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Chapter 423: Chapter 423: Ten Minutes

That night.

In the Purple Gold Mansion of Ling City, the main hall was brightly lit.

Li Xiaoyao entered the hall, immediately drawing the attention of all present.

Murmurs of private conversations went up, mostly discussions about Li Xiaoyao.

“I didn’t want to come initially, but I heard this young man is quite capable, and he also owns a Spirit Stone Vein. So, I came today to see for myself. If he truly has the ability, befriending him is not a bad idea. If he’s just a pus-filled wound, hehe, maybe it’s time for the Spirit Stone Vein to change hands.”

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The crowd had only received a text message from Li Xiaoyao and did not know why he had invited everyone tonight.

Of the 327 Cultivators, only 320 had arrived; seven were still missing.

Li Xiaoyao swept his gaze around, taking note of the numbers; he walked over and sat down on an empty sofa, asking softly, “Who else hasn’t arrived?”

Nobody knew who he was addressing with this question. The crowd either laughed or looked down on him, with no one answering.

Suddenly, Li Xiaoyao stretched out his hand, pointing at a man sitting on a sofa in front of him, and demanded, “You, answer my question.”

The man, suddenly pointed out, appeared somewhat surprised and then sneered, “Who do you think you are to speak to me in that tone? There are more than three hundred people here, and you’re the junior, yet you don’t even know the first thing about respect. You truly lack upbringing.”

“I ask, you answer. Utter half a word more of nonsense, and I will cripple you!” Li Xiaoyao’s voice was cold as ice, his arrogance surprising everyone present.

The man, who had never tolerated such disrespect, stood up, looking down on Li Xiaoyao and scolded, “Brat, you’re quite arrogant. Don’t say I didn’t give you a chance. Kneel down and kowtow now, and I’ll spare your life.”

“Ignorant,” Li Xiaoyao shook his head, slowly stood up, and walked step by step towards the man. To the amazement of everyone watching, he made the first move against the man.

Seeing Li Xiaoyao’s palm strike coming, the man was enraged, cursing, “Do you really think I wouldn’t dare to kill you?”

The man counterattacked with a punch towards Li Xiaoyao’s head, the force so strong that it made his clothes ripple and flutter.

“Slap!”

“Bang!”

Li Xiaoyao’s palm struck the man’s body, sending him flying straight out, spitting out blood and crashing against a pillar in the hall, slowly sliding down.

At that moment, the hall fell silent.

“I remember, Zhang Xin is a Cultivator of the Condensation Realm at the fourth level, right?” someone said uncertainly.

“Just last week, he broke through to the fifth level of the Condensation Realm.” The person, surprised, looked towards Li Xiaoyao and remarked, “This youngster’s Cultivation Level is probably at the sixth, even seventh level of the Condensation Realm. Tsk tsk, so young and already at such a level — if he is left to cultivate freely, his future achievements are bound to be limitless.”

This display of skill stunned many, but it didn’t completely subdue them.

After all, the one Li Xiaoyao had just sent flying was but a fifth-level Cultivator of the Condensation Realm.

There were many present with higher Cultivation Levels who didn’t think much of Li Xiaoyao’s strength.

Li Xiaoyao pointed at another person, saying, “You, answer my earlier question.”

The Cultivator he pointed to had already reached the Abstinence Realm and naturally felt anger towards Li Xiaoyao’s attitude; he snorted coldly, “You dare address me?”

Li Xiaoyao did not bother with words but simply struck out with his palm again.

Seeing this, the crowd scoffed.

“This kid really is a mad dog, thinking that just because he can bully Zhang Xin, he can do as he pleases?”

“Chang Wu is a Third Rank Cultivator of the Abstinence Realm, not some lowly thug like Zhang Xin,”

Nobody was optimistic about Li Xiaoyao, they all felt that what he was doing was courting death.

Sitting on the sofa, Chang Wu casually waved his hand, trying to block Li Xiaoyao’s attack. However, when the forceful gust of wind arrived, Chang Wu’s face suddenly changed drastically. By the time he wanted to get up and dodge, it was already too late.

The palm that struck contained overpowering energy and didn’t allow him time to dodge. It hit his face before he could even react. He and the sofa toppled backward in an incredibly awkward and disheveled way.

If Li Xiaoyao’s previous slap that sent Zhang Xin flying made everyone think he was brutal and decisive, then his subduing of Chang Wu with one move now shocked them.

“Did this kid not use his full strength before?”

“Has his cultivation level reached the Abstinence Realm? My God, how old is he?”

“You answer.” Li Xiaoyao, as if he hadn’t heard, continued to point at a person whose cultivation level was lower than Chang Wu’s. Being pointed at, the man’s face turned red. He really wanted to talk tough like Chang Wu and Zhang Xin, but seeing their miserable fates, he consoled himself: A true man can bend and stretch.

“Li Hao, Bai Yu…” The man named seven people in one breath.

Li Xiaoyao nodded his head in satisfaction and asked, “Why weren’t they here?”

The man cursed internally, How the hell would I know? But he still responded respectfully on the surface, “I don’t know either.”

Li Xiaoyao said, “Call them and tell them they must appear within ten minutes.”

“These are powerful cultivators; I don’t have their numbers.” The man was utterly reluctant. What a joke, having to call such powerful cultivators for someone like him, wasn’t that seeking death?

Thinking that saying this would deter Li Xiaoyao, to his surprise, he instead said, “I have the numbers.”

The man really felt screwed over, but still suppressed his anger and, under Li Xiaoyao’s intimidation, dialed the first cultivator’s number.

Watching this spectacle, many in the crowd sneered. Did this kid really think he could call the shots with the powerful ones just because he had some skills?

Who is Li Hao? He’s a cultivator who reached the peak of the Abstinence Realm!

And there’s Bai Yu, whose cultivation level reached the Spirit Cultivation Realm. As for the other five, their cultivation levels are all between the peak of the Abstinence Realm and the Spirit Cultivation Realm, with Nan Feng being the strongest among them, having reached the fearsome Seventh Rank of the Spirit Cultivation Realm.

Any one of these seven could cause a sensation in Ling City. And now, this ignorant kid was declaring they must appear within ten minutes.

Suddenly everyone felt that their trip today wasn’t in vain as they were about to witness quite a show.

“Dudu~”

After a couple of rings, the call connected quickly amidst background noise, and a man’s voice came through.

“Who is this?”

The man stammered, “Bai… Fellow Daoist, Li Fellow Daoist asked me to inquire when you might be coming over?”

“Li Fellow Daoist? Which Li Fellow Daoist?”

“Li Xiaoyao, Li Fellow Daoist.”

Bai Yu then realized and oh-ed, saying, “Let him wait, I’ll be there after I’m done with my things.”

The phone was on speaker, allowing everyone to hear the conversation clearly.

Many in the crowd chuckled inwardly, Aren’t you very powerful and arrogant? Now let’s see how you handle this.

Li Xiaoyao took the phone from the man and said indifferently, “I give you ten minutes, come immediately.”