The Hot-Tempered Senior Brother Chu

Ma Liang had never really liked Chu Xinghe.

They had all entered the sect on the same day, so why did Chu Xinghe get showered with praise and placed above everyone else?

As Ma Liang saw it, everything Chu Xinghe had achieved was down to luck.

And as for everyone outside saying Chu Xinghe had a good character? Ma Liang scoffed at that even more. Plenty of people showed one face in public and another behind closed doors. Chu Xinghe had to be a scheming bastard who had simply hidden it so well that no one had noticed.

So even though Ma Liang was part of the hundred-strong group, he had never been convinced.

Chu Xinghe said they couldn't go to the Myriad Flowers Festival? Why the hell not? He was going!

But Ma Liang hadn't expected to run into something like this.

Though Ma Liang regretted it, there was nothing he could do. As he saw it, Chu Xinghe would surely seize on his disobedience and teach him a harsh lesson. Once they returned, he would surely embellish the story to the sect, and Ma Liang would definitely be punished.

But Ma Liang had prepared himself. At worst, he would give up his status as an elite disciple. With his strength, he could win it back sooner or later.

Yet just as Ma Liang waited for Chu Xinghe to reprimand him, Chu Xinghe summoned more than a dozen fellow disciples!

"You're coming with me to the Myriad Flowers House. I want to see which bastard dared lay a hand on my junior brother! Fuck, is he tired of living?!"

Chu Xinghe's words left more than just Ma Liang dumbfounded.

The disciple who had helped Ma Liang back was dumbfounded too.

He and Ma Liang had entered the sect together and were disciples of the same palace. They had always been close.

Ma Liang had broken the rules first and then been injured in a sneak attack. Punishment was surely unavoidable, and both of them had been wondering how to plead for leniency on his behalf.

But neither had expected Senior Brother Xinghe not to blame Ma Liang at all. Instead, he had immediately called people together to go to the Myriad Flowers House.

That left both of them stunned.

"What are you standing around for? Let's go!" Chu Xinghe waved his arm, and everyone followed.

The group arrived in full force at the Myriad Flowers House, where the Myriad Flowers Festival was being held.

A sea of people still crowded the front of the Myriad Flowers House. Clearly, what had happened earlier hadn't had much effect on the place.

Even when they reached the Myriad Flowers House, Ma Liang's head was still spinning. What was Chu Xinghe going to do?

While Ma Liang was still in a daze, Chu Xinghe had already led everyone into the Myriad Flowers House.

Faced with a group of young people brimming with killing intent, the people at the Myriad Flowers House could plainly see they weren't here to choose a flower queen. Some even recognized Ma Liang as the person who had been attacked earlier.

"Everyone, please wai—" A man who looked like the head guard stepped forward to stop them, but before he could finish, Chu Xinghe kicked him squarely in the chest, sending him flying backward!

Boom... The man crashed into the tables, leaving them in a mess. The Myriad Flowers House descended into chaos, and the many beautiful flower queens went pale with fright.

The people of the Myriad Flowers House weren't the only ones stunned. Even the junior brothers who had come with Chu Xinghe were stunned...

Was Senior Brother Xinghe always this hot-tempered?

He didn't even let the man finish speaking before attacking?

Countless guards closed in from every direction. Chu Xinghe waved his hand. "Put every last one of them on the floor!"

"As you command!" Seeing that Senior Brother Xinghe had already made a move, the junior brothers had nothing to hesitate over.

They didn't need any spirit weapons. They were a group of the Vast Heaven Sect's favored sons of heaven, the best selected from the best. Even if their cultivation realms weren't particularly high, these mere guards were no match for them.

Ten breaths later, not a single guard was left standing.

The people of the Myriad Flowers House were dumbfounded too. They had seen unreasonable people before, but never had they heard of anyone this unreasonable. Couldn't he at least explain the situation before attacking?

What was with beating people up without saying a word?

"Everyone not involved, get the hell out, or you'll end up on the floor like them! If the manager of the Myriad Flowers House doesn't show himself within ten breaths, I'll tear this place down today!"

Chu Xinghe finally spoke, and as his words fell, the junior brothers rubbed their fists and flexed their palms, ready to act.

The onlookers began retreating outside.

"Ten... nine... eight..." Chu Xinghe began counting down.

When he reached three, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties came racing down the stairs.

"My lord, wait... I'm the manager of the Myriad Flowers House."

Looking at the manager who had run up to him, Chu Xinghe raised a hand and pointed at Ma Liang, who stood nearby. "Do you know him?"

"N-no, I don't—" The manager glanced over and began to answer, but before he could finish, a hard slap sent him spinning three and a half times through the air before he landed on the floor with a smack. Blood and several teeth sprayed from his mouth.

Everyone was dumbfounded, Ma Liang included...

At that moment, the Chu Xinghe before him completely overturned everything Ma Liang thought he knew.

When Chu Xinghe first brought people to avenge him, Ma Liang had suspected he was only putting on a show. But now... Ma Liang knew he had been wrong... completely wrong. Senior Brother Xinghe wasn't putting on a show at all. He genuinely cared about him!

The manager, blood running from his mouth, clutched his cheek as tears streamed down his face.

"I... I know him... This young hero had a bit of a conflict with someone here just now."

"Who was the other person?" Chu Xinghe's voice was ice-cold.

"I... I don't—" He had barely gotten the word "don't" out before another slap came... With a crisp smack, the teeth on the other side of the manager's mouth were lost too.

"This is your last chance!" Chu Xinghe picked up a candlestick from a table and hurled it at the Myriad Flowers House's wooden staircase. The candle flame ignited the stairs, and in an instant, a fire was burning!

"You don't have much time. Answer too slowly, and the Myriad Flowers House will be gone." Chu Xinghe looked perfectly relaxed, and the sight left the fellow disciples staring with their mouths agape.

"My lord... I... I... I really... It was the Huang Clan... the Huang Clan's third young master, Huang Shaohua!"

At last, faced with the flames in the Myriad Flowers House, the manager broke down. He had seen countless ruthless people, but never anyone like Chu Xinghe.

Without a word of nonsense, he had come straight in and set the Myriad Flowers House on fire. If the manager had hesitated a little longer, the fire would surely have been beyond saving.

Having gotten the answer he wanted, Chu Xinghe said nothing more. He waved his hand and hurried away with everyone.

Back at the Myriad Flowers House, the fire ultimately failed to take hold because the manager had answered quickly enough, but the house had still suffered considerable losses.

"Quick... send word to the Huang Clan!" Ignoring his swollen mouth, the manager hurriedly gave the order to a servant.

The manager didn't know who Chu Xinghe was, but he knew the Huang Clan had surely kicked an iron plate this time. He had seen plenty of ruthless people, but this was his first time meeting someone as unreasonable as Chu Xinghe.

Meanwhile, Chu Xinghe had already returned to Fan House with Ma Liang and the others.

Everyone who had sneaked out, Wan Lin included, had also heard the news and rushed back. Seeing Chu Xinghe return with his group, they all crowded around him at once.

"It was the Huang Clan's third young master, Huang Shaohua! Everyone, get your things together. I want to see just how much heaven-defying courage the Huang Clan has, daring to lay a hand on my junior brother!"

"Yes!" Everyone accepted the order and returned to their rooms to get ready.

At the Huang residence, Huang Yongtang had just finished a pleasant exchange with his thirteenth concubine. Before he could even savor those ten seconds, an urgent knocking at the door disturbed him.

"Who is it?! Are you courting death?!" Furious as he was, Huang Yongtang still opened the door and found the Huang Clan's chief steward, Huang Liang, waiting with an anxious expression.

"The third young master has caused trouble..." Huang Liang gave Huang Yongtang a full account of what had happened that day, including how Chu Xinghe and his group had nearly burned down the Myriad Flowers House.

"A group of formidable young people? They're not from the Star Moon Sect, are they?" Huang Yongtang hesitated, but when the steward said they probably weren't from the Star Moon Sect, he breathed a sigh of relief!

Hmph! Here on their own little patch of Yu City, there was no one the Huang Clan really cared about apart from the Star Moon Sect.

Their line might be a branch family, but it was a branch of the Pingyuan Huang Clan.

The Pingyuan Huang Clan was one of the three great clans under heaven. With the main family's influence behind them, who on their little patch of Yu City wouldn't show the Huang Clan some respect?

"I know about this now. Send someone to find out where these youngsters come from."

After Huang Yongtang gave his instructions, Huang Liang nodded and went to take care of it.

Meanwhile, the hundred-strong group had finished getting ready. Everyone followed silently behind Chu Xinghe. By now, they all knew about Senior Brother Xinghe setting fire to the Myriad Flowers House that day.

Those who hadn't been able to go along were full of regret.

Was this really the Senior Brother Xinghe they knew?

He was so domineering. He had attacked without a word, and if anyone dared say no, he would burn the whole Myriad Flowers House down.

When the first rays of dawn fell on the Huang Clan's grand courtyards, Chu Xinghe arrived outside its gates with the hundred-strong group.

The guards at the gates saw the hundred people brimming with killing intent and hurriedly reported the news.

Word soon reached the steward, Huang Liang. The master had told him to investigate their identities last night, but before he had even had time to do so, they had come here?

Still, that saved him the trouble. Huang Liang hurried to find Huang Yongtang, and when Huang Yongtang heard they had come to attack his home, he was so furious that he flipped over the breakfast table!

"A bunch of little bastards who don't know whether to live or die! They didn't even bother to ask around. Here in Yu City, who has my Huang Clan ever feared apart from the Star Moon Sect?!" Huang Yongtang roared, and countless Huang Clan disciples gathered from every direction.

Huang Yongtang swore that as long as the people who came today weren't disciples of the Star Moon Sect, he would make sure none of them left alive!

But while Huang Yongtang was mustering his people, a tremendous crash came from the Huang Clan's gates.

The Huang Clan's gates, a full five meters tall, had been blasted away, and half the courtyard wall had collapsed with them. As the dust dispersed, Huang Clan disciples could be seen sprawled all over the ground outside.

"They couldn't really be disciples of the Star Moon Sect, could they...?" Huang Yongtang was a little stunned now. Coming to attack his home with such arrogance was clearly not something ordinary people could do.

But as soon as Huang Yongtang spoke, someone from the clan said, "Eldest Uncle, they can't be disciples of the Star Moon Sect. The sect is holding a grand ceremony right now. Unless there's a special reason, its disciples won't leave the sect at all."

Huang Yongtang was delighted to hear that. As long as they weren't from the Star Moon Sect, this would be easy!

It seemed they were just a bunch of hotheaded youngsters who knew nothing. What did they take the Huang Clan for? They dared destroy its gates? Every last one of them would stay here today.

"All Huang Clan disciples, hear my command! Today, we'll make sure these little brats who don't know the immensity of heaven and earth come here but never leave!"

"Yes!"

The Huang Clan disciples shouted in answer. Amid their cries, the hundred-strong group led by Chu Xinghe stepped slowly over the fallen courtyard wall and into the Huang residence. Once everyone had entered, Chu Xinghe tore off the ordinary clothes he wore over his robes, revealing the uniform of a personal disciple of the Vast Heaven Sect for all to see.

The others behind Chu Xinghe did the same. They tore away their ordinary clothes, revealing matching black uniforms of the Vast Heaven Sect's elite disciples.

"Sure enough, they're not from the Star Moon Sect... The Star Moon Sect doesn't have black disciple uniforms..." Huang Liang was overjoyed at the sight of the matching black uniforms, but his joy lasted only a second before a hard slap knocked him to his senses.

The one who slapped him was none other than Huang Yongtang...

Huang Yongtang had seen it too. They certainly weren't disciples of the Star Moon Sect...

But under heaven, only one sect bore the words "Vast Heaven" on its disciple uniforms!

They were disciples of the number one sect under heaven, the Vast Heaven Sect!