Heavenly Tribulation!
An Jing slowly turned around and saw the terrifying lightning beyond the enormous floor-to-ceiling window. In that instant, her little mouth fell wide open, and two words sprang into her mind!
Heavenly Tribulation!
A Heavenly Tribulation triggered by a terrestrial immortal!
It was true!
What this guy had said was true. His clothes really were immortal robes!
"Immortal robes..."
Su Cheng murmured. Although she was surprised too, when she thought of the things Chen Zheng had shown her last night, of how this man had lived for billions of years, and of his past experiences, the Heavenly Tribulation he had triggered now hardly seemed like much.
"Rumble!"
"Rumble!"
Beyond the enormous floor-to-ceiling window, the sky had gone completely dark. Terrifying bolts of lightning ravaged the heavens, making the scene indescribably frightening!
"Wh... what do we do..."
An Jing was already dumbstruck by the sight and could only ask Chen Zheng blankly.
Chen Zheng raised his right hand and lightly swept it toward An Jing. The red qipao she wore vanished into thin air.
"Whoosh!"
The terrifying thunderclouds shrouding the sky over Nan City vanished along with it!
One second, Nan City had been blanketed in gloom; the next, the sky was clear for ten thousand miles. It was simply unbelievable!
"Well, beautiful An, how did that feel?"
Chen Zheng looked at An Jing with a smile.
An Jing silently returned to the dining table. She stared at Chen Zheng for a long time before murmuring, "Are you... really an immortal?"
"Even immortals have to call me Ancestor Chen when they see me. Ordinary immortals, unless they're at the Heavenly Emperor level, aren't even worth meeting."
Chen Zheng spoke lightly.
"..."
Hearing this, An Jing instinctively rolled her eyes at Chen Zheng.
She already knew that this guy really was no ordinary person, that there was more to him than simply practicing Ancient Martial Arts, and that he might well be a legendary terrestrial immortal. But he loved boasting far too much. Now he had even dragged the Heavenly Emperor into it. Who would believe that!
At that moment, inside a detached villa in an upscale residential community in Nan City, an old man withdrew his gaze from the window.
"Master, that scene just now was..."
A young man stood beside the old man, his face filled with shock and uncertainty.
"A Heavenly Tribulation. There can be no mistake. To think Nan City actually harbors a cultivator of that level. I wonder which senior is living in seclusion here. On this visit to Nan City, I hope I can meet that senior. If I could meet someone like that, my life as Yu Canghai would have been worthwhile."
The old man spoke, deeply moved.
"Someone like that must have lived for at least a hundred years..."
The young man murmured after hearing this.
The old man did not reply further, but seemed lost in thought.
The old man looked like an ordinary elderly person, but in truth, the mere mention of the name Yu Canghai in the Ancient Martial Arts World would move anyone in China's Ancient Martial Arts World, because this old man was one of its few remaining great grandmasters, as well as its acknowledged foremost practitioner!
Sunday.
The Su Family villa in Nan City.
Whenever the Su Family of Nan City was mentioned, only one person came to mind: Su Ziming, the head of the Yuwei Group. Su Ziming was a legendary figure. His journey from starting with nothing to a net worth of ten billion could certainly have been made into a television drama.
And Su Ziming had only one daughter, something that was also almost universally known. Rumor had it that tonight's Su Family banquet was being held to find a suitable son-in-law. So, although the banquet had not officially begun, quite a few people had already arrived inside and outside the Su Family villa, most of them prominent figures from every walk of life in Nan City.
"Yan Hao, I watched that video online. You professional basketball players actually got crushed by some guy who looked like he had eighth-grader syndrome. That really shouldn't have happened."
In a corner of the hall, a tall, thin man wearing gold-rimmed glasses spoke quietly to a man in a black suit, a hint of mockery in his tone.
"Liu Xian, everyone says you're exceptionally intelligent, a top Harvard graduate. Why isn't your brain working properly? You're nearly one meter ninety yourself. How about I arrange a time to bring him out, and you hire four professional NBA players to try taking him on!"
The man in the black suit was Yan Hao. He gave the tall, thin man with gold-rimmed glasses a cold look.
Someone had filmed the game in which he, A Dong, and the other three had faced Chen Zheng, only to lose to an extremely long-range three-point buzzer-beater, and uploaded it online. It had received over fifty million views on social media and was currently the hottest short video there. Of course, he, A Dong, and the other three had gained no glory from it. Chen Zheng was the one who had become famous.
"Heh!" Liu Xian chuckled and glanced toward the door. "That Chen Zheng should be coming tonight too, right? I'd like to see how a bodyguard like him performs at a high-class banquet like this!"
"I'm looking forward to it too!"
Yan Hao murmured and took a sip of wine, a vicious gleam flashing through his eyes. In his view, however skilled Chen Zheng was, he was still only a bodyguard. How much social standing could a bodyguard have? Tonight's Su Family banquet was attended by celebrities from every circle in Nan City. Could a mere bodyguard like Chen Zheng really overturn the heavens?
Tonight's stars were destined to be Su Cheng and young noblemen like himself. There was no part for a bodyguard tonight!
"They're here!"
"Is Su Cheng back?"
"Hm? Su Cheng really is back! Wow! She's so beautiful! Did she bring another lady with her? Huh? Isn't that Nan University's famous icy beauty of a professor? An Jing, Nan University's youngest professor?"
"Wow! Two gorgeous women!"
"Uh... why is there a man following those two beauties... who is he?"
Just then, a commotion broke out outside the door as three figures entered. Under the gazes of everyone inside and outside, two women like radiant pearls and a man dressed in Republican-era-style casual clothes walked in one after another.
"Su Cheng... Professor An Jing... hm? And this gentleman is?" Su Ziming spotted his daughter at once and walked over. He knew An Jing, but not the young man following the two women, and inwardly wondered whether this young man was his daughter's boyfriend.
"This is..."
"A bodyguard! His name is Chen Zheng! He's a bodyguard Miss Su Cheng hired! But the bodyguard you've hired looks pretty ordinary, Miss Su Cheng! I know the general manager of the Black Hawk Security Group in the United States. How about I introduce a professional female bodyguard to you, Miss Su Cheng? Besides, for a daughter of the Su Family like you, having a male bodyguard following you around all the time isn't very appropriate, is it? Though this male bodyguard really isn't much!"
Su Cheng had just been about to speak when a voice interrupted her.
"Liu Xian..."
Su Cheng looked over and saw who had interrupted her. Her brows involuntarily knitted.
Liu Xian, the eldest son of Nan City's Liu Family, was said to possess exceptional intelligence and to be a financial genius. But at this moment, Su Cheng felt only disgust. Liu Xian's emotional intelligence really was low enough. Moreover, she saw Yan Hao beside him and immediately understood what was going on. Liu Xian must have learned about Chen Zheng through Yan Hao.
"Chen Zheng, we meet again. I didn't expect you to attend the Su Family's evening banquet too."
Yan Hao spoke up then. Liu Xian had played the villain and humiliated Chen Zheng in front of everyone, which left him feeling very pleased. He even felt the satisfaction of killing with a borrowed knife.
"Isn't it perfectly normal for a personal bodyguard to protect his employer at all times?"
Chen Zheng smiled faintly.
"A personal bodyguard?"
"This... could it be..."
"Why did Su Cheng hire a bodyguard like that? This isn't very appropriate... if they're living together too, then... a girl's reputation..."
"Well, Mr. Su, wouldn't it be better to assign Su Cheng a female bodyguard?"
"This bodyguard looks quite ordinary too. If he has any ill intentions toward Su Cheng, then..."
The celebrities in the room sized Chen Zheng up, unable to keep from shaking their heads. Quite a few even showed outright contempt in their eyes. This was the Su Family's evening banquet. What right did a bodyguard have to attend?
"A bodyguard... how could that be..."
Yet Su Ziming seemed not to have heard anyone else. Instead, he studied Chen Zheng with a puzzled expression.
"If you ask me, a bodyguard should just go outside and guard the door. A banquet like this is already far beyond your level!"
Liu Xian stared at Chen Zheng, his eyes full of mockery.
"Level? Who the hell do you think you are!" Just then, a female voice suddenly rang out from outside. Everyone froze and turned toward the door, only to see two tall girls enter. Both had exquisitely delicate features. Although they were simply dressed, their figures and bearing gave the impression that they stood a rank above others. One wore a cool expression, while the other curiously surveyed everyone in the room.
"Chen Zhi? Miss Chen Zhi of the XN Chen Family? Chen Zhi, do you remember your Auntie Wang? Last time, Auntie Wang went shopping in Wangfujing with you and your mother!"
A middle-aged woman adorned in gold and silver jewelry exclaimed, addressing the cool-faced girl with a fawning expression.
"The XN Chen Family? That Chen Family?"
"The Chen Family's daughter...?"
"Is it really that Chen Family?"
This scene surprised many people, because the middle-aged woman calling herself Auntie Wang possessed a fortune of at least several billion herself. Why would such a prominent business figure fawn over a young girl and adopt such a humble attitude? Some, however, had guessed the girl's identity, and soon wore much the same expression as the middle-aged woman surnamed Wang, all staring at the girl with shining eyes.
"Uncle Su." The tall girl paid no attention to the middle-aged woman surnamed Wang. Instead, she walked up to Su Ziming and greeted him. Then, with everyone's eyes focused on her, she walked up to Chen Zheng, lowered her head slightly, and called softly, "Brother."
What!
What had she called him?
Brother?
This... what did this mean? Wasn't this young man a bodyguard? Why would the Chen Family's daughter call him brother?
This had to be fake!