217 Operating separately (1/2)
”Yes, that's what happened….” Han Yan Meng continued to sob, while her voice even stammered as she recollected running into that naked man in the Maple Forest, and the fight which followed soon after. Her audience, old and experienced enough in worldly matters had already understood that this was probably just a misunderstanding and nothing more!
Based on the their evaluation of the man's Xuan Qi level, they could clearly sense that the man was probably running around naked inside the forest in order to practice some sort of martial technique when the Little Princess and Xiao Feng Wu disrupted his practice, forcing the man to halt his activities, which probably provoked the man as a result!
Given the manner in which things had happened, one must give credit to their wisdom since their guess was partially correct from one perspective.
”Did that man know your origin?” the Sixth Elder asked the most crucial question.
”Did he know…..” Han Yan Meng wiped her tears, and then said: ”He didn't seem to know about us in beginning, but just when that man was about to leave, Brother Xiao said something and that man immediately became very furious…. Then he grabbed Brother Xiao, and started beating him up, and then... Brother Xiao ended up looking like this!”
”What did Feng Wu say to him?” the five men anxiously asked at the same time. These five men had already assessed that this one particular sentence must have enraged that naked man; and hence, knowing this sentence would clearly explain the problem that aroused this incident.
”Brother Xiao said: 'The Silver Blizzard City will not let you get away with this. We will exterminate your entire Family!'....” Little Princess had obviously learnt how to mimic people because her impersonation of Xiao Feng Wu was very accurately animated. Her tears still lingered on her eyelashes as she finished narrating this sentence, and could sense from the reaction of the three Elders that there was something probably very wrong with this one sentence in particular.
The three Elders sighed at the same time.
[This is just bad luck, isn't it? It only common sense to exit in peace when you can clearly see that the other side is far stronger than yourself, especially when you're stranded alone, and without any backup. Instead of retreating, he actually started threatening the man, and then went one step ahead and threatened to destroy his entire Family? ….. Even if he really wanted to take revenge for the incident, then he should've left that to a time later on in the future ah…. This kid is really very inexperienced in life! ]
The three Elders were evaluating this scenario with a lot of care, and firmly believed that they themselves would've retreated if ever faced with such a circumstance. The three men were in agreement that Xiao Feng Wu's life had actually been spared by the mercy of that mysterious naked man.
”Silver Blizzard City is of course the most powerful faction of this world, and everyone is afraid of our prowess. However, openly bragging about our name can sometimes be enough to get you into mortal danger!” the Third Elder sighed, ”This person may have acted mercilessly, but he's definitely not a murderer...” his facial expression suddenly changed, and suddenly became very unsightly as he stated this sentence. Even though he hadn't finished his sentence yet, it seemed obvious that he was finding it very difficult to continue.
The Third, the Sixth and the Ninth Elder had been working together for many years now, and had a very clear understanding of each other's thought processes. The faces of the three men changed to the same ugly shade since they were evaluating and assessing the situation with a similar mindset.
The three men were thinking the same thing at this moment: [if this person is in a position where he isn't even afraid of provoking the Silver Blizzard City, then that leaves us with only one option if we wish to avoid any future problems: We'll need to silence the man! ]
However, the three Elders weren't completely willing to make this choice either….
Because the man could've made the same; but he didn't!
Not only had he not made this cruel decision, and had actually spared the lives of their two younglings, the man had even refrained from causing direct harm to the Little Princess. However, the man had knowingly left Xiao Feng Wu in a very embarrassed physical state after beating him up to near-death! This was sure to ignite an insuppressible flame of hatred in Xiao Feng Wu's heart, which wouldn't simmer down until the man was dead!
The man didn't kill Xiao Feng Wu, but made sure to provoke him in the most outrageous of ways; and such an action could only be explained in one way: that man wasn't bothered with the Silver Blizzard City's strength!
In other words, the man was so sure that not only did he not seem afraid of the Silver Blizzard City, he was actually considered himself to be strong enough to contend against them! Basically, if the word of this incident was ever to become public, the reputation of the Silver Blizzard City would suffer a lot of harm.
The next step would obviously be to assess the man's strength; and that of his backers!
However, in present times, there weren't too many factions which were capable of carrying out such a brazen act of insolence against the Silver Blizzard City!
”The Xue Hun Manor is unlikely to be behind this….” The Third Elder and Xiao Han were in agreement on this, however, the latter was working a completely different angel in his mind: ”The Xue Hun Manor's people didn't even show up for the Xuan Core, so it is unlikely that this was done by one of their people. Anyway, if this was done by one of their people, then given their world-renowned arrogance, the man would've obviously left a mark behind. They like their boldness to be recognized by the world, but this was done in silence and seclusion, so it is unlikely that they have anything to do with this.”
”So who do you think was behind this?” the Six Elder raised his silver-ish eyebrows.
”I believe that there's only one Family in the Tian Xiang City that harbors a hatred deep enough to do something like this.” Xiao Han's eyes flickered coldly: ”And that Family is the Jun Family! Only the Jun Family would be so sensitive to the ”Xiao” Family's name, and therefore I believe that this must be their doing!”
”According to the Little Princess's description, the man had said: 'I hate the Family name 'Xiao'!' This sentence clearly indicates that the man harbors an enmity against the Xiao Family, and later on, once Feng Wu revealed his identity, the man violently thrashed him; the one basic point that we can deduce from this is that this person may not be an enemy of the Silver Blizzard City, but he certainly hates the Xiao Family! And on this point, I'd like to state the obvious: most Families who harbor such sentiments against the Xiao Family are dead, and the very few that still remain are not currently based in the Tian Xiang City. Hence, the only Family that complies with all conditions at hand is the Jun Family; and Jun Wu Yi!”