Chapter 23 (2/2)

They were disciples from the last session, or even last few sessions, so they had higher cultivation levels and stronger social networks than newcomers, who could only quietly listen to lectures. If any one of the newcomers disagreed, he would be slapped in the face by those seniors without fighting back.

Of course, those newcomers who had just joined Mo Yu’s crew would be spared from physical contacts.

Xiao Chen shook his head. Those “seniors” were just at late-stage Body Refining Realm. Fortunately, none of them came to lecture him.

Thinking of this, two youths walked to him. When they were about to say something, the three princes took out the jade plates and asked, “Are you from the State of Qi, the State of Yan, or the State of Zhao?”

“Uhh…” The two youths looked at the jade plates and walked away, looking for someone else to lecture.

Prince Qi’s face looked quite proud with his thumb up. He pointed at Xiao Chen and said, “This one is our Senior Brother. Leave us alone. Senior Brother Xiao’s cultivation is at Lv 1 Qi Refining Realm. How dare you scums come to lecture us?”

His voice was pretty loud, hence many people looked at them. Many seniors thought that they were challenged and surrounded Xiao Chen.

“Lv 1 Qi Refining Realm? Why don’t you say that you’re at Lv 1 Foundation Building Realm?”

The three princes looked disdainful and were about to retort, when Xiao Chen glared at them and said in a deep voice, “Shut up! Don’t make trouble for me!”

At this point, a man in red who was leaning against a big tree narrowed his eyes with his arms crossed on his chest. He spat out the grass in his mouth and said to the two people beside him, “Go ask his name.”

The two men immediately nodded respectfully and then walked over to Xiao Chen. The others made the way upon seeing the two men coming.

One of the two men walked in front of Xiao Chen, glared at him and said in a loud voice, “Hey! What’s your name?”

Prince Qi stepped forward and pointed back with his thumb, saying, “My Senior Brother, Xiao Chen. Remember that.”

The man nodded and said, “Xiao Chen? Okay then, come to the back of the mountain later.” He then tilted his head, gesturing the other to leave.

“Sorry. No time.”

The man paused, turned around slowly, and asked, “What did you say?”

Prince Zhao raised his head and said, “My Senior Brother said ‘no time’! Do you hear…?” Before he finished his words, he was sent flying backward by a Shadowless Kick.

Prince Qi and Prince Yan rushed to help him up. Prince Zhao held his chest and said with hatred, “Senior Brother, he dares to hit me…”

Xiao Chen glared at him and said, “You deserve it! I think it’s not hard enough!”

“Not hard enough?” That man narrowed his eyes and punched at Prince Zhao in a flash. His move blew up a gust that caused people nearby to retreat rapidly.

This punch was weak, even weaker than that of Xiao Yuan. Xiao Chen raised his hand to hook his arm and took advantage of that man’s momentum to throw that man 16 or 17 meters away, stirring up dust. This was Xiao Family’s martial arts technique—deflecting one thousand pounds with only four ounces of energy.

The crowd exclaimed upon seeing this. The other man ferociously charged at Xiao Chen and then was thrown back to his company in the same way.

The crowd was exclaiming. They were not admiring Xiao Chen’s technique but the fact that he dared to touch those two men.

“It seems that the newcomers this year are dominant.”

As the voice fell, a figure in red suddenly attacked from Xiao Chen’s back. Xiao Chen’s Divine Sense was swift enough to found the figure, and then he turned around rapidly and punched out. The two attacks met, stirring up dust and soil. Under the shock wave, two big trees nearby were shaking and many people were sent flying.

The crowd exclaimed, “He can even trade a punch with Senior Brother Ye!”

Xiao Chen took back his hand. He looked fine on the outside, but the True Qi in his body became extremely turbulent under the blow. He could judge that this man had reached Lv 2 Qi Refining Realm.

The man in red squinted and said, “Not bad. But you’d remember this: my name is Ye Shaochong. On the Sunset Peak, if I want you dead at 1 a.m., you won’t breathe after 5 a.m. If you really want to die, I’ll grant your wish.”

“Hehe, Ye Shaochong, what else can you do except for bullying the newcomers?”

At this point, a man in green walked here in the distance with a dozen people following behind him.