Damn, are they a persistent ghost? Will not stop until they achieve their goal?
Zhang Yuanqing grimaced inwardly, feeling helpless, but on his face, he wore a polite and gentle smile:
"Gentlemen Xiahou, is there anything else?"
Xiahou Xin sat upright, tilted his head slightly, looked at Zhang Yuanqing by the roadside, and said gently:
"In the Public Security Bureau just now, some things were difficult to discuss openly. If you are willing to help lure out Wang Qian, I will give a prop to this young brother as a thank you. In addition, the Xiahou family has a certain influence in the Five Elements Alliance. Young brother, you have good abilities, and with the help of the Xiahou family, you will surely have a meteoric rise."
Xiahou Tianyuan, who was beside him, leaned lazily on the leather seat, playing with his phone, without the arrogance and irritability he had in the office.
Zhang Yuanqing was stunned for a moment before realizing that the father and son had only made requests and not mentioned any rewards in the Public Security Bureau because they didn't want to discuss matters there at all.
Was it because Ya and Li Dongze were present, so they were just probing? Now they are offering to exchange a prop, trying to create a contrast and surprise me... he grumbled inwardly.
"Mr. Xiahou, please don't make things difficult for a small character like me. The Chief's attitude is my attitude. I can't afford to offend the Zhisha Palace," Zhang Yuanqing politely declined.
Xiahou Xin looked at him with an unchanged gaze and slowly said:
"Two items!"
No wonder they are a family of "Scholars," they are truly wealthy... Zhang Yuanqing sighed inwardly. The Xiahou family's profession is "Scholar." High-level Scholars control the skill of crafting props, like blacksmiths in a game.
Although the creation of a prop is limited by factors such as materials and skills, making it very costly, the Xiahou family, which controls forging skills, has advantages that other forces cannot match.
That's why they can stand firm and extend their roots into the Taiyi Sect and the Five Elements Alliance.
"Sorry!"
Zhang Yuanqing shook his head and intended to leave, pushing his bicycle.
The next moment, the wheels seemed to be stuck by something. He looked down,
and verdant vines sprouted from the ground of the bike path, wrapping around the wheels like chains.
Xiahou Xin said lightly, "Tianyuan, get his phone."
Xiahou Tianyuan smirked, opened the car door, and placed a dreamy crystal ball on the roof of the car.
Instantly, Zhang Yuanqing felt an invisible film enveloping the surroundings. The vehicles and pedestrians outside became distorted, and the sounds of the outside world were also isolated.
His face changed slightly: "You guys..."
This is too domineering.
Xiahou Tianyuan licked his lips, walked over slowly, and said with a sneer:
"Yuanshi Tianzun, I heard that you have cleared two S-level The Way of the Extraordinary, and are hailed as a genius by the official practitioners. Coincidentally, I'm petty and can't tolerate people. I like beating up geniuses the most."
As soon as he finished speaking, his shoes burst into raging flames, rushing over like an arrow dragging a trail of afterimages.
Too fast, Zhang Yuanqing hurriedly crossed his arms, blocking in front of his chest.
Pop pop pop... Fierce continuous kicks were like whips, striking Zhang Yuanqing's arms one after another, turning his sleeves into ashes and leaving scorch marks on his forearms.
Level 3? Zhang Yuanqing felt a chill in his heart. After blocking the first wave of fierce attacks, he unhesitatingly used Night Tour and entered stealth.
His figure disappeared instantly, as if erased.
Xiahou Tianyuan stood proudly in place, flames blazing under his feet, like stepping on wind-fire wheels, his sharp eyes scanning the surroundings.
Suddenly, he saw the membrane on the left side of the "barrier" being hit hard, rippling like water.
Xiahou Tianyuan dashed over, using his left foot as a pivot, his right leg swept across, and with a 'whoosh' sound, kicked out a tumbling figure.
It was Zhang Yuanqing.
Xiahou Tianyuan grabbed in the void with his right hand, took out a pair of dark golden shackles from his inventory, and flicked them out.
"Click, click," the shackles attached to Zhang Yuanqing's ankles and locked automatically.
Seeing this, Xiahou Tianyuan smirked, but in the next moment, Zhang Yuanqing's body disappeared like a shattered reflection.
Illusion!
"Bang!"
Xiahou Tianyuan then heard a shattering sound. He saw a figure outlined not far away, stomping the phone into pieces.
Seeing this scene, Xiahou Tianyuan's eyebrows furrowed.
This damn kid would rather use this method than compromise with the Xiahou family?
Zhang Yuanqing exhaled and said expressionlessly:
"If this continues, it will be a fight to the death."
Feeling the temperature of the raging flames under his feet, Xiahou Tianyuan's temper was even more fiery than usual: "You're courting death!"
"That's enough!" Xiahou Xin in the car glanced at the smashed phone and said lightly, "Tianyuan, come back."
He stared deeply at Zhang Yuanqing, apologetically saying, "My son is belligerent, please don't take offense."
Xiahou Tianyuan's forehead bulged with veins. After some struggle, he suppressed his increasingly intense emotions and "extinguished" the flames on his shoes.
He instantly returned to his lazy posture, completely different from his fiery state just now.
"Not bad, tough and thick-skinned, beating you was quite fun."
Xiahou Tianyuan sneered, returned to the black car, put away the crystal ball on the roof, and got into the car.
The black car sped away, merging into the traffic. Xiahou Tianyuan stuck his head out of the car window and made a throat-slitting gesture towards the kid behind him.
"Dad, this kid is pretty strong, he's a talent," he said lazily, lying on the leather seat, laughing:
"Since when has a bottom-level staff member dared not to take our Xiahou family seriously? Tsk tsk, crushing such a stubborn bone is satisfying."
"We can use family connections to suppress him and play him to death within the rules, but don't do anything stupid. He has merit," Xiahou Xin said lightly.
That young man has merit. Petty fights are okay, and the Five Elements Alliance will at most hold them accountable, but if they injure or kill him, the White Tiger Soldiers will not let it go.
Killing an official practitioner with merit is equivalent to tearing up with the Five Elements Alliance, and the nature is much greater than affecting ordinary people.
So after that young man smashed the phone, Xiahou Xin called a stop to it.
"I understand!" Xiahou Tianyuan smiled coldly.
"Focus on the other Zhisha Palace members," Xiahou Xin said with a gloomy face, "That woman has extracted too many secrets from your elder brother. She can't be left alive. This time, no matter what, we must get rid of her."
Xiahou Tianyuan complained, "Big brother is a useless piece of trash. He can't walk when he sees a woman. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't be so passive."
At this moment, Xiahou Xin noticed bloodstains on his son's ankles and frowned:
"Are you injured?"
Xiahou Tianyuan was stunned, looked down, and realized that his ankles had been scratched.
"It's nothing, a small problem," he said nonchalantly.
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"The Xiahou family is too domineering, right? They're making such a big deal for a Wang Qian? Anyone who doesn't know would think I'm having an affair with the Master of Zhisha Palace."
Zhang Yuanqing watched the black car disappear from view, retracted his gaze, and couldn't help but complain.
He looked down at the hideous scorch marks on his forearm, his face also turning gloomy.
The Xiahou family, no matter how domineering, wouldn't dare to kill him, unless they wanted to start a war with the Five Elements Alliance. If a member with merit died at the hands of a Spirit Realm family, the Five Elements Alliance would definitely make the Xiahou family pay in blood. No matter how strong their connections were, it wouldn't matter.
Otherwise, how would they convince the public? What would the low- and middle-level official practitioners think?
So Zhang Yuanqing decisively destroyed the phone and ended the conflict.
But that doesn't mean it's over.
The Xiahou family is too domineering. First, they tried to lure him with benefits, and when that didn't work, they attacked directly.
If he didn't have merit and was just an ordinary bottom-level member, would the Xiahou family have stopped there?
And even for him, judging from the style shown by the Xiahou family father and son, they would most likely retaliate with a gloomy attack.
Zhang Yuanqing took out a tissue, wiped away the bits of blood from under his fingernails, carefully folded it, put it in his pocket, and muttered to himself:
"There won't be a next time."
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ps: I'm working on the detailed outline for the subsequent content, so this chapter has fewer words.