The Prodigies War

Lin Xun opened the courtyard door.

“Are you deaf? You made our young master wait so long!”

The servant who knocked on the door brought his hand into the air, aiming to strike Lin Xun’s door.

He turned to violence right away!

Evidently, the servant was used to doing what he wanted, otherwise he would not behave so arrogantly.

In recent years, Lin Xun had rarely encountered a situation like this so he was a little taken aback.

However, that did not mean he was slow to take action.

He caught the palm as it swung down, his grip so firm that it couldn’t budge an inch.

Unexpectedly, the servant was not surprised but infuriated. “You bastard, how dare you block? Do you not want to live anymore?”

It was a very powerful kick, as though only he could strike, while the other party could only passively accept the blow.

Such an arrogant and domineering servant must have a powerful backing. Otherwise, he would have been killed already.

Crack!

As soon as the servant attacked with that powerful kick, his wrist was snapped by Lin Xun. He screamed in agony, staggering, and was forced to his knees by Lin Xun.

This all happened in the blink of an eye.

Lin Xun remained silent and indifferent, but his dark eyes turned cold.

Those people showed up without notice, rudely banged on his door, and behaved arrogantly and domineeringly as soon as he opened the door. He would have killed the servant already if it wasn’t because he wanted to find out what they wanted.

“How dare you!”

“How dare you touch people from the Star Fiend Mountain!”

“Do you really want to die...”

The group of servants around the man in the fiery red crane cloak raged, fixing Lin Xun with a disbelieving glare.

The middle-aged man from Fog Obscured Alms quickly sent a voice transmission to Lin Xun, “Senior, please calm down and show some tolerance. Those people are from Star Fiend Mountain…”

According to the fierce middle-aged man, Star Fiend Mountain was a powerful force in the Ancient Nebula Underworld, second only to the Three Dark Giants.

The man in the fiery red crane cloak was the son of a supreme elder of Star Fiend Mountain. He was called Shi Lezhi and he held a distinguished status within the sect.

A chaotic and perilous place such as the Ancient Nebula Underworld had no shortage of wicked and fearsome characters, but many people were still afraid of offending and angering Shi Lezhi.

This was because his father was like a demon overlord. He was fiercely protective and was known for his extremely bad temper. He had the nickname Yin Devourer Demon Emperor!

Additionally, Star Fiend Mountain was exceptionally strong, and in recent years, it had been rapidly catching up to the Three Dark Giants in terms of influence and power.

“Oh, interesting.” Shi Lezhi chuckled.

The servant who was forced to his knees crawled over, crying out in anger, “Young Master, please get justice for me!”

“Do you not feel ashamed?” Shi Lezhi slapped him across the face.

Bang!

The servant’s head exploded and blood splattered everywhere. A few drops landed on Shi Lezhi’s face, but he didn’t care at all. Instead, he gently licked it, sending chills down everyone.

The servants turned pale, frightened into silence.

“My friend, my servant was too rude just now. He has paid the price for it.” Shi Lezhi turned to look at Lin Xun and uttered in a soft voice, “As the old saying goes, when you beat a dog, you have to see who its owner is first. You forced my servant to kneel in front of me, don’t you think you also have to pay a price?”

The fierce middle-aged man was sweating profusely and spoke in a desperate tone, “Young Master Shi, one who does not know is not guilty. This gentleman is a distinguished guest of our Fog Obscured Alms. Can you please let him off this one time?”

“If you say another word, don’t blame me for being rude.” Shi Lezhi glared at him.

The middle-aged man immediately shut his mouth and repeatedly made eye signals at Lin Xun, as if telling him to tolerate them and to not act recklessly.

Lin Xun ignored him. “I’ll give you one chance. Get out of my sight now. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences.”

Shi Lezhi stared blankly at him for a good while, as if he couldn’t believe his ears.

His servants were just as dumbfounded, as if they couldn’t believe that someone would dare talk to their young master in such a way.

“You seem very confident.” Shi Lezhi sized Lin Xun up, as if seeing him for the first time.

However, given his ability, he could not tell how terrifying the young man with an ordinary aura standing before him was.

Moreover, he had always thrown his authority around. Even cultivators stronger than him dared not anger him because of his identity and background.

Therefore, he was struggling to handle Lin Xun’s unyielding attitude.

He couldn’t help but frown and asked, “Is this your first time going to the Ancient Nebula Underworld?”

He was testing him.

However, Lin Xun grew irritated.

He had lost count of the number of people he had killed from the Holy Illumination Ancient Sect and the Earth Treasury Realm. How would he care about a little young master from Star Fiend Mountain?

With a cold look in his eyes, he looked at the middle-aged man standing beside him and asked, “If I kill them, will it bring trouble to your Fog Obscured Alms?”

Those words made the middle-aged man’s hair stand on end. “Senior, please calm down, senior calm down, let’s talk rationally, why do you have to use violence?”

“Hahaha, did you hear that? That guy threatened to kill us.” Shi Lezhi laughed in fury.

He believed he had been patient enough, but who would have thought that the other party would be so ungrateful!

His servants also burst out laughing, their eyes ice-cold. It was obvious to them that it was the other party’s first time going to the Ancient Nebula Underworld, which meant that he did not understand the weight of the name Star Fiend Mountain!

“Hurry up and get out of here and apologize to my young master!” Someone thundered, murderous intent swirling around his body.

The other servants also started to shout out, all showing their murderous intent.

“Being ignorant also has its consequences.” Lin Xun sighed; he finally lost his patience.

Boom!

The next moment, endless terrifying murderous intent surged out like a raging storm.

Lin Xun, who was thought to be an ordinary person, was like a divine being stepping out of a purgatory!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With a burst of chaotic noise, the servants were forced to their knees by the overwhelming aura emanating from Lin Xun. Without even the chance to struggle, their heads smashed into the ground and their knees were crushed. A chorus of spine-chilling screams rang out.

“No—!” Shi Lezhi roared, his long hair flying around him as he desperately fought with all his might.

Despite that, the next second, his body felt like it was being crushed by a sacred mountain. His skin cracked and blood oozed from the wounds.

The fierce middle-aged man’s eyes bulged wide, as if he had been struck by lightning.

The servants were all cultivators from Star Fiend Mountain. The strongest of them was at the Quasi-Emperor Stage, while the weakest still possessed the strength of the Saint-King Stage.

But they had been overpowered without even a chance to struggle!

The most terrifying thing was that Lin Xun did not make any visible moves. The aura emanating from his body alone was enough to suppress them all!

It should be noted that the forces in the Ancient Nebula Underworld were different from those in the outside world. Most of their disciples and descendants were wicked and cruel characters who had fallen into the dark underworld.

This was particularly the case in Star Fiend Mountain. The disciples of the sect included outlaws, mafia bosses with bloodstained hands, and demon leaders who had committed heinous crimes in the outside world…

Among the servants of Shi Lezhi, there were many of such wicked people.

Now, they were all kneeling down!

It was no exception for Shi Lezhi, a character of high, noble status.

When the fierce middle-aged man looked at Lin Xun again, his eyes were glowing with deep awe.

“Speak, why did you come to find me?”

Lin Xun looked down at Shi Lezhi who was lying on the ground. His expression was unfathomable.

“Kill me if you dare!”

Shi Lezhi’s face was contorted with rage and his eyes were about to crack in the corners. For the first time in his life, he was defeated so miserably. It was also the first time that he was humiliated by being forced to kneel down.

“Who wants to speak?” Lin Xun shifted his gaze over to the servants.

The servants looked at each other in dismay, but no one responded.

Lin Xun flicked his finger.

Bang!

A servant was pierced in the middle of his forehead and died on the spot.

“You talk.” Lin Xun’s gaze landed on one of them.

The man trembled uncontrollably and spoke in a quivering voice. “Young Master...we heard that you boarded the ship with the purple jade badge of Miss Qing Ying, so we suspect that there might be something between you and Miss Qing Ying. We planned to come here...and inquire about it.”

Lin Xun scrunched his brows.

Qing Ying was the woman who carried a blood-red umbrella, wore a green dress, and exuded a mysterious and enchanting aura.

Back when Lin Xun was in the underground world of Lin’an City, he was stunned by the woman’s unique charm.

The woman had wanted to compensate Lin Xun so she gave him the purple jade badge.

Lin Xun was indeed only permitted to board the boundary ship of Fog Obscured Alms and arranged to live in a private courtyard on the upper deck of the ship because he held the purple jade badge.

He turned his hand over, and the purple badge emerged on his palm. “Because of this?”

“The badge is not the problem.”

The servant stuttered. Trying hard to ignore Shi Lezhi’s murderous gaze, he gritted his teeth and said aloud, “Everyone in the Ancient Nebula Underworld knows that my young master is infatuated with Miss Qing Ying...”

Understanding dawned on Lin Xun. It turned out that the badge made Shi Lezhi suspect that he and Qing Ying had a close relationship, so he came here in such an aggressive manner to find out the truth.

“You can’t win the girl’s heart, so you prevent others from being close with her. You are truly overbearing,” sneered Lin Xun.

Shi Lezhi, who was kneeling on the ground, had a darkened expression on his face. He gnashed his teeth. “Then tell me, what is your relationship with Qing Ying?”

“Nothing,” Lin Xun answered nonchalantly.

However, Shi Lezhi did not believe him and snapped. “If there’s nothing between you two, then why would she give you the purple jade badge that she always carries with her? She has been wearing it since she was a child! In all the years that I have known her, she has never showed me it once!

“That token is now in your hands, how can you say that there is nothing between you two? Do you think I’m an idiot?”

There was unmistakable resentment in his voice.

Lin Xun’s face twitched strangely. He caused such a big fuss and came here to give me trouble because of jealousy…

He couldn’t help but say aloud, “Your name is very apt.”

Shi Lezhi was taken aback. “What do you mean by that?”

Lin Xun answered in a serious tone, “You’ve really have lost your mind.”[1]

1. Shi Lezhi is 石乐志, which is a homonym for 失了智, which can be translated as ‘lost your mind’ or in more colloquial terms, lost your marbles ☜