A Slap to the Face

Xiao Yun's gaze was icy. He had not expected someone to dare make a move here, catching him off guard before he could stop it.

At that moment, the girl in the red dress continued, "Our Overlord Sect does not bully others, but neither will we allow others to bully the Overlord Sect. If I had bumped into you, we would have apologized. But since I did not, you beat my horse to death. This slap is the price."

Tang Yunyun covered her face, her eyes reddened as she glared furiously at the girl in red. "You're twisting logic and making trouble out of nothing!"

The girl in red looked at her and said calmly, "Our Overlord Sect has always been reasonable. If you don't believe me, ask the people around us whether I bumped into you just now."

After saying that, the girl in red swept her cold gaze across the surrounding crowd. Feeling her icy stare, everyone avoided her eyes. Not a single person stepped forward for Tang Yunyun.

"What an overbearing Overlord Sect!"

Xiao Yun walked to Tang Yunyun's side and stared coldly at the girl in red. His eyes gleamed sharply with frost as he said, "Slap yourself once and apologize to her immediately. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."

Tang Yunyun was his future master's wife's disciple, so naturally Xiao Yun had to stand up for her.

What was more, this girl in red was simply far too willful and overbearing.

"What are you supposed to be? You dare speak to me like that?" The girl in red shot Xiao Yun an icy look and sneered. "Trying to play the hero and save the beauty? I'm afraid you're nothing more than a mutt!"

Xiao Yun stared coldly at her, his gaze becoming increasingly bone-chilling. "Slap yourself and apologize to her immediately. I do not wish to repeat myself a third time."

"What a big mouth. Then I'll give you a slap first and fulfill your fantasy of a mutt saving the beauty!" The girl in red raised her willow brows, snorted coldly, and charged at Xiao Yun in a blur.

Almost instantly, the girl in red appeared before Xiao Yun and viciously swung a slap at him.

"Even if a woman is beautiful, if her heart is as venomous as snakes and scorpions, she will only disgust others!"

Xiao Yun's voice was cold to the bone. He had originally disdained striking a woman, but since this woman was so overbearing and unreasonable, he would no longer show mercy.

Whoosh!

As Xiao Yun finished speaking, his body shot forward. Though he moved later, he arrived first, seizing the girl in red by the wrist with one hand and gripping her throat with the other. Her body trembled, and she was unable to move.

The surrounding people immediately cried out in surprise. None of them had expected Xiao Yun to be this powerful.

"This man is incredible. He subdued Zhang Yaqin in a single move."

"Isn't that so? Zhang Yaqin of the Overlord Sect is quite famous. Her brother, Zhang Yunfei, possesses the Five-Elements Divine Body and is the Overlord Sect's number one True Disciple. She herself has entered the One-Ban realm, and the two of them are hailed as a sect with two heavenly prodigies. Who would have thought she would fall into the hands of an unknown nobody today?"

"Since this fellow is so powerful, he certainly cannot be some unknown nobody. I just wonder which sect's outstanding disciple he is."

The surrounding crowd discussed animatedly, their gazes toward Xiao Yun filled with surprise.

Zhang Yaqin, who had been subdued by Xiao Yun, wore an ugly expression. She had not expected this man to possess such formidable strength. At the very least, he had entered the Three-Ban realm.

However, Zhang Yaqin still showed no fear. She glared coldly at Xiao Yun and shouted, "Let me go, now!"

Xiao Yun said blandly, "Since you refuse to slap yourself, I will help you do it. Once that is done, I will naturally release you."

Zhang Yaqin's willow brows immediately shot up. She glared fiercely at Xiao Yun and roared, "You dare?"

"Why wouldn't I?" Xiao Yun gripped Zhang Yaqin by the throat and lifted her into the air with one hand. Then he raised his right hand, preparing to slap her.

Zhang Yaqin's pupils contracted. Her face full of fury, she shouted at Xiao Yun, "My brother is Zhang Yunfei! If you dare lay a hand on me, he will never let you off!"

Xiao Yun sneered. "Sorry, I do not know him, so your threat is useless to me."

Xiao Yun raised his palm, his gaze ice-cold.

Zhang Yaqin's eyes flashed with venomous hatred.

"Stop!" At that moment, the other person in the carriage could no longer sit still. She gave a sharp cry and stepped out of the carriage.

Everyone followed their gazes and saw a graceful figure emerge. She had the face of an angel and the body of a devil, like a divine lotus in bloom. Her skin was crystalline, and her beauty could topple cities and kingdoms.

"It's actually Mu Qianxue!"

"She is the number one beauty of our Central Land's younger generation, an unparalleled genius with the Profound Ice Body."

"I heard she even has a marriage arrangement with that Space-Time Body from the Primordial Sacred Land."

"Now this will be entertaining."

At the sight of this woman, the surrounding crowd immediately erupted.

Even Xiao Yun was briefly stunned, for this woman's beauty was no less than Xi Chunyu's.

However, Xiao Yun was not an animal that thought with his lower body. No matter how beautiful she was, he did not care. He still raised his palm and swung it toward Zhang Yaqin.

Seeing that Xiao Yun still dared to strike, Mu Qianxue said loudly, "You cannot lay a hand on her."

Xiao Yun halted his palm and was so angry that he laughed. He looked at Mu Qianxue before him with a cold sneer and asked calmly, "Why?"

Mu Qianxue looked at Xiao Yun with clear eyes and smiled slightly, like a hundred flowers blooming. "Consider it giving me some face. How about it?"

Xiao Yun asked indifferently, "Do we know each other?"

Mu Qianxue was taken aback, but she quickly smiled radiantly. "We did not know each other before, but now..."

"Since we do not know each other..." Xiao Yun interrupted Mu Qianxue and looked at her coldly. "Why should I give you face?"

The surrounding crowd was stunned for a moment before bursting into an uproar.

"Good heavens, he actually dared to show Mu Qianxue such disrespect."

"This is the first time I have seen anyone dare speak to Mu Qianxue like that."

"Could this kid be playing hard to get? Is he deliberately trying to attract Mu Qianxue's attention?"

The crowd discussed it heatedly.

Mu Qianxue was also stunned. As the foremost fairy of the Central Land's younger generation, she not only possessed extraordinary talent but also peerless beauty. Wherever she went in the past, who would not give her some face?

Xiao Yun paid no attention to the crowd's discussions. His slap had already come down.

Slap!

Xiao Yun's slap contained immense force. It not only swollen Zhang Yaqin's cheek but also knocked out three of her teeth. The surrounding crowd stared blankly. This fellow really dared to strike?

The entire scene fell silent. A needle dropping could be heard.

Everyone was simply too shocked. That was Zhang Yaqin of the Overlord Sect, whose brother was an unparalleled genius possessing the Five-Elements Divine Body!

Even Mu Qianxue's eyes were somewhat vacant. She seemingly had not expected Xiao Yun to truly dare make a move.

"Get lost. Don't be so arrogant next time!" After striking her, Xiao Yun tossed Zhang Yaqin away.

Mu Qianxue hurriedly caught Zhang Yaqin and shielded her behind herself.