"Oh? The man himself is here. Looks like you're very confident in yourself, Brother Lin."
Xu Renjie looked at Lin Hao with a broad smile, then pressed a hand onto the shoulder of Qin Wei, who could not stop trembling, stopping him from removing his bandages.
A gentle force enveloped him, easing his trembling.
Even so, Qin Wei no longer dared to speak and simply stood silently behind Xu Renjie.
"Who do you think you are? What makes you think you can call me brother?"
Lin Hao sneered, not treating Xu Renjie as anyone worth acknowledging.
Now, whether it was their younger generation or the Marquis of Divine Might's side, all pretense had effectively been abandoned. Their conflicts were out in the open, and there was practically no room left for reconciliation!
Both sides still had their own reservations. That was the only reason they had not started fighting outright!
Under these circumstances, why should Lin Hao be pleasant to him?
Xu Renjie had been hailed as a genius since childhood. Even in the Capital City, where hidden talents abounded, he was the strongest Provincial Examination Laureate of recent years. When had he ever suffered such humiliation?
Simply put, even his father's political enemies had to praise him as a promising young man when they met him!
Even the imperial princes did everything they could to win him over.
Yet this time, he had been insulted to his face-
However, Xu Renjie had long since achieved force gathering. Both his strength and his state of mind had reached a respectable level.
At Lin Hao's words, anger initially stirred in his heart, but he quickly regained his composure. Instead, a smile appeared on his face. "You truly are remarkable, Provincial Examination Laureate Lin. Just a few words were enough to shake