Chapter 207: Chapter 207: Won’t Behave Without a Beating_1
"Courting death!"
The green-robed old lady was brimming with murderous intent, her terrifying pressure roaring out.
"Heh!"
Qin Feiyang cracked a smirk. Slightly exerting pressure with his arm, a bloody mark immediately appeared on Xia Qianqian’s neck.
Xia Qianqian screamed on the spot, her face filled with horror!
Seeing this, the green-robed old lady trembled and hastily retracted her pressure.
"Try making a move again?" Qin Feiyang revealed his white teeth.
"Do you know what you’re doing?" the green-robed old lady asked grimly. "Do you know who she is?"
Brother Wolf scoffed disdainfully, "Tch, she’s just the princess of Pan County? What’s so great about that?"
"We even dared to ruin the Crown Prince of Yan Province’s wedding. You two outsiders are nothing compared to that. If you don’t want her to die, then stand there and don’t move."
Fatty twisted his wrists, grinning slyly as he walked towards the green-robed old lady.
"What do you want?" the green-robed old lady said gravely.
"What am I doing?" Fatty walked up, raised his hand high, and swung it towards the green-robed old lady’s face. "Obviously, I’m here to get justice for Elder Shi."
The green-robed old lady was about to strike.
"Dare to move an inch!" Qin Feiyang sneered. He applied a little more force, and the wound on Xia Qianqian’s neck deepened further.
Terrified, Xia Qianqian’s face drained of color, and she screamed incessantly.
The green-robed old lady was startled.
SMACK!
Fatty’s palm landed squarely on her face.
A red handprint immediately appeared on the green-robed old lady’s wrinkled face.
She was stupefied. He actually dared to slap me?
"Ouch, that stings," Fatty quickly retreated, shaking his hand and grumbling. "That slap wasn’t worth it. My hand hurts."
Qin Feiyang and the others glared fiercely at Fatty. Can’t he stop clowning around at a time like this?
BOOM!
The green-robed old lady abruptly raised her head, her aura erupting from her.
With a deafening crash, the entire pavilion shattered into pieces!
He slapped me and then complained his hand hurt? This is outrageous! Simply intolerable!
This scene was witnessed by Elder Wan and the beautiful woman who had just arrived.
"I knew this would go wrong!" Elder Wan exclaimed. "Last night, we shouldn’t have let them stay at Quiet Heart Lake!"
They both looked utterly chagrined.
Shi Zheng, still kneeling by the lake, felt a mix of gratitude and worry. Any other youths would have long since knelt before the green-robed old lady, begging for mercy, without a thought for whether he was injured or not. But these young people hadn’t begged for mercy; instead, they were trying to vent his anger for him. Just for Fatty’s slap on the green-robed old lady, this shoulder injury wasn’t suffered for nothing. But the green-robed old lady was, after all, a War Emperor and the Law Enforcement Elder of the Martial King Palace in Pan County. Offending such an important figure would undoubtedly lead to endless trouble in the future. So, he was worried for them.
However, when he saw Elder Wan and the beautiful woman, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
WHOOSH!
Elder Wan and the beautiful woman landed beside Qin Feiyang and the others.
"Haven’t you caused enough trouble?" they both shouted. "Hurry up and release Princess Xia!"
What a bunch of troublesome little brats, one of them thought.
Qin Feiyang pouted and withdrew Blue Snow.
Xia Qianqian immediately scrambled away, hiding behind the green-robed old lady, her body trembling and her face deathly pale. Clearly, she was terrified!
"With Grandma Hua here, you’re safe," the green-robed old lady said, turning to embrace Xia Qianqian and comfort her briefly. Then, she looked at Elder Wan and the beautiful woman, saying coldly, "You must give *me* a satisfactory explanation!"
Elder Wan demanded, "Qin Feiyang, why did you take Princess Xia hostage?"
Qin Feiyang replied, "That old witch wanted to kill White-Eyed Wolf. I’m just a disciple; I had no choice."
Elder Wan’s face twitched. He shot Qin Feiyang a fierce glare, as if to say, ’Old witch’? Is that what you should be calling her?
"Didn’t you call her an old witch too?" Qin Feiyang grumbled, dissatisfied.
"Keep your voice down! Are you afraid she *can’t* hear you?" Elder Wan hissed into Qin Feiyang’s ear, his face dark.
Qin Feiyang pouted. "I was already very quiet. Besides, aren’t you known for being straightforward? What’s there to be afraid of?"
Elder Wan looked a little embarrassed and asked again, "Then why did she want to kill Brother Wolf?"
"Enough with the endless questions! How annoying! Brother Wolf will tell you."
Brother Wolf then recounted everything in detail. Fatty chimed in, adding some embellishments.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of Elder Wan and the beautiful woman turned exceedingly grim. They both turned to stare at the green-robed old lady and Xia Qianqian.
"Our Martial King Palace is indeed humble and cannot accommodate such distinguished guests as yourselves. Perhaps you should find lodging elsewhere," the beautiful woman said lightly.
"I always thought this brat Qin Feiyang was arrogant and impolite enough, but I never imagined the princess of Pan County would be even more unbearable," Elder Wan sneered.
"COUGH, COUGH!" Qin Feiyang choked on his own saliva.
How did this suddenly become about me? He really couldn’t recall ever being arrogant or impolite. True, towards certain individuals, his attitude could be considered insolent. But those were people who didn’t deserve respect. Towards those worthy of esteem, wasn’t he always courteous and well-mannered?
The green-robed old lady also frowned. She looked down at the girl in her arms and said angrily, "Didn’t I tell you to be more restrained when you came to Yan Province?"
"I..." Xia Qianqian lowered her head, flustered and tongue-tied.
The green-robed old lady sighed inwardly. She looked up at Elder Wan and the beautiful woman and said, "Qianqian was indeed in the wrong first in this matter. I apologize to you both. But this slap... how should we settle this?"
"Hmm?" Elder Wan and the beautiful woman only then noticed the handprint on the green-robed old lady’s face.
"What’s this?" they wondered, stunned. Who would be so audacious?
Fatty stepped forward, puffed out his chest, and announced proudly, "I did it."
Elder Wan immediately rapped him on the head and bellowed, "You think you’re so tough, huh? Daring to slap a War Emperor? Are you tired of living?"
"I’m not tough," Fatty declared. "It was because this old witch was trying to kill Elder Shi that this disciple slapped her. Elder, you often teach us disciples that the Martial King Palace doesn’t provoke trouble, but we aren’t afraid of it either. Although this disciple’s strength is meager, I possess a fervent heart and will absolutely not permit anyone to behave atrociously in the Martial King Palace!"
Fatty, with courage borrowed from who-knows-where, roared this out with impassioned eloquence and righteous indignation.
Elder Wan’s eyelids twitched. These damn brats, none of them are easy to deal with.
He turned to the green-robed old lady and said calmly, "You indiscriminately tried to kill someone in the Martial King Palace. Ultimately, this is all your fault."
Elder Wan then added, "However, it was indeed a little... inappropriate for our disciple from the Martial King Palace to hit you. COUGH, COUGH. Fatty, quickly apologize to her."
"Just a *little*?" Thick fury burned in the green-robed old lady’s eyes.
The beautiful woman said coldly, "If you insist on escalating this, we will see it through to the end. We can even call the people from the state office to handle it."
The green-robed old lady glowered at them, her expression dark.
Fatty smirked triumphantly, cupped his fists, and began, "Old witch—"
"COUGH!" Elder Wan coughed forcefully.
Fatty flinched and quickly continued, "Esteemed Senior, just now, Master Fatty was..."
Elder Wan slapped him across the face and roared, "Do you even know how to speak? ’Master Fatty’ again? Believe it or not, I can make you even fatter!"
Fatty, looking aggrieved, cupped his fists again. "Esteemed Senior, I was wrong earlier. Please be magnanimous and don’t stoop to Master Fatty’s level."
"’Master Fatty’ again? Apologize properly!" Elder Wan roared, veins throbbing on his forehead, truly wishing he could tear Fatty’s mouth off.
The green-robed old lady felt like her lungs were about to explode from anger. She said grimly, "Forget the apology. I only want to ask you: do you accept the challenge from my Pan County or not?"
Elder Wan frowned. "We are still discussing this matter. We’ll give you an answer in two days."
"Fine, I will wait two more days." The green-robed old lady then grabbed Xia Qianqian and flew off into the sky without looking back.
"She left just like that?" Fatty asked, stunned.
"What else? Stay here and continue to embarrass herself?" the Wolf King sneered.
Just then, Shi Zheng walked over. His face was as pale as paper, but he managed a smile. "Thank you, you young ones. But please, don’t be so reckless in the future."
"No," Elder Wan said. "This is exactly how you should act."
"Huh?!" Qin Feiyang and the others were dumbfounded. Shi Zheng was also utterly astonished.
Elder Wan snorted coldly. "With people like her, if you don’t hit them, they won’t behave."
The beautiful woman nodded. "Indeed. Fatty should have given her a few more slaps."
The youths exchanged bewildered glances. What was going on? The two elders seemed unusually testy today!
Qin Feiyang asked, puzzled, "Elder, what was that challenge they mentioned earlier?"
"The people from Pan County want to have a friendly competition with us," Elder Wan said.
"A friendly match?" The youths were startled, their faces full of confusion.
Elder Wan explained, "To put it bluntly, it’s a fight between the younger generation of our Yan Province and the younger generation of their Pan County."
The Wolf King declared, "Then let’s fight! What’s to be afraid of!"
Fatty nodded. "Yeah, let’s kick their asses! We’ll show them why chrysanthemums are so yellow!"
Elder Wan shot him a glare and sighed. "If it were just a simple fight, of course, we wouldn’t refuse. But what’s infuriating is that they’re demanding we go to Pan County for the competition."
"What the heck?"
"It’s Pan County challenging our Yan Province, right? Shouldn’t *they* be the ones to come to Yan Province?"
"On what grounds should *we* be the ones to travel all the way to Pan County?" Ling Yunfei and the others grumbled indignantly.
"Exactly," Elder Wan said. "That’s what we’re unhappy about."
"Are there any stakes?" Qin Feiyang asked. "If it’s merely a friendly match, it’s rather meaningless."
"There are. And this is the second reason we’re upset." Elder Wan continued, "They said that if Pan County loses, they will give Yan Province one hundred Vermilion Glazed Pills. But if *we* lose, we have to hand you over to them."
"Huh!" Ling Yunfei and the others gave Qin Feiyang strange looks.
So, after all this, Pan County was actually targeting him?
Qin Feiyang was also a bit stunned. He said with a helpless smile, "So, in the eyes of those Pan County folks, I’m only worth one hundred Vermilion Glazed Pills—and ordinary ones at that."
"Elders, what are your thoughts on this?" Shi Zheng asked.
The beautiful woman said indignantly, "This is blatant robbery! Do you think we would agree to such a thing?"
A Top-Grade Alchemist is incredibly important to any faction. For example, a Top-Grade Vermilion Glazed Pill can allow someone to advance two minor cultivation stages. Furthermore, a Potential Elixir can help one break through to the Extreme State and open the Door of Potential. It could be said that a Top-Grade Alchemist can elevate the overall strength of a region by an entire level in a short amount of time.
Therefore, there was no way Yan Province would agree. No wonder Elder Wan and Elder Ji were so incensed. Anyone would be furious if faced with such an impudent demand from Pan County!