667 Gathering Of Bandits (2/2)
Wiping his face full of porridge, Ling Jian asked, ”Young n.o.ble, what exactly happened? What is so funny? I just took a bath yesterday and bathing would harm my vitality the most. Look at my whole body and face!”
Ling Tian laughed without stopping and pointed at the piece of paper, ”Take a look yourself!”
Ling Jian grabbed a piece of paper over with the words 'brother pomegranate', 'little brother third uncle', 'little brother go and die', 'big brother dead already', 'little brother fourth uncle'... when he saw all of these weird names, Ling Jian's eyes widened. A short while later, he burst out into laughter as well, laughing to the point his body trembled.
Li Xue who was by Ling Tian's side saw the note and could not help but chuckle before lamenting, ”This official is truly too...”
”The envoy from the Xiao Family was actually second master Xiao FengYang. He just escaped from here and actually returned on his own accord again. But with his personality, he shouldn't have made such a choice. Aren't his actions no different from provocation?” As Ling Tian smiled, he looked at another slip of paper, ”Apart from his guards and followers, another six top-notch experts followed him. They are probably from Above Heavens.”
”Members from Above Heavens...” Ling Jian stopped laughing and a powerful battle intent shot out from his eyes.
Li Xue and Ling Tian looked at each other with an 'it is indeed so' smile.
”Ah Xue, go and take a look at Chen'er. Does this la.s.s really need to personally weave out a large flag for the Divine Prefecture Empire? She is truly a stubborn one. Why can't she hand this over to the servants?!” Ling Tian shook his head with satisfaction.
”In truth, I also think. However...” Li Xue looked at Ling Tian, ”I will never fight with Ling Chen for anything. As a lady, being able to love someone with all of her heart without any reservation! This is something that only Ling Chen is able to accomplish. I cannot be compared to her.” Her final few words were said in an extremely low voice and Ling Tian could only barely hear it.
When Ling Tian lifted his head up, Li Xue had already left hurriedly.
Ling Tian could not help but fall into a daze.
Yu BingYan has her father, Shui QianRou has her parents, Xiao YanXue has her kin and Princess JiaoYue has her mother and kin. Even if Li Xue didn't have any kin in this life of hers, she still had her kin from her previous life in her heart and Ling Tian from her previous life! Only Ling Chen had only Ling Tian in her entire world! This lonely lady, Ling Chen, only had Ling Tian in her entire life and world!
Ling Tian suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart together with a tinge of sourness. After staring out into s.p.a.ce for a long while, Ling Tian let out a long breath before looking at Ling Jian, ”Ah Jian, our brothers are back. Let us see what kind of a surprise these bandits have brought for us.”
Ling Jian's eyes lit up, ”Alright!”
In the Smoky Thea Tower.
The Smoky Thea Tower today was still arranged as per Ling Tian's arrangement back then. But in the present world, the original XiMen Family, NanGong Family, and Yang Family had already become a part of history. Appearing at Smoky Thea Tower again, Ling Tian had a sudden feeling as though the entire world was different from before.
It was currently noon.
The various important guests from all around had their own personal dining area but a couple of them would still dine in the main hall to join in the crowd. Naturally, there were many of them who had other intentions.
For example...
On a table at the east of the hall, there were a couple of young teens dressed in luxurious robes as they chattered excitedly. When Ling Tian and Ling Jian saw these young teens, they could not help but have a bright smile on their faces!
On the table far to the west of the hall, seven individuals were seated together. Six of them were had a stern expression on their faces and the seventh was a blue-robed young lady. While this lady was beautiful, her face was cold and there was a thick layer of frost on her face. Even when the people by her table was talking to her, she would ignore them coldly as though she was an extremely frosty piece of jade.
Ling Tian looked at Ling Jian who was like a blob of ice beside him and laughed in his heart. It seems like the two of them are truly alike. A blob of ice and a piece of jade, they are truly a match made in heaven!
Apart from these two tables, there were another five or six tables who were eating silently. Looking at their dressing, these individuals came from all over the continent. But for them to be capable of dining in the Smoky Thea Tower, they must definitely be wealthy individuals.
Ling Tian and Ling Jian looked at each other and walked into the hall.
In that instant, twenty or more gazes were directed to the two of them. However, they ignored all the stares and found somewhere to sit down calmly.
The looks of the few teens at the east table burned with excitement and one of the teens could not help but stand up. He looked as though he was about to open his mouth to say something but was immediately kicked by his companion under the table. The words that were about to leave his mouth were forced back and he sat down obediently.
The six from the west table looked at Ling Tian and Ling Jian with enmity in their eyes. It was as though they had guessed the ident.i.ties of the two individuals. One of the elders in the group muttered under his breath, ”Could one of them be Ling Tian? Did we meet him despite just arriving at Sky Bearing? Isn't this far too coincidental?”
The elder frowned and immediately transmitted to his companions, ”Test him!” The other six did not open their mouths and nodded their heads slowly.
The waiter of the Smoky Thea Tower hurried over to Ling Tian's table and asked respectfully, ”What do Sirs want to eat?”
Ling Jian replied coldly, ”Bring up a few specialties and two jars of wine.” The waiter acknowledged the order respectfully and left.
All of a sudden, a slapping sound could be heard and someone let out a groan in the hall. With both his hands covering his mouth, blood could be seen flowing out from the gaps of his fingers. Lowering his head, he spat out a few teeth and even half a segment of the chopstick was spat out.
Of the six people on that table, a round middle-aged man stood up angrily and scolded, ”Dammit, why can't you just eat your meal peacefully? Why do your eyes have to dart around like a thief? Despicable sc.u.m!” While he scolded, he snuck a glance at Ling Tian and Ling Jian with wariness.
With faces full of anger, those at his table also stood up and glared at the fat middle-aged man, ”We do not know each other and there is no enmity between us. For Sir to be so callous in your means, what is the meaning of this?!”
The fat middle-aged man scolded in response, ”No enmity between us? Why is that fellow staring at my little sister? His thieving eyes obviously shows that he doesn't mean well! Isn't he thinking about something despicable? Is this daddy here wrong to teach him a lesson?!”
Those with keen eyes would be able to easily tell that the fat middle-aged man was intentionally seeking trouble. Was it a crime to sneak a glance at someone when dining? Everyone in the world would have eyes for beauties and making use of such a reason to start trouble was no different from intentionally stirring trouble!
Ling Tian looked over expressionlessly and said softly, ”That fellow did not even sneak a single glance and the fatty's intention is probably us.” Ling Jian could also notice this. While the two tables were at odds with each other, the attention of those at the west table was on themselves.
”It seems like they are suspecting young n.o.ble's ident.i.ty.” Ling Jian asked softly.
”I came here with my true appearance and did not think about hiding anything. There's no need to suspect me at all.” Ling Tian clicked his tongue and laughed, ”They probably want to make use of this opportunity to understand my strength better. It seems like these few are probably the Above Heavens so-called experts.”
Ling Jian's eyes flashed and he said, ”Only that old man in the middle has some strength and would be able to fight me. As for the rest, they aren't worth mentioning.”
Ling Tian nodded his head and did not say anything.
The injured individual was full of pent up anger as he hollered, ”Why are you so unreasonable? I am eating my meal in peace. Since when did I even look at her? Besides that, while this lady is pretty, but...” As he said that, he paused without continuing. He obviously wanted to say that while that lady is pretty, she is truly too cold. Looking at her will make me tremble, why would I have the interest to continue looking?
The fat middle-aged man frowned and said with a malevolent aura, ”What do you mean by that? You actually dare to say that my little sister isn't good looking? Are you looking for death?”
As the few teens at the east table saw the scene, a teen with a full beard stood up with a gruff voice, ”I have seen unreasonable people before, but I have never seen someone so unreasonable! He first maligned the other party for staring at his little sister. When the other party felt that his sister was ugly and like a block of ice, he decided to blame the other party for not having any taste. Tsk tsk. This big brother is truly too shameless. It is probably because his little sister can't be married out. He probably wants to even extort a betrothal gift from the other party, otherwise he wouldn't be so tyrannical.”
”That's right, that's right.” The other teens echoed. They were originally lawless individuals and had always been the boss when they were on the outside. With Ling Tian and Ling Jian being around and them being in Sky Bearing's Smoky Thea Tower, they were naturally extremely confident. Not to mention the fact that they weren't aware that the other party was from Above Heavens. If they had known, their words would probably have been even more vicious.
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