Chapter 83

"Creak!"

The door was pushed open.

"So it is Clan Master Shi; I wonder what business brings you here?" Yuchi Xiao said with a gloomy face.

"I am looking for your master; where is he?" Shi Fengyuan said.

"He is in the inner courtyard; follow me!" Yuchi Xiao said, closing the door, and then turned and walked toward the inner courtyard.

Seeing this, Shi Fengyuan gave a cold laugh and led the others to follow toward the inner courtyard.

"It's been a while, but Hall Master Liang's airs are getting bigger and bigger!"

Passing through the moon gate of the inner courtyard, he did not see Liang Jingtang come out; instead, a young man with an unfamiliar face stood with his hands behind his back in the middle of the inner courtyard's training ground, looking at them with a calm gaze. Shi Fengyuan's expression could not help but sink.

"I am merely putting on airs; for Clan Master Shi to be so angry and question me, you injured my disciple and killed the person who killed my disciple—did you not think about how I would feel?"

A deep, resonant voice rang out, and then Liang Jingtang, accompanied by Zhuo Xingji, walked out from the other side and blocked the entrance of the moon gate.

Yuchi Xiao, who was leading the way, also retreated and stood side by side with Liang Jingtang and the other.

Seeing this, Shi Fengyuan was startled at first, and then he began to laugh: "Haha, Liang Jingtang, what is the meaning of this? You aren't planning to avenge your disciple and those few girls from Yaohua Pavilion, are you?"

"Haha!" Shi Yinghao and the others laughed along upon hearing this.

"Is that not allowed?" Liang Jingtang narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile.

"It is allowed, but relying on just the few of you in the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Hall, don't you think saying that is ridiculous?" Shi Fengyuan said with a look of mockery.

"Haha!" Shi Yinghao and the others laughed again upon hearing this.

But just at this moment, Xia Daoming suddenly leaped up, his body in the air performing a dragon-tail sweep, his thigh lashing out toward Shi Fengyuan and his nephew Shi Yinghao, who were standing at the very front.

Before his thigh arrived, it had already whipped up a gust of wind that made people's faces ache.

The majestic momentum pressed down on the two of them like a mountain toppling and the sea overturning.

In just an instant, the pupils of Shi Fengyuan and Shi Yinghao dilated sharply, revealing terror, and without even thinking, they wanted to retreat rapidly.

"Bang! Bang!"

Unfortunately, the difference in speed and power between the two sides was too great, and the distance was so close.

They had only just moved,

when Xia Daoming's leg had already swept in like an iron whip.

The uncle and nephew flew up in response, knocking down the two people behind them.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Before Shi Fengyuan and his nephew could recover from the intense pain and the sudden change, the explosive sounds of fists hitting flesh rang out one after another in their ears.

The six elites of the Shi Clan they had brought had already fallen to the ground in a heap.

"Xia Shidi Xia, with this kind of fighting style, what retreat path are we even guarding? It's simply superfluous!" Yuchi Xiao muttered upon seeing this.

"What do you know? This is called steadiness, this is called leaving no stone unturned! In the future, follow your Xia Shidi and watch and learn more about his ways of conducting himself!" As soon as Yuchi Xiao's words left his mouth, Liang Jingtang reprimanded him sharply.

Yuchi Xiao immediately shut his mouth.

Shi Fengyuan and the others, lying in a heap on the ground with their bones feeling as if they had fallen apart and their internal energy rampaging through their bodies, looked at Xia Daoming, who was looking down at them with a calm face, and then saw Yuchi Xiao and the others whispering behind him; they were all terrified and on the verge of tears.

Damn it, is this really the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Hall?

Did they really not go to the wrong place?

Just as the Shi Clan members were terrified and on the verge of tears, they saw Jiao Yongbao and Little Wei dragging Ding Chuding and the other two, who were tied with ropes and had rags stuffed in their mouths, out from the side door behind the meeting hall like dead dogs.

"This..."

Shi Fengyuan and the others' eyes widened, and cold sweat broke out even more profusely.

"Shi Fengyuan, you animal, you didn't expect that you would have today, did you!" When Jiao Yongbao and Little Wei dragged Ding Chuding and the other two out, Liu Xiao Qiang also walked out, supported by Liu Qiaolian, her eyes filled with hatred as she stared at Shi Fengyuan.

"Liang Jingtang, I didn't expect your Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Hall to be so bold as to dare challenge the Three-Family Alliance and the Xu Clan at the same time!" Shi Fengyuan did not answer Liu Xiao Qiang, but instead looked at Liang Jingtang with an expression of disbelief.

"That you would have to ask my disciple! I am old, my courage is not as great as a young man's, and my brain is not as sharp as theirs. Now, I just want to find a place to farm and retire; this fighting and killing is a young man's business." Liang Jingtang said with a humble face, but anyone could hear the flavor of his smug showing off.

Shi Fengyuan's face turned livid and twisted as he listened.

But considering that his life was still in the other party's hands, Shi Fengyuan ultimately squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying toward Xia Daoming.

"You must be Instructor Xia; you are truly young and promising, a formidable youth! I offended you today, and I apologize to you here.

However, no matter how powerful you are, two fists are ultimately no match for four hands. Therefore, in my opinion, it is still better to choose a strong party to rely on." Shi Fengyuan said.

"Hmm, what you say makes sense, so I have decided to defect to the Ding Clan." Xia Daoming said with a serious face.

"Woo woo!" Upon hearing this, Ding Chuding immediately became excited.

However, with cloth stuffed in his mouth, he had no way to speak.

"Hmph, the Ding Clan, the Lin Clan, and the Badao Sect think that the Xu Clan's ancestor is old and that his cultivation has encountered problems, so they think they can topple the Xu Clan by joining forces, but they don't stop to think that the Xu Clan has dominated Li Cheng for so many years—how could they possibly know their true foundation?" Shi Fengyuan said.

"Oh, tell me about it! If I knew for sure that the Three-Family Alliance was going to be defeated, I would certainly have to reconsider." Xia Daoming's heart stirred slightly upon hearing this, and he said with a serious face.

While speaking, Xia Daoming stepped forward and seemingly casually raised his foot to kick Shi Fengyuan and the other Shi Clan members lying on the ground a few times.

Shi Fengyuan and the others immediately turned pale, sweat broke out on their foreheads, and their whole bodies curled up.

The internal energy that had finally calmed down in their bodies began to rampage through their meridians again under the impact of the external hidden force.

And at this time, Zhuo Xingji and the others had already brought ropes and rushed up like wolves and tigers, kicking and punching Shi Yinghao and the others, and then tied them all up one by one, leaving only Shi Fengyuan untied.

Xia Daoming returned to his original spot, standing in front of Shi Fengyuan.

"What is the meaning of this?" Shi Fengyuan said with an ugly face.

"Didn't my master just say? Things must be done thoroughly! Now I think we can talk in peace." Xia Daoming said with a smile.

Liang Jingtang walked up, stroking the beard on his chin, looking at Shi Fengyuan with a self-satisfied face.

Seeing this, Shi Fengyuan's face turned livid and twisted again, but ultimately he helplessly chose to submit.

"The Xu Clan's ancestor is not only not old at all, nor does he have any signs of declining blood and energy, but he has already returned to the peak of his prime."

"Instructor Xia, although you are very powerful and I'm afraid even an eighth-rank Great Martial Master might not be your match, you are ultimately not a Grandmaster. Once you defect to the Ding Clan and fight against the Xu Clan, you will definitely not have a good outcome."

"However, if you defect to the Xu Clan, it will be completely different. With your strength, you will definitely be highly valued by the Xu Clan, and perhaps one day you will have hope of becoming a Grandmaster." Shi Fengyuan said.

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