Peerless Medical Emperor

Chapter 20: Chapter 20: The Nie Family Arrives

"So what if my men came for you? You got a problem with that?"

Chen Qingdi walked over and slapped him.

The blow left Nie Tianlong completely stunned.

This was utterly tyrannical!

He was completely unreasonable.

"Have you no sense of reason? You’re the one who sent people to capture me. What’s wrong with me asking why?"

Nie Tianlong retorted, suppressing the rage boiling inside him.

"What the hell does that have to do with me? When you moved against the Ye Family, did you try to reason with them?"

"And now you want me to reason with you? In your dreams."

Chen Qingdi shot back, his eyes filled with mockery.

"It seems you won’t cry until you’re staring at your own coffin."

"Fine. I’ll just ask someone else. Every time he nods, I’m going to hit you."

A sinister smile on his face, Chen Qingdi walked over to the Blood Kill Leader.

The man was already covered in wounds, kneeling on the ground and trembling with fear.

"Did he send you to capture the Ye Family?"

Chen Qingdi asked him directly.

The Blood Kill Leader glanced at Nie Tianlong’s savage expression and nodded heavily.

"Excellent!"

Chen Qingdi dragged Nie Tianlong over and slapped him across the face.

SMACK.

The crisp sound of the slap rang out immediately.

"Did he offer you a bounty to kill me?"

The leader nodded again, and Chen Qingdi delivered another slap.

SMACK!

After taking two slaps, Nie Tianlong covered his mouth, not daring to utter a word.

"Did he ever—"

Just as Chen Qingdi was about to ask the next question,

Nie Tianlong rushed in front of Chen Qingdi, raised his arm, and began slapping himself relentlessly.

SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!

The series of slaps echoed through the living room.

Nie Tianlong slapped himself until his teeth were nearly all knocked out, his face a mangled pulp.

Only then did Chen Qingdi casually say, "Stop. Now crawl to the corner, kowtow, and repeat that you were wrong."

At Chen Qingdi’s command, Nie Tianlong looked at him gratefully before crawling to the wall like a dog.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

He repeatedly slammed his head against the wall. With his teeth knocked out, his words were nothing but a muddled slur.

"Louder. I can’t hear you."

Chen Qingdi’s cold voice made the hairs on Nie Tianlong’s body stand on end, and he began kowtowing again with desperate fervor.

"He’s been dealt with. Now, it’s your turn."

"He can’t speak right now, but you can. Talk. Who was it that hurt Chen Yuan?"

Chen Qingdi crossed his legs, his gaze dripping with contempt as he posed the question.

"One of my subordinates injured her."

"She got in our way. Anyone who obstructs a Blood Slayer is courting death!"

the Blood Kill Leader answered truthfully, his body erupting with a murderous aura.

He intended to overwhelm Chen Qingdi with his presence.

However, he was gravely mistaken.

"Insolent!"

Chen Qingdi roared.

An aura of his own exploded forth.

The surrounding air instantly condensed, dropping to a frigid temperature!

Before the Blood Kill Leader could even react, he was crushed to the ground by Chen Qingdi’s aura, unable to stand.

"Who gave you the nerve to release your aura in my presence?"

"I was originally planning to spare you and make you my servant."

"But now, I’ve changed my mind. You can die."

Chen Qingdi tapped the table, then shot out his hand and seized the Blood Kill Leader by the neck.

The Blood Kill Leader, still unable to react, was lifted clean off the ground.

"Don’t... don’t kill me! I have... important information!"

Just as Chen Qingdi was about to finish him off,

the Blood Kill Leader suddenly shouted. Chen Qingdi immediately tossed him aside.

THUD!

Chen Qingdi used no restraint, sending the man flying across the room before asking,

"Whatever information you have, spit it out. So I can send you on your way."

Chen Qingdi’s entire being radiated arrogance and power, and his gaze was filled with nothing but disdain and contempt.

"Nie Tianlong is the Nie Family patriarch’s favorite direct-line grandson. Moreover, the Nie Family and the Zheng Family are partners."

"I know you have a grudge against Zheng Zhiyi, but if you kill Nie Tianlong, you’ll face retaliation not only from the Nie Family, but you’ll also be targeted by the patriarch’s disciples."

"Are you sure you want to be so reckless? Isn’t it enough to just teach him a lesson?"

the Blood Kill Leader asked in confusion.

"Teach him a lesson? Easy for you to say. What are the Nie Family and the Zheng Family to me?"

"They’re nothing but a swarm of ants I could crush with a flick of my finger."

"If I killed your entire family and then asked you to just teach me a ’small lesson’, would you forgive me? What nonsense."

Chen Qingdi snapped the Blood Kill Leader’s neck with one hand and walked over to Nie Tianlong.

Seeing this, Nie Tianlong pissed himself on the spot!

He had genuinely pissed his pants. His trousers were soaked, and the stench of urine filled the air.

Chen Qingdi covered his nose and kicked him. "What a coward. This is all it takes to make you piss yourself?"

After cursing, he suddenly remembered something.

"To think, I’ve been back in Jinghai for so long and haven’t even paid my respects to my mother. What a failure of a son I am."

"How about I take your head as the first gift for my mother? You have ties to the Four Great Clans anyway."

"I, Chen Qingdi, will not spare a single person connected to the Four Great Clans. I will slaughter every last one of them."

With that, Chen Qingdi grabbed Nie Tianlong and began dragging him outside.

...

After arriving at the cemetery,

Chen Qingdi dragged him step by step deeper inside.

He didn’t stop until he reached a gravestone that had only a photograph, but no name.

"Mom, your son has come to see you!"

"Back then, I was powerless. I couldn’t find the ones who killed you!"

"Now, I have the power. I swear to you, I will make every single one of them pay the price! A debt of blood will be paid in blood!"

Chen Qingdi performed three loud kowtows before the gravestone, tears already streaming from his eyes.

He rose to his feet and continued, "Mom, this is my gift to you. In the future, I will make everyone from the Four Great Clans come to your grave and kneel in mourning. And if they refuse to show respect..."

"...I will ensure the Four Great Clans become nothing but a memory!"

Chen Qingdi drew a short blade he carried with him, raised it, and prepared to behead Nie Tianlong.

Just then,

"Insolent! Do you really think the Nie Family can be bullied by just anyone?!"

An old man leaning on a dragon-head cane, flanked by a group of men in black, suddenly appeared before Chen Qingdi.

This elder was none other than the old patriarch of the Nie Family, Nie Zhenhai!

Upon seeing the old man, Nie Tianlong became extremely agitated and rushed toward him.

But because his mouth was so mangled, the elder and his men couldn’t understand a word he was saying.

"Tianlong, what happened to you? My dear grandson, who bullied you? Grandpa will avenge you!"

His heart aching, Nie Zhenhai walked to Nie Tianlong’s side and caressed his face.

But Nie Tianlong couldn’t answer him. He could only point repeatedly at Chen Qingdi, his eyes filled with terror.