"Are you getting angry from embarrassment?" Zhang Xiaohao sneered.
With a sudden force in his right hand, he threw their bodies into the night sky.
Two cries of alarm were simultaneously emitted from their mouths.
Just as their bodies were about to hit the ground, Zhang Xiaohao quickly lifted his right foot and brutally kicked up.
A Heavenly Kick landed on each of their heads, sending them flying.
Withdrawing his foot, Zhang Xiaohao didn’t look back and continued walking forward.
"Hmph! You think you can hit my men and just leave? You wish, you little brat. Stop him for me!" Chen Dabao shouted coldly.
As his voice fell, more than a dozen disciples of the Punishment Hall from the Seven Mysterious Sect quickly rushed up, blocking Zhang Xiaohao’s path.
Having learned from the earlier lesson, this time they did not rush to attack; each gripping a Hundred-refined Steel Blade, they menacingly surrounded Zhang Xiaohao.
Chen Dabao, with the remaining disciples of the Punishment Hall, coldly walked over.
"Hall Master! This brat is too damn arrogant, daring to slap your face. We can’t just let this go!" a disciple of the Punishment Hall stirred the pot.
Chen Dabao landed a heavy slap across his face.
"Shut the hell up! You two are supposed to be elites of my Punishment Hall, and you let some greenhorn beat you up, disgracing our Hall!" Chen Dabao bellowed angrily.
With Chen Dabao glaring at them like that, the two disciples of the Punishment Hall immediately shut their mouths.
Chen Dabao, leading a group of Punishment Hall disciples, menacingly approached.
The crowd parted, voluntarily clearing a path.
"You’ve got some nerve, boy! Daring to lay hands on my men." Chen Dabao spoke coldly.
"Which eye of yours saw me lay a hand on your men?" Zhang Xiaohao retorted.
"Huh? You think I’m blind?" Chen Dabao said.
"At least you’re aware that you are indeed blind." Zhang Xiaohao agreed.
"How dare you mock the Hall Master? Do you know who I am?" Chen Dabao shouted coldly.
"What does your identity have to do with me?" Zhang Xiaohao retorted.
"Hmph! Sharp-tongued, enjoy your moment of triumph, but we’ll see how I deal with you later!" Chen Dabao sneered.
Pulling out a map, he held it up vertically, his finger pointing to a skyscraper circled in red on the map, and asked,
"You little brat, what is this place?" Chen Dabao demanded.
"Who are you calling a little brat?" Zhang Xiaohao countered.
"You!" Chen Dabao said, as if it were obvious.
"Well, you kind of look the part too, interestingly enough." Zhang Xiaohao nodded and said.
"Damn it! You dare to play games with me! You’re seeking death." Chen Dabao raged.
"Who are you calling a little brat?" Zhang Xiaohao asked with an amused smile.
"Damn it! You! Can’t you hear? Do I need to repeat myself?" Chen Dabao fumed.
"Yeah, you really do stink." Zhang Xiaohao said earnestly.
"Ah! Bastard, you’re asking for it!" Chen Dabao roared.
"Bastard? Who are you calling a bastard?" Zhang Xiaohao taunted.
"Say..." Just as Chen Dabao was about to continue, he suddenly came to a realization.
"Ah! You actually dare to trick me?" Chen Dabao gritted his teeth and said.
"Trick you? How come I don’t know about that?" Zhang Xiaohao retorted.
"Hmph! I ask you, what place is this?" Chen Dabao bit his teeth fiercely and said.
A week ago, this map had suddenly fallen from the sky and appeared in his home, along with a letter.
The letter stated that his old home in Nanhua City had been completely wiped out by a man named Zhang Xiaohao.
His parents and younger sister had not escaped; all had been cruelly murdered.
By the time he had finished reading the letter, Chen Dabao was furious, and in his rage, he nearly demolished the entire Disciples of Punishment Hall.
Fortunately, his self-control was still quite good, and at the crucial moment, he managed to stabilize himself.
Having not returned home for over twenty years, Chen Dabao had almost forgotten the location of his old home.
Luckily, he had a map, and under the guidance of it, in total darkness, he finally arrived in Nanhua City.
He owed thanks to his elementary school math teacher for teaching well!
Otherwise, he would still be lost now.
After arriving in Nanhua City, the changes were too great. Being a provincial capital, it was filled with skyscrapers everywhere. The map only had a circle drawn on it and nothing else.
He had been searching from eight o’clock in the evening until now but hadn’t found the place marked by the circle.
He had thought of asking someone for directions, but in the dead of night, there weren’t even a few flies around, let alone people.
Just then, Zhang Xiaohao emerged from a corner, leading to the scene before us now.
"Just because you ask me, must I tell you?" Zhang Xiaohao scoffed.
Looking at the place circled on the map, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
This place was none other than Bai Xue Company.
Looking at their attire, bearing the insignia of the Seven Mysterious Sect’s inner circle of the Disciples of Punishment Hall, Zhang Xiaohao thought to himself.
"Men from the Seven Mysterious Sect? And from the Punishment Hall? Could this sly-looking fellow be the Chen Family’s Old Dog’s eldest son?"
Thinking this, Zhang Xiaohao’s eyes grew cold.
"Hmph! You just want money, don’t you? Just tell this Hall Master, and I can give you a lot of money!" Chen Dabao said.
"How much can you give me?" Zhang Xiaohao asked in return.
"One hundred thousand!" Chen Dabao proudly held up a finger.
"Are you trying to appease a beggar?" Zhang Xiaohao mocked.
"You think one hundred thousand is too little?" Chen Dabao angrily said.
"One hundred thousand isn’t enough here to buy even a small restroom! You have the nerve to say that." Zhang Xiaohao sneered.
"Then you tell me, how much do you want to lead us there!" Chen Dabao forcefully suppressed his anger and asked.
"I want that jade pendant hanging at your waist!" Zhang Xiaohao pointed at the green jade pendant hanging from his waist and said.
"Hmph! You can forget about it!" Chen Dabao said, infuriated.
"Then take your time looking for it! I’m going home to sleep," Zhang Xiaohao said.
With that, he turned to leave.
The Disciples of Punishment Hall surrounding Zhang Xiaohao, seeing him about to leave, held their Hundred-refined Steel Blades, and for every step Zhang Xiaohao took, they retreated a step backwards.
"Hall Master! Why don’t we just give him the jade pendant first! Once we get to the place, we can kill him and take the jade pendant back, right?" the disciple who had just spoken suggested. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹⟡𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⟡𝙣𝙚𝙩
"Ah! Good idea! I didn’t see it before, but your head actually has some uses!" Chen Dabao’s eyes lit up as he said.
"Hey! Kid, don’t go, this Hall Master agrees to your terms."