Turning a Deaf Ear

Someone in the crowd cried out in terror.

Gu Sheng instinctively tried to dodge.

But the man in black seemed to have set his sights on him. He suddenly turned his horse around and charged straight at Gu Sheng!

"Hahaha, what a fair-skinned pretty boy!"

The man in black laughed wildly as a powerful aura abruptly erupted from his body.

Gu Sheng stood perfectly still, a chill in his eyes.

With a single glance, he saw through the black-clothed man's cultivation.

Nascent Soul Stage, but his foundation was unstable and his Spiritual Power was hopelessly impure. Compared to disciples of a holy land, he was worlds apart.

"Big brother, run!" The little boy poked his head out from the inn entrance again and shouted anxiously.

"If Nie Shan catches you, you're dead!"

"Shut up!" The boy's father quickly covered his mouth, then fearfully dragged him back into the inn.

Nie Shan? Gu Sheng silently remembered the name. So this man was the city lord's son.

"Kid, why aren't you kneeling when you see this young master?"

Nie Shan reined in his horse before Gu Sheng and looked down at him from above, his eyes full of disdain.

Gu Sheng calmly raised his head.

"I have never met you before. Why should I kneel?"

"Hahaha!"

As though he had heard a joke, Nie Shan threw back his head and laughed.

"In Lin Yuan City, I, Nie Shan, am the heavens! If I tell you to kneel, then you kneel!"

As he spoke, he suddenly leaped from horseback and struck at Gu Sheng with his palm.

The palm wind was fierce and carried a foul stench. He was clearly cultivating some sort of Evil Cultivation Technique.

Gu Sheng could have easily evaded it, but he deliberately pretended to be outmatched. He staggered