Chapter 881 - 780: Regret

Chapter 881: Chapter 780: Regret

All his life’s martial arts cultivation was rendered useless because of severed tendons, so all that prestige, all that family glory, has now turned to nothing.

He was now a cripple; how could a cripple still be of use to Young Master? He had gone to seek refuge with Young Master with his heart full of enthusiasm, hoping to make his mark under his command. He was full of vigor and ambition, ready to accomplish great deeds, becoming the most relied upon person by Young Master.

Therefore, even though he knew very well that the Xianglong Sword Sect and Haotian Village were equally powerful, he did not hesitate to offend such a behemoth, relying only on the fact that the two factions were geographically distant, and he had Young Master as a patron.

So after being thrown down the mountain, he was eager to regain his face, and just happened to encounter people from the Broken Heaven Sect, feeling it was his chance for vindication. There was no reason he should lose to the Sect Master, nor to ordinary disciples.

And yet he just couldn’t prevail!

Now he finally knew, some people must not be provoked, some grudges must not be formed.

Unfortunately, by the time he understood these, it was too late!

Regretting now was indeed too late.

In truth, the reason why Po Yuan Sect could become one of the four major powers in Jianghu was not something that ordinary people and forces could even dream to compare with.

A lesson learned in blood!

The people from Po Yuan Sect left leisurely with their chests and boxes. Just like before they took action, casually and without a care.

Sang Xuewei had been in a state of shock throughout the event, then she started crying painfully; her voice was filled with despair and helplessness, with pain and unwillingness.

After her father was thrown down from the mountain gate, she once again felt disappointed in her father.

Sang Daokun was covered in blood, looking very pathetic, but what hurt him the most was his heart.

No matter who you are, the destruction of years’ worth of martial arts cultivation all at once is a blow that cannot be endured.

However, Sang Xuewei was worried that he was injured, especially his hand tendon, even if she didn’t know much, she knew that if the tendon was severed, martial arts would be wasted, then how would he have the ability to achieve her wishes?

So, she cried heartbrokenly!

But this heartache could only be endured by herself; Sang Daokun really wasn’t in the mood to comfort her now.

He didn’t even dare to look at the eyes of the three people sent by Young Master.

He stood out to provoke, and while taking action, apart from Sang Xuewei, everyone showed up. If they had won it’d be fine, but now they lost, and their martial arts cultivation was similarly wasted, the resentment towards the provocateur Sang Daokun could be imagined!

But now, with everyone injured, no one could do anything to anyone.

Unlike the gloom beneath the mountain, at this moment Haotian Village was filled with joy.

The betrothal gifts sent by the young men were valuable and thoughtful; these were prepared by the Prince Cheng and his wife in recent days.

That leading young man, upon reaching Haotian Village and seeing Lu Qianxue, cupped his hands in the salute: "Chi Huazhang, Squad Leader of the Jinzhou Division, greets the Sect Master! Greets Young Master Yi!"

Prince Cheng returned the salute with a smile.

Chi Huazhang cupped his hands again to Xia Wanqing: "I’ve long heard of Chief Xia’s great name, being in Jinzhou, I’ve never had the chance to meet! Chief Xia, I salute you!"

Xia Wanqing returned the salute, saying: "A pleasure, a pleasure!"

Actually, Xia Wanqing was quite surprised inside; he had been in Jinzhou for many years and didn’t know Po Yuan Sect had a division in Jinzhou.

Fortunately, he usually didn’t act arrogantly and was morally upright, often taking care of friends in Jianghu.

Chi Huazhang smiled pleasantly and bowed to Huangfu Jingchen, saying: "Congratulations to Young Master!" Then he looked at Xia Wenjin, still bowing in salute, but without calling out a name!

When Xia Wenjin was at the mountain gate, she was greatly shocked to learn that Lu Qianxue was the Sect Master of Po Yuan Sect; she only knew this as Prince Cheng’s concubine, probably because last lifetime, Po Yuan Sect merely appeared in legends, and she never met Lu Qianxue.

She returned the salute, smiling slightly.

Lu Qianxue said: "Huazhang, have you brought all the things I wanted?"

Chi Huazhang replied: "I’ve brought them already, a total of eight chests and boxes! Besides the Sect Master’s instructions, our division has a little token of appreciation!"

Remembering an incident, he apologized to Xia Wanqing: "Chief Xia, something happened at the foot of the mountain, I’ve got to let you know, hoping it didn’t cause you too much trouble!"

Xia Wanqing was curious; what trouble could have happened at the foot of their mountain?

Xia Wenjin said: "Could it be the Xianglong Sword Sect?"

Xia Wanqing suddenly realized; how could he forget that Sang Daokun’s group, their travel pace might lead them to meet them right at the foot of the mountain.

Chi Huazhang nodded, saying: "That’s indeed how that person identified themselves. A group of over a dozen people, with a young woman among them."

Lu Qianxue asked: "What happened?"

Chi Huazhang replied: "They relied on their large numbers and force, seeing us carrying chests and boxes with gifts, tried to rob them!"

This statement made the expressions of Xia Wanqing and everyone from Haotian Village odd.

Robbing at the foot of Haotian Village’s mountain, it’s nothing but knowing these gifts were going to Haotian Village, unable to shake Po Yuan Sect, they tried to fiddle with these gifts to reclaim some dignity?

Lu Qianxue chuckled and said: "Speaking of which, Sang Sect Leader was displeased with me during our verbal exchange. The principles of our Po Yuan Sect’s conduct are humility, prudence, and restraint, so I take it there wasn’t any more conflict between you and them, right?"

When trying to rob people, how could there possibly be no conflict?

Chi Huazhang shook his head, saying: "There was no conflict!"

His smile was gentle and courteous, saying: "Although it started off unpleasant, we remembered the Sect Master’s instructions. We explained some reasoning to them, once the reasoning was explained, they allowed us to go up the mountain."

Was Sang Daokun a person of reasoning? The people of Haotian Village clearly didn’t believe it; if he was reasonable, how could he come to Haotian Village seeking a son-in-law while flaunting his power overbearingly?

But considering that Chi Huazhang was from Po Yuan Sect, perhaps Sang Daokun learned his lesson after being taken down once, knowing their identities thereafter and gave up?

But Huangfu Jingchen laughed, saying: "What kind of reasoning did you explain to them?"

Chi Huazhang still smiled calmly, saying: "Not much was explained, just said a few words. Seeing they were people of such nature, we were very happy, also very excited, so we suggested a friendly match. But our skills were not refined, we didn’t control our force well, by accident, we severed their hand tendons!"

As he said this, Chi Huazhang’s face was full of shame, showing an expression even more filled with guilt.

Xia Wenjin: "..."

Everyone in Haotian Village: "..."

They thought it really was reasoning, turns out this was how reasoning was explained? It would have been better to directly say both sides engaged in battle, then their side won overwhelmingly, suppressing the other without resistance, as a punishment, severing their hand tendons, hence easily ascending the mountain!

Xia Wenjin chuckled lightly.

Lu Qianxue nodded and smiled slightly, saying: "Now that you know your skills are unrefined, continue to work hard in the future. Given Sang Sect Leader is a reasonable person, during friendly matches when swords have no eyes, surely he wouldn’t mind. No need for you to feel guilty!"

Chi Huazhang smiled too, saying happily: "Thank you, Sect Master! In the future, I will certainly be even more reasonable, definitely control my force well, ensuring that their hands and feet are broken in equally neat fashion!"