Han Pu's Strange Behavior

The pressure brought by the founding nobility, whose titles were inherited generation after generation without diminution, and by the Meng Family's century-long foundation was far from ordinary when compared to the small aristocratic clans that had always cultivated only the single city of Lingwu.

Thus, Meng Zhao had both strength and backing. Though he acted so arrogantly, for a time, no one dared charge headlong against the wind.

Except Wang Xuanjing.

After being humiliated by Meng Zhao's words—called a fool here, a dog bastard there, with contempt and disdain laid bare before so many forces in the city—he had utterly lost face.

His reason was like a dam bursting beneath the flood of rage. With a roar, he ordered the Wang Family experts at his side to seize Meng Zhao and hold him accountable.

However, someone stopped him.

Though Wang Xuanjing was the leader of the Wang Family's party this time, there was someone beside him who could keep him in check: the other Old Man in Silver Robes who had come as a witness to the duel to the death.

Not only was he an elder of the city and a highly respected master of martial arts, he was also Wang Xuanjing's martial arts mentor. His own daughter had married into the Wang Family, so his interests were deeply entwined with theirs. Moreover, his status and standing were exceptionally lofty.

Though he could not wield supreme authority, even the Wang Family Patriarch had to take his opinion seriously at critical moments.

Therefore, when Wang Xuanjing lost his senses, the old man directly used his profound inner force through the cane in his hand, employing an invisible finger technique to strike an hidden acupoint on Wang Xuanjing's chest and bring him back to his senses.

He then gave Wang Xuanjing