Chapter 1486: Don't Mind Such Trivial Details

Xu Que felt somewhat helpless.

He had indeed planned to stir up trouble, but he never intended to start doing so right here.

It was all the fault of that woman disguised as a man for staging such a melodramatic scene; the key issue was that this crowd actually believed it.

And that fellow named Xiang Min actually dared to point a sword at me?

What I hate most in this life is someone pointing a sword at me!

"Hmph!"

Xu Que snorted coldly, his large hand suddenly shooting forward to instantly pull Guan Zheng into his embrace.

This was a standard hostage-taking technique, devoid of any obscenity.

"None of you come closer, or I might accidentally poke this dagger through her throat and cut off her life force!" Xu Que displayed a cold smile on his face as he issued the threat.

"Brother Hua, your hand..."

At this moment, Guan Zheng in his arms, her face flushed red, reminded him in a low voice.

Xu Que glanced down and declared with righteous solemnity: "We are all grown men; don't mind such trivial details."

"Brother Hua, I... I am a woman."

At this moment, Guan Zheng already regretted it, yet she was like a rider on a tiger, unable to dismount.

"Ah?"

Xu Que expressed a perfunctory surprise, then realized: "No wonder; I was wondering, so you are a young lady."

After speaking, he still maintained the standard hostage-taking technique, showing no intention of moving his hand away.

"Bastard, you seek death!"

Simultaneously, Xiang Min could no longer endure it; veins bulged on his forehead as he roared aloud.

This was his fiancée, yet now, under the watchful eyes of the public, she was being held hostage and taken advantage of; how could he endure it!

"I don't care who you are or where you come from; within three breaths, if you do not release Zheng Zheng, I will make your life worse than death, forcing you to live the rest of your days in regret!" Xiang Min shouted angrily, his voice trembling with rage.

Surging killing intent instantly covered the entire Inn.

"Call for reinforcements!"

Guan Chengping, his face iron-green, also shouted at a retinue standing at the Inn entrance.

"Yes!"

The retinue immediately responded, rushing out onto the Street to ignite a Talisman!

"Whoosh!"

Accompanied by a sharp sound, a streak of light stream instantly shot out from the Talisman, flying toward the sky and exploding into a brilliant shower of sparks.

"Qinghong Sect, call for reinforcements too!"

Seeing this, Xiang Min also shouted aloud directly.

Immediately, a figure outside the Inn also rushed onto the Street, similarly igniting a Talisman to send out the signal for calling reinforcements.

In an instant, the Inn fell into a deathly silence; the air temperature seemed to drop to freezing point, and countless Cultivators remained silent as winter cicadas.

Something huge has happened; this is going to be a huge disaster!

Both the Qinghong Sect and Fencheng Gate had issued calls for aid, and since one was from the Young Sect Master and the other from the Young Sect Master, both major sects would surely send many experts.

That fellow who took the daughter of Fencheng Gate hostage was truly finished.

Everyone looking at Xu Que inadvertently added a touch of sympathy to their gaze.

At this moment, Guan Zheng's expression also changed drastically.

How did things suddenly turn out like this?

Brother and Xiang Min are actually calling people from both major sects; it's over, it's over, this has escalated too far...

She instantly became anxious, somewhat at a loss.

"Oh, calling for reinforcements?"

At this moment, Xu Que instead laughed, saying with solemnity: "Let me introduce myself first; I am Hua Wuque of the Heaven-Exploding Gang. You can call me Hua Hua, or you can call me Brother Que, but absolutely do not threaten me, as I am the type of person who cannot withstand threats."

Heaven-Exploding Gang? Hua Wuque?

Everyone in the arena displayed a thoughtful expression, after which many shook their heads.

They had never heard of a Faction called the "Heaven-Exploding Gang," and this Hua Wuque was even more unheard of; he was likely just a greenhorn who had just come out to train.

"Heh, so it's Hua Wuque of the Heaven-Exploding Gang, is it? Do you know who I am?" Xiang Min gave a cold smile, revealing a fierce expression in his eyes.

"Oh, I roughly know."

Xu Que nodded, then quite naturally looked at Guan Zheng in his arms and asked: "Which Sect was it again?"

"Ah? It's... it's the Qinghong Sect." Guan Zheng seemed not yet to have recovered from the situation; after a momentary stun, she subconsciously responded.

"Oh right, Qing... uh, Qing what Sect was it again?"

"Qinghong Sect!"

"Hmm... what Hong Sect?"

"Qinghong Sect!"

"Qing what Hong?"

"..."

"Oh, I understand now."

Only then did Xu Que look at Xiang Min again, smiling lightly: "The Young Sect Master of Qinghong Sect, Xiang..."

Halfway through the sentence, he got stuck again.

Lowering his head to look at Guan Zheng once more, he asked quietly: "Xiang what was it again?"

"Xiang Min!" Guan Zheng responded with a blank expression.

The crowd present was already dumbfounded.

You claim to know roughly, and you really do know only roughly?

You haven't even heard of the Qinghong Sect?

Their sect's Head Disciple, Xiang Min, is a famously prominent figure, and you haven't heard of him either?

"Hahaha!"

At this moment, Xu Que burst into loud laughter as if nothing had happened: "Xiang Min, Young Sect Master of the Qinghong Sect, I have long admired your great name!"

While speaking, he did not forget to first release Guan Zheng, quickly bowed with clasped fists toward Xiang Min, and then immediately pressed his hand back against his pectoral muscles.

The crowd present stared in disbelief.

Damn it, where did this lad come from?

Is he not too shameless?

You haven't even heard of his name or his sect, yet you have the audacity to shout about having long admired his great name?

"You... heh, good, very good!"

Xiang Min laughed in extreme anger, yet the ferocity on his face became even more pronounced, while the Killing Intent in his eyes grew terrifyingly dense.

"Brother Xiang praises me too highly!"

Xu Que still wore a smiling expression, a smile that made people feel like beating him up.

"This Fellow Daoist..."

At this moment, a faint whisper suddenly sounded beside Xu Que's ear; someone was using Sound Transmission.

"This Fellow Daoist, you should leave quickly; the Sect Master of the Qinghong Sect is a powerhouse at the Immortal King Realm, and the Gate Master of Fencheng Gate is even one of the strongest among Immortal Kings. Before members of these two great sects arrive, you had best depart immediately."

"Hmm?"

Xu Que was momentarily stunned after hearing this.

Which kind-hearted fellow student is giving me this well-meaning reminder?

His gaze swept across the crowd, and he soon spotted a Heavenly Immortal Realm youth leaning on a Cane, with the right leg of his trousers hanging empty, who was winking at him.

A kind-hearted person who has lost a leg?

Just as Xu Que was dazed, the other party transmitted sound again: "Fellow Daoist, take my advice; the Three Sects are the overlords of this place, capable of Shrouding the Heavens with a single hand. This leg of mine was severed back then simply because I accidentally brushed against Xiang Min's shoe."

"This..."

Xu Que frowned upon hearing this: "With your level of cultivation, even with a broken leg, regrowing it shouldn't be difficult, should it?"

"Heh."

The youth, however, transmitted a helpless and bitter laugh: "How domineering the Three Sects are! When Xiang Min severed my leg, he forbade me from leaving Jinghe City even half a step, and declared that if I dared to restore my leg, he would sever my head next time."

"Impressive, truly a local tyrant living up to his reputation!"

Xu Que sighed and continued: "What realm did you say the Sect Masters of those Three Sects are at?"

"Immortal King Realm!" the youth replied.

"Then it's no big deal; mere Immortal Kings, and only three of them at that, is a small matter," Xu Que said with a smile of Solemnity.

Before coming to the Immortal Yuan Continent, he had already tried fighting four of them.

If he utilized the Righteousness Sealing Demon Sutra, he estimated he could kill forty of them!

However, seeing that Xu Que would not heed his advice, the youth said nothing more, shook his head, leaned on his Cane, turned, and departed.

Xu Que then looked over at Xiang Min again; could this thing that looked like a refined scum really act so ruthlessly?

And the key point is, he is even betrothed to that silly girl Guan Zheng?

Actually, Guan Zheng probably isn't truly silly; if she were really silly, she likely wouldn't have thought to escape.

Oh no, she is still silly; escaping yet not knowing to flee far away, actually fleeing to Jinghe City under the jurisdiction of the Three Sects—what difference is there between this and running away from home only to end up in one's own back garden?

Not long after, waves of commotion came from outside the Inn.

Xu Que also clearly sensed dozens of auras rapidly approaching, and they were in two groups.

"Young Sect Master!"

"Young Sect Master!"

Soon, accompanied by waves of unified shouts, dozens of Great Luo Immortal powerhouses landed outside the Inn.

Xiang Min's fierce expression now held a hint of mockery.

"Hua Wuque, have you considered it now? Will you release the person or not?"

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