CHAPTER 751: CHAPTER 756: TEACH A LESSON

As soon as Ling Chen’s words fell, Qiu Yong and the others immediately understood and, without waiting for Su Mei to speak up and stop them, they all struck at once, charging towards Tang Yan with the intent to teach him a lesson.

If Tang Yan were only facing Xu Ming alone, he might dare to fight back. But facing the combined forces of the eight oddities, Tang Yan had no courage to clash with them head-on.

Seeing the crowd charging at him, Tang Yan’s legs kicked against the wall behind him twice, and his body suddenly leaped high, vaulting over Xu Ming’s head and heading straight for the door.

However, just as Tang Yan was about to land at the door, he suddenly felt a tight grip on his right ankle.

Startled, he quickly looked down and saw Xu Ming had grabbed his right foot with his right hand. Without waiting for Tang Yan to react, Xu Ming’s right arm violently pulled, flinging Tang Yan’s body against the wall with great force.

"Still trying to escape?" Xu Ming snorted lightly, took three steps in quick succession which seemed like two, and instantly closed in on Tang Yan, grabbing his collar and yanking him up from the ground.

Just as Tang Yan tried to resist, a sharp arrow suddenly struck him, hitting the collarbone of his right shoulder and piercing from front to back.

In an instant, blood gushed forth, staining his clothes crimson.

Injured by the arrow, the Hua Realm energy that Tang Yan had just gathered was immediately scattered. At the same time, Xu Ming clenched his fist and quickly launched a punch forward, sending Tang Yan flying once again.

Thud!

A spurt of fresh blood, and Tang Yan’s face instantly turned pale.

"Elder Tang!"

Seeing Tang Yan in such a state, Su Mei’s delicate face was filled with concern, unsure of what to do next.

"Ling Chen!" After some thought, Su Mei could only seek help from Ling Chen. At this moment, except for Ling Chen, no one else could stop Qiu Yong and the others.

If Ling Chen continued to ignore her after she spoke again, it would be too unkind.

"Miss Su, this is a private matter between us and Tang Yan, you’d better stay out of it."

As he spoke, Tang Yan suffered another heavy blow from Qiu Yong, spewing blood and lying on the ground, unable to get up for a while. It was clear that he had sustained severe injuries.

At this moment, Yuan Yun and Xia Yue arrived together, swords and knives in hand, slashing down towards Tang Yan’s body from above.

"Stop!"

At this critical moment, a loud shout suddenly rang out. Following that, two whooshing sounds were heard.

Clang clang!

With two crisp sounds, the swords and knives in Yuan Yun and Xia Yue’s hands were knocked aside, avoiding Tang Yan’s body.

Everyone looked up to see Du Kang rushing over from outside. It was his timely intervention that spared Tang Yan from further injury.

"Everyone, stop!" Du Kang said with furrowed brows, stepping forward.

Xu Ming hesitated for a moment, nodded at Qiu Yong beside him, and then stepped back.

Looking at Tang Yan lying on the ground covered in blood, Du Kang’s eyes flashed with surprise. He had rushed over in a hurry when he received the notification, fearing that Qiu Yong and the others would come to harm. As an elder of the Yangxin Pavilion, Du Kang was well aware of Tang Yan’s strength; the combined power of the eight oddities was still not enough to deal with Tang Yan.

What he didn’t expect was for Tang Yan to end up in such a tragic state, while Qiu Yong and the others were unscathed.

While contemplating, Du Kang looked up at Qiu Yong and said, "Gentlemen, no matter what happened just now, I hope you can all give this old man some face and not continue this further."

"Elder Du has spoken, and we will certainly grant this face," Qiu Yong replied.

When a martial arts expert from the Heavenly List speaks, one cannot fail to give face. Moreover, Ling Chen has a good relationship with Du Kang, so it would be inappropriate to make things difficult for Ling Chen.

"Elder Tang."

At this moment, Ling Chen approached Tang Yan and asked, "I would really like to know, who told you that I had a conflict with Tong Nan?"

Tang Yan bit his lip, snorted coldly, and seemed as if he hadn’t heard what was said.

Seeing that Tang Yan refused to respond, Du Kang said in a stern voice, "Tang Yan, answer when you are asked a question."

With Du Kang giving the order, Tang Yan did not dare to disobey, regardless of how much he might resent it.

"It was Liang Zheng who told me."

"Liang Zheng?" Ling Chen nodded to himself; so it was that person, no wonder. His relationship with Liang Zheng was not good, and because of him, Liang Zheng had been taught a lesson by Tong Nan last time. Liang Zheng probably held a grudge in his heart, so he told Tang Yan, trying to use Tang Yan’s hand to teach him a lesson.

Unfortunately, Tang Yan never expected that the strength of the Eight Eccentrics would be so strong. It was really a case of losing a wife and an army.

"Alright, I have no more questions to ask. Elder Tang, remember, it was not I who killed your disciple. I have no interest in taking his life, and I ask that you do not disturb us in the future. This time Elder Du has intervened, but if there is a next time, don’t blame us for not being polite."

Hearing these words, Su Mei let out a sigh of relief and quickly went to Tang Yan’s side, reaching out to help him up.

"Elder Tang..."

"Get out of my way!" Tang Yan shouted coldly, pushing Su Mei’s hand away, struggling to stand up from the ground.

Looking at the Eight Eccentrics present, Tang Yan clenched his teeth and said coldly, "Very well, remember this, Eight Eccentrics. I won’t forget this debt." After saying that, Tang Yan, holding his wound, quickly walked out of the room.

After Tang Yan left, Du Kang curiously looked at Qiu Yong and the others, "Everyone, Tang Yan has been quite offensive just now, I hope you don’t take it to heart."

"Ling Chen, you should rest well. I’ll come back to see you later." Su Mei, thinking of Tang Yan’s injury, didn’t dare to stay longer, and left these words behind as she led a few disciples of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion to follow Tang Yan’s steps.

Seeing Su Mei and people like Du Kang leaving, Ling Chen took a deep breath and unconsciously turned his gaze towards Xu Ming. It was not just him; Qiu Yong and others also focused their attention on Xu Ming with a trace of curiosity and shock.

Everyone had clearly seen that Xu Ming had easily defeated Tang Yan. Just this fact was enough to testify to Xu Ming’s great strength.

From Ling Chen’s experience, Xu Ming’s strength was probably extremely close to that of a martial arts expert from the Heavenly List.

Tsks! Who would have thought... that a grandmaster of such caliber was hiding right by my side.

Under everyone’s gaze, Xu Ming spoke indifferently, "What are you all looking at me for?"

Wei Jiahao was the first to come to his senses and said with a grin, "Second Brother, you’re truly awesome. How come I’ve never seen you..."

"Enough!" Xu Ming cut Wei Jiahao off, saying, "Knowing this is enough. There’s no need to ask further. Even if you did ask, I wouldn’t tell you." After a pause, he added, "When the time comes, I will naturally tell you all."

Hearing this, everyone had no choice but to suppress their curiosity.

Each of the Eight Eccentrics has an unknown past; if one didn’t wish to disclose it, nobody would pursue the matter.

"Alright, Ling Cheng, you rest well. We’re going out to take a look. Ling Hu, and Ling Ba, along with Sister Wu, you stay in the room, just in case people like Tang Yan come back to make trouble."