"Is something wrong?"
Bai Luo was a worldly man, and knowing how to read faces was his most basic skill. If he couldn't even do that, Liu Ba wouldn't have valued him and given him such a lucrative business opportunity.
He looked at the expressions of those around him and immediately noticed that their gazes were different. It was the gloating look of seeing someone they disliked encounter misfortune.
"What exactly happened?"
Bai Luo suppressed the rising unease in his heart and turned to question Bai Wei.
Bai Wei's mouth twitched, unable to speak.
"No need for introductions, your younger brother's name is still echoing in my ears. Your younger brother just now boldly declared he wanted to cut off my limbs and then throw me into the street."
Chu Hao spoke calmly, but each word of his was like a knife piercing into the rapidly beating hearts of Bai Luo and Bai Wei.
As for Liu Jiya, after hearing Chu Hao's words, her expression darkened. Bai Luo saw this and trembled with fear.
His younger brother Bai Wei had openly declared he wanted to kill Chu Hao, and Chu Hao was the very person Liu Jiya had gone to great lengths to find!
"Big Brother, I…"
"Shut up!"
Bai Luo cut off Bai Wei's explanation, scolding him in anger.
"You shameless brat, always causing trouble! Why can't you just give me some peace?!"
Bai Luo was both angry and afraid. He knew his younger brother very well. In the past, Bai Wei had often used his name to cause trouble, but it was never anything serious, so he let Bai Wei do as he pleased. But this time was different; the person Bai Wei offended was someone Liu Jiya valued!
Liu Jiya was the Liu clan's number one genius, the leader of the Liu clan's successor generation, and even the Liu clan's Old Ancestor highly regarded her, entrusting her with the management of the Liu clan's guard detachment.
The guard detachment managed by Liu Jiya had a total of 108 members, with the weakest being a ninth-stage Qi Refining Realm cultivator or higher. Moreover, each member was an elite; ordinary cultivators could not compare.
Of course, this was not the entire strength of the Liu clan's guard detachment. Above Liu Jiya's guard detachment were two other, even more terrifying guard detachments. The guard detachment above, managed by the Grand Elder, had only 36 members, but the lowest requirement to become a member of this guard detachment was a fourth-stage Grandmaster Realm cultivator. The six captains of this guard detachment were even tenth-stage Grandmaster Realm cultivators.
Although this guard detachment was currently in the hands of the Grand Elder, Bai Luo had heard whispers that the Liu clan's Old Ancestor intended for Liu Jiya to take over this guard detachment.
How could Bai Luo not understand the Liu clan's Old Ancestor's intentions? It was clear that the Liu clan's Old Ancestor wanted to cultivate Liu Jiya into the next Clan Head of the Liu clan. And when that was accomplished, Liu Jiya could access the strongest and most mysterious guard detachment of the Liu clan.
It was said that this guard detachment had only 12 members, but each member was a Great Grandmaster Realm cultivator personally cultivated by the Liu clan's Old Ancestor. Once they entered battle, they could sweep through all the clans in Jade City, except for other top-tier clans. The Liu clan might have declined, but it was still a source of apprehension for other leading clans.
Even without considering her status, Liu Jiya was also a Great Grandmaster Realm cultivator, an existence Bai Luo could not afford to offend.
If Liu Jiya were to kill Bai Luo and Bai Wei right here, Liu Ba would, at most, only dare to grumble a few words of dissatisfaction, and might not even question Liu Jiya.
Today, Bai Wei had offended Chu Hao, and Chu Hao, in turn, received Liu Jiya's high regard. This was a dead end! Retreating was impossible, and advancing was also impossible.
The most terrifying outcome was Liu Jiya killing them to appease Chu Hao's anger!
Thinking of this, Bai Luo quickly looked towards Liu Jiya, seeing her face now filled with coldness. His back was drenched in sweat.
"You shameless brat! Immediately kneel down and apologize to this young master!"
Bai Wei looked at Bai Luo in shock. Kneeling was nothing short of humiliation. In his heart, he felt indignant and wanted to resist. But when he faced the furious gaze of his elder brother, the slightest resistance in Bai Wei's heart quickly vanished. Not to mention Liu Jiya on the side was also looking at him with immense pressure.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding crowd instantly held their breath in anticipation.
Who could have believed that just minutes ago, Bai Wei was menacingly threatening to kill Chu Hao, and now he was being forced to kneel and apologize to Chu Hao. Bai Wei's heart was probably suffering to death.
"If you don't kneel, I'll cut off your legs!"
Bai Luo growled each word.
Liu Jiya remained silent from beginning to end, indicating that Bai Luo still had a chance to salvage the situation by handling his younger brother's mess himself. Once Liu Jiya personally took action, it was feared that he himself would hardly escape punishment.
After all, it was due to his indulgence that Bai Wei dared to threaten Chu Hao. As for the original cause of the incident, no one paid attention anymore; who was right or wrong was entirely decided by the strong.
Just as Liu Qian had said earlier, only now the roles of the weak and the strong had been reversed. Chu Hao was the strong, and Bai Wei was the weak.
"Alright then."
Chu Hao spoke. Seeing this, a flicker of joy appeared in Bai Luo's eyes. Could it be that Chu Hao intended to let Bai Wei off?
But as soon as Chu Hao's next sentence was uttered, Bai Luo's face turned ashen again.
"If you force him to kneel, not only will he not submit to me, but he will also resent me."
"We are cultivators; the essence of cultivation is struggle. If he doesn't submit to me, then let him try to struggle against me. Let the two of us fight a battle, and after the battle, the conflict will be resolved."
Chu Hao spoke calmly, but the surrounding crowd erupted into an uproar.