Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Utmost Freedom!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Kneel and descend the mountain?
Lin Huan and Luo Jing’s faces instantly turned pale.
Although the mountain wasn’t very high, descending it while kneeling would not be something that could be done in a short while.
After Xue An finished speaking, he turned and went into the house with Xue Xiang and Xue Nian.
Tang Xuan’er took a deep look at this group of so-called colleagues, then turned to leave.
“Xuan’Er, I beg you to plead with Mr. Xue on our behalf. If we really have to kneel down the mountain, what will I do?” Luo Jing even had the nerve to ask Tang Xuan’er for help.
“Yeah! Xuan’Er, after all, we are colleagues, why make things so rigid?” Many people echoed in quick succession.
A hint of disgust surfaced on Tang Xuan’er’s ethereal face, “Make things so rigid? Then let me ask you, who was it that started to mock me and Mr. Xue the moment they saw us?
Everyone was at a loss for words.
Tang Xuan’er stepped forward, stared at Luo Jing and Lin Huan, and said, “The one who kept calling Mr. Xue a penniless bum, who was that?”
Luo Jing and Lin Huan were both panicked.
Especially Luo Jing.
She had dared to be so brazen and repeatedly target Tang Xuan’er because she was sure this girl had a gentle disposition.
She believed that no matter what she did, Tang Xuan’er would not retaliate.
But now she knew, she was wrong!
Terribly wrong!
Tang Xuan’er also turned and left.
Qin Yu said indifferently to Lin Huan, “I remember you’re surnamed Lin, right?
Yunmeng Villa no longer welcomes you.”
After dropping these words, Qin Yu also left.
Lin Huan fell to the ground in dejection.
He knew, he was finished.
Not because of that apartment.
But because of Qin Yu’s attitude.
Though his family was relatively well off in Beijiang, compared to Longtai Group, they were nothing.
Now that he had angered Qin Yu, it meant that all of Lin Family’s businesses in Beijiang would face a catastrophic disaster.
It was all his fault!
Lin Huan’s heart suddenly surged with a nameless fury, pushing all the blame onto Xue An.
If you’re so powerful, why didn’t you show it from the beginning?
Look at the mess I’ve become because of you!
Yes! It’s all his fault!
Lin Huan thought to himself, his face showing an extremely bitter expression.
He expected us to kneel and get down the mountain?
What a joke!
Why should I kneel?
As Lin Huan thought this, he turned and walked downhill, but after only a few steps, he felt an immense force pressing on his shoulders.
With a thud, he knelt to the ground and, no matter how he struggled, couldn’t stand up again.
Not just him, Luo Jing and several others who had been the most scornful also felt a mighty power strike them, and then they, too, knelt down, unable to move.
The rest looked at each other in dismay, seeing shock and fear in each other’s eyes.
What kind of method was this?
In the end.
Lin Huan, Luo Jing, and others, really did kneel and crawl down the mountain, step by step.
Meanwhile, in the house, Xue An was quietly listening to Hua Xingyu talk about an issue.
Hua Xingyu spoke with a solemn expression, “Mr. Xue, a friend of mine overseas sent me a message this morning, concerning you!”
“Oh? What message?”
“The Heavenly Being Yu Ling, known as Pointer to Heaven, has left his seclusion, planning to return to the country soon and then to participate in the once-in-four-years Martial Arts Tournament!”
“Pointer to Heaven?” Qin Yuan’s body shook, and then a look of horror appeared on his face.
Qin Yu asked somewhat puzzledly, “Grandpa, who is the Finger-pointing Elder?”
Qin Yuan’s expression was solemn, “He was a peerless master who dominated all seas without meeting an equal thirty years ago. He disappeared afterward, and it was rumored that he had died. Who would have thought he was still alive?”
Hua Xingyu said with a wry smile, “Not only is he alive, but he’s also living quite well. He’s even trained two apprentices, one named Liu Shou, and the other named… Yu Qing!”
Upon hearing these two names, the room fell into silent solemnity.
Xue An remained unaffected, sitting there with an indifferent look on his face, as if all that was being discussed had nothing to do with him.
Hua Xingyu continued, “Yu Ling has come out of seclusion this time to avenge the deaths of his two apprentices. He has announced that he will confront the killer of his disciples during the upcoming martial arts tournament!” “So what?” Xue An said indifferently.
Hua Xingyu paused for a moment before saying, “Mr. Xue, although you possess extraordinary skills, Yu Ling is no ordinary man. I saw him once thirty years ago, and he had already entered Xiaoyao at that time. Now, thirty years have passed, and many say… he has already set one foot into the Heavenly
Human Realm!”
The Heavenly Human Realm!
That title itself carried a magical allure.
Although it’s said that once one enters Xiaoyao, they become an immortal, only by stepping into the Heavenly Human Realm does one truly enter an unknowable realm.
Since ancient times, those who could step into Xiaoyao were as numerous as stars in the sky, but those who could possibly enter the Heavenly Human
Realm were few and far between.
This meant that taking this step… was extremely difficult!
Everyone in the room was shaken by Hua Xingyu’s description, and the atmosphere turned somewhat ominous.
Just then, a childish voice chimed in.
“Daddy, what is a Heavenly Being? Can you eat it?”
Without looking, it was clear that it was Xue Nian who had asked the question.
Xue An couldn’t help but laugh silently, “A Heavenly Being, you say? A Heavenly Being is… something I can blow away with one punch.”
This statement even astonished Hua Xingyu.
Then, Xue An looked around the room and saw the worry on the faces of people like Qin Yuan, and he couldn’t help but smile lightly.
“Since he wants to meet me, it’s perfect. I also want to see for myself what a so-called master, who only set foot into the Heavenly Human Realm at such an advanced age, is really capable of!”
As he spoke this, Xue An’s tone was filled with immense confidence.
This made Hua Tingting beside him feel somewhat dazzled and shaken.
However, Hua Xingyu was somewhat worried; although Xue An’s martial arts cultivation was unfathomable, to him, there still seemed to be a gap between Xue An and a legendary figure like the Finger-pointing Elder.
“By the way! Where is this martial arts tournament being held?” Xue An asked.
Hua Xingyu and Qin Yuan looked at each other before both saying in unison, “Qingmang!”
Xue An raised an eyebrow.
“Qingmang?”
“Yes! The tournament is not fixed in location. This year, after it came around to
Beijiang, due to various inconveniences in the urban area, it was moved to Qingmang Town. Besides, that place is also a tourist attraction, which can help boost its fame,” explained Hua Xingyu.
Xue An nodded, “Alright then, I’ll go take a look when the time comes!”
Meanwhile, at this very moment, in an ancient and aromatic house located in Chinatown of M Country, Yu Ling was sipping tea.
“Old Fish Head, I really didn’t expect you’d come out of seclusion!” The person sitting opposite was an old man with a white beard.
“If I hadn’t come out, my apprentices might have all been killed!” Yu Ling said with a cold voice.
The old man was taken aback, then sighed, “I’ve heard about it. It’s truly a shame about the young fellow Yu Qing—has the Yu Family been informed?”
Yu Ling shook his head, “Not yet; I’m not clear on the details. Once I’ve killed the murderer, I will go to see the people from the Yu Family in Lingnan.”
The old man nodded, “Do you need help from our association?”
Yu Ling shook his head.
“Old Fish Head, times are changing so fast these days, you need to be careful as well!”
Yu Ling smiled proudly, and suddenly pointed a finger.
On a steel-reinforced concrete wall, a good dozen meters away from them, a circular hole suddenly appeared.
It emerged silently and seamlessly, as though it had always been there.
The old man’s eyes bulged in excitement, “Have you finally taken that step?” Yu Ling nodded.
The old man sighed, “I envy you. If I had followed you into the mountains back then, maybe I could have achieved great freedom by now!”
With a lifespan of three hundred years, Heavenly Beings were also referred to by the common folk as… the Greatly Free!