalance. You're the strongest wastrel of humanity who only pollutes the air by living. Damn pollutant, get lost as far away from me than the distance to the ozone layer!
Tut. The Young Lady Ye ended the call happily after that.
Now, it was Deity Xiu's turn to make a stupefied face.
Veins popped out on Jiang Xiu's forehead due to the anger, "This Deity is formally notifying you. Your qualifications to become a maid are no longer valid forever. FOREVER!"
On the next day, the sky still hadn't brightened, but the entire Dongzhou had already sunk into a holiday mood.
"Come, come over here!"
There was a Heavenly Dao Temple on a hilltop of Dongzhou. The sun had just risen up, yet it was already packed with people. The crowd was making quite the fuss.
"It's Boss Zhong from Shahe City."
"Qingshui's Wen Zuolin."
"Look over there fast, isn't that Grandpa Lei, Big Lei of Xincheng District?"