Chapter 516: Chapter 516: Not Convinced? Come Find Me!

Yang Qi got out of the car and walked toward the hotel with Iron Heart. Just as they entered the lobby, they ran into an old acquaintance: Wang Teng. He was surrounded by a group of young men and women, all dressed in incredibly fashionable attire with price tags that likely ran into the hundreds of thousands, if not millions.

"Yang Qi!"

Wang Teng spotted Yang Qi and jumped in surprise. His fear quickly subsided when he remembered Tang Chuan was with him. He turned to Tang Chuan and said, "Third Young Master, that’s the guy! He’s the one who’s always getting lovey-dovey with Ye Qianqian. It’s disgusting to look at!"

Wang Teng’s shout drew the attention of everyone in the lobby, and all eyes turned to Yang Qi.

"Oh? And here I was wondering if he had three heads and six arms. Turns out he’s just a pretty boy," Tang Chuan said, glancing at Yang Qi with a hint of disdain. In his eyes, Yang Qi’s clean-cut look was not the least bit manly.

"This kid’s a good fighter!" Wang Teng warned.

"Are you telling me I have to deal with him myself?" Tang Chuan said coldly. "Aren’t you all supposed to be the ’Little Overlords’ of Thunder City? How can you not even handle one person? Go break his damn legs and throw him out!"

On one hand, he wanted to test Wang Teng and his friends. On the other, he had recently suffered a defeat and his injuries hadn’t fully healed, so he was reluctant to get into a fight himself.

"Just watch, Third Young Master!" Yan Duo chuckled and led a group forward. Wang Teng reluctantly followed, figuring that with their numbers and Tang Chuan’s bodyguards nearby, dealing with Yang Qi shouldn’t be a problem.

In reality, Wang Teng had no idea about Yang Qi’s true Combat Power. He had just been beaten by him a few times and was now thoroughly intimidated.

"Hey, kid! Stop right there!" Yan Duo stepped in front of Yang Qi, blocking his path.

Yang Qi ignored him, casually popping a piece of gum into his mouth. "Iron Heart, handle this," he said while chewing.

"Yes, sir!" Iron Heart stepped in front of Yang Qi and stared coldly at Yan Duo. "A good dog doesn’t block the road. Scram."

He was quite annoyed. How dare someone try to stop them? Did these kids have a death wish? Most of them were ordinary people, with only a few possessing some rudimentary skills. For them to challenge him, a Ninth Rank Great Grandmaster, was simply courting disaster.

That’s right, he was now a Ninth Rank Great Grandmaster and was already advancing toward the Tenth Rank. The amplification effect from the Five Elements Spirit Array was simply terrifying. Coupled with the Elixirs refined by Yang Qi, their Realms were skyrocketing as if they were strapped to a rocket. Consequently, their reverence and loyalty toward Yang Qi had grown even stronger.

"Hey, you old bastard, you’ve got some nerve! You dare call us dogs?" Yan Duo exploded. Who was he? He was the eldest grandson of the Yan Family, the heir of his generation! For someone to dare insult him like this... they must have a death wish. He shot a cold look at Yang Qi. "Is this your subordinate? You’d better teach him how to talk, or he won’t even know what hit him when he dies!"

"Haha, if you can actually kill him, I’ll be impressed," Yang Qi laughed. A nobody with some shoddy martial arts skills, not even at the Innate Martial Artist Realm, is threatening to kill a Ninth Rank Great Grandmaster. His logic is truly something else.

"Hah! You really think I don’t have the guts to do it?" Enraged, Yan Duo threw a punch at Iron Heart.

However, Iron Heart didn’t even bother to look. He simply lashed out with a kick, striking Yan Duo square in the abdomen. In truth, he had held back, so Yan Duo was merely sent flying, knocking over the crowd behind him. He wasn’t seriously injured; after all, it would be excessive to kill a worthless punk over a few words.

"Boss, after you," Iron Heart said to Yang Qi.

Yang Qi smiled and headed upstairs. "I’ll be in the Cloud Sea Hall," he called back. "If you still have a problem, you know where to find me. But be warned, next time it won’t end so peacefully!"

"You! Get back here! Don’t you dare walk away! Do you have any idea who I am? I’m Yan Duo of the Yan Family!" Yan Duo roared. "And do you know who that is? That’s Tang Chuan, the young master of the Tang Family from Sea City! If you dare to go up there, you’re just asking to die!"

Hearing this, Yang Qi suddenly stopped.

"Heh, scared now, are you? You should be," Yan Duo sneered when he saw Yang Qi stop, assuming he was intimidated. "It’s laughable how people like you, with a tiny bit of martial arts skill, think you can look down on everyone."

But to his surprise, Yang Qi turned his gaze to Tang Chuan. "Heh, so you’re Tang Chuan. The useless fop trying to force my sister into marrying you? Here’s some friendly advice: scurry on back to Sea City. Otherwise, you will die in Thunder City. Consider that a warning. As for you, Yan Duo, I haven’t forgotten about you and Wang Teng getting that blue-haired punk to harass my sister. Go to White Mountain Manor and present yourselves for punishment. If you do that, I might just give you a chance."

With that, Yang Qi turned and left with Iron Heart.

"Yan Duo, and you call yourself the heir of the Yan Family?" Tang Chuan said with a smirk. "The man completely disrespected you and even demanded you go beg for forgiveness. Aren’t you going to do something about it?"

Yan Duo gritted his teeth. "Don’t worry, Third Young Master. I’ll call for the Yan Family’s experts right now. That kid isn’t getting away today. Huh? Wait a minute, where did he say he was going? The Cloud Sea Hall? Third Young Master, that’s our room!"

"You didn’t make a reservation?" Tang Chuan asked.

"We never need to make reservations here," Yan Duo said coldly. "Who would dare occupy our Cloud Sea Hall? They’d have to have a death wish! Third Young Master, let’s go up and see what’s going on!"

"Alright."

Meanwhile, Yang Qi had already entered the Cloud Sea Hall. Ye Feng, who was inside, was surprisingly no longer nervous. Seeing Yang Qi’s approachable demeanor put him at ease.

"Chairman Ye, I believe this is your first time at one of our gatherings, so you’re a newcomer," Yang Qi said with a smile. "But the fact that I invited you means I trust you. Of course, you can choose to leave. What we are about to discuss is highly confidential. If you feel you cannot be loyal to me, you may leave now. I won’t stop you, but this is your only chance.

"If you decide to stay, know that if you ever betray me, your fate will be a miserable one. The same goes for everyone else here. If you want to leave, now is the time. I will not stand in your way."

"Mr. Yang—no, Boss, you jest. Now that I am here, I have no intention of leaving," Ye Feng said, rising to his feet. "From the moment you defeated Wu Yonggui, I knew you were the one to follow. I will do so for the rest of my life, without regret. If I ever betray you, I will willingly accept death!"

"Excellent! In that case, let’s have a toast!" Yang Qi raised his glass, and everyone drank together.

He had a plan in mind. Certain things couldn’t be accomplished alone, which meant he needed to create his own organization. The person in charge would need to be loyal, possess managerial skills, and have a respectable level of combat power. Iron Heart and Iron Bone were loyal, but they had no experience with this kind of work. They were excellent bodyguards, but they weren’t suited for this role.