Supreme of the Heavenly Realm

27: Chapter 24 Body Refinement Style Martial Artist 27: Chapter 24 Body Refinement Style Martial Artist “Qi Shaofeng!

Have you no shame?”

Seeing Qi Shan emerging from the crowd, Nangong Yao’s pretty face also darkened.

Qi Shaofeng was truly despicable.

“Ignore her, just cripple this young man for me!”

Qi Shaofeng’s eyes were full of resentful expression.

Having been defeated by Ye Xuan on the street today, he had lost face dramatically.

How could he pacify the hatred in his heart if he didn’t cripple Ye Xuan?

“Yes!”

Qi Shan slightly bowed his fist and then fixed his gaze on Ye Xuan.

Then, with a stomp on the ground, he threw a punch directly.

The fierce wind from his punch, in Nangong Yao’s slightly pale sight, smashed towards Ye Xuan without hesitation.

Seeing Qi Shan striking like lightning without a second thought, Ye Xuan’s expression also became intense.

He pushed Nangong Yao a distance away and then met the attack with a punch of his own.

Massive True Qi gathered around his fist as if countless beasts were roaring.

After advancing to a Second Grade Martial Master, Ye Xuan’s strength had reached the level of two hundred raging horses.

If he exerted full force, it could be nearly three hundred horses.

In terms of strength alone, it was enough to contend with a Fourth Grade Martial Master.

Normally, a Fourth Grade Martial Master would only be at this level.

Boom!

The two fists, each filled with fierce wind, finally collided under the nervous gaze of the onlookers.

An invisible wave of air spread out, the forceful Qi Force stirring up dust into the air.

As the fists collided, the devastating defeat everyone expected did not occur.

Ye Xuan’s body remained as steady as a boulder rooted in the ground, facing the punch of Fourth Grade Martial Master Qi Shan without faltering.

Thud, thud!

After the exchange, both men simultaneously stepped back.

Ye Xuan took three steps back while Qi Shan only took two, gaining a slight advantage.

“He didn’t lose?”

Watching Ye Xuan who seemed to match Qi Shan evenly, Qi Shaofeng’s eyes nearly popped out.

Who was Qi Shan?

His master knew his capabilities the best.

How could it be possible that he gained no advantage over Ye Xuan?

As for the other onlookers who had gathered, they too wore shocked expressions.

They were naturally familiar with Qi Shan.

As Qi Shaofeng’s main guard and a Fourth Grade Martial Master, no one among the young generation could match him.

If not for the Qi family’s great kindness, he would not have willingly served as a mere guard for Qi Shaofeng.

“Qi Shan, what are you doing?

Who allowed you to hold back?

Don’t worry about consequences; I’ll handle everything.

Strike with all your might!”

Qi Shaofeng’s roar sounded again, his face extremely ugly.

In his view, with Qi Shan’s strength, it was impossible not to defeat Ye Xuan, so he naturally assumed that Qi Shan had held back, especially since Ye Xuan was the young master of the Ye family.

If Ye Xuan were seriously injured, the consequences wouldn’t be something Qi Shan, a mere guard, could bear.

However, hearing this, Qi Shan couldn’t help but frown.

He hadn’t held back at all.

If he were to hold back, it would only be against those weaker than him.

But after that clash, Qi Shan realized that Ye Xuan was not weak at all…

But Qi Shaofeng’s command had to be obeyed.

So, after Qi Shaofeng’s roar, Qi Shan’s body began exuding a deep blue Qi stream.

This Qi stream was extremely sharp, distorting and splitting the surrounding air, producing a sizzling sound.

“Is this the Qi family’s Body Refining Martial Arts, Earth Evil Gang Qi?”

The moment there was a change on Qi Shan’s body, exclamations echoed from the crowd.

“Earth Evil Gang Qi?”

Ye Xuan was also slightly startled.

Gang Qi is similar to True Qi but is much more powerful.

It is extremely difficult to cultivate, and usually, only those who train diligently can cultivate Gang Qi and take this path.

This Earth Evil Gang Qi being recognized by so many suggested its power must not be underestimated.

Pfft!

While Ye Xuan was contemplating, Qi Shan had already violently rushed over.

His right hand formed a claw, tearing through the air, carving out fierce sparks, as if dragging a blue tail of light, his attack was incredibly aggressive.

Clang!

At that moment, Ye Xuan no longer held back.

The Star-cutting Saber was unsheathed, tracing a starlight through the air, fleeting in a flash.

Since his opponent was a Fourth Grade Martial Master, holding back any further would be greatly overestimating himself.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

With the saber unleashed, it seemed like a stretch of satin against Qi Shan’s wildly clawing hand.

The Gang Qi and saber light intensely rubbed against each other, sparking brilliant fireworks.

Ding!

Suddenly, Ye Xuan flipped his palm and turned the blade, the bright white light directly dazzling Qi Shan’s eyes.

In the next moment, the blade’s glow abruptly accelerated and made a “sizzle” sound as it slashed across Qi Shan’s abdomen, oozing strands of fresh blood.

Qi Shan looked down at the slash on his abdomen, his face darkened.

He hadn’t expected Ye Xuan’s technique to be so superb, his timing and force were incredibly skilled, hardly what one would expect from a young man, but rather, more like that of a master proficient in saber skills.

However, shocking as it was, his eyes hardened and he immediately stimulated his Gang Qi, again fiercely attacking Ye Xuan.

Watching Qi Shan attack again, Ye Xuan’s expression also became more solemn.

The previous cut—if it had not been for a martial artist who practiced the Body Refining Gang Qi, it would have probably disemboweled him.

However, on Qi Shan, it was simply a superficial wound.

This man was indeed not easy to deal with.

A glint flicked through his eyes, Ye Xuan tapped the ground and his figure vaulted out.

This time, he directly used the second form of the Thunder Blade Skill, the Thunder Slash.

Boom!

A thunderclap erupted out of nowhere, the saber light like thunder, as if falling from the sky, the power contained within it now equating to three hundred rampaging horses, an unstoppable force like rolling thunder.

Seeing Ye Xuan suddenly unleash such a terrifying martial art, Qi Shan’s complexion changed.

He immediately switched from offense to defense, endeavoring to block this slash.

However, by the time he managed to ward it off, Ye Xuan had already brushed past him.

By the time Qi Shan reacted, Ye Xuan’s saber was already at the neck of Qi Shaofeng.

Qi Shan’s complexion changed and he thought to step forward, but Ye Xuan pressed the blade closer, “Do you want to be responsible for killing your young master?

Move any closer, and my saber will draw blood.”

Hearing what Ye Xuan said, Qi Shan halted his advance, not daring to act rashly.

“Ye Xuan, what are you trying to do?

Don’t be rash; otherwise, you and the Ye family are done for.”

With the blade pressed against his neck, Qi Shaofeng involuntarily swallowed.

He had never been threatened with a knife like this before, and he was genuinely concerned that Ye Xuan might unintentionally chop off his head.

“What am I doing?

Didn’t you just say you wanted to cripple me?

I simply had to act first to get the upper hand.”

Ye Xuan coldly smiled, moving the Star-cutting Saber down Qi Shaofeng’s neck, causing the latter’s pores to stand on end instantly.

“Hold on, let’s talk this over.

There’s no need for it to be a life-or-death situation.

Ye Xuan, our families have always had good relations, you shouldn’t do something that would please your enemies, and pain your kin.”

Qi Shaofeng’s speech suddenly sped up considerably, his usual grace gone in a heartbeat, revealing his true colors.

“Now you remember our families have always had good relations?

Weren’t you just saying the people of the Ye family were like lost dogs?”

Ye Xuan couldn’t help but laugh inwardly.

Naturally, he couldn’t actually cripple Qi Shaofeng.

Doing so would likely turn the Qi family against the Ye family, and currently, the Ye family couldn’t afford another enemy at their doorstep.

Yet, Qi Shaofeng didn’t know his thoughts.

Even if he did, he wouldn’t dare gamble with his future by antagonizing Ye Xuan.

If he truly enraged Ye Xuan and got crippled, he would lose everything immediately.

Even if the Qi and Ye families turned against each other, he would already be useless, and the Qi family would surely disregard someone who couldn’t cultivate.

“I was wrong about what happened just now; I take back what I said.

Let’s pretend this never happened, how about that?” said Qi Shaofeng, looking rather displeased.

“Pretend it never happened?

If my skills had been inferior, I’d probably have been beaten to the point of not recognizing even my own father by now.

If you were in my shoes, would you be willing to act as if nothing happened?” Ye Xuan said with a mocking smile.

“Then what do you want?” Qi Shaofeng’s face darkened, hearing Ye Xuan’s words as an indication that he wasn’t going to let things go easily.

“In consideration of the generally good relationship between our two families, I won’t make things too difficult for you.

Let’s settle it with compensation—give me thirty thousand taels of gold, and we’ll call it even,” Ye Xuan thought for a bit before casually mentioning.

“Thirty thousand taels of gold?

No problem.”

Qi Shaofeng paused for a moment and then immediately agreed.

At first, he was worried that Ye Xuan would make some unreasonably harsh demand, but thirty thousand taels were nothing to him, hardly a dent in his resources.

“You guys, quickly present Ye Xuan with thirty thousand taels in gold notes,” fearing that Ye Xuan might change his mind, Qi Shaofeng immediately ordered his entourage.

Having received the gold notes, Ye Xuan also sheathed the Star-cutting Saber.

Qi Shaofeng was not to be moved against for now, so he had merely meted out a mild punishment, nothing too severe.

“Go!”

As soon as he was out of Ye Xuan’s control, the smile on Qi Shaofeng’s face rapidly disappeared, then turned somewhat sinister.

However, ultimately he said nothing and left dejectedly with Qi Shan and his men.

“My lord, after such a huge blunder today, are we just going to let it be?” A few steps away, one of Qi Shaofeng’s followers said with some dissatisfaction.

“Let it be?

How could that be?

A wise man does not eat the loss before his eyes.

Am I, Qi Shaofeng, someone to swallow an insult and bear a grudge?

This dead good-for-nothing will get what’s coming to him at the aristocratic families’ hunt in September.”

Hatred swelled in Qi Shaofeng’s eyes.

The incident had been a massive embarrassment; he wouldn’t be able to rest easy until he’d avenged his humiliation.

In two months, at the autumn hunt attended by outstanding Young Masters from various major families, Ye Xuan would surely be there too.

By then, he would make a lot more allies to retake the upper hand and wash away today’s disgrace.