Firmament Sword

Anger appeared on Xie Yurou and Su Qianqian’s faces as well. They wondered who could be so bold as to proactively seek trouble with Sun Xiaohong.

Just then, a frivolous voice drifted over from a distance. ”Heh, for a mere Maid to be so arrogant, it just goes to show what your master must be like on a daily basis. It’s your good fortune that my Young Master has taken a liking to you. Believe it or not, if my Young Master were to ask, even the Sect Leader of your Celestial Brilliance... would give him face and gift you to him!”

”What? You don’t believe me? Heh heh, this Celestial Brilliance... is a Supreme Great Sect of Xi Hezhou, that’s true. But... in the eyes of people like you, are there no other powerful figures in this world besides those from Celestial Brilliance?”

”Senior Brother Jin... don’t blame this little brother for being blunt, but it seems... here in Celestial Brilliance, your words don’t carry much weight, do they?”

Another lazy voice drifted over, its tone filled with nonchalance.

Then, Jin Ming’s familiar voice spoke up. ”Some of Celestial Brilliance’s young disciples are used to being arrogant. They’ve always believed Celestial Brilliance is the strongest in the world. There’s no harm in teaching such people a lesson.”

”Senior Brother Jin is so just! Truly worthy of being a future successor of Celestial Brilliance. You speak and act from a fair and impartial standpoint, and you’re so broad-minded!” the lazy voice flattered.

He then turned to Sun Xiaohong. ”Little girl, I see your talent is decent and you’re not bad-looking. You’re barely qualified to be my Maid. If you’re willing to follow me, I guarantee that within ten years, I’ll make you a Great Saint Realm expert!”

The surrounding crowd couldn’t help but start sucking up.

”Young Master Tu truly is a man who cherishes beautiful women, to be so generous even to a Maid!”

”Young Master Tu is incredible! Raising a Maid to the Great Saint Realm in ten years is truly admirable!”

”Indeed, Young Master Tu’s abilities are genuinely astonishing!”

”Young Master Tu must have already stepped into the Venerable Realm, right? To reach such a level at such a young age... he’s so much stronger than that so-called Senior Brother of our Celestial Brilliance Medicine Garden!”

Xu Luo led Xie Yurou and Su Qianqian around a corridor and saw a large pavilion. A big group of people was sitting inside, while Sun Xiaohong was blocked by several attendant-like figures, her pretty face flushed red with anger.

Xu Luo’s gaze swept over them, and he saw many familiar faces. Among them, he could name Jin Ming at a glance. The others were Heavenly Brilliance Disciples who were often seen with Jin Ming.

Sitting next to Jin Ming was a tall, handsome young man. He wore a golden coronet holding his hair, was dressed in cyan robes, and held a folding fan, looking dashing and debonair.

The moment Xu Luo appeared, a mocking smile touched the corners of the handsome young man’s mouth. He glanced askance at Xu Luo. ”So you’re that Senior Brother Medicine Garden? Your Maid isn’t bad. How about you give her to me?”

Xie Yurou and Su Qianqian were instantly furious. Xie Yurou opened her mouth to rebuke him but was gently held back by Su Qianqian, who sent her a voice transmission. ”Don’t say anything yet. This is a matter between men.”

Xie Yurou was stunned for a moment, then she understood. The other party was trying to make Xu Luo lose face. If she spoke up, they would surely seize the opportunity to say that Xu Luo needed a woman to stand up for him.

’What a malicious scheme!’ A cold glint flashed in Xie Yurou’s eyes as she glared at Jin Ming and the others.

Su Qianqian was also extremely displeased with Jin Ming and the other Celestial Brilliance People. No matter how great their internal conflicts were, those were internal matters. As a senior brother of Celestial Brilliance, for Jin Ming to side with an outsider and allow a Heavenly Brilliance Disciple to be humiliated was truly chilling.

Xu Luo looked at the handsome young man and asked, ”Do you have any sisters?”

The handsome young man’s expression turned stern. He stared coldly at Xu Luo. ”You dare compare my sisters to a mere Maid?”

One of the attendant-like youths blocking Sun Xiaohong shouted sternly, ”Insolence! Do you know who our Young Master is? How dare you speak like that! Slap yourself now!”

Jin Ming sat there, as steady as a mountain, a faint smile on his face, showing no reaction at all.

A few Inner Disciples of Heavenly Brilliance sitting near Jin Ming, however, looked a little uneasy. Luo Tian was infamous; even young masters from Heritage Clans ended up miserable after provoking him. Although they considered themselves extraordinary, they couldn’t compare to the young masters of Heritage Clans.

Moreover, in this situation, they seemed to be siding with an outsider against one of their own. It was not a comfortable feeling.

So, one by one, they all lowered their heads, pretending not to see anything.

Xu Luo completely ignored the attendant. Instead, he looked at the handsome young man, smiled, and said, ”Get lost.”

”You...” The handsome young man hadn’t expected this person to be even more unreasonable than him, resorting to curses right away.

Jin Ming chimed in from the side, his voice faint. ”Luo Tian, you’ve gone too far. This is Young Master Tu, son of the Hall Master of Sui Feng Hall. Surely you haven’t... failed to hear of Sui Feng Hall?”

”What does this have to do with you? Shut your mouth!” Xu Luo said coldly, not even sparing Jin Ming a glance.

”You’re out of line!” Jin Ming’s eyebrow twitched. An icy aura erupted from his body as he glared coldly at Xu Luo.

”You see the Medicine King, yet you don’t even pay respects, just sitting there like a pile of rotten meat. Anyone who didn’t know better would think you were dead. What right do you have to speak to me!” Xu Luo’s face suddenly turned cold as he bellowed, ”You ill-mannered cur! I’ll settle the score with you later!”

”You’re courting death!” Jin Ming flew into a rage. It wasn’t that he was unaware of Luo Tian’s status, but he had never given it any regard. Even after being suppressed by Luo Tian’s status once before due to the death of his younger brother, Jin Xian, he still didn’t take Luo Tian’s identity as the Medicine King seriously.

All this time, he had been biding his time, preparing to kill Luo Tian directly in the finals of the annual competition!

Today was an accident. He hadn’t expected to run into Luo Tian here at the Ancient Dao Pavilion, let alone that Young Master Tu beside him would take a fancy to Luo Tian’s Maid.

However, he couldn’t be bothered with such matters. In fact, he was willing to fan the flames. If he could get Luo Tian to clash with the young master from Sui Feng Hall, he would be more than happy to see it.

But he never expected that after Luo Tian arrived, the fire would be turned on him.

”I’m courting death?” Xu Luo’s eyes shot out a chilling glare, like a ferocious beast locking onto its prey.

Jin Ming, not to be outdone, sat there and met Xu Luo’s cold gaze.

”Xiaohong, come here,” Xie Yurou said from the side.

”Yes!” Sun Xiaohong answered softly, feeling a little dejected. She felt she had caused trouble for her Young Master.

”I’d like to see who dares let her go,” the handsome young master on the other side sneered. ”I’ve taken a liking to her, so she must be mine!”

The few attendants surged forward, completely surrounding Sun Xiaohong.

At that moment, Zhao Hongzhang rushed over from a distance. The Chief Shopkeeper of the Ancient Dao Pavilion felt a massive headache coming on. He had warned Xu Luo earlier, but he never thought something like this would still happen.

”Don’t be impulsive, everyone! We can talk this out!” Zhao Hongzhang rushed over, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. He then said to Jin Ming, ”You’re a senior brother of the younger generation. You should at least say something fair, shouldn’t you?”

Jin Ming let out a cold laugh. ”I am naturally fair. I stand on the side of reason. I would never show favoritism just because someone from my own sect made a mistake!”

Zhao Hongzhang couldn’t help but roll his eyes. He thought to himself: ’You call this being fair? Even bias isn’t usually this blatant, is it?’

Xie Yurou sent a voice transmission to Xu Luo: ”Sui Feng Hall may not be very large, but every one of its disciples is a peerless prodigy. In terms of quality, they are no less than our Celestial Brilliance; it’s just that their power as a whole isn’t as great as ours. This young master from Sui Feng Hall should be Tu Wanli, the most favored youngest son of the Sui Feng Hall’s Hall Master!”

Xu Luo’s face was expressionless as he said coldly, ”In this world, nothing is greater than reason. A group of grown men surrounding a young girl, trying to take her by force; a senior brother of Celestial Brilliance whose words are like farts in front of outsiders, making him worse than a pig or a dog; an arrogant young master from outside who thinks he can run wild in Celestial Brilliance’s territory...”

As he spoke, Xu Luo’s gaze locked coldly onto Tu Wanli. ”Others might spoil you, but I won’t. I’ll give you one last chance. Let my person go, then get out of here! I can pretend none of this ever happened.”

”Today, I refuse to believe it!” Tu Wanli snapped open his folding fan with a SH-THWACK, sneering at Xu Luo with a look that said, ’What can you do to me?’

”Fine. You forced my hand!” Xu Luo said. He then turned to Tu Wanli’s attendants and roared, ”GET LOST!”

BOOM!

The first thing to be hit was the table in the middle of the pavilion. The cups, plates, and fine dishes on it, along with the tabletop itself, exploded violently!

All sorts of soups and drinks splashed directly onto the people sitting around the table!

This immediately sent the crowd into a flustered panic. Even Jin Ming had to instantly retreat, simultaneously erupting his Protective True Qi to block the splashing food and drink.

Immediately after, the attendants surrounding Sun Xiaohong all let out blood-curdling screams. Blood poured from their seven orifices as their bodies went limp and collapsed to the ground!

They had been roared to death!

Jade Balance Demon Sound!

In his fury, Xu Luo hadn’t attacked physically. Instead, he had directly used the Jade Balance Demon Sound to blast them all to death!

The aftershock of the Jade Balance Demon Sound caused the few Inner Disciples of Heavenly Brilliance who were also at the table to bleed from their ears and noses. They all stared at Xu Luo in horror, as if looking at a monster.

They had never heard that Luo Tian was also skilled in this kind of attack.

Sun Xiaohong ran over immediately, her eyes red. She said to Xu Luo, ”Young Master, I’m sorry!”

”What did you do wrong?” Xu Luo patted Sun Xiaohong’s shoulder and said, ”Let’s go.”

”Stop right there!” Tu Wanli was now incandescent with rage. His trusted attendants had just been killed by a single roar. That sound had made him jump in fright, and although the food and drink hadn’t splashed on him, the chaos had left him in a disheveled state.

”You killed my men... and you think you can just walk away? In this world... there’s no such thing as a free lunch!” Tu Wanli ground his teeth as he glared at Xu Luo.

”You want to die too?” Xu Luo whipped his head around. Two beams of divine light shot from his eyes, shimmering with runes. They contained a wondrous Dao rhythm and emanated a terrifying power.