Chapter 27: Beating Up Li Qian, Heavenly Clothes Pavilion Master

“Scared now, kid? Too late! Offend me and you can wait for the Li Family to take revenge. Within a thousand li of here, the Tianyuan Sect reigns supreme. Whoever you are a disciple of, it won’t help.”

Li Qian saw Chen Yu explain the Li Family’s background to Qin Xiao, and he immediately gained more confidence.

You didn’t know my identity before, kid, daring to make a move. Now you’re probably regretting it so much you want to cut off your own hand.

“Kid, if you know what’s good for you, come over, kowtow three times, and call me Grandpa Li three times. Oh, and give me your maid. Then I might spare your life.”

Li Qian saw Qin Xiao not speaking, and immediately became even bolder. Kid, now you know my identity, try moving against me again.

Qin Xiao said nothing and slowly walked up to Li Qian.

“Good, kid. You know what’s good for you.”

Li Qian saw Qin Xiao obediently walk over, and assumed Qin Xiao was coming to kowtow, his face becoming even more smug, though it still hurt a bit when he smiled.

“Since you know what’s good for you, one kowtow will do. Leave the maid and those three outfits, then get lost.”

Li Qian could just about accept taking a slap if it earned him a beautiful maid and thirty thousand Spirit Stones’ worth of clothing. This was the Heavenly Clothes Pavilion’s property, after all. He could throw his weight around, but killing someone would be going too far.

But instead of kneeling as Li Qian expected, Qin Xiao leaped up and slapped him again, sending him flying to the staircase. Li Qian tumbled down from the second floor and landed in the hall below.

Qin Xiao still wasn’t finished. He rushed downstairs, grabbed the dazed Li Qian, and rained slaps on him.

“What are you acting so high and mighty for? You even dare to scheme against my disciple. I’ll slap you to death, you bastard.”

Qin Xiao cursed while slapping.

Li Qian’s attendants were waiting on the first floor. The sight of their young master being slapped over and over stunned them so badly that they forgot to help.

“Get the Li Family Ancestor! Get the Li Family Ancestor!”

Li Qian suddenly shook off his daze and shouted to his attendants.

He had no hope of these useless subordinates saving him; their cultivation was lower than his. He could only send someone for the Ancestor, who was at the late stage of Golden Core.

“Oh, still calling for people, right? I’ll slap you to death!”

Hearing Li Qian sending someone to call for reinforcements, Qin Xiao became even more furious, slapping even faster.

“Who is causing trouble on my Heavenly Clothes Pavilion’s property?”

Not long after slapping, someone walked in, though it wasn’t the Li Family Ancestor, but a woman with a voluptuous figure who looked like a young married woman.

“Greetings, Pavilion Master!”

When the Heavenly Clothes Shop people saw the newcomer, they all kneeled down in reverence. Read the latest chapters at novelping dot com.

The newcomer was Ye Tianyi, Master of the Heavenly Clothes Pavilion, an early-stage Soul Formation cultivator.

Hearing the shop’s proprietor had arrived, Qin Xiao also stopped slapping the person, got up and tidied up his appearance a bit.

“So you are the Master of the Heavenly Clothes Pavilion! I’ve long admired you.”

Qin Xiao hurriedly stepped forward and said.

Qin Xiao knew this much about social niceties. Long admired her? He had only just heard of her, but the proper pleasantries had to be said.

“Who are you? Why are you causing trouble in my Heavenly Clothes Pavilion’s shop? Who are your elders?”

Ye Tianyi first probed his background instead of immediately calling him to account. Her pavilion was a sizable force, but Qingzhou had many stronger ones. She must not act rashly; anyone who dared make trouble on her property must have some backing.

“Disciple, what cultivation level is this person?”

Qin Xiao didn’t answer immediately, but quietly asked Yun Man beside him.

“I can’t tell her exact cultivation. She’s at least on a level with the sect Elders—probably Soul Formation.”

Yun Man looked serious. The newcomer was powerful, well beyond her ability to handle.

“Pavilion Master, can we speak in private?”

Seeing the other party was a tough opponent, Qin Xiao could only use the Tianyuan Sect as a shield. But this place had many people and loose tongues. He couldn’t let rumors spread that he was relying on the Tianyuan Sect’s backing to cause trouble everywhere. Otherwise, returning to the Sect he would get lectured by those old fellows again.

“Alright, follow me to the backyard.”

Still unsure of his background, Ye Tianyi agreed. She wanted to find out just who this boy was.

“Disciple, wait for me here. Absolutely don’t let this kid run away. If he dares to run, beat him up.”

Qin Xiao instructed Yun Man, then also followed Ye Tianyi into the backyard.

“Alright, no one here. Can you speak now?”

Ye Tianyi remained ready to act. If he turned out to have no important background, she would have to seize him for causing trouble and hand him over to the Li Family.

“Senior, unworthy though I am, I serve as Peak Master of Seven Stars Peak in the Tianyuan Sect.”

Qin Xiao hurriedly took out the Peak Master token and handed it to Ye Tianyi.

“It’s actually you? That old man Qin’s only Personal Disciple?”

Ye Tianyi checked the token and found it was indeed genuine. Only then did she look somewhat surprised at Qin Xiao.

“Pavilion Master, do you know my master?”

Qin Xiao heard from her tone that the other party seemed to know his master. This story is hosted at novelping dot com.

“Of course I know him! That damned old man ran off with the Great Elder of my Heavenly Clothes Pavilion years ago. If I could have beaten him, I would have gone after him long since. But I hear he died three years ago. A pity I never got to give him a beating myself.”

Ye Tianyi said through gritted teeth. It could be seen she was determined to beat up Qin Xiao’s master.

“What? Pavilion Master, that has nothing to do with me! I only joined the sect three years ago. I didn’t even know my master had a wife!”

Looking at Ye Tianyi’s expression, Qin Xiao hurriedly cleared himself of any connection. This matter had nothing to do with him.

“Forget it. The Great Elder returned three years ago, before your master died, but went straight into seclusion and still hasn’t emerged. I don’t know what happened between them.”

Ye Tianyi also couldn’t be bothered to argue with a dead person. After complaining, she didn’t bring it up again.

“Pavilion Master, since your Great Elder is back, that makes us practically relatives, doesn’t it? My master’s wife is still in seclusion here, after all. We’re all family, so let’s forget about this. I can pay some Spirit Stones in compensation if need be.”

Seeing Ye Tianyi had somewhat softened, Qin Xiao hurriedly tried to establish relations.

He had no choice but to claim a connection. His master had run off with her Great Elder, so she probably had little affection for him as a Peak Master. The Tianyuan Sect wasn’t proving much of a shield.

“Enough smooth talk, kid. I’ll find out what happened before I decide what to do.”

Ye Tianyi gave Qin Xiao a speechless look, then walked out.

Qin Xiao naturally also followed out. As long as this Heavenly Clothes Pavilion didn’t interfere, he didn’t care about the Li Family.

“Chen Yu, you’re the sales assistant on the second floor. You were there throughout. Tell me exactly what happened.”

Ye Tianyi didn’t ask Qin Xiao nor Li Qian, but directly asked Chen Yu.

Chen Yu then told her the whole story, concealing nothing and adding no embellishments.

“Li Qian, you come swaggering into my shop with the Li Family behind you? How very impressive!”

Ye Tianyi finally understood. Turns out this really wasn’t Qin Xiao intentionally causing trouble, but this Li Qian who started it.

“Pavilion Master, although I was at fault, he also can’t hit people. He hit me first. Seeing this was the Heavenly Clothes Pavilion’s place, I didn’t even fight back.”

Li Qian also knew he was in the wrong, hurriedly explaining.

“You didn’t fight back? You wanted to, but could you?”

Qin Xiao saw Li Qian still pretending, immediately interjected.

“Who dares strike a member of my Li Family in Tianyuan City? Get out here and meet your death!”

Qin Xiao had barely finished speaking when the Li Family Ancestor’s voice rang out from outside.