Chapter 699: Chapter 699: Kill It [Third Update] Chapter 699: Chapter 699: Kill It [Third Update] The soldiers stood in front of the carriage, watching Li Xiaoyao approach closer and closer, when their breathing suddenly beca constricted. It was only then that they realized the handso young man before them had just slain General Ling Tian, Xuan Country’s foremost talent!
“Li Xiaoyao, what exactly did you do to General Ling Tian?” The man mustered his courage to ask loudly, trying to embolden himself.
Li Xiaoyao laughed, his deanor sunny and unthreatening, like the boy next door, but it was precisely this which made him seem even more eerie to the others.
A Cultivator who even Ling Tian couldn’t defeat was now showing such a smile, which was truly hair-raising for onlookers.
“If you don’t want to die, shut your mouth and get out of the way.” Li Xiaoyao said this indifferently and then turned to walk toward the Elders.
The man opened his mouth to speak again, but when he caught a glimpse of the cold flash in Li Xiaoyao’s eyes as he casually looked back, he imdiately shut his mouth.
The Military Governor had sent him to resolve the issue, initially believing that it was Li Xiaoyao who had been mistreated; no one expected the tables to be turned with Ling Tian ending up at a disadvantage. The reversal was indeed dramatic.
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“Great Elder, Second Elder, let’s go ho.” When Li Xiaoyao said the word ‘ho’, it was especially smooth. Hearing this, both of the Elders’ smiles grew wider; the young man had finally started to consider the Li Family as his ho.
They rembered what Li Chengfeng had said, that this young man didn’t even regard the family as his own. Yet, after a few life and death experiences, there was this unexpected reward.
“Li Xiaoyao!”
Suddenly, a shout rang out.
Everyone turned in surprise to locate the source of the shout, puzzled as to who would dare to call out Li Xiaoyao’s full na in such circumstances. Were they not afraid of death?
Li Xiaoyao also turned around and was sowhat surprised to see Nangong Xuan.
“Is there a problem?” Li Xiaoyao asked a question he knew was redundant. Would Nangong Xuan have co here to find him if there wasn’t an issue? Besides, by the way he stood with those soldiers, it was clear they weren’t on the sa side.
Nangong Xuan walked over, fixing his gaze on Li Xiaoyao with a hint of anger in his tone, “My little sister wants to see you.”
“Ling’er?” Li Xiaoyao thought for two seconds before saying, “I need to go back to my family first. Tell Ling’er that as soon as I finish my business, I’ll visit her at the Nangong Family.”
No sooner had Li Xiaoyao turned to leave than he heard Nangong Xuan’s anger, no longer able to be contained, burst forth.
“By the ti you’re done, Ling’er will already be wed to another man!”
“What did you say?” Li Xiaoyao’s brows knitted tightly. Ling’er was getting married? Didn’t the girl not even have a boyfriend?
Nangong Xuan’s emotions were sowhat agitated. He had never been this stirred up before, but this ti, his little sister was being compelled to sacrifice her happiness and enter into an arranged marriage for the safety of the family, which he couldn’t accept calmly.
“If not for you, how would Ling’er end up marrying into the Zhen Family as their daughter-in-law?” Nangong Xuan very much wanted to point at Li Xiaoyao and curse him out, but in the end, he restrained himself, “Li Xiaoyao, if you are still a man, co with and see Ling’er.”
“The Zhen Family’s daughter-in-law?” His deep eyes were captivating as they narrowed slightly, and a stream of information rapidly intertwined in his mind, leading to a rough conclusion.
Li Xiaoyao didn’t answer him imdiately but instead turned to ask, “The Zhen Family, are they the power behind Ling Tian?”
Li Yunchen nodded, “The grandson of the Zhen Family, Zhen Jie, is Ling Tian’s foremost disciple.”
“I see,” Li Xiaoyao now had a general understanding of their relationship. “Dad, you take the two Elders and Elder Chaotian ho first. I’ll go with him for a while.”
Li Yunchen said, “Xiaoyao, rember, do not act impulsively. Those old folks, even though they’re just ordinary people, have a status that few in the entire Xuan Country can match.”
Li Xiaoyao flashed a white smile and responded,”I understand.”
Despite their worries, Li Yunchen and the others soon reflected that although Li Xiaoyao seed rash in his actions, he was actually quite asured when it ca to dealing with people.
With Li Xiaoyao’s current Cultivation Level, he was more than capable of holding his ground. Li Yunchen’s worries were futile, and since Li Xiaoyao was highly independent, even if he offered advice, his son might not necessarily listen.
Li Chengfeng departed with the three, and Li Xiaoyao said, “Let’s go.”
Getting into the car and leaving with Nangong Xuan, he didn’t spare those soldiers another glance from beginning to end. The soldiers, although displeased, didn’t dare vent their frustration and just stood there like a row of wooden stakes.
“Call the Military Governor.”
“This Li Xiaoyao is too arrogant.”
“But he actually killed General Ling!”
“It’s really unbelievable.”
The call connected, but no one answered. Everyone then rembered that today was the Military Governor’s grandson’s wedding day; he surely hadn’t heard the phone.
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On the ride back, Li Xiaoyao asked, “Tell what happened.”
With that tone, Nangong Xuan really didn’t want to say another word to him. But considering it involved his younger sister, he couldn’t just act on his own whims.
“The Zhen Family threatened my father with the safety of our clan and demanded that my younger sister enter into a marriage alliance with them as a ans to maintain relations.”
Li Xiaoyao picked up a cigarette from the car and lit it. His slender fingers held the cigarette, and as the tips touched his thin lips, there was an imperceptible curve of a smile, one that contained danger.
“The Zhen Family really has good intentions, don’t they.”
Most people might indeed fail to see the Zhen Family’s plot, but it couldn’t be hidden from Li Xiaoyao.
What nonsense about taking the initiative to protect the Nangong Family. It’s simply an attempt to rope in the Nangong Family and use it to bolster the Zhen Family’s power.
“Ling’er doesn’t want to marry?” Li Xiaoyao felt he was asking sothing obvious, but still had to ask. What if the girl actually fancied the boy from the Zhen Family, wouldn’t he be wrecking their engagent without knowing the full story?
Nangong Xuan looked at him with an odd expression: “My younger sister doesn’t even know that boy, so what ‘like’ are you talking about? It’s absurd!”
Touching his nose, Li Xiaoyao felt that indeed he shouldn’t have asked such a foolish question, it seed to lower his IQ significantly.
“If she doesn’t like him, then it’s easy to handle,” Li Xiaoyao spoke casually, but Nangong Xuan felt an indignant irritation.
“Easy to handle? Tell , what’s easy about it?” Nangong Xuan scoffed coldly.
Li Xiaoyao took a drag of his cigarette, casually flicking the butt out the window. His elbow slightly bent, he crossed his arms, cradling the back of his head: “If she doesn’t like it, she doesn’t marry.”
Nangong Xuan reminded himself not to get angry, not to get angry.
“But that’s the Zhen Family. Moreover, my father has already agreed to the marriage. If we go back on our word now, in a fit of anger the Zhen Family could obliterate our standing in Xuan Country. Where would the Nangong Family have any ground to live then?”
Gently caressing the black Storage Ring on his left ring finger, Li Xiaoyao’s eyes turned colder, “If the Zhen Family dares to make a move, just kill them.”
Nangong Xuan was startled, only then rembering that the man beside him had just killed General Ling Tian.
Comparatively, what the Zhen Family held was rely a position in Xuan Country. What else did they have beyond that?
And coincidentally, the last thing Li Xiaoyao cared about was status.
In his world, there seed to be only two types of people.
Those who had offended him, and those who had not.
Just thinking about Li Xiaoyao possibly going on a killing rampage soon made Nangong Xuan’s foot on the gas pedal go cold with trepidation.
That was the Zhen Family, after all!
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