Chapter 367: Guest from Afar (I)
Li Jiman rode to Lijing Town on horseback but returned to Wutu City in a carriage. The Clan Affairs Courtyard's enforcer was an Embryonic Breathing Realm cultivator. Despite Li Jiman's own cultivation, he was still flogged until his skin was torn and flesh lacerated.
Several unsmiling elders of the Clan Affairs Courtyard deliberated amongst themselves for a while before concluding with a judgment of negligence of duty and indulgence of the prominent families. Not only was Li Jiman flogged seventy times, but his reputation was also thoroughly tarnished.
The Tian Family members naturally rushed to the Clan Affairs Courtyard. Tian Zhongqing stepped forward and repeatedly apologized, and Li Jiman accepted it with a smile, but Tian Zhongqing felt a chill down his spine.
Meanwhile, even though the Clan Affairs Courtyard and Li Yuanping's central hall gave no specific instructions to his family, they still broke out in cold sweat.
As the head of the Tian Family in the eye of the storm, Tian Zhongqing felt a lump in his throat, and the joy of advancing to the Qi Cultivation Realm vanished. He drove back to Eastern Mount Yue overnight, smashing the porcelain in the courtyard in anger. He also had to stop his uncle, Tian Youdao, from slapping Tian Rong to death.
"Get out! You wretch!"
With Tian Youdao's roar, Tian Rong slunk away, clutching his swollen cheek. It was only then did Tian Zhongqing release his uncle's hand. Deep down, he did not want to stop Tian Youdao, thinking it would be better if his uncle could end Tian Rong with one slap...
When the old man's slap only made Tian Rong stagger, Tian Zhongqing knew that his uncle still cared for his only son. After finishing the act, he said in a low voice, "Uncle... what should we do now?"
Tian Youdao, an elder of the Li Family, had progressed from the Embryonic Breathing Realm to the Qi Cultivation Realm and held significant seniority in the clan. He sighed deeply and said glumly, "Li Jiman is a petty man who already held a grudge against our family in the first place. Now that this has happened, it has only deepened his grudge..."