Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 208 - 198: Arrogant

Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong’s figures flashed, successfully avoiding the beast-drawn carriage.

But it was only then that Qin Qing realized that a little girl had somehow made her way behind him.

Right behind where Qin Qing had just been standing.

While Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong could easily dodge the beast-drawn carriage, this little girl could not.

The next moment, the carriage charged directly towards the small girl who appeared to be only four or five years old.

"Roar!"

One of the White Jade Tigers opened its giant maw, about to bite the girl.

"Eating people in the street!"

This spiritual beast possessed immense wildness.

It did not regard human life in the slightest, let alone that of such a small girl.

This only further indicated that the owner of the carriage was completely devoid of humanity.

Qin Qing was already enraged. Seeing the innocent old woman whipped to death by the carriage’s driver, his anger intensified. He was not a busybody, but witnessing such an arrogant and tyrannical act filled him with indignation.

And now, the little girl was about to be devoured by the White Jade Tiger—she was so small, even younger than his sister, Xiaoshuang.

How could Qin Qing possibly bear it?

His expression turned even colder. He was ready to intervene, but Jiang Ruorong had already moved first.

Jiang Ruorong quickly darted forward, grabbing the little girl and evading to the side.

During this process, the White Jade Tiger stopped, and the whole beast-drawn carriage came to a halt as well.

The carriage driver’s eyebrows immediately furrowed.

Now he noticed the young man and the woman beside him, both clearly extraordinary in demeanor.

Moreover, from the skills Jiang Ruorong had just displayed, she was obviously a trained martial artist.

Given their age and bearing, they were likely students from one of the several prominent Martial Institutes or academies in the imperial city.

However, even if they were students from the Martial Institutes or academies of the imperial city, so what?

"How dare you!"

The driver shouted sternly, his eyes glaring at Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong, then he lashed out fiercely with his whip towards them.

"Crack!"

The whip contained immense force, causing the air itself to burst with a deafening sound.

"Hmph!"

But Qin Qing merely snorted coldly.

No matter how powerful the whip was, it was nothing special in Qin Qing’s eyes. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

He reached out and caught the whip in his hand.

"Hmm?" The driver paused in surprise.

He hadn’t expected the young man to catch the whip so effortlessly.

"Let go!"

The driver roared. He tried several times to wrench the whip back, but his attempts were ineffective.

Qin Qing’s strength was immense, far beyond what a mere driver could contend with.

The driver himself was not weak; he was a martial artist from the Divine Might Realm.

But what was a Great Martial Master from the Divine Might Realm to do?

If Qin Qing didn’t want to let go of the whip, then there was nothing he could accomplish.

"Let go!" the driver shouted again, "Do you know whose carriage this is? Do you realize who you’re offending today?"

"What does it matter whose beast-drawn carriage it is? You race recklessly through the streets of the imperial city, heedless of the law. Do you have even an ounce of respect for it?" Before Qin Qing could speak, Jiang Ruorong, standing beside him, said angrily.

Upon hearing Jiang Ruorong’s words, the driver burst into laughter, "Ha ha ha... The law? You’re lecturing me on the law? Do you even know what the law is?"

"I advise you to kneel down right now. Maybe then you’ll have a chance to understand what the law is!"

"Kneel to you?" Qin Qing’s eyes sharpened, and he tensed his grip.

His Qi-Blood surged within him, unleashing his Spiritual Power.

"Wham!"

The driver stumbled, falling off the carriage onto the ground.

"You, relying on the power of your master to bully others, dare to tell us to kneel?" Qin Qing coldly looked down at the driver, whip in hand.

At that moment, a languid voice came from inside the carriage, "Lu Ming, what’s happening?"

The driver on the ground quickly got up and hurried over to the carriage window, whispering respectfully, "Reporting to Your Highness the Princess, some blind fools were blocking the way, and I was just teaching them a lesson."

"Deal with it quickly. If they’re blind, just gouge out their eyes; it’s a waste for them to live anyway." The voice of this princess sounded haughty and imperious.

She commanded the driver to gouge out Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong’s eyes as if it were the most mundane task in the world.

"Yes, Princess! Please wait a moment," the driver then turned, smirking mockingly at Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong, "Now you know who’s inside the carriage, right? It’s the Eighth Princess of the Great Qian Dynasty!"

No sooner had the driver’s words faded than the expressions of everyone around subtly changed.

"So it’s the beast-drawn carriage of the Eighth Princess."

"Eighth Princess Qin Yun... This princess is indeed no small matter. It’s said she’s the current Emperor’s favorite, spoiled and arrogant..."

"That Eighth Princess, so domineering and tyrannical, doesn’t even consider common people human. It’s rumored that for her own pleasure, she slaughtered an entire village."

"Shh, don’t talk recklessly, or you might lose your head."

A few martial artists were discussing in very soft voices a little further away.

Yet their whispers still clearly reached Qin Qing’s ears.

"So it’s a princess of the current dynasty, no wonder even a coachman acts so contemptuously!" Qin Qing sneered inwardly, but he didn’t want to stir up trouble, especially after learning the other party’s identity.

His father was still in the Underground Furnace of the imperial palace, and now, if he wanted to save his father, he would have to seek help from the Third Prince, Qin De, as well as the current emperor.

Qin Qing did not wish to offend the Royal Family.

This Eighth Princess, Qin Yun, since she’s so favored by the emperor, was all the more reason not to be offended.

Qin Qing planned to step aside, or to leave altogether.

If he chose to leave, this coachman couldn’t stop him.

With the situation against him, Qin Qing was helpless; a true man can bend and stretch, he knew when to advance or retreat.

But before Qin Qing could speak, Jiang Ruorong opened her mouth and said, "So what if you know? Even if she’s a princess of Great Qian, isn’t it said that when the emperor breaks the law, he faces the same punishment as the common people?"

Jiang Ruorong was born into the Ancient Family from the Tai’a Ancient Country; she naturally wouldn’t take a small Great Qian Dynasty princess seriously.

Especially after seeing the princess’s carriage wreak havoc in the imperial city, with the coachman even regarding the lives of commoners as worthless, especially after witnessing an old woman dying tragically at the hands of the coachman, Jiang Ruorong’s anger was hard to quell.

"What fearless youth, utterly ignorant." The coachman’s face twisted into a mocking sneer, "Since you wish to know what law is, very well, I will show you."

As he spoke, the coachman took out a Horn Token, "I will call someone now to throw you two blind fools into the heavenly prison. Then you’ll truly understand what law means. To dare challenge the Royal Family in Huang Chengzhang’s domain, are you simply tired of living?"

However, just at that moment, a fast horse suddenly galloped in.

"Thud thud clatter clatter!"

The horse’s hooves struck the bluestone pavement, producing rhythmic beating sounds.

"Ha ha! Eighth sister, what are you still doing here?"

The rider was a young woman in a red dress, around the same age as Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong.

The red-dressed woman called out to the beast-drawn carriage; it seemed she was a princess of Great Qian just like Qin Yun.

Upon hearing the red-dressed woman’s voice, the Eighth Princess in the carriage lifted the curtain and looked towards the red-dressed woman outside, saying, "Eleven. My way was blocked by some blind thing; otherwise, my White Jade Tiger carriage would definitely have not lost to your Blood-Red Horse."

The woman addressed as Eleven was none other than Qin Wan, the eleventh-ranking princess of Great Qian. However, Qin Wan didn’t like others addressing her as princess; she preferred to be called by her name, Qin Shiyi.

Qin Wan’s large eyes glanced at Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong.

Upon seeing Jiang Ruorong, her eyes shone brightly, "This sister is really beautiful."

The Eighth Princess sitting in the carriage had also seen Jiang Ruorong’s face by then.

Jiang Ruorong was indeed exceedingly beautiful.

Qin Yun also had her share of beauty; among the many princesses, she could be ranked in the top three and was very proud of her looks.

But this time, after seeing Jiang Ruorong, she suddenly felt an inferiority complex.

There were actually women in the world who were so beautiful?

"Alright, Eighth Sister, Eighth Princess..." Qin Wan said to Qin Yun at this point, "I’m telling you, just stop arguing with them. Third Brother is waiting for us at the Wanhe Palace for the banquet. Let’s start the race from here to the gates of the imperial palace, and whoever gets there first will be the winner!"

Before her words had even finished, Qin Wan had already spurred her red-blooded horse and dashed off.

"Hurry, won’t you catch up to her?"

Qin Yun urged quickly.

The carriage driver glared fiercely at Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong, as if he was still reluctant, then he jumped onto the carriage, steering it as it surged forward once more.

"Young man, young lady. You should leave quickly."

Only after the Eighth Princess’s carriage had gone far did someone dare to come over and speak to Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong.

"Yes, it seems you are both quite young and not locals from Luochuan, right? Leave immediately, the further away from the imperial city, the better. The Eighth Princess, she won’t let you off easily..."

"Right now, she is preoccupied, but if one day she’s in a bad mood, she might cause trouble for you. Given the princess’s temper, she might even chop off your heads..."

A few kind-hearted bystanders still came over, lowering their voices to warn Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong that they better leave the imperial city and not come back.

"Thank you, everyone!" Qin Qing clasped his hands in gratitude to these kind-hearted people who had provided warnings.

"Junior Brother, did the other princess just say they are going to Wanhe Palace for a banquet?" Jiang Ruorong looked at Qin Qing.

"Yes," Qin Qing nodded, "It seems that trouble is inevitable."

"Junior Brother, was it me, your senior sister, who brought trouble upon you... If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have offended that princess," Jiang Ruorong said with a touch of guilt, aware that Qin Qing sought favor from the Royal Family and that his father was serving a penal servitude in the Royal Family’s Underground Furnace.

Offending the Royal Family at such a critical moment was truly an unwise move.

"You can’t blame yourself, Senior Sister. Under those circumstances, I would have done the same."

Qin Qing shook his head and looked towards the little girl next to him.

"Thank you, brother, sister."

The little girl walked over timidly and spoke to Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong.

"Sister, brother, are you martial artists?" the little girl asked bravely.

Jiang Ruorong and Qin Qing couldn’t help but laugh at this moment.

"Little sister, we are martial artists!" Qin Qing answered.

"Yeah, brother and sister, you are so amazing. Little Peach wants to become a martial artist too in the future," the little girl said with sparkling eyes and a bright gaze.

But just then, the little girl’s parents hurried over.

However, they did not even glance at Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong, naturally not offering a word of thanks before they hurriedly left with the little girl.

And the little girl, held in her father’s arms, still fixed her gaze on Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong behind her, her eyes seeming even more determined.

"See, Senior Sister, if it weren’t for you, that adorable little girl might not exist in this world anymore. So, you were right, I want to save my father, but seeing this little girl in danger, how could I stand by and not help?" Qin Qing said.

"Thank you, Junior Brother!" A smile appeared on Jiang Ruorong’s face.

"Let’s go! To Wanhe Palace, we’ll meet the enemy head-on and cover the water with earth if it comes!" Qin Qing laughed.