"I am Zhang Longxiang, here to reclaim the Pearl River Army Banner!" Fang Yun bellowed. The vital energy churned, fierce winds rose, and green leaves and red flowers flew like rain through the Gou Household's courtyard.
Fang Yun strode forward as he spoke, with the gait of a dragon and tiger, the piercing gaze of an eagle and the vigilance of a wolf. The Gou Household's servants stood frozen in the courtyard, too frightened to utter a word.
Zhang Jing'an froze for an instant. Then stars seemed to burst in his eyes, brilliant and dazzling, and he hurried inside in excitement.
"This young master is here too!" Zhang Jing'an grinned, his face alight.
"Who dares impersonate a Rebel Species convict and run wild in the Gou Household? Are you tired of living?" A young man in Metropolitan Graduate robes appeared in the middle of the inner courtyard. He stood straight, his expression grim, gripping a medium-script weasel-hair brush saturated with thick ink.
Fang Yun said nothing. His eyes shone, his Hanlin Academician robes billowed gently, and wind rose beneath his feet, scattering dust in every direction.
When Zhang Jing'an saw the man in the courtyard, his eyes reddened. He cried, "That's Gou Han! He's the one who injured Grandpa Hua!"
"Oh? Isn't this the Zhang Household's little bastard? How-"
Before Gou Han could finish, Fang Yun suddenly reached out and swept his hand through the air from thirty feet away. Literary qi swept vital energy forward, enveloped in the power of his literary guts. Everyone could faintly make out a transparent palm flying toward Gou Han's face.
"A mere Metropolitan Graduate dares insult my son!"
Smack!
Gou Han had clearly reacted and tried his utmost to dodge, but the transparent palm still struck his face squarely. His head snapped sideways,