Chapter 372 - Lieutenant Qingquan (1/2)
Grandmaster Tiequan silently looked at the sword in his hands, focusing on the numerous tiny cracks that had formed along the edge of the blade.
His face remained stoic, not revealing any of his thoughts. After a while, he quietly stowed the sword away.
He glanced over at Fairy Pingxi who was seated not far away from him, and he could see that her brows were knitted.
That's right.
Just like him, she had to be trying to resolve her inner dilemma right now.
Yet even though he said that, neither of them had left when they were given the chance to.
Perhaps subconsciously, they had already made the same decision.
Grandmaster Tiequan finally shifted his gaze away from Fairy Pingxi, turning his attention to the young man seated across the room – the owner of Sky Snow Manor.
From the very moment he entered, this young man had maintained the same confident look on his face.
Earlier, Grandmaster Tiequan had treated this as dumb arrogance.
But now, he was no longer certain.
At this point, a certain thought flashed across his mind.
After staying at the peak for decades, he had already gotten used to the compliments and bootlicking of others.
Could it be that because of all that, he had inevitably become blind to the strengths of the young generation?
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”Lieutenant Qingquan is here!” Ningxi announced at the top of her voice before pushing the door open.
The next moment, a man who looked to be in fifties stepped through the door and entered the front hall.
”Where is Lu Tianzi?!” the man bellowed the moment he entered, not even bothering to take a look around him first.
He was dressed in a luxurious looking long robe and had his hands clasped behind his back. Without warning, a domineering pressure exploded from him as he sought to exert his dominance the moment he entered.
As a Ninth Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist, Lieutenant Qingquan's Origin Force pressure was no trifling matter.
The moment he released his Origin Force pressure, everyone in the front hall felt as though they were being hammered to the ground, and even their best efforts to alleviate this pressure was of little use.
Thankfully, that only lasted a single moment.
”Lieutenant Qingquan, aren't you worried that you will scare the kids this way?” a calm voice floated over from the side.
Along with these words, everyone present instantly felt the pressure being lifted off of them, as though it had been nothing but an illusion.
”Hmm?” Lieutenant Qingquan looked over in surprise. He never thought that there would be someone in Sky Snow Manor capable of neutralising his efforts.
But when he saw who it was, his heart almost skipped a beat in shock.
”Grandmaster Tiequan? You are here as well?” Lieutenant Qingquan hurriedly clasped his fists in greeting. ”My apologies, I didn't know that you are a guest here. Am I interrupting something?”
How unlucky!
For whatever reason, there was actually an Overlord realm powerhouse present, and one who was a Grandmaster Artificer at that!
As he greeted Grandmaster Tiequan, Lieutenant Qingquan took a quick scan of the others in the front hall.
He was worried that apart from Grandmaster Tiequan, there could be other big shots present as well.
Thankfully, he found no one familiar.
Not just that, but if he excluded Grandmaster Tiequan, there was only one person at the Seventh Cycle Origin Core realm. As for the others, the strongests were only at the Third Cycle Origin Core realm.
In other words, they were all insignificant characters.
Even for the one at the Seventh Cycle Origin Core realm, it would only take him a single pinch of his fingers if he wanted to get rid of the other party.
After all, at the Origin Core realm, even the difference of a single boundary was not that easy to breach, not to mention two full boundaries!
This meant that as long as he took care not to offend Grandmaster Tiequan, he could basically do whatever he wanted here.
His top priority – confirm Grandmaster Tiequan's stand.
Was he here to support Sky Snow Manor, or was he here for another matter altogether?
Before he was able to determine that, he would have to refrain from doing anything reckless!
In light of that, Lieutenant Qingquan immediately stopped retracted his Origin Force pressure. Though with Grandmaster Tiequan around, his efforts had been rendered completely useless anyway.
”Don't worry, Senior. You aren't interrupting anything important,” Lu Tianzi said while gesturing to another seat in the front hall. ”Please take a seat. Would you like to have some tea?”
Lieutenant Qingquan involuntarily frowned.
Judging from the way they were seated, it was obvious that Lu Tianzi and Nanlan Qianxue were the hosts, while the rest of them were guests.
Because of that, he was able to instantly determine the identity of Lu Tianzi.
The owner of Sky Lord Manor, and also the one responsible for throwing out the three members of the Sacred Cliff City Guards.
Looking at Lu Tianzi, what came to his mind first was not the countless matters that Squad Leader Lingmu had complained to him about.
Instead, Lieutenant Qingquan's interest was drawn by Lu Tianzi's absolute composure.
He was completely fine?
Even though it had only been for a moment, a Third Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist should have been absolutely suffocated by the pressure he exuded earlier.
As proof of that, the other lady who was similarly at the Third Cycle origin Core realm had an ugly expression on her face, obviously having strained herself to withstand the earlier pressure.
But how could Lu Tianzi look this relaxed?
A defensive treasure?
No, that's not it either.
Lieutenant Qingquan had felt no energy fluctuation that even remotely resembled the activation of a defensive treasure.
But if that's the case, then how?
Lieutenant Qingquan was confused, but he did not want to make it too obvious.
”I'm fine, there's no need for tea. I'm just paying a random visit anyway. If you guys are in the midst of something important, I can just come again next time,” Lieutenant Qingquan politely declined.
Despite Lu Tianzi having invited him to take a seat, he chose to remain standing instead.
It was his subtle way of letting Grandmaster Tiequan know that he was not on good terms with Sky Snow Manor, wanting to test Grandmaster Tiequan's reaction.
”Let me know if you feel thirsty later then. I will get Housekeeper Changyu to fetch you some tea,” Lu Tianzi said before turning towards Grandmaster Tiequan and Fairy Pingxi with a smile. ”Seniors, shall we continue our conversation then?”
”Y-You guys can continue!” Fairy Pingxi snapped breathlessly.