Chapter 11: I will cut you down, no one can stop me

  "It's not me being ruthless, it's you forcing me to be ruthless!"

  Meng Xuan pointed his sword at him, his face expressionless, and said lightly: "I originally came back to Sifang City just to see my father and meet with old friends, then quietly leave. But unexpectedly, the world is full of troubles, I don't want to cause trouble, yet things keep happening to me. You can consider yourself unlucky, because you offended me, so I plan to kill you to establish my authority!"

  "No... no... I won't die..."

  Jiang Yuechen suddenly shouted, stretched out his hand and grabbed the sleeve of the brocade-clothed young master in front of him, crying: "Shen Jian big brother, save me! You must save me... Hurry up and take action, kill this demon!"

  Meng Xuan heard this and his eyes turned towards the brocade-clad young master, saying calmly: "You want to fight me?"

  The young master in brocade clothes slowly pressed down on the scabbard at his waist and said in a deep voice, "I'd like to learn a few moves!"

  Meng Xuan lightly shook his head and said, "I've already made up my mind to kill. I have no interest in crossing swords with anyone, so whether you want to cross swords or kill me, as long as you dare to draw your sword, I will definitely cut you down!"

  The young master in brocade clothes was slightly stunned upon hearing this, a hint of hesitation appeared on his face, but suddenly he made up his mind and stood up to leave.

  "Shen big brother...... you...... where are you going?"

  The young master in brocade turned his head and glanced at Jiang Yuechen, saying: "You've provoked someone you shouldn't have, I won't be able to help you!"

  As he spoke, he actually turned around and walked away without looking back.

  "Meng Xuan, don't kill me, or else... or else Qiao Yue'er will no longer be ill, and my subordinates will have killed her..."

  Jiang Yuechen was already frightened out of his wits, he panicked and howled incessantly, suddenly remembering Qiao Yu'er, he shouted out a threat.

  Meng Xuan lightly shook his head and said, "You're really a waste, you can't even threaten people properly. If you had actually sent someone to guard Yue'er, I might have agreed not to kill you in order to save her life. Unfortunately... you don't even know how to kidnap someone, do you think I'm unaware? Yue'er is being held in the woodshed over there, and there's no one guarding her. The woodshed is ten zhang away from this inner hall, but you're less than three zhang away from me. Before you can rush to the woodshed, I'll have plenty of chances to kill you ten times..."

  "I... I..."

  Jiang Yuechen's lips trembled, and Meng Xuan's every move was far beyond his imagination.

  He didn't know that Meng Xuan had already approached the eighth level of true energy, with keen senses. Within a radius of ten zhangs, any movement or sound couldn't escape his divine perception. As he passed by the woodshed, he had already sensed the existence of Qiao Yu'er and knew she was currently in a daze, although somewhat weak, her life wasn't in great danger, which is why he could kill so calmly here.

  "If you... if you kill me... my father will definitely avenge me..."

  Jiang Yuechen was filled with bitter resentment and hastily retreated to the hall, tears and snot streaming down her face.

  Meng Xuan sat down at the table by himself, took a clean cup, poured a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

  "Call him over..."

  "What?"

  Meng Xuan said calmly, "I know you have a way to send messages. I'll give you an opportunity to call your father over. If there are other reinforcements, you can call them over too. I'll give you half an hour's time, which should be enough!"

  "Really? Is it true?"

  Jiang Yuechen's face showed a hint of surprise, yet in despair, a glimmer of hope emerged.

  He immediately took out a yellow talisman from his bosom, poured in true energy with a whooshing sound, and ignited the talisman paper.

  "Father... come and save me quickly... Meng's family is going to kill me... Meng Xuan wants to kill me... I'm in the Hundred Herb Garden... hurry..."

  This talisman is a kind of transmission symbol, after burning, it can transmit information to specific people.

  After the paper money was burned out, he leaned against the wall corner, shrinking and looking at Meng Xuan with a hint of sinister smile in his eyes.

  In his opinion, Meng Xuan allowing himself to send a message to his father was asking for death!

  "Haha, Meng Xuan, although your strength far exceeds my imagination, this time you will definitely die. No matter how powerful you are, you're just a disciple who has been expelled from the immortal sect, with no power or influence. My father, on the other hand, has a deep relationship with the masters in the Sword Pavilion, and even Cold Master's seventh disciple, Jingxu Zi, is my master. When they arrive, let's see how you'll deal with them..."

  Of course, on the surface, he still looked reverent and fearful that Meng Xuan would change his mind and cut him down with one sword.

  Meng Xuan poured himself a drink and seemed to be gazing at nothing in particular, yet his eyes had taken in every detail of Jiang Yuechen's expression.

  He naturally could also guess what Jiang Yuechen was thinking in his heart at this time, but he didn't care, and was as calm as the wind and clouds.

  "Spare his life..."

  Suddenly, a loud shout came from afar, and two riders on horseback galloped swiftly towards them.

  "Are you here?"

  Meng Xuan put down the wine cup in his hand and turned his head to look outside.

  But then, at the entrance of Bai Cao Garden, two fine horses rushed in quickly. One horse had a sturdy middle-aged man on it, who jumped down and was wearing a silk brocade shirt, with sweat dripping from his forehead like rain, and a look of anxiety on his face. The other horse had a tall and thin old man with a black beard, whose aura was captivating, with bright lights flashing in his eyes, looking like he had strong spiritual power. On his back, he carried a long sword.

  "Father... Master... you... quickly kill this wild species... he wants to kill me..."

  Seeing these two coming, Jiang Yuechen's courage increased a lot, and he jumped up and rushed out of the hall.

  However, with a "whoosh" sound, a long sword suddenly blocked his way, and it was Meng Xuan who held the sword to intercept him.

  Jiang Yuechen was shocked and cried out: "Meng... Meng Xuan... My father and master have both arrived, how dare you still try to kill me?"

  Meng Xuan slowly drank a cup of wine and said calmly, "I had you call your father over just to make you understand, as well as the people in Siling City, that if I, Meng Xuan, want to kill someone, no one in Siling City can stop me!"

  "Whoosh..."

  Jiang Yuechen's face turned deathly pale, his lips trembling, and his eyes desperately staring at his father and master in the courtyard.

  "Master Meng, let's talk this over. My son has offended you and the Jiang family is willing to make amends, but please, whatever happens, don't harm Chen'er. Let's sit down and discuss..."

  The master of the Jiang family, Jiang Wudao, shouted anxiously. As it happens, Jiang Wudao was also drinking at the Leng residence and saw Master Leng personally welcome Meng Xuan into the mansion. He knew that Meng Xuan was not as simple as a abandoned disciple of the Immortal Sect as rumored, and he had also seen Meng Xuan rush out of the Leng residence, but he didn't know that he came to kill his son until the divine symbol burned.

  He was clever and directly invited Jing Xuzi to come with him, because he feared that he couldn't save Jiang Yuechen by himself.

  Moreover, he did not want to really tear his face with Meng Xuan and wanted to resolve the matter peacefully.

  "Sit down and talk, what's there to talk about?"

  Meng Xuan's face was calm and composed, even if it was the master of the Jiang family, he didn't put him in his eyes.

  With his true energy of sevenfold cultivation, in Sifang City, there were hardly a few people who could threaten him.

  "As long as Master Meng spares my son's life, everything can be discussed..."

  Jiang Wudao said sincerely.

  Meng Xuan smiled and said: "That's simple, I just came here to ask Young Master Jiang for justice!"

  "Is it fair?"

  Upon hearing these two words, Jiang Wudao's heart relaxed and he smiled: "Young Master Meng, rest assured that as long as you spare my son this time, the Jiang family will definitely give you justice, great justice!"

  "Huh?" Meng Xuan heard this and let out a burst of laughter, saying: "The justice you speak of, is it worth 10,000 taels of gold? Or perhaps a precious elixir?"

  "Ten thousand taels of gold? A precious elixir? This little bastard's tone is really big, why not take all the Jiang family's property?"

  Jiang Wudao cursed inwardly, but his face wore a smile as he said: "Young Master Meng is joking, our family is just an ordinary merchant household. Although we have some savings, ten thousand taels of gold is something that would be impossible for us to produce even if we sold everything in the Jiang household. As for the spiritual elixirs and precious medicines... those are even more laughable. Although our Jiang family does deal in medicinal herbs, I've never seen any of those legendary spiritual elixirs in my lifetime. How about this: even if it means selling all our pots and pans, I'll scrape together three thousand taels to compensate Young Master Meng. What do you think?"

  "Haggling has begun...... Haha!"

  Meng Xuan suddenly burst out laughing, with a hint of indescribable resentment in his laughter.

  Jiang Wudao's expression was strange and he whispered: "Is Young Master Jiang dissatisfied? We can still negotiate..."

  "Shut up!"

  Meng Xuan suddenly shouted, "Do you really think that what I said was fair is just a matter of gold and silver? Ha! You don't even know what your son has done! He bullied the orphaned and widowed, selling them medicine at ten times the price, and then forced his way into their homes. After I caught him in the act and scolded him, he didn't show any remorse. Today, he actually came here with a group of thugs to kidnap that girl, and set up an ambush with over a hundred knife-wielding men to capture me... Do you think all this can be settled with just money?"

  "You... you say what!"

  Jiang Wudao was also getting angry, he thought that giving some silver to Meng Xuan would settle the matter, but unexpectedly, Meng Xuan didn't care! To say the least, Jiang Wudao was being so polite to Meng Xuan only because of the unclear relationship between Leng Daoshi and Meng Xuan. If it were someone else, Jing Xuizi by his side would have already taken action and cut down the opponent with one sword.