Starting as The Young Master of A Pharmacy, He Trained Swordsmanship in Seclusion For Twenty Years - Chapter 103

“Father!”

After processing what happened, Hua Yunfei quickly sprinted towards the source of the commotion.

On the adjacent street, a crowd of pedestrians had already gathered around Hua Tianhai, watching curiously.

“What’s going on here?”
“It looks like he was sent flying all the way over from Lihua Street.”
“Who dares to be so brazen, fighting right in front of this constable! Everyone, step aside!”

At that moment, several men dressed in official yamen runners’ uniforms pushed through the crowd of onlookers with outstretched arms and approached Hua Tianhai.

Hua Tianhai’s face was deathly pale, covered in cold sweat. His gray robe was slashed with countless tears. Beneath the robe, his body was covered with glaring, bloody gashes, as if he had been slashed by countless sharp blades.

“Get out of my way!”

In the distance, white steam erupted from Hua Yunfei’s body as a terrifying, soaring bloodlust shot into the sky. A violent gale-force wind burst forth around him as he charged forward.

Just as Hua Yunfei was about to force his way through the dense crowd, Hua Tianhai, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly jolted awake. His body trembled as he shakily got to his feet.

Then, with astonishing speed, Hua Tianhai leaped over the ring of spectators and landed right in front of the frenzied Hua Yunfei.

Hua Tianhai’s aged hand shot out and clamped down heavily on Hua Yunfei’s shoulder, forcibly suppressing the raging bloodlust within him and forcing it back into his body.

Seeing this from afar, Lu Xuan dismissed the thought that had just crossed his mind—to strike again and finish off Hua Yunfei.

“Don’t act recklessly, you fool! You almost got yourself killed!”

Hua Yunfei stared blankly at his father, not understanding what he meant.

Hua Tianhai didn’t explain. Instead, he looked towards Lu Xuan on the opposite street, his old face wearing an expression of someone who had just narrowly escaped death.

That power… could it be…!

External Radiance Grandmaster!

The overwhelming strength, the sheer force that could penetrate the body—it was unstoppable. Wasn’t this exactly the kind of power only a terrifying existence like an External Radiance Grandmaster could wield?

Considering this possibility, Hua Tianhai drew a sharp, fearful breath.

Then, in full view of everyone, Hua Tianhai’s stooped body bent over sharply. He faced Lu Xuan’s direction and knelt heavily on the ground.

The impact of his forehead against the solid bluestone pavement shattered it into fragments.

The constable who had arrived early on the scene showed no change in expression upon seeing the old man kneel. But when he noticed the man standing beside the old man, dressed in a light blue satin robe, his face instantly paled, and he gasped in shock.

“This is…?”
“The leader of the Tianhai Gang!”

As a constable of the prefectural city, he naturally knew Hua Yunfei, the leader of the Tianhai Gang, very well.

Hua Yunfei, a powerful expert at the peak of the Blood Tempering realm and the leader of the prefectural city’s largest gang, was a hugely famous and formidable figure in the official circles of the prefectural capital.

It was said that his father, the previous leader of the Tianhai Gang, was a martial arts master of the Internal Qi realm.

“Father, what are you doing?!”

Seeing his father kneel publicly, Hua Yunfei felt as if the sky had fallen.

But, setting aside his shock, Hua Yunfei quickly stepped forward, intending to help his father, Hua Tianhai, back to his feet.

“Let’s go!”

The moment Hua Tianhai rose, his withered hand shot out and grabbed Hua Yunfei. Then, under the gaze of the entire crowd, they fled into the distance.

“Father?”

When the constable heard the Tianhai Gang leader call the kneeling old man ‘Father,’ his mind went completely blank. He began to wonder if he was still dreaming or if he hadn’t sobered up from last night’s drinking.

An Internal Qi realm master was injured, and then he knelt and kowtowed in front of so many people.

This……..

“Sir Envoy, they’ve escaped.”

Seeing Hua Tianhai and his son flee in such a sorry state, Lin Mu quietly reported this to Lu Xuan.

Faced with this situation, Lin Mu naturally wouldn’t pass up the chance to add insult to injury; he had to make sure they were thoroughly discredited. Otherwise, all the frustration he had endured these past few days would have been for nothing.

“Hmm, no need to bother with them. Take the Xuaniao Guards and secure this street. I will hold the position here.”

By now, Lu Xuan was no longer paying attention to Hua Tianhai and his son, allowing them to flee into the distance.

If Lu Xuan had truly intended to kill, Hua Tianhai would have already died under his Radiant Force earlier.

That earlier burst of Radiant Force was merely a minor lesson.

Given the opponent’s martial arts level, withstanding that single burst of Radiant Force from Lu Xuan was enough to require at least half a year of recovery.

And reality proved just as Lu Xuan had guessed.

Hua Tianhai, gripping Hua Yunfei, fled at top speed all the way back to the Hua family residence.

The moment they entered the estate, Hua Tianhai could no longer suppress his injuries. A mouthful of blood gushed out, trickling slowly from his lips.

“Father! Are you alright?!”

Hua Yunfei quickly supported Hua Tianhai, the authority of a gang leader completely gone from his face, replaced by panic.

“I’m fine, it’s just a minor injury.”
“It seems your father will need a good year of rest to fully recover.”

Hearing his father’s words, Hua Yunfei felt a surge of terror and dread.

Lu Xuan’s young, handsome face flashed through his mind.

“Father, who exactly is that man?!”
“Why………..”

Who was that Envoy of the Xuaniao Guard? Why could he severely injure his father, an Internal Qi realm expert, with a single strike?

“External Radiance Grandmaster!”

Facing his son, Hua Tianhai held nothing back, directly revealing the other party’s martial realm.

“To think that in my lifetime, I would actually get to see an External Radiance Grandmaster.”
“And moreover, I actually tried to fight him.”
“Hahaha!”
“I really don’t know if that’s luck or misfortune.”

This was also why Hua Tianhai, without a second thought and ignoring everyone’s stares, had immediately knelt to Lu Xuan.

An External Radiance Grandmaster!

That was an existence he could never hope to provoke, even with a lifetime of effort.

The fact that he survived a single burst of Radiant Force from the other party was proof enough that the Grandmaster had held back.

Otherwise, with the power of an External Radiance Grandmaster, he could have been crushed with a single finger, let alone with a burst of Grandmaster Radiant Force.

Hua Tianhai circulated the Internal Qi throughout his body, gathering it to eradicate the lingering strands of Radiant Force within him.

“That Li Chengfeng… to quietly find himself an External Radiance Grandmaster without making a sound. I nearly died by that one’s hand.”

During the healing process, Hua Tianhai cursed Li Chengfeng under his breath, calling him an old fox.

“What are you still standing there for? Do you want your father to die? Hurry up and help me inside!”
“Also, pass down the order: from now on, anyone from the Tianhai Gang, no matter who, must steer clear of the Xuaniao Guard upon sight!”