Chapter 278: Self-justification
The fourth round of the competition was not surprising, Li Chen successfully advanced to the top eight without fighting, which is a world of difference compared to the other seven contestants.
And he didn't want to stay in the martial arts arena for an extra second, and quickly left the martial arts arena under the escort of a voice full of sarcasm and scolding.
Although the responsibility is not on him, even if he comes forward to defend this matter, he can't say that there are thousands of mouths of others, and a lie only needs to be told a thousand times to become the truth, and he is too lazy to explain it.
Even if his reputation is scolded, he will not jump out in a fit of rage, and all the speculations that crush everyone with his fists as the truth.
Just as Li Chen and the five of them left to leave, some people also began to act, as if they were afraid that others would take the lead, and withdraw from the fourth round of the competition that had just been staged.
"Li Gu, this guy wants to regain his dignity for his unsuccessful Li Zhong, there is no possibility of taking it back if this hand is stretched out, he has to be reminded well, otherwise he will be ten times more embarrassed than Li Zheng!" Tang Fu glanced at the person who left the table, his old eyes flickered, revealing a trace of unfathomable expression, and then he got up and left the table.
The other seats didn't take action, and before they witnessed Li Chen's combat effectiveness, casually throwing an olive branch would only cost their family money.
At this moment, as soon as Li Chen and the five of them walked out of the martial arts arena, they suddenly lost the care of that contemptuous gaze, and they also felt light.
"A few little warriors, please stay!" But before they could show a relaxed expression, a voice full of kindness came into their ears behind them, forcing them to turn their heads to look, only to see Li Zhongzheng following behind an old man with a reluctant face, Tang Heng hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "The old guy who walked in front is Li Zhong's grandfather, Li Gu!"
Li Chen nodded, he guessed something from Li Zhong following behind, and there was also a trace of frown between his eyebrows, and there was immediately a vigilance of an unkind comer in his heart.
"The old man is Li Zhong's grandfather, Li Gu, this time the old man specially came to apologize to Li Chen's little warrior for Zhong'er, and I hope to be forgiven!" Li Gu came to Li Chen and the five of them, and said with a smile.
The so-called shot does not hit the smiling person, and he surrendered his identity to apologize to Li Chen, I believe that few people will be stupid enough to hit back.
"The grudge between me and Li Zhong has already been settled at the Imperial Demon Pass, and there is no need to apologize!" Li Chen glanced at Li Zhong deeply, making Li Zhong show that it was not my idea, prompting him to understand that Li Zhong didn't seem to dare to trouble him anymore, so the problem was Li Gu, and he hated dealing with the old and cunning old guy, and after dropping a sentence, he turned around and left, without the slightest drag.
"Hehe, the old man still has a reluctant request!" Li Gu stared at him and shouted with a smile.
"I'm busy, if you have something, just say it!" Li Chen stopped and said impatiently.
"Little Warrior Li Chen, in order to show that you and Zhong'er have turned their rivalry into jade silk, the old man wants to invite you to be my family's doorman, everything will be equipped according to the highest standards, and the time of allegiance is all up to you, the old man just wants Zhong'er to regain some self-confidence!" Li Gu's old eyes flashed with a cold glow, and he still smiled and greeted people, and said with a true and false face.
"Does this old guy really think that Lao Tzu is a three-year-old child so easy to deceive?" Hearing this, Li Chen sneered in his heart, he had long been fed up with that kind of scene of soliciting people, but he didn't refuse too rudely, and shook his head apologetically: "I'm sorry, I don't plan to be a guest of any nobles for the time being!"
"Grandpa, let's go!" Li Zhong knew that Li Chen had refused, so he naturally wanted to stay away from Li Chen as soon as possible, and pleaded.
"Hehe, isn't it enough for the old man to give Li Chen enough face to breathe in such a low voice?" Li Gu was a little annoyed, and even Li Zhong wanted him to retreat, how could it be so simple, glancing at Li Zhong, who should not have interjected, before he implied a threatening tone, and said.
"Lao Tzu even dared to refuse the invitation of the Magicians Guild, now that Lao Tzu is giving you face, you can hold it well, don't fucking shame on you, do you really think that Lao Tzu is a child who you want to play with in the palm of your hand?" Li Chen saw that Li Gu was entangled and refused to let go, he was also very annoyed, and he couldn't control his emotions, and said angrily.
As soon as these words came out, Tang Heng and the four of them immediately understood that the conversation had collapsed, and they were also secretly shocked that Li Chen was too bad to give Li Gu face, but when they thought that Li Chen had the backing of a tenth-order top powerhouse behind him, they were relieved.
"Good boy, if you think that Lao Han will support you, you dare to be arrogant in front of the old man, even if Lao Han is in front of you, the old man will teach you a good lesson this little thing who doesn't understand the rules!" The smile on Li Gu's face flew back, and he changed it to an angry look, and even burst out his own cultivation, and the ninth-order aura instantly pressed on Li Chen and the five people, even Zhu Feiyan broke out in a cold sweat.
"You dare to touch a hair of his hair, I'm not done with you!" Li Gu came to Li Chen in an instant, and before he could stretch out his hand, Zhu Feiyan blocked in front of Li Chen and scolded angrily.
Li Chen looked at Zhu Feiyan who stood in front of him without hesitation, the terrifying aura pressing on his body did not disappear because of this, but there was a faint aggravation of the situation, prompting him to grit his teeth and stand up to the coercion from Li Gu's realm, and stubbornly resist not letting himself kneel on the ground, but his legs had bent down uncontrollably, and it was only a matter of time before he knelt down.
"Miss Feiyan, although he is your student, you should protect him, but he is a little too rampant, he should be polished, so as not to lose his life because of the people he can't afford to offend, so let the old man teach him a lesson, I believe he will be more restrained in the future!" Li Gu's face was extremely ugly, but he didn't dare to really bump into Zhu Feiyan and explained.
"Hehe, Lao Li, don't get angry, this won't do you any good, otherwise you will have to pay the price!" At this time, there was a laugh full of warning in the distance, which made Li Gu turn his head to look, only to see an old man in a golden robe walking slowly towards this place, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he did not withdraw the realm pressure that was pressing on Li Chen, and said coldly: "Old Tang, you also want to stop me from teaching this little thing?"
"Little brother Li Chen, Lao Li is a bit protective, you have a lot, for the sake of me being Heng'er's grandfather, don't blame him!" The person who came was Tang Fu, as soon as he walked in front of him, he immediately used his own cultivation to dilute Li Gu's realm coercion, and also to reduce the pressure on Li Chen's five people, and then, he ignored Li Gu's fire-breathing gaze, turned his head to look at Li Chen, who was pale, and said with apologies.
"Old Tang, in order to save this little thing, you actually lowered your identity to the point of pleasing your peers, and you are not afraid of making people laugh at you for being shameless when this matter is spread!" Li Gu was stunned for a moment, he was not a fool, how could he not see the slightest problem, but he frowned, suspecting that Tang Fu was scaring him, and wanted him to retreat, so he sneered.
"Miss Feiyan, what is the relationship between you and Little Brother Li Chen?" Tang Fu asked with a smile.
"What do I have to do with him, in his eyes, I'm not even as good as a slave!" Zhu Feiyan knew that Tang Fu was tricking her words, but she glanced at Li Chen with resentment and said aggrievedly.
"Zhu Feiyan, you have no shame to take care of Lao Tzu, it's better now, do you want to beat a rake?" Li Chen originally had a little change in his opinion of Zhu Feiyan coming forward, but as soon as he heard this, he became angry and scolded.
Zhu Feiyan's eyes immediately swelled with tears, making the eyes that had just been swollen start to be red and swollen again, and then, like a slave, she retreated behind Li Chen without making any excuses.
This scene entered Li Gu's eyes, a kind of cold and piercing bones rose straight from the soles of his feet to his head, and the surging breath around his body disappeared like a fly, and his face turned pale in an instant, and at the same time, sweat quickly wet his back, and his gaze at Li Chen was no longer the kind of looking down, with an inexplicable fear gathering and not dissipating.
He knew that Zhu Feiyan had a tenth-order top powerhouse behind him as a backing, so even Zhu Feiyan had to serve Li Chen, even if he had no direct relationship with that tenth-order top powerhouse, but Zhu Feiyan's future husband's identity would be indirectly linked, and now, he secretly scolded himself for being stupid, and he was also glad that Tang Fu came forward in time, otherwise a catastrophe would come.
"Little brother Li Chen, just now I was making trouble because of my identity as a duke, so I couldn't control my emotions for a while, and I hope you don't hate my gaffe just now!" Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and gave up all his dignity, bent down to apologize.
Li Zhong watched Li Gu also end up losing face, his fear of Li Chen was even higher to the point of being powerless to resist, and he secretly pinched a handful of sweat, he didn't show a trace of hostility just now.
"Brother Li Chen, forget it this time!" Tang Heng hurriedly pulled Li Chen, who was angry, under the reminder of Tang Fu's eyes, and said.
"Let's go!" Li Chen looked at Li Gu, and then at Tang Fu who was smiling, he didn't rely on external forces to find fault, prompting him to turn around and leave, there was no need to stay.
Immediately, the five of them also disappeared here, leaving only Li Gu's grandson and Tang Fu did not leave.
"Old Tang, why don't you take the opportunity to suppress me, wouldn't that make you more satisfied?" Li Gu also regained his composure after Li Chen and the five left, and frowned.
"Alas, we are all competitors who have lived and died together in the Demon Pass for many years, and we fight endlessly on weekdays, that is also a problem between us, and now Li Zheng is going to be unlucky, I don't want to see you follow the bad luck again!" Tang Fu withdrew his gaze from the direction in which Li Chen and the five of them were leaving, and turned to look at Li Gu, who doubted his original intentions, and sighed lightly.
"You... Are you saying that Li Zheng's unscrupulous descendants were drugged caused by his anger?" Li Gu's face changed, and he stammered a little.
"I can't be sure yet, but seeing that Miss Feiyan is infatuated with Li Chen, you also know that he is a person who loves the house and Wu, it shouldn't be far from that step, and you will almost see it tomorrow, and you should be alone!" Tang Fu shook his head, dropped a vague but warning word, and turned to leave.
Li Gu immediately nodded heavily, he couldn't even protect himself, how could he bother to report to Li Zheng, and he also believed in Tang Fu's inference, just waiting for tomorrow to be able to reveal the mystery.
"Grandpa..."Li Zhong asked very curiously, but before he could say it, he was warned by Li Gu's sharp eyes, and at the same time, there was a slightly apologetic voice in his ears: "Zhong'er, there are some things that you can't touch, curiosity doesn't do you much good, grandpa also apologized to you, didn't listen to your persuasion!"