Chapter 1570: Chapter 1568: Better a Short Pain Than a Long One!
Lin Fan’s provocative expression truly infuriated Lan Zhengqing!
Arrogant!
So damn arrogant!
Treating me like a monkey!
I am Lan Zhengqing!
The young master of the Water Clan!
Yet I was played around, in front of everyone, by an ant from Sumeru Continent, leaving myself utterly disgraced!
Apologize!
Kneel!
Bow!
Admit your mistake!
Every word that Lin Fan spat out was like a sharp knife stabbing into Lan Zhengqing.
It was driving him insane!
He glared fiercely at Lin Fan, his eyes almost bleeding, blood-red beyond compare. His features twisted with rage, completely unlike a normal person.
Damn it...
Damn Lin Fan!
He’s absolutely damnable!
Lan Zhengqing roared within, but his body only quivered slightly, without moving.
After all.
He had already lost an arm, even if he was a Middle Heavenly Venerate, he was still a Middle Heavenly Venerate minus an arm. Even though his Cultivation Realm crushed Lin Fan, missing an arm made everything inconvenient.
Moreover.
He lost his arm even when he was intact. Now, with a maimed body and greatly reduced strength, he didn’t know how Lin Fan might treat him.
Thinking of this, Lan Zhengqing was angry but could only be angry.
Dare not act rashly.
Yet that’s his inner thought, and nobody knows how he’s actually thinking. To the outside world, it seems Lan Zhengqing was scared motionless by Lin Fan, too frightened to act.
"Young Master Lan... doesn’t he want revenge?"
"Yeah, why doesn’t he attack?! Just a Supreme of Ancient Ninth Layer..."
"Can’t you see it yet? Lan Zhengqing is scared!"
"Scared?!"
"That’s right, just look at his timid demeanor, clearly scared stiff by Lin Fan!"
"No way..."
"What’s no way? He’s already lost an arm, what’s no way? Did you see how Lin Fan made his move?"
"No, I didn’t..."
"There you have it! Even Lan Zhengqing couldn’t figure out how Lin Fan moved, how could we? So Lan Zhengqing is scared, utterly scared!"
The surviving crowd discussed fervently.
This was a big deal!
Lan Zhengqing, who once thought himself invincible, actually had his arm severed by an ant, news of this would surely shake the entire Five Elements Realm!
Everyone would look at Lin Fan with new eyes, no longer underestimating those from the Sumeru Continent.
Lin Fan had created a miracle, scaring the young master of the Water Clan, Lan Zhengqing, so much that he dared not fight back, an astonishing feat!
Lan Zhengqing heard the murmurs shouting in his ears, all looking at him with disdain, and some even humiliating him!
Damn it!
A bunch of ingrates!
He gave them such good lives, no longer wandering and fearing, and now they betray him, to ridicule and mock him!
Unforgivable!
Completely unforgivable!
"Shut up! All of you, shut the hell up for me!"
Lan Zhengqing, utterly ashamed and furious, roared at the crowd, his voice thunderous.
"I, Lan Zhengqing, even fallen from grace, am not for you ants to look down upon!"
"All of you, shut your mouths, or I’ll make each of you die a miserable death!"
Even with an arm gone, his voice was still quite imposing!
His shout was like thunder on a clear day, terrifying all.
Those discussing in the crowd fell silent, panic-stricken at the raging Lan Zhengqing, their breath stalled, gasping cold air.
"Haha..."
Yet.
Lin Fan suddenly laughed disdainfully.
Mocking.
Provoking.
Contemptuous.
Scornful.
That sharp chuckle made a drop of cold sweat form on Lan Zhengqing’s forehead and run down his cheek.
"What are you laughing at?!"
He roared furiously, his face twisted, ferocious.
Yet, with his broken arm in Lin Fan’s hand, he dared not act rashly, fearing Lin Fan might destroy his severed limb.
He did not wish to become one-armed.
That would be a lifelong shame, an indelible mark upon him.
His arm was severed by an ant!
Everyone would laugh at him, thinking of his broken arm, remembering how Lin Fan cut it off, recalling today’s scene!
He could not accept it!
Absolutely impossible!
So.
To avoid lifelong ridicule, he had to bow to Lin Fan.
"Young Master Lan’s attitude is still quite arrogant?" Lin Fan chuckled, teasingly. "Losing an arm, yet pretending nothing happened, indeed the strength of a Middle Heavenly Venerate. Truly terrifying. I wonder when I could reach Young Master Lan’s level."
"You’ll never think about it in your lifetime!" Lan Zhengqing sensed the sarcasm, retaliating vehemently.
"Yes, indeed, never in a lifetime." Lin Fan shrugged, still grinning. "Because I could never let you sever my arm, if Young Master Lan doesn’t agree to my terms, to kneel and apologize, I’m afraid you’ll really be left with one arm."
"Think about it, is it worth it?"
"It’s just kneeling and apologizing to Qiu Xi, no big deal. They say a man’s knees are made of gold, even when gold kneels twice, it neither tarnishes nor wears out. Surely your gold isn’t fake, is it?"
"Living the rest of your life one-armed wouldn’t be inconvenient. But just think, whenever anyone sees the esteemed Lan Zhengqing’s severed arm, what they think of first? Naturally, they think of me! The one who you called an ant, the one who severed your arm, that’s the first thing everyone would think of!"
"This would follow you for life!"
"Young Master Lan, weigh it yourself. Is it long pain or short pain? Can you bear a lifetime of finger-pointing? Better shut your eyes, kneel to Qiu Xi, bow and apologize. Consider it done, and I’ll return your arm."
"If you keep stalling, in this icy weather, your arm might get frostbitten. Then it won’t reattach even if you try, what’s the point? Time’s running out, Young Master Lan, consider your options thoroughly."
Lin Fan said with a cheery smile, his glib tongue indeed formidable!
The crowd and Qiu Xi were all stupefied, almost taken in by his rhetoric!
But they didn’t mind either way.
While Lan Zhengqing gaped at Lin Fan, moved by his words.
Indeed!
Short pain is better than long pain.
Just shut your eyes, kneel, bow and apologize, and everything ends!
He wouldn’t have to worry about future ridicule.
Lan Zhengqing’s body trembled intensely, shivering uncontrollably.
