Chapter 4925 — Why Don't You Just Surrender?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Chang Laiting's old face flushed at once. He had merely told these two to deal with Wei Zhao and vent his pent-up anger for him; as for the particulars of what had happened on the Giants' Road, why would he go into detail? After all, telling it would be humiliating!
The two Libationers of the Dingcheng Academy were taken aback as well. One look at Chang Laiting's expression and they knew something was off. They hastily changed tack: "Whichever academy's disciple you may be, you dared publicly slander our Dingcheng Academy. On that count alone you cannot be lightly forgiven. We may spare your life, but today we must cripple your cultivation as a warning to others!"
"This is too much!" Hearing this, Wang Xinyan could restrain herself no longer. She stepped forward at once, her powerful early Xuan Ascension aura on full display. Nor was she alone—Huang Xiaotao and Lu Xiaozhong likewise revealed their early Xuan Ascension strength.
Thus, counting Wei Zhao himself, there were four early Xuan Ascension experts in all. Though they amounted to nothing before the two late Xuan Ascension experts opposite them, the atmosphere in an instant turned thick with drawn swords and strung bows.
"Do you all wish to have your cultivation crippled as well? Wrecking your bright futures in a fit of impulse—you would spend the rest of your lives in darkness and helplessness. Stand down at once!" The two Libationers of the Dingcheng Academy both furrowed their brows at the sight.
It was not that they thought these few joined together were so formidable—in truth, if it came to blows, four early Xuan Ascension experts could not withstand a single move before them. But if things truly escalated to that point, there would be troublesome aftereffects.
Because Wei Zhao had spoken insolently, crippling his cultivation alone before the crowd was beyond reproach. But to cripple four newly promoted early Xuan Ascension experts all at once—and by the look of it, all from the same academy—that would be a feud of truly serious proportions!
Once the matter fermented, the Dingcheng Academy would surely have to give an account of itself, and this black pot could only be shouldered by the two of them. After all, they could hardly pin the blame on Chang Laiting, could they?
"Tsk, tsk. I never thought the Dingcheng Academy would be this overbearing too. I thought the Leidong Academy was the only one with that kind of temperament. Today really has been an eye-opener!" Lu Xiaozhong was the sort who lived to stir up trouble. At a moment like this he was not afraid in the least—instead he needled them with a sardonic, taunting tone. A brawl at worst, and he had seen plenty of those.
"Watch your tongue, boy. We hold back from striking rashly only out of consideration that you are all disciples of a brother academy. Do not refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!" the Dingcheng Academy Libationer said in a chilling tone.
"Oh, I'm so scared!" Lu Xiaozhong cried with exaggerated terror, wearing an expression that, however one looked at it, was begging for a beating—a true inheritor of his father Lu Dachang's legacy.
"Asking for death!" The two Libationers were so furious their mouths twisted askew. Had they not retained the last shred of their reason, they would have dearly loved to split Lu Xiaozhong in two with a single palm strike. This brat was just too infuriating!
"Your esteemed academy is truly something. Crippling a person's cultivation without so much as distinguishing right from wrong—do you really think the Morning Star Academy is so easy to bully!" Wang Xinyan hurried forward to say, not daring to let Lu Xiaozhong spout any more nonsense.