Chapter 175: Just Tell the Truth
Cheng Yuan’s voice was calm, but it enraged the eight guards.
"Kid! Are you drunk? How dare you spout such nonsense at the Wang Family’s gate?"
"Kid! Do you have any idea what the name ’Wang Family’ means? How dare you slander them like this!"
"Don’t waste your breath on this kid! Take him down and hand him over to the Eldest Young Master to be dealt with!"
The guards attacked without hesitation. A punk like this needed to be taught a harsh lesson. How else could they demonstrate the Wang Family’s might?
These guards were only at the Celestial Realm. In Cheng Yuan’s eyes, they were no different from baby chicks.
In less than three seconds, Cheng Yuan defeated all eight guards, leaving them scattered on the ground, unable to get back up.
Cheng Yuan blurred into motion. He kicked off a nearby stone lion, launching himself into the air. With a vicious sweeping kick, he smashed his foot into the plaque above the main gate!
CRACK!
The century-old plaque shattered!
Wooden splinters rained down.
The guards nearly pissed themselves in terror. They couldn’t believe their eyes. ’Is this guy insane? He actually destroyed the Wang Family’s century-old plaque? This means a feud to the death!’
A guard with lighter injuries quickly made a call to sound the alarm.
"It’s an emergency, Housekeeper Liao! Someone has forced their way into the Wang Family estate and destroyed our century-old plaque!"
"What? The sheer audacity! How many of them are there?"
"Just one person! I think his name is Cheng Yuan, from Luocheng. He’s incredibly strong, probably a Grandmaster. He took us all down in a single move!"
"Got it!"
Housekeeper Liao quickly gathered the elite guards, along with the captain of the guards, Wang Jiu—a Quasi-God—and rushed toward the main gate.
When they arrived in the front courtyard, Housekeeper Liao saw an unfamiliar young man. With his hands clasped behind his back, he was strolling leisurely toward them.
"Kid, you’re Cheng Yuan? You’re the one who destroyed the Wang Family’s century-old plaque?"
Cheng Yuan gave a slight nod. "That was me."
Housekeeper Liao pointed a finger at Cheng Yuan’s face and cursed, "You damn punk, you’ve got some nerve! Men! Seize this punk! Hand him over to the Eldest Young Master to be dealt with!"
"Yes!"
The Wang Family’s elite guards were all Grandmasters. There were sixteen of them.
All sixteen charged at Cheng Yuan in unison!
’Back when I just got out of prison, my only option in a situation like this would have been to run,’ Cheng Yuan thought. ’But now... these people are so weak.’
"Get out of my way!!"
Cheng Yuan moved like a tiger among sheep, taking down one after another with ease.
In less than ten seconds, all sixteen elite guards were effortlessly defeated.
Sweat beaded on Housekeeper Liao’s forehead. He stumbled back several steps, staring at Cheng Yuan in utter shock. "You... you..."
Wang Jiu was also stunned. ’Those were sixteen Grandmasters!’ he thought. ’Even as a Quasi-God, I wouldn’t be confident in defeating all sixteen of them combined!’
’Yet this kid, Cheng Yuan, defeated them in an instant!’
’That means... he must be in the Divine Realm!’
Wang Jiu knew he was no match for Cheng Yuan, but duty compelled him to step forward. "Young man, you are indeed powerful. However, the Wang Family is a Quasi-First-Class Martial Dao Clan, and our Patriarch is a master at the Divine Realm Peak. I advise you to quit while you’re ahead and leave at once. Otherwise, when the true power of the Wang Family is revealed, it will be too late for you to escape!"
Wang Jiu’s words were, in their own way, a warning meant to help him. Cheng Yuan just gave a dismissive wave. "You’re just a subordinate. I won’t make things difficult for you. Go and inform the Wang Family’s second-generation leader. Tell him to come see me within five minutes. Otherwise, I will flatten the entire Wang Family!!"
Wang Jiu froze, confused. ’Why does he want me to contact the second-generation leader?’ he wondered. ’The Old Masters are still in charge of the Wang Family. The Eldest Young Master only handles minor, unimportant matters.’
"Young man, here in the Wang Family, the Old Masters call the shots. Don’t force me to report this to them! If the Old Masters have to get involved, I’m afraid you won’t be able to walk away from this. I urge you to leave now and save your own skin."
A small smile played on Cheng Yuan’s lips. "These Old Masters you speak of... are you referring to Wang Yuanchen and Wang Yuanlang? Or perhaps Wang Yuanfeng? If you mean those three, then don’t bother. They’re already dead."
Wang Jiu’s face instantly flushed crimson. Wang Yuanfeng was his adoptive father and his master. ’He’s saying my master is dead?’
"Kid, since you refuse to appreciate my kindness, I won’t hold back!"
With that, Wang Jiu pulled out his phone and dialed Wang Yuanchen’s private number.
RING... RING...
The phone began to ring. But Wang Jiu stared at Cheng Yuan as if he’d seen a ghost, his face a mask of terror.
Because the ringing wasn’t coming from his own phone. It was coming from a phone clutched in Cheng Yuan’s hand!
Cheng Yuan dangled the ringing phone. "Why won’t you believe me?" he said nonchalantly. "Those three old men are dead. Now, get Wang Yuanchen’s son to come see me. What was his name again? Wang Zhongtian, was it?"
Cold sweat instantly soaked through Wang Jiu’s back. He recognized it at a glance—the phone in Cheng Yuan’s hand was, without a doubt, the Old Master’s phone!
’How did the Old Master’s private phone end up in his hands?’
"You... you..."
Wang Jiu felt his lips go numb, and his words caught in his throat. He staggered back several steps.
Cheng Yuan’s eyes turned icy. In a flash, he was in front of Wang Jiu, his hand clamped around the guard’s throat. "My patience is limited. Get Wang Zhongtian here to see me now. Otherwise, you die!!"
Wang Jiu had been taken in by the Wang Family as a child and raised by Wang Yuanfeng himself. His loyalty to the family was absolute.
Wang Jiu closed his eyes, accepting his fate. "Kill me if you want. I will never betray the Eldest Young Master!!"
"Very good. You’ve got guts."
CRACK!
Cheng Yuan crushed Wang Jiu’s throat!
Though he had no personal grudge against Wang Jiu, the man was burdened with heavy Karmic Obstacles. It was a clear sign he had handled plenty of the Wang Family’s dirty work. Cheng Yuan felt no guilt in killing him.
THUD.
Cheng Yuan tossed Wang Jiu’s corpse to the ground and turned his emotionless gaze to Housekeeper Liao.
"I’m curious," he said. "Are you as loyal as he was?"
THUMP. Housekeeper Liao dropped to his knees and began kowtowing frantically. "Mr. Cheng, spare me! I’m just a subordinate! I’m only here to earn a living!"
’Of course, I don’t believe his nonsense,’ Cheng Yuan thought. The Karmic Obstacles swirling above his head were several times denser than Wang Jiu’s. This meant Housekeeper Liao was responsible for several times more death than Wang Jiu had been.
’Housekeeper Liao only has Celestial Realm Cultivation. Why would he have accumulated so much blood debt?’
’It must mean he directly participated in many wicked acts, or perhaps he was even one of the masterminds!’
"Call Wang Zhongtian. Now."
"Yes, right away!"
Housekeeper Liao didn’t dare disobey. He whipped out his phone, then looked at Cheng Yuan with a fawning expression. "Mr. Cheng, what should I say? Should I make up some excuse to lure the Eldest Young Mas—no, to lure Wang Zhongtian over here?"
A flicker of well-concealed coldness flashed in Cheng Yuan’s eyes. ’This bastard... selling out his master so readily,’ he thought. ’A treacherous snake like this must not be spared.’
"No need," Cheng Yuan said. "Tell him the truth."