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Chapter 424: Chapter 424: Twenty-Three Minutes

Bai Yu was startled for a moment and asked, “Are you Li Xiaoyao?”

“It’s me,” Li Xiaoyao said. “I don’t care where you all are, but in ten minutes, I want to see you, otherwise…”

“Otherwise what?” Bai Yu sneered. “Disrespectful fool, if you’re willing to wait, then wait.”

After finishing his words, Bai Yu hung up the call, and Li Xiaoyao casually put away his phone, seemingly unfazed by the exchange.

He was not Yun Feiyang, and of course, he was also unaware of how Yun Feiyang had managed the cultivators of Ling City. But he was decidedly different from Yun Feiyang; he would not take the initiative to appease these fellows.

His way of governing was simple: to have all the cultivators in Ling City obey him.

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Li Xiaoyao had agreed to take on the role of the foremost figure of Ling City for Cheng Dongliang with ulterior motives in mind.

Now that he was accumulating more enemies, he urgently needed a group of strong and obedient cultivators.

Even though he had subjugated a group of cultivators in Medicine God Valley, those old fogeys would not easily leave Medicine God Valley, and indeed, the valley needed them to oversee its affairs.

The only person Li Xiaoyao could rely on was Jiuyin, whose strength was undoubtedly great, but the power of one man had its limits—should any real trouble arise, it would not be enough.

In Ling City, Yun Feiyang’s second rank in the Golden Core Realm went unsurpassed, and now that he was dead, the strongest left were only at the seventh rank of the Spirit Cultivation Realm. Li Xiaoyao didn’t even consider such cultivation levels noteworthy.

Li Xiaoyao had already met the most powerful cultivator he had ever seen—excluding Xiao Qing and Venerable Bei Ying—and that was Li Yiming of the Li Family.

Based on his encounter with Li Yiming, Li Xiaoyao judged that his cultivation level had reached at least the seventh or eighth rank of the Golden Core Realm, possibly even higher.

Though in an actual fight without using any magical treasures, Li Xiaoyao admitted that winning might be difficult. However, with his Golden Body, he was confident escaping alive wouldn’t be a problem.

Tonight, there would definitely be bloodshed. Only with bloodshed could he deter these people and instill fear in them. Fear would lead to their submission, which would greatly facilitate Li Xiaoyao’s future management of them.

While many thought Li Xiaoyao was arrogant and brash, they couldn’t help but admire his courage.

It must be said that Li Xiaoyao’s courage was indeed immense, daring to speak in such a tone to the seven cultivators who stood at the pinnacle of Ling City’s power pyramid.

At the same time, they were also looking forward to the exciting scene that was about to unfold.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and Bai Yu and the others did not show up.

Li Xiaoyao remained as calm as ever, sitting on the couch with his eyes closed, feigning sleep. His chest rose and fell slightly with each breath, showing no sign of emotional disturbance.

Half an hour later, there was still no sign of activity; it seemed Bai Yu and the others really weren’t planning on coming. Those present were losing patience and prepared to leave.

A few more minutes elapsed, and then the sound of a car approached from outside, revitalizing everyone’s spirits. Several people who were about to stand up and leave sat back down.

The car engine was shut off, and in its place came the sound of footsteps growing nearer.

A stream of subtle yet powerful vigor radiated from outside the mansion, and everyone knew that Bai Yu and the other six had arrived.

“Bang!”

The door was kicked open, and seven men of varying ages stood at the entrance, their gaze swiftly locking onto Li Xiaoyao as they demanded, “Are you Li Xiaoyao?”

Li Xiaoyao slowly opened his eyes and checked the time on his phone, saying, “Thirty-three minutes, you’re twenty-three minutes late.”

Bai Yu sneered, “Kid, if you can’t provide a reasonable explanation today for why you’ve assembled us here, I will make you regret ever coming into this world.”

“Wasting my twenty-three minutes, how do you reckon this should be resolved?” The conversation between Li Xiaoyao and Bai Yu was entirely off-track, leaving the audience speechless, but at the same time, they admired Li Xiaoyao’s boldness.

No matter what, daring to say such things in front of Bai Yu, whether he was deranged or haughty, earned him the admiration of the crowd.

“You’re courting death!” Bai Yu’s eyes narrowed as he released a surging aura, transforming into streams of vigor that shot towards Li Xiaoyao.

The beams of vigor halted several feet away from Li Xiaoyao, as if restrained by an invisible force, dissipating into the ether.

“Eh?” Bai Yu uttered in light surprise, with a somewhat mocking tone, “Interesting.”

The other six stood at the doorway, just coldly sneering at the spectacle, showing no intention of intervening.

“Such brazen youth is indeed rare to see,” Li Hao commented.

“I have heard of this young man. He is called Li Xiaoyao, and the spirit stone vein under that antique shop is his,” said Wang Xiao, who was the strongest among the seven, at the Seventh Rank of the Spirit Cultivation Realm!

“Oh? It seems today was not a waste after all, we even stumbled upon a spirit stone vein.”

“What’s seen is to be shared; you can’t leave out my portion,” the six people chatted and laughed, treating Li Xiaoyao as if he were already a dead man, showing no concern for him in their conversation.

Bai Yu’s right thumb and forefinger came together to form an extremely profound seal, his forearm bent, and then he slowly pushed forward, a solid seal flew from his palm towards Li Xiaoyao.

“Vajra Seal!” Li Hao exclaimed in surprise, “Bai Yu, is that really necessary? Using the Vajra Seal to deal with this kid? Isn’t that overkill?”

Killing intent overflowed from Bai Yu’s eyes as he said, “This kid is somewhat peculiar.”

The six didn’t quite grasp what Bai Yu meant by peculiar, but they would soon find out.

Carrying a powerful force, the Vajra Seal was about to strike Li Xiaoyao but stopped eerily in mid-air, motionless.

Li Xiaoyao looked at the golden seal, raised his hand towards the void, pointed, and the golden seal instantly dispersed into the air like smoke and clouds.

“What!” The seven people’s pupils contracted, in disbelief.

Others might not know the power of the Vajra Seal, but the six were acutely aware of how terrifying Bai Yu’s seal was.

Although Bai Yu was only at the First Rank of the Spirit Cultivation Realm, the Vajra Seal he cast was so fearsome that even a cultivator at the Second Rank of the Spirit Cultivation Realm would not dare to take it lightly.

Yet now, this brazenly youthful man had simply, with a faint and casual point, shattered the seal into nothingness.

“What on earth is this kid’s finger made of? If ordinary people were to touch the Vajra Seal with their bodies, they would have been crushed to bone dust by now!”

Little did they know, Li Xiaoyao possessed a Golden Body; although it was incomplete, dealing with this group was merely a matter of lifting his hands.

“How dare you be so arrogant in my presence, being merely at the First Rank of the Spirit Cultivation Realm?” Li Xiaoyao snorted and rose from the sofa. He lifted his foot, his figure appearing in front of Bai Yu like the wind, as he slowly stretched out his hand towards Bai Yu’s neck.

Sensing danger, Bai Yu raised his hand to block, but to her shock, she found that although Li Xiaoyao’s movements seemed slow, they gave her the illusion that even if she moved at her fastest, she couldn’t intercept him.

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