Chapter 821: Admitting Defeat
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Chu Li stood at the top of the stairs once again before raising his voice to ask, “Zhang Junrui, are you still refusing to come out?”
“Very well then!” Chu Li continued to speak loudly. “I admire your tolerance and self-restraint!”
“You’re such a patient and tolerant coward. You truly possess outstanding talent in this area!” Chu Li laughed. “Flaming Sun Sect has held themselves back for so many years, and at last, an opportunity has come for you to overturn White Tiger Sect’s tyranny. That’s even more impressive!”
After he had finished speaking, he laughed heartily.
“Master, is Elder Zhang really here?” Yue Ru asked in a low voice.
Bai Feng scoffed and replied, “If he’s not here, where else can he go?”
“Well, he has a very high tolerance then!” Yue Ru said.
Bai Feng pursed her red lips and gave scornful laugh. “He knows that he’s not capable of defeating Zhao Dahe, and even if he came out, he would be humiliating himself. So in this case, it’s better for him to be patient and pretend that he’s not in.”
Chu Li swept his eyes over the crowd. The disciples all had their eyes downcast, and none of them were willing to meet his gaze.
After having witnessed his strange body movement technique, as well as experienced his lightning-fast palm and fist techniques, they all knew that they were no match for him. It would be useless to keep theirs glares at him anyway. After all, a wise man should know better than to fight when the odds were against him.
Chu Li spoke again, “Since you guys have injured my subordinate, he’ll need some spirit medicine to treat his injuries. You should pay us five hundred thousand taels. If you pay us, I’ll let you off the hook. Otherwise, I’ll burn down Blazing Sun Clan!”
“Impossible!” the injured middle-aged man said. “We don’t have that much money!”
“I believe you’ll be able to gather that sum,” Chu Li replied with a cold laugh. “If you don’t send me the money by tomorrow morning, I’ll come again. When that happens, I won’t be so courteous anymore. Instead of a palm technique, I’ll be using a sword technique to deal with you!”
Then, he strode away and left through the main entrance before he glided over to Bai Feng as he held up a fist salute. “Senior Bai has come to watch the fun too?”
“That was very interesting to watch,” Bai Feng replied with a chuckle. “Zhang Junrui has been forced to hide like a coward. What a great payback!”
Chu Li laughed. “This guy is a crafty old scoundrel. He won’t be easily provoked.”
“His skin is as thick as a wall. He wouldn’t care how badly you insult him. Even if you were to insult his ancestors, he still wouldn’t show up,” Bai Feng said while she shook her head. “It’s useless no matter what you say, but if you killed Lu Xiaofeng, he would certainly risk his life to fight you.”
“Hehe…” Chu Li glanced at Yue Ru.
Yue Ru lowered her head and said, “Master…”
Bai Feng asked, “What do you say then? Will you kill him?”
Chu Li chuckled and replied, “If I were to kill him, Miss Yue Ru will resent me for the rest of her life and see me as an enemy instead of a friend.”
“Romantic relations.h.i.+ps,” Bai Feng muttered disdainfully and huffed. “In the end, you two are still going to be rivals.”
Chu Li said, “I was hoping for him to be stronger. Otherwise, it would be too boring.”
Yue Ru shot him a sideways glance.
Chu Li laughed. “Senior Bai, I shall take my leave then.”
“Sure, off you go.” Bai Feng waved a hand. “Be careful of Flaming Sun Sect. They’re a treacherous bunch!”
Chu Li nodded and glided away.
Then, Bai Feng proceeded to shake her head and sigh. “How impressive!”
“He’s slightly too arrogant,” Yue Ru said.
Bai Feng chuckled softly. “You haven’t gotten a clear grasp of his character. He may seem like a foolish and simple-minded person, but in reality, he’s very smart. In everything he does, he would never speak and act without thinking. He’s only showing his temper right now.”
Yue Ru pouted discontentedly. The more Master complimented Zhao Dahe, the more she felt like contradicting Master.
Bai Feng glanced at her sideways but did not bother to say anything else after that.
“Master, are we not leaving yet?”
“Let’s wait and observe for a while.”
Yue Ru fell silent as she was curious to find out what Master was waiting for.
After some time, Zhang Junrui came gliding out. As he pa.s.sed through the crowd, he occasionally pressed his palm on some of the men until finally, he sat behind the middle-aged man who had spoken up earlier. He pressed his palms on the man’s back and channeled to help treat his injuries.
Bai Feng let out a scornful laugh and said, “Do you see that?”
“He’s really here.” Yue Ru was in disbelief.
Due to her feelings for Lu Xiaofeng, she had been trying to find excuses for Zhang Junrui and had thought that he might not have been in the residence at all. She did not expect that it had been just as what Master had said. Zhang Junrui was indeed hiding and refusing to come out.
She felt somewhat disappointed as she shook her head.
As a person who practiced martial arts, when faced with such a situation, he should have shown his face and engaged Zhao Dahe in a battle even if he knew that he was no match for Zhao Dahe. He should be willing to suffer some injuries rather than allowing someone else to insult him like that. This showed that he lacked the courage and uprightness of a martial arts master. Moreover, he was a well-known person in the city.
“Haha…” The sound of someone laughing was suddenly be heard.
Chu Li entered through the main entrance and stood at the top of the stairs as he laughed and said, “Zhang Junrui, you old coward. You’ve come out at last!”
Zhang Junrui frowned and glared at him. “Clan Leader Zhao, why must you be so aggressive!”
“You tried to kill my subordinate. Is it you or I who’s being more aggressive here!” Chu Li retorted. “You thought you could make White Tiger Sect your scapegoat, didn’t you? Indeed, it was a good scheme. But unfortunately, you’ve tried to trick the wrong person!”
Instead of waiting for Zhang Junrui’s reply, he leaped toward him and launched a fist.
In defense, Zhang Junrui threw out his palm where the center of his palm was glowing red like an ember, and his palm energy was scorching hot, as though it could burn a man to a crisp.
“Bang!” Zhang Junrui took a step backward while Chu Li remained steadily rooted to his spot.
Immediately, the difference in their cultivation levels could be seen, and the crowd was shocked to see this.
Zhang Junrui was also one of the rare geniuses who had mastered the Flaming Sun Palm. Although his fame had receded over the years, he had been a famous figure as a young man. While he had become more reserved later on, his cultivation level had constantly been on the rise and so, he became one of the top-notch masters in Flaming Sun Sect.
He was now in his eighties whereas Zhao Dahe was merely twenty-years-old. He had been cultivating decades more than Zhao Dahe, and yet, he had failed to defeat him; the outcome was truly bizarre.
Chu Li laughed coldly and said, “With such abilities, how is Flaming Sun Sect supposed to surpa.s.s White Tiger Sect?”
He had secretly felt taken aback. Had he not achieved such rapid advancement in his cultivation during this short amount of time, he would not have been able to overpower Zhang Junrui.
The Divine Light Body formed the basis of the Great Light Scripture. The stronger his Divine Light Body grew, the faster his Divine Light Technique cultivation would be. Since he had the ability to mult.i.task and could cultivate two scriptures at the same time, he had been able to constantly remain in a state of cultivation. Solely because of that, his advancement had been so fast.
Zhang Junrui’s palm energy might seem scary to others, but before the Divine Light Body, it was like any other common inner energy and would not have been able to pose a threat to Chu Li.
Zhang Junrui suddenly exhaled a long breath and a sun, which looked like a real burning sun, appeared above the top of his head, Then, as it descended from his Baihui acupuncture point to his lower abdomen, it seemed as though there was a burning sun s.h.i.+ning brightly from within his lower abdomen.
Chu Li raised an eyebrow. This was the real Flaming Sun Palm.
“Bang!” As their palms collided, Chu Li felt a scorching force surge into his palm. It was then followed by a bout of excruciating pain at the center of his palm and his wrist, as though his hand had been burnt. Fortunately, its destructive force was soon neutralized by the inner energy from the Divine Light Technique.
Chu Li frowned. The martial arts of Flaming Sun Sect had its own unique point indeed.
“Bang, bang, bang, bang…” Zhang Junrui kept thrusting his palms forward to force Chu Li to receive his attack.
Gathering more inner energy in his palms, Chu Li then threw out his palms to receive the attack. The scorching force was dispelled by his inner energy, and by the time the force entered into his meridians, it had lost its destructive power.
When Zhang Junrui saw how calmly Chu Li had received his attack, he knitted his brows together.
The Flaming Sun Palm contained an astounding destructive force, but the Divine Light Body had the ability to restrain the power of such brutal palm energy and reduce its destructive force. It seemed like this young fellow had achieved a high level in cultivating his Divine Light Body, seeing as the Flaming Sun Palm could not harm him.
Chu Li raised his eyebrows and put on a bored expression. “If we were to continue fighting like this, when will this battle end?”
He had just finished speaking when Zhang Junrui was sent flying away with another loud “bang”.
The crowd was startled as they did not notice Chu Li making a move to attack him.
As Zhang Junrui crashed heavily into the wall, with his eyes widened in disbelief. “The Light Blade?”
Chu Li scoffed and said, “Since you’re wearing your armor right now, it seems like you’ve prepared for it. What a crafty old scoundrel!”
Zhang Junrui lowered his gaze to his attire and saw a clear blade mark. Through the gap in his attire, a red layer of clothing could be seen underneath it. That was the Ardent Sun Armor.
However, Zhang Junrui had not noticed the flying blade and yet he was. .h.i.t by it.
At that moment, he could not help but recall a legend about the Light Blade. The throbbing pain in his precordium confirmed this legend to be true.
“You’ve reached the ninth level of Light Blade?” Zhang Junrui asked with a grave expression.
Chu Li smiled and replied, “You have quite a good understanding of this technique after all!”
Zhang Junrui said, “What an impressive Light Blade. I admit my defeat!”
Chu Li sized him up. “You’re admitting defeat already?”
“I’m no match for you. It’s meaningless to continue this battle,” Zhang Junrui replied.
Chu Li laughed and said, “You are a tactful person!”
He swept his gaze over the rest of the people around him and said in a forceful, domineering manner, “Radiance Clan has never liked to create trouble, but if anyone dares to come and bully our people, we won’t let that person off so easily. Since that subordinate of mine didn’t die, I’ll let go of this matter today. Otherwise, I’ll wipe out Blazing Sun Clan!”
After he finished speaking, he glided away.