Chapter 276: Entering the Inner Courtyard
Cheng Yuan’s voice was like an unstoppable tidal wave, instantly sweeping over the entire Prince’s Mansion!
The powerful figures in the inner courtyard merely treated it as a joke, shaking their heads lightly, not bothering to pay him any mind at all.
The guests in the outer courtyard were startled and quickly gathered around.
Seeing Cheng Yuan approach while carrying a coffin on his shoulder, the guests began to shout reprimands.
"You brat, stop causing trouble in the Prince’s Mansion! Leave at once!"
"Kid, who do you think you are? Daring to clamor to see the Prince?"
Cheng Yuan couldn’t be bothered with these distinguished guests. He roared, "Move!!"
Cheng Yuan used the Lion’s Roar. The guests’ ears bled from the shock, and they scrambled out of the way with horrified expressions, no longer daring to block Cheng Yuan’s path.
The guests might have been frightened by Cheng Yuan, but the guards of the Prince’s Mansion would not be.
Led by their Commander, numerous guards charged out of the inner courtyard, heading straight for Cheng Yuan!
"You scoundrel! Drop the coffin at once! Cripple your own limbs! Perhaps the Prince, in his magnanimity, will spare your worthless life!"
Cheng Yuan couldn’t be bothered to waste words. He swung the coffin and attacked!
WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!
Whether it was a guard or a Commander, none could withstand a single blow!
In the blink of an eye, the area around Cheng Yuan fell silent!
Like a peerless God of Slaughter, Cheng Yuan carved a path straight through, wiping out several Guard Teams one after another and successfully breaking into the inner courtyard!
In the main hall, a middle-aged man in opulent robes sat in the seat of honor.
The middle-aged man had a resolute face and a thick beard. He projected an intimidating aura without being angry, radiating the presence of a superior.
The middle-aged man snorted coldly. "What a bunch of trash. Can’t even stop one young man! Where are the Left and Right Protectors?"
"We are here!"
The Left and Right Protectors immediately stepped forward.
At table number three sat a group of young men. They looked rather arrogant, and they too radiated the presence of superiors.
The group of young men shot to their feet!
"Uncle Wang, why use a butcher’s knife to kill a chicken? Why do the Left and Right Protectors need to get involved personally? We can take care of this kid!"
This group of young men all hailed from the top families of the Four Provinces of Jiangnan. Several were even from the premier families of Yingtian. They utterly looked down on an obscure young man like Cheng Yuan.
The King of Jiangnan nodded slightly. "Very well. A matter between young people should be settled by you young people."
Cheng Yuan stood at the entrance to the inner courtyard and once again shouted, "Where is the King of Jiangnan? Show yourself at once!"
The King of Jiangnan merely shot Cheng Yuan a cool glance, not bothering to acknowledge him.
This was his stronghold, after all, with a full eight hundred men in his Guard Army! Furthermore, he had invited numerous Jianghu masters! To execute an unknown junior would be simplicity itself.
A dozen or so young men rushed up to Cheng Yuan and started cursing him loudly.
"Brat, what do you think you are? You think you’re worthy of seeing Uncle Wang? Do you have any idea of your own station?"
"Kid, get on your knees and cripple your limbs right now! Maybe you’ll get a quicker death!"
"Why waste breath on him? Just kill him and feed him to the dogs!"
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Cheng Yuan couldn’t be bothered to argue with these young men. He gave them a single word.
"Scram!!"
The leader of the young men was the young master of the Yingtian Dong Family—Dong Xiaochuan.
Dong Xiaochuan had always held himself in high regard. To be cursed by some unknown brat sent him into an immediate rage!
Dong Xiaochuan pointed at Cheng Yuan’s nose and cursed, "Kid, do you know who you’re talking to? Believe it or not, I’ll cut out your tongue!"
"Shut up! Or die!"
Dong Xiaochuan laughed as if he’d heard a joke. "You dare to kill me? Do you have any idea who we are? Any one of us could drown you just by spitting on you! If..."
"Noisy! Die!!"
Cheng Yuan suddenly swung the coffin, smashing it down hard!
With a loud WHAM!
Dong Xiaochuan’s head was smashed flat! He breathed his last in an instant!
Cheng Yuan’s move was so vicious that the other young masters around them were stunned. They stared in disbelief at Dong Xiaochuan lying in a pool of blood, unable to process what had happened for a long moment!
’This kid really dared to kill someone?’
Cheng Yuan looked at the group of young masters, his face devoid of expression. Whoever his gaze fell upon would shudder in fear and subconsciously take several steps back.
Only then did the young masters’ bodyguards snap back to their senses.
Dong Xiaochuan’s bodyguard, Dong Jiu, knew he had failed in his duty. To avenge his young master, Dong Jiu stepped out from the crowd and stared coldly at Cheng Yuan.
"Brat, do you know who you just killed? The direct heir of the Yingtian Dong Family, the second-in-line successor of the third generation! You’re a dead man!"
"I don’t know if I’m a dead man or not, but your master is dead, and you’re about to face severe punishment for it."
"You’re courting death!!"
Dong Jiu, utterly enraged, charged fiercely at Cheng Yuan!
The onlooking young masters looked at Cheng Yuan as if he were already a dead man.
"Dong Jiu is the ninth-ranked Protector of the Dong Family! His power is already touching the threshold of a Grandmaster. This kid is doomed!"
"Protector Dong, don’t hold back! Cripple him directly! Avenge Xiaochuan!!"
Cheng Yuan coldly raised a hand, an blindingly intense white light gathering at his fingertip!
SCHLICK!
The white light pierced through Dong Jiu’s chest. He collapsed to the ground, deader than dead.
"Heavens! That kid killed Dong Jiu in a single move? How is that possible?!"
"The Six Meridian Divine Sword! It’s the Six Meridian Divine Sword! This kid is from the Dali Duan Dynasty!"
"Brat, even if you’re from the Dali Duan Clan, you can’t act so arrogantly here in our Jiangnan! Today, you must pay a heavy price!"
Cheng Yuan couldn’t be bothered to waste words. He flicked his hand, sending out a series of white lights. A moment later, the few young masters who had been shouting the loudest collapsed into pools of blood!
This time, the young masters completely shut up! They were truly frightened by Cheng Yuan’s killing!
Cheng Yuan looked coldly at the trembling young masters. "I have come here today only for the King of Jiangnan and the Left Protector. Anyone irrelevant should stay out of my way, or I will kill without mercy!"
Even though Cheng Yuan’s tone was flat, everyone felt a deathly chill, as if frozen in fear.
The killing intent radiating from Cheng Yuan was too intense. The young masters didn’t dare to block him, silently clearing a path for him.
Cheng Yuan walked calmly down the path the young masters had made, heading straight for the main hall.
The King of Jiangnan once again looked to his Left and Right Protectors, but before they could receive their orders, an old man dressed in the traditional attire of Nanjiang slowly stood up.
"Prince, allow this old man to test the skills of this young man!"
"I’ll be counting on you, old Village Chief."
Seeing the old man step forward, the powerful figures in the main hall were all astonished.
"The Prince truly has immense prestige to have invited Village Chief Chen Yongchang of the Shu Miao Race!"
"I’ve heard that Village Chief Chen’s Lifebound Gu Insect has achieved sentience, and his Poisonous Insect Technique is world-shaking! If that kid doesn’t know what’s good for him, he could be sucked into a dried-up corpse!"
"With Village Chief Chen making a move personally, this kid can consider it a worthy death."
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Chen Yongchang seemed to walk very slowly, but in the next instant, he appeared before Cheng Yuan. Adopting the posture of an elder, Chen Yongchang said, "Young man, give this old man some face. Withdraw. Don’t make things difficult for me."