I Have Unlimited Dantians-Chapter 39 - 30: Thrashing Nie Liao
"What did you say?"
Nie Liao had expected the boy’s change in attitude meant he was about to admit his mistake. He never imagined Nie Yun would say something like that. Fury instantly blazed in his chest, so intense it felt like steam was rising from his head. His once-handsome face twisted into an ugly grimace.
Insulting him was one thing, but calling his mother a whore? How could he possibly tolerate that!
As the saying goes, "Misfortune shouldn’t befall the children, and insults shouldn’t touch the parents!" Yet Nie Yun had just asked how many men his mother took in a day. It was enough to make his lungs explode with rage!
"You despicable bastard! Die!"
With a long roar, Nie Liao threw all caution to the wind and viciously threw a punch at Nie Yun!
Like Nie Hen, Nie Liao was at the Peak of the Fourth Layer of the True Qi Realm. As he struck out suddenly, a thick stream of True Qi immediately enveloped Nie Yun’s entire body!
BANG!
The punch hit its mark!
However, Nie Yun wasn’t sent flying and coughing up blood as expected. Instead, it was the attacker, Nie Liao, whose fist emitted a series of sharp, "CRACK! CRACK!" sounds. The bones in his hand had completely shattered!
"Ah... How is this possible?"
He couldn’t believe it. The other guy was unharmed, while his own hand was broken from the impact. Nie Liao let out a blood-curdling shriek, unable to accept what had happened. Just as confusion gripped him, he saw the boy reach into his robes and pull out a palm-sized golden badge.
The badge resembled a small shield. Inscribed upon it were the six glittering golden words: "Luoshui City’s Number One Talent!" Below the text was an engraved seal from the alliance of the Four Great Families and a special mark issued by the City Lord’s Mansion!
The Luoshui Golden Shield!
Nie Liao’s punch had actually struck the Luoshui Golden Shield!
"The Luoshui Golden Shield is the highest honor jointly issued by the Four Great Families of Luoshui City and the City Lord’s Mansion, representing supreme dignity! Nie Liao, you are a disciple of the clan’s Inner Sect and a Deputy Captain of the Law Enforcement Team. How dare you directly attack this symbol of honor and provoke the dignity of the Four Great Families and the City Lord? What is the penalty for such a crime?!"
Holding the glittering Luoshui Golden Shield, Nie Yun took a step forward, his presence terrifying.
With his Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique at the Great Success stage of the first layer, he could withstand a full-force attack from a powerhouse at the Peak of the Fifth Layer Body Emergence Realm without injury. Nie Liao was merely at the Peak of the Fourth Layer. Forget punching the Luoshui Golden Shield; even a direct blow to Nie Yun’s body wouldn’t have harmed him in the slightest!
"You..."
"I have recorded everything that just happened. As a Deputy Captain of the Clan Law Enforcement Team, you have shown contempt for the dignity of the Four Great Families, openly attacked the holder of the Luoshui Golden Shield, and attempted to shatter it. Your crimes are heinous and too numerous to list! Today, I will eliminate a degenerate like you on behalf of the clan, to make an example of you!"
Giving Nie Liao no chance to speak, Nie Yun stepped forward again, reaching out with a large hand to grab him.
"You despicable..."
The Luoshui Golden Shield was like the imperial Yellow Mandarin Jacket; it represented honor and dignity. Even the Commander of the Imperial Guard of the Imperial Dynasty would face severe punishment for openly damaging it. Nie Liao was in that exact position. He knew he had been set up, but he felt so wronged and stifled that he couldn’t say a word in his defense.
He had indeed attacked the Luoshui Golden Shield. That was an act of contempt and disrespect toward the Four Great Families and the City Lord’s Mansion. It was like taking a sledgehammer to an Imperial Sword. Even if you had a perfectly good reason, and even if the Imperial Sword was undamaged while your hammer broke... none of that mattered. The act itself was a provocation against the Emperor’s authority and had to be severely punished.
"Heh heh."
Ignoring his roars, Nie Yun gave a faint smile. The True Qi in his body surged forth, forming a massive hand in midair that shot toward Nie Liao.
According to convention, someone at the Fourth Layer of the True Qi Realm shouldn’t be able to achieve True Qi Emission. But an old monster like Nie Yun, who had lived for two lifetimes, had already mastered the control of his True Qi to perfection. He didn’t abide by such rules.
Of course, while he could attack from a distance, it wasn’t like a powerhouse of the Fifth Layer Body Emergence Realm who could injure someone from a hundred paces away. His attack had a maximum range of three meters. At this close distance, however, it was more than enough. The palm wind howled as the hand formed of True Qi appeared without warning, instantly wrapping around Nie Liao and binding him tightly.
"CRACK! CRACK!"
As soon as he had Nie Liao in his grasp, Nie Yun showed no mercy. With a flip of his palm, two more sharp cracks echoed out. Both of Nie Liao’s arms were now shattered.
"Stop!"
Seeing this, Nie Hen, who was in the main seat, could no longer remain seated. He shot to his feet with a loud shout and leaped through the air, reaching for Nie Yun.
He was attacking Nie Yun to force him to let go of Nie Liao—a classic tactic of relieving a siege by attacking the aggressor.
"I am punishing a degenerate of the clan, yet Deputy Captain Nie Hen interferes. Does the Clan Law Enforcement Team always shield its own like this?"
Ignoring the attack, Nie Yun casually met the blow by flipping his wrist and raising the hand holding the Luoshui Golden Shield. At the same time, his other hand went to work on Nie Liao’s body with another series of sickening cracks and snaps.
THUD!
Nie Liao collapsed to the ground, his body like a pile of soft mud.
Not a single bone in his body was left intact. His Qi Sea had been shattered, and his True Qi was dissipating. He was in an even more miserable state than Nie Chao had been!
As for Nie Hen, who had tried to relieve the siege, he saw the Luoshui Golden Shield blocking his path. Furious, he abruptly halted his mid-air assault and retreated, standing to the side and yelling in frustration, but he was completely helpless.
’If I attack the Luoshui Golden Shield, he’ll definitely have something to say about it. Then, even if I’m in the right, I won’t be able to argue my case!’
"Nie Yun, you’re ruthless!"
After a moment, Nie Hen calmed his raging emotions. When he looked at the young man again, the earlier contempt was gone from his eyes.
’We had the upper hand, but with just a single insult to Nie Liao and the appearance of the Luoshui Golden Shield, this kid completely turned the tables. In this situation, it’s useless even if I report him to the clan!’
’The first one to get taken down had insulted the mother of the Luoshui Golden Shield’s owner, which was a crime in itself. Getting beaten up was only natural. As for Nie Liao... the single charge of provoking the Four Great Families and the City Lord’s Mansion was enough to ensure he could never recover from this!’
"Ruthless? Deputy Captain Nie Hen, you exaggerate. I was merely defending the clan’s honor. I dare not take credit for it," Nie Yun said earnestly.
"You..."
Nie Hen’s face flushed with anger, and he nearly stumbled.
"Oh, right, Deputy Captain Nie Hen, what business brings you to our branch at this hour? You mentioned before that you needed to investigate something about Nie Chao being injured. What’s this all about? Nie Chao is injured? How could he be? He was perfectly fine when he left our place the other day..." Seeing that things had gone far enough and it was time to wrap it up, Nie Yun suddenly spoke, his face a mask of pure innocence, as if he had never heard a thing about Nie Chao’s injury.
"..." Seeing Nie Yun act this way, his mother, Nie Ling, and the butler, Nie Chong, exchanged a glance. They both wiped the cold sweat from their brows, completely speechless.
’He’s too good an actor! If the two of them hadn’t seen him beat Nie Chao to within an inch of his life with their own eyes, they would have actually believed the pack of lies coming out of his mouth just from looking at his expression!’
"Nie Yun, stop putting on an act! You know perfectly well what happened to Nie Chao! Who are you trying to fool with this innocent facade?" Seeing the boy’s behavior, Nie Hen trembled with rage again and roared.
"Putting on an act?" Nie Yun feigned righteous indignation. "Deputy Captain Nie Hen, I am an Outer Sect Disciple with dignity! You are slandering me and insulting my good name. I challenge you to a fair duel!"
"A duel..." Hearing the boy’s sudden challenge, Nie Hen glanced at Nie Liao’s mangled form on the floor and couldn’t help but shudder.
’Dueling him? Isn’t that like the God of Longevity hanging himself—are you tired of living?!’
"What? You don’t want to duel? Fine. If you won’t duel, then you must prove my innocence. The other day, Nie Chao and Nie Chaoxing came to our branch with a punishment order. Our branch gave them ten thousand taels of silver without a word and sent them on their way. As for what happened after that, we know nothing at all..."
Nie Yun had completely washed his hands of the matter.
"Gave them ten thousand taels of silver without a word? Hmph! Nie Yun, stop flattering yourself! Do you think I don’t know the state of your branch? Forget ten thousand taels, if you could even produce five thousand, I, Nie Hen, would immediately get on my knees and kowtow to you!"
Nie Hen roared.
