Chapter 203

Chapter 203: You call this an explanation?

Yue Lou looked ahead.

Sure enough, she saw several cultivators flying towards her direction (cultivators are allowed to fly within the Heavenly Profound Gate premises).

“Who are these people? Do you recognize them?” Xu Ming asked Yue Lou beside him.

Yue Lou nodded: “Of course I recognize them. Look at their attire with flames on it; they’re from Liefeng Peak. Liefeng Peak is where Senior Brother Xia is based, and many cultivators there follow his lead.”

“Hmm?” Xu Ming was somewhat surprised, “Is your Senior Brother Xia targeting me?”

Is Xia Donghua that foolish? Sending his own people to target me?

Yue Lou shook her head: “It shouldn’t be Senior Brother Xia. Although many cultivators on Liefeng Peak listen to him, these few cultivators are notorious troublemakers who often oppose him.”

“Oh, so they’re deliberately targeting me.” Xu Ming chuckled.

Xu Ming thought that if Xia Donghua sent his confidants to deal with him, such a foolish act usually isn’t done by humans. Could someone be framing Xia Donghua to tarnish his reputation?

But these people are Xia Donghua’s sworn enemies, and they don’t get along with him normally, so it makes sense.

Black gloves.

Looking at Xu Ming’s smile, Yue Lou felt that after spending time with Xu Ming, her intelligence seemed to have improved somewhat, and she understood the implications.

Could these people actually be under Xia Brother’s command? Is Xia Brother targeting Xu Ming?

But then again…

Yue Lou looked at Xu Ming curiously and asked: “Who is Cao Cao?”

“He’s a chancellor, and a figure I admire.” Xu Ming casually answered, stepping forward and bowing politely to the few people blocking his path, “I wonder if there’s anything I can assist you with?”

“You’re Xu Ming?” The leader pressed his hand on the longsword at his waist, looking at Xu Ming like a thug.

“That’s right.” Xu Ming nodded.

“I heard you stole others’ opportunities in the White凹Secret Realm, framed people, and even colluded with the evil Black God Sect!” the leading disciple said.

Yue Lou quickly stepped forward, standing beside Xu Ming.

Xu Ming asked Yue Lou: “Are there such hooligans in your Heavenly Profound Gate too? They give off a sense of idiocy, don’t they?”

Yue Lou felt somewhat ashamed: “Young Master Xu, this thug is called Wang Zhong. Our Heavenly Profound Gate has tens of thousands of disciples. With such a large group, all kinds of people exist. You can’t expect everyone to be as intelligent as you, right? Haven’t you encountered such people in the Wu Kingdom?”

Xu Ming nodded, feeling it made some sense.

When reading novels and watching dramas, Xu Ming had come across many idiotic antagonists. In reality, some people are even more foolish, like those student council members he met in college who mistook trivial matters for orders, truly thinking they were officials.

“Firstly, I did not steal anyone’s opportunity, nor did I frame anyone. Secondly, I did not collude with the Black God Sect. Lastly, even if I did steal opportunities, what do you think? Do you think life-and-death situations are like children playing house?”

“Xu Ming! How dare you talk big! You framed our Heavenly Profound Gate disciple! You stole our disciple’s opportunity! And yet you dare to walk in here so arrogantly! Do you think our Heavenly Profound Gate has no one?!” Wang Zhong’s voice was loud, drawing the attention of many passing cultivators.

“In the White凹Secret Realm, Heavenly Profound Gate disciples, together with other sects, attacked me, wanting to kill me. Is this the dignity of the Heavenly Profound Gate? In the hundred-section Heavenly Ladder of the White凹Secret Realm, no one dared to go. With the help of Qingwan from your sect, I passed the trial, opened the gate, and let everyone out. But unexpectedly, I was ambushed by the Black God Sect disciples, and now you accuse me of colluding with the Black Lotus Sect. Is this how the Heavenly Profound Gate judges right and wrong? Furthermore, what qualifications do you have to question me on behalf of the Heavenly Profound Gate?”

Xu Ming spoke slowly and calmly.

Wang Zhong’s hair stood up in anger: “The sword in my hand is my qualification!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Zhong attempted to draw his sword to slash at Xu Ming.

However, just when Wang Zhong drew his sword halfway, his pupils contracted sharply.

Xu Ming was already in front of Wang Zhong.

Xu Ming pressed his palm down, returning the longsword to its sheath. Before Wang Zhong could react, Xu Ming struck him in the chest with one palm. Wang Zhong flew backward, crashing into a rock, spitting out a mouthful of blood before fainting.

“You dare to commit murder inside the Heavenly Profound Gate!”

The other few cultivators drew their swords and rushed forward.

With one kick each, Xu Ming sent them all flying, stacking them like building blocks, all unconscious.

Seeing that these people were motionless, Shen Shengsheng’s scavenging spirit awakened again. She moved forward to search through their storage bags.

However, Xu Ming held Shen Shengsheng back: “We shouldn’t loot here. We’re guests, and it wouldn’t look good.”

“Oof…” Shen Shengsheng nodded, looking somewhat disappointed.

Xu Ming patted her little head to comfort her.

Xu Ming turned around and looked at Yue Lou: “Miss Yue, do you have any sound-amplifying dharma instruments?”

Yue Lou: “Young Master Xu, why do you need that?”

Xu Ming smiled: “I feel like your sect has quite a deep prejudice against me. I want to try and explain myself to your sect.”

“Oh oh oh, I see, we do have that.”

Yue Lou took out a pill from her storage bag.

“This pill is called ‘Sound Expansion Pill.’ After taking it, gather your energy in your dantian. For the next ten breaths, your voice can spread within a fifteen-li radius. Various halls of the Heavenly Profound Gate, especially the Law Enforcement Hall, frequently use this pill to make announcements.”

“Thank you.”

Xu Ming took the Sound Expansion Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

“Cough cough cough”

Xu Ming cleared his throat.

The sound of Xu Ming clearing his throat drew the attention of cultivators within a fifteen-li radius.

Yue Lou was also curious about how Xu Ming would explain himself.

And just as Yue Lou was eagerly anticipating, Xu Ming’s voice echoed throughout the mountains: “All disciples of the Heavenly Profound Gate, my name is Xu Ming, and I come from the Wu Kingdom.

I know that in most people’s minds, my impression might not be very good.

But that doesn’t matter.

In the White凹Secret Realm, since I could fight alongside a few friends against over a thousand human and demon cultivators,

Today, dealing with all of you should probably not be much of an issue.

Cultivators below the Nascent Soul Stage, feel free to challenge me anytime. At worst, I’ll knock all of you down again.

I hope the disciples of the Heavenly Profound Gate won’t be so easily defeated.”

Just as Xu Ming’s words landed, Yue Lou was dumbfounded.

What?

Is this how you explain yourself?