Wang Zhuo was stunned to the extreme at this moment. His face turned pale in an instant, and cold sweat kept pouring out.
If Luo Chen was truly an expert at the Spirit Communion Realm, then he truly could not afford to offend him. Even Lin Hualong could not afford to offend him.
In an instant, Wang Zhuo lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
“Sorry, Mr Luo. I have offended you.” Wang Zhuo’s attitude changed too quickly from before.
Previously, after being slapped several times by Luo Chen, his heart had been filled with resentment.
But now he felt very fortunate in his heart, because that was an expert at the Spirit Communion Realm. His earlier remark alone would have been enough to get him killed directly.
The other party clearly possessed extremely high self-restraint and was exceptionally graceful. If it had been any other Spirit Communion Realm expert, he would probably already be dead.
“Mr Luo, sorry.” Lin Hualong also expressed his apology again. Ever since Luo Chen’s battle in the Tibetan region, he had understood that, at least on the surface, Luo Chen was already number one in China.
Zhou Kai, however, still showed a look of displeasure. He was from the Zhou family of Qinhuangdao, which had long been backed by a Martial Saint. Even if Luo Chen was a Martial Saint, so what?
“My matter cannot be left at this.” Zhou Kai climbed up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and spoke viciously.
“Then how do you want to settle it?” Luo Chen kicked out with lightning speed and sent Zhou Kai falling to the ground again.
“Martial Saint, my family has one too.” Zhou Kai was still unconvinced, clearly having become truly enraged.
“Moreover, in terms of position, I outrank you. This is insubordination.” Zhou Kai spoke viciously once more.
“Shut up.” Lin Hualong turned his head directly and rebuked Zhou Kai.
“How so?”
“Did I say anything wrong?” Zhou Kai sneered coldly. He now hated Luo Chen. This grudge had to be avenged. Otherwise, he could not swallow this foul breath.
“He deserves the death penalty.”
Indeed, insubordination was truly a capital offence.
“You shut your mouth.” Lin Hualong shouted again.
“Mr Luo was already at the General rank long ago. The formal documents simply have not come down yet.” Lin Hualong directly stated the truth.
In fact, he had only just learned of it himself. He had found out when he returned to the capital to report on his duties.
This news stunned not only Zhou Kai but also Su Lingchu. Even Luo Chen himself was slightly taken aback.
When had he been promoted?
“Impossible. Does he have any great meritorious service?”
“Does he have any seniority?” Zhou Kai showed an expression of disbelief.
“Mr Luo eliminating the Blood Corpse King and defeating two foreign Spirit Communion Realm experts in the Tibetan region. These two matters alone are already great achievements.” Lin Hualong spoke.
“Do you think he lacks meritorious service?”
“And they are great achievements at that.”
“Therefore, it was not insubordination at all. You now need to address him as General Luo.”
The moment these words were spoken, the entire place was shocked.
Su Lingchu was stunned for quite a while before congratulating Luo Chen.
However, everyone understood in their hearts that this was actually a move to win Luo Chen over, given his strength.
Otherwise, two great achievements alone would not have been enough to appoint him as a General.
Luo Chen naturally knew this as well.
With things having been said to this extent, Zhou Kai could no longer disbelieve.
After all, such matters were not something to be joked about.
In the end, Zhou Kai did not even dare to leave harsh words. He simply got up and left in a dishevelled manner.
But before leaving, his eyes were filled with resentment. Clearly, this matter would not be settled peacefully.
He could not touch Luo Chen, but that did not mean the Martial Saint in his family could not.
He had not gone far before he made a phone call to his elder uncle.
“Hello, elder uncle. Help me kill someone later.”
Watching Zhou Kai leave, Lin Hualong opened his mouth, but in the end he only let out a sigh.
“Alas.”
“What are you sighing about?” Su Lingchu showed puzzlement.
“It is still about Mr Luo. The Zhou family is truly not easy to provoke.” Lin Hualong spoke.
Martial Saints, these legendary figures, usually kept a low profile and did not reveal themselves. But once they emerged, they were bound to stir the world into unrest.
The Zhou family of Qinhuangdao. Though on the surface they appeared to be nothing special, among those hidden great families, they were a famously powerful clan.
Their heritage spanned who knew how many generations.
It was even said that they once had enormous ties to the Heaven and Earth Society of the Qing Dynasty.
They also had considerable connections to the Salt Gang of the Jiangnan region before liberation.
The power of such a family was immense, and with a Martial Saint in the family, obviously no one dared to provoke them lightly.
Luo Chen did not care. In this era, he firmly believed he was invincible. Unless those ancient Dao traditions on Earth that had sealed their mountains emerged again.
The few of them did not discuss the matter further. Instead, they walked toward the mountain.
Reaching the mountain, several canopy tents had already been set up there. At that moment, an elderly man in his sixties was drinking tea.
The old man wore a Zhongshan suit and looked exceptionally dignified. Every movement carried the bearing of a superior.
Standing nearby was another person, a woman. The “Sister Yang” Su Lingchu had mentioned.
“Elder Yang.”
Even Su Lingchu and Lin Hualong saluted him with a military salute.
Clearly, this was a high-ranking leader.
“Ha ha, no need for formalities.” Elder Yang appeared quite easy-going. Then he turned his gaze toward Luo Chen.
After looking him over a few times, he nodded slightly at Luo Chen, which counted as a greeting.
Luo Chen naturally did not take the initiative to greet him either. Sooner or later, when the time came, he would be able to spread his wings and soar. All these worldly things were, to him, like passing clouds.
Ten thousand years of cultivation. Luo Chen had experienced too many partings and reunions. Beauties had grown old and turned to withered bones. Close friends had met with calamity, their blood spilling upon the earth.
To him, many things in the human world had long since faded into indifference. This was also why he had never been moved by the few girls around him.
Because they could only be together for a few short decades. Why add to the sorrow? Yet he had centuries, millennia, or even tens of thousands of years of solitude ahead.
Truly, those who had lived for over ten thousand years actually had very little emotion or human sentiment left.
After all, they had experienced too much and had long since grown indifferent. Instead, what they cared about was single-mindedly seeking the Dao.
In this reincarnation, Luo Chen did his best to integrate into the life of an ordinary person and to experience all of that.
To Luo Chen, this was a cultivation of the mind.
Therefore, everything before his eyes was, to Luo Chen, merely passing clouds.
However, Elder Yang obviously did not view Luo Chen in the same way.
Luo Chen’s behaviour showed him the kind of aloofness rooted in the bones, a feeling of looking down upon everything.
He felt slightly appreciative of Luo Chen, but he had also heard from his own daughter.
This young man acted too outrageously.
He was quite advanced in years, and how many things had he experienced?
He had never heard of any training method that involved letting people sleep.
Today’s Blood Fiends probably would not win. If they lost, he would disband the Blood Fiends.
It would also serve as a lesson to this young man, Luo Chen. Of course, this was not malicious.
Suppressing a young man’s sharpness and edge was actually a good thing. Meanwhile, Sister Yang waited nearby, waiting to see Luo Chen make a fool of himself today.