Chapter 9: The Long Journey

  Father, I trembled all over my body inexplicably. I wanted to turn back and walk to the gate to see him, but I couldn't make up my mind to forgive him. Why did he just hide outside and not come in to see me? Haha, Father, you still insist on your family's interests. Haha......

  "Master, we're done, can we go now?" Chunyu stood in front of my room door, holding some things, and said to me.

  Looking at the spring rain, I want to laugh. Today, I was driven out of my home with only a strong man, and there were also women and children, and the old lady was still ill. I am very miserable, yes, I am very miserable. But one day, I will stand proudly in front of the entire Zhang family. I swear it in my heart.

  "I'll lead the way and head out."

  Zhang Tiande silently watched his son leave and quietly walked towards the main hall, where the court meeting was about to be held.

  ......

  "It has been unanimously decided by the council of elders: from today onwards, Zhang Xingfeng and the Zhang family have no relation whatsoever. All servants under Xingfeng Pavilion are to be dismissed with a sum of money, and this is to be announced to the world." Manager Zhang stood upright and proclaimed loudly. The first and second madams of the Zhang household wore smiles of triumph on their faces, while Zhang Tiande remained silent, and the third madam did not appear today.

  There were five of us in total, divided into two horse-drawn carriages. Wolf and I sat in the front one, while Wang Ge, Yu Jie (or Chun Yu, since she's with Wang Ge now, let's just call her that) and Da Niang sat in the back one, so they could take good care of Da Niang too.

  We left Suzhou City in Yangzhou Prefecture, one of the nine states under heaven, and headed for Shizhou Prefecture, also one of the nine states, where the capital of the entire Ming dynasty was located. We were going to show off our skills in the bustling imperial city.

  These days have been too comfortable, my whole body is going soft.

  "Master, it's terrible! There are robbers, there are robbers!" The old man who was driving the carriage for me shouted tremblingly.

  I already knew it, my intuition had sensed it. Ha, I just felt that this body was about to collapse, and immediately a group of strong thieves came to let me adjust and adjust.

  I jumped out of the car and looked at this group of robbers, not bad, they still haven't made a sound until now, their discipline is quite strict, I'm extremely impressed. Lang Feng was eager to try, his eyes emitted a frightening gaze, staring at this group of robbers, he hadn't fought with anyone since entering the Xiantian realm!

  Wang Ge and the others also got out of the car, Yu Jie and Da Niang seemed a bit flustered. No wonder, they didn't understand martial arts at all. Wang Ge's martial arts were still quite good, almost entering the Xiantian realm. But ordinary people might spend over a decade at this juncture. However, with me around, Wang Ge would enter the Xiantian realm extremely quickly.

  A middle-aged man in white clothes came forward, still looking a bit decent, but the affectedly elegant fan he held showed that this person was actually a bumpkin.

  "Haha, Zhang San, oh, not Zhang San anymore, Zhang Xiao Di, I know you're carrying 100,000 taels of silver on you now. I'm sure your mother also gave you a lot, didn't she? I won't ask for much, just pay me 150,000 taels and I'll let you go. How about it? I know your kung fu is not bad, but no matter what, you're still just a kid. My entire village has 300 brothers here, so you'd better hand over the money obediently... Ah, haha..." The middle-aged man burst out laughing wildly. This was understandable - who wouldn't laugh at getting 150,000 taels of silver so easily? Moreover, he had three great generals with him, so even if Zhang Xiao Di were a master of the Innate Realm, it would be useless.

  "Zhang Yu, take action"

  A youth in a full purple robe stood on the stone behind, gazing faintly at this shameless middle-aged man, and indifferently roared: "One up, two around"

  Oh, the Twelve Heaven's Gate Formation. I looked at the purple-robed youth in surprise, he was really impressive, and now it's even more interesting. At this time, Lang Feng anxiously looked at me, I nodded, and Lang Feng excitedly rushed in.

  The first team consists of 120 people, divided into 12 small groups, standing in the twelve directions. The leaders of the two groups at the "Extinction" and "Death" gates are two bald-headed young men who look almost identical, but they are extremely brave. These two gates are the most important part of the Twelve Heaven's Gate Formation, and with these two kids, the power of the formation has increased by a factor of two. It seems that Wolf Fang will have to suffer a bit. Let him experience it too, for his own good.

  As soon as Lang Feng entered the formation, his heart skipped a beat. What's going on? He couldn't see anyone outside, only some people arranging the formation.

  Suddenly, a burst of momentum shot towards Wolf's edge, and Wolf turned around, punching with both fists. The true energy also rushed to the place where the feeling was sensed. The momentum stopped for a moment, but immediately came back with even stronger momentum. What Wolf hit was the small team that destroyed the door. Li Er, who led the way with only eight products of cultivation, relied on the formation and the help of eleven others to release a huge force.

  Lang Feng was like a blind man, as soon as he felt threatened, he immediately threw punches, his true energy was consumed terribly, Lang Feng was about to go crazy, fighting until now without seeing the enemy, and could only keep attacking non-stop.

  Lang Feng's first use of his innate true energy was ineffective, and he was defeated. Two small groups of people attacked him from both sides, causing a massive consumption of his true energy, and he was already showing signs of defeat.

  I took a look around and it was time for me to make my move. How could I prevent others from knowing that my martial arts skills were too profound? Got it, I would use the unique skill of changing my body shape and appearance that is exclusive to those in the Golden Elixir stage.

  I walked to the back of the horse carriage, activated my true yuan power, and my body crackled with energy. My body gradually grew taller, until I reached about 1.8 meters in height, before stopping. It was time to change my appearance. I channeled my true yuan power into my face, my eyes couldn't be changed, but by releasing some of the power from within them, my sharp eyebrows were already perfect just the way they were. My nose was still a hawk-like nose, which looked cooler that way, and my lips were slightly thicker, which was better. Overall, my appearance had transformed into a very cool and handsome one.

  Wang Ge and Yu Jie stared straight at me with their eyes wide open, seeing me like this, they were stunned. I couldn't help it, I couldn't let them think of me as a monster.

  I whispered, "Wait a bit, I'll tell you the reason after we save Wolf Blade big brother." I also used my spiritual power to make them subconsciously acknowledge me. Seeing that they had stabilized and were only looking at me with curious expressions, I smiled. It's time to deal with those ignorant bandits.

  My feet moved swiftly and silently, like a phantom, and I appeared before the bandit in an instant. In a calm and cold tone, I said: "Halt."

  The sound emitted by the true yuan force reverberated throughout the entire mountain, "Stop, stop......" The strange thing was that the sound grew louder and louder, directly targeting the group of bandits, while Yu Jie and his companions didn't feel any discomfort at all.

  Hmph, they won't stop until I make them, or else my ears will go deaf.

  "This gentleman, I am Li Si from Pingdingshan. Friends on the rivers and lakes all give me some face, so please don't interfere in this matter. Afterwards, I, Li Si, will also acknowledge you as a friend. In the future, if there's anything that can't be settled on the rivers and lakes, reporting my name, Li Si, will still have some use." The middle-aged man said loudly, shaking his fan again.

  "The idiot" The purple-clothed young man's voice clearly entered my ears. I smiled faintly at him, indeed heroes see things similarly. No way, this idiot seemed to have not heard and was about to speak again, no, I spoke first.

  "You with the fan, listen up! Release this group of people and hand over 150,000 taels of silver, and I'll let you bandits go." I said loudly to that guy.

  "Haha... did I hear that right? A young whippersnapper, just because he's got a loud mouth, dares to be so arrogant and asks me for 150,000 taels of silver. Am I going deaf? Someone actually has the nerve to ask me, Li Si of Pingding Mountain, for money. You should know that I'm not someone to be trifled with, you little ones. Take down that loud-mouthed whippersnapper!" Li Si was so angry that he even threw away his fan.

  "Idiot, loudmouth... humph..." The purple-robed youth muttered beside him.

  You've really hit it on the nail, actually saying that the ultimate skill of our Tianxin Sect is just a loud voice, how stupid can you be.

  I let out a helpless sigh. Li Si, such a common name, and the person is even more common. I waved my hand, and with a flick of my sleeve, those people were knocked down, except for the two bald-headed boys. The boy in purple clothes still had a cold expression on his face, but the shock that flashed across his eyes didn't escape my notice.

  With a single misstep, the man had already flown over that group of fallen shrimp soldiers and crabs. I was surprised to find that those two bald-headed youths had no reaction at all to my charging towards the middle-aged man. Looks like this middle-aged man's relationships aren't very good.

  As soon as he saw my extraordinary lightness skill, the middle-aged man immediately retreated quickly. Judging from his retreating speed, he was at least a master too! It's really true that a real person doesn't show their appearance easily. Ah! I thought wrong, a small soldier's big knife actually knocked him down, ah, what a pity about that snow-white clothes.

  My index and middle fingers rose together, a sword tip about one meter long flashed between my fingers. I swung it casually, without any moves, those loyal little soldiers stretched out their very hard weapons for their boss. In an instant, like a knife cutting tofu, the sword tip passed through these weapons, treating them as air, and reached Li Si's body like slashing through space.

  Li Si stared at the sword tip in front of him, his forehead covered in cold sweat. He knew that this thing was not a treasured sword, but rather an extremely sharp and deadly blade, one that would finish him off with just a single touch.

  "Great hero, if you let me go and spare Li Si of Pingding Mountain, I'll give you 150,000 taels of white silver. How about that? And from now on, you'll be my boss, the boss of Li Si of Pingding Mountain. It sounds pretty impressive when said out loud, doesn't it?" That foolish and self-absorbed Li Si looked at me with expectant eyes.

  I've had enough. I took a deep breath to calm myself down, but I really can't understand how someone like him became the leader of the mountain, and there's also that purple-robed young man and those two bald-headed young men who are equally talented.

  "Too late, I wanted 150,000 taels just now, and now it's all your family's fortune. Hurry up and take me to get the money! Ah, did you hear that?" I couldn't help but shout out at this guy, looking at his appearance made me angry, how can there be such a person?!

  "What, giving you 150,000 taels is already giving you face, don't be shameless, I am Li Si from Pingding Mountain, with three hundred brothers under me, you'd better be careful." Li Si was furious when he heard that I wanted all his family's possessions, his heart filled with great anger: This is what I've earned through hard work for nearly twenty years, how can I just give it to you like this? Hmph!

  The familiar voice of "white idiot" rang out again, I turned around and looked at the purple-clothed young man, smiled at him, this kid is really just like what I thought, this Li Si, alas! He's indeed foolish enough.

  "Your life or your family, choose one!" I gazed at this guy and casually threw out a sentence as I walked towards the purple-robed youth, who really piqued my interest.

  But Li Si was shaking his head and muttering to himself: "All the silver, no, my life, no, I've suffered for a lifetime of white silver, no, my life..."