I Have a Hundred Ways to Scheme Against You

"The reason secrets are secrets is because everyone who knows them is dead. Cao, you wouldn't want your uncle to die just to keep my secret, would you?"

Cao Kun was stunned.

He had apologized on his uncle's behalf, thinking Chu Qing would at most say a few neither-light-nor-heavy words before letting the matter pass.

He had never expected Chu Qing to open his mouth and threaten Cao Jie.

No, he should have been threatening him.

The other party clearly knew he was a Martial Academy student, a Heaven-Connecting Martial Artist, and that the Cao Family behind him was one of the Top Aristocratic Families.

And Chu Qing was merely a mud-legged country bumpkin.

A country bumpkin dared threaten one of the Top Aristocratic Families?

Was it merely because of his Heaven-Connecting martial cultivation?

Or did he have some other backing?

Or perhaps... he was simply a reckless fool with no fear of Heaven or Earth?

Cao Kun chuckled. "Chu, the Imperial Star is swaying precariously right now, chaos is everywhere, and the situation is grim. Under such circumstances, I believe everyone should get along peacefully. Those with violent tempers are always the ones who suffer losses."

Chu Qing smiled. "You dislike me threatening you?"

Cao Kun was about to speak.

But Chu Qing continued, "I'm a straightforward person. I do things straightforwardly too. I say whatever I have to say and do whatever I want to do. I never look at an opponent's status or background."

Cao Kun's pupils constricted.

He knew Chu Qing was meeting him needle for needle, blade for blade.

Or rather, he was confronting the Cao Family behind him head-on.

Or perhaps he was flexing his muscles at him, a child of an aristocratic family, and at the Cao Family itself.

"This Chu Qing is