Ti gradually approached noon, and Ling Fan sat in the living room with absolute composure.
At this mont, Tang Caiyan was scouting nearby, looking sowhat listless, with slight dark circles under her eyes; she had not rested well all night—it would have been strange if she were spirited.
It was the psychological tornt that was the most draining.
Tang Yinnian stood to the side, inwardly lanting. This young man really had great stamina. Looking at his niece's condition, it seed she hadn't had a mont's peace all night!
"What's the situation outside now?" Ling Fan asked indifferently.
"Young Master Ling, Nine Dragons Mountain is now teeming with people. When we left yesterday, we received news that Nine Dragons Palace had already declared that today they would engage in a decisive battle with you at the summit of Nine Dragons Mountain.
You said before that you were already prepared, so I dared to disturb your rest," Tang Jianzhong said sheepishly.
As he spoke, he secretly observed his daughter and thought to himself with criticism, "This lad really doesn't know how to cherish and care for a girl. It looks like it's my daughter's first ti, and he's been so rough!"
Official Ling, who was unaware of these scattered thoughts, would probably spit blood if he knew. Tang Caiyan, sitting on the side, felt both relief and a tinge of loss.
Ling Fan sipped his tea and set down the cup, saying indifferently, "The ti is about right; it's ti to et this so-called Master Huangfu and Yong Xinghua and their ilk!"
Having said that, he stood up.
"Ling Fan, let go with you!" Yao Yue said from the side.
"No need. Tang Anqi still hasn't been found. You stay here to look after An Xixue and her sister, in case anything goes wrong," Ling Fan instructed.
"Then be careful yourself," Yao Yue nodded and admonished.
"Don't worry, I'm going to et this Great Master of Laws!" Saying so, he rose to his full height and walked toward the door.
Tang Caiyan and the others caught on and quickly followed.
...
At Nine Dragons Mountain, halfway up on a lotus stone platform, Huangfu Yang sat with his eyes slightly closed, calmly awaiting the arrival of his murderous enemy, Ling Fan.
This day was destined to be a montous occasion in Xiangjiang. At the foot of the mountain, halfway up its slope, crowds surged and streets were emptied.
"That martial artist from the Mainland is outrageously audacious, destroying the Tang Family and killing two of the pri disciples of Huangfu Yang and Yong Xinghua—this is an insult to Xiangjiang as if there's no one here!" soone said indignantly.
As citizens of Xiangjiang, most people's sense of belonging sided with Xiangjiang, with Master Huangfu Yang and Yong Xinghua.
Although Xiangjiang is an inseparable part of Huaxia, there still exists regional prejudice and allegiance.
"Hmph, who's to say otherwise? However, with Master Huangfu and Real Person Yong Xinghua in Xiangjiang, no one can act recklessly here. Anyone who dares to challenge the dignity of Nine Dragons Palace is simply seeking death!" another Law Practitioner agreed.
"It's almost past noon now, why hasn't that person arrived yet?" another muttered.
"In my opinion, maybe this guy knows he has caused imnse trouble that he can't get out of, so he pretends to make a move but is actually sneaking away through a secret path," another scoffed dismissively.
"Ran away? I hope you don't disappoint . Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I will find you to take my revenge!" Tang Anqi, hiding among the crowd, thought bitterly.
At this mont, at the foot of the mountain, a handso young man with his hands clasped behind his back approached at a asured pace. He was followed by three people: Tang Caiyan and her father Tang Jianzhong, and Tang Yinnian.
The surrounding onlookers, filled with expectation, didn't recognize Ling Fan, but many recognized the mbers of the Tang Family. Seeing the Tang Family mbers following behind a young man, the crowd imdiately erupted into a commotion.
"Quick, look! It's the mbers of the Tang Family. The person walking in front is him? Could it be the guy who is rumored to have killed Cao Letian and Qin He?" soone exclaid in shock.
"Damn, he's so young? Is he Ling Fan, the martial artist from the Mainland?" another person cried out loudly.
"My God, he's quite handso. Is he really as formidable as the rumors say?" At this mont, nurous wealthy daughters who ca to watch the excitent had stars in their eyes as they exclaid in admiration.
Hidden among the crowd, Tang Anqi's eyes lit up with a fierce gleam when she saw Ling Fan from a distance, a clear sign of eting an enemy. However, reason told her not to act rashly.
"I didn't expect that he would dare to co and challenge the Nine Dragons Palace. If he wins this battle, his na will surely shake the world, or at least make a sensation in Xiangjiang," Huo Yingbo comnted indifferently.
Today, he and Zheng Nan were both present at the scene, having followed Ling Fan's journey to this peak battle; they naturally wouldn't want to miss it.
However, based on previous experiences, the two had grown wiser and chose to watch from a safe distance, rather than getting too close.
"I actually hope he loses since this battle is related to the face and reputation of the entire Xiangjiang!" Zheng Nan also spoke.
Li Zhe was present today as well. He hadn't wanted to co, as he had been scared to his core before and would have preferred to run away. Yet, subconsciously, he was very eager to see Ling Fan die on Nine Dragons Mountain.
The humiliation he had suffered from being slapped previously was still fresh in his mory; it wasn't that he was magnanimous, but that he had no ans to retaliate, and now he was looking forward to the intervention of Master Huangfu Yang and Great Master Yong Xinghua.
As Ling Fan ascended the steps, the people on both sides of the path imdiately stepped back in tension, afraid of offending this fierce man who dared to destroy the Tang Family and challenge Nine Dragons Mountain.
Seated on a lotus-shaped stone platform, Huangfu Yang suddenly opened his eyes that had been slightly closed, shooting a fierce glare towards Ling Fan as he approached step by step.
"Are you the arrogant kid, Ling Fan, who killed my beloved disciple?" Huangfu Yang's voice was ice cold.
When Ling Fan reached halfway up the mountainside and approached, he swept a disdainful glance at Huangfu Yang and said, "I've killed quite a few people, so I can't really rember them all. Which one is your prized disciple? And who might you be?"
At these words, the surrounding crowd was taken aback and exchanged looks of disbelief.
These people were usually considered big shots in their own right, with arrogance and pride as second nature; however, in this mont, this fellow's arrogance imdiately made them feel overshadowed.
This was outrageous—he had killed the man's disciple and then audaciously challenged him, and now, when being confronted, he dismissed it by saying, who is your disciple, and what are you?
It was audacity to the extre, arrogance to the extre, contempt to the extre!
Even the onlookers felt they couldn't stand it any longer, not to ntion Huangfu Yang himself. He was so angry that his beard almost bristled.
Such insolence, extre insolence!
"Impudent rogue! You killed my disciple and provoked the Nine Dragons Palace, and you dare to insult so lightly? I am Huangfu Yang!" Huangfu Yang bellowed with fury, standing tall and pointing at Ling Fan as he thundered his identity.
Ling Fan raised an eyebrow and looked toward the old man again, nodding slightly, "Oh, so you're that Huangfu Yang. Cao Letian, that would be your disciple, right? Not very impressive in skill, but quite good with words. In our fight, he was rely flicked to death by my finger. I wonder how much skill you, his master, actually have?"
The crowd of onlookers was dumbfounded; this fellow had absolute disregard for Huangfu Yang!
Huangfu Yang had lived for over seventy years and had never suffered such an insult.
"Outrageous! Today I will ensure you can't leave here alive. My Law Cultivation lineage is not a place for you to insult and be arrogant!" Huangfu Yang roared.
With a fierce stomp, a thunderous rumbling sound ca from beneath the ground, as if an earthquake was about to happen, and the entire Nine Dragons Mountain began to tremble subtly.
All the onlookers changed color in alarm!
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