Lusheng had not expected Gaimeng to say such a thing. Trembling all over with rage, he could not get a word out for a moment. He simply raised his Horsewhip and lashed it viciously at Gaimeng.
With a crack, the tip of the Horsewhip struck Gaimeng squarely across his left cheek. Flesh and blood immediately became a mangled mess on that side of his face, and even his left eye was stained red with blood. Whether the eye had been blinded by the blow was unknown.
Yet Lusheng seemed not to have quelled his anger at all. The Horsewhip fell again and again. After dozens of lashes in succession, Gaimeng was almost entirely covered in blood, but he remained doggedly on his feet, refusing to yield to his father the khan in the slightest.
Lusheng stopped. His chest heaved as he panted. Clearly, he had expended considerable strength just now. He was old, after all.
"Take him away!" After speaking, Lusheng glanced at Ran Chou in the distance, then walked over toward him.
"Lusheng pays his respects to you, Commander." Reaching Ran Chou, Lusheng immediately saluted.
Even as khan, he dared not show disrespect to the Heavenly Demon Sect.
"My respects to the four young ladies," Lusheng said to the Four Women as well.
Ran Chou merely said coldly, "Lusheng, you certainly know how to raise a son!"
"Forgive me, Commander. This is all my fault. I will certainly give you a satisfactory accounting," Lusheng said hastily.
Naturally, he had learned of what had happened today. Otherwise, he would not have rushed over in such a hurry.
A few days earlier, he had sent someone to report to Ran Chou that people from the Black Fire Sect had secretly approached him. Of course, he also knew that they must have