“I’ll listen to you.”
Ling Yixue stepped aside.
“Well done, well done!”
Lin Ze looked at Ling Yixue with admiration, “Young lady, to have such strength at your age, if you join my Border General’s Mansion, it’d truly be my good fortune.”
“You flatter me, General, if my junior brother joins, I’ll join too.”
Ling Yixue said calmly.
At that moment, all eyes turned to Ling Xiao.
Those gazes carried jealousy, admiration, and envy.
Ling Yixue, an ice-cold fairy-like figure, obeyed someone so readily, how could that not spark envy?
Amid the crowd, a pair of venomous eyes glared.
They belonged to Ling Feifan.
He and Ling Xiao had no deep grudge.
But he’d once pursued Ling Yixue with all his heart, now seeing her attitude toward Ling Xiao, how could he not see it?
His chest burned with fury.
It felt ready to explode.
He gritted his teeth, fingers brushing a Dream Pill at his waist.
This one, a special kind from the Ninja Clan, could drive a warrior into a frenzied state briefly.
Painless, with a massive power boost.
He’d meant to avoid it, its use stripped reason, who knew what he’d do?
But now, he planned to take it.
If Ling Xiao passed Lin Ze’s test, he’d crush him, leave him humiliated, face in the dirt.
He slowly rose, slipping back into the crowd, not wanting Ling Xiao or Ling Yixue to spot him.
“So this young man is the lady’s junior brother?”
Lin Ze asked with a smile.
“This junior greets General Lin, I’ve heard of your mighty name since I was small, seeing you now is a blessing of three lifetimes.”
Ling Xiao wasn’t one for flattery, these were honest words.
Lin Ze deserved them.
Regardless of strength, he was someone Ling Xiao deeply admired.
“You’ve seen me before?”
Lin Ze didn’t care for bootlickers, so his impression of Ling Xiao dipped slightly.
“General, you might not recall, years ago, a little beggar in Tianfeng City nearly got trampled by a runaway carriage, you stepped in, tossed the cart aside, saved his life.”
Ling Xiao didn’t know Lin Ze’s thoughts, he just let his excitement spill out.
“That beggar wasn’t you, was it?” Lin Ze asked, surprised.
“It was me!”
Ling Xiao said with a touch of pride, “From that day, I dreamed of following you to battle, to fend off foreigners, today, I finally get the chance.”
“You think you can last a hundred moves against Lin Chen?” Lin Ze wondered, this kid’s aura was only Martial Vein Fifth Layer peak, where’d that confidence come from, another overconfident type?
Blame Ling Xiao’s Shanhe Martial Soul template, too perfect, even a master like Lin Ze couldn’t see through his true level.
“Not quite.”
Ling Xiao shook his head with a grin.
“Little brother, you want to join your senior sister in the Border General’s Mansion, right? Fine, she’s a rare talent, I’ll bend the rules for her.”
Lin Ze wasn’t rigid.
If he could snag Ling Yixue for the mansion, what was one Ling Xiao tagalong?
“I’ll kill you!”
Just as Ling Xiao was about to speak again, Wan Renwang broke free of the ice, roaring at Ling Yixue in a rage.
“General, you’ve misunderstood, I meant, like my senior sister, I don’t want to spar with Brother Lin Chen, just teach that Wan Renwang a lesson, so no one says Tianfeng City’s got no one.”
Ling Xiao seized the moment.
His words startled Lin Ze.
He could buy Ling Yixue beating Wan Renwang, he’d sensed her strength the moment she stepped up.
But Ling Xiao…
Honestly, he hadn’t seen anything special.
“Little brother, know your limits.”
Lin Ze gave a wry smile, thinking Ling Xiao was forcing it.
“General Lin, my junior brother’s no weaker than me,” Ling Yixue said.
“Oh?”
Lin Ze’s face flashed with shock.
If Ling Yixue said it, it likely wasn’t a lie.
“Alright then, what’s your name?”
“This junior is Ling Xiao!”
“Ah! He’s Ling Xiao!”
“The one who beat Li Xinghui?”
“I’d heard of him, never saw him, didn’t expect him to be so young.”
“No mistake, I saw him fight that day, his ‘Nine-Turn Golden Body Art’ and ‘Shadow Sword Technique’ were terrifying.”
Once Ling Xiao named himself, the crowd below confirmed it.
Some had suspected, just hadn’t dared to be sure.
“So you’re Ling Xiao, one of Tianfeng’s Four Princes? Good, I’ll kill you first, then deal with that woman.”
Wan Renwang perked up at the name.
“Heh, since you both want a go, give it a shot.”
Lin Ze smiled, his view of Ling Xiao flipping entirely.
If Ling Xiao’s calm wasn’t an act, this kid was frightening.
Facing a Martial Vein Ninth Layer peak warrior without a hint of fear, steady as ever.
That mentality alone outshone most.
Even many talents in his Border General’s Mansion couldn’t touch this kid’s composure.
On the stage, Ling Xiao and Wan Renwang faced off.
“You just said Tianfeng City’s got no one?”
Ling Xiao asked.
“That’s right!”
Wan Renwang replied.
“You said Tianfeng’s warriors are all trash?”
“Yep, I said that too!”
“Then what’s it mean that you lost to Senior Sister Yixue?” Ling Xiao asked coldly.
“That was a fluke, I underestimated her, didn’t use my real skills,” Wan Renwang said.
“Shameless, our Tianfeng warriors lose and they’re trash, you lose and it’s just a slip?”
Ling Xiao sneered, “Fine, I’ll give you a shot to use your real skills, what if you lose to me?”
“Lose to you? Impossible!”
Wan Renwang laughed.
“What if you do?”
“If I somehow lose, I’ll publicly apologize to all Tianfeng warriors!” Wan Renwang said confidently.
“Good, hope you keep your word.”
Ling Xiao smiled faintly, then got into stance.
Barbarian Bull Strength!
Against Wan Renwang, he didn’t even use advanced martial arts, just a basic technique!
Looking down on me?
Wan Renwang fumed!
The crowd below was stunned, they hadn’t expected Ling Xiao to be so careless.
Was he, though?
Not at all!
He’d mastered Barbarian Bull Strength to perfection!
Its power rivaled a fully honed advanced technique!
Paired with ‘Bull Demon Technique,’ it matched a perfected advanced art!
But that wasn’t the scariest part.
The real terror was, he’d learned soul force from Terrifying Finger.
He’d woven that soul force into refining Barbarian Bull Strength.
Originally a formless technique, with this tweak, its power couldn’t match Terrifying Finger, but it held its own against entry-level top-tier martial arts.
