Worse Than Trash

Linyang City, Su family's training ground.

At this moment, dozens of people had gathered in the vast training ground, all of them young members of the Su family.

At the center of the training ground, a middle-aged man in a gray robe sat cross-legged on the ground, teaching the younger disciples and imparting his martial arts experience.

This middle-aged man was none other than the Su family's Fourth Elder, Su Tai.

The younger disciples present were all disciples who had awakened their Martial Souls only recently.

They had only just stepped into the Qi Refining Realm and lacked cultivation experience, so the Lineage arranged for elders to teach them and explain the cultivation methods of the Qi Refining Realm.

As one of the three great families, the Su family had far more young disciples than these. Some of the slightly older disciples had awakened their Martial Souls two years ago, and their cultivation had even reached the seventh or eighth layer of the Qi Refining Realm.

Those disciples whose cultivation had already grown profound would not come here to attend lessons.

After Su Mo returned, he passed by the training ground. Seeing the Fourth Elder giving a lesson, he walked over.

"Su Mo, all the disciples of this batch who awakened their Martial Souls arrived early for my lesson today. Why have you only come now?"

When the Fourth Elder saw Su Mo strolling over at an unhurried pace, he immediately stopped teaching and demanded darkly.

He was the dignified Fourth Elder of the Su family, of noble status. He had lowered himself to teach, and every other disciple had waited here early. Yet Su Mo had only arrived now. Clearly, he did not take this elder seriously.

Seeing the Fourth Elder reprimand Su Mo, quite a few Su family disciples revealed gloating smiles.

Su Mo had not expected the Fourth Elder to make trouble for him. There had never been any rule requiring disciples to attend lessons taught by elders. Whether they listened or not was entirely up to them.

"Fourth Elder, I have just returned from training outside," Su Mo replied respectfully.

"Training?"

The Fourth Elder sneered disdainfully. "With trash like you, possessing a Human Grade First Tier Martial Soul, you will never amount to anything in your entire life. What is there for you to train for?"

Su Mo's face immediately turned cold. He snorted. "Fourth Elder, I respect you as an elder and have treated you with courtesy. Do not lean on your age without dignity and bully the young without respect!"

"What? You say I am an old man without dignity?"

The Fourth Elder was instantly enraged, cold light shooting from his eyes. A good-for-nothing piece of trash dared provoke him?

"As a Lineage elder, you call me trash the moment you open your mouth. Is that not leaning on your age without dignity?"

Anger also surged in Su Mo's heart. Ever since he had awakened his Martial Soul, it had been one thing for younger disciples to provoke him, but now even an elder was cut from the same cloth as them.

Did everyone think he was so easy to bully?

It seemed he could no longer keep a low profile in the future!

"Insolence!"

The Fourth Elder roared, his face livid. "Was this elder wrong? Are you not trash, a good-for-nothing? A Human Grade First Tier Martial Soul—how many people in all of Linyang City possess such a trash Martial Soul?"

"That's right! You are trash, a good-for-nothing! You have utterly disgraced my Su family."

Someone among the surrounding disciples also spoke up.

Su Mo turned to look. The one speaking was Su Heng.

After Su Heng opened his mouth, many others echoed him.

"That's right! With a Human Grade First Tier Martial Soul, you are trash and worthless!

"Exactly! You have disgraced our Su family too much!"

"..."

Seeing so many disciples agree with him, Su Heng immediately laughed. Looking at Su Mo, he said, "Su Mo, so many people are calling you trash and worthless. Do you still lack even that much self-awareness?"

"Hahaha!" The Fourth Elder laughed as well and mocked, "Su Mo, was this elder wrong?"

Su Mo swept Su Heng a glance, then walked step by step until he stood before him. "Su Heng, you keep calling me trash and worthless. Let me ask you this: if you discover that you are not even as good as me, then what are you?"

"I am not as good as you? Heh! That is the funniest joke I have ever heard in my life."

Su Heng sneered, his face full of contempt.

I am not as good as you?

How could a worthless piece of trash like you compare to me?

A cold glint flashed through Su Mo's eyes. He smiled faintly and said, "Su Heng, I challenge you. Do you dare accept?"

The instant Su Mo's words fell, the surroundings fell silent.

Everyone stared at Su Mo in disbelief.

Su Mo was actually challenging Su Heng?

Su Heng was also stunned. He had awakened a Human Grade Fourth Tier Martial Soul, and his status within the Lineage had soared. He had received a great deal of resource rewards from the Lineage, causing his cultivation to skyrocket. He had already broken through to the Qi Refining Realm Third Layer.

Yet Su Mo, a worthless good-for-nothing, had actually taken the initiative to challenge him?

Fourth Elder Su Tai was the first to recover. He hurriedly said to Su Heng, "Su Heng, since he wants to challenge you, teach him a proper lesson."

Su Mo had dared provoke him earlier, leaving him quite enraged. Yet as an elder, it was not convenient for him to personally act against a junior. Now that Su Mo had delivered himself to his door, it suited him perfectly.

"Hehe! Fourth Elder, rest assured. I definitely will not disappoint you!"

Su Heng smiled faintly and stepped forward, a trace of viciousness flashing through his eyes.

The last time Su Mo had offended him in the Scripture Pavilion, he had been looking for a chance to teach Su Mo a savage lesson!

He had never expected Su Mo to deliver himself to him today, and delight immediately welled up in his heart.

"Su Mo, how many moves do you think you can last against me? Three moves, or one?"

Knowing he would soon be able to teach Su Mo a lesson, Su Heng was in high spirits.

Hearing Su Heng's words, Su Mo raised one finger and shook it.

"Haha! You do have some self-awareness after all! You know you can only withstand one move from me." Su Heng laughed loudly.

"No. I mean that I only need one move to deal with you."

Su Mo shook his head and spoke blandly.

It was not that Su Mo was arrogant. Even without using true qi, the strength of his physical body alone now far surpassed that of a Qi Refining Realm Third Layer martial artist. It was no weaker even than a Qi Cultivation Fourth Level martial artist.

Only one move!

Startled exclamations rose and fell around them. The looks everyone gave Su Mo were as though they were looking at an idiot.

Even martial artists of the same level could not possibly determine victory or defeat in a single move, much less when Su Mo's strength was far below Su Heng's.

Defeating Su Heng in one move! They truly did not know whether Su Mo was arrogant or simply an idiot!

"You only need one move to deal with me?"

Su Heng's expression immediately darkened. He had not expected Su Mo, a worthless piece of trash, to despise him so thoroughly.

"Today, if I, Su Heng, do not beat you into a cripple, then my name is not Su Heng!"

Boom!

Su Heng let out a roar. Four yellow lights flashed behind him as he directly released his Martial Soul.

Human Grade Fourth Tier Martial Soul!

Su Heng's Martial Soul was an Azure Eagle, its gaze sharp and its bearing majestic.

After releasing his Martial Soul, Su Heng's entire aura surged.

His Qi Refining Realm Third Layer cultivation erupted wildly.

"Su Mo, die!"

Su Heng shouted and made the first move, clawing at Su Mo's chest.

The moment Su Heng attacked, he used his strongest ultimate move. He wanted to defeat Su Mo in one strike with the speed of thunder before one could cover one's ears, so Su Mo could clearly see the gap between them.

He wanted Su Mo to understand just how laughable his earlier arrogance had been!

Su Mo raised his hand and threw a punch at Su Heng's claw.

Su Mo did not release his Martial Soul, nor did he erupt with true qi. This punch was utterly plain and simple.

Seeing this, Su Heng could not help sneering. This worthless fool's arrogance truly knew no bounds. He wanted to block him with such a casual punch? Was that even possible?

"Break for me!"

Fierce true qi burst from Su Heng's hand. His five fingers seemed to transform into five silver spears as he sought to crush Su Mo's fist with one claw.

However, reality was completely different from what he had imagined.

The instant his claw touched Su Mo's fist, he felt an enormous force crash into him. It directly knocked his hand aside and slammed toward his chest.

Bang!

Su Mo's fist struck Su Heng squarely in the chest. Violent power, as savage as a ferocious beast, erupted forth. Amid the cracking sounds of breastbones breaking, Su Heng was instantly sent flying five or six meters away, smashing heavily into the ground as blood poured from his mouth without end.

The entire scene fell silent, and everyone's gazes froze there.

Su Mo had defeated Su Heng with one punch?

Fourth Elder Su Tai stared at Su Heng lying on the ground, his expression blank!

"How could this be... how could this be?"

Su Heng simply could not accept this fact. He roared with a twisted expression, but after only two shouts, he spat out another mouthful of blood.

"You keep calling me trash and worthless. Yet now, you cannot even take a single punch from me. Does that not make you worse than trash?"

Su Mo walked before Su Heng and looked down at him from above, mocking him.

"You...!" Su Heng's face turned iron-blue, overwhelmed by humiliation and rage.

"And you, Fourth Elder. Do you still think I am worthless? The genius Su Heng you value so highly cannot even withstand one move from me. Then what is he?"

Raising his head, Su Mo glanced at the Fourth Elder again as he spoke.

"You merely defeated Su Heng by luck. What is there to be proud of?"

The Fourth Elder's expression was exceedingly ugly. "The year-end clan gathering will be held in two months. At that time, you will learn the strength of the clan's top geniuses. Your little bit of strength is simply not worth mentioning."

"Luck?" Su Mo smiled faintly. "I am a person with rather good luck. Perhaps at the year-end clan gathering, I may also 'luckily' obtain a good ranking."

With that, Su Mo said no more. He turned and left.