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Chapter 176: Conflict in the Garden
In Yunying City, there were many strong people, crouching tigers and hidden dragons.
Being able to show off his domineering behavior in such a place could only mean that the family behind Wu Qingfu was extremely powerful, and he was quite favored in the family.
“Brother Xu, sorry to disappoint you.”
Wei Binglin’s tone was apologetic.
“What’s the big deal…”
Xu Ning waved his hand and wasn’t bothered at all.
Wu Qingfu’s domineeringness was not deliberately targeted at Xu Ning, so Xu Ning would not hold any grudges.
However, although Xu Ning didn’t feel anything, Wei Binglin felt a little uncomfortable.
He was also a family disciple of one of the six families in Yunying City, yet the gap between him and Wu Qingfu was too big.
Whether it was family power or personal realm, Wei Binglin was not comparable to Wu Qingfu.
‘If I had one-tenth of Brother Xu’s talent, I wouldn’t have remained unknown in Yunying City…’
Wei Binglin sighed.
Afterwards, the three continued to climb the mountain.
The higher they went, the denser the maple trees became, and the more lush they grew.
The maple leaves were bright red like fire, and they were very beautiful.
“Huh?”
Wei Binglin suddenly gasped.
“What’s wrong?”
Xu Ning and Wei Zicheng looked at Wei Binglin at the same time.
Wei Binglin responded, “On the way up the mountain, besides Wu Qingfu, I also saw a few acquaintances from the sect, and among them were inner disciples and true disciples. But they are not as ostentatious as Wu Qingfu, they were all quite low-key.”
“Could it be that the disciples of the sect are having a meeting at Dianyuan Mountain today?”
Wei Zicheng asked.
She had only joined the Source Sect not long ago before she was taken to State Jifeng, so she couldn’t recognize many disciples in the sect. If it weren’t for Wei Binglin’s reminder, Wei Zicheng wouldn’t have even noticed the disciples of the Source Sect rushing up the mountain.
“Maybe.”
Wei Binglin nodded.
Hearing that, Xu Ning was looking forward to it.
He really wanted to see the glory of the Source Sect’s elite disciples. After all, Xu Ning almost became one of them.
Another hour went by.
Xu Ning and the other two slowly walked to the top of the mountain.
“Brother Xu, we will be reaching the garden I mentioned soon.”
Wei Binglin led the way.
Soon, a stone fence appeared in front of them on the top of Dianyuan Mountain.
Behind the stone fence, there were beautiful, strange flowers and branches. They could smell the strong fragrance of flowers from far away.
Just looking at it from a distance made one feel endless vitality as though it was spring, causing people to forget that it was already late autumn.
“What beautiful scenery.”
Xu Ning praised.
The three of them walked towards the garden gate and were about to enter, but they saw young men in the same uniform standing at the gate.
“They are outer disciples of the Source Sect.”
Wei Binglin and Wei Zicheng recognized these people.
“The three of you, there is a meeting for the Source Sect’s disciples in the garden today. If you are not a disciple of the Source Sect, or have an invitation letter, please leave this place.”
A Source Sect’s outer disciple stepped forward and said.
“I am an inner disciple of the Source Sect.”
Wei Binglin and Wei Zicheng took out their waist plates.
“Senior Brother, Senior Sister.”
After confirming Wei Binglin and Wei Zicheng’s identities, the outer disciple quickly saluted.
He could sense that Wei Binglin and Wei Zicheng were only mortal realm warriors.
Being able to become inner disciples when they were still mortal realm warriors could only mean that these two were from the six big families in Yunying City.
“Please, Brother Xu.”
Wei Binglin motioned for Xu Ning to enter first.
“Please wait…”
The outer disciple stopped the three of them with a hesitant expression. “Please show your waist plate or your invitation letter.”
Wei Binglin’s face changed when he heard the words. He stared at the disciple. “We are both members of the Wei family. Do we need identification to bring a friend into the garden?”
“This…”
The disciple looked troubled.
Although he was an outer disciple of the Source Sect, he was not strong enough to deal with the Wei family.
“Brother Xu, please.”
Wei Binglin ignored the disciple and led Xu Ning into the garden with Wei Zicheng.
The outer disciple hesitated for a long time, in the end, he didn’t dare to stop them.
“The people holding this meeting today are too much.”
Wei Binglin said, “This Dianyuan Mountain doesn’t belong to anyone, and yet they privately encircle the place and restrict outsiders from entering. This is too inappropriate.”
Afterwards, Wei Binglin took Xu Ning around the garden while explaining some flower varieties to Xu Ning.
Suddenly, the three of them turned a corner and ran into several people.
One of the people walking in front looked to be 26 or 27 years old. He was wearing a brocade robe with a gold belt around his waist. And behind him, there were several young people who followed him.
At the side of this person, there was a middle-aged guard in black clothing. His face was ordinary, but his eyes were sharp.
“Wu Qingfu…”
Wei Binglin instantly recognized the other party.
He snorted in his heart and looked down on the outer disciples who blocked Xu Ning’s entry.
The middle-aged guard next to Wu Qingfu was obviously not a disciple of the Source Sect, but he was still let in.
Obviously, the person guarding the door was a bully who feared the strong.
“Who are you?”
Wei Binglin and Wei Zicheng wanted to take Xu Ning and avoid them, but the moment they brushed shoulders, a person behind Wu Qingfu took the initiative to ask the three of them.
“This place has been occupied by the Source Sect disciples. If you three have sneaked your way in, get out.”
The person who spoke was skinny, had a feminine face, and his eyes had a gloomy look.
This person was one of Wu Qingfu’s followers in the sect, named Yu Ziming.
Wei Binglin and Wei Zicheng had left the sect for a year, so they were relatively unknown. Thus, Yu Ziming didn’t find their faces familiar.
Wei Binglin and Wei Zicheng frowned at the same time. “The outer disciples have already identified our identities, do we still have to report it to you?”
There was a hint of hostility in Wei Binglin’s tone.
Wei Binglin was already annoyed by Wu Qingfu’s tyrannical behavior.
And now he was furious that his entourage dared to question him.
Yu Ziming was used to showing off around Wu Qingfu, so after being rebuked by Wei Binglin, he took a step forward and said in a threatening tone, “If you don’t show your identification, I will throw all of you out.”
When Wu Qingfu saw Yu Ziming like this, he frowned slightly, as if he was very unhappy with Yu Ziming’s behavior. But in front of others, Wu Qingfu didn’t say anything to stop him.
He decided to find a chance to teach Yu Ziming a lesson afterwards.
“Throw us out?”
Wei Binglin sneered and stepped forward to confront Yu Ziming.
When Yu Ziming saw this, he took action and grabbed Wei Binglin’s arm.
Wei Binglin reacted instantly.
Wei Binglin was now in the mortal realm eighth stage, and he had also mastered an intermediate realm external skill.
Soon, the two began to fight.
Wu Qingfu looked impatient when he saw this so he gave a look to the middle-aged guard next to him.
The middle-aged guard immediately understood what he meant.
He stood on the spot and his wrist trembled slightly, shooting out a stream of true qi towards Wei Binglin.
Just when the middle-aged guard felt that he could easily knock down Wei Binglin, he discovered that his stream of true qi had disappeared.
“A genus realm martial artist launching a sneak attack on a mortal realm warrior, aren’t you afraid of being laughed at?”
At this moment, Xu Ning walked forward and grabbed Yu Ziming’s neck, throwing him at Wu Qingfu’s feet.
Yu Ziming felt dizzy after he was thrown to the ground before he could even see Xu Ning.
“You…”
Yu Ziming wanted to get up, but was suddenly kicked away by Wu Qingfu. “Isn’t this embarrassing enough?”
“Senior Brother Wu…”
Yu Ziming consciously stood behind Wu Qingfu after getting scolded.
“May I ask for your name?”
Wu Qingfu looked at Xu Ning with fear in his eyes.
Wu Qingfu was a void realm first stage martial artist while the middle-aged guard next to him was a void realm third stage martial artist.
Wu Qingfu noticed that after his guard shot out a stream of true qi, it was instantly dispersed, which surprised him.
He could sense that Wei Binglin and Wei Zicheng were both mortal realm warriors, so it must have been the young man next to them.
To be able to easily disperse the true qi of a genus realm meant that this person must be a master in the qualitative change realm or higher.
However, Wu Qingfu didn’t remember that there was such a young and powerful martial artist in Yunying City.
“I’m just a traveler in Yunying City.”
Xu Ning chuckled. “Since outsiders are not welcome here, let’s leave.”
“Binglin, Zicheng, let’s leave.”
Xu Ning said.
“Okay.”
The two were also very unhappy, but they still responded.
“Oh yeah.”
Before leaving, Xu Ning suddenly turned his head and looked at the middle-aged guard who had launched the sneak attack. “Next time, don’t lay your dirty hands on mortal realm martial artists, it’s a disgrace.”
The middle-aged guard looked at Xu Ning and wanted to refute.
But for some reason, when he looked at Xu Ning’s eyes, he suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of terror.
Soon, Xu Ning and the others left.
Pfft!
The moment Xu Ning and the other two disappeared around the corner, the middle-aged guard suddenly vomited blood.
“What happened?”
Seeing this, Wu Qingfu’s expression changed.
“Before that person left, he injected a stream of true qi into my body…”
The middle-aged guard felt the chaos in his body and his face went pale. “His strength is at least in the void realm sixth stage!”
“Attribute realm?”
Wu Qingfu looked at the place where Xu Ning had disappeared, his expression uncertain.
‘Where did such a young outsider in the attribute realm come from?’
Wu Qingfu frowned slightly. Offending such a person for no reason made him very annoyed.
“What a disgrace!”
Wu Qingfu vented his anger on Yu Ziming and kicked him.
Yu Ziming knew that he was in trouble, so he didn’t dare to say anything.
“I won’t be attending today’s meeting, let’s go back.”
Wu Qingfu was in a hurry to go back and find out Xu Ning’s identity.