Chapter 574: Chapter 318: Passing Unhindered (Part 2)

Occasionally looking up, he saw someone sitting by the window of a street-side restaurant, drinking with a contemptuous gaze directed at him.

Chu Qing frowned slightly, met the person’s gaze for a moment before they slowly looked away and said a few words to their friend, causing a burst of laughter.

The person assumed that since Chu Qing was on the street and he was inside, Chu Qing wouldn’t have heard his words.

But what level of Martial Arts did Chu Qing possess?

In an instant, he heard the person’s words clearly. The words were evidently ’Ignorant bumpkin, gutsy though. I really want to gouge out his eyes.’

Chu Qing nearly laughed out of extreme anger.

Since he made his name in the Martial World, he had never heard such words.

He casually grabbed a stone and sent it out using his Inner Strength.

Without the sound of wind breaking, the stone was already behind the person, accompanied by a loud bang. The tremendous force transmitted through the person’s body, knocking him out, smashing a table and, simultaneously, causing a few dining companions to tumble and roll on the ground.

The sound of breaking wind only then arrived belatedly.

The person’s few friends were relatively fortunate, suffering only broken limbs, screaming painfully as they scanned around but not knowing what had happened.

But the person who spoke wasn’t as lucky.

Chu Qing was annoyed that the person insulted him without any enmity between them. Even though he didn’t directly take his life, the stone struck, damaging the person’s internal organs and injuring every meridian, but leaving him barely alive, doomed to spend the rest of his life bedridden and unable to do anything.

For ordinary people, this might have been too harsh a punishment.

But Chu Qing determined that he had not practiced Martial Arts to listen to insults from others and let it go with generosity.

The point of being a Martial Arts master is this: if you dare insult me, I’ll make sure you regret it!

If I don’t kill you, I’ll make you suffer your whole life, to let you understand that disasters originate from careless speech.

Obviously possessing extraordinary skills, standing high above in the Martial World, yet anyone can insult you with no consequence? Then there’s no point in practicing Martial Arts.

After the stone flew out, Chu Qing instantly felt refreshed, turning to look at Liu Qingyan:

"What on earth is going on in this city?"

Liu Qingyan saw Chu Qing send out the Flying Stone. Although she didn’t have such keen hearing to listen to what the person upstairs in the restaurant said, she deduced most of it.

Shaking her head with a sigh, she said:

"It’s the arrogance of Star Split City people... The Star Split Mansion has held an exalted position in the Martial World for years.

"So people born in Star Split City naturally feel superior.

"There is always an unspeakable disdain for outsiders.

"Although the Star Split Mansion has never admitted this, their actions strongly support it.

"I’ve heard that if outsiders have conflicts with Star Split City people, no matter who is right or wrong, the Star Split Mansion will always assert that it’s the outsider’s fault.

"In the mildest case, they’ll be expelled from Star Split City, or even the Star Split Mansion. In severe cases, imprisonment and punishment, with no regard for reason.

"Such practices just keep reinforcing the arrogance of Star Split City people."

Chu Qing suddenly understood. No wonder... even though they’ve never met, there were unfounded insults.

Is it the backing of the Star Split Mansion providing their confidence?

Allowing them to think they could stand above others?

Chu Qing’s mouth curved into a slight smile:

"It seems Star Split Mansion hasn’t been challenged for many years."

"The overall environment in Lingbei is still very peaceful, with the Three Mansions, three sects, standing like grand white jade pillars, great purple-golden beams that support the sky and seas.

"Striving for supremacy, forming the strongest structure.

"Unlike your South Ridge, where it’s always full of energetic battles and conflicts."

Liu Qingyan glanced at Chu Qing.

So far, she still didn’t know who Chu Qing really was, but now she knew this guy was indeed from the South Ridge.

This wasn’t just because recently there was talk about Chu Qing having a connection with the South Ridge Blazing Hall but also because of his extremely shallow understanding of Lingbei’s Martial World.

Occasionally asking, sometimes suddenly realizing... that appearance, completely unfamiliar with Lingbei, without even trying to hide it.

After pausing her words for a moment, Liu Qingyan looked at Chu Qing:

"Now that we’re already in Star Split City, what should we do next? Find a place to stay?

"Oh, right, I forgot to mention, we’re not from Star Split City; the better the room at the inn, the more expensive it is, double the normal price."

Chu Qing nearly laughed out of anger:

"Completely absurd!"

Wu Qianhuan also found it unbelievable:

"Isn’t the inn meant for outsiders?"

"Do they mean to say locals don’t stay home but go to inns too?

"If outsiders don’t stay there, where do they earn their money?

"Or is money not important, and their lifelong mission is just to look down on outsiders?"

Wu Qianhuan considered himself well-read and well-traveled, yet this was the first time he encountered such a peculiar situation.

Liu Qingyan shrugged:

"My dad said this was deliberately done by Han Qiujun, his strategy in governing.

"Actually, there’s also something strange: the more arrogant Star Split City becomes, the more prosperous it becomes..."

"Because being born in the Star Split Mansion, everyone wants to become a person from Star Split City."

Chu Qing’s anger gradually subsided, yet he already understood Han Qiujun’s intentions.

Under this arrogant city, a ladder was hidden.

A ladder that allows ordinary people to become elites, as the law favors Star Split City, giving Star Split City people the capital to be arrogant, making them the elite.

If outsiders want to achieve all this, they must strive in Star Split City.

By putting in sufficient contributions, they can enjoy the same treatment as Star Split City people, eventually becoming those arrogant elites.

Perhaps among this, there’s another ladder leading to even greater heights.

But as outsiders, Chu Qing and the others weren’t aware of all the details.

But, Chu Qing smiled and said:

"If one day, someone wants to attack Star Split City, destroy the Han Family...

"The first to transform into a bloody sword and shield will be these Star Split City people.

"The Han Family gave them the capital for arrogance, allowing them to look down on outsiders. But if the Han Family collapses, they lose their qualification for arrogance.

"They’d lose everything they take for granted now."

Liu Qingyan abruptly looked at Chu Qing, only to hear Chu Qing say:

"Let’s go, we’re not staying at the inn today."

"Then where will we stay?"

"At the Han Family."

The Han Family was easy to find, right in the center of Star Split City.

A four-cornered building, occupying a large area.

Seemingly a city within a city, resembling the Imperial Palace of the Great Qian Dynasty back in the day.

Arriving in front, they saw Star Split Mansion disciples guarding the entrance.

There were many guards, with eyes coldly scorning everything around them.

When they realized Chu Qing and his party intended to approach, someone shouted out:

"Star Split Mansion is a restricted area, no unauthorized personnel allowed!"

Chu Qing glanced at Liu Qingyan:

"Is Celestial Sound Mansion like this too?"

Liu Qingyan scratched her nose:

"Not quite... but in some aspects, it’s quite similar."

Chu Qing clicked his tongue in astonishment, inexplicably admiring Chu Yunfei.

One can observe the whole by seeing a part; Star Split Mansion exhibits all the mannerisms of an Emperor. Celestial Sound Mansion must not be much different...

Back then, Chu Yunfei, an unremarkable young man in martial skills, eloped with the jewel of Celestial Sound Mansion... akin to an elevated Princess being whisked away by an ordinary commoner.

How did he manage that trick?

He shook his head, not stopping his stride, and led the group directly towards the interior of Star Split Mansion.

The guards at the entrance saw this, their eyes flashing with a murderous glint:

"Anyone trespassing into Star Split Mansion will be killed without mercy!!!"

As the words fell, several guards leaped, attacking Chu Qing and his companions.

But just then, a streak of golden light flowed. Chu Qing didn’t halt his steps while the guard’s palm struck the light, they instantly screamed and were blasted away.

As their bodies landed, they looked up, only to see Chu Qing’s group stride forward. Even upon arriving at the gate, they did not pause.

The Golden Gang Qi encasing them touched the gate for a moment, and the gate shattered with a loud crash!

Chu Qing led his group inside, as if walking into an uninhabited land!

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