A hard nut to crack
Lin Xiao, a good-tempered guy who was as tolerant as it went, performed a coup-de-grace when he reached his utmost limit.
Not until Lin Xiao concluded his striking defensive move did his voice go off again, "I'm more benevolent than you by breaking your hands only rather than your legs. your arms are rather hideous — they call for a permanent damage. No need to thank me for that."
The acute pain granted Hu Su unusual sobriety. He felt clear that the muscles and bones in his hands were smashed into pieces the moment Lin Xiao pinched them.
Hu Su cried, "Lin Xiao, you're not getting away with it like..."
Lin Xiao plunged a kick at Hu Su before he finished his words.
Done with all this, Lin Xiao strode along composed. Seeing no one hiding behind the huge rock, he put on an unconcerned smile and walked on.
While Lin Xiao was meandering about, Qin Shou rushed back to the Mount Qingming, scared to death. He complained tearfully to Yi Jia, "Brother, it was hellish! Lin Xiao broke Brother Hu's both hands. If I had not had sneaked away earlier, I might not be able to come and see you alive."
"Jesus!" Yi Jia let out a baffled cry. Didn't Lin Xiao only have an initial-level cultivation? How come he could manage to damage Hu Su's hands?
"Why was that? Are you mistaken about his martial competence?" Yi Jia asked. Apart from this reason, he couldn't attribute this case otherwise.
"No...I wasn't. It was just because Brother Hu took Lin Xiao way too lightly. Brother Yi, I suppose it's time you took action in person," Qin Shou implored.
As a matter of fact, having been hiding behind the rock through the process, Qin Shou had no idea about Lin Xiao's move at all. He intended to say the truth but hastened to correct himself on finding it impropriate.
However, Yi Jia wouldn't fall for that as the gap between the initial level and the third level of the Refining Divine Realm was nothing to be sneezed at. No matter how Hu Su treated Lin Xiao lightly, he would by no means have been defeated by an initial-level nobody.
Though knowing that Qin Shou had kept the truth from him, Yi Jia began to hesitate in avenging Qin Shou himself. He would not readily take action before he had figured out Lin Xiao's martial competence and background inside and out.
Nevertheless, a bit of pacification for Qin Shou was still in order. Yi Jia kept blinking his eyes, the black mole jumping nonstop accordingly. He said to Qin Shou with a smile, "Brother Qin, just back on me. I'll take care of this matter."
Qin Shou was shrewd enough to wise up to Yi Jia's prevarication. He feinted a light-hearted smile and said, "I'm grateful for your help. But I think we'd better just let it be. Brother, I will leave you to your engagements and turn to my cloddy sister."
On hearing that, Yi Jia went furiously to an extent of killing Qin Shou on the spot. He thought, "You are aware of my affections for your sister. And you even intimidated me by using her as a shield. If I couldn't sort out a piece of trash like Lin Xiao, I might end up unable to have a word with her for the rest of my life."
Cursing Qin Shou at heart, Yi Jia stayed poised-looking and said to Qin Shou with a feinted earnest smile, "Brother Qin, I'm sure you are fully aware that the annual congregation of our sect is closing in, where I'm gonna give a good dressing down to Wu Gui for you. I suggest we put Lin Xiao on the shelf for the time being. Do you find it a good idea to humiliate him at the congregation as well? That will definitely be a fantastic way to vent your spleen. How do you find it?"
Seeing Yi Jia make a concession, Qin Shou accepted his proposal, quitting while he was ahead. He said in tears with gratitude, "Thank you very much, Brother Yi."
While extending his gratitude to Yi Jia by cupping one hand in the other before his chest, Qin Shou thought to himself with a cold sparkle flashing across his eyes, "Lin Xiao, Wu Gui, lucky you! Go on riding your high horse, but your days are counted!"
Qin Shou didn't intend to harass Lin Xiao for the moment, but it didn't mean that there was nobody else that wanted to do that to Lin Xiao. Right at the council chamber of the Taixuan Sect, an old guy was demanding for the three chief seniors to hand a person over to him.
"Whoops, my esteemed seniors, what happened to you? You all appear so haggard. Haven't you had slept well? Come here, I have some fairly-priced elixirs. They are rather functional. Come and buy some," The old man began with sarcastic remarks on seeing the three chief seniors after his entrance. And he did take out quite a few pills and began to promote them.
The three chief seniors felt embarrassed all across the board. Indeed, they had suffered from sleep deprivation over the past few days thanks to the old guy. They had worked rather hard restlessly for five days looking for the Hedao Fruit. Not until this morning did they finally get one.
It went without saying that the wicked old thing came to press for the compensation for his Martial Law Gestation Elixir.