Hitting My Person Is Hitting My Face

"Who is that youth?"

"How dare he provoke Iron Head? That guy is the number one lackey of the Wolf Head mercenary group's young leader, and I heard he broke through to a four-star Dou Practitioner a while ago."

"Iron Head's methods are notoriously ruthless. If that youth doesn't have elders backing him, he probably won't make it out of Green Mountain Town alive."

The people nearby whispered among themselves.

Their expressions varied, ranging from apprehension to indignation.

When the Xiao Clan pharmacy first opened in Green Mountain Town, the high quality and low prices of its medicinal products caused many mercenaries to scramble for them.

It is never easy to earn money, so everyone naturally hopes to buy better goods for less.

However.

The three major mercenary groups of Green Mountain Town soon issued a joint statement: anyone who dared to buy from the Xiao Clan pharmacy would be considered their enemy.

These three mercenary groups even stationed people outside the shop to keep watch.

Anyone who dared to step inside would be met with their warnings.

As time went on, although the mercenaries were unhappy, they had no choice but to buy their supplies from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

Yet, some refused to give up hope; knowing that the Xiao Clan pharmacy was backed by the Xiao Clan of Wutan City, they hoped someone would eventually come to resolve the situation.

Just as the crowd was curious about the youth's identity, a figure rushed out of the Xiao Clan pharmacy and blurted out, "Young Clan Head."

The surrounding crowd was slightly startled.

That youth was actually the Young Clan Head of the Xiao Clan? Could he be representing the Xiao Clan on this trip to Green Mountain Town?

However, could a mere youth like him solve the problem?

One had to realize that the three major mercenary groups of Green Mountain Town had hundreds of members combined, including several Dou Masters.

Iron Head was stunned for a moment before saying, "You are the Young Clan Head of the Xiao Clan?"

"That's right. Now, get lost while you still can," Xiao Yu said indifferently.

Iron Head laughed, his face full of mockery. "Young Clan Head, do you think this is Wutan City? Let me tell you, this is Green Mountain Town!"

"Is the Xiao Clan so desperate that they sent a kid over?"

"Go tell your elders to come and talk; you don't have the qualifications yet."

The men standing beside Iron Head chimed in with sneers.

These mercenaries lived lives of licking blood off the edge of a blade and frequently dealt with magical beasts, so their courage was naturally not small.

They did not hold the Young Clan Head of a family in any regard.

Especially since this family was not one of those prestigious clans from the Imperial Capital.

Xiao Yu shook his head. "I gave you a chance."

As his voice fell, he raised his hand and struck at Iron Head, who stood before him.

"You dare to make a move? I'll teach you a—ah!"

Iron Head was caught off guard, a ferocious expression appearing on his face as the Dou Qi within his body surged, preparing to teach this Young Clan Head a lesson.

As a result, the moment his arm made contact with Xiao Yu, he was flipped over and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

The scene fell into a dead silence.

The others turned their gazes toward Iron Head, their faces filled with astonishment.

Iron Head was a four-star Dou Practitioner! He couldn't even block a single move?

Before they could process this, Xiao Yu's attacks followed in quick succession.

In the blink of an eye, the men who had blocked his path were all lying on the ground, silent and unresponsive, their fates unknown.

Xiao Yu stepped over them and walked into the shop. As he passed the person in charge of the pharmacy, he paused slightly. "Brother Xiao Lin, tell me about the situation with the shop."

"Yes, Young Clan Head." The man called Xiao Lin snapped out of his daze and followed respectfully behind him into the shop.

Xiao Lin was Xiao Yu's cousin, ten years his senior, with a strength of only a three-star Dou Practitioner.

When he first arrived in Green Mountain Town, he had resisted the mercenary groups' boycott, but lacking the strength, he had been beaten a few times and forced to submit.

Hearing the commotion outside earlier, he remembered that the Young Clan Head was coming, and that a man named Iron Head was among the group outside today.

Worried that the Young Clan Head might get hurt, Xiao Lin had rushed out.

Having stayed in Green Mountain Town for some time, he had some impression of this Iron Head.

He just hadn't expected that Iron Head wouldn't even be able to block a single move from the Young Clan Head.

Xiao Lin had been somewhat confused when he learned the clan was sending the Young Clan Head over, but now he roughly understood, and his anxious heart finally settled.

Outside the shop.

The crowd of onlookers had not yet dispersed, still discussing the scene that had just unfolded.

There was no shortage of people among them who knew Iron Head well.

Precisely because of this, seeing Iron Head defeated by that youth in a single move made it feel all the more incredible.

"Is he a five-star Dou Practitioner? Or a six-star?"

"That's too exaggerated. He looks like he's only sixteen or seventeen years old."

"His movements were so fast just now; I didn't even see clearly before Iron Head and the others were already down."

Within the crowd, many people began pushing their way out and running off in different directions.

These individuals bore various insignias corresponding to the three major mercenary groups of Green Mountain Town and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

At the headquarters of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

A young mercenary rushed in and said with a trembling voice to the figure sitting in the main seat, "Commander, it's bad. Iron Head and his men have been knocked unconscious."

The man on the seat was startled. He was the commander of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Mu She, a two-star Dou Master.

Knowing that Iron Head's mission today was to keep an eye on the Xiao Clan's shop, Mu She asked, "Who did it? Did someone from the Xiao Clan come?"

The young mercenary nodded, "The young clan head of the Xiao Clan arrived. Iron Head and the others couldn't even block a single move before they were all knocked out."

"Are you sure you didn't mishear? The young clan head, not the clan head?" Mu She pressed.

Wutan City was not far from Green Mountain Town. Since his group intended to boycott the Xiao Clan's pharmacy, they had naturally gathered some information.

He remembered very clearly that the Xiao Clan's young clan head had only recently been established, named Xiao Yu, but he was merely a sixteen-year-old boy who had been a three-star Dou Practitioner at the time.

How much time had passed since then? Iron Head couldn't even block a single move from him?

The second commander, Gan Mu, and the third commander, He Meng, who were present, both felt as if they had misheard.

Iron Head was able to be the right-hand man of the young commander, so he certainly possessed some strength; how could he be defeated by a young master from the city?

The young mercenary insisted repeatedly that he could not have been mistaken, and that there were many people at the scene who could testify.

Mu She waved his hand, and after the young mercenary left, he pondered, "Sending a child over—what do you think the Xiao Clan's intention is?"

"I think it must be that the Xiao Clan has overextended itself. They've opened too many shops and don't have enough manpower to handle the problems, so they sent a child over to test our attitude first," He Meng said.

In just half a year, the Xiao Clan had opened over a dozen pharmacies in the surrounding cities and towns.

Even if they could hire people for the shops, they still needed clan members to oversee them.

Furthermore, they had recently heard news of several Xiao Clan elders running about.

Mu She nodded, finding this explanation plausible.

He had heard of these matters as well; it was precisely for this reason that they had agreed when the Myriad Medicine Pavilion approached them for cooperation.

Otherwise, how would their three mercenary groups dare to provoke a clan that possessed a Dou Grandmaster?

Mu She said in a deep voice, "Third Commander, take some men and go. Bring those embarrassing fellows like Iron Head back, and while you're at it, give that young clan head a warning. Let's test the Xiao Clan's bottom line."

"Fine." He Meng agreed easily. He was an eight-star Dou Practitioner and had full confidence in dealing with a sixteen-year-old child.

At this moment, a young man walked in from outside the hall.

"Father, let me go! Iron Head is my man. If he hits my man, he is hitting my face!" The young man's face was dark.

The person who arrived was Mu She's son, Mu Li, who was currently a six-star Dou Practitioner.