"Impudent, stepping into a higher stage doesn't mean that that person's power in combat is terrifying. One thing is to cultivate to a higher stage the other thing is to possess the strength to back up your cultivation" Si Guo snapped as his eyes were flickering with anger to smash Lu Shang to dead who isn't even worth the attention of even someone who is at the 1st stage of the Consolidation realm. This crippled cultivator dared to exchange words with his brother! How arrogant?
"Oh, oh, oh. What do you mean by that? Just listen to the rubbish coming out of your mouth, I thought when a cultivator is advancing in his cultivation that his brain will level up along his cultivation base but I got it all wrong, some people's way of thinking is way too low when compared to their cultivation base. Too bad!" Lu Shang eerily spoke out in suppressed laughter.
When the words of Lu Shang drifted over to the ears of everyone, the hall that was plunged into silence before suddenly started to become noisy. The hall couldn't stop themselves from gossiping about the word of Lu Shang.
"This is.. totally weird"
"What's going on, here? I can't believe that Lu Shang will have the guts to speak back at the demonic brothers."
"Is he not afraid that he will make an enemy with the Demonic brothers? Even though he has the protection of his clan, don't tell me he is going to spend his entire life within the premises of his clan without stepping a foot out?"
"Audacious! I can still remember the young cultivator of that year who tries this same thing to the demonic brothers, the next day the news of the young boy's dead spread around the Gaoliang"
"Hmph. I can still remember that event 2 years back. I feel sorry for that young cultivation genius who was able to cultivate to the 6th stage of the Consolidation realm at the age of 14. I wonder what stage that young boy would have been in if he was still alive, after the death of that boy. His clan tried to retaliate but sadly, the clan too was massacred and destroyed at night by unknown people '' a girl whispered silently in sadness, she doesn't dare make her voice loud or else if the Si Clan heard about it, she doesn't know what will be her fate after today.
The young cultivators in the hall whispered and laughed within themselves as they silently discussed the arising problem that Lu Shang would be facing from the demonic brothers.
The elders of the various clans in the hall didn't intervene, they comfortably sat down and nodded their heads enjoying the show between the young boys from the two most powerful clans in the Gaoliang District.
On the platform that the Si Clan was occupying, the faces of Si Wei and Si Guo turned pale white as they looked at the faces of the other young cultivators sitting down in the hall indirectly laughing at them. The two clearly understand that the words of Lu Shang were an insult, so why would the others not use that medium to laugh?
Some people silently applaud Lu Shang for making the demonic brothers lose face in public. The Si Clan was too oppressive to weak clans, forcing them to do their will. This serves them right.
The demonic brothers were now the laughingstock of the young cultivators of the hall.
"INSOLENT!" Si Wei yelled out furiously, as his voice resounded all over the hall. "You have gone too far with your words. I can see that you lack manners or is it that because you can't cultivate that it's affecting your brain too much?" He sarcastically threw back at Lu Shang, trying to recover some face.
The mockery and contempt in Lu Shang's eyes grew even more pronounced. After that, he turned as he spoke, "Why is Brother Si Wei angry? Or do you want to pull down this hall with your voice?" "I was only replying to your brother, I didn't mean to offend you. Did I add anybody's name? But to be sincere, your brother said that is one thing to cultivate to a higher realm and the other thing is to have the strength backing it up. Does that mean that Brother Si Wei, the cultivation base that's at the 7th stage is useless?" Lu Shang smilingly and calmly said out without any motive to back down.
The hall went silent the moment the voice of Lu Shang faded.
"Heh heh," Jeon Wentian tried to suppress the laughter in his throat. He was beginning to love the boldness of Lu Shang, even though he wouldn't intentionally offend the demonic brothers.
Jeon Ran tugged the arm of Jeon Wentian as a bright smile painted her face. "Never knew this fellow had such a bad side to himself. Not bad," She commented as she gave Lu Shang a thumbs up in her heart as he bombarded the demonic brothers with his words.
"Way too bad with his words. Si Wei will be regretting his action right now, but I wonder what will happen to Lu Shang if he steps out of the clan. This is getting interesting, half-twin. What do you think of the Lu Shang character?" Jeon Ming, who hadn't bothered to properly look at Lu Shang, thinking that he wasn't worth her notice suddenly spoke out to her brother.
"Well, not much to say but if I have to say something about him. I think he is a nice and easygoing person, it was Si Wei that started all this with that single word of his although Lu Shang is crippled, he isn't afraid of getting on the bad side of the demonic brothers. If I am to rank him in his badmouthing skill, I will give him a 10/10" Jeon Wentian replied as his eyes were focused on the demonic brothers who were dumbfounded.
The hall had still not recovered from the shock. To them, Lu Shang was too daring, going to the point of picking on Si Wei and Si Guo.
"Y-You…." Si Wei pointed at Lu Shang with a trembling hand without knowing what to say before sighing, calming himself down. "Now I see that you have a mental problem. Well, I don't blame you, I have always noticed that weaklings' talent at badmouthing is extremely high without having the strength to back up" Si Wei spoke before closing his eyes, ignoring the gaze of those that were directed at him.
"I agree with you brother" "There is no need to get offended at the mere statement of a person who isn't even able to cultivate, how can we waste our time trying to argue with him?" Si Guo agreed with his brother but deep down in his heart, the hatred he had for Lu Shang was so high that he was controlling himself not to do something evil to Lu Shang at the premise of the Lu Clan.
Lu Shang smiled. "You call me weakling, then why don't you go fight against those young powerful cultivators at the peak stage of the Consolidation realm, if you are confident" "According to your…."
"ENOUGH" The voice of Lu Yi who had been quiet, silently watching the three exchange words stopped Lu Shang from speaking any further. "Lu Shang, where are your manners, huh? You're supposed to welcome them with open hands since they are guests of our clan, not the other way around"
"Sorry Father for my manners" Lu Shang bowed his head as he apologized.
"Don't ever try such again" Lu Yi said before facing the demonic brothers. "Si Wei and Si Guo, don't take the word of Lu Shang to heart. He is still immature,"
Si Wei opened his eyes and then bowed in respect to Lu Yi, "Okay senior, juniors wouldn't dare take his words to heart. I will treat his words as nothing" He said in place of him and his brother. In his heart he knew that he was lying, he was going to make Lu Shang pay for his words.
"That's good of you" "Lord Si Hao has such interesting fellows," Lu Yi, whose gaze was focused on the clan leader of the Si Clan, said. He knew that was a mere word spoken by Si Wei, he already knew what was on the mind of the demonic brothers.
How would the demonic brothers just forget about such an issue without dealing with Lu Shang? The crowd in the hall knew about this fact, Si Wei was merely saying those words.
Those in the hall couldn't help but to be struck by terror after they witnessed the way Lu Shang dealt with demonic brothers. Their hearts pounded violently with fear, Lu Shang was too domineering, to the extent of directly talking against the demonic brothers. This was the first, they saw someone doing such.
Lu Shang who was standing sat down.
His grandpa, who was sitting next to him, chuckled to himself. "Wonderful of you. You really had the gut to make the demonic brothers lose some face"
Lu Shang turned and faced Lu Mang with a sneer on his face. "I had no choice but to. If I was to ignore his words like that, will people not think that our clan is easy to pick on"
"True. But be careful, cause two wouldn't stand down and deal with you when there is an opportunity for them" Lu Mang warned. "I know, Grandpa. I will always be careful when I am out of the clan cause I don't think those two will have the courage to act against me inside the clan" Lu Shang reassured his grandfather.
On the platform occupied by the Bai clan, Bai Chen, the young master of the clan, whispered in the ear of his sister. "Senior sister, that Lu Shang isn't shameless but at the same time bold in refuting the demonic brothers''
"Mind your business and forget about those people. Just focus on your cultivation" Bai Qui scolds her junior brother.
…..
The unknown figure who was monitoring everything happening inside the hall, evilly snickered to himself. "I love this kind of outburst. At least it will make our operation easier to accomplish and no one is going to know when we carried out our attack"
"Hahahahaha… this time, I will surely succeed in this operation and then make sure it is done and dusted… Hahahaha…. Once and for all" The figure icily laughed out with his cold voice.