Chapter 1581: Do Your Best

The cheers from that group of junior disciples came to an abrupt halt; everyone looked at Chen Yu in disbelief, unable to fathom how Chen Yu had sent Li Songnan flying without even making contact.

What kind of move was that? Magic?

To those who only studied ordinary fist and foot techniques, Dark Energy and Internal Breath were like myths; foreigners admired Huaxia martial arts, but unfortunately, this Martial Sect did not teach Qigong.

Chen Yu swore that he had truly held back this time; otherwise, a slight use of Primordial Qi would have been enough to snap that guy's neck.

Li Songnan struggled on the ground for a few moments before getting up in a sorry state; when he rose, his expression toward Chen Yu had changed.

"You... you ambushed me." Li Songnan spat out these words with a grim look.

"I ambushed you? Have some shame, will you? Everyone is watching, and there's surveillance around; you can even deny this? And you call yourself a Senior Brother? Go wash up and go to sleep." Chen Yu sneered.

"Let's go again." Li Songnan was unconvinced; he could not believe that with his own strength, he had been slapped flying several meters away.

"Fine, let's continue." Chen Yu nodded slightly and beckoned to him: "Hurry up, I don't have time to waste here with you."

To this guy, Chen Yu's beckoning was undoubtedly a provocation; he roared, lunged forward, and reached out to tear at Chen Yu.

"Stop." Suddenly, a dignified voice came over, and a middle-aged man hurried over.

The man was none other than the Martial Sect instructor, Li Jinsheng; as soon as he arrived, all the disciples hurriedly made way to both sides.

"Master..." Li Songnan bowed slightly, then gritted his teeth and said: "This brat came here to cause trouble."

"Step back." Li Jinsheng glanced at Chen Yu and said indifferently to his disciple.

"Step back? Master, I'm not convinced; he ambushed me just now, that's why I..."

"Shut up. You aren't as skilled as him, yet you won't admit it? You should be grateful this gentleman didn't use his real strength just now; otherwise, do you think you'd still be alive?" Li Jinsheng barked at his disciple.

Li Songnan froze for a moment, then retreated helplessly, but the expression in his eyes clearly showed he was unconvinced.

"Qishu, since you've come, you even brought someone along to smash up my place?" Li Jinsheng looked at Qishu askance: "Are you afraid that I, Li, cannot resolve your affairs?"

"I brought Mr. Chen here to show respect." Qishu then said with a chuckle: "Mr. Chen is no ordinary person."

"Are you also a Martial Artist?" Li Jinsheng looked at Chen Yu.

"Not really." Chen Yu shook his head.

It was true; he was not a Martial Artist, he was a Dharma Cultivator, and the gap between the two could be described as the difference between heaven and earth.

A Martial Artist? That was lowering Chen Yu's status, wasn't it?

"Then the strength you displayed just now is at least that of an expert in the Martial Ancestor Realm." Li Jinsheng said: "Since we are dealing with each other, let's not hide things anymore; wouldn't it be better to just be frank and open?"

"Sure enough, like master, like disciple; this saying does not deceive me." Chen Yu sneered; it was true that Li Jinsheng was a Martial Artist.

But since he practiced martial arts, he should at least observe martial ethics, right? Possessing martial arts skills but not uniting with fellow countrymen abroad to help them solve problems—that surely wouldn't do, would it?

"Shut up! You dare speak to my master like that?" Li Songnan was furious.

"Songnan, step back." Li Jinsheng ordered Li Songnan to retreat, then raised his head, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes: "I have my own principles in how I conduct myself; it is not for others to point fingers."

"Master Li, I came today to have you step in and mediate my affairs; if you are willing to mediate, I am very grateful, but if you are here to humiliate me, then let's just pretend I never came today."

Qishu frowned; he could see that Li Jinsheng had no intention of helping him and Huang Hong mediate at all.

The only reason he agreed was to call him over to humiliate him; otherwise, his disciple wouldn't have been so arrogant, and what his disciple said was likely what Li Jinsheng wanted to say, right?

"A famous antique tycoon in the Chinese Community, heh, in my eyes, you're nothing more than a grave robber." Li Jinsheng sneered: "Don't worry, I will handle your affairs."

"However, don't appear in public as the president of the Chinese Antique Council anymore; it's very off-putting, understand?"

"Heh, sure enough, you called me over just to use that high-and-mighty attitude to tell me you're more noble than me?" Qishu laughed.

"Li Jinsheng, you use the guise of Baji to recruit students, and you accept benefits for solving problems for the Fusang people; are you any more noble than me?"

"The way I make money isn't clean, but it's still better than you sneaking around behind the backs of the Japs; at least I am much more above-board than you."

"Nonsense! Don't you dare make false accusations." Li Jinsheng's face changed drastically; these things were certainly not false accusations against him.

He was Chinese himself, and his reputation was high; he had to be careful about his image. If these things really got out, his persona would completely collapse, which was by no means a good thing.

"Whether I'm talking nonsense, you know in your own heart, and you know what kind of person you are." Qishu said coldly: "Wearing a human skin every day, looking all decent, how many things have you done that are actually human? Mr. Chen, let's go; no matter how difficult things are for me, I won't beg a person like this again."

"Very well." Chen Yu nodded, glanced at the grim-faced Li Jinsheng, and prepared to leave with Qishu.

"Stop." Li Jinsheng said menacingly: "Do you think this is a place where you can just come and go as you please?"

"Then what else do you want? If you don't want to help with this favor, then don't; I didn't beg you to help me, can't I just leave?" Qishu turned his head to ask.

"Since you brought your friend here and beat up my disciple, I'm afraid you won't be leaving without leaving some kind of explanation." Li Jinsheng sneered.

"Li Jinsheng, a word of warning: don't bring trouble upon yourself; Mr. Chen is not someone you can afford to provoke." Qishu couldn't help but take another look at Li Jinsheng.

This guy was really being unappreciative; who did he think Chen Yu was? Was he the kind of person who could be pushed around at will?

"Heh, in Fusang, is there any Huaxia person that I, Li Jinsheng, cannot afford to provoke?" Li Jinsheng laughed loudly, his face full of disdain.

"You really are a bootlicker, aren't you." Chen Yu said coldly: "But today, you are truly asking for trouble for yourself."