Cultivation—Stand above the Heaven Chapter 142

As the matter concerned the reputation of the Tiezhan Empire, Master Pi had no option but to tread carefully. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Childe Wu, I concede we did offend you badly today. However, my apology didn't mean that people are allowed to stigmatize the Tiezhan Empire randomly. Could you please persuade your friend to think twice before he speaks?"

Wu Yang grinned grimly and said, "My Big Brother was right about it through and through. How could I have the heart to correct him when he did nothing wrong?"

"Big brother?" Master Pi exclaimed in a startled tone. Wang Tianbiao even went aghast, as Wu Yang's big brother could by no means be a regular nobody.

Wang Tianbiao's assumption proved right. Wu Yang pointed at Wandong and said, "This is Childe Xu — the only grandson of the Duke of Dingshan."

"Which...which Duke of Dingshan?" Wang Tianbiao asked a stupid question in spite of himself, utterly thunder-struck.

"Goddamned bastard!" Wu Yang cursed. Having been containing his fury for too long, he went up and slapped Wang Tianbiao in the face without hesitation. The latter went terribly dizzy on getting slapped, staggering backward for a few steps.

"Tell me, how many Dukes of Dingshan are there in our Qingyun Empire?" Wu Yang asked loudly in an overwhelmingly confrontative manner.

"Er...Er..." Wang Tianbiao lost his tongue out of extreme fear and almost peed in his pants.

"Given you offended the Duke of Dingshan by questioning his prestige, you'll go beheaded just for that," Wu Yang added.

"Childe Wu, please...please spare me!" Wang Tianbiao went scared to death on hearing that. Flopping on the ground and kneeling to Wu Yang, he kowtowed nonstop for his plea.

Wu Yang flipped him upside down with a kick and rebuked him angrily, "What is the point in saying sorry to me? Childe Xu is over there!"

On hearing that, Wang Tianbiao hastened to crawl towards Wandong and started to kowtow again.

Being caught off guard, Master Pi felt at his wit's end as well. Though he had been around, it didn't fail to derange him by unknowingly offending Wu Yang and Wandong, two aristocratic youngsters, at the same time.

While Master Pi was wracking his brain to figure out how to deal with it, Wandong already started to cross-examine Wang Tianbiao with rage, "Tell me! How much money have you embezzled from the Tianbao Mansion? How many conscienceless deeds have you done for them?"

A mean official as Wang Tianbiao was, his corruption wouldn't be a special case. It was conceivable there must have been thousands of officials like him undermining the Qingyun Empire. If it had gone on without a thorough purge, the Qingyun Empire would go to dogs without the invasion of the Tiezhan Empire.

And Wandong was fully aware that killing Wan Tianbiao couldn't go any further than venting their spite upon him, which would make no difference for the big picture. However, being a steadfast "diehard", Wandong wouldn't let Wang Tianbiao get away with that once they came to grips with one another.

Wandong not only directed at Wang Tianbiao with his intimidating inquiry but also uncovered the Tianbao Mansion's dark deeds straightforward. On hearing that, Master Pi got grieved to the brim.

Chapter end