The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 249: Chapter 249: Mu Liantian Intervenes Chapter 249: Chapter 249: Mu Liantian Intervenes “Crack!

Crack!

Crack!”

The red sword light that Jing Yan was urging within the space was surging with Primordial Energy.

But beneath the terrifying black palm shadow that enveloped it, the red sword light was shattering and dissipating at an extremely fast rate.

The Power contained in the attack of a Dao Spirit Realm expert was indeed too terrifying.

Even though Jing Yan had already exerted his utmost effort and stimulated his Primordial Energy to its limit, he couldn’t resist it.

Moreover, in this situation, his Sky Wings and Sword Intent were of little use.

Jing Ziqi and Jing Luoyu both took out their weapons, trying to help Jing Yan withstand the attack together.

However, whether they acted or not made little difference; they couldn’t help Jing Yan much.

Jing Ziqi, a martial artist of the Innate Middle Stage realm, couldn’t even get her martial arts close to the black palm seal before they burst apart.

And Jing Luoyu, who wasn’t even at the Innate realm, was even less worth mentioning.

Jing Yan felt as if his body was being crushed by a mountain that obscured the sun and the sky, even the Primordial Energy within the Fog Vortex became sluggish.

The Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill could scarcely continue to circulate Primordial Energy.

At this moment, Jing Ziqi and Jing Luoyu were actually under much less pressure than Jing Yan.

Although their strengths were far below Jing Yan’s, Wei Youming’s attack was mainly aimed at Jing Yan, with them only receiving minor collateral damage.

Therefore, the pressure they faced was less than a tenth of what Jing Yan was experiencing.

“This little beast is really something!” Wei Youming’s eyes flickered with sharp light; he could definitely feel the strong power contained in Jing Yan’s attack.

He vaguely felt that if he hadn’t stepped into the Dao Spirit Realm, he might not even be a match for Jing Yan.

This young martial artist named Jing Yan was incredibly strong.

“Hmph, no matter how monstrous you are, today you will undoubtedly die!” Wei Youming snorted coldly in his heart, his killing intent icy.

Immediately, a cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He saw that Jing Yan could no longer hold on, and his black palm seal would crush Jing Yan completely in the next moment.

“Stop!”

Just then, suddenly a loud shout came.

“Swoosh!”

And then, a vast Qi Fluctuation forcefully intervened in the battle.

This Qi directly suppressed the black palm seal and the already crumbling red sword light, then with a light swirl, both types of light rapidly dissipated within the space.

“Hm?” Wei Youming frowned, sweeping his gaze outward, very displeased.

Just as he was about to finish off Jing Yan, an interfering busybody appeared.

But Wei Youming did not immediately curse out loud, for the person who intervened was clearly very strong.

Being able to easily stop his attack like that was certainly not something ordinary people could do.

Before figuring out who the newcomer was, he needed to restrain himself.

Upon hearing this shout, Jing Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been about to play his trump card in front of Wei Youming, invoking the name of Lord Chief Mu Liantian of the Prince Manor.

If it truly came down to a life-and-death moment, of course Jing Yan couldn’t just wait to die.

He was prepared in his heart and knew that as long as he invoked the name of Mu Liantian, there was a ninety percent chance that Wei Youming would stop, even if he still wanted to kill him.

Jing Yan had considered this before confronting Wei Youming.

However, unless it was absolutely necessary, Jing Yan would not voluntarily bring up Mu Liantian, the Chief Manager of the Prince Manor.

Because even if Mu Liantian owed him a great favor, if Jing Yan casually used Mu Liantian’s status to threaten others, Mu Liantian would surely be displeased upon finding out.

This was easy to understand.

Just like Jing Yan himself, if someone caused him to owe them a favor, Jing Yan might help without hesitation if they were in trouble.

But if that person casually invoked Jing Yan’s name, using his reputation to intimidate or coerce opponents, then Jing Yan would definitely not be pleased.

This was human nature.

No one likes to be used.

So, unless it was a matter of life or death, Jing Yan would definitely not casually invoke the name of Mu Liantian.

“Hm?”

“Lord Chief?”

Wei Youming, originally with a grim expression, turned to look for the one who had interrupted his plan.

But when his gaze landed on the figure, he suddenly trembled involuntarily, blurting out a cry in reflex.

He was truly frightened!

Standing there was actually Mu Liantian!

Why would Lord Chief suddenly appear?

And to personally intervene to prevent him from killing Jing Yan?

For a moment, numerous thoughts whirled through Wei Youming’s mind.

Mu Liantian was not only far superior to him in strength, but more importantly, he was his direct superior.

Wei Youming was greatly puzzled!

In his memory, Mu Liantian’s visits to the Juhua Restaurant over the past several decades could be counted on one hand.

If it weren’t for something significant, Mu Liantian wouldn’t come to the Juhua Restaurant.

Even if he wanted to find Wei Youming, the manager there, he only needed to send someone to notify him to come over.

But now, Mu Liantian had personally come over, and such a coincidence that he witnessed him attacking the martial artists participating in the Three Major Academies’ assessment.

If this was handled poorly, it could very well affect Mu Liantian’s impression of him.

After these thoughts raced through his mind, Wei Youming wanted to speak again to explain the situation.

In his view, Mu Liantian would clearly be more inclined to believe him, the manager of the Juhua Restaurant, and not those three young martial artists from a small city.

“Lord Chief!” Jing Yan, with a slight smile, greeted Mu Liantian with a cupped-fist salute.

“What?” Wei Youming was about to explain, but before he could open his mouth, Jing Yan spoke.

It seemed as if Jing Yan knew Lord Chief Mu, what was going on?

The words that had reached the tip of his tongue were forcibly swallowed back.

Wei Youming’s eyes widened, his unease growing into a vague sense of foreboding.

“Lord Chief?”

“Could this man be the Manager of the Prince Manor from Lanqu County City?”

“Lord Chief Mu came to Juhua Restaurant?

And this Jing Yan knows Lord Chief Mu too?

It looks like they will be saved.

If Jing Yan knows Lord Chief Mu, then Wei Youming probably can’t kill Jing Yan and the others after all.”

“But how does a martial artist from Donglin City, a minor city, know the Manager of the Prince Manor?”

The surrounding crowd once again began whispering among themselves, casting curious glances at Jing Yan and Mu Liantian.

Mu Liantian was a true big shot; within the entire Lanqu County City, there were few who could be considered his equal.

Even the supervisor of Juhua Restaurant was far from qualified.

“Young friend Jing Yan,” Mu Liantian responded to Jing Yan with a smile.

Hearing this from Mu Liantian made Wei Youming’s heart skip a beat.

Oh no!

Jing Yan did indeed know the Lord Manager, and it seemed like their relationship was quite close.

The Lord Manager even addressed Jing Yan as “young friend.” If they weren’t exceptionally close, why would Mu Liantian refer to Jing Yan in such a manner?

Wei Youming’s head slightly bowed, beads of sweat began to form on his forehead, his heart starting to panic.

“Wei Youming, tell me, what is going on here?” After responding to Jing Yan with a smile, Mu Liantian turned his gaze sternly towards Wei Youming and demanded.

Wei Youming had come straight to Juhua Restaurant after leaving the Manager’s Mansion.

He had come to express his gratitude to Jing Yan, but as soon as he entered the restaurant, he saw Wei Youming making a move against Jing Yan, looking as if he wanted to kill Jing Yan.

Without any hesitation, he stopped Wei Youming’s attack.

“Lord Manager, you know this Jing Yan?

I had no idea.

If I had known…” Wei Youming said with his head down.

“Enough excuses.

It doesn’t matter whether I know Jing Yan or not, answer my question, what exactly happened, why did you attack Jing Yan!” Mu Liantian waved his arm, cutting off Wei Youming’s words in a direct manner.

Wei Youming’s body trembled slightly once more, detecting anger in Mu Liantian’s tone.

“This…

this is all a misunderstanding!

Jing Yan slew a man publicly in Juhua Restaurant, and as the supervisor, I acted to apprehend him.

I wasn’t trying to kill Jing Yan,” said a frantic Wei Youming.

“Lord Chief, allow me to explain the situation,” said Jing Yan with a cold smile after glancing at Wei Youming, then addressing Mu Liantian.

“Uh-huh, young friend Jing Yan, go ahead,” Mu Liantian nodded to Jing Yan.

Jing Yan recounted the whole event in detail, with virtually no discrepancies.

“Lord Chief, what I don’t understand is, as the supervisor of this restaurant, and being responsible for its management, why didn’t Wei Youming intervene when the Chen Family was beating Jing Luoyu, or when that Chen Bing tried to kill me.

Yet, when I asked for an apology from Chen Yan, he quickly stepped in to stop me.

I find this very puzzling,” said Jing Yan, looking at Wei Youming for his final remark.

Wei Youming’s face turned deathly pale.

If he had been in the right, he wouldn’t have been so worried; he knew what kind of person Mu Liantian was.

Even if he knew Jing Yan well, he wouldn’t fear Mu Liantian seeking revenge for Jing Yan.

The problem was, he was clearly in the wrong, and it was obvious to anyone that he had favored Chen Yan of the Chen Family.

“Wei Youming, tell me, is there anything untrue about what young friend Jing Yan said?” Mu Liantian’s presence slightly intensified as he looked at Wei Youming.

“Lord Manager, all of us here have witnessed the entire incident unfold.

The development of the event was indeed as Jing Yan described, without any discrepancies.

We can all testify to this.”

While Wei Youming was sweating profusely and trying to come up with a strategy, a particularly daring martial artist from the crowd spoke up loudly.

Of course, he dared to speak because he saw that Jing Yan and Mu Liantian knew each other, and he believed that Mu Liantian would stand up for Jing Yan.

If Mu Liantian had been on Wei Youming’s side, he certainly wouldn’t have dared to speak out.

“Yes, we can testify!”

“The three of them, Jing Yan and his companions, did nothing wrong.”

“Indeed, from the beginning, it was the Chen Family who went too far!” Numerous martial artists started shouting.

Clearly, there were quite a few martial artists holding resentments against the Chen Family.