Book 16: Chapter 65
Ming Feizhen was baffled as he could be, while the two of them looked as sincere as they could be. It was unreasonable to suspect them of employing some new extortion ploy considering how wealthy their families were. Thus, the only conclusion left was that they were sick in their heads. Once he gave them the tag, he got up and noticed that afternoon was in the past, and it was time for work.
“What are you two doing? How come you’re even injured?”
“This one was ignorant.” Lu Jianqiu held his hands up in a propitious salute and expressed, “This one did not realise how great you were and was full of himself. It was like looking through a gap in the door and thinking one had seen it all, like removing makeup while in the toilet, I am without shame…”
As he listened to Lu Jianqiu ramble on and steal all his lines, Li Shoulin cut in. “You are a stuck-up prick with no honour. You took a cheap shot and were still a goner. You are trash that nobody would even use to wipe their a$$…”
Lu Jianqiu whispered, “Why are you insulting me? Curse yourself!”
“You took all my words! What else am I supposed to say?”
At this point, it was impossible for Ming Feizhen to not realise that they had surrendered. He did not focus on the environment when he was collecting information. Now that he had time to look at the collapsed walls nearby, damaged corridor and their wounds, he had a good guess as to what transpired.
The two of them recovered rather quickly before Ming Feizhen completed his analysis and then got up to avenge themselves. Alas, all four attempts at revenge ended up with their tragic defeats to him merely repelling their force back at them when through activating his true qi armour. After failing twice on their own, they combined their strength two more times, which resulted in them damaging even the corridor. Even their idols (their fathers) would not have been able to floor them in one hit each, let alone without lifting a finger. Plus, they were sure that Ming Feizhen held back, so there was as little doubt about his strength as there was his ugly appearance.
In reality, Ming Feizhen did not hold back. He did not focus on his surroundings while he was scouring for information from people, but he was able to promptly snap back if his safety was threatened. The two youths were not skilled enough for him to feel threatened. Besides the first attack Li Shoulin launched on him, Ming Feizhen never initiated an attack on them. After that, he only repelled their true qi back at them to send them flying. As visually impressive as the visual effect was, he did not inflict any irreversible damage to them; they only had a few bumps and scratches. Therefore, it was just a matter of them not using lethal force, or they would have caused far more damage. Regardless of what their misunderstanding was, though, he had every right to be their new idol.