Chapter - 162 Repentance of the Haughty Dragon (15) (1/2)

”You three bastards!” one of them shouted. ”Are you tired of living?”

”No, you must be the three bastards who are tired of living!' Huang Rong shouted back.

Hong Qicong clapped Huang Rong on the shoulders in approval.

The three men became even angrier. The sallow-cheeked, middle-aged man standing in the middle thrust the long pole at Huang Rong with a surprising amount of force.

Hong Qicong pressed the doggy-beating stick against the pole, which immediately stopped.

Startled, the man pulled on the pole with both of his hands.

Hong Qicong shook the doggy-beating stick and shouted, ”Be gone!”

The man stumbled and flipped over, landing right in the middle of all the deadly snakes. He had luckily eaten a herb earlier, so the snakes were unwilling to bite him.

Shocked, the other two men took a step back. ”How?” they said.

Indeed, the other man had fallen so hard that he crushed 10 snakes and felt sore all over.

One of his companions, a fair-skinned man, held out the pole to the sallow-cheeked man to support him. They were reluctant to fight again.

”Who dares to stop our snakes with that herb?” the sallow-cheeked man said.

Laughing, Hong Qicong paid no attention to them.

”Who are you to send out so many poisonous snakes to injure people?” Huang Rong replied.

The three men looked at one another, trying to figure out how to respond when another man dressed in white appeared at the edge of the forest. He walked through a narrow path between the snakes while fanning himself.

Both Guo Jing and Huang Rong recognized him as Ouyang Ke, the master of White Camel Mountain, whose presence amongst their ranks caused the snakes to disperse.

The three men welcomed their master and told him of Hong Qicong's amazing ability and the situation that had just transpired.

Ouyang Ke was surprised. Then he nodded.

”These three brothers were ignorant and affronted seniors,” he said. ”They apologize.”

Then he turned to Huang Rong and smiled.

”The lady is here,” he said. ”I am at your service.”

Huang Rong turned her attention to Hong Qicong.

”Master Hong, you should take care of this bad egg,” she said.

Hong Qicong nodded and said to Ouyang Ke, ”How can you lawlessly herd these snakes through the country in broad daylight? You obviously intend to use these snakes for reckless acts. Who do you intend to use them on?”

”These snakes have traveled a long distance,” Ouyang Ke said. ”They can't feed themselves in the conventional manner.”

”How many people have you hurt?” Hong Qicong said.

”We've herded the snakes though the country,” Ouyang Ke said. ”Not many people have gotten hurt.”

Hong Qicong glared at the other man.

”Not wounded many people!” he said. ”Your family name is Ouyang is it not?”

”That's correct,” Ouyang Ke said. ”The lady must have told you. And what is the venerable one's name?”

”This man's rank is a generation above yours,” Huang Rong said. ”If he told you, he'd scare you to death!”