Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 178: He was once defeated by me!

The Jun Family had come.

Jun Tianyong, Jun Tianchen, and Jun Wuya had been gone for a long time, leaving Jun Hongyan increasingly anxious. She eventually led a group to the inn, and the outcome was predictable. Jun Tianyong and Jun Tianchen were pillars of the Jun Family; their simultaneous disappearance was a matter of grave significance.

Not long after, the Patriarch of the Jun Family, Jun Tiansheng, emerged from seclusion ahead of schedule. After learning what had transpired, Jun Tiansheng fell silent for a good while before he spoke. "They were wrong in what they did. But the mistakes of the Jun Family can only be judged by the Jun Family itself!"

Shortly after, all the elite experts of the Jun Family were mobilized. Only then did Junlan City find out what had happened, and everyone was dumbfounded.

"Damn, so that Ning Xuan was a fake, it was Jun Wuya impersonating him! That bitch Qian Yourong deceived us all!"

"It had nothing to do with her? It was all Ning Xuan’s trickery? Lin Xihua died at Ning Xuan’s hands?"

"What? There’s more? Not only were Jun Tianyong, Jun Tianchen, and Jun Wuya killed by him, but he also abducted Qian Yourong?"

"This... isn’t this too exaggerated? How could he dare?!"

Under Jun Hongyan’s machinations, all the blame was cast upon Ning Xuan. When Jun Tiansheng received the news, he was so angry that he immediately placed Jun Hongyan in solitary confinement. However, he chose not to clarify the situation, instead dispatching all the remaining experts of the Jun Family. Some rushed toward the Qian Family, while others spread out across the city to search for news of Ning Xuan.

Soon, Jun Tiansheng learned that Ning Xuan and Qian Yourong had separated outside the city gates. Immediately, the Jun Family experts split into several groups and pursued them in all directions. They had originally thought it would take a long time to find Ning Xuan, but to their surprise, Jun Tiansheng quickly received news of a powerful expert not far ahead. He went to investigate personally and, from a great distance, heard a name—Ning Xuan!

He then made meticulous arrangements. Originally planning to take action himself, he changed his mind after Ning Xuan suddenly started talking to himself. Just as Ning Xuan prepared to leave, the people he had arranged all emerged.

"Heh, thinking of leaving? Too late!"

As the voice rang out, several figures surrounded Ning Xuan and his companion. The leader was a young man who strode forward confidently, heading straight for... San Wu! 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Ignoring Ning Xuan, he smiled at San Wu. "Our experiences are surprisingly similar, aren’t they? Unfortunately, you’ve followed the wrong person."

Since the newcomer was clearly hostile, San Wu naturally didn’t show him a pleasant face. "Who are you? If you’ve got a screw loose, go see a doctor! Don’t come out and scare people in the middle of the night!"

The young man didn’t get angry; the smile on his face didn’t waver in the slightest. "For people like us, being beaten and scolded is a daily affair. I haven’t been cursed at in a long time; I kind of miss it. How about it? Why don’t you swear at me a few more times?"

He closed his eyes and assumed a posture of listening intently, a look of rapture on his face.

San Wu’s eyes widened. This guy has such thick skin!

Just as she was about to speak, Ning Xuan smiled and said, "His illness doesn’t need a doctor. I can cure it."

"Oh? Big Villain, you can heal illnesses?" San Wu blinked, quite surprised.

"He’s been abused for a long time and has become psychologically twisted. Ordinary methods won’t work, but I have a permanent solution."

The young man opened his eyes and finally turned to look at Ning Xuan, taunting him, "You want to kill me? Do you know where I come from?"

"Your mother!"

The youth shook his head. "Your ability to curse is far inferior to your strength."

San Wu asked in surprise, "Weren’t you born of your mother? It seems the Big Villain wasn’t wrong. You really are incurably sick!"

"My name is Jun Wudao, and I come from the Yao Guang Realm. Oh, right, you might be unfamiliar with that name—it’s what you call the Heavens Beyond!" the youth said with an air of arrogance.

Ning Xuan suddenly asked him, "Do you know Shentu Yi?"

The youth was taken aback. "Why would you know about him?!"

Shentu Yi is the foremost prodigy of the Demon Path in the Yao Guang Realm! He once unleashed a bloody storm there. If he hadn’t mysteriously disappeared for some reason, many people would still be living in his shadow! Including me.

Ning Xuan was unaware of these details; he hadn’t expected this fellow would know Shentu Yi. In the first level of the Blunt Stone Tower in the Stele Forest, a young man is suppressed. If Jun Wudao hadn’t suddenly mentioned the Yao Guang Realm, I would have nearly forgotten he existed. That’s right, when the old man left, the Stele Forest became my private property, and the Blunt Stone Tower was part of it. I wonder if the old man has released that guy yet?

Jun Wudao’s angry voice rang out, "I asked you a question!"

This bastard dared to get lost in thought while talking to me! How utterly absurd!

Ning Xuan snapped back to reality and calmly said, "He was once defeated by my hand."

"What?" Jun Wudao was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. "Are you trying to kill me with laughter? When you heard rumors of his name, you must have been so scared that you only remembered the name itself!" This bastard from the Lower Realm dares to boast so shamelessly. It’s ridiculous!

Ning Xuan didn’t bother to explain, instead asking Mo Wu with curiosity, "Can people from the Heavens Beyond descend to the Lower Realm as they please? Why haven’t I seen anyone else besides this nutjob?"

"I know!" Before Mo Wu could speak, San Wu excitedly raised her little hand.

"Big Villain, let me tell you," she began. "Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace might sound impressive, but it’s actually a cage, a Sin Prison! The Martial Artists here are only of two realms: the Heavenly Realm and the King Realm!

"Anyone who hasn’t reached the Heavenly Realm by the age of sixteen is called a ’reject.’ If they don’t possess a special physique, they are banished to fend for themselves. If they do have a special physique, they are nurtured as ’resources.’ After the Grand Competition, when the Heavenly Gate opens and the Venerables descend, they are presented as gifts. Of course, this is very rare.

"However, if they are eliminated in the Grand Competition, many families also choose to offer those with special physiques as tributes. Also, every time the Venerables descend, they bring a group of Heavenly and King Realm Martial Artists with them. They might be heinous criminals, people abandoned by other powers, or fugitives who have been hunted to a dead end and bribed a Venerable to let them descend and lie low..."

"Enough!"

Jun Wudao, who had been smiling the whole time, suddenly roared as a surge of malevolent energy erupted from him. The Martial Artists from the Mo Family, who were on the outskirts of the encirclement, all retreated in unison, their expressions grave.

King Realm! This youth, who looks to be in his twenties, is an authentic King Realm Martial Artist! And his aura is terrifying. Many of them felt a sense of dread.

However, Ning Xuan remained unmoved. He had a sudden revelation and said, "I get it now. You’re a discarded pawn, someone who couldn’t make it up there and was brought back by the Jun Family with a new surname!"

No wonder he tried to cozy up to San Wu as soon as he arrived.

Without waiting for a response, Ning Xuan shook his head again. "Your judgment isn’t very good. No wonder you couldn’t survive up there." This guy is obviously being used as a pawn by the Jun Family.

"HAHAHA, do you really think you can kill me?!" Jun Wudao laughed in exasperation.