Chapter 4120 — Seeing You Out
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Indeed. They say he has not appeared before anyone in many years. It can't really be him, can it?"
Di Xingdao paid no heed to the crowd's doubts. He merely gave Diao Huanshan a cold glance and flicked his hand. A blast of frigid, overbearing true qi burst forth in an instant. Before Diao Huanshan could even register what was happening, he felt his body jolt and the whole of him was sent flying backward as if slapped across the room.
"Since the man does not wish to cooperate, then I shall see you on your way, lest you soil the Heaven Pill Pavilion." Di Xingdao said coldly. At his level he disdained wasting words on the likes of this; a vicious dog had come to the door, so it was simply a matter of beating it out.
Bang! Diao Huanshan crashed heavily into the middle of the street, sprawling spread-eagle on the ground, seeing stars from the impact and unable to get up for quite some time.
The two burly men who had come with him contorted with rage and moved to strike at Di Xingdao. But Di Xingdao gave them merely a single look, and the two nearly wet themselves in fright, cold sweat pouring down as they froze where they stood.
Di Xingdao had not struck hard. Though Diao Huanshan had landed in wretched, humiliating fashion, his injuries were not serious, and he sized Di Xingdao up and down, shaken and afraid.
A moment later, Diao Huanshan gave a sudden start, finally realizing that this man before him was none other than the legendary figure who had once commanded Central Island—the only man in history to hold the post of vice island master while still at the Nascent Soul stage, a fearsome being for whom slaying foes of higher cultivation was as commonplace as meals—Di Xingdao!
In that instant, Diao Huanshan, like his two henchmen, was well and truly frightened out of his wits. He had just spoken disrespectfully to Di Xingdao. What accursed luck had possessed him to leave the house today?
Diao Huanshan was overcome with shock and dread, knowing he had brought great disaster upon himself yet not knowing how to make amends. Then Di Xingdao's voice came again from inside: "Today is the grand opening of the Heaven Pill Pavilion, the shop of my younger sister, Tianchan, so I do not wish to open a slaughter. I hope certain people will be sensible and not come here looking for trouble. Otherwise, I would not mind stretching my limbs a little."
At those words, the onlookers erupted into discussion. Even those who had harbored doubts could now be certain that this man was indeed the legendary Di Xingdao.
Who would have thought a humble little Heaven Pill Pavilion possessed such formidable backing? Even those who had guessed it had a patron could never have imagined this—that it belonged to the sister of Di Xingdao, vice island master of Central Island. That backing was deep beyond all measure!
As for Diao Huanshan, sent flying out the door, he was now scared witless, no longer daring to linger a moment longer in this place, and he scrambled and crawled away for dear life.
Di Xingdao's unexpected appearance instantly set off a buying frenzy among the crowd. Even on Cloud Terrace Island, the celebrity effect held sway, and Di Xingdao was a living, breathing emblem of it. With the guarantee of his name as vice island master of Central Island, the people felt all the more assured of the pills' quality.
Customers drawn by the news came in ever greater numbers. In less than a single day, the pills on the display racks were being snapped up in a ceaseless rush.
And with Di Xingdao's fearsome reputation preceding him, another benefit of his appearance was that those who had harbored other designs no longer dared harbor any crooked thoughts whatsoever. Even those who lusted after the beauty of Tianchan and Xueli would never dare act outrageously in the shop.