Chapter 236

Chapter 236: A Small Golden Core Dares To Boast Shamelessly
The crowd split to both sides.

An ordinary-looking man led more than a dozen people and surrounded the shop.

When the people of the Chen Clan saw the man at the front, they all clenched their fists. It was as if fire was about to burst from their eyes.

Yang Hao swept his gaze up and down them with open contempt and sneered: “Just you bunch of small fry dare to come make trouble in my Yang Clan? You must be tired of living.”

He added, “Hurry up and kneel, kowtow, and admit your mistake. If our Patriarch happens to be in a good mood, he might spare you.”

“Don’t fail to appreciate our kindness, you trash of the Chen Clan!”

“No wonder the Chen Clan is going downhill. From top to bottom you are all cowards. Not a single one can fight!”

After Yang Hao spoke, the other Yang Clan members all joined in, throwing out every cruel and mocking word they could think of.

The members of the Chen Clan were both furious and ashamed, but no one dared to talk back.

Among them, the one with the highest cultivation level was Chen Tian Dong, and he was only at late Foundation Establishment. Yang Hao was at mid Golden Core stage. The difference between the two was huge.

Back then, their Chen Clan patriarch had been killed when Yang Hao shattered his heart meridians with a single punch.

Chen Tian Dong looked around and saw the mocking faces of the Yang Clan crowd. Thinking of his clansmen whose lives were hanging by a thread, he swallowed his pride and bowed his head to apologize to Yang Hao.

“Patriarch Yang, what happened today was our rashness,” he said quietly. “I admit my mistake to you. We will leave at once.”

After saying this, he turned to leave from another direction.

A Yang Clan clansman stepped sideways in front of him with a roguish grin, blocking his path.

Chen Tian Dong looked at Yang Hao, forcing down his anger: “Patriarch Yang, what is the meaning of this?”

Yang Hao let out a cold laugh: “You want to leave? It will not be that easy. Every single one of you will kneel down and kowtow to me. You can leave only when I am satisfied.”

“In your dreams!” a Chen Clan clansman shouted in anger.

“If you won’t kneel, that is fine,” Yang Hao said. “But then none of you will leave today.”

As his words fell, the aura of a Golden Core cultivator spread out.

Chen Tian Dong and the others turned pale. Their breathing grew difficult.

As he stared at the open cruelty on Yang Hao’s face, Chen Tian Dong’s pupils trembled and his heart began to waver.

He could throw away his life and fight, but what about the remaining members of the Chen Clan?

If he died, then the Chen Clan would lose the only person who could hold things together. No one could say if even a single line of their blood could be kept alive, much less talk about rising again one day.

Endure.

The word “endure” was like a blade pressing down on his heart.

If he could just endure this, things would be fine.

His knees trembled as he started to kneel, but his body’s instinct held him up and would not let him fall.

In that moment, he felt the same despair as the day he had been ambushed by the Black-Robed Elder at Ten Thousand Fathoms Gorge.

Sadly, there would not be a second Senior Yu to save him from fire and water…

“Tch. A small Golden Core dares to boast so loudly. Truly laughable.”

An arrogant voice came from outside the crowd.

Everyone’s expression changed.

The faces of the Yang Clan members were especially ugly.

After the fall of the Chen Clan, the Yang Clan alone had become dominant. They acted tyrannically and no one dared offend them.

Where did this hotheaded fool come from, daring to provoke the Patriarch? Was he not looking for death?

“I just can’t stand arrogant people like you,” the voice went on. “If you are not convinced, you can just swallow it.”

Si Tu Xuan used his spirit power to push aside the people in front and strode out in the lead.

Yu Zhao walked behind him, her eyes full of mixed feelings.

She had not expected Si Tu Xuan to speak up so boldly for justice. This way, she did not have to step out herself.

Yu Zhao had wanted to keep a low profile, but Chen Tian Dong had sharp eyes.

He first gave Si Tu Xuan a grateful look, then his gaze was instantly drawn to Yu Zhao behind him.

He was both shocked and overjoyed, almost moved to tears: “Senior Yu!”

“Senior Yu? It really is Senior Yu!”

“It is Senior Yu! Senior Yu, save us!”

Many of the people behind Chen Tian Dong were guards who had once traveled together with Yu Zhao. When they saw her, they were overjoyed.

Si Tu Xuan paused and glanced sideways at Yu Zhao: “You know them?”

Yu Zhao nodded: “I once had the chance to travel with them.”

The corners of Si Tu Xuan’s mouth could not help but curl up: “Looks like I am definitely playing the good guy today.”

At first, he had simply felt that for a small place like Qishan City, it was too much that someone was even more arrogant and domineering than him, the Young Heir of the Situ clan, so he had mocked the man on impulse. By coincidence, however, he ended up helping people who had ties to Yu Zhao.

[Heh, Fellow Daoist Yu will definitely see me in a new light now.]

Seeing the three in front talk with each other as if he did not exist, Yang Hao grew angry.

However, the three carried themselves with unusual poise, and their presence was in no way weaker than his. It was clear they were also Golden Core cultivators, and all three were young. That was no small matter.

More importantly, one of them clearly had a special connection to the Chen Clan.

While Yang Hao was still guessing their identities, Si Tu Xuan spoke first: “Since your Yang Clan has already taken over the Chen Clan’s property, you should stop here. Don’t push your advantage. Let them go.”

A Yang Clan clansman, who was also one of Yang Hao’s trusted followers, snapped back: “This is a matter between our Yang Clan and the Chen Clan. It is not your place, as an outsider, to butt in!”

Si Tu Xuan did not even look at him. His gaze stayed on Yang Hao.

“Patriarch Yang, what do you say?” he asked.

Yang Hao thought for a moment, then pulled out a smile: “For the sake of the three Fellow Daoists, I will spare them this time. If they come again to make trouble, I will not tolerate it.”

His meaning was clear. He was letting the matter go only because of Si Tu Xuan and the others. Once they left, no one would be able to stop him from doing whatever he wanted.

Si Tu Xuan was no child. Of course he heard the twist in those words.

But he had never planned to meddle in the Chen Clan’s future affairs. He ignored the hidden threat and only pushed for the people to be released.

Yang Hao lifted his hand.

The man blocking Chen Tian Dong stepped aside at once.

Si Tu Xuan gave Yang Hao a perfunctory cupped-fist salute in return, then strode away with the long line of Chen Clan members trailing behind him.

A Yang Clan clansman hurried up to Yang Hao and whispered: “Patriarch, are we just letting them go like this?”

Yang Hao glanced at him, then slapped him to the ground: “They already left. Do you want me to chase them back, idiot?”

Those three were clearly just passing through and would leave soon. If the Chen Clan were short-sighted and failed to seize this last chance, their destruction would be certain.

Whether the Chen Clan survived or not now depended on a single thought from Chen Tian Dong. No one knew what choice he would make.

…

After they walked out of that street, Chen Tian Dong suddenly stopped and bowed deeply to the three.

“Three Seniors, on behalf of the Chen Clan, I give you my thanks,” he said. “Without you, the Chen Clan might have…”

At this point his voice choked and he could not go on.

Si Tu Xuan waved his hand casually: “I did not do it for your sake. I just could not stand that Yang Clan patriarch. He is narrow-minded. If you stay here, he will definitely target you. You should leave as soon as possible.”

Yao Wu Jiadded, “Si Tu Xuan is right. That patriarch of the Yang Clan has already developed killing intent toward you. If you do not leave now, it will be too late.”

The members of the Chen Clan all wore bitter looks.

Chen Tian Dong explained: “Qishan City is where our Chen Clan first rose, and our ancestral property is here, so in a moment of impulse we chose to stay. After this matter, we see the wolfish ambition of the Yang Clan. I will go back at once and tell the clansmen to prepare to move.”