Chapter 90: Teach Them All
Peng Yu looked to the crowd, but enough of them were from the new year and knew Li Feng and Paike onsite that they didn't seem eager to get involved.
Whoever this was, he seemed savvy enough that he could tell that he was losing the crowd and needed to save face. Simply walking away after such a challenge wasn't going to work. So he changed tactics.
"And you are you?" He asked Paike. If he didn't actually know, it didn't matter; he was just trying to buy time and make a distraction.
"Trying to avoid the challenge?" Paike asked with a raised brow. That he was more than a hand taller than the boy certainly made it easier for him to impose his presence; his optics were on his side.
"I shall officiate and ensure that no one interferes," Paike stated before turning to the crowd. He shouted in his best commanding voice. "Back up!"
It only took a few glares and one of him using the softest rebuke he could to knock a wide circle clear. Then he stepped to the side, and Li Feng gave him a nod as he stepped out to the entryway of his house.
He drew his sword and advanced on the Middle Topaz cultivator.
The entire crowd was still. Some of the disciples from previous years might not have known Paike at sight. However, that was not the case with Li Feng. He was the new star. Not some failure performing better than they expected. From the first day, anyone who wanted to control the sect would have had to focus on him.
It would have been clear from the start that he wasn't someone willing to be a follower. Only the most truly delusional would have believed they could have forced or convinced him to be a lackey.