49 A Commoners Pas (1/2)

Xue Wei did not care too much about who was right and who was wrong. It was clear that this young master had intended to let their actions slide today, had it not been for the provocation of his followers. Thus, Xue Wei decided to take out some of his annoyance on one of them.

He was calm and collected as he looked the young master in the eye, and even the young master felt his soul tremble from the overwhelming killing intent and the sudden illusion that it brought with it.

”Who are you?” Although he was shocked and scared, the young master managed to calm himself enough to ask the question without his voice trembling, but the truth was that he felt weak inside.

He had wanted to gain a beauty, but now it seemed he might have offended a great warrior.

”A genius from a backwater place is nothing!” one of the followers spat out, but a slap from the young master instantly silenced him.

”Excuse him, he knows nothing,” he said apologetically. His voice was slightly trembling by now, and his back was drenched in cold sweat.

Although this young master was aware of his strength, he also knew that he had met someone much more dangerous than he could imagine.

The many friends were shocked when they saw the slap, but upon thinking a bit for themselves, they realized that their young master was protecting them.

If Xue Wei was capable of making one of them pee his pants and lose consciousness from a glance, then who knew what would happen to those who truly enraged him?

The various experts that listened in on the conversation all approved of the actions of the young master. For now, the most important thing was to stay alive. After that, he could always return for revenge.

Xue Wei knew that this young man was not as saintlike as he might seem. He was being slapped in the face right in front of his followers and had to lower himself in a well-renowned restaurant within the Inner City. It would not take long before rumors about his experience would have traveled across all of the Inner City, and he would lose a great deal of face from it.

It was clear that he needed to wash away this shame somehow, but to do so, he had to be alive. Right now, he was not sure he knew what exactly he could expect from this insane man in front of him.

”You keep calling us country bumpkins, and that we come from a backwater province, but do you even know who it is that is in front of you?” one of the nobles from Tiankong City suddenly sneered, and the young master had a strange gleam in his eyes, but everyone suddenly got interested. Could this young man with peculiar strength and overwhelming killing intent have some backing just as shocking?

”You might be some young master of the capital, but this young man is the only living relative of Primordial Beast Hunter Xiao Lei!” The noble who spoke was a previous follower of Li Jian, but right now he took pride in being on the same side as Xue Wei.

”He is Xiao Lei's nephew and the reason that Xiao Lei has spent five years not hunting for Primordial Beasts! He spent five years looking after this nephew of his, and he dotes on him so much so that he would kill commoners who talked bad about him!”

This young noble did not hide anything at all. He had a hideous expression on his face and a loathing gleam in his eyes.

He had constantly been pressured by Xue Wei's identity back in Tiankong City, and he knew just what it meant to go against Xiao Lei. Now he wanted others to feel the same pressure.

The expressions on the faces of everyone else turned serious. Had this noble mentioned any other Primordial Beast Hunter, they would have scoffed at him, but he mentioned Xiao Lei.

Xiao Lei was the most successful Primordial Beast Hunter in the entire Kingdom of Heping who had killed most primordial beasts, and he was still going strong. No one knew exactly how strong he was, but he was a true hero of the entire kingdom.

”Anyone can claim that they are Xiao Lei's nephew,” one of the followers mumbled, but the young master's face alternated between pale and red. It was clear that he too wished not to believe it, but he did remember some drama five years ago when the capital had heard about Xiao Lei taking in a nephew.

Then he frowned. ”Xiao Lei's nephew was rumored to be trash,” he finally said. ”Utter trash. Unable to cultivate. That rumor even reached us here in the capital. You claim that this guy is his nephew? Since when did he turn from trash into expert?”

”You don't need to understand, but he has a special physique,” another noble-born said. Xue Wei said nothing; he just stood and frowned, not sure he was happy with how much these nobles on his side were saying, but at the same time, he knew that it would be investigated later, and thus he could not keep it hidden. Since that was the case, they might as well use this chance to intimidate their enemies.

”A special physique?” Everyone present frowned. It was no secret that there existed special physiques in the world, but they were so rare that not many knew about it.

The moment the young master heard about it, though, his eyes bulged, and a vein started throbbing on his forehead.

The observing experts were also shocked beyond words. They had heard about special physiques before, but to think they would see a genius with a unique physique was truly unexpected.