72: Chapter 72 Comparing Backgrounds with Me?

"Greetings, Cultivator of Yuanxu Mountain."

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun spoke with an extremely forced smile.

How could it be a practitioner from Yuanxu Mountain?

It wasn't that he doubted Lin Ming's identity.

City Lord Ji Ze's attitude had already made it clear that Lin Ming was a Disciple of Yuanxu Mountain.

How did his stupid nephew manage to offend a Disciple of Yuanxu Mountain?

These playboy scions really treated his words as wind passing through their ears.

He had warned the entire Family through his younger brother about exactly who they must never provoke.

People whose identities couldn't be verified were to be treated with caution and avoided whenever possible.

The Zhang Family might be a local tyrant in Tianyuan City, but once they stepped outside into the wider world, they were nothing special.

He knew there were some useless playboys in the Family; since there was no hope for them, he could only tell them to cause less trouble for the Family.

Now, they had gone and offended a Disciple of Yuanxu Mountain directly.

Yuanxu Mountain was the patron of their Tianyuan City.

Slandering a Disciple of Yuanxu Mountain as a demonic cultivator—were they tired of living?

Beside him, Song Yushu's expression also turned ugly.

He hadn't expected Song Lin to stir up such a massive disaster for him.

He thought this would be an opportunity, but it had turned into a nightmare.

A Disciple of Yuanxu Mountain, and one who appeared with a command token, was definitely no ordinary Disciple.

"So, how do you plan to prove I'm a demonic cultivator? I'm all ears."

Lin Ming spoke slowly.

"How could a cultivator from Yuanxu Mountain possibly be a demonic cultivator?"

City Lord Ji Ze spoke up immediately.

These two were truly bold to slander a Disciple of Yuanxu Mountain as a demonic cultivator.

But this gave City Lord Ji Ze an opportunity—an opportunity to knock them down a peg.

"Zhang Zhihui, was it? How did I become a demonic cultivator? Why don't you explain it to me?"

Lin Ming looked at Zhang Zhihui, who was collapsed on the ground, and spoke.

Zhang Zhihui struggled to stand up, his whole body trembling. He didn't dare look Lin Ming in the eye and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Speak! Why did you slander a cultivator of Yuanxu Mountain?"

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun made his decision.

He turned and stepped forward, interrogating Zhang Zhihui.

"I... I..."

Under an invisible pressure, Zhang Zhihui's speech became stuttered.

"You, why did you slander a cultivator of Yuanxu Mountain?"

Song Yushu also made his decision at this time, questioning Song Lin in the same manner.

"I didn't!"

Song Lin said hurriedly.

He hadn't slandered Lin Ming as a demonic cultivator.

"You still dare to argue?"

Song Yushu's face darkened as he spoke.

"He indeed did not."

Lin Ming glanced at Song Lin and said.

"However, he has been constantly harassing my Junior Sister."

*Slap!*

With a single strike, Song Yushu slapped Song Lin across the face, sending him flying.

Women, women! This trash was obsessed with women every single day.

Now look, he had caused such a huge disaster all because of a woman.

If it weren't for the fact that Song Lin was a clansman and a close relative, he would have killed him long ago.

With this one palm strike, Song Lin fell unconscious, losing awareness.

Quite a decisive move.

Lin Ming glanced at Song Yushu, then his gaze returned to Zhang Zhihui.

Perhaps noticing Lin Ming's gaze, Zhang Zhihui became increasingly panicked.

"Cultivator, how do you wish to deal with my nephew?"

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun asked in a heavy voice.

Compared to Song Lin, the offense his nephew committed was obviously much more serious.

But even so, Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun still wanted to save Zhang Zhihui's life; he was his nephew after all.

As long as the punishment wasn't too severe, he could accept it.

The reason Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun remained relatively calm was that he had someone backing him—a Disciple of Yuanxu Mountain served as his support.

And that Disciple of Yuanxu Mountain was no ordinary Disciple either.

It was precisely because he had a Disciple of Yuanxu Mountain behind him that City Lord Ji Ze was somewhat wary of Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun.

Otherwise, given the strength gap between them, it would have been simple for City Lord Ji Ze to deal with Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun.

"Dealing with him? Let me think."

The corners of Lin Ming's mouth curled up slightly as he spoke.

Everyone's eyes gathered on Lin Ming, waiting for him to make a decision.

After ten or so seconds...

"There's no need for him to stay alive; living is just a waste of food."

Lin Ming spoke.

For a guy like this, Lin Ming felt that living was a waste of resources. Rather than letting him live to continue harming others, it was better to send him on his way—it could be considered an act of Karma.

As soon as these words were spoken, Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun's face turned ugly once again.

Lin Ming's decision was not what he wanted to hear.

Frankly speaking, Zhang Zhihui's death wasn't particularly important to him, but he was unwilling to bow his head like this.

"Does this Cultivator happen to know Lu Zhenghua?"

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun asked.

"Lu Zhenghua? Who?"

Lin Ming asked.

The name sounded a bit familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.

"Lu Zhenghua, the grandson of Elder Lu Xinghuai of Azure Severance Peak, is an acquaintance of mine."

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun said with a serious expression.

"You're using someone's name to pressure me."

Lin Ming spoke with a slightly playful tone.

No wonder the Zhang Family was so arrogant in Tianyuan City; besides being Disciples of the Tianyuan Swordsman, they had also latched onto an Elder's grandson as a backer.

Lu Xinghuai—Azure Severance Peak did indeed have such an Elder.

"I wouldn't dare."

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun immediately denied it.

But that was exactly what he meant.

City Lord Ji Ze had already expected Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun to say this, and he felt quite helpless about it.

It seemed this matter might end up being dropped.

"Background, huh?"

Lin Ming laughed.

This person was trying to compare backgrounds with him.

The thing he feared least was someone trying to compare backgrounds with him.

"I forgot to introduce myself."

Lin Ming said.

"My name is Lin Ming, a Disciple of Zichen Peak."

A Disciple of Zichen Peak...

The others were momentarily stunned.

Regarding Yuanxu Mountain, although they weren't Disciples themselves, they had a fair amount of knowledge about it.

Among the Seven Peaks of Yuanxu, Zichen Peak was one of them.

But what was so special about a Disciple of Zichen Peak?

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun had an Elder's grandson behind him.

"A Disciple of Zichen Peak... You are a Disciple of Master Yun Hua?"

City Lord Ji Ze was the first to react.

Peak Master Zichen, Master Yun Hua, had made a Breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm, becoming a Nirvana Ancestor. This was no secret, and Tianyuan City naturally knew of this news.

Furthermore, the entire Zichen Peak only had two Disciples, one male and one female, both under Master Yun Hua's tutelage. This meant the man and woman before him were the Disciples of a Nirvana Ancestor.

Thinking of this, City Lord Ji Ze looked at the two of them with a face full of horror.

He knew their identities weren't simple, but he hadn't expected them to be Disciples of a Nirvana Ancestor.

A fake identity?

Tianyuan City also had Disciples from Yuanxu Mountain residing there, and on Yuanxu Mountain's own territory, no one would dare to impersonate the status of a Nirvana Ancestor's Disciple.