Of Course, for them, it was just an exaggerated assumption. But what they didny knew was that the 'exaggerated' assumption they made about the man in front of them was accurate.
They hurriedly bowed in fear, afraid of making a mistake after already making a bad expression on them. They were afraid that he would kill them.
"We- We.. a-are sorry for que-questioning you, senior."
They said immediately after bowing. Before Xian Li could say anything, a voice full of arrogance abrupted them.
"Haha! See yourself! Bowing in front of a person who is pretending to be all so powerful and great. Hmph!"
The two soldiors immediately recognized the voice of the person who spoke. It was their or rather the captain of all the soldiors in the village and also the Deputy Chief of the village, second only to the Chief.
Accompanying him were three guards, also in the same armour as the teo in fron of Xian Li. The Captain himself was wearing a little better clothes than the other people in the village, showcasing his rank as the Deputy Chief.
"Captain!"
They both said almost instantly after seeing their captain.
Xian Li, who was watching this whole secene unfold, was amused by seeing someone daring to challenge his strength.
So, it is true that mortals do not know their place until they beaten to pulp.
Xian Li, who had never been a not-so-popular person, finally got to see what that sentence meant until now.
"Oh. So you don't believe me, huh?"
"Of course not. You must have used some special technique or some artifact to get that mysterious aura and that fake aura of the realm you call 'Immortal Tranformation' realm."
"I don't know what trick you used but whatever it is, it is not going to work on me, I tell you."
Being amused, Xian Li wanted to play along but he didn't want to waste his precious time, so he decided to reveal some of his strength. This 'some' strength of his was enough to uproot the village and annihiliate the villagers thousand times over and still have 'some' spiritual energy left.
He decided not to use any technique, as it would be fatal for the whole village even if it was was just an ordinary technique used by absolute beginners of the Immortal Realm.
He first used his spritual energy to make the captain fly in air and only stopped until he was above the clouds.
This scene caused the villagers who came to see the drama to gasp in shock, afterall the one who flew was the strongest person in the whole village, excluding the chief.
Above the clouds,
The captain was trembling with fear and cold. He was at a hieght where the temperature had dropped significantly as compared to the temperature on land.
He shouted-
"Please..... STOP IT!!!!"
-while shivering in cold. But he couldn't do anything about it. It was then he knew-
He had messed with the wrong person!
"NO!! I AM SORRY!!!! PLEASE LEAVE ME! I BEG YOU!!"
He shouted on the top of his lungs so that Xian Li could hear it. And Of course, he heard it.
Xian Li suddenly gave a sarcastic look and sarcastically said in a frequency that could be heard by the captain,
"As you wish, my friend."
He shrugged his shoulders while saying so. And then, he realeased him. And then? Then-
He fell.
He fell from a height, from where he had no chance of surviving, if he touched the land without any support.
"AAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Then, he got below the clouds and the villagers, who were not cultivators, finally saw him, falling and screaming, terrified, as if he had acrophobia. ( fear of heights, to save you some time from searching it's meaning, in case you don't know)
And the worst happened. He shouted-
"Please save me!! I have ACROPHOBIA!!!"