Chapter 303: You Are So Willing to Be Dogs_1

The crowd vocally expressed their feelings, all faces wearing ingratiating expressions.

For this Mr. Zhou from the Imperial Capital, they had all come to the banquet with the intention of ingratiating themselves with him.

Hearing the crowd’s comments, Zhou Li’s originally displeased expression finally showed some improvement.

"No rush about the banquet, let me first introduce this person to you all."

Zhou Li’s face wore a smile as he raised his hand and pointed at Yin Tian, "This person is called Yin Tian, who is said to be quite a figure back in the provincial city."

"Yin Tian? Never heard of him."

"Must be from some backwater, when did such a character pop up in the provincial city?"

"The way of the world these days, there’s always some Tom, Dick, or Harry claiming to be somebody, but whether they really are is anyone’s guess."

As Zhou Li listened to the crowd’s appraisal of Yin Tian, his smile grew broader, "Yin Tian, you don’t seem as famous as I was led to believe."

Yin Tian spoke nonchalantly, "That doesn’t mean much, after all, there are plenty of people who don’t measure up to my status."

And upon hearing Yin Tian’s words, those who were originally mocking Yin Tian to please Zhou Li suddenly became irate.

"Do you know how to speak properly?"

The crowd all looked furiously at Yin Tian, with one person even standing up, pointing at Yin Tian and challenged, "Then tell us, what sort of status do you have in this provincial city? If you’re really of such rank, why have we never heard of you?"

"Didn’t I just say? It’s because your level isn’t high enough, not reaching mine."

Yin Tian stated slowly and deliberately.

This truly provoked the crowd with Yin Tian’s exceedingly casual demeanor.

"Alright, alright, folks. After all, this Yin Tian is a guest I invited. If you all attack him collectively, he’ll say we’re ganging up to bully him," Zhou Li interjected with a grin.

The crowd, hearing this from Zhou Li, managed to somewhat calm their anger.

"You didn’t invite me here just to let these folks insult and ridicule me, did you?"

Yin Tian cast a glance at Zhou Li, his face wearing an expression of utter disdain, "You think this kind of thing can humiliate me? Besides, such tactics are so embarrassing I’m almost ashamed for you. It’s humiliating."

Zhou Li, at these words, felt his own anger ignite.

He gritted his teeth and watched Yin Tian coldly, "Yin Tian, don’t push me too far!"

Yin Tian shrugged nonchalantly at Zhou Li, "Pushing you too far? You put on such a big show wanting to humiliate me, and now you accuse me of going too far?"

"Hmph!"

Zhou Li, realizing he couldn’t outtalk Yin Tian, could only let out a cold snort to vent his fury.

Just then, from a distant building a man ran over quickly, immediately kneeling before Zhou Li, hugging his legs, "Mr. Zhou, you said if I agreed to hold this banquet here, you would solve my problem..."

"Don’t worry, I’ll solve it right away."

Zhou Li’s face bore an arrogant smile as he provocatively looked at Yin Tian, "Yin Tian, since you said earlier that you could see the situation here, surely you have a way to solve it, right?"

"What do you think?"

Yin Tian countered.

"Hmph!"

Zhou Li snorted coldly but continued to speak, "In that case, why don’t we have a competition?"

"A competition? Competing in what?"

Yin Tian expressed interest.

Zhou Li watched Yin Tian with a sneer, "Let’s compete to see which of us can resolve the situation here better, how about that?"

Yin Tian looked deeply at Zhou Li, then cracked a smile, "Alright."

"Heh, you think you have what it takes to compete with Mr. Zhou?"

A plump young man sneered at Yin Tian, "Do you know what nickname Mr. Zhou has in the Imperial Capital?"

"What nickname?"

Yin Tian cooperated in asking.

"Yin-Yang Severing Palm."

The young man, obviously trying to curry favor with Zhou Li, spoke proudly, "In the Imperial Capital, whenever anyone has a feng shui issue, Mr. Zhou can handle it in less than half an hour. Many wealthy people can’t even hire him."

"Who do you think you are? A ’person of note’ emerged from some backwater, and you dare to compete with Mr. Zhou?"

"Exactly,"

Another person spoke out, looking at Yin Tian with contempt, "Mr. Zhou honoring the provincial city today is already dignifying this humbler ground. You think you have the nerve to challenge Mr. Zhou?"

"Absolutely!"

Suddenly, multiple people nodded in agreement.

However, after listening to the crowd, Yin Tian burst into laughter.

The crowd immediately looked at Yin Tian with not very pleasant expressions, "You’re laughing at what?"

Yin Tian laughed heartily for quite some time before regaining his composure.

He turned his head, his gaze sweeping over the people who had just spoken, "Dignifying humbler ground, just to lick boots, you really can say anything, huh?"

"Sure, the provincial city isn’t on the same level as the Imperial Capital, but to speak of it so poorly in your words, that’s truly interesting," he continued.

"But if you’re willing to be dogs, then be dogs. No one’s stopping you."