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Urban Super Medical Saint-Chapter 656 - 655: The Supreme of a Faction
"Let's all disperse," said Yang Yinhou as he put away the Jade Talisman, Su Bojian secretly sighed in relief and waved to the gathering crowd.
No matter what, Su Boli was the current Sect Leader of Santai Sect. Being reprimanded by Yang Yinhou was not a face-saving matter for Su Bojian.
Although everyone was dying of curiosity, they all understood that today's events had caused Santai Sect to lose face. It was not appropriate for them to continue watching, so upon Su Bojian's signal, they all clasped their hands in a farewell gesture and left.
Before leaving, many of them also made a point of clasping hands towards Yang Yinhou and Ge Dongxu.
Lv Semi-Immortal and others, under Lv Xinghai's stern gaze, reluctantly looked back three steps at a time as they left, their eyes filled with fervent adoration for Ge Dongxu.
It wasn't hard to imagine that after tonight, Ge Dongxu would undoubtedly become the most prominent figure amongst the youngsters in the Qimen circle of Dongyue and Jiangnan Provinces.
After the crowd had dispersed, those who remained included the main parties involved, Su Bojian and his son, Xu Xingran, Yan Ziyi, and officials like Xu Lei and Yang Xiangrong as representatives.
"Brother, Daoist Su, let's not stand outside any longer. Let's go inside," Ge Dongxu said to Yang Yinhou and Su Bojian as the crowd departed.
"Okay," nodded Yang Yinhou.
"Thank you, Daoist Ge," Su Bojian said politely. The expressions of Su Boli, Xu Xingran, and Yan Ziyi were subtly bitter, and they silently followed Su Bojian and the others through the courtyard and towards the villa.
As they approached the steps of the villa, Yang Yinhou, who had been walking side by side with Ge Dongxu, suddenly paused, allowing Ge Dongxu to go ahead.
Instinctively pausing as well, Su Bojian watched Ge Dongxu ascend the steps with Yang Yinhou half a step behind, feeling greatly shaken at heart.
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If Yang Yinhou's earlier consultation with Ge Dongxu could have been out of affection for his junior brother, reflecting his modest disposition, then Yang Yinhou intentionally staying a half step behind now carried a rather profound implication.
It signified a deference to Ge Dongxu.
Su Boli and the others were equally shaken. They could clearly see that between the two fellow sect brothers, Yang Yinhou and Ge Dongxu, it was the younger Ge Dongxu who was being honored.
"Brother, Daoist Su, please take a seat," Ge Dongxu said as they entered the house.
As for the others, Ge Dongxu didn't extend a special invitation.
Yang Yinhou nodded, but instead of sitting on the central long sofa that Ge Dongxu had gestured towards, he took a seat on a sofa to the left. Su Bojian, observing this, couldn't help but feel another jolt in his heart. He respectfully clasped his hands towards Ge Dongxu and then sat down on a sofa opposite Yang Yinhou.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Ge Dongxu saw Yang Yinhou and Su Bojian sitting to his left and right, one almost a hundred years old and one almost ninety, with the central long sofa left vacant, and felt somewhat embarrassed.
"You are the Sect Leader, you should naturally take the central seat," Yang Yinhou said seriously to Ge Dongxu.
At these words, Su Bojian and the others were deeply moved. Now they truly understood why Yang Yinhou, with his status, age, and cultivation, showed such respect for Ge Dongxu, who was his junior brother yet held the honor of sect leadership.
Su Boli, Xu Xingran, and Yan Ziyi felt a bitter taste in their mouths. They now fully understood why Yang Yinhou had been so firm in his attitude at the entrance of the courtyard earlier.
They incessantly demanded the Sect Leader of his own sect, wanting an explanation, how could Yang Yinhou not be firm?
While everyone was shocked by the revelation, only Xu Lei was not overly surprised. The head of the Special Ability Management Bureau of Jiangnan Province had already quietly begun to take on the role of a waiter, pouring tea and water.
"Director Ge, Elder Yang, Elder Su, please have some tea," Xu Lei presented the tea to the three men, his attitude reverent.
"Director Ge?" Su Bojian's brows lifted slightly, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Su Boli and the others were even more surprised, feeling an increasingly ominous premonition.
Indeed, upon hearing this, Xu Lei couldn't help but smile slightly and said to Su Bojian with a slight bow, "Senior Su may not be aware, but Sect Leader Ge is also a director-level consultant for the Special Ability Management Bureau."
Su Bojian was startled upon hearing this, then looked at Ge Dongxu with a very bitter feeling in his heart.
His grandson really knew how to provoke the wrong people! First was Yang Yinhou's Sect Leader junior brother, followed by a director-level consultant of the national Special Ability Management Bureau! Either identity was enough to terrify and give one goosebumps.
As for Su Boli, Xu Xingran, and Yan Ziyi, their faces had already turned pale, overwhelmed by waves of fear.
A director-level consultant, that's equivalent to a vice-ministerial level. Even if it was an honorary position without actual power, they were still not someone they could afford to provoke, let alone that they had previously intended to capture him and teach him a harsh lesson!
If it really came to that, waiting for them might very well be the Special Ability Management Bureau exercising the power granted by the state to suppress the Santai Sect!
"Director Ge, I'm sorry, and it is my lack of discipline that led my son to offend you. I ask for your leniency, Director Ge, and beg you to spare him," after a long while, Su Boli gritted his teeth and bowed to Ge Dongxu, making a gesture of respect with his hands.
"Director Ge, I'm sorry." Yan Ziyi also quickly followed by bowing and making the gesture.
"I know you say this, but in your hearts, there's still some reluctance and dissatisfaction," Ge Dongxu said as he looked at Su Boli and Yan Ziyi bowing and gesturing with their hands, their eyes clearly showing a hint of humiliation, and he couldn't help but sneer coldly.
True, Ge Dongxu was but a young man, and if not for the support of his senior brother Yang Yinhou, if not for bearing the title of a director-level consultant for the Special Ability Management Bureau, why would they, with their status and their secular power and wealth, bow and yield to him?
Being personalities themselves, Su Boli and Yan Ziyi could not deny their true feelings and thoughts exposed by Ge Dongxu. Yet, faced with the current situation, it wasn't appropriate for them to admit it either, so both of them remained silent.
Seeing this, Yang Yinhou secretly sneered, and Xu Lei also sneered inwardly.
No one understood better than these two the formidable nature of Ge Dongxu!
Let alone Su Boli and Yan Ziyi's capabilities, even an entire army would be nothing in front of Ge Dongxu right now.
In the face of such a person, what are Su Boli and Yan Ziyi's secular power and wealth really worth?
They must submit, whether they are willing or not!
"My master taught me not to deceive others with techniques, not to engage in conflicts with others at will! I dare not forget this even for a day!" Ge Dongxu seemed not to notice the silence of Su Boli and Yan Ziyi, and continued to speak as if to himself.
"But this does not mean that I should endure when others provoke me, or accept insults when others disrespect me! Your son, just because he couldn't accept Lv Chongliang and others addressing me as senior, took the initiative to provoke me. I let him go, but he turned around and suddenly attacked me with techniques! If it were in times of war, his actions alone would justify me killing him! Now, I've only imposed a minor punishment and set a prohibition. What right do you have to be dissatisfied or unwilling?"
"And your grandson, in a spell battle with Liu Hong, when they were evenly matched, actually used his essence blood to drive his techniques, risking his own life. If I had not intervened to prevent both from being injured, would your grandson still have his elemental force abundant? He might have lost half his life already! Yet afterwards, instead of being grateful, upon seeing Su Jieliang, he maliciously stirred up trouble speaking ill of others! Such ingratitude, I merely imposed a light punishment and set a prohibition, what right do you have to be dissatisfied or unwilling?"
As Ge Dongxu spoke, his tone became more severe, and anger flickered in his eyes.
"You wanted to settle accounts with me, didn't you? Not satisfied, not willing, right? Here is a tea leaf, you use your full power to attack with techniques, and if you can cause even a slight damage to this tea leaf, I will immediately lift the prohibitions on both of them. Otherwise, they will continue standing where they were originally standing! The time when they are moved, that's when the time will begin to double!"
As Ge Dongxu spoke, he picked up a teacup, blew a breath of air towards it, and a tea leaf floated up, hovering in the air in front of Su Boli and the others.
The emerald-green tea leaf still had droplets of water clinging to it.