The hand that flaw was the remaining hand of Gu Xan and it wasn't Li Bian who cleaved it off just now, no the latter was still waiting to grant his part of the deal and with clouded eyes that gave no one any clue about what he might be thinking at the moment .
The person who cleaved the other hand of Gu Xan, completely sealing his fate as a crippled person was another Young Man whose news had filled every ear in the city, the poster of his handsome face illustration was hanged on every building there was in the city a few days ago .
The same person who was involved in the Phoenix Burial incident and who was said to have a connection with the Dragon that bested the Phoenix at that time, but the last wasn't confirmed, just treated as rumors and mostly nonsense, spread by the common folk .
This person was said to also have quite the deep connection with the Royal Family, enough to make the Royal Family come to his aid and even issue a Royal Decree for him, something completely unheard-of .
He was also a person who had many mysteries around him, one of those mysteries allowed him to even kill a person who was at the Bone Forging Realm while he was said to be in the Flesh Tempering Realm, a feat that made him become more imposing and more mysterious in the eyes of many people .
But these weren't the most important things about him in the current moment and situation, he was the one who is said to have stirred the trouble here, he was the one who shouldn't dare to appear here today and show his face, at least that was what most of the bystanders thought, as long as he wants to stay alive and breathing, he shouldn't have come and should have stayed low .
But contrary to what they expected of him and his character, he not only had appeared here, no, that wasn't the most important part, the most important part was him once again severing the remaining hand of Gu Xing's brother, Gu Xan .
And he stood there exuding killing intent so intense that it was enough to make the air around him to be stirred, who would be so arrogant to act so domineering here in front of the Sacred Hall gates, if not someone who was now renowned for seeking trouble everywhere he goes .
It didn't took him even a second to appear and the next second a hand flew into the air, Gu Xan's one, who he would be, other than the person they had called names and spread insane rumors about him, TIAN LONG had finally appeared .
The shock in the atmosphere was apparent, since no one had expected him to dare and show up, but it seem that those who are from the Solid Rock Fist Dojo were different breed of people .
It took a few seconds for the people here to realize what was going on in front of their eyes, thanks to the shrill like scream that Gu Xan unleashed after pain seemed to wake him up from shock first and as a result he let out a painful cry that made the onlookers look in his direction .
But as if the shock Tian Long gave them wasn't strong enough to shake them, the whole place suddenly become chaotic as City guards began to descend from rooftops and their numbers made them look like rain, but that wasn't what shocked the people here .
What shocked them was the state those guards were in, bruises, injuries, broken armors, broken weapons, they looked like as if they were hit by a hurricane, not even a single one of them seemed to be fine or unscathed, they were all looking at one person with unmasked hatred in their eyes, the same person who was at the center of attention of everyone here, TIAN LONG .
( Tian Long Pov ) .
Looking at the ugly face of previously filled with brilliance Gu Xan, I didn't have any remorse for that kind of person, not anymore, not back then, maybe at some point of the future when it's finally my turn to be one who is going to be on the losing end, maybe then will I reminisce a bit on what happened today, but now, it actually felt quite comfortable to see him like that .
As I came down a bit late after having to deal with those damn guards who kept obstructing my way time after time, forcing me to constantly change my direction, I got close enough to know what was going on with my enhanced senses, I first thought that my plan was just to head there and convince Uncle Li to leave with me .
Others needed to depend on medicine and the pills provided by that Alchemy Hall to advance, but not me I was different, not only can I depend on myself to concoct the pills I want and need, I currently needed a place to nurture medicine ingredients and if things went my way, I might be able not only to save the Dojo, but competing with those arrogant people won't be that difficult .
But what in the hell did these guys just wanted my Martial Uncle to do, those guards once again obstructed my path, but at this point, I had been completely overtaken by my untamed wrathful nature .
I had come in terms with how I want to live in this world and had put my own goals and made my boundaries clear, one of those boundaries I set was against touching people who are close to me, which currently was being crossed by those guys, Gu Xing and Gu Xan .
Guess the Gu Family is really doing their best to antagonize me and force me to eradicate them completely and wholeheartedly, since that was the case, guess there is no longer a reason for me to hold back on them .
Starting with those guards who didn't want to be shaken off, I had directly carved my way towards them, each got one attack and flew off, they were using swarm tactics, but they ended up shooting themselves in the foot, injuring and beating one another while I had already slipped through them and their attacks .
As I dashed towards the area where they were trying to humiliate both me and my Martial Uncle in, I saw Gu Xan already getting ready to deliver the first slap after Uncle Li actually agreed to be hit in my place and luckily those guys still decided that they would slap him first .
I directly pushed my movements speed to the limit and Gliding Swallow in such a situation had actually broke through its shackles and reached Perfection instantly, Gliding Swallow with a Perfect realm of mastery allowed me to glide through the air like a swallow, people might even confuse what I was doing with slow paced flying .
But I was more clear on what I was doing called, this was Gliding and with the help of Charging And Crouching Tiger, I manged to gather even more momentum and speed, then I kicked the air and like a missile, I shot directly towards where they were gathered .
With Wind-Chaser in my hand, it took took me almost no effort at all to cleave his other hand, but this time he was given a bit more leeway and only his hand was severed, his shoulder was still there unlike the last time, why I did that .
Well, it wasn't out of mercy or anything, but I didn't want him to lose conscious like before, there was still a show, I wanted him to see, that led to the current situation, where everyone stood there looking at me with aghast expressions, hatred filled eyes and pure and complete shock .
It would have been difficult to do what I did if my target was already anticipating my appearance or him even having a shred of strength that could allow him to show some resistance, but not only had I appeared in front of him like a ghost, but there was also the fact that he was now nothing but a crippled, be it his limbs or.... .
No, wait, there was actually a burst of Blood Qi coming from him currently, his meridians under my True Eyes were now connected and not severed as I left them, he possessed a 6th Layer Flesh Tempering strength, was that done by his brother's help .
Even with having the method to resist, his hand was still cleaved like that, talk about being usless to the end, this guy was truly nothing but a waste .
Even though, I wanted for him to see me dismember that brother of his, it seem that his Mental Fortitude hadn't improved in the slightest compared to the last time I had seen him, he directly collapsed on the floor and only after his body hit the floor unconscious, did finally Gu Xing screamed his name out and tried to reach him .
But two old guys wearing luxurious robes and they smelled like herbs and charcoal suddenly stepped forward and blocked his path, with the chubbiest of them saying :
Young Saint, you shouldn't do this, this kid's strength is quite weird, I'm afraid that he might try to injure or even kill you .
Then another old guy spoke, this time it was the one with no eyebrows and a dot on his forehead, he concurred with what the chubby guy said and continued to say :
There is no need for the Young Saint and the future of our pill hall to dirty his hands, there might be someone that would willingly do so for us, right?! Li Bian ?! .
As he heard the words of these two old geezers, he stood rooted in place and for the first time he shifted his attention towards me, he seemed to have realized something as he looked at me, or maybe his squint was an indication of much he hated me, it didn't matter much since what he said next was :
Give me my brother back, all grudges will be resolved naturally .
His tone was cold alright, but the pride he once exuded was now seem to have been quite hurt, as for the reason he didn't depend on Li Bian, well the latter had already stood up and gazed at me with his cold stare that I had very much got accustomed to and neither did or said anything .
Seeing that he was like this, already made it clear to them that he won't listen to them no more, but since Gu Xing's request was quite a small one, I directly kicked the body of his brother towards him .
Both the two old geezers tried to catch him in the air, only to find that their strength was meaningless in front of mine, well, I did use some of my spiritual qi in the shot just now, Spiritual Qi was at odd with Blood Qi and was capable of devouring it .
So unless someone among the two of them had Spiritual Qi stronger than mine, their tries to use their strength to stop Gu Xan midair was quite impossible, so just as they believed that they held him, their strength was devoured and they were unable to stop it from taking them with it and crashing in front Gu Xing who was now fuming with anger, as he called the guards over .
City guards were already in tattered so he didn't count on them, he called the special guards recruited by the Alchemy Hall, dozen of strong men appeared behind him like shadows, the weakest among them was an Organ Quenching expert at the 8th layer .
The strongest however was in the 4th layer of Bone Forging Realm, there were a few who ranked lower than him, but were still formidable guys in the Bone Forging Realm, a strong like steal lineup of gurads .
It seem that I did underestimate the power and the influence of this Alchemy Hall, the second Gu Xing declared that anyone who would participate in this encirclement of me would get a few Rupture Breakthrough Pills .
Pills that as the name implied can help with breaking through the next Realm, but the side effects and requirements to secure success in taking it were troublesome, but even so, a lot of people began flooding the place .
Looking at this scene, Uncle Li eyebrows rose slightly and the next second he unleashed his aura, mixed with his killing intent, all these lawless people couldn't even breath under the pressure and forsake their greed for the reward .
As for the lineup behind Gu Xing, they were still cautiously assessing the situation, they were at least not stupid enough to throm themselves in the pit and Gu Xing didn't persecuted them for this, since he too seemed to sense that the situation was getting out of his hand .
What did you come here for ? .
In this tensed situation, a calm and composed voice sounded beside my ears and I didn't need to turn around to know who was talking to me, so I directly said :
" I heard from one of the passersby that you came here to ask them to give me the permission to enter their Hall and that was you willing to even kneel down to them for this, what are you doing Martial Uncle .
" If you are worried about my future and my need for resources in the future, then I would like to forget about doing this, believe it or not but even without the help from medicinal pills, I have all I need, so you don't have to do this for those arrogant bastards .
Even though most of the people were shocked to see me bluntly disrespecting the Sacred Hall of Alchemy like this, he on the other hand said and I sensed a deep conflict currently on his mind as he said :
How many of these guys can you take, did you came here just to die and make older brother reprimand me for allowing you to tag along, leave here at once .
No one is going anywhere, no matter what it will cost me, today I will have both your arms and legs, even your head would be used a wood burner .
Whenthe fight break out, I will create an opening for you, don't waster my efforts, things are more deep than you could even imagine, you really shouldn't have come out here .
Just as I was about to say something, another person with an even more imposing aura than the line of guards appeared, then a strong booming chuckle was released and heard by all the people present, then the owner of this voice appeared before me and Li Bian like a ghost .
I was startled slightly and saw that even Uncle Li seemed to clench his fist slightly as he directly stepped forward to meet head to head with the tall and imposing red haired, savage looking guy who was menacingly smiling at me completely ignoring Li Bian's existence, the latter said solemnly :
Heng Wu, do you intend to have a fight with me, you know as well as I do that this place won't be able to even bear the fluctuations of us clashing, can the Alchemy Sacred Hall bear with such losses .
The man called Heng Wu still had his menacing yellow eyes glued to me as he said :
I'm not ready for an all-out fight with you to the death, they had recruited me to simply make a move and keep you busy, that's what I'm going to do, I too wanted to see how worthy was that kid for you to make you bear with such humiliation for the sake of helping him out .
Tian Long, the plan is still the same, as for you Heng Wu, 5 years ago you weren't my opponent and I'm actually more than willing to accompany you and see if you made any noticable progress .
Gu Xing :
Heng Wu, kill that guy, what are you dilly-dallying for ? .
Heng Wu released his aura and turned to look at Gu Xing and said while oppressing him with his aura :
I had just said that I was tasked with only keeping Li Bian's company for a while, the kid is not my target, you are more than free to deal with him however you liked, but keep in mind that if you dare to speak to me like I'm your subordinate or anything close to that, then forget about gaining Di Wu Shu favor, I will take you down with even having to lift a finger .
Gu Xing's expression became quite ugly after being disrespected like that, he then proceed to turn his head to the other side and snorted coldly, but he didn't to show or say anything about the greaviances in his heart, so he turned to the guards behind him and told them that he wanted me to get the most painful death possible .
Kid, what exactly did you do to hurt this guy's pride like this, don't tell me you did something shameful to his lover .
Heng Wu seemed to be quite curious on how the feud between me and that arrogant guy started, seeing him like this and together with the fact that I did appreciate seeing the dreed filled face of Gu Xing, I told him about what happened between us two .
He sucked a breath of cold air and gave me a weird piece of advice, saying :
If you went to the Royal Academy, I would suggest that either you find a chance to kill that guy or prepare yourself to live without elixirs for the rest of your life, there won't be a place in any corner across the whole Qin Dynasty that would be willing to even sell a stalk of paper to you, of course you being able to stay alive today in itself would be quite the challenge