Ling Xiao and Ling Yixue saw two people standing on the wall.
One was Ling Chen. The other was Ling Yun.
Ling Yun had shouted at her.
“I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
Ling Yixue indifferently glanced at Ling Yun.
At the end of the annual competition, he had been greatly stimulated and had his mentality turn unstable. Therefore, although he cultivated hard, his improvements had been inferior to Ling Yixue and Ling Yihang’s.
If he challenged her, although she didn’t dare to say that she would defeat him, she was confident that she wouldn’t lose within a hundred moves.
Therefore, she was not afraid of Ling Yun now.
“Still acting dumb! You obviously have a relationship with Ling Feifan, but now that he has gone outside to temper himself, you are cheating with Ling Xiao. Aren’t you a cheap woman?”
Ling Yun howled.
“Ling Feifan is indeed pursuing me, but I’ve never promised anything to him. As a disciple of the Ling Clan, you must apologize to me for this insult!”
Ling Yixue frowned with a dark expression.
“What are you talking about, cheap woman!”
Ling Yun went crazy. He was obviously not afraid of Ling Xiao because he had Ling Chen beside him.
“Roll for me!”
Ling Xiao couldn’t endure it any longer.
This was his courtyard; Ling Chen and Ling Yun were standing on his courtyard’s wall.
However, Ling Yun dared to speak so rudely, insulting Ling Yixue and him. If he endured this, wouldn’t he be a bastard?
Ling Xiao suddenly made a move, employing the <Geocentric Ice Lotus Binding> Ling Yixue had used before.
Merely, it was even more beautiful in his hands.
An ice lotus appeared out of thin air and directly froze Ling Yun, pulling him toward Ling Xiao.
His moves were smooth, and Ling Chen didn’t even have the time to save Ling Yun.
“Release him!”
Ling Chen glared at Ling Xiao.
“If he kneels down and apologizes, I will let him go!”
Ling Xiao didn’t have a good impression of Ling Chen. In the Library Pavilion, Ling Chen had actually tried to snatch his Ice Glaze Sword in front of the Patriarch, Uncle Ling Er, and Supreme Elder Ling Yin.
He hadn’t exploded then because he had not been Ling Chen’s opponent.
Today was different.
“Release him! Then kneel and apologize to my younger brother. Finally, if you obediently hand over that cheap woman Ling Yixue, I will treat it as if nothing had happened today.”
Ling Chen placed his hands behind his back with a proud and aloof look. He didn’t place Ling Xiao in his eyes.
“Hahaha, what thing are you to actually dare to talk to me like this? My status is equal to an elder’s, but you didn’t kneel down to greet me. Can it be that you want to rebel?”
Ling Xiao roared with laughter and stepped on Ling Yun.
Although Ling Yun’s consciousness remained clear, he was trampled onto the ground like a dog, unable to move at all.
He wanted to kill someone.
In the past, he had once been the number two disciple of the Genius Hall. But now, he had been humiliated like this. It was truly maddening.
“Elder?”
Ling Chen said with disdain, “Ling Xiaotian, the Patriarch of the Ling Clan, is my grandfather! Are you going to kneel or not?”
“I should be asking you that!”
Ling Xiao knew that Ling Chen was powerful. Therefore, he handed Ling Yun over to Ling Yixue. He wanted to fight against Ling Chen now.
He had not forgotten his enmity from the Library Pavilion.
“Courting death!”
Ling Chen was truly angry. In the Ling Clan, not even Ling Feifan dared to speak to him like this. He had only been away from the Ling Clan for four years, but now, people looked down on him.
It was impossible for him to withstand it.
“Stop!”
However, just when the two people were about to exchange blows.
Ling Wuhen appeared.
“Ling Chen, did you forget that this is my residence?” Ling Wuhen asked gloomily.
In the Library Pavilion, Ling Chen hadn’t given him any face. At that time, he hadn’t cared about it, considering the Supreme Elder and Patriarch’s faces.
Now, Ling Chen actually dared to break into his residence and attack his people.
If he didn’t do anything, his reputation might be forgotten.
“Second Uncle, are you trying to protect him?” Ling Chen looked at Ling Wuhen with a hint of contempt.
“He doesn’t need me to protect him, but since you have no respect, I will teach you a lesson in place of Brother Shisan today!”
After saying this, Ling Wuhen suddenly made a move.
It had been a long time since he had last made a move, and many people seemed to have forgotten that Ling Wuhen was second only to Ling Xiaotian in the Ling Clan.
His move was truly powerful.
Ling Chen was already an Initial Rank Six Martial Vein martial artist, but in front of Ling Wuhen, he didn’t have the slightest ability to resist.
Ling Wuhen beat Ling Chen to the ground in just one move.
“Apologize, then get out!”
Ling Wuhen didn’t speak much, but he was very domineering.
Ling Chen’s mouth twitched, but he eventually cupped his hands towards Ling Xiao and said: “Sorry!”
“Ling Xiao, please give me face and release Ling Yun. After all, he is my Brother Shisan’s son.”
Ling Wuhen looked at Ling Xiao and politely asked without the slightest hint of steel in his tone.
“I’ll definitely give Uncle Ling Er face, but Ling Yun must kneel down and apologize to Senior Apprentice Sister Ling Yixue. I will not retract what I said.”
He didn’t want to refute Ling Wuhen’s face, but some matters he had to insist on, especially in front of Ling Yixue.
“Ling Yun, did you hear that?”
Ling Wuhen glanced at Ling Yun who looked like a dead dog.
Ling Yun was full of sorrow, but he could do nothing. This was Ling Wuhen’s residence. They had made the mistake of breaking into it. Even if they reported it to the Patriarch, nothing would be done.
If he didn’t kneel down and apologize now, Ling Xiao would definitely cripple him.
“Sorry! I shouldn’t have talked nonsense!”
Finally, Ling Yun knelt down and apologized to Ling Yixue.
“Scram!”
Ling Xiao waved his hand, melting the ice on Ling Yun.
He didn’t dare to say anything brave and fled the scene in embarrassment.
“Ling Xiao, today’s matter is my fault.”
After Ling Chen and Ling Yun had left, Ling Wuhen apologized with a bitter smile.
“Uncle Ling Er, don’t blame yourself. Although this residence belongs to you, it is still within the Ling Clan. That Ling Chen is truly powerful, so ordinary people cannot stop him. Forget it. In any case, nothing big happened.”
Ling Xiao didn’t want to dwell on this matter.
“As expected of you Ling Xiao, everything was handled cleanly without muddling the waters. No wonder your cultivation has progressed so quickly!”
Uncle Ling Er smiled. “Since you two are here today, I will tell you something.”
“Uncle Ling Er, please feel free to speak.”
Ling Xiao nodded. Ling Yixue also nodded.
“Do you two know how the title ‘noble son of Heavenly Peak City’ is determined?”
Ling Wuhen asked.
Both of them shook their heads. They focused on martial arts and didn’t care too much about these things.
“In fact, after the annual competition of the various clans, Heavenly Peak City’s city lord will invite the geniuses of the various clans to a competition in the city lord’s mansion. The top four are bestowed the title of “noble son” and get many benefits.”
Ling Wuhen explained, “This competition is known as Heavenly Peak City’s ‘Heavenly Peak Gathering’. Altogether, only 20 people below 20 can participate. Each of the four major clans can send four people. As for the other four, the rest of the clans will contend for those places!”
“Don’t underestimate this gathering. On the surface, it’s just a duel, but in fact, it’s a ‘war’ between the four major clans for resources. I guess that you two will one day be sent to participate in this gathering. You two must prepare yourselves since the entire city will know the results of this competition. If by chance you are defeated, you will be drowned in spit.”
