With a single palm strike, Nangong Lin had thought he would surely kill Nangong Wan with his own hands.
The reason was legitimate: on the day of her wedding, she had killed the husband she had once been betrothed to for no reason at all.
She had stirred up conflict between the Nangong and Sun families.
For the greater good, he had no choice but to do this—righteously exterminating his own kin.
At that critical moment, a figure suddenly flashed before Nangong Wan's eyes and precisely caught Nangong Lin's palm strike.
Seeing this, Nangong Lin could not help narrowing his eyes.
He sensed that the other party's palm force was incredibly mighty, seemingly untouched by the power of his single strike.
Thus, he no longer held back.
Yet despite Nangong Lin unleashing such ferocious palm force, the silver-haired young man opposite him remained utterly composed, as if under no pressure at all.
Instead, Nangong Lin was sent flying backward by the other's power.
"Patriarch!"
Nangong Lin steadied himself and stared at Li Xuanxiao in astonishment.
"Who are you, sir?"
Li Xuanxiao said disdainfully, "Who I am is none of your business. But she is mine. How I deal with her is my affair. What the hell are you?"
Nangong Lin's face turned icy as he said in a low voice,
"Nangong Wan is a member of my Nangong family. She committed a grave crime today. Does Your Excellency intend to meddle in my Nangong family's affairs?"
"Get lost!"
"How arrogant."
Nangong Lin had initially been somewhat wary because he could not gauge the other's strength.
But this was his territory, and he had only just assumed the position of patriarch.
To be provoked so openly before everyone by the other party—
Naturally, he could not swallow the insult.
Still, Nangong