Chapter 230 : Chapter 230
Chapter 230: If Zhang De Has the Guts, He Can Come Find Me!
“Lu Lin does not dare...”
Cheng Yu nodded faintly and removed his hand from Lu Lin’s shoulder, revealing a gentle smile. “Then why are you not getting lost?”
“I am getting lost. I am getting lost!”
At this moment, Lu Lin could no longer care about the Lu Family’s dignity. He turned around and took a step back, bowing and scraping before Cheng Yu.
Then he immediately dragged the other Lu Family members away.
After leaving the Martial Practice Ground, the other Lu Family members were so furious that their faces flushed red.
“Lu Lin, to think we regarded you as our leader! Why did you do this?”
“How can our dignified Lu Family lose face like this in the Jinyiwei?”
They had taken the initiative to provoke Cheng Yu’s subordinates, only to be bullied and driven off like dogs.
It was utterly humiliating!
Lu Lin had to give them an explanation!
But what they had no idea of was that although Lu Lin had lost face for the Lu Family, he had also saved these people.
Seeing how utterly ignorant of life and death they were, Lu Lin’s anger abruptly reached its peak. He no longer cared about maintaining the bearing of a leader.
He roared, “You pack of animals! If you want to die, then roll back there by yourselves!”
After his furious roar erupted, Lu Lin removed the Xiuchun Saber at his waist, threw it to the ground, and left without looking back.
“What does he mean?”
The other Lu Family disciples felt stifled after being scolded. Seeing Lu Lin act this way made them even more dissatisfied.
No matter how strong Cheng Yu was, the Jinyiwei was still the Lu Family’s territory. With a Grandmaster as their backer, could he truly dare to harm the Lu Family’s disciples?
While they were still feeling indignant, someone picked up Lu Lin’s Xiuchun Saber.
“What a useless coward. He was so scared that he even threw away the Low Human Rank Spiritual Armament rewarded by the family.”
“It is just as well that this coward does not want it. This Spiritual Saber can stay with us...”
As one Lu Family disciple muttered, he casually drew the Xiuchun Saber.
But unexpectedly, the sharp blade did not appear. Instead, fragments of the blade fell to the ground one after another, making a series of clattering sounds.
The Lu Family disciples froze.
A saying familiar to every Lu Family member appeared in their minds.
The Divine Armament of the Jinyiwei controlled by the Lu Family, one of the Supreme Weapons Under Heaven, the “Blood-Chasing Saber,” could suppress others through spirituality and directly cause other blades to shatter.
The intimidation of a Heavenly Armament!
In the next instant, the Lu Family disciples involuntarily recalled that plain and ordinary saber at Cheng Yu’s waist floating upward while he spoke.
“A Heavenly Armament...”
Their bodies trembled, and the muscles on their faces twitched uncontrollably. Boundless fear erupted from within their hearts.
Among martial artists, there was a rule.
Shattering a weapon was the first layer of warning habitually used by experts. If one still refused to obediently listen, then what shattered next would be something else...
“No wonder Brother Lu Lin wanted to leave.”
Lu Lin must have sensed the Spiritual Armament at his waist suddenly shattering.
Cheng Yu had been warning him.
Shattering the weapon was the first step. The next step would be killing...
On the Martial Practice Ground.
Cheng Yu slowly patted away dust that did not exist on his hands and looked in Zhang Fen’s direction.
He had chosen to warn the Lu Family disciples first and drive them away instead of using more drastic methods because he temporarily did not want to destroy the current balance within the Jinyiwei.
In the previous matter, Cheng Yu had suffered no loss. Lu Zhi and Lu Ming had already received the punishment they deserved.
If he killed Lu Lin as well, causing trouble would be a small matter, but affecting the collection of System rewards would be somewhat troublesome.
Moreover, the Blood-Chasing Saber was still in the hands of that old commander of the Lu Family.
If he formed too deep a feud with them, then it would become troublesome when he wanted to “borrow” the saber later.
He would temporarily leave the Lu Family alone, but there was no need to consider too much when it came to the two fellows surnamed Zhang.
The people belonging to those insects of the Moderate Faction were best treated as Wild Dogs by the Roadside and kicked to death.
Cheng Yu shifted his foot slightly, and his figure instantly vanished from where he stood.
So fast!
Zhang Fen only felt his vision blur. Before he could react, Cheng Yu’s tall body had already appeared before him.
Terror poured out of his heart once again.
If Cheng Yu wanted to attack him, there was simply no possibility of resistance!
Too terrifying!
“Cheng Yu, w-what do you want...?”
Zhang Fen stretched out a trembling finger toward Cheng Yu, his words somewhat stammering.
His situation was even more extreme than Lu Lin’s.
If Lu Lin admitted weakness to Cheng Yu, the worst consequence would be losing the Lu Family’s nurturing.
But if Zhang Fen dared lower his head to a Jianghu enemy like Cheng Yu, then those man-eating bastards like Elder Grand Secretary Qi would absolutely not let him off easily.
Cheng Yu’s Internal Energy poured out like rivers and lakes, suppressing Zhang Fen so firmly that he could not move. He reached out and grabbed Zhang Fen’s extended finger.
“As fellow Assistant Commissioners, I call you Lord Zhang. But have you ever understood that face is something one must earn for oneself?”
CRACK!
Zhang Fen’s finger instantly shattered, and an ear-grating sound rang out from his entire hand along with it.
Cold sweat poured madly from his face.
The smile on Cheng Yu’s face remained, yet it looked utterly strange.
“Actually, you brothers are very lucky. The patron you latched onto is still decent. The Great Qian Capital is ultimately the territory of great figures like Elder Grand Secretary Qi.”
“If this were the past, with the way the two of you spoke to me, those with good luck would have their entire families dragged off to mine coal, while those with bad luck would be reunited underground.”
Zhang Fen swallowed with difficulty.
Countless thoughts emerged in his mind.
Cheng Yu was threatening him!
However, Cheng Yu still had misgivings about the strength of the important figures of the Moderate Faction.
If this caused a truly enormous incident and completely enraged Elder Grand Secretary Qi and the others, even the Great Qian Emperor would not be able to protect Cheng Yu.
At that time, once Cheng Yu lost the court and the imperial clan as his backing, the Jianghu enemies he had provoked would swarm forward and tear him to pieces!
Zhang Fen forcibly squeezed out a trace of a smile. “Lord Cheng, I was wrong this time. How about sparing me?”
Cheng Yu nodded.
Then, under Zhang Fen’s expectant gaze, he gave an order to a Jinyiwei beside him.
“Go to the stables and release Lord Zhang’s horse into the Northern Garden Hunting Grounds.”
In the next instant, the hand holding Zhang Fen’s finger twisted slightly. Zhang Fen’s entire left arm twisted along with it, and his tendons and muscles were wrung like a twisted rope.
A series of crackling, snapping sounds rang out.
“AAAAAHHH!!!”
Zhang Fen’s eyes widened as he screamed hysterically. The severe pain nearly drowned his consciousness.
When Upper Three Ranks martial artists acted, they emphasized decisiveness and efficiency.
When had they ever seen Cheng Yu use such tormenting movements?
The smile on Cheng Yu’s face remained as he tugged slightly, tearing Zhang Fen’s entire arm off.
Compared to simply and cleanly cutting off an arm with a weapon, this kind of injury, which tore apart flesh, muscles, and veins, was something even Ma Minnong would not dare claim he could heal.
The terrifying injury and boundless despair engulfed Zhang Fen. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted completely.
“Weak. Not fun to play with.”
Cheng Yu shook his head and threw the severed arm to the ground, then instructed a Jinyiwei from the Zhang Brothers’ faction not far away.
“Send Assistant Commissioner Zhang to Deputy Commander Zhang. Tell him to discipline his younger brother properly and stop always coming up with rotten ideas.”
“Yes...”
Xiao Qi and the others watched Zhang Fen being dragged away, their hearts filled with indescribable shock. A burning feeling rose from within them.
Lord Cheng.
He was standing up for them!
They had no one to rely on in the Jinyiwei, and no one had ever stood up for them. When had they ever experienced such a feeling?
Everyone knelt on one knee and saluted in unison.
“We kneel and thank you, my lord!”
Cheng Yu waved his hand. “My people naturally cannot be bullied by others. You did not disgrace yourselves and did not disappoint me.”
Light flashed in Xiao Qi’s eyes, and extreme reverence erupted from him, but he still asked, “My lord, what if Zhang De and Deputy Commander Fang ask about this?”
Cheng Yu revealed a faint smile.
“Deputy Commander Fang will naturally know that I have already spared the Lu Family. As for Zhang De, if he has the guts, he can try coming to find me.”