114 Chapter 114 (2/2)
The youth was squirming while holding on to his face, the injury was still new and you could see a handprint plastered over one of the man's cheeks. His pearly white smile was gone as a couple of his teeth got knocked out in the process, pills that could repair teeth didn't come cheap so he would have to wait for some to be delivered.
\”Calm down Shie, tell me again, what happened? It was an old man? Did he really just want to save some useless brats? He also had many high-quality treasures?\”
The father was sitting to the side while some other people tended to his son, he couldn't really wrap his mind around a friendly grandpa just wanted to help some kids out, that didn't make any sense.
\”Yes Father, he just came and started spouting some nonsense! He even gave me two good swords to trade for those damn kids, ow my face...\”
\”Then you got greedy, you should learn to measure people's strength better. Don't depend on your retainers so much.\”
The father took a puff from his large cigar, worried that his son was such a useless little shit.
\”Yes, it was all their fault then need to get lashed to death, that idiot was confident in taking that elder in battle. I would have never offended him otherwise!\”
The father nodded, he needed to make an example those bodyguards failed in their mission of protecting his son, they needed to get punished and severely. While Xing Deng was about to speak up one of his retainers walked in, moved over to him and whispered something into his ear.
\”THEY WHAT?\”
He stood up instantly, his hand moving into a fist as he crushed the cigar that he was holding.
\”What do those Zhang Clan bastards want? Why do they want my Son to come with them?\”
He looked at his injured brat and then headed out of the room, not knowing what these Zhang Clan members wanted but he wasn't in a position to give them the cold shoulder.
\”Let them in, get bring over our strongest warriors to come too, this might turn ugly...\”
He wasn't sure what they wanted his son for, but it probably had something to do with the old man that beat up his second son.
\”Shie'er stay here and don't come out and be quiet!\”
He strode out, some bodyguards instantly appearing next to him half a step behind him. He relocated into the main room that he usually brought in guests, he sat down on a large chair and got himself a new cigar as well. He then waited for the other people to come over while going over the things that his son and his retainers reported.
\”Now entering, the Zhang Clan... Moonlight City Police force?... s-sergeant...\”
One of the Xing clan members announced the people that arrived, they were ten cultivators wearing dark blue robes with strange hats on their heads. Xing Deng instantly tried to measure their fighting potential, his retainers, and bodyguards stationed all around the room, they were there to jump in if a fight broke out.
'That sergeant cultivator is the strongest... the rest is weaker... not that much of a problem.'
The current Xing clan forces could probably defend against these invaders. He himself could probably handle the strongest member from that group.
\”Welcome friends from the Zhang Clan, please sit down and explain to me what you need with my Son?\”
He wasn't one to beat around the bush too much, some other people would probably try to butter up to these Zhang Clan members. He, on the other hand, wanted to know the main reason they were here and how much cash they wanted. From his perspective, this was just a way of the new clan to flex their cultivation muscles and they probably just wanted to extort some spirit stones or treasures from them.
\”Let's get straight to the point then, Mr. Deng. Your son is charged with assault on a young boy and a couple of other youths, he had beaten them severely almost resulting in death. He had some men with him that have the same charges.\”
The commanding officer from the group spoke out, he was your regular looking cultivator elder that looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He presented the charges that the men faced.
\”We demand you those men to us, they will be put on trial and their sentence will be decided later. I urge you to hand them over willfully as we will use force if you don't comply.\”
The man looked around the room, spotting the angry Xing Clan members that were taking a hit to the face right about now.
\”I'd like to remind you, that our Captain is a core formation expert and if you resist we will have to call for him. You probably wouldn't want that, now would you?\”
The elder that was just speaking grinned widely while looking at the Xing Clan Patriarch, the man in question had quite the large vein popping out on his forehead just now. It was now up to him, would they resist or would he hand his son over to these cultivators dressed in blue.