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In the private room of Emperor Bar, Sun Anqi felt the slight sting that remained on her face and a bitter smile spread across her lips.
She was grateful.
Because...
Ye Xiao had only slapped her once.
"Should we perhaps step out for a moment?"
Zhou Yun broke the silence that filled the room.
She had never imagined her eighteenth birthday would turn out to be as surreal as it had become.
Having seen Liu Feihong take action, she no longer worried that Ye Xiao would be in any danger.
"Sorry for ruining your eighteenth birthday. I'll make it up to you after I've dealt with this,"
Ye Xiao nodded.
With his response, everyone in the room let out a long sigh of relief, and Sun Anqi felt as though she had survived a great calamity.
What she feared most was Ye Xiao not letting them go!
Wang Qian and Zhou Yun were the first to leave. The rest of the people in the room quickly followed suit. They no longer had any desire to stay in that private room, no matter how expensive the drinks were.
"Ensure she gets back safely."
Ye Xiao's words had just fallen when a shadow stepped out from the darkness.
"Yes."
The next moment, the figure quietly vanished as if he had never been there at all.
"Boss, people from Lie Sue have already arrived in Jiangzhou City."
"There's no need to deploy them, Qin Hao has already arranged something for them."
Liu Feihong fell silent, his heart pounding with fear.
That madman Qin Hao has actually come?!
Could it really be that Jiangzhou City was about to be dyed blood-red?!
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An hour was not a long time, and soon a Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped in front of Emperor Bar.
The car door opened, and Sun Zhennan stepped out.
The people who were chatting and laughing outside the bar, the moment they saw him, immediately fell silent and retreated to the sides of the road.
"Sun Zhennan?! Why has he come? Isn't his bar always at odds with Emperor Bar?!"
"Most likely here to cause trouble!"
Looking at the elder who got out of the car behind Sun Zhennan, the people at the entrance soon had their answer.
"Is this the renowned Zheng Qiming, whose strength has reached the sixth level of Body Refinement?"
"Quiet! Do you have a death wish?!"
A sharp rebuke immediately silenced the whispered discussions among the crowd at the entrance.
"Well? Mr. Sun is here. Are you not coming out, or should I come in and invite you out?"
Zheng Qiming spoke, then took a step forward.
Thud!
The dull sound, along with the flying debris, spread outwards in all directions.
His voice seemed to carry an inexplicable penetrative power, reaching directly into the Emperor Bar.
"Mr. Sun? Which Mr. Sun?"
"Besides Sun Zhennan, which other Mr. Sun in Jiangzhou City would have a master capable of projecting their Qi Force with their voice?"
"The person who just spoke, was that Zheng Qiming? Is he truly at the sixth level of Body Refinement?!"
Inside the bar, amidst the patrons' astonishment, many had already risen and were rushing towards the door.
They might only get to see someone like Zheng Qiming, a master of the sixth level of Body Refinement, once in their lives.
In a short while, almost everyone from inside the bar had gathered outside.
Sun Zhennan leaned against the door of the Rolls-Royce Phantom. If not for Zheng Qiming's previous words, no one would have guessed that the man trimming his nails against the car door was actually there to stir up trouble.
"Mr. Sun, there's no response. Shall we enter?"
Zheng Qiming was growing impatient. He had joined the Sun Family to use their resources for gathering herbs to accelerate his cultivation, not to waste time here.
A mere Emperor Bar did not deserve so much of his time.
"As long as Zheng is happy,"
Sun Zhennan said with a slight smile. Zheng Qiming was an honored guest of the Sun Family, and he wouldn't issue any commands himself. However, if Zheng Qiming was willing to take action and suppress the true master behind Emperor Bar, he would be quite happy to see it.
"Nails need clipping when they grow long, but what about hands?"
Along with this indifferent voice, two figures also emerged from Emperor Bar.
Their appearance, not just to Zheng Qiming but even to Sun Zhennan, caused a frown.
Far too young.
They didn't look at Liu Feihong, because he was following Ye Xiao who stepped out first, walking in a way that deliberately positioned Ye Xiao ahead.
"Liu Feihong is also your man? That, I did not expect."
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Sun Zhennan put away his nail clippers, looking at Ye Xiao with great interest as he walked out the door.
The man whom even Liu Feihong had followed out, he didn't believe was a common sort.
"Release those three and hand over Emperor Bar and Dragon Rise Plaza, and today I'll leave your corpse intact."
Zheng Qiming didn't like wasting words. The three, including Long Brother, were just his nominal disciples; if they died, they died, but he still had to save face.
A sixth level Body Refinement Martial Artist was a powerhouse in Jiangzhou City.
And a powerhouse should have the demeanor of a powerhouse!
"Since when did a mere sixth level Body Refinement practitioner get to talk big in front of Emperor Bar?"
Ye Xiao laughed.
"Oh?"
Zheng Qiming also laughed, his laughter tinged with rage.
Since he had reached the fifth level of Body Refinement, no one had dared to speak to him in such a manner; after reaching the sixth level, Ye Xiao was the first to show such disdain for him!
"You are smart, but unfortunately, you do not have a trace of the Qi Force that Martial Artists cultivate within you."
"You stayed inside the bar, wanting to lure me in for a chance to ambush and take advantage of the situation."
"Seeing that I wasn't fooled, you pretended to be calm and came out, spouting harsh words to make me think twice."
"You are smart, yet you are foolish. The world does not revolve around you alone."
"If I were you, I would have chosen to close in first after coming out, then launched a surprise attack. Caught off guard, I might have been injured."
"Sadly, after coming out you stood still, keeping what you subconsciously consider a safe distance from me, not daring to approach."
"Your cowardice has betrayed you."
"Besides, you have succeeded in angering me."
"Today, I will let you know that you can eat without care, but you can't speak recklessly!"
Whoosh!
As Zheng Qiming's voice fell, everyone only saw a blur, his terrifying speed brought him almost instantaneously in front of Ye Xiao.
What others saw in their peripheral vision was nothing but an afterimage!
"So fast!"
"Who did this kid provoke? So young, yet he has offended a sixth-level Body Refinement powerhouse!"
Being able to own Emperor Bar and Dragon Rise Plaza at Ye Xiao's age was already an against-the-heavens achievement, alas he provoked someone he shouldn't have, prompting murmurs of pity from the onlooking crowd.
Amidst the roaring fist wind, a slight smile had already appeared on the corners of Zheng Qiming's mouth.
Beating down a haughty person who feigned profound knowledge was far more satisfying than killing those who constantly knelt before him begging for mercy.
Boom!
The dull sound, accompanied by the Gang Wind that burst forth along with the fierce Qi Force, swept around in all directions.
The force behind this punch, judged merely by the sound, weighed at least five hundred pounds!
The Qi Force lifted the ground's broken gravel, scattering it with the wind, making it impossible to open one's eyes.
As the dust settled, everyone looked intently, their bodies trembling slightly.
Ye Xiao…
Had not fallen!
The punch that was originally aimed at Ye Xiao's nose had been completely blocked by a palm that no one knew when had moved in front of him.
"How… how is this possible…"
Sharply returning to his senses, Zheng Qiming's face turned pale as he failed to land his punch and swiftly retreated to Sun Zhennan's side.
Ye Xiao had blocked it, and if it had been with some difficulty, he could have accepted that.
But…
Ye Xiao had blocked his enraged strike with one hand, without even moving a step!
He…
Blocked it effortlessly!!!
"Why did you back away?"
As his arm slowly lowered, Ye Xiao's gaze met Zheng Qiming's shifting eyes.
"The reason is…"
Zheng Qiming subconsciously wanted to answer, but he stopped halfway through his sentence.
The judgment he had passed on Ye Xiao, wasn't it the exact reflection of his current state?
The fear in his heart made it impossible for him to approach this unfathomable young man!
The dubious glances from the crowd around him only made Zheng Qiming feel as though there were two blazing fires roasting his cheeks!
A seasoned sixth-level Body Refinement Martial Artist was effortlessly blocked by a young man in his early twenties?
Cold sweat unknowingly broke out on Zheng Qiming's forehead.
This scene, witnessed by Sun Zhennan standing beside him, sent shocks through his mind.
What was even more unbelievable was that Zheng Qiming's hand, which he had kept behind his back, was trembling!
With one punch, not only had Ye Xiao remained unharmed, he had also injured Zheng Qiming?!