Free Web NovelChapter 37: Chapter 37: City Lord’s Knight Team
Han Shu’s words plunged the entire Cheng Mansion into a suffocating terror.
Cheng Chuming, who had just felt a spark of hope, went deathly pale. He had thought that since his daughter had recovered her True Qi, she might be able to rejoin the Imperial Academy, and Han Shu would then seek justice for her.
That way, the whole crisis could have been resolved.
But Han Shu, a respected tutor from the Imperial Academy, had just openly declared her intention to cripple his daughter all over again.
’Just because she didn’t test her first, just because she’d already announced her expulsion, she’s going to cripple my daughter to cover up her own mistake.’
’How could she do this? It’s utterly shameless bullying.’
Meanwhile, Bai Xin and Cheng Chuyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Cheng Yunsu inexplicably recovering her True Qi was terrifying; she could have regained her status and taken frenzied revenge on them.
But now that Han Shu had made her stance clear, there was nothing to worry about.
Wu Xin lowered the hand that had been covering her face, her voice dripping with ice. "Cheng Yunsu, you’re quite the actress. I don’t know how you recovered, but you still can’t defy me."
To this, Cheng Yunsu still did not respond.
Lu Chao also ignored Han Shu, turning to stand by Cheng Yunsu’s side. The couple both knew very well that today, a great battle was the only way out.
Seeing that the two remained silent, Wu Xin suddenly shouted, "Guards!"
THUMP THUMP THUMP...
The sound of horse hooves suddenly thundered from outside the Cheng Mansion’s main gate.
Wu Xin had not come alone. She had brought her City Lord’s Knight Team with her to flaunt her power.
At her command, the City Lord’s Knight Team charged into the Cheng Mansion.
They didn’t even dismount, charging straight in atop their warhorses.
Instantly, the Cheng Mansion’s courtyard, which was filled with banquet tables, was thrown into chaos. Guests near the main gate screamed and scrambled to get out of the way.
Even in the spacious courtyard of the Cheng Mansion, dozens of warhorses made the area feel cramped.
Wu Xin looked on with satisfaction. She turned to Cheng Weishan and the others beside her and barked, "All of you, get out of my way."
Only when the area around her was clear did the knights approach.
The Knight Captain, upon seeing the Five Finger Mountain on Wu Xin’s face, flew into a rage. "Miss Wu, who hit you?"
Wu Xin stretched out a hand and pointed.
She spoke slowly. "It was that bitch, Cheng Yunsu. Her True Qi is back. I want you to cripple her again. Tear her Heavenly Destiny Bone to shreds. And then, I’m going to strip her naked with my own hands."
The knights all turned to Cheng Yunsu, their long spears pointed menacingly.
But Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu’s expressions remained unchanged. To the onlookers, it seemed the Life-taking Bone Calamity Star didn’t know the meaning of fear, as if his nerves were forged from steel.
From under her red wedding veil, Cheng Yunsu even let out a scornful laugh.
"Wu Xin, aren’t you supposed to be better than me in every way? Why do you need to call for backup? Why don’t you dare to fight me one-on-one?"
The crowd remembered that Wu Xin had previously declared that Emperor Star Lu Chao would surely prefer her.
Because she was, in every way, superior to Cheng Yunsu.
Wu Xin’s eyes went cold. Of course she wouldn’t fight Cheng Yunsu one-on-one; she had always been outmatched by her in the Martial Dao.
But Wu Xin would never admit that. She said deliberately, "Who do you think you are? Are you even worthy of me dealing with you personally?"
With that, she took a few steps back and waved a hand at the knights. "Get them!" freēwēbηovel.c૦m
The knights let out cruel sneers and urged their horses forward.
In the crowd, Cheng Chuming was so terrified he was about to rush out, but at that exact moment, Lu Chao... BOOM!
An explosion of True Qi erupted from his entire body. The aura of the Postnatal Sixth Layer flared to life around Cheng Yunsu. He took a heavy step, positioning himself in front of her, and said softly, "Xiao Su’er, let me handle this."
The knights instantly pulled their warhorses to a halt, staring at Lu Chao in disbelief.
All around, Cheng Weishan, Bai Wenrong, and the others stared wide-eyed, shouting almost in unison, "Postnatal Sixth Layer! Impossible!"
Only now did they get a clear sense of Lu Chao’s current cultivation level.
Their faces were masks of disbelief. ’Just three days ago, he was only at the Postnatal First Layer! How could he suddenly be at the Postnatal Sixth Layer? Five days ago, when he first showed up, he was only at the Qi Gathering Ninth Layer!’
’Breaking past Qi Gathering in two days and reaching the Postnatal Sixth Layer in three... How is that something a normal person can do?’
It wasn’t just Cheng Weishan and his group; the entire crowd was utterly astounded.
In a small place like Yangzhou City, someone at the Postnatal Sixth Layer was considered a top-tier expert. The Patriarchs of the four great families were only at the Postnatal Eighth Layer or Ninth Layer.
Wu Xin was also stunned, then said spitefully, "Cheng Weishan, what is the meaning of this?"
Cheng Weishan had been reporting all along that this Life-taking Bone trash was only at the Postnatal First Layer. She suddenly snapped, "Is your entire Cheng Family in on this together? Are you all putting on a show for me?"
Cheng Yunsu had suddenly recovered her True Qi, and the report on the Life-taking Bone trash’s true cultivation level was wrong.
Of course Wu Xin would suspect the entire Cheng Mansion of having ulterior motives.
Cheng Weishan’s face paled dramatically. He said hurriedly, "Miss Wu, how could I possibly deceive you? I have no idea what’s going on either... No, wait, I get it now! He stole the Bone-Nourishing Spirit Pill from the Qianling Trading Company!"
At his last words, the crowd was first shocked, then came to a sudden realization.
The matter of Lu Chao robbing the Qianling Trading Company was, after all, a widely known affair.
Just then, Wu Bei, the Shopkeeper of Qianling, also arrived. He strode forward forcefully.
"That’s right! He must have recklessly consumed the Bone-Nourishing Spirit Pill to reach his current Postnatal Sixth Layer. Miss Wu, you have nothing to worry about. By swallowing pills like that, his true combat power can’t be much stronger than someone at the Postnatal Second Layer."
Using pills for cultivation leads to an unstable foundation and bloated, superficial True Qi.
Before one has consolidated that True Qi, one’s combat power is extremely weak. A mere two or three days is nowhere near enough time to do so.
Hearing the explanations from Wu Bei and Cheng Weishan, Wu Xin immediately calmed down and looked back at her knights.
"He’s just a piece of trash who relied on pills. Pay him no mind..."
"Kill him and throw his body in the coffin!"
"In a moment, I want Cheng Yunsu to perform the wedding ceremony with the corpse in that coffin." freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
Most of her knights were around the second or third Postnatal layers. If they were facing a true Postnatal Sixth Layer, they would have reason to be concerned.
But some trash who relied on pills? They had nothing to fear.
The knights also began to sneer, once again spurring their horses toward Lu Chao.
The guests had all retreated to a safe distance, pointing and murmuring about Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu.
"That Life-taking Bone Calamity Star is a dead man. Even a genuine master at the Postnatal Sixth Layer couldn’t withstand a charge from dozens of knights."
"Exactly. A true Postnatal Sixth Layer might cause the City Lord’s Knight Team a few casualties, but they still couldn’t win."
This was the consensus among the guests. Wu Xin and her knights had only hesitated because they didn’t want to suffer any losses, not because they were afraid of defeat.
But suddenly, a different voice cut through the crowd: "That’s... not necessarily true."
Everyone turned to look in the direction of the voice...
...and saw that the speaker was a beautiful, unfamiliar woman dressed in orange.
