Chapter 1484 — Utterly Shocked
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A flicker of anger crossed Yu Bing's face, yet he made no reply at all, which only left Wei Zhao all the more puzzled.
Only when the four of them had gone far, until their backs had vanished from sight, did Yu Bing suddenly raise his clenched fist, fury and resentment warring with unwillingness in him: "What sort of bizarre cultivation method is that? I actually could not resist him in the slightest! Could it be... he is a man of an ancient sect? Using the legendary domain?"
Angry and unwilling as he was, Yu Bing did not immediately give chase to settle the score. He was no fool. The other's method was so uncanny, and he had never heard of any hidden family or ordinary sect that practiced such a formidable art. Put together with the tyrannical method he had seen Zhang Naipao use the day before, Yu Bing could all but conclude it: Feng Nitian came from an ancient sect or an ancient clan.
Moreover, the method he had employed bore some resemblance to a legendary domain his grandfather had mentioned from time to time. But that domain was appallingly difficult to cultivate, and it was further constrained by one's own constitution — not just anyone could practice it. So Yu Bing had never thought much of the matter at the time.
Yet now that he had lived through it himself, he finally understood how terrifying a domain could be.
In that instant his body had seemed shackled by something, unable to move the fraction of an inch, all his fury with nowhere to spend it. If such a method were ever turned on you in real combat, would that not be the same as standing there waiting to die? It was far too dreadful.
"What? That man is from an ancient sect as well?" Wei Zhao had not quite taken in Yu Bing's words and had no idea what he meant. "What is a domain?"
"Do you know? Lin... Ling Yi — just now, when he struck me across the face, my body could not move at all, and I could not fight back! It was as though some invisible force was hauling at me, as though a immobilization spell had been laid upon me!" Yu Bing laughed bitterly. "If my guess is right, that man came out of an ancient clan or an ancient sect. People like that... we cannot afford to cross. Forget it... just like Zhang Naipao yesterday — the methods they cultivate are things we can only crane our necks to look up at. We are not in the same weight class at all..."
"Another one come out of that ancient tier?" Wei Zhao frowned. No wonder Yu Bing's reaction had struck him as so strange — so that was the reason. "I thought you held back because something lay behind it, or I would have moved myself..."
"It's a good thing you didn't, or you'd have taken a beating too..." Yu Bing sighed. "Never mind. Let's drop it. A hidden family slapped in the face by someone of an ancient clan — it's hardly anything disgraceful. This score can't be settled; we can only call ourselves unlucky..."
"Can't be settled?" Wei Zhao echoed lightly, thoughtful.
"Of course it can't... By the way, how are you? Still feeling wretched? Your complexion looks rather good, actually. Have you thought it through?" Yu Bing waved his hand, letting his own business drop, and turned to asking after Wei Zhao.
"I'm all right. Let's talk in your room." Wei Zhao indicated the room behind Yu Bing.
There was hardly a soul in the inn's corridor at that moment, but walls have ears, and certain important matters were better said behind a closed door.
"Very well, let's go." Yu Bing nodded and turned back into his room. He wanted to tell Wei Zhao first about what he had discussed with his little sister, so that the man might feel more at ease. Otherwise, leaving in such dejection, he had no idea whether Wei Zhao would give up on himself once he went home — and that was not the outcome he or his little sister wished to see.
Wei Zhao followed him inside and shut the door. "This trial, it seems, is going to be worth playing. A Zhang Naipao, plus that creature from the ancient clan just now — we finally have opponents."