23: Chapter 23 Lord Yanling, kill him!

"You must be Mei Yuanzhi, that coward Palace Master Li Huainan's disciple."

"You'd better watch your mouth, otherwise I wouldn't mind teaching you a lesson right here."

"A lesson! Based on what, you?" Kang Dalei was very disdainful.

Let alone in Mei Yuanzhi's illusionary sea of consciousness, he wouldn't even be afraid in the protagonist Meng Chuan's sea of consciousness.

"You seem very arrogant," Mei Yuanzhi said coldly.

However, when it came to arrogance, Kang Dalei could only rank second; the first was his silly fiancée, Leng Yanshuang.

Challenging the Great Sun Realm as a Dan Yun, only she would dare to do such a thing.

"Arrogant or not, you'll know if you try, Mei Yuan-don't-know."

Kang Dalei hooked his fingers, looking arrogant, overbearing, and teasing.

However, as the number one genius of Dongning Prefecture, Mei Yuanzhi still had that much composure, but the next second he was completely dumbfounded, because Kang Dalei had disappeared.

Yes, just like that, he disappeared.

After returning to reality from his illusionary sea of consciousness, apart from the mess on the ground, there was only a crumpled note thrown on the floor.

It was written on it: "Dummy, did you really think your grandpa didn't know it was you who threw the note? But I should thank you; without you, how could I have found so many treasures? Goodbye to you, number one genius of Dongning Prefecture, hehe."

"Damn it." Mei Yuanzhi punched the wall, letting out a roar of anger.

"This person really infuriates me."

Especially that line, "Goodbye to you, number one genius of Dongning Prefecture"; it was like a needle prick, stepping on and grinding his pride-worthy strength into the ground.

"Next time I see you, I will definitely destroy you."

Mei Yuanzhi knew that he had already developed a heart demon regarding today's events; if he didn't defeat the person who teased him, he would likely find it hard to advance any further after today.

A long while later, Kang Dalei's figure appeared at a restaurant, as a large crowd of onlookers was gathering there.

"Hey buddy, what's going on? Why is it so lively?"

"The Divine Statue Manifestations, you don't even know this?"

"I know about the Divine Statue Manifestations, I mean why is this happening?"

"If I knew, would I still be working as a waiter here?"

"Trash."

"What did you say?" The waiter's eyes turned cold.

Kang Dalei kicked him straight downstairs.

"Pah, you don't even know what's going on, yet you're here spectating? Trash."

"What did you say?" A group of people around them instantly surrounded Kang Dalei.

"We don't know what happened either, what do you want?"

Each of them glared fiercely at Kang Dalei.

Then, unsurprisingly, everyone was beaten up.

In the end, a young man stammered an analysis:

"Big brother, stop hitting us, we really don't know. But looking at those figures, they should be the several Divine Statue Manifestations of our Dongning Prefecture."

"Is that so?" Kang Dalei suspiciously released the young man's collar, turned to look at the people fighting in the distance, rolled his eyes up and down, and said:

"Since that's the case, why don't we have a bet? Let's see which of your Dongning Prefecture Divine Statue Manifestations will win. I'll be the bookie."

"Right, I only accept Demon Cores."

Kang Dalei nimbly brought over a table, set up the stall, and prepared to let everyone place their bets.

At first, everyone was hesitant and reluctant, until Kang Dalei took out several treasures he had taken from Palace Master Li Huainan's secret chamber, which reassured everyone, and they immediately took out the demon beast Demon Cores they had treasured for many years.

"I'm betting on the Meng Family Divine Statue Manifestation."

"I'm betting on the Yun Family Divine Statue Manifestation."

"I'm betting on the Yuyang Palace Master."

...

"Old man, what are you doing?" Kang Dalei saw an elderly man with a wrinkled face and an aged appearance walking over tremblingly.

The old man glanced at Kang Dalei, seemingly having no intention of paying attention to him, until he placed a Demon Core from his hand onto the illustration of Fairy Meng, then slowly said:

"I'm betting on the little girl."

"Old man, who is the 'little girl'?" Kang Dalei asked curiously.

The old man rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily:

"How many 'little girls' are there in this Dongning Prefecture? Naturally, it's Fairy Meng."

"Naturally, it's Fairy Meng." Hearing this sentence from the old man, combined with that infatuated expression, Kang Dalei instantly understood something and gave him a thumbs up:

"Old man, you're really awesome, daring to tease even Fairy Meng. But you know, when she was young, she was really stunning."

"That's right. I still remember when she was young, the little girl even had her hand held by this old man."

The old man boasted shamelessly.

In any case, Kang Dalei believed it, because he even took out a handkerchief with the character 'Gu' embroidered on it.

"Damn, old man, you're really awesome. Tell us more, what else happened?"

Everyone gathered around the old man, completely failing to notice that Kang Dalei had silently collected all the Demon Cores on the table.

They just listened to the old man continue to boast—no, continue to tell—his story with Fairy Meng.

In fact, Fairy Meng was only a little over 120 years old. According to the 200-year lifespan of the Undying Realm, she was only equivalent to someone in their sixties in the mortal world.

If she broke through to the Great Sun Realm, she would be equivalent to a human in their thirties or forties.

Breaking through to the Dark Star Realm would be equivalent to someone in their twenties in the mortal world. To be honest, listening to the old man talk about Fairy Meng's youth, Kang Dalei was quite envious.

"I didn't expect that when Fairy Meng was young, she was also a romantic fool. No wonder you could hold her hand."

Feeling the envious gazes of the people around him, the old man couldn't have been more pleased with himself.

How to describe that feeling? It was as if he had been locked onto by a scorching gaze.

Next to him, Kang Dalei was flattering him, causing the already floating-on-air old man to start speaking without restraint, saying everything.

And Kang Dalei, hearing the gossip, laughed until he was bending over, rubbing his hands constantly, and swallowing his saliva.

"Old man, you're truly amazing. I didn't expect you could even win over Fairy Meng."

"I heard she has a very explosive temper. Old man, your body must be in good shape!"

However, just as the two were complimenting and boasting to each other, a truly scorching gaze locked the two of them firmly together.

As their conversation deepened, that scorching gaze became even sharper, causing the old man and the young man to stop their conversation involuntarily.

But looking up, they knelt down immediately.

An aura surpassing the mortal world instantly pressed the two of them onto the ground.

"Zhang Laoliu, are you really looking for death now?"

That's right. Because the two were boasting too outrageously and exclaiming too loudly, the situation at the restaurant was noticed by Fairy Meng, who was watching the battle from afar.

Seeing one person making up stories about his past with her, and actually sounding so definitive about it.

And the other actually believing it without any doubt, and even adding fuel to the fire.

Fairy Meng's explosive temper couldn't tolerate it at all.

"Today, the two of you must either beat me to death, or be beaten to death by me as an apology."

"Lord Yanling, hack that bastard to death for me."

Fairy Meng waved her hand, pointing at the two stunned people in the restaurant, and directly issued the order to kill them.

Kang Dalei reacted the fastest and ran away without a trace in a flash.

Zhang Laoliu was able to hold Fairy Meng's hand back then, so his skills were truly not weak. Although he was quite old, his ability to displace his form and swap shadows truly made Kang Dalei, who was hiding in the dark, extremely envious.

"I didn't expect this old thing to have such skills."

But after just two words of praise, Fairy Meng's Divine Statue Manifestation pinched Zhang Laoliu in its hand.

"Hehe, Zhang Laoliu, it's been so many years, I didn't expect you to still have made zero progress."

After being grabbed by Fairy Meng's Divine Statue Manifestation, this old guy not only didn't have any fear, but even showed a satisfied expression on his face.

"Fairy Meng, do you know? To be able to die in your palm today, I, Zhang Laoliu, can die without regrets."