"What did you, a lowly commoner say?" Lin Ke raged, and she pointed a finger at Huang Xiaolong. This lowly commoner dared to say she is, is?!
"Did you not hear what I said clearly?" Huang Xiaolong had an indifferent expression on his calm face.
All of a sudden, loud footsteps were heard coming up the staircase and several guards appeared on the first floor.
"Miss, what is the matter?" One of the guards walked up to Lin Ke and asked.
These Marquis Mansion guards were initially waiting below and all of them rushed up quickly hearing their Young Miss's voice.
"This lowly commoner actually dared to insult me! Go and slap him, hard!" Lin Ke pointed at Huang Xiaolong and a cruel gleam flashed across her eyes: "Hit until all the teeth in his dog mouth fall out!"
"If anyone dares to interfere, they will be dealt with the same punishment!"
"Yes, Miss!"
The dozen Marquis Mansion guards spread out and surrounded the two tables; one of them walked out, raising his hand and swept it down hard at Huang Xiaolong's face.
The ex-Huang Clan Manor guards were ruffled seeing this and wanted to dash out, but a silhouette was faster than them, and moved before them. The Marquis Mansion guard that was about to slap Huang Xiaolong suddenly screamed-- his body inverted outwards as if he was hit by a big boulder and tumbled heavily on the floor before rolling down the stairs to the first floor below.
A short silence invaded the first floor space.
The silhouette who made the move was Fei Hou.
After a brief moment of surprised silence, all the Marquis Mansion guards were angered. All of them unsheathed the swords they were carrying and it was at this time Fei Hou snorted: "Scram!" His voice rolled out like waves, and zigzag lightning materialized out of nowhere like a net. This was Fei Hou's Sound of Lightning Fall, a high grade Mysterious rank battle skill.
The strongest amongst these Marquis Mansion Guards was a peak late-Seventh Order, and their abilities were insufficient to escape these lightning strikes. After these guards' bodies were struck, shaking and then inverting them out. By the time they fell to the floor, these guards were no longer recognizable; their bodies were charred soot black with gray smoke rising from them like burning charcoal.
"You!!!" Watching all the guards they brought being defeated, the expression on Lin Ke and Lin Guo's face was extremely ugly.
"Slap!" Huang Xiaolong's cold voice sounded.
"Yes, Young Master!" Just as Fei Hou's voice ended, the right side of Lin Ke's face was printed with a five fingers red mark.
"Do you lowly commoners knows who I am? Actually daring to touch me!" Lin Ke was afraid yet furious too. One of her hands was covering the right side of her face as she glared hatefully at Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou, roaring at the top of her lungs.
"Again!" Huang Xiaolong's voice sounded once more.
A deeper red five finger print appeared on Lin Ke's right cheek. Blood trickled from her mouth as she spat out a tooth.
Lin Ke stared at the tooth rolling on the floor and went blanked for a moment. She let out a hair-raising shriek towards Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou, "You, you dared to hit me? You actually dared to hit me! You know who I am? I am the Marquis Mansion's Miss! My father is Marquis Lin Xian! I want to kill you lowly commoners, kill off every lowly dog commoners that you are!"
[tn: why ask when one of your teeth already all out?]
"Again!" Huang Xiaolong paid no attention.
"Pa!! Pa!!" Two sounds of slapping resounded in the quiet restaurant. This time, Lin Ke's body wobbled as both sides of her face had a burning red five finger mark; blood and a few teeth flew out from her mouth.
"Younger Sis, don't say anymore. Let's first return to the Marquis Mansion!" Lin Guo who watched everything from the side was troubled and irked at the same time. He walked up and pulled Lin Ke away while trying to persuade. He had seen Huang Xiaolong's intentions; if his Little Sister continued her tirade, she probably would be leaving all her teeth here.
Without waiting for Lin Ke's response, Lin Guo already pulled Lin Ke towards the staircase, fleeing as fast as he could.
Watching Lin Guo dragging Lin Ke fleeing in panic, Huang Xiaolong sneered.
Before Lin Ke disappeared, her face was full of dissatisfaction and hatred, and he trusts that this matter will not end here. If things happened within his expectations, after returning to the Marquis Mansion, the two would return here with a group of experts.
The little server looked at Lin Guo and Lin Ke running away in a hurry, and then looked down at the floor that was littered with Marquis Mansion guards, his soul had flown away in shock. His reason returned after a while and he scurried off to report the matter to his boss.
After Lin Guo and Lin Ke ran off, Huang Xiaolong and the others continued with their meal as if nothing happened.
As for Lin Guo and Lin Ke, they returned to the Marquis Mansion soon after leaving the Delicious Restaurant.
Lin Ke wailed all the way back to the Marquis Mansion, and both Lin Ke and Lin Guo stepped into the main hall. Marquis Lin Xian was in a good mood, chatting with a middle-aged man. This middle-aged man was wearing army-issued armor, and there were a few shiny badges on his shoulder. This middle-aged man was one of Luo Tong Kingdom's generals, General Hong Desheng.
Lin Ke was crying as she walked into the main hall, and this startled Lin Xian and Hong Desheng, causing them to stop their discussions.
When the two saw Hong Desheng in the main hall, they went up and greeted: "Uncle Hong."
"Ke'er, what happened? Who hurt you?" Lin Xian saw the blood on his daughter's face and his face darkened.
"Dad, Uncle Hong, you must seek justice for me!" Lin Ke covered her face while crying, "Just now in the Delicious Restaurant, a group of lowly dog commoners slapped my face! Even my tooth fell out!"
"Wuu…wuuuu…..wuu!"
"What?!" Lin Xian's face grew darker, a chilling light flashed across his eyes.
"Was there anything out of ordinary in that group of people?" At this time, Hong Desheng suddenly asked.
The three in the hall with him were flabbergasted at the question.
"Brother Hong, what are you trying to say?" Lin Xian inquired.
Hong Desheng explained, "Do you still remember last year what happened in the Delicious Restaurant?"
Lin Xian quivered from head to toe; last year, Duke Meng Chen and his son, Meng Xia, hurt Marshal Haotian's Junior Brother since they were relying on having more people. Later, Marshal Haotian rushed over to the restaurant and killed Meng Chen and Meng Xia to vent out his wrath. Although the incident was a year ago, how could Lin Xian forget? And the place where Meng Chen and Meng Xia were killed was at the Delicious Restaurant!
Lin Ke and Lin Guo also remembered this incident and both turned a sickly shade of green and then they turned white.
"Brother Hong, such coincidences doesn't happen right?" Lin Xian hesitated for a second before asking.
"It is better to be safe than sorry." Hong Desheng said. He turned around towards Lin Ke and asked, "What does the person who hurted you look like?"
Lin Ke and Lin Guo described Fei Hou's facial features from memory one by one. Lin Xian and Hong Desheng's face became gloomier by the second, and when Lin Ke and Lin Guo finished, Hong Desheng sounded somber as he stated, "I'm afraid this person is Marshal Haotian's Junior Brother, Fei Hou!"
Marshal Haotian's Junior Brother, Fei Hou!
Lin Ke and Lin Guo's faces lost all their color instantly.
Suddenly, Hong Desheng thought of a question, asking "Besides that Fei Hou, was there a man in his seventies?" He even described how Marshal Haotian looked like to them.
Lin Ke and Lin Guo tried to remember.
But, at that time, Marshal Haotian sat with his back facing stairway, so it was inevitable they did not get a good look at everyone there.
"We did not pay attention." Lin Ke added, "There was about fourteen, fifteen of them in total. Oh right, there was a kid about ten years old, but Fei Hou listened to his command, calling him Young Master, could he be….?!"
"Huang Xiaolong!!" Lin Xian and Hong Desheng blurted out the name in unison.
Huang Xiaolong!
Lin Ke and Lin Guo's bodies trembled, nearly stumbling down.
Cosmic Star Academy's First Year champion, this name had long spread to every corner of the Royal City - Huang Xiaolong, possessing the Primordial Divine Black Dragon martial spirit. This was no longer a secret, and he was lauded to be the number one talent in Luo Tong Kingdom's history.
If that kid is Huang Xiaolong, then…? The image where she was trashing Huang Xiaolong as a lowly dog commoner, even ordering her guards to slap Huang Xiaolong's mouth, her body couldn't stop shaking as if having an episode of epilepsy.
" Then Dad, what, what do we do now?" Lin Ke's face grew paler and paler-- the arrogance and despotic manner from before vanished without a trace.
Lin Xian and Hong Desheng were silent.
A heavy atmosphere blanketed the entire big hall.
"Dad, say something ah!" Lin Ke became anxious.
"Impudent!" Suddenly, the silent Lin Xian stood up in rage, roaring at Lin Ke, "All this trouble was caused by you! You think I don't know your personality?! If you were not in the wrong, you think that Fei Hou would act?!" A palm flew across Lin Ke's face and another five finger palm print burned glaringly on her face.
Lin Ke clutched at her face, looking dazedly at her father. Tears started to fall abruptly from her eyes. Since she was little, her father had always indulged her requests, as he was afraid to disappoint his daughter. But today, her father actually hit her!
The more Lin Ke thought about it, the more wronged she felt, and the louder her wails rang out in the hall.
"You!" Lin Xian raised his hand once more in anger, but in the end, the hand dropped back down.
"Brother Lin, now is not the time to teach Ke'er. Lin Guo, tell me exactly what happened." At this time, Hong Desheng advised Lin Xian, trying to salvage the situation.
"Yes, Uncle Hong." Lin Guo replied respectfully and told his father and Uncle Hong what happened from the beginning to the end without the slightest intention to conceal anything. He didn't dare to.
Lin Xian heard his son say that his daughter, Lin Ke, ordered the restaurant server to drive out Huang Xiaolong, Fei Hou, and the people with them the moment she stepped onto the first floor. Every sentence she said started and ended with 'lowly dog commoner', and he could no longer remain as calm as he wished.
After Lin Guo finished describing the incident, Lin Xian's face was darker than muddy water.
"Let's do it like this Brother Lin-- make a trip to the Delicious Restaurant to apologize to that Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou. I will accompany you there." Hong Desheng persuaded.
The two of them were old buddies; since he was here, he couldn't just sit and watch without doing anything to help.
Lin Xian's expression did not look better: "It seems this is the only way!"
Moments later, Lin Xian and Hong Desheng brought Lin Ke and Lin Guo to the Delicious Restaurant.
And soon, the four of them came to the Delicious Restaurant's first floor where Huang Xiaolong's group was at. Lin Xian and Hong Desheng were about to speak when both of them noticed the figure sitting next to Huang Xiaolong; both of them stiffened and their footsteps halted abruptly. Their eyes bulged out.
"Mar-- Lord Marshal Haotian!"
At this point of time, Marshal Haotian turned around at their voices.
When they saw Marshal Haotian's face, Lin Xian and Hong Desheng felt their minds go blank with fear; both were turning pale in a heartbeat.
Behind them were Lin Ke and Lin Guo. When both of them heard the words their father exclaimed out loud, their legs wobbled and went limp, nearly falling to the floor. No matter how they suppressed the fear, they couldn't stand properly.
Initially, before they came over, Lin Xian and Hong Desheng were wishing for some good fortune-- that Marshal Haotian was not present during that time. But now!!
...
One hour later, Huang Xiaolong, Marshal Haotian, and the rest of the group left the Delicious Restaurant. After Huang Xiaolong left, Lin Xian, his children, and Hong Desheng also walked out of the restaurant looking dissolute and spiritless.
No one knows what took place in that one hour's time.
However, the next day morning, Lin Xian's Marquis title was rescinded and it was a Royal Edict made by King Lu Zhe himself.
On Huang Xiaolong's side, after they left the restaurant, the group headed to Tianxuan Mansion. As they got nearer, Boli and the servants were waiting outside.
"Big Brother, this Tianxuan Mansion is our home from now on?" Standing before the entrance of Tianxuan Mansion, little sister Huang Min asked with anticipation.
Huang Xiaolong nodded and smiled, "En, Tianxuan Mansion is our home from now on."
Huang Min and Huang Xiaohai bounced with delight at Huang Xiaolong's answer, racing each other inside.
This made everyone break out in laughter.
"Dad, Mom, let's go in." Huang Xiaolong said to Huang Peng and Su Yan.
Both of them nodded, feeling comforted and pleased in their hearts.
A while later, everyone went to the main hall and sat down.
Huang Xiaolong requested Fei Hou to arrange the accommodation for his parents, siblings, and the servant-guards that followed Huang Peng from Huang Clan Manor. Before going back to Huang Clan Manor for the New Year, Huang Xiaolong gave Fei Hou a million gold coins to buy off the neighboring mansions. Thus, the current Tianxuan Mansion's lands had expanded by a factor of four and there were plenty of rooms.
Due to fatigue from traveling for more than twenty days, Huang Xiaolong sent his parents and little siblings to rest.
And only three people remained in the main hall: Huang Xiaolong, Marshal Haotian, and Fei Hou.
"What is the result of your investigation?" Huang Xiaolong asked Marshal Haotian. A few days ago, he had requested Marshal Haotian to look into the Big Sword Sect's situation.
Marshal Haotian stood up and answered respectfully, "Replying Sovereign, the matter was already investigated clearly. At the moment, Big Sword Sect has around thirty thousand disciples, and apart from the dead Liu Wei, there is another Xiantian realm expert, and that is Liu Wei's Master, Yu Chen. Yu Chen is the previous Sect Leader; his strength should be mid-Second Order Xiantian."
Liu Wei's Master, Yu Chen: a mid-Second Order Xiantian!
Huang Xiaolong nodded; that means Yu Chen's strength is on par with Marshal Haotian.
Then, Marshal Haotian continued to report the findings related to Big Sword Sect: the number of Tenth Order disciples, Ninth Order disciples, and so on.
Listening to the end of Marshal Haotian's report, Huang Xiaolong's brows creased deeply. It seems to destroy the Big Sword Sect was not as easy as he first thought. Although Big Sword Sect only has one remaining Xiantian expert, Yu Chen, as one of the prominent sects of Baolong Kingdom, the number of Tenth Order and Ninth Order disciples were not insignificant.
Moreover, he cannot let Marshal Haotian call up the army for this. If the army was used, it meant war between two kingdoms!
If Yu Ming was around, with his Xiantian Tenth Order strength, it would be as easy as snapping his fingers to get rid of Big Sword Sect.
Nonetheless, Yu Ming had returned to the Asura's Gate headquarters, and to rush back here from Star Cloud Continent, it takes at least a year's time.
Judging from the situation, he needs to wait until Yu Ming returns before deciding the next step.
Now, his parents and siblings are with him in the Royal City, and as long as that Yu Chen does not run over here, his parents and siblings would be safe with Marshal Haotian's protection.
Some time later, Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou left the main hall.
I must break through to the Seventh Order as soon as possible! Huang Xiaolong thought to himself.
Once he advanced to the Seventh Order, he could open the Linglong Pagoda's first layer and get the heritage physique cultivation technique, Golden Linglong Body. In addition to his martial spirits abilities, he could fight against an Eighth Order warrior. Not only that, after opening the first layer of Linglong Treasure Pagoda, he could give the Fire Dragon Pearl to his parents.
When his parents become stronger, the better they can protect themselves.
Lastly, after he stepped into the Seventh Order, his martial spirits would evolve a second time, and Huang Xiaolong looked forward to his twin dragons' transformation.
In general, after advancing to the Seventh Order, and after the martial spirit evolved a second time, its innate ability would also be strengthened. In some cases, martial spirits could gain new abilities after undergoing the second transformation!
Although the probability for this to happen is very low, the higher the grade of martial spirits, the higher the probability for it to happen.
Going back to his room, Huang Xiaolong climbed onto the cold jade bed, and called out the twin dragons and started to practice.
Using the month travel time to get to the Royal City, Huang Xiaolong had persevered with his practice. On top of that, the Linglong Treasure Pagoda inside his body emitted fire dragon qi at all times, tempering his physique and improving his battle qi. This made Huang Xiaolong grow stronger every day and the barrier to the Seventh Order became thinner every second. He had a feeling that within one month's time, he could advance to the Seventh Order.
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