Chapter 94: Chapter Ninety: The King and The Commoner
Translator: 549690339
‘?Tang Luo! How dare you kill the steward of the young master Shen? Have you forgotten the Xiling Pact?”
Before Mi Shen could react, the members of the Mi Clan in the southern formation launched their attack. They identified the head in Tang Luo’s hand as that of Zhang Xinghe.
Tang Luo opened his hand and the head fell to the ground.
“A dozen days ago, I told Mi Shen to hand over the person. Since he didn’t, I had to get them myself. As for the Xiling Pact, are there any members of the Mi Clan still in Jiang Lin, in the Young Master’s Mansion?” Tang Luo took out a white handkerchief from his pocket and began to wipe his palm.
Mi Shen’s eye glowed icy cold, barely containing the simmering anger within him.
He understood that he had fallen into Tang Luo’s trap. The grandly staged duel was merely a distraction for a surprise attack on the Young Master’s Mansion, and to kill Zhang Xinghe.
-What a scheme,” Mi Shen said coldly, leaping from his palanquin and landing
in front of Tang Luo.
A jade-green aura swirled around Mi Shen’s fists. This was the signature skill of the Mi Family – the ‘Thousand Jade True Power’.
This Mystical Level technique involved cultivating the True Qi of Green Wood, which could be applied to the fist or palm.
If hit by the True Qi of Green Wood, it drills into your meridian channels like bone maggots, crystallizing your meridians along the way. It’s an extremely venomous technique.
Its only flaw is that the direct damage of the True Qi of Green Wood is weak, and it doesn’t hold the upper hand in the collision of spiritual power.
Since Mi Shen had activated the True Qi of Green Wood, it signaled the commencement of the combat.
Furious, Young Master Shen leapt high into the air, his right fist drawn back like a bow. The concentrated True Qi of Green Wood shone brightly like a firefly, floating in the air like a phantom flame.
Mi Shen’s gaze was severe, he locked onto Tang Luo, and delivered a powerful strike of the Thousand Jade Python Fist!
The solid True Qi of Greenwood materialized into a large python, lunging toward Tang Luo.
Tang Luo squinted his eyes, thrusting his fingers that had been prepared in advance while wiping his hands toward the python.
Upon the collision of the fingers, a giant tornado ripped through the earth, piercing the sky.
The Martial Luo Finger clashed fiercely with the Thousand Jade Python Fist.
The white tornado and the jade-green python clashed violently, the collision of their spiritual powers causing the surrounding leaves to rustle.
Following a series of spiritual power explosions, both the tornado and python dissipated. The first strike between Tang Luo and Mi Shen was evenly matched.
The spectating crowd couldn’t believe their eyes. In their minds, losing would be equivalent to defeat for Mi Shen if he didn’t end the fight in a single move. After all, talented as Tang Luo was, he was still eleven years younger than
Young Master Shen.
The members of the Mi Clan felt their faith shattered, but the Tang Clan camp
burst into cheers.
Tang Luo’s casual response and relaxed stance earned him the admiration of
the Tang clan members.
After all, he was the pride of the Tang Family – casual and formidable.
On the other hand, Mi Shen who had just landed, his eyes grew even more cold and severe.
Against a martial artist who had just entered the realm of Transcendence like Tang Luo, he did not anticipate having to deliver a second attack.
The Thousand Jade Python Fist he just executed was one of his killer moves. It should have shattered Tang Luo’s technique and defensive skill with ease, he didn’t expect such an outcome.
Even though the initially confident Mi Shen suddenly sensed a change in situation, his confidence as a peak Transcendent realm warrior led him to believe he would not lose. However, since he had made the first move, if he were to attack again now, it would be seen as an act of desperation. So, he needed an excuse: “You attacked my mansion, killed my steward, you clearly don’t regard me at all. Don’t blame me for not being considerate and using my advantage.”
Hearing Mi Shen’s words, Tang Luo suddenly burst into laughter, full of mockery.
“What a hypocritical young master Shen, do you really not know why I killed
Zhang Xinghe?”
“He killed my envoy, stole my wealth. Really, am I the one disregarding the Xiling Pact, or are you the one not keeping to rules? Don’t you have any sense of right or wrong?”
If one must kill, then one must kill righteously. This is the way of the noble families.
With a kick, Tang Luo overturned the sack he had brought, and bars of gold spilled onto the ground.
The golden bars gleamed, and a small ‘Tang’ on the side declared their ownership.
These gold bars were smelted from gold coins by Tang Luo not long ago, naturally bearing the imprint of Tang Clan’s smelting department. The gold bars in North City of Xiling were mostly made by the Tang Family, while those used in the south of the city were mostly made by the Mi Family. Such knowledge was common among the nobles present.
So when Tang Luo untied the bag, those bystanders from clans started to believe his words.
However, there are always stubborn people who deny the evidence right before their eyes, like the backup team of Mi Shen, for instance.
“This gold was brought by you, Tang Luo. Just because you say Zhang Xinghe owns it doesn’t mean that he does. I could also say you just took it out from the Tang Clan’s foundry!”
The sudden voice from the Mi Clan’s formation undoubtedly won the support of the Mi Clan members and echoed continuously.
Yet Tang Luo only looked at them with a smile-cum-sneer, and gave them a round of applause.
Several warriors stepped forward, escorting two hooded captives.
The warriors placed the captives in the middle of the crowd and removed their hoods.
These two people were the stewards of the Master’s mansion. As they opened their eyes, they immediately recognized Mi Shen standing defiantly before them and cried for help:
“Master, there was a group of people who broke into the mansion. They killed Steward Zhang and several guards at the door.”
“Master, they not only murdered our people, but also ransacked the gold coins in Steward Zhang’s room. You must get revenge for Steward Zhang.”
The two captives couldn’t comprehend why they were brought there, but when they saw Mi Shen, it was as if they had seen a savior. They immediately started their outcry. However, their words only confirmed what Tang Luo had already said.
Seeing Mi Shen’s gloomy face, the two stewards seemed to understand that they had misspoken. Their voices faded away, and they kept their heads down, silent.
With both human and material evidence present, Tang Luo’s killing of Zhang Xinghe was justified. Even the members of the Mi Clan felt they could no longer stand by Mi Shen.
Over the years, the Master’s mansion had been domineering. Mi Shen was always partial to his own, causing many new and influential families to suffer. So, when someone stood up to resist, they all leaned towards the Tang Clan. With a bag of gold coins and two steward witnesses, the whole sentiment turned. Now it was the stirring tale of Mi Shen using his power to bully the weak, while Tang Luo courageously fought back.
Mi Shen’s face turned black as ink, his star-like eyes filled with murderous intent.
“So, resorting to a fight is one thing, but pretending to be a hero and getting slapped in the process is something else.” Tang Luo waved his hand, ordering the warriors to take the two stewards away, and sneered.
“We are all warriors, using reasoning is meaningless from the beginning. Tang Luo looked straight into Mi Shen’s murderous eyes, took a step forward, and said, “So, the way to solve the problem becomes very simple.” “Either I kill you, or you get killed by me. The victor is the righteous one; what do you think?”
Tang Luo’s words echoed through the woods, causing gasps of astonishment from the standing onlookers.
What was initially intended as a mere duel was now a matter of life or death. For the clansmen of Xiling, who had enjoyed peace for so long, fights were common, but battles of life and death were traditionally left to the warriors, not the clansmen themselves.
Looking at Tang Luo with nothing but murderous intent, Mi Shen truly wanted to accept, if he were merely a warrior, he would have readily engaged in a death duel against him.
But he wasn’t just a warrior, he was a man destined to be the head of the Mi Clan.
He had thought Tang Luo was a man worthy of being a king, but now it seemed, he was just a commoner.
The killing intent in his eyes turned into disdain. Mi Shen was disappointed in Tang Luo.
A commoner could disregard the consequences, spilling blood without a care, but a king wouldn’t.
Gambling your life over a mere servant, isn’t that like a joke?
Not to mention death, if either of them were severely injured, neither the Tang or Mi families would let it go.
Such a death match would turn into a war between the Tang and Mi Clans, and the result of that war would be the destruction of a century’s peace in Xiling. Bringing war to Xiling just for his pride was something Mi Shen could not do. He shot Tang Luo a cold look, stepped into his chariot, and thus made his stance clear.
He did not refuse out of fear, he just wouldn’t lower himself to a madman’s level. Suppressing his anger, Mi Shen chanted a spell and the chariot rose into the sky..
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