Making a Move

Trouble Brewing

The cultivators in Moon-Gazing City were long since accustomed to such scenes. Before Chen Xiao had been soundly thrashed by Nangong Wenyue, conflicts of this nature occurred several times a day.

By now, even the visiting cultivators at Heavenly Abode viewed these events as nothing more than petty squabbles between the two great cliques of wastrels in Moon-Gazing City.

Those who had initially harbored certain thoughts regarding Chen Xiao had long since cast them to the ends of the earth the moment they heard his furious roar.

Nangong Wenyang was absurd, but this Chen Xiao seemed even more insufferable; the moment he opened his mouth, he spoke of annihilating the Nangong Family. If the Nangong Family were to hear such words, the grudge between the two houses would surely be set in stone.

"Young Master, a major crisis has truly befallen the estate!"

The head manager of Heavenly Abode spoke with a voice bordering on a sob. Several of the family's stalwart experts had fallen, and this Young Master had taken the majority of the family guards out with him. If anyone were to strike at the Nangong Family at this moment, the family would undoubtedly suffer a devastating blow.

"If a major crisis has occurred, go find my father! Why come running to me?!"

Nangong Wenyang flew into a rage. Had the manager not held some standing within the family, he would have kicked him aside long ago.

Find the Family Head?

Where was he supposed to look? If he could find the Family Head, why would he be coming to find him?

In truth, had the Nangong Family remained still and done nothing, Chen Xiao's actions might have drawn the eyes of the major powers toward the Nangong Family, but it would only have aroused suspicion without leading to any definitive conclusions.

However, because of the incident with Shi Chou, Nangong Shenhe had mistakenly assumed that the Nangong Family's deployments in the city had been compromised, and that his connection to Nangong Xiangyan had been exposed. Consequently, he had impatiently led the family's elites to Mingyu Mountain in secret to make deployments and implement remedial measures.

Although the strength left behind by the Nangong Family was not immense, it was on par with any normal great clan in Moon-Gazing City, at least enough to avoid raising suspicion.

Meanwhile, Nangong Xiangyan had ordered three of his subordinates at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm to rush back to the family headquarters and report the situation, urging the Nangong Family to prepare early.

Thus, at this very moment, the elder left in charge of the Nangong Family had been killed, and the majority of the guards had been led away by this wastrel before them. This meant the Nangong Family was currently an empty shell; anyone could walk right in and see the true state of the Nangong Family.

If the visiting cultivators were to swarm in at this time, what would happen then?

"You scoundrel!"

The head manager could no longer contain the fury in his heart and burst into a torrent of abuse.

As soon as the manager's voice fell, the entire Heavenly Abode went silent. Although the head manager was merely an outer-sect deacon of the Nangong Family, his status could not compare to Nangong Wenyang, a direct descendant of the family.

Yet now, the head manager was actually hurling insults at Nangong Wenyang. Was this... was this how the cultivators in this backwater city lacked any concept of status and hierarchy?

"Nangong Family guards, hear my order! Return to the family at once! Anyone who defies this order will be dealt with for the crime of treason!"

The head manager unleashed his cultivation at the late Division Spirit Realm, his formidable aura pressing outward.

In Moon-Gazing City, Division Spirit Realm cultivators were family deacons, while those at the Integrated Body and Tribulation Transcendence Realms were elders. As for the Mahayana Realm... only one had ever appeared in the history of Moon-Gazing City, and immortals... those belonged to the realm of myth.

Chen Xiao felt the manager's aura and a trace of a smile touched the corners of his mouth. This was the effect he wanted. The manager was a shrewd man whom Chen Xiao could not control, but how could Chen Xiao fail to grasp the nature of a good-for-nothing like Nangong Wenyang?

It could be said that from the moment Nangong Wenyang stepped into Heavenly Abode, his every emotion had been manipulated by Chen Xiao. Using Nangong Wenyang, Chen Xiao had finally provoked this outer-sect deacon of the Nangong Family into losing his composure.

Faced with such a spineless fellow, no one could maintain their composure, and the manager's Dao heart had been nearly shattered by Nangong Wenyang's infuriating behavior.

"You..."

Nangong Wenyang's eyes widened as he stared at the manager in disbelief, unable to fathom what madness had seized him to dare show such disrespect.

"What 'you'? Hurry up and escort the Young Master back!"

The head manager of Heavenly Abode no longer possessed his previous subservient attitude. The situation had become dire; if it were not handled well, the Nangong Family faced the threat of total annihilation.

The manager acted with haste and decisiveness, leading his men back to the Nangong Family. The retainers of Bei Yu Xian and the others, who had been clashing with the Nangong guards, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief as they saw the manager withdraw.

"Hold it!"

Just then, a sharp voice rang out.

"Nangong Wenyang, what do you think this place is? Do you think you can come and go as you please?"

At this moment, Chen Xiao made his move.

The several great wastrels who had not yet appeared were now standing at the top of the second-floor staircase.

Chen Xiao twirled a large, gold-rimmed folding fan in his hand, his expression ferocious, as if he longed to swallow Nangong Wenyang whole.

Hearing this, everyone present nearly stumbled and fell to the ground. What was this place? This was the Nangong Family's territory—since when did it become his?

By now, anyone could see that the only reason the manager had lost his composure and scolded his own Young Master was because something major had happened within the family. If Chen Xiao did not seize this opportunity to make trouble, he would be unworthy of his title as the number one wastrel of Moon-Gazing City.

"Third Young Master..."

The head manager's face turned grim as he saw Chen Xiao making trouble at such a time. These family guards were all at the Golden Core Realm or higher, with a few possessing the strength of the Out-of-Body Realm.

While they were not considered top-tier experts in the context of the entire city, they could at least alleviate the Nangong Family's crisis and allow the Family Head to implement remedial measures once he received the news.

"Ahem."

Chen Xiao coughed and said, "Forget it. For the sake of my three brothers, I shall not hold this against you today."

Hearing this, the head manager finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling an involuntary surge of gratitude toward the City Lord's third son.

"However, Nangong Wenyang has repeatedly spoken rudely to me. If I don't teach him a lesson, how am I to maintain my standing in Moon-Gazing City in the future?"

Chen Xiao glared, his eyes wide.

"I do not know what conditions the Third Young Master has, but please, just say them. If it is within my power, I will certainly go through fire and water to fulfill them for you."

With the family facing a crisis, the manager dared not offend Chen Xiao at this juncture. If this wastrel—who was even more insufferable than Nangong Wenyang—were to lead a group of people to storm the Nangong Family, the manager dared not imagine the consequences.

"Xia Rende, you're nothing but a lowly servant, so why are you acting like a big shot here?"

At this moment, Canghai Chengkong spoke up.

Xia Rende was the name of the head manager of the Heavenly Abode; precisely because he was not of the direct Nangong bloodline, but merely an outsider deacon, he was unable to touch upon the core affairs of the Nangong Family.

"Nangong Wenyang, I won't ask for much. If you kneel respectfully before this young master and kowtow to apologize to my brothers and me, we shall let you leave." Canghai Chengkong was not about to pass up any opportunity to strike at Nangong Wenyang.

The second update has arrived! Continuing the struggle for the third update.