Chapter 160: At Your Disposal

Chapter 160: Chapter 160: At Your Disposal

Chen Xiao’s expression turned cold as he glanced disdainfully at Lu Buqun. "Old fart, always playing the age card. Just you wait. I might just break those decrepit old legs of yours and leave you howling like a dog."

At these words, many in the audience couldn’t help but stifle their laughter.

Lu Buqun, livid with rage, his beard trembling, glared wide-eyed. "You brat, what did you just say?!"

"Disrespectful old cur, you’re so old you should be ashamed to show your face. Be careful, or I’ll shove you back into your mother’s womb and let you be reborn," Chen Xiao didn’t let up, even slowly raising his middle finger.

Zhang Yaqing burst out laughing. "Mr. Chen, that was a bit much. Even if he wanted to go back into his mother’s womb, I doubt he could, right?"

Chen Xiao nodded thoughtfully. "True. Considering his age, his mom must be long dead. No wonder his mouth is so foul. He’s a motherless bastard."

Chen Xiao continued to spew venom, causing the veins on Lu Buqun’s face to bulge. He almost fainted from anger, his whole body trembling. In his decades on the martial path, when had anyone ever dared to disrespect him like this?

Lu Rugao frowned. "Sir, Old Lu is an elder. Aren’t you being far too disrespectful?"

Chen Xiao lifted his foot. "If you’re so keen on respecting elders, why don’t you bring over a basin of water and wash my feet?"

Lu Rugao’s expression darkened, her pretty face growing stormy. "You rustic lout. This young lady is above bickering with the likes of you."

No one had ever dared to speak to her, Lu Rugao, like that before!

She coldly declared, "Old Lu, since some people are so arrogant, don’t hold back later. Show him the meaning of respecting one’s elders."

Then, she turned to Luo Qingli. "Miss Luo, have you decided who will fight for you? Surely you’re not going to let your freeloading husband fight, are you?"

Luo Qingli responded coldly, "What my husband is like is none of Miss Lu’s business to comment on! However, the Luo Group has no one else to send. Chen Xiao will have to do."

She was also quite anxious. After all, the champions from the other factions were all masters from the older generation! It was clear they had come prepared. Chen Xiao was strong, but could he really be a match for these long-famous masters?

She tugged at Chen Xiao’s sleeve, lowering her voice. "Tell me the truth, do you stand a chance?"

"Yes," Chen Xiao replied, calm and composed.

"Really?" Luo Qingli was skeptical. "If you can’t win, just surrender."

"Don’t worry. They’re not worthy of making me surrender," Chen Xiao said calmly.

I don’t know if you’re just being stubborn, or if you’re really that desperate to divorce me.

Chen Xiao stated, word by word, "I’m just keeping my promise to you."

Luo Qingli fell silent.

Li Kani finally couldn’t help but speak up. "Chen Xiao, let me also advise you not to overestimate yourself. I know you’ve got a few moves, but you have no idea how terrifying these Martial Dao masters can be!

"Northern Fist Lu Buqun was famous thirty years ago! A single punch of his can shatter mountains and split stones! Forget fighting him; he could probably smash your head to a pulp with one blow!

"And Qiao Xiong, the man Qin Cang invited, is also a top expert from Hongmen! I heard he reached the Greatmaster Late Stage five years ago. Do you have any idea what that means? In an entire province, he could easily rank in the top three!

"Don’t even talk about fighting them; just standing in their presence would make your legs turn to jelly.

"It’s better to give up now while you still can with some dignity."

Her tone was somewhat mocking. "It’d be mortifying to wet yourself in front of all your admirers here."

"You don’t know shit," Chen Xiao glanced at her. "If you don’t know what you’re talking about, shut your mouth!"

"You...! Ungrateful bastard, repaying kindness with hostility!" Li Kani crossed her arms. "Fine. You have no chance of winning anyway. Since you’re so intent on embarrassing yourself, I won’t waste my breath."

"And what if I win?" Chen Xiao countered.

"Impossible!"

"What if it is possible?" Chen Xiao looked at her coolly. "If you’re so certain I can’t win, why don’t we make a bet on it?"

Seeing Chen Xiao’s confidence, Li Kani actually wavered.

"Look at you, you deluded woman. You bark so fiercely when it’s all talk, but the moment a real bet is on the table, you hesitate. How pathetic is that?" Chen Xiao mocked.

"If you win, I’m yours to command!" Li Kani gritted her teeth. "But if you chicken out of the fight, you will kowtow to me one hundred times and call me ’Granny’! How about that?"

"Yours to command? And what would I command you to do?" Chen Xiao laughed, a little wildly.

"Win first, talk later," Li Kani said. "If your wife doesn’t mind, I could even warm your bed. I’m not afraid. The question is, are you, the man who lives off his wife, afraid?"

CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! Zhang Yaqing, ever the agitator, chimed in, "I wholeheartedly approve!"

Luo Qingli frowned. These women really had no regard for her at all! They weren’t even divorced yet, and they were already challenging her to her face?

Chen Xiao chuckled and said to Luo Qingli, "Hear that? Yours to command."

"Hmph, so what if I did?" Luo Qingli feigned indifference. "You’ll be free soon enough anyway."

Chen Xiao said lightly, "Don’t worry, I’m not interested in a deluded woman like her. If I win, I’ll give her to you as a personal attendant to pour your tea."

Luo Qingli’s expression eased slightly, her phoenix eyes sweeping over Zhang Yaqing.

Zhang Yaqing just smiled meaningfully.

"Win first, then we’ll talk!" Li Kani’s eyebrows shot up. "Just try not to get the crap beaten out of you."

Just then, Wei Ziheng snorted. "Everyone cut the crap. The Luo Group and the Zongheng Chamber of Commerce have both confirmed this guy will fight, right? So if he loses, both groups are eliminated. Is that correct?"

Qiao Xiong snorted coldly. "Let him fight a hundred times. It’ll still be pointless!"

Lu Buqun also spoke grimly. "He won’t get a second chance. I’ll knock all his teeth out with one punch and make him kneel and call me ’Grandpa’!"

"If I lose a single match, both the Zongheng Chamber of Commerce and the Luo Group will withdraw from the competition," Chen Xiao said coolly. "My only fear is that you shrimp and crab soldiers won’t have what it takes to make me lose."

"Big talk for someone with little skill!" Lu Rugao looked toward the Jiang Family’s area. "Who is the Jiang Family sending out? Will the Family Head of the Jiang Family fight personally?"

Jiang Baifeng smiled faintly. "This old bag of bones will sit this one out. I’ll have my son, Jiang Tianyi, represent the Jiang Family in this fight. Any objections?"

Jiang Tianyi? He was a notorious wastrel. The Jiang Family sending him out was like forfeiting the match, wasn’t it?

However, Leng Baiyu gave Jiang Tianyi a meaningful look before saying quietly to Chen Xiao, "That guy is strange. He has a very familiar aura."

"I know." Chen Xiao knew Jiang Tianyi very well, so he had also noticed something was off. The aura was similar to that monster’s from before.

Leng Baiyu continued, "By the way, I have some news. I’ve tracked down a medicinal ingredient, the Mysterious Yin Pearl. The Lu Family possesses one. However, when I approached them, they refused to trade for it. If you get the chance, you should try to swindle it from them. This Miss Lu has been a Heaven’s Chosen One since birth—arrogant and proud. She might be a good weak point to exploit."