The Heretic Young Master Apothecary
Chapter 17

What can you do to me?

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Tong Qiang was in the air, dozens of meters away, directly reaching out. Instantly, the spiritual energy and air around Gao Peng seemed to be emptied and compressed together. This spiritual energy condensed into a giant palm, grabbing at Gao Peng from the air like an adult grabbing a chick.

Divine Power, a Divine Power only those who reach the Divine Power Realm can master.

"Peng... Peng..." In that instant, Gao Peng changed seven or eight footwork patterns, his body's power constantly impacting. He raised his hand and pointed out hundreds of fingers, all aimed at the giant Divine Power palm condensing in the air.

Although there were constant explosions, the effect was minimal. It only slightly slowed the palm, and he couldn't escape from it, let alone shatter the Divine Power-condensed palm.

So strong. This Tong Qiang is the captain of Ren Tianxing's Guard Squad. He reached the Divine Power Realm many years ago, and now he is likely to have reached the sixth level or higher, much stronger than the average Ren Family Elder. If it were an ordinary Divine Power Realm cultivator, he could rush out, but if he forcibly broke through Tong Qiang's capture here, his hidden strength would be exposed, and...

Gao Peng didn't expect this. Ren Jie and Gao Ren whispered a few words, and as soon as Tong Qiang arrived, he ordered his capture without hesitation, and in such a place. Moreover, Tong Qiang and his men, upon hearing the order, clearly wouldn't care where they were. In just that instant, the Guard Squad behind Tong Qiang had already surrounded him. The Gao Family's people hadn't arrived yet, and even if he managed to break free, he would be besieged by others, and his true strength would be exposed.

Gao Peng's heart sank, and his power instantly erupted to the peak of the True Qi Realm's eighth level.

"Boom!" The power of the True Qi Realm's eighth level peak was astonishing, but it was instantly disintegrated under Tong Qiang's pressure. However, the collision of the two forces still shattered all the stones within a dozen meters below, turning them into dust.

"Peng... Pfft..." Gao Peng was suppressed by Tong Qiang's power, and then grabbed by Tong Qiang as he landed. Because of the forced resistance, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Damn, how fierce, he just gave the order to attack! Just now, Gao Ren was unhappy with Gao Peng's words and wanted to help Ren Jie counterattack Gao Peng, but he didn't expect Ren Jie to take back Gao Peng's words himself, and unexpectedly ordered people to attack, so satisfying. Why didn't he notice before that Ren Jie had such courage and boldness? Could it be that he had been influenced by spending too much time with him?

Seeing Ren Jie order the attack, Tie Ta had already stepped forward, his body exuding a fierce aura. Under the urging of this aura, his body's muscles swelled up a bit more, each piece as solid as a rock. Although he was only at the Body Refining Realm's ninth level, it made even ordinary True Qi Realm cultivators feel frightened.

What's going on? Wen Zihao was dumbfounded. Various fights between the young nobles of Jade Capital City were common, but... but this was in front of the Imperial Palace! They were all here to attend the Imperial Banquet.

"Ren Family Head, this is not your Ren Family." The Second Prince was ordered to come out to greet them. Seeing that Ren Jie dared to order people to attack in front of the Imperial Palace, completely ignoring his existence, he frowned slightly.

"If this were in the Ren Family, I would have broken his teeth and legs long ago. This is none of your business, go cool off somewhere else. Why didn't you come out when he was being sarcastic and provocative towards this Family Head just now? Now you're coming out to act like a big shot, damn it." Ren Jie glanced at the Second Prince arrogantly and walked towards Gao Peng, who was being controlled by Tong Qiang.

He... what did he say? The Second Prince thought he had misheard. He was stunned for a moment.

He blinked his eyes several times but couldn't recover. Was he talking to him? A member of the imperial family, a true top figure of the Bright Jade Dynasty, a prince. No one had ever dared to treat him like this since he was a child.

Crazy, this guy is really crazy. Wen Zihao, Fang Yan, and the others were dumbfounded. Suddenly ordering the capture of Gao Peng was already crazy enough, but now he was speaking to the Second Prince like that...

"Fang Yan..." The Second Prince was furious. He turned to Fang Yan and was about to order the Imperial Guards to intervene.

"The Gao Family's people are here, let them make their own trouble. His Majesty also wants to see this." Just then, Fang Yan's voice echoed in the Second Prince's mind.

The Second Prince stopped his words, but the expression on his face was still extremely ugly, because these words were spoken in front of so many people. Since he was a child, this was the first time he had been scolded like this by someone other than his father. If it were someone else, he would have long ago...

"Cough..." Gao Peng had blood in his throat. He coughed heavily, spitting out a lot of blood, and then looked up at Ren Jie, who had walked in front of him.

"Now you know what qualifications are, right? This Family Head said just now that I would make you kneel and cry. Kneel down now and cry for this Family Head!" Ren Jie walked in front of Gao Peng, looking at Gao Peng's face, which still had a faint smile despite the blood in his mouth, and felt even more disgusted.

"Haha..." Gao Peng suddenly looked up and laughed from a faint smile, then looked at Ren Jie mockingly: "Ren Jie, Ren Family Head, you are really majestic now, it has really opened my eyes. But what can you do even if you have someone capture me? I am a direct descendant of the Gao Family. The founding five great families of the Bright Jade Dynasty have an agreement that there can be internal strife, but the direct descendants of the five great families cannot be harmed. For thousands of years, no matter which family is strong or temporarily weak, it is only temporary. Besides, although my grandfather is often in seclusion, he is still the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty, and my father is the current Gao Family Head, the Minister of Revenue."

"Even if I was disrespectful in my words just now and said something wrong, you can at most humiliate me, what else can you do?"

"What else can I do? Like this, Peng..." Ren Jie directly punched Gao Peng heavily in the face.

Gao Peng's head was thrown back by the punch, and blood spurted directly from his nose, but he still had a smile on his face.

"You can only beat me up, what else can you do? Want me to kneel and cry? In your next life." The hatred in Gao Peng's heart was accumulating, constantly controlling his killing intent. Ren Jie's crazy actions were indeed unexpected, but he didn't care about this, he would get it back tenfold, a hundredfold sooner or later.

"Release my son immediately." Just then, an angry voice rang out. Another team, no less impressive than the Ren Family's Guard Squad and larger in number, arrived. It was Gao Zhanyuan, the Gao Family Head, leading his men. He already knew what was happening here from afar. Because it was on the outskirts of the Imperial Palace, he used his divine sense to immediately know what was happening here. The voice rang out before the person arrived.

"Form a formation, defend." Tong Qiang, holding Gao Peng in one hand, saw the Gao Family's people rushing over and immediately shouted an order. His men immediately surrounded them in the center.

At this time, in another direction, Ren Junyang, Ren Hanlin, and Ren Wenxu, the three Elders of the Ren Family, were also rushing over.

"What... what is he doing? He's crazy, he must be crazy."

"What stimulated him? He actually started a big fight outside the Imperial Palace."

"Ren Jie, stop immediately..."

The three also noticed what was happening ahead. They quickly exchanged information with their divine senses, each of them extremely anxious. They wanted to contact Ren Jie, but Ren Jie completely ignored them.

"Alright, you really have guts. Then this Family Head will kill you... Someone, bring a knife." As Ren Jie spoke, he raised his hand, and a member of the Guard Squad immediately handed over a knife. These Guard Squad members would normally only follow to the outside of the Imperial Palace. Then, when the four Family Heads gathered and the time came, the main gate of the Imperial Palace would open, and only they and the people they brought would enter. Because they didn't need to enter the Imperial Palace, these guards also carried weapons.

Ren Jie slowly placed the knife on Gao Peng's neck, but Gao Peng was still smiling, smiling calmly: "If you kill me, you will definitely not survive. Even the Ren Family will not spare everything to protect you for such a thing. Moreover, if you act like this outside the Imperial Palace, His Majesty will definitely not spare you. Killing me is equal to killing yourself."

"Gao Family's people, listen up. If you really dare to rush in, this Family Head will kill him first. He is very awesome right now and doesn't believe I will kill him. Gao Zhanyuan, if you don't believe it, you can try first." At this moment, the Gao Family's men had already rushed over. Just as the Gao Family's people were about to attack, Ren Jie pressed the knife on Gao Peng's neck down slightly.

Not on the carotid artery, the sharp battle knife immediately cut through Gao Peng's neck, and a trace of blood flowed out directly.

"Ren Jie, you dare! If you dare to touch Peng'er, the national law will not forgive you, and my Gao Family will use the strength of the entire clan to fight your Ren Family to the death. Stop!" Gao Zhanyuan's roar rang out. His men had already come out of the Spirit Beast Carriage. Although his angry roar resounded around, he really didn't dare to risk letting people attack.

But Gao Zhanyuan was already extremely angry. This was the Imperial Palace, where was the national law? He actually dared to do this here. Moreover, the person he moved was a member of the Gao Family, a direct descendant of the Gao Family.

Gao Peng was still smiling, looking up at Ren Jie with a smile. Today, he had only wanted to test Ren Jie's reaction, never expecting that Ren Jie would act like a madman, so crazy. But things had already reached this point, and he still firmly believed that Ren Jie was just bluffing.

Although his Gao Family didn't control as much military power as the Ren Family, they were still one of the five great families. If Ren Jie really dared to kill him here, even the Emperor would support the Gao Family. At this time, other families would also take this opportunity to suppress the Ren Family. Unless the missing Ren Tianxing returned, they would definitely not be able to protect Ren Jie, so Gao Peng didn't believe Ren Jie would kill him.

Ren Jie's crazy actions had turned a simple test into such madness, but Gao Peng was still confident that everything was under control. At most, he would be humiliated and beaten up, but what else could he do?

"This is the Imperial Palace. Sometimes, people from our great families can do things privately that are above the law, even killing each other is nothing. But that's all private matters, and it's not allowed in public, especially here in the Imperial Palace. If you dare to kill me here, for the sake of the country's normal operation and to maintain the royal family's face, His Majesty will not spare you. No matter how powerful your Ren Family is, can it fight against the other great families at the same time?"

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