Baili Xin had been secretly sizing up the two people blocking the road. By now she could naturally tell that the visitors were no ordinary folk.
And the coachman had not walked far either, just a few steps away, turning his back and pretending not to see.
Long Xingyun’s attention immediately focused back on Yu Qing. “Stop playing the grandson with me. Did you not tell me to come alone to find you? Did you not say that as long as I dared to challenge you one on one, you would accept anytime? Now I am here, what grandson act are you putting on? Where did your previous dog’s courage go?”
Yu Qing did not want to tangle with this sort of character at all, and simply softened again. “I admit defeat. I beg Brother Long… I beg Brother Cheng to be magnanimous and let us go!”
This attitude made Long Xingyun somewhat frantic, and he shouted, “No!”
What kind of joke was this? On the Nether Sea he had been humiliated to such a degree, his face was swollen, and the two words “milk fierce” had pierced his heart, unprecedented in this life, deeply hated. How could the other party’s single sentence of admitting defeat make it pass? How could he swallow this breath without washing away the shame?
The moment he saw his enemy, the countless methods of torture he had fantasised about, he wished he could immediately unleash them all upon Yu Qing, making him unable to live or die!
Of course, before that he still wanted to prove himself, otherwise would that not confirm those two words the other party said, milk fierce!
In his view, these two words not only cursed him, but cursed his mother together with him.
“Young master!”
Yin Shanhe, who had been frowning, suddenly gave a heavy reminder. He discovered that this young pavilion master’s emotions had already seriously lost control, seriously losing composure.
Long Xingyun regained some clarity upon hearing this, and changed his words. “If you insist on admitting defeat, I will not stop you. But admitting defeat must at least look like admitting defeat!”
Yu Qing hesitated. “What does admitting defeat look like?”
Long Xingyun’s face showed ferocity. “Surrender with hands bound, and accept whatever disposal!”
The words after regaining clarity, whether or not they had measure, indeed had much more method and approach.
Hearing these words, Nan Zhu and Mu Aotie almost simultaneously turned their heads together to stare at Yu Qing on the carriage, both giving slight shakes of their heads to indicate they absolutely must not agree.
Yu Qing also knew this well. If he truly fell into the other party’s hands, the outcome would certainly be miserable. He immediately said in a deep voice, “Brother Cheng, this is somewhat forcing someone to do what they cannot. I admit that what I did last time was excessive, but I was also forced by circumstances. You wanted to kill me first, and I had no choice but to launch a sneak attack.
Brother Cheng, think about it. Which time was it not you who first actively came to target me? Which time was I not forced by circumstances? Enemies should be resolved rather than tied. Count my past actions as wrong. I apologise to you here. Let us put past grievances behind us, what do you say?”
How could the malicious air in Long Xingyun’s heart be easily dissolved by two sentences? He sneered coldly without end. “You speak lightly. If you dare to do it, you must bear the consequences. Less of that useless rubbish. I will ask you one sentence. Will you surrender with hands bound, or fulfil your promise and accept my challenge?”
For the martial brothers, surrendering with hands bound was impossible. They could not deliver their lives into another person’s hands.
Thus Yu Qing’s cheeks were taut as he remained silent, his gaze occasionally turning toward Yin Shanhe, hoping Yin Shanhe would step forward to dissuade him.
However, Yin Shanhe acted as if he saw nothing, completely unmoved. Thus Yu Qing roughly guessed this person’s intention. He estimated that this white haired old man did not oppose Long Xingyun using his own strength to face him in a one on one fight.
This was indeed the case. Yin Shanhe knew that the previous matter had already become Long Xingyun’s inner demon. Without a single head on clash of strength, the young pavilion master could not recognise himself, nor could he wake up.
Put simply, he also hoped that Long Xingyun could use his own strength to defeat this Tanhua scholar head on.
However, Yu Qing suddenly said loudly, “Coachman, let us continue our journey. During the Chaoyang Assembly, those holding the line are not only your Kunling Mountain. I would like to see who dares to act wantonly in the current Kunling Mountain!”
These words were both to remind the coachman not to be afraid, and to remind Long Xingyun and Yin Shanhe. Your Chilan Pavilion could indeed overpower Kunling Mountain, but this time and place were also not somewhere your Chilan Pavilion could act wildly at will.
The coachman turned upon hearing the voice, clearly hesitating for a moment, but still walked over.
Long Xingyun glared at Yu Qing with a look of “you dare”!
Yu Qing paid him no heed, waving his hand to signal Nan Zhu and the others to get in the carriage. He himself sat cross legged on top of the carriage roof, and shouted to the coachman who sat on the shaft,
“Go!”
The coachman was also very helpless, saying to the blockers, “You two, I am under orders from the sect to send off guests. I cannot stop halfway, nor can I abandon them. Otherwise the sect will not spare me. I trouble you two honoured guests to make way!”
“Dog thing!” Long Xingyun cursed, flying into a rage. Not at the coachman, but at Yu Qing whom he was staring straight at. His body moved, about to fly onto the roof to strike, but suddenly a hand reached out from the side and pulled him back from the horse he had just left.
The one who acted could be none other than Yin Shanhe, firmly controlling Long Xingyun and not letting him act on impulse.
“Uncle Yin, he broke his word, he went back on his promise first!” Long Xingyun turned back and roared.
Yin Shanhe said, “The current Kunling Mountain is indeed not a place to act wildly at will. As guests, we cannot embarrass the host.” After speaking, he turned his mount, and cast a spell to force Long Xingyun’s mount to move aside together with its rider.
The coachman let out a light sigh of relief, flicked his whip, and shouted, “Ha!”
Thus the carriage continued forward.
Long Xingyun watched the carriage pass by, watching Yu Qing sitting on the carriage roof passing by ostentatiously. The anger in his heart was beyond words. He gritted his teeth ferociously and said, “Despicable dog thief! Since you went back on your word first, then do not blame me for bullying others with my power. I will see where you can run to in this lifetime.
If you dare run today, I will mobilise all forces I can to capture you. I will see where you can hide, I will see how long you can hide!
I heard you grew up in a mountain village. Then starting from that mountain village, all people connected to you, whoever can be taken, I will not let a single one go. I do not believe I cannot catch someone you care about. I do not believe I cannot dig you out. I will see if you can hide for a lifetime!”
Hearing the fierce hateful words from behind, on the carriage roof Yu Qing’s mind also flashed through images of village farmers and women farming in a village. His eyes suddenly narrowed, his gaze turning cold, and he shouted out, “Stop!”
Inside the carriage, Nan Zhu and Mu Aotie’s expressions both changed dramatically. If Long Xingyun really messed things up in his manner of sparing no one even if some were innocent, the unlucky ones would likely not be limited to those villagers,
I fear even Linglong Temple would be dragged in.
That temple on the back mountain, the villagers all knew of it. More or less they all had dealings with it, including the real A Shiheng.
The key was that the other party’s words were not necessarily mere threats. He truly had such great power.
Back then, the reason Old Fifteen used provocation tactics on him to get him to come alone was precisely because he did not want him to mobilise the forces behind him.
The carriage was urgently reined to a stop. The coachman turned to look at Yu Qing on the roof, because it was he who shouted to stop. The one who said go was him, and the one who said stop was also him.
And Yu Qing suddenly turned his head to stare at Long Xingyun. After briefly meeting eyes with Long Xingyun, he then stared at Yin Shanhe.
Yin Shanhe took a puff of his pipe, slightly turned his head, avoiding his gaze, looking completely at ease. He clearly had no objection to the young pavilion master’s threats.
Seeing the intimidation had worked, Long Xingyun’s face showed a triumphant ferocious smile, thinking he was afraid!
Yu Qing flipped through the air and landed, staring straight at Long Xingyun, expressionless, walking back neither quickly nor slowly.
Nan Zhu and Mu Aotie also immediately jumped out of the carriage, quickly following behind, their hands subconsciously gripping their sword hilts. Although they knew that if they really fought, even combined they could not beat Yin Shanhe, none of them hesitated.
Yin Shanhe’s gaze slanted slightly. This time he paid more attention and sized up the two of them, then his gaze noticed the woman who had gotten out of the carriage.
Baili Xin jumped out of the carriage, flipped her hand to retrieve her bow, holding it in her hand, her gaze cold and clear, closely watching every move of those few people over there.
Yu Qing walked up to Long Xingyun and stopped, staring at him coldly. “Fool, if you still have any brains, you should be clear that the current Kunling Mountain is not a place for you and me to fight privately. You are not afraid of trouble, but I am afraid of causing trouble.”
His tone was completely different from his previous attitude of directly admitting defeat, worlds apart. He actually directly used insulting words.
The corner of Yin Shanhe’s eye twitched.
The corner of Long Xingyun’s mouth twitched slightly. He subconsciously thought of the two words “milk fierce” again. His face instantly showed the meaning of anger from embarrassment. He also flipped off his horse and confronted Yu Qing face to face, his finger poking Yu Qing’s chest, saying word by word, “Dog Tanhua, who wants to fight you privately? What is the Chaoyang Assembly for, if not for martial arts contests? We will meet on the arena!”
Yu Qing was stunned for a moment, immediately refusing. “To fight one on one, there is no need to go on the arena. It is the same outside Kunling Mountain.”
He had many taboos, and did not want to show his face publicly.
But Long Xingyun did not think this way. Seeing him resist, he instead thought he had grasped his weak spot, thinking he was afraid of publicly making a fool of himself, afraid of affecting the reputation of the “world’s number one talent”. This instead made him extremely expectant, looking forward to the scene of publicly humiliating the world’s number one talent.
With so many people watching, publicly beating the world’s number one talent, after it spread out it would certainly cause a sensation. What could wash away shame more than this?
Thinking of that scene was exciting, and the more he thought the more excited he became. He immediately insisted, “No difference. We will see true skill on the arena!”
Yu Qing said, “Have you got water in your brain? How is there no difference? Contests have rules for contests. Opponents are all selected by drawing lots. Besides, we are not even in the same district. Other aspects might make exceptions for you, but the contest rules of the Chaoyang Assembly are a matter of great importance. It is impossible to make an exception for you, impossible to specially arrange for the two of us to compete together.”
Long Xingyun said, “If you and I both fight to the end, would that not do?”
Yu Qing was speechless, truly unable to respond. He really did not know what this fellow was thinking. Where did he get such confidence? Did he really think all the heroes of the world were good for nothings? He had not heard that your Chilan Pavilion had any invincible skills either.
Even someone like him who was quite confident in his own strength did not dare to underestimate the heroes of the world.
After thinking, he retorted, “If you do not fight to the end?”
Long Xingyun was clearly more confident than him. “If I cannot fight to a showdown with you, then the problem lies with me, unrelated to you. It counts as you fulfilling your promise. The grievances between you and me will be written off in one stroke. From now on I guarantee I will no longer trouble you!”
This indeed made Yu Qing’s eyes light up. He felt the possibility of Long Xingyun succeeding was too small. He immediately turned to look at Yin Shanhe, wanting to seek a guarantee.
Before he could speak, Yin Shanhe seemed to understand. He raised his hand to remove the pipe from his mouth and said lightly, “I will vouch for it. If he troubles you again then, I will deal with him.”
Yu Qing was silent for a moment. “But I cannot guarantee I can fight to the end to compete with you.”
Long Xingyun threatened, “That is your problem. If you cannot do it, do not blame me for bullying others with my power!”
Was this not making trouble without reason? Yu Qing’s face darkened, but he still held back his anger and said, “If you insist on meeting on the arena, I have no objection. But fighting to the end is truly unnecessary labour. I have a method that can narrow the contest scope without breaking the contest rules. While you can still change the mountain you stay on, with your background, moving across districts should be no problem. You might as well change to the district where I stay. This way the probability of us facing each other will be much greater.”
He felt he had already made a huge concession.
Long Xingyun raised his eyebrows, convinced that this dog Tanhua just wanted to narrow the scope of his embarrassment.