Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The man didn’t expect to miss his target who was a young man who hadn’t even reached the end of puberty yet. Not to mention, his wrist was also locked in the youth’s grasp. As soon as Yan Liqiang’s voice drifted away, the burly man turned his head around only to realize that Xu Lang and the others were staring at him. Xu Lang even shot him a meaningful glance that caused the man’s expression to immediately turn fierce. “Brat, so what are you going to do if I insist on touching you?”
With that line, the burly man’s fist flew toward Yan Liqiang.
The man didn’t forget that Yan Liqiang was still holding his wrist. When he flung his fist at Yan Liqiang, he tried to retract his arm that Yan Liqiang had seized. He didn’t even think about his next move in case he failed to pull his arm back. In his mind, he could single-handedly finish off five brats like Yan Liqiang. Even the pubic hair under his crotch was thicker than Yan Liqiang’s arm. Therefore, he didn’t expect Yan Liqiang to do anything to him.
Unfortunately, he was wrong. It was a terrible mistake.
When the burly man wanted to withdraw his arm, Yan Liqiang’s grasp on his wrist suddenly tightened. In that split moment, the man felt as though it wasn’t a youth who was grabbing his arm anymore. Instead, it felt like his wrist was clamped down by a bench vise used in blacksmith stores. He couldn’t even move it.
A chilly expression flashed across Yan Liqiang’s face. He squeezed the wrist in his grasp a little, pressing and twisting downward. The burly man immediately dropped to his knees with a blood-curdling scream as beads of cold sweat rolled down his forehead. “GWAHHHH! LET GO! LET GO! IT’S GONNA BREAK…!”
Yan Liqiang didn’t even look at the man kneeling before him. He only swept his cold glance across Xu Lang and the rest.
“Someone’s fighting, someone’s fighting…!”
Someone on the bustling street immediately shouted when the burly man dropped to the ground on his knees from Yan Liqiang’s grip on his wrist. They immediately drew attention. Many even stopped walking to watch. Soon enough, a ring of onlookers was formed around them.
A delicate youth like Yan Liqiang squeezing the wrist of a bear-like man to the point that the latter was screaming on his knees was simply an unfathomable sight to many. In most of their imaginations, the roles in the scene before them were supposed to be reversed…
“Eh? How did that youth manage to get that big guy on his knees?”
“Who’s the one getting beat?”
“I saw the whole thing just now. It was the man who started it. They were ganging up on him…!”
“As expected, just look at how fiendish they are! There’s no way the youth would go and provoke them…!”
Discussions broke out among the crowd of onlookers on the street.
The expression on Xu Lang’s face contorted. He took a step forward and yelled at Yan Liqiang while pointing at him. “You insolent brat! Release him at once…!”
Yan Liqiang chuckled with the same expression on his face. Instead of releasing his grasp, he squeezed a little harder. The shrill screams of the burly man instantly increased by several decibels. “Ah, seems like you have recovered very quickly from your injury on the Arena of Life and Death. I see that the sniper is pretty good at archery. Not only did he manage to save your life at the most crucial moment on the arena, he also didn’t inflict a serious injury that was enough to cripple you. How rare indeed…”
“Brat, are you courting death? On that day, it was evident that I had been schemed against by Liang Yijie’s accomplice! Stop spouting nonsense…!” The expression on Xu Lang face turned extremely cold and sinister. He glared at Yan Liqiang with his eyes filled with murderous intent as he seethed his words.
Yan Liqiang sneered. “Your lie may work on an ignorant child, but the audience wasn’t blind to the situation on that day. I’m sure you are well aware of it too. Why would Brother Liang even need any external help if he intended to kill you?”
As soon as Yan Liqiang finished his sentence, two people clad in law enforcer uniforms squeezed through the crowd while shouting, “What’s this? What’s this? Who dares to create a disturbance in the middle of the street? Do you not fear the laws…?!”
The two law enforcers who were shouting before they made it past the crowd had rather imposing auras around them. However, as soon as they managed to get through the crowd and saw Xu Lang and his group, their expressions slightly changed and the auras around them immediately vanished. They then took a look at Yan Liqiang.
“He injured our man! Arrest him at once…!” Xu Lang immediately pointed to Yan Liqiang and shouted upon the law enforcers’ arrival.
By just looking at the law enforcer’s expressions, Yan Liqiang reckoned that they knew the identities of Xu Lang and his group. Before they could even say anything, he fished out a paiza that he always carried on him which identified him as a Yingyang Commandant in the Imperial Cavalry Unit, and flashed it to them. At the sight of the paiza, the expression on their faces turned even more sour…
“This person initiated a fight on the street just now. I have merely taken him down in self-defense. The crowd on the street can be my witness. I wonder what is the punishment for such crime according to the laws?” Yan Liqiang smiled at both of them.
The older of the two law enforcers glanced at Xu Lang then at Yan Liqiang. A broad smile immediately broke across his face as he cupped his fist to both parties. “Everyone, there’s no need to disrupt the harmony in public over a misunderstanding and make things difficult for both of us. If it’s nothing serious, then I suggest both parties to take a step back and forget about the whole thing!”
“Hmph!” Xu Lang snorted and remained silent with a gloomy expression on his face.
The older law enforcer turned to Yan Liqiang, still with a big smile plastered on his face. “Brother, I am a former member of the Imperial Cavalry Unit. I’ve taken up a job in the law enforcement office now to put food on my table. Please give some face and… and release the man first. We can talk things out!”
Yan Liqiang looked at the two law enforcers, then nodded. “Fine. I will give you both some face today since we are fellow comrades!” When Yan Liqiang finished speaking, he pushed away the half-kneeling big man who was sweating bullets. The man let out a pained groan as he fell backward, sprawled on his back and never got back up again for a long time.
After pushing the big man away, Yan Liqiang glared at Xu Lang and his group one more time before turning around to leave without saying another word.
An ordinary-looking guy in Xu Lang’s group who had been silent this whole time moved his feet, thinking of going forward. However, he was pulled back by another rather sinister-looking young man beside him who was dressed in a blue silk gown and sported a mole on the edge of his lip. The young man looked at the crowd around them and then shook his head slightly. In the end, the person who wanted to go forward stayed as he watched Yan Liqiang’s disappearing silhouette through his squinted eyes while licking his lips.
“Go away, go away! Don’t obstruct the traffic here…” The two law enforcers dispersed the crowd. Seeing that the show was over, the onlookers that gathered on the street went away.
“Interesting. Very interesting, Xu Lang. Who was that brat? How come you never mentioned him before?” The man dressed in the blue silk gown in the group suddenly asked Xu Lang after the crowd dispersed.
After the question left the young man’s mouth, Xu Lang immediately leaned toward him. “Young Master Lin, he used to be Sun Bingchen’s personal bodyguard. He’s a nobody that Sun Bingchen brought here from Gan Province. I heard that he was an unremarkable individual who only knew a little bit of archery. Not long after he arrived in the Imperial Capital, Sun Bingchen recommended him to the Imperial Cavalry Unit. He doesn’t seem to be assigned to any important job and has only been issued a Yingyang Commandant paiza. When we saw him in the servant quarters last time, we provoked him on purpose. That brat was terrified and didn’t even dare to respond. Liang Yijie did mention that he was only a Martial Warrior. After Sun Bingchen left the Imperial Capital, we no longer paid any attention to a small fry like him. I didn’t expect him to ruin your mood just now, Young Master…”
“Oh. So he is with that old dog, Sun. But you said that he was just a Martial Warrior. That sure didn’t look like it…” The man who was addressed as Young Master Lin frowned, then pointed at the burly man who had returned to Xu Lang’s side still grimacing in pain. “He’s a Martial Warrior too, but he was brought under control by that brat with just one move. Not only that, it was unsightly…”
“Well…” Xu Lang was at a loss for words. His humiliation then turned into frustration as he turned around and delivered a hard slap across the burly man’s face. “USELESS!”
“Do not vent your anger on your own people. My uncle often said this, in the universe the difficult things are done as if they are easy. Great acts are made up of small deeds…” Young Master Lin patted Xu Lang on his shoulder with a neutral smile. “That old dog has been opposing my uncle. Although he has left the Imperial Capital, his people are still enjoying their lives around here and even dare to humiliate you on the streets. I see that you have quite a generous heart, Xu Lang. I never really noticed that until now…”
“Rest assured, Young Master Lin. I know what to do!” Xu Lang clenched his teeth.
“Do you need my help again this time?”
“Don’t worry, Young Master Lin. I can handle it myself…”
