Who Dares Touch My Grandson?
When Qi Lin called for his grandpa, only Su Fengxuan's expression stiffened slightly!
The other Mystic City experts only remembered him as a fortune-telling charlatan who had been buried, a man who had spent his life swindling and cheating... of course, he never cheated the poor.
"Your grandpa?"
A trace of mockery squeezed its way onto Ye Jianxiong's savage face. "The worms and snakes must have gnawed him to scraps in his coffin by now!"
Boom!
The ground beneath Ye Jianxiong's feet shook, leaving craters wherever he went. Amid the billowing dust, he ignored Ye Qing and brought a palm down on Qi Lin's forehead!
"Die!"
The power of that palm strike drew screams from the townspeople.
Yet they failed to see that, from beginning to end, there had not been the slightest fear of death in Qi Lin's eyes.
There was only indifference toward Ye Jianxiong!
"Who dares touch my grandson?"
Just as Ye Jianxiong's palm was about to smash Qi Lin's head open, a withered old hand reached out of thin air in the darkness and pinched Ye Jianxiong's wrist!
That unhurried voice drowned out the clamor of the entire crowd, crawling into everyone's ears like an ant.
"Huh?"
Ye Jianxiong felt as though he had been struck by lightning!
He stared fixedly at the palm he had struck out with. He had unleashed it with earth yang true essence, enough to split a boulder apart. How could it have been caught between two fingers and held motionless?
What was more, his wrist had already turned black and blue from their grip!
They were clearly only two fingers, yet they held Ye Jianxiong down like a primordial behemoth!
Hum!
The true essence throughout Ye Jianxiong's body recoiled, bringing a sweet taste to his throat. A mouthful of black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
He turned his head in horror to see the owner of those two fingers.
It was a tall, thin old man dressed in white robes!
His white beard fluttered, and he had the bearing of an immortal and the bones of a sage. He held Ye Jianxiong with one hand and carried a banner in the other, with four large characters written on it: "Divine Calculator of Heavenly Secrets."
"Were you the one who wanted to kill my grandson?" Qi Tianji asked with a beaming smile.
"No, senior! There's been a misunderstanding!"
The terrifying force on his wrist made Ye Jianxiong realize at once that Qi Lin's grandpa was not only alive but also terrifyingly strong.
"I just heard you like bullying the young with your age?" Qi Tianji curled his lip. "What a coincidence. I like bullying the young with my age too."
The instant he finished speaking, he squeezed with his two fingers and snapped Ye Jianxiong's wrist clean through!
"Ah!"
Ye Jianxiong's eyes went wide, and veins bulged across his face.
"Su Fengxuan, help me!"
As Ye Jianxiong retreated, he shouted fiercely at the lord of Mystic City.
Su Fengxuan silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said sternly, "Ye Jianxiong, if a child is raised without discipline, the father is to blame! You didn't teach your son well, so Uncle Qi is giving you a lesson. Just bear with it."
"You!" Ye Jianxiong glared at him, his eyes bloodshot.
The other Mystic City experts slipped out of sight one after another, and even the city guards retreated in frightened disarray.
"Don't run."
Qi Tianji's white figure flashed, and he suddenly appeared before Ye Jianxiong again. His palm cleaved through the air toward him.
Ye Jianxiong desperately tried to block, but his arm snapped outright. The palm struck him squarely in the face, caving in one half of it on the spot and turning it black and blue!
"Senior Qi, I was wrong!"
With a scream, Ye Jianxiong hurriedly dropped to his knees and kowtowed. "I'm a pig! I'm a dog! I'll get lost right now, and I'll give you Green Jade Hall too!"
"To recognize one's mistakes and correct them is the greatest virtue." Qi Tianji nodded in satisfaction, then said, "Just be more careful in your next life!"
The moment the words left his mouth, he kicked Ye Jianxiong's skull to pieces.
Bang!
Blood splattered everywhere, and Ye Jianxiong's headless corpse collapsed limply to the ground.
Deathly silence fell over the scene. A pin could have been heard hitting the ground.
"However, I can't refuse your kind offer. Green Jade Hall... I'll accept it," Qi Tianji added.
With that, he took Ye Jianxiong's bronze ring.
"Also..."
Qi Tianji suddenly looked up at the group of Mystic City experts and said with some anger, "That Ye Jianxiong just said my grandson was a lonely ghost with no home, and that his own family was rich and powerful, didn't he?"
He raised an eyebrow and asked Su Fengxuan, "Little Su, how many of these people sell medicine for Green Jade Hall?"
Su Fengxuan's face twitched. "Uncle Qi, there are more than ten..."
As soon as he spoke, more than ten people in the group turned pale and hurriedly fled.
"You still think you can leave?"
Qi Tianji flashed after them, striking each one with a slap!
Puff! Puff!
They had not run more than a few steps before their skulls burst open one after another, and they died miserable deaths on the spot!
"Rich and powerful? I'll wipe every last one of you out!"
Qi Tianji cursed as he rolled up his sleeves and walked back.
The Mystic City experts and city guards present watched the scene in a daze, none daring to move.
Cold sweat poured from every one of them, and their hearts turned icy cold.
"Frogs at the bottom of a well, thinking you know everything!"
A sudden burst of laughter rang out.
It came from Ye Qing, whom Qi Lin was holding captive.
With eyes soaked in blood, he stared fixedly at Qi Tianji. "So you're the evil man? Then the young master of the Xiao Clan has already died at your hands, hasn't he? Good, very good! Whether it's the Universal Salvation Chamber of Commerce behind my Green Jade Hall or the Divine Capital Xiao Clan, they'll make sure you die without a burial place, and leave corpses strewn across Mystic City and Pingyang, with enough blood flowing to float oars!"
"You're already dead. What the hell do the things that happen afterward have to do with you?" Qi Lin cut in.
"I'm not dead yet!" Ye Qing said angrily.
Bang!
Qi Lin struck the crown of his head with a palm. "Dead yet?"
Ye Qing's skull burst open, and he died with his eyes wide.
However!
The words he had left behind about the evil man, the Universal Salvation Chamber of Commerce, and the Divine Capital Xiao Clan still stirred a change in the hearts of everyone present.
No matter how strong Qi Tianji was, he was nothing more than a fly before the well-connected Universal Salvation Chamber of Commerce and a clan of the Great Cang Kingdom's Divine Capital.
What was more, he still had tens of thousands of poor people to protect.
"Uncle Qi."
Su Fengxuan took a deep breath and respectfully cupped his fists before Qi Tianji. "Congratulations on your return! With an expert like you standing guard over Mystic City, all its people are blessed."
"Is that so?" Qi Tianji looked at him and suddenly gave a cold, dark smile. "But with a city lord like you, all the people of Mystic City are cursed."
Su Fengxuan gave an awkward smile. "Your criticism is well deserved, Uncle Qi. I'll be sure to learn from you."
"All right, I'll teach you right now."
Qi Tianji abruptly appeared beside Su Fengxuan and seized one of his arms.
"Uncle Qi, what are you doing?" Su Fengxuan's heart pounded as he gave an embarrassed smile. "I've always admired you."
Rip!
The moment he finished speaking, Qi Tianji used his hand as a blade and hacked Su Fengxuan's entire arm off!
"Ah-!"
Su Fengxuan had been on guard, but he still failed to block Qi Tianji's chop. The pain tore at his heart and lungs.
"City Lord!"
The Mystic City experts and city guards were even more terrified when they saw Qi Tianji turn on City Lord Su after killing Ye Jianxiong.
They had heard Su Fengxuan calling him "Uncle Qi" over and over and thought the two were on good terms.
"Qi Tianji!"
Su Fengxuan looked at his severed arm, his face twisted, then glared at the white-robed old man. "I've already humbled myself before you today and given you plenty of face. Why are you still pressing me so hard?!"