Free Web NovelChapter 387: Chapter 387: Flying into a Rage
Luo Min and the others looked up. They immediately saw Qin Yu of the Qin family and Murong Yunyi of the Murong family looking down from the third floor of the Medicine Pavilion, their faces full of ridicule.
Qin Yu’s cold gaze was fixed on Ye Xuan’s group of three, a chilling glint flashing in his eyes.
Yesterday, he had brought men from the City Construction Department, thinking he could demolish the Luo family’s shop. He never expected the Artifact Refining Workshop to intervene, causing his plan to fall apart.
This had left Qin Yu filled with pent-up rage.
And after hearing that he had offended the Artifact Refining Workshop, Qin Yu had been severely reprimanded by his father, Qin Feng.
The Qin family was a prominent house that thrived in the Imperial Capital through Pills and beast taming; they had no need to curry favor with the Artifact Refining Workshop. However, the Workshop held a unique status in the capital. The fact that his own son had so casually offended them greatly angered Qin Feng.
And Qin Yu had clearly directed all the resentment from his scolding onto the Luo family and Ye Xuan.
Seeing Qin Yu and Murong Yunyi together, a surge of anger rose in Luo Min’s heart. This feeling intensified when he saw two types of his own family’s Pills being sold as best-sellers in the Qin family Medicine Pavilion, making his blood boil.
But he also knew this was the Qin family Medicine Pavilion. No matter how furious he was, he could only suppress the rage within him.
However, just because Luo Min remained silent didn’t mean Qin Yu was going to let them off the hook.
"Tsk, tsk. Brother Yunyi, I seem to recall the Luo family is under your Murong family’s banner, aren’t they? How is it that they don’t even bow when they see a young master like you? Anyone who knows anything knows this Luo Min is the Patriarch of the great Luo family of the Imperial Capital. To those who don’t, he looks like some bumpkin who just crawled out of the boondocks."
Qin Yu spoke with a mocking smile as he descended the stairs, his features filled with contempt.
He made no effort to lower his voice, allowing everyone in the Medicine Pavilion to hear him clearly. One by one, they turned to look.
"You must not have heard, Brother Qin Yu. As of yesterday, the Luo family was expelled by my Murong family. They are no longer a family under our protection." Murong Yunyi knew exactly what Qin Yu was getting at and replied nonchalantly.
"Oh? So that’s what happened," Qin Yu said, feigning sudden realization. "No wonder. So they’re just stray dogs now, it’s no surprise they have no manners. Still, the Murong family was the master the Luo family served for many years. To turn their backs on you so quickly... people are so pragmatic these days."
Luo Min found it impossible to endure the sound of Qin Yu’s feigned astonishment.
The many Martial Artists present couldn’t help but start whispering among themselves.
"How did the Luo family get into a conflict with the Qin family? And if I remember correctly, isn’t the Luo family supposed to be under the Murong family?"
"My friend, your news is ancient. Yesterday, during the Artifact Refining Workshop’s open house, the Murong family publicly expelled the Luo family, removing them from their protection."
"That actually happened? What did the Luo family do to anger the Murong family so much?"
"I heard the Luo family openly offended the Artifact Refining Workshop during the open house. But the strange thing is, I also heard their shop was nearly demolished by the City Construction Department yesterday, and it was the Artifact Refining Workshop that stepped in to save it."
"The conflicts between these major powers are really hard to understand."
Many of the Martial Artists wore expressions that showed they were enjoying the show.
"Young Master Ye, let’s go," Luo Min said coldly, his voice laced with anger.
He badly wanted to lash out, but he knew that doing so in the Qin family Medicine Pavilion would be asking for humiliation. In terms of both strength and status, his Luo family was no match for the Qin family.
"Well, well, Luo Min. Who’s this? I don’t recognize him. He doesn’t seem to be a disciple of your Luo family. Seeing how respectful you are, don’t tell me he’s the new master your family has submitted to."
Qin Yu suddenly shifted his attention to Ye Xuan. "Patriarch Luo, if you ask me, it’s not wrong to find a new master, but you have to pick the right person. Not everyone is as easygoing as the Murong family, who let your Luo family go without taking a single thing. A deal that good is a rare find you couldn’t spot even with a lantern."
"Look at this guy, he doesn’t look like much. You’re getting on in years; I advise you not to squander the Luo family’s entire foundation on him."
Qin Yu’s words were as nasty as they could be.
’It’s perfectly clear to me that his attacks are aimed at me,’ Ye Xuan thought.
Luo Min could endure it, but since when did Ye Xuan take insults from a mere boy? He sneered and said, "You, with the surname Qin. If you have so much time to worry about the Luo family, you should worry about yourself. Look at you, sucking up to the Murong family. Have you become their lapdog? Oh, right. Didn’t you have a two-headed firebird mount at the city gates last time? I haven’t seen it recently. Did you stew and eat it?"
Ye Xuan asked with a playful smirk, feigning concern.
"You..."
The smile on Qin Yu’s lips suddenly froze.
The death of his two-headed firebird had always been a thorn in his side, and it was the main reason he hated Ye Xuan. Now that Ye Xuan had brought it up, the rage in his heart erupted like a volcano.
"You sharp-tongued bastard." A cold light shot from Qin Yu’s eyes. "Don’t think you can act so recklessly just because you’ve cozied up to the Artifact Refining Workshop. Their status in the Imperial Capital is high, but they rarely get involved in conflicts between families. Just you wait. One day, I will make you kneel and beg me for mercy."
Hearing this, Ye Xuan gave a disdainful laugh.
"Qin Yu, you’re supposed to be from a great family. You should stop with the empty threats. If you have the guts, then let’s fight for real. If you dared to attack me right now, I might actually respect you as a man. If you don’t dare, then just go back to being a coward hiding in your shell and stop your whining here."
Ye Xuan’s tone was filled with provocation.
"You..."
Qin Yu’s cold face contorted with anger. It felt as if a ball of foul air was stuck in his chest, one he couldn’t expel.
"Guards!"
He suddenly roared, a murderous intent like that of a vicious wolf radiating from his eyes.
"Young Master, what are your orders?"
A group of guards in armor, holding sharp blades, surged forward and surrounded Ye Xuan’s party of three.
These guards brandished their weapons like a pack of wolves, each one of them emanating a terrifying killing intent.
Ye Xuan glanced at the surrounding guards, then smiled mockingly. "Qin Yu, are you finally going to make a move?"
"Right now, do you really think I don’t dare to kill you?" Qin Yu roared, his face contorted.
Ye Xuan shook his head, not a trace of panic on his face. "This isn’t a matter of what I think. It’s that you, from the start, haven’t dared to touch me. If you don’t believe me, feel free to give the order and see what happens."
Ye Xuan’s tone was detached, and a cold smile played on his lips.
"Is this kid insane?"
The many Martial Artists present were all dumbfounded.
Ye Xuan had provoked Qin Yu time and time again, his words seemingly goading Qin Yu into action. Did he really think Qin Yu wouldn’t dare to attack him inside the Qin family’s own Medicine Pavilion?
A young genius like Qin Yu was the epitome of arrogance. If he truly flew into a rage, he wouldn’t care about the consequences. Wouldn’t this kid have lifted a rock only to drop it on his own foot?
Everyone was extremely puzzled. Where did Ye Xuan get the confidence to be so sure that Qin Yu wouldn’t dare to harm him?
"Good. Very good. I, Qin Yu, have lived in the Imperial Capital for so long, and this is the first time I’ve met someone as arrogant as you. If I don’t cut you down right here, today, what right do I have to keep living in this world?"
"Guards..."
A venomous light, like a viper’s, flashed in Qin Yu’s eyes. With a fierce shout, he was about to give the order to seize and kill Ye Xuan.
"Young Master Qin Yu, you absolutely must not!"
At the critical moment, a manager from the Qin family Medicine Pavilion rushed to stop Qin Yu.
"Young Master Qin Yu, this is the Qin family Medicine Pavilion! If you attack that kid here, you’ll be falling right into his trap."
The manager was in his early forties and looked like a shrewd man, but right now, his face was full of anxiety.
The Qin family Medicine Pavilion was the Qin family’s largest shop in the market district and the source of a huge portion of their profits.
Fighting was strictly forbidden in the market district. After all, this was where all the reputable families of the empire had their businesses. If a brawl were to break out, the impact on the market would be too severe.
Therefore, since the day the market district was established, not a single major family in the Imperial Capital had dared to violate this rule.
If the Qin family Medicine Pavilion dared to publicly attack Ye Xuan, it would be the same as breaking the market’s rules. They would surely incur the hostility of all the major powers in the Imperial Capital—a burden that not even a prominent house like the Qin family could bear.
More importantly, once word of this got out, the Qin family Medicine Pavilion would gain a reputation for being arrogant and domineering. Who would dare to come to their Medicine Pavilion to buy things then?
That was why, upon seeing Qin Yu’s actions, the general manager of the Medicine Pavilion, who had originally planned to stand aside and not get involved, could no longer hold himself back. free𝑤ebnovel.com
"Young Master, this person’s goal today is to provoke you. That Luo Min is a Tier Six Third Layer Martial Venerable; it would be even harder to kill him. But once a fight breaks out, the reputation of our Qin family will be ruined."
Once the stakes were laid out for him, the furious expression on Qin Yu’s face gradually softened.
But to simply swallow this insult was something he absolutely could not do.
"Oh? Qin Yu, you were so arrogant just now. Weren’t you about to make a move? How did you go limp in the blink of an eye? I guess trash will always be trash. I, Xuan Ye, really overestimated you."
Seeing that Qin Yu’s expression had actually softened, Ye Xuan added more fuel to the fire.
His attitude was that of someone who feared the world wasn’t chaotic enough.
Qin Yu’s newly composed mindset shattered once again, and he became so furious he almost spat blood. ’This guy is absolutely detestable! If I don’t kill him, I’ll never be able to stomach this insult.’
But in this situation, even if he couldn’t endure it, he had to.
Qin Yu may have been a spoiled brat, but he wasn’t an idiot. He knew he absolutely could not make a move inside his own family’s shop.
’My own family’s shop?’
Suddenly, Qin Yu seemed to think of something, and a meaningful smile crept onto his lips.
’How could I be so stupid?’
He couldn’t kill Ye Xuan in his own shop, but this was still the Qin family’s territory. Wasn’t he the one who called the shots here?
