Chapter 183: Possessing an Unyielding Spirit

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The clamor and conflict here immediately caused the guests in the garden hall to cast their gazes over one after another. Their attention focused on this side.

Lei Qing was slightly surprised. Although he had predicted that members of the Wan Family would definitely use excuses to find fault and pick fights, wanting to teach him a lesson, he thought it would be some outstanding figures of the Wan Family, right?

This kid didn’t look much like one of the most outstanding young disciples of the Wan Family. Moreover, had he really not heard of his own reputation? Leaving aside the exaggerated achievement of capturing Butcher Yuwen Hu alive, killing Poison Eagle Zong Wuji, defeating Vulture Helian Bo, and beating Balang in a duel were all his illustrious achievements?

From however Lei Qing looked at it, judging by this kid’s aura and the presence he inadvertently revealed, he was at most at the Early-stage Silver. Moreover, his Fighting Qi was restless, clearly showing he had just advanced not long ago. Lei Qing didn’t know where he got his strong confidence to want to teach him a lesson on the arena. Or did he think that Lei Qing wouldn’t dare to duel a member of the Wan Family at Wan Family Fort?

Could it be? Was this kid playing the pig to eat the tiger? Lei Qing knew there were some guys like that, clearly very power ful, yet insisting on pretending to be weaker than they were, then luring him in to bully them, resulting in hitting an iron plate.

Seeing Lei Qing’s expression sometimes strange and sometimes grave, Wan Rui became even more smug. “What Young General Lei Qing? I think he’s just a guy with an empty reputation. I heard a while ago you were just High-stage Bronze, and only barely broke through to the Silver-rank by relying on resources extorted from the Li Family. A character like you, bragging about killing Poison Eagle Zong Wuji and capturing Butcher Yuwen Hu alive, is simply a huge joke. Even if the Iron Cavalry Regiment wants to promote new talent, there’s no need to be so blatant, right?”

His words completely pointed out Lei Qing’s background and origin. The surrounding guests immediately began to discuss amongst themselves. The buzzing sound grew louder, clearly because Lei Qing’s recent momentum was strong, and his fame was gradually catching up to the Alliance’s Four Elites of the younger generation.

Moreover, Young General Lei Qing acted recklessly, having just kidnapped Li Baobao of the Li Chamber of Commerce. Not long after, he kidnapped Zhen Jimu of the Zhen Family Ranch; he was simply a professional kidnapper.

Many people had already stood up, wanting to see carefully what the recently increasingly famous Young General Lei Qing actually looked like. Was he really the scar-faced, fierce and vicious bandit from the rumors?

Seeing this, Lei Qing also stood up tall, smiled, and cupped his hands toward the surroundings, saying, “Junior Lei Qing pays his respects to all seniors and heroes.”

His appearance was always excellent. Young, handsome, and dignified. Especially the leather armor he was wearing now, which was a high-quality black soft armor sewn from the tiger skin of a Gold-rank One-Horned Tiger after tanning, with a white cape hanging over his shoulder.

Truly a vigorous and extraordinary young general.

Coupled with his humility, politice, and neither humble nor arrogant manner, many people immediately had a good impression of him, secretly thinking that the rumors were probably not entirely accurate.

Even that unnamed Green-Clad Young Master frequently looked sideways at Lei Qing, revealing a hint of surprise in his eyes.

“I suppose you are all quite curious about me, why I kidnapped Li Baobao? Why I held Zhen Jimu hostage?” Lei Qing cupped his hands and said with a chuckle, “Actually, I am not that kind of heinous person. It’s not that I wanted to kidnap, but I had no choice…”

Seeing Lei Qing seemed to plan to use the crowd to whitewash his reputation, the ashamed and angry Wan Rui couldn’t help but interrupt angrily, “Kid surnamed Lei, do you think this is your backwater village? How can you be allowed to be arrogant? If you won’t kneel and apologize, then honestly get up on the arena.”

Lei Qing shrugged gracefully and said with a smile, “Everyone saw that. This is the reason why sometimes I am forced to do extreme things. Speaking of Li Baobao back then…”

After attracting everyone’s attention, Lei Qing briefly and concisely explained the misunderstanding between him and Li Baobao in a few words. His eloquence had always been excellent, making the listeners suddenly realize with great interest. So that was it; Li Baobao was the one who went to find fault unreasonably first, and Lei Qing, who was reforming bandits, had no choice but to counterattack.

For a time, many people nodded repeatedly, expressing understanding. Anyone would counterattack if someone came to kill them for no reason like that. That Wan Rui, seeing Lei Qing ignore him directly, was so angry his face turned iron-green, and a mouthful of evil air in his chest almost exploded out.

The Green-Clad Young Master sneered twice, stood up, cupped his hands, and said, “Young General truly has a glib tongue. A bad deed of kidnapping for ransom can turn black into white in your mouth, and you actually became the innocent victim. Fine, even if Miss Li had a misunderstanding with you back then, since the misunderstanding was resolved, why did you hold Miss Li hostage and extort a huge amount of wealth from the Li Family? If you were willing to bury the hatchet and release Miss Li, wouldn’t everything have been fine?” Her voice was quite pleasant to hear. Although she was questioning Lei Qing with some anger, it still sounded gentle and moving.

Lei Qing smiled wryly and cupped his hands to her, “This Young Master, if I wanted to take your head and hang it on the city gate, but was accidentally captured by you instead. Would you pretend nothing happened, be willing to bury the hatchet, and beat gongs and drums to send me home?”

“You…” The Green-Clad Young Master was speechless, but seemed unwilling to give up, arguing forcefully, “Miss Li has always been gentle as jade and very kind-hearted. Even if she did something wrong for a moment without checking, she didn’t cause a major disaster. You, as a dignified seven-foot man, want to haggle with a little girl like this? Isn’t that lacking in style?”

“I have my own principles in how I conduct myself,” Lei Qing said, his face slowly darkening. “Whoever respects me three points, I return five points. But I am not a saint, nor am I a lowly person. I have pride in my heart and unyielding bones in my flesh. If someone slaps me, I will absolutely not smile and say it was a good slap. A woman? So what if it’s a woman? Does it mean that if a woman wants to kill someone, that person has to stretch his neck out for her to kill? Just like you, if you scold me, must I kneel and listen obediently, otherwise it’s disrespect to you?”

“You… you are twisting words,” the Green-Clad Young Master said angrily, “You kidnapped Li Baobao, that is lacking style.”

“If I lack style, then I lack style. I, Lei Qing, act in a way that is worthy of the heavens above and the earth below,” Lei Qing laughed heartily. “Young Master, if you can’t stand me, feel free to treat me as an enemy.”

“Young Master Zhu, this Lei guy is crude and unbearable, a vicious brute. Arguing with him is just losing your status for nothing,” Wan Rui said with a sullen face, trying to sow discord.

“Alright, Young Master Wan, is it?” Lei Qing said with narrowed eyes and a smile. “Since just now, you have been provoking me for no reason. Since you want to go on the arena to teach a lesson, how could I not grant your wish?” With the help of Leng Yuewu, Lei Qing had not only avoided Qi deviation but also smoothly advanced to Mid-stage Silver.

Moreover, fearing that Lei Qing would train too hard and suffer Qi deviation again, and she didn’t have time to watch him for now, before leaving, she taught Lei Qing a mental cultivation method. The name was simple, just called “Qi Nourishing Art”.

However, Lei Qing learned and used it at the same time, and in just a few days, he felt the marvelous effect of this mental method. The originally restless Fighting Qi from just advancing was tempered and refined under this mental method, settling down and becoming restrained. It made his Fighting Qi no longer so sharp and easy to capture. But this seemed to be only part of the function of this mental method.

This made Lei Qing secretly sigh with emotion. A Fighting Qi Holy Land is indeed a Fighting Qi Holy Land. Even a mental method that Fairy Leng took out casually to pay the… fee was so profound and endless.

How could Lei Qing know? Leng Yuewu didn’t just take out any random technique; it was the introductory mental method of the Moon Cold Divine Art, which only the Palace Master’s lineage in the Moon Cold Palace could cultivate.

The Moon Cold Divine Art was naturally not suitable for Lei Qing to cultivate. But this mental method purely for tempering Fighting Qi, washing away its restlessness, and nourishing the Qi was suitable for any Fighting Qi cultivator, and it wouldn’t be discovered by others.

Leng Yuewu didn’t instruct Lei Qing not to spread it, but how could Lei Qing be someone who didn’t know the weight of the matter? Any organization or sect guarded their ancestral techniques extremely strictly.

She took such a risk to teach the technique to him, which was already a great favor. How could Lei Qing repay kindness with enmity and help her spread the technique? Doing so, how could he face Wu’er, who had such deep affection for him?

Perhaps it was precisely because of this technique from Leng Yuewu that Lei Qing didn’t look so sharp and imposing. That Wan Rui mistakenly thought Lei Qing was a weakling falsely claiming credit, provoking him again and again. A person who was still Bronze-rank a few months ago, what ability did he have to kill Poison Eagle Zong Wuji in a duel?

Lei Qing’s counter-provocation was exactly what Wan Rui wanted. He laughed loudly, took the lead in running over to kick the two Bronze-rank strongmen who were still fighting endlessly off the arena, and shouted, “Lei, if you don’t dare to come up, you’re a coward. Kowtow three times and honestly roll back to your poor backwater village.”

Wan Rui’s deliberate arrogance was not purely because his personality deserved a beating. Theoretically speaking, it could also be considered a strategy to confuse the enemy, and incidentally provoke the enemy to become irritable, making it easier to reveal flaws.

“Brother Lei, this guy is too arrogant, beat him to death,” Zuo Qianqian waved her fist and cursed angrily. In her heart, Brother Lei was the most wise and mighty. Anyone who dared to oppose Brother Lei was a big villain who needed to be beaten down and then stepped on ten thousand times.

Lei Qing stepped onto the arena with steady and unhurried steps, smiling at Wan Rui, “Seeing you’re so confident in beating me, how about we add some stakes? Just for fun, ten thousand gold.”

Ten… ten thousand gold? Wan Rui’s face instantly became extremely awkward. Are you kidding? Ten thousand gold is just small play?

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