“Have they left?”
Yun Ya asked.
“They just went. If we chase now, we should still catch them.”
The maid did not want to suffer this grievance either. She had been slapped for no reason, half her face was swollen, how could she let it go?
“Let’s go, take me to them!”
Yun Ya stood up, her face dark, and said, “Our Tianlong Trading Company gives face to their Black Python family, but that doesn’t mean we fear them. Since they want to tear off all pretence, let’s see who is stronger.”
“Yes, Princess.”
The maid nodded and was about to head out when Ling Xiao spoke. “No need to go. They have come to us.”
As soon as Ling Xiao finished speaking, an aged voice came from outside the door.
“What’s this? People from Tianlong Trading Company can do whatever they like in Sin City now? You crippled the young master of our Black Python family, cut out my dear grandson Manyuan’s tongue, and slapped my son Man Yuntu. I only took some of your herbs as a warning!”
With the voice came an old man walking into the room.
The old man looked much older than Man Yuntu. His beard nearly reached his chest and appeared rather elegant.
Yet his eyes were extremely sinister, like a pair of sharp hawk eyes.
Following behind him were Manyuan, looking triumphant, and Man Yuntu, his face full of rage.
Manyuan glared fiercely at Ling Xiao. That look seemed to say, “Kid, you’re done for! With my grandfather here, no one can save you!”
Half-step Yin-Yang realm?
Ling Xiao frowned slightly.
No wonder this Manyuan never learned his lesson and wasn’t afraid of threats. It turned out there was such a powerful figure in his family.
“And here I was wondering who it was. So it’s Protector Zuo of the Black Python family, Man Feng. Was it you who robbed our Tianlong Trading Company’s herbs?”
Facing Man Feng, Princess Yun Ya did not yield an inch.
In terms of cultivation, she was no weaker than this Man Feng. In terms of influence, the Tianlong Trading Company she belonged to was certainly no less than the Black Python family.
She had no reason to fear this old man, and even less reason to let him run wild in her own home.
“Little girl, don’t think too highly of yourself. You do not represent the Tianlong Trading Company!”
Man Feng gave a faint laugh. “You actually helped outsiders against our Black Python family. This has already displeased your superior, Zhang Tiande. I took these herbs with his permission. What can you say about that?”
“Heh, Zhang Tiande is indeed my superior, but these herbs were bought with my own personal money. What right does he have to dispose of them for me?”
Yun Ya sneered.
“Little girl, he’s wiping your backside for you. You offended our Black Python family, so he’s only using this to ease relations. Your experience in the martial world is far too shallow. You can’t even tell whom you should really rely on.”
Man Feng lectured Yun Ya as though he were an elder.
In truth, after entering the room, Man Feng had remained quite cautious. He observed Ling Xiao, Leng Mei, and Yue Nü.
Yue Nü appeared to be an ordinary woman with no trace of martial strength.
Leng Mei was strong, but he believed she was definitely no match for him.
As for Ling Xiao, although he had slapped his son Man Yuntu, in Man Feng’s view Ling Xiao’s strength was at most around the Sixth Cavern Heaven realm. He might have managed a sneak attack on his son, but he was absolutely no opponent for Man Feng himself.
With that judgement, he had nothing to fear.
Anyway, the grand master had already said he could handle this matter fully and must not damage the prestige of the Black Python family.
Wasn’t that simply telling him to recover the face they had lost?
Since that was the case, why should he hold back?
“Heh, I’m afraid your Black Python family has already offended people you should never have offended. I advise you to stop now while you still can, otherwise your Black Python family may well be finished. If you persist, Sin City might no longer have a Black Python family.”
Although Yun Ya’s words were harsh and direct, they were the truth.
She believed that with Yue Nü’s strength, destroying the Black Python family would not be difficult at all.
“Hahahaha!”
Man Feng suddenly burst into loud laughter. “Little girl, throughout the entire Tianlong Continent and Divine Phoenix Continent, there are only a handful of powers that would dare threaten our Black Python family like this. Unless the people you speak of possess the strength of the Five Immortal Islands, they simply aren’t qualified.”
“Ignorant, and arrogant!”
Yun Ya shook her head helplessly, looked at Ling Xiao and said, “Young Hero Ling, I’m truly sorry you had to encounter this today. Rest assured, I will find a way to gather the herbs you need.”
“Never mind. We are rather tired today anyway. Princess Yun Ya, please arrange three rooms for us so we can rest.”
Ling Xiao did not wish to fight in Yun Ya’s home.
“Young man, it’s a pity you won’t have that chance.”
Man Feng suddenly looked at Ling Xiao with a sinister smile and said coldly, “What you need to do now is not rest, but make a choice.”
“Oh? What choice?”
Ling Xiao asked with interest.
“Very simple. Either cut out your own tongue, cripple your own cultivation, and let my son give you a good slap, or choose death!”
Man Feng looked at Ling Xiao contemptuously, as if he felt he was already being merciful and giving the other party enough face.
“That little fellow Man Wu really is hopeless. He actually raised such a short-sighted, useless protector. Do you want the Black Python family to sink completely?”
Suddenly, Yue Nü spoke.
Her words startled even Ling Xiao.
What was going on?
Who was Man Wu?
Yet while he was merely surprised and puzzled, to Man Feng, Yue Nü’s words were like a thunderclap exploding beside his ear.
In that instant, his whole body froze, unable to speak for a long while.
“Who is Man Wu?”
Ling Xiao asked Yun Ya.
Yun Ya gave a wry smile. “Man Wu is the personal name of the Black Python family’s grand master. Ordinary people would never dare call him by that name, let alone call him ‘little fellow’. Your girlfriend has truly shocked me as well.”
Hearing this, Ling Xiao suddenly understood.
Man Wu was absolutely one of the top ten experts on the Tianlong Continent and Divine Phoenix Continent.
In the ****, this man was practically worshipped as a god. Many **** organisations enshrined his living shrine.
If Yue Nü’s words reached the ****, countless people would probably come to hunt her down.
And Man Wu himself would surely fly into a towering rage.
“Stinking woman, you dare address our grand master by his personal name and even dare call my grandfather trash? You’re tired of living!”
Apparently failing to read the situation, Manyuan roared in fury.
Yue Nü merely traced an invisible line in the air. Manyuan was instantly sent flying and ended up stuck to the ceiling, unable to come down.
It was as if he had been glued there with some special adhesive, and the posture was truly rather uncomfortable.
