Chapter 136 - 133: Suppressing the Li Family, Get Out Here and Die

"How dare you! Where did a brat like you come from, daring to speak like that in the Li Family? Do you know what this place is? Even your adoptive father and mother have to be respectful here."

Sun Minghui didn’t speak, but Li Qinglan stepped forward, pointing a finger at Ning Jiang. She was domineering, almost poking him in the face.

"This is the adoptive son you two want the Li Family to save? Doesn’t he have any manners at all? A little bastard like him would be better off dead."

Li Qinglan’s mother spoke, her voice cold and merciless. She had many descendants in the Li Family and held an extraordinary status. Normally, which junior wouldn’t greet her with the utmost respect?

Ning Jiang was just a junior, and one from a small place at that. How could he be so brazen?

Meanwhile, Li Shiyu, who was standing there, felt her heart pound. She desperately tried to signal the others. They had no idea, but having witnessed everything at the Lotus Garden, how could she not know how terrifying Ning Jiang was?

For a ruthless man who dared to kill members of the Li Family, the Huangfu Family, and Young Master Floating Snow all at once, how could he possibly care about the Li Family’s strength?

Once he was angered, was there anyone he wouldn’t dare to kill?

But looking at Ning Jiang’s ice-cold, emotionless eyes, Li Shiyu’s lips trembled. In the end, she didn’t dare say a word and could only sigh inwardly.

’You’re on your own now,’ Li Shiyu thought to herself.

"You little bastard, are you questioning me? You have no respect for your elders."

Sun Minghui’s brows shot up, his expression full of authority. With his hands behind his back, he said, "That’s right, I said those words. Ning Changfeng is a coward. Forget being unworthy of Li Qingyun—he couldn’t even hope to associate with a servant of the Li Family. Is there a problem with that?"

This was a merciless and blatant humiliation.

Ning Changfeng clenched his teeth in anger. Li Qingyun couldn’t hold back either and was about to retort.

"Mother, leave it to my little brother," Ning Yu’an said, shaking her head. "He will make him pay the price."

Li Qingyun was taken aback. Seeing the firm look in Ning Yu’an’s eyes, she nodded, placing her trust in Ning Jiang.

"Good. Very good," Ning Jiang’s voice was laced with a chilling frost. "The moment you said that, you were already a dead man."

"You’re courting death! Ning Changfeng, look at this thing you’ve raised! No manners at all. I think I’ll have to discipline him for you. Kid, I won’t kill you. I’ll just cripple your arms and legs to teach you that some things should never be said."

Sun Minghui shook his head and sighed. With his Peak Innate Cultivation, why would he ever take a sixteen-year-old boy seriously?

With a flicker of movement, his entire body shot forward like an unsheathed sword. Innate Gang Qi gathered between his hands as he struck at Ning Jiang.

’Is he scared stiff?’

Seeing Ning Jiang standing there motionless, looks of disdain appeared on the faces of the Li Family members.

They figured that a mere junior like Ning Jiang was no match for a Peak Innate expert.

Only Li Shiyu placed a hand on her pale forehead, sighing inwardly at Sun Minghui for seeking his own doom.

"Kneel."

Just as Sun Minghui came within about thirty feet of Ning Jiang, Ning Jiang let out a thunderous shout. Instantly, a pressure as heavy as a mountain crashed down on Sun Minghui.

THUD.

Under this power, Sun Minghui’s knees buckled, and he dropped to the ground on the spot.

CRACK.

The force was so immense that the bluestone tiles beneath him shattered. His knees were instantly crushed to dust, and he let out a bloodcurdling scream.

"How is this possible?"

The expressions of the crowd instantly turned to horror.

Sun Minghui was even more terrified. His eyes filled with deep dread as he said in shock, "You’re at the Innate Limit!"

"Those who insult my adoptive father must die!"

Ning Jiang flicked his finger. A stream of Innate Gang Qi tore through the air like a sword and sliced across his neck.

His eyes widened. A thin red line appeared on his neck, growing wider until blood spurted out and his head tumbled to the ground.

"Ah!"

Seeing her husband’s head hit the floor, Li Qinglan couldn’t help but let out a piercing shriek, her face ashen.

The others were even more terrified, left dumbfounded and speechless.

That was a Peak Innate Strong Person, and he was killed with just a flick of a finger?

If the one who had acted was a senior expert from the Innate List, it would be understandable. But this was just a teenager!

"Innate Limit?"

Ning Changfeng and his wife’s pupils contracted. They muttered those two words, looking at Ning Jiang in disbelief.

"Father, Mother, it’s true," Ning Yu’an said proudly. "Little Brother is not who he used to be. He’s an eagle in the sky now, soaring with outstretched wings!"

"You dare to kill someone within the Li Family."

The old woman’s eyes went wide with rage. Although she was shocked by Ning Jiang’s strength, she was even more furious with him.

This is the Li Family, a Top-Level Noble House!

In all her years, she had never encountered anything like this.

"There’s nothing I wouldn’t dare."

Ning Jiang stood there calmly, as if he wouldn’t be afraid even if the sky fell.

"You’re a dead man! The Li Family will definitely not let you go!"

Li Qinglan stared at Ning Jiang with hatred. "You dared to kill my husband! It won’t just be you—even your adoptive father and mother will die with you!"

"Hm?"

Ning Jiang’s gaze turned cold again. ’Daring to threaten me with the people I hold dear?’

"Shiyu, hurry and inform your father! And get the Old Patriarch and the others to come and capture him!"

Li Qinglan hurriedly said to Li Shiyu, but she noticed Li Shiyu just shook her head with a bitter smile. Li Qinglan’s heart sank. "Shiyu, what’s wrong with you?"

"Aunt, how do you think our Li Family compares to the Huangfu Family?" Li Shiyu asked.

"Why are you asking that now? The Huangfu Family is a renowned house; our Li Family is indeed inferior. But what does that have to do with anything right now?"

Li Qinglan’s brows furrowed sharply. She and her mother both looked at Li Shiyu in confusion.

"There’s something you don’t know."

Li Shiyu glanced at Ning Jiang, a look of awe in her beautiful eyes. "Just a short while ago, Mr. Ning went on a killing spree in the Lotus Garden. People from both my Li Family and the Huangfu Family were killed by his hand for angering him. Even Huangfu Xiao was slain."

"What did you say?"

Everyone’s expression changed drastically.

Li Shiyu took a deep breath and continued, "And not only that. Even Young Master Floating Snow—ranked fifth among the Nine Great Young Masters and twenty-fifth on the Innate List—was killed by Mr. Ning with a single punch."

If her previous words had merely shocked them, then this statement was absolutely earth-shattering.

’Young Master Floating Snow, killed with a single punch?’

That was someone ranked twenty-fifth on the Innate List, a person who could stand on equal footing with their Old Patriarch!

The Li Family had become a Top-Level, First-Class Noble House with a respected status precisely because of the Old Patriarch’s existence. But the Old Patriarch was only ranked twentieth on the Innate List.

Although that rank was slightly higher than Young Master Floating Snow’s, everyone knew that with his potential, he was bound to surpass the Old Patriarch in the future.

"Shi... Shiyu, you... you’re not joking with us, are you?"

Li Qinglan’s body trembled violently, unable to believe it.

But the reverence for Ning Jiang in Li Shiyu’s eyes clearly told them that it was all true!

"Mr. Ning is not someone you can afford to offend. Don’t bring ruin upon yourselves," Li Shiyu said, shaking her head.

Li Qinglan’s face turned ashen. She looked at Ning Jiang with a stiff neck, her lips trembling for a long time without being able to utter a single word.

"You just said you wanted my adoptive father and mother to die with you?"

As his voice fell, Ning Jiang flicked a finger.

PSST.

A bloody hole appeared between Li Qinglan’s eyebrows, and her body collapsed.

Seeing Ning Jiang kill two people just because of a disagreement, the old woman was both shocked and enraged. She turned her fury on Li Qingyun. "Qingyun, look at the monster you’ve raised! The person he killed was your sister! Are you just going to stand there and do nothing? Do you have any humanity left?"

"Shut up!"

Ning Jiang roared, "When you expelled my adoptive mother from the Li Family and cut all ties with her, did you have any humanity? You even had the Li Family take Sister An to be used as a tool for a marriage alliance! Did you ever once think of her as your own granddaughter?"

"The heartless and disloyal ones are you, the Li Family! With what right do you speak of humanity?"

"Fine, fine," the old woman’s face turned pale with anger. "You rely on your high cultivation to kill indiscriminately. I believe the two Innate Limit experts of the Li Family will not sit by and do nothing!"

"Is that so?"

Ning Jiang raised an eyebrow, his voice booming, "The two of you have been watching for so long. Are you going to come out, or do I have to drag you out myself?"

"Young friend, your Divine Techniques are vast. Truly, nothing can be hidden from you."

Two bitter chuckles were heard, and then two figures walked out.

"Old Patriarch, Grandfather."

Li Shiyu called out. The two who had arrived were her grandfather, Li Tongsheng, and the Li Family’s Old Patriarch, Li Huqing.

Her grandfather was also at the Innate Limit but was not ranked on the Innate List.

"Old Patriarch, this boy is on a killing spree in the Li Family! I implore the Old Patriarch to deliver justice!" the old woman said hurriedly.

"Hmph."

Li Huqing shot her a cold glance and ignored her words, walking up to Ning Jiang instead.

This Top-Level figure—ranked twentieth on the Innate List, renowned throughout Cyan Cloud, and known by everyone in Golden Cauldron City—cupped his hands in a fist-and-palm salute toward Ning Jiang.

"Li Huqing greets Mr. Ning. I ask Mr. Ning to quell his anger. The Li Family will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation for this matter!"

"Mr." was a title of respect for a powerful expert.

Li Huqing already knew what had happened at the Lotus Garden. When Ning Jiang, Li Shiyu, and the others came to the Li Family estate, they had walked at an unhurried pace.

Long before they arrived, someone had already rushed back without stopping to report everything that had transpired at the Lotus Garden.

Facing this terrifying young man who had killed Young Master Floating Snow with a single punch, he, the Old Patriarch, had no choice but to lower his noble head.

He did not want his Li Family to be implicated because of the mistakes made by Li Tongguang’s branch.

"Old Patriarch, you... you..."

Seeing the Li Family’s strongest expert bow his head to Ning Jiang, the old woman was utterly dumbfounded. She felt as though her entire perception of the world was collapsing.

Li Shiyu’s gaze, however, grew even more reverent.

This young man had used his terrifying strength to force the Li Family to bow. The great Golden Tripod Li Family, such a prosperous and powerful clan, could only lower their heads, submit, and beg for forgiveness when faced with Ning Jiang.

Seeing Ning Jiang remain silent, Li Tongsheng, who was at the side, quickly added, "Please forgive us, Mr. Ning. This was done by Li Tongguang’s branch of the family and has nothing to do with the majority of us in the Li Family. I ask Mr. Ning to see this clearly."

"Nothing to do with you? When Li Tongguang’s branch was doing these things, you expect me to believe you didn’t know?"

Ning Jiang’s voice was like ice. "You clearly knew about these things, yet you did nothing. That’s tacit approval. As for coming out to apologize now, it’s only because you’re wary of my strength. Forgiveness? It won’t be that easy!"

Hearing this, Li Huqing and Li Tongsheng’s expressions changed, and they were about to speak again.

"I’ll settle the score with your Li Family later. Before that, there are some other people I need to kill first."

Ning Jiang raised his gaze and looked into the distance.

In mid-air, four figures were rushing menacingly toward them, accompanied by an earth-shattering roar:

"Ning Jiang, get out here and die!"