Do You Know What a Local Snake Is?

The two waxed poetic over the breeze and moon, thoroughly enjoying their conversation.

But someone barged in and shattered the peace.

"Young master, Miss Muyue is occupied today. Please come back another day!" Someone stood in his way, trying to dissuade him.

The man looked up and saw the two in the pavilion.

He immediately sneered. "By occupied, you mean keeping this pretty boy company?"

"Young master, please watch your words!"

The guard tried to reason with him. He knew that was Lu Changsheng, and apprehension rose in his heart.

The newcomer was a young man who looked to be in his twenties, with ordinary features and a burly build. Arrogance filled his eyes, and he regarded everything before him with utter disdain.

"I'm only looking out for you, afraid your courtesan queen might get swindled by a pretty boy. Don't you know people like him are best at honeyed words?"

"Young master, please leave. You can't afford to offend this man!"

The guard earnestly urged him for his own good, knowing full well what sort of person Lu Changsheng was.

The young man laughed. "I am Shi Feng, a direct disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect. He's just a pretty boy. What's so untouchable about him?"

"He..."

Before the guard could finish, Shi Feng ignored his attempts to stop him and continued forward.

The Profound Heaven Sect was one of the three great sects of Cang Province, no lower in standing than the Cangyun Sect. Even here, he had nothing to fear.

Lu Changsheng glanced over but remained unmoved, drinking his wine at leisure.

Su Muyue, however, was somewhat surprised. Young men were hot-blooded and impulsive; that was only natural.

Yet even after being spoken of like that, he showed no reaction. He was a little too composed.

"He spoke of you like that, and you aren't angry?" Su Muyue asked.

"Everyone feels jealousy," Lu Changsheng said. "It's a fact that I'm better-looking than him. Why get angry? I can't forbid people from being jealous!"

Su Muyue froze.

By then, Shi Feng had reached them and stood before the table. He glanced at Su Muyue, unable to hide the amazement in his eyes.

"Young master, I have no free time left today. Young Master Lu arrived first, so forgive me for being unable to entertain you!"

Su Muyue spoke politely.

"Then make him leave," Shi Feng said. "If he won't go, I'll throw him out!"

Su Muyue glanced at the man before her. He truly was overbearing.

"Young man, don't be too arrogant. It's not good for you!"

Lu Changsheng spoke with the air of an elder, never having taken the man before him seriously.

Bang!

Shi Feng slammed his palm onto the table, spilling wine all over the ground. His imposing presence surged, revealing his cultivation at the Spirit Gathering Sixth Layer.

Su Muyue was not worried either. Instead, she was rather curious how Lu Changsheng would handle this.

After all, despite knowing him for so long, she had never heard of him making a move.

"Are you slapping the table to scare me?" Lu Changsheng asked.

"What's slapping a table?" Shi Feng sneered, a teasing glint flashing through his eyes. "What could you do if I flipped it over?"

"Try it?"

With that, Shi Feng raised his hand and flipped the table over.

The sounds of shattering bowls and plates rang out one after another.

Triumph appeared in Shi Feng's eyes as he looked at him provocatively. "I know you're Lu Changsheng. So what?"

Lu Changsheng stood up then, still unhurried.

"You know me?"

"So?"

"Then do you know what a local snake is?"

"Hmm?"

Shi Feng raised an eyebrow, seemingly not understanding what he meant. "What, you want your senior brother to stand up for you?"

"Why would I need my senior brother to deal with a small fry like you?"

"Heh!"

Shi Feng sneered. Just as he was about to say something else, streaks of rainbow light swept across the sky.

Figures came riding on swords.

"Senior Brother Changsheng!"

Several figures bowed to Lu Changsheng.

They were much older than Lu Changsheng, but they were only inner disciples and still respectfully addressed him as senior brother!

At the sight, Shi Feng looked toward Su Ming, seeming puzzled.

Su Muyue also watched curiously, only to see Lu Changsheng suddenly raise his hand and point at Shi Feng.

"He flipped the table to intimidate me, and he looks down on our Cangyun Sect!"

"What!"

At those words, everyone's faces darkened.

Shi Feng frowned. Feeling their gazes on him, he nevertheless said calmly, "So what? Would you actually dare hit me?"

Smack!

As his words fell, a young man lunged forward and slapped him across the face.

A crisp slap rang out. Shi Feng was stunned, his face rapidly swelling as vivid red finger marks appeared.

"I'm a direct disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect. You..."

Bang!

Just as he began to speak, someone picked up the table he had overturned and smashed it into him with a thunderous crash.

Immediately afterward, several people surrounded him. Each had originally been mild and calm, but now they looked like fiends.

Shi Feng screamed and immediately tried to circulate his Law Power to resist, only to be pinned firmly to the ground.

Only then did he discover that all these people had cultivation at the sixth or seventh layer of Spirit Gathering.

With a whole group ganging up on him alone, he was no match at all.

Those who had come with him also received a thorough thrashing.

Lu Changsheng, meanwhile, strolled leisurely aside and quietly watched them get beaten, his face wreathed in smiles.

No one knew the situation here better than he did.

Cangyun City lay at the foot of the Cangyun Sect. Every month, elders led disciples on guard duty, keeping watch over the city's every movement at all times.

The elder on patrol had already known when Shi Feng flipped the table.

Ordinarily, they would not interfere in such petty squabbles, but it was different when Lu Changsheng was involved.

Who didn't know he was Zhou Qingyu's junior brother? Even if they did not give Lu Changsheng face, they had to give Zhou Qingyu face, didn't they?

Besides, though Lu Changsheng usually did no proper work, he was a decent person.

He also took good care of them. Whenever there was something they did not understand, he would ask his own senior brother and help them resolve it.

But Shi Feng, relying on his status, had only intended to provoke Lu Changsheng. Even if the two fought, it would not be much of a problem as long as no one died.

Instead, the other party showed no martial virtue and called people over to gang up on him.

They slapped the label of looking down on the Cangyun Sect onto him, then surrounded him and gave him a sound beating.

"Lu Changsheng, you..."

Shi Feng roared.

"Gag him and keep beating him," Lu Changsheng said. "It's time to show off our Cangyun Sect's splendor!"

They did as he said.

Beside them, Su Muyue was dazed. She had originally been curious how he would resolve this.

Yet she could have thought herself bald and never imagined this outcome.

He remained unmoved when provoked, as though he had not a shred of hot blood, and he showed no martial virtue either, calling people over for a group beating.

Was this the Cangyun Sect's splendor?

Of course, Lu Changsheng did not care about beating someone up either. As long as they did not die, it was fine.

Instead, his gaze swept casually into the distance.

When Shi Feng arrived, Lu Changsheng had habitually scanned his surroundings with his divine sense and discovered someone secretly watching this place all along.

And there was more than one. They were all experts who had already reached Core Formation.

According to Cangyun's rules, anyone at Core Formation who entered the Cangyun Sect's territory had to report their presence, or they would be treated as an enemy.

The Cangyun Sect would then take action, with no regard for whether they lived or died.

During this period, no one had reported their presence.

At that thought, Lu Changsheng withdrew his gaze. Seeing that the beating had gone far enough, he had them thrown out.

He also bid Su Muyue farewell and left.

But after leaving, he quietly vanished. In an instant, he had arrived near those hidden Core Formation experts!

"One at the Core Formation Fourth Layer and two at the Core Formation Third Layer. What are they planning?"

Lu Changsheng watched from afar, quietly taking it all in.

He would not allow anyone to harm the sect. He had deep feelings for it.

This world of cultivation was fraught with danger. If the sect fell, where would he find a place to stay, and who would shelter him?