Chapter 231: Chapter 228: I’m a Renowned Master, Who Dares to Touch Me?

Several thousand Void Realm experts... what did that even mean?

Even if you dug up every past expert from the Wolf Fang Sect’s ancestral graves and counted them all, you wouldn’t get that many.

To the Four Great Sects, every single Void Realm expert was an extremely precious asset.

But now, Void Realm experts were appearing by the thousands, as common as cabbages.

Zhang Shao swore he had never seen so many experts in his entire life.

Yan Hong and Wang Chen were secretly alarmed. Only the Imperial Family or the Six Great Clans of the Imperial City could make such a grand move by mobilizing several thousand Void Realm experts.

Furthermore, they must have poured out all their resources, bringing their entire foundation to bear.

They just didn’t know which power these experts belonged to.

Jin Sanpang and Liu Hui were also stunned by the scene. They stopped their assault and returned to Jin Quan’s side, flanking him for protection.

Just then, a young man in a white robe flew over from the distance. He had a shiny, bald head and no eyebrows, making for a comical sight.

Who else could it be but Qian Duoduo?

"Greetings, Brother Pang, Brother Liu. Hehehe."

Qian Duoduo ignored everyone else, a wide grin plastered on his face as he approached Jin Sanpang and Liu Hui. He clasped his fist in salute, addressing them as his elder brothers.

"It’s you! The Wealth-Bringing Boy!" Jin Sanpang recognized Qian Duoduo.

Qian Duoduo’s expression froze for a moment before he chuckled dryly. "Yes, yes, that’s me."

Then, his gaze fell upon Jin Quan.

"This must be Uncle Jin, I presume? Here, here, I have some top-quality Healing Elixirs for you. Please, accept them."

As he spoke, Qian Duoduo took out a delicate little box. He opened it to reveal three Elixirs shimmering with iridescent light. In an instant, the fragrant aroma of the pills soared into the sky, stunning everyone present.

Just the scent wafting from them was enough to clear one’s mind and make one’s entire body feel refreshed.

This alone showed just how precious these three Elixirs were.

But that wasn’t all. Qian Duoduo then produced several more Jade Bottles, each containing Elixirs of no lesser quality than the first three.

Jin Quan had never witnessed such a spectacle. His mind went blank, unable to process what was happening.

Both the thousands of Void Realm experts and the Elixirs before him were far beyond anything he could have imagined.

Zhang Shao and the other two were equally bewildered.

’What in the world is going on?’

’Are all these people here to back up Jin Quan and his group?’

’Why? And on what grounds?’

Zhang Shao didn’t recognize Qian Duoduo, but Wang Chen and Yan Hong did.

"Qian Duoduo, are you trying to rebel?" Yan Hong demanded harshly.

Several thousand Void Realm experts—this display of force was simply too massive!

He couldn’t understand how Qian Duoduo had managed to mobilize all these people.

Logically, not even the Qian Family Patriarch, Qian Juduo, should have been able to gather so many people at once.

"How noisy!" Although Qian Duoduo no longer had eyebrows, that didn’t stop him from frowning.

"Uncle, beating him won’t spoil your mood, will it?" Qian Duoduo’s smile returned as he looked at Jin Quan and asked softly.

Jin Quan subconsciously shook his head.

Qian Duoduo understood and waved a hand to the men behind him.

"Men, slap his face!"

"Damn it, when I’m speaking with Uncle Jin, what right do you have to interrupt?"

The moment his voice fell, several experts immediately moved forward to restrain Yan Hong.

"Who dares touch me?!"

As one of the Eight Great Masters, Yan Hong held a special status. Strictly speaking, he was second only to the academy’s director, Mu Kongfu.

However, his words had no effect. The next second, he was forced to the ground.

He tried to resist, but it was as futile as an ant trying to shake a tree—a laughable overestimation of his own strength.

Someone stomped on his Dantian, sealing his Cultivation.

"Qian Duoduo, I am a Renowned Master! Aren’t you afraid of being sanctioned by the Imperial Academy for having me beaten?"

Yan Hong roared in shock and terror, but no one paid him any mind.

SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!

Heavy slaps began to land rhythmically.

Yan Hong’s face quickly became a bloody mess, and more than half of his teeth were knocked out.

"Renowned Master? Soon, you won’t be one anymore!"

Qian Duoduo turned, his cold gaze falling on Zhang Shao and Wang Chen.

"You two. Kneel. Now!"

Zhang Shao and Wang Chen exchanged a look. Though filled with indignation and resentment, they were under someone else’s roof. With Yan Hong as a precedent, they hesitated only for a moment before kneeling as commanded.

Zhang Shao kept his head down and said nothing. No one knew what he was thinking.

Wang Chen, however, discreetly crushed a Help Talisman. The current situation was clearly beyond his control.

"Uncle Jin, and Brother Pang, Brother Liu, whether you want to kill or torture these three old bastards is up to you now. I’ll take care of any consequences."

Hearing this, Wang Chen was horrified.

"Young Master Qian, surely it doesn’t have to come to this over such a small matter? We are willing to compensate Jin Quan for his losses, isn’t that enough?"

Qian Duoduo sneered. "Doesn’t have to? Sorry, but I think it very much has to!"

Qian Duoduo’s high-profile and aggressive display wasn’t just to stand up for Jin Quan; more importantly, it was to help Mo Qi with his troubles.

Wang Chen and Yan Hong... One had unsealed Wu the Old Ghost, intending to use him to kill Mo Qi Within the Pass.

The other had sent his disciple, Su Yu, who, after failing in his pursuit, had even released a Silver-backed Earth Dragon Demon Beast.

Every move they made against Mo Qi was a death trap.

If Mo Qi hadn’t possessed the miraculous ability to turn decay into magic, he would have died countless times over by now.

How could Qian Duoduo possibly let them go?

Yan Hong, his mouth full of blood, shot a cold glare. Toothless, he mumbled indistinctly, "Qian Duoduo, you just wait! I will use my status as a Renowned Master to impeach you before the Imperial Academy!"

Qian Duoduo sighed, a mocking tone in his voice. "It seems you won’t give up until you’re at the bitter end. In that case..."

He snapped his fingers. "Everyone, come out!"

Soon, sixteen young men pushed their way through the crowd from the back.

Seeing these sixteen people, Yan Hong’s face changed drastically. They were all his disciples.

"According to the rules of the Imperial Academy, the most basic requirement to be a Renowned Master is to have at least two disciples with Vajra Realm Cultivation under your tutelage," Qian Duoduo said with a smile.

His smile gave Yan Hong a terrible premonition.

"You recognize these sixteen, don’t you? They’re all your disciples."

Qian Duoduo beckoned to the sixteen. "Come, tell your former master what your decision is."

Qian Duoduo put heavy emphasis on the word "former."

The sixteen young men looked embarrassed, but as if remembering something, they all gritted their teeth.

"Master Yan, this is the last time this disciple will address you as Master. From now on, I am leaving your tutelage to join the Qian Family."

"Master Yan, I apologize. A wise bird chooses which tree to nest in. I, too, have joined the Qian Family."

"Master Yan, please forgive this unworthy disciple..."

"..."

All sixteen of them announced they were leaving his tutelage and had pledged their allegiance to the Qian Family.

Yan Hong stared in disbelief, as if struck by lightning.

Under his tutelage, he originally had only three disciples with Vajra Realm Cultivation, fourteen at the Purity Realm, and thirty-one at the Refining God Realm.

Excluding the already fallen Su Yu, the remaining two Vajra Realm disciples and fourteen Purity Realm disciples were all here.

"Yan Hong, now all you have left under you is a bunch of Refining God Realm small fry. You don’t have a single Purity or Vajra Realm disciple. According to the Imperial Academy’s rules, you’ve already lost your qualifications as a Renowned Master. What are you going to impeach me with now?"