516: Chapter 173 Shackles_1 516: Chapter 173 Shackles_1 Lei Zhanqian had always given off the impression of being bold, powerful, and unrivaled.
But at this mont, that face, which normally commanded such respect, instantly turned the color of a pig’s liver.
Lei Zhanqian was one to monopolize the universe, always the first in everything.
He was not soone who ran away first.
He could fully imagine how many people would mock him if the nickna “Lei First-to-Run” started to spread.
What made it worse was that his retreat in the Floating Land World was a fact!
Li Fengyao, Jiang Wuji, and Fang Chong all witnessed it with their own eyes.
Other than Fang Chong, he couldn’t silence any of them.
And as for how enthusiastically Jiang Wuji would help promote this nickna, there was no need even to think about it.
Lei Zhanqian’s hair seed ready to explode, his fury uncontrollable.
“A re Ascending Dragon Realm, relying on the underhanded tricks of the Zhong Xuan Family to gain an upper hand, dares to be so arrogant and ignorant?”
Ahead of his anger was more disbelief.
He even began questioning his own judgnt; where did this brat get his confidence from?
Jiang Wang sneered, “You should be grateful that I am not in the Inner Mansion yet.
Otherwise, do you think you could have escaped?”
What he implied was clear, once he reached the Inner Mansion, Lei Zhanqian wouldn’t even have the chance to be his enemy.
Of course, these were harsh words.
But Jiang Wang did indeed have the confidence to confront him—it wasn’t an empty threat.
With the experience gained in the Secret Realm of the Seven Star Tower, at this very mont, he was ready to pierce through the fog of ignorance and achieve Dragon Soaring Perfection at any ti.
The only reason he had not yet struck at the Inner Mansion to achieve Divine Skills was that he was waiting for the most perfect mont.
Now was already good, but it was not the best.
Having left regrets in the Tongtian Environnt, he did not wish to leave any in the Ascending Dragon Realm.
But if Lei Zhanqian insisted on a battle, he would have to pluck the Divine Skills ahead of ti and give up on the notion of perfection.
In terms of accessible martial prowess, he was not at all afraid of Lei Zhanqian!
If today, because of Lei Zhanqian, he left regrets in the Ascending Dragon Realm, then he would ensure that Lei Zhanqian paid a heavy price for that regret.
“It seems you truly wish for death!” At this juncture, Lei Zhanqian, of course, could not back down, stepping forward assertively, ready to strike.
From the Heavenly Position Star, a proud and aloof figure stepped forward.
“You’d better think it through.”
The domineering aura was unmasked, and the attitude of supporting Jiang Wang was crystal clear.
Li Fengyao!
Lei Zhanqian’s eyes burned with anger: “Li Fengyao, do you really intend to be my enemy?”
Li Fengyao’s voice was as cold and arrogant as her expression: “So what if I do?”
Li Longchuan genuinely treated Jiang Wang as a friend, and just for the sake of his own brother, she would not ignore Jiang Wang’s plight.
And from her heart… was Li Fengyao soone to be threatened?
“Very well!” Lei Zhanqian’s front was entwined with lightning, the Divine Skill Thunder Seal faintly taking form.
Li Fengyao gripped the Frost Killer Bow, her jade fingers poised on the bowstring.
Jiang Wang held his sword in silence, the dragon pulse of the Ascending Realm already rising from Heaven and Earth Lonely Island, ready to strike at the Inner Mansion at any mont.
In this tense standoff, where skirmish could break out at a mont’s notice.
Rattle, rattle.
The sound of chains dragging across the ground echoed in the distance.
The sound seed far, yet also near.
Far because it was sowhat muffled and unclear when it reached their ears.
Near because it reached the ears so easily and even touched one’s heart, creating feelings of sorrow and struggle within.
“The path is as vast as the Celestial Sky, yet I alone cannot break free!”
Without doing anything else, this sound alone caused the standoff to remain just that—a standoff.
The standoff seed to freeze in place, with neither side making the first move to break the silence.
A thin man clad only in single-layered silk garnts, with chains on his wrists and ankles, the long chains dragging on the ground, barefooted, ca into view.
As he approached, everyone remained silent.
Because he was Tian Anping.
No one could make him a prisoner.
So, naturally, the shackles were self-imposed.
Tian Anping, dragging his chains, walked forward to stand before the confronting crowd.
He did not look at either party involved in the standoff but instead lifted his head to gaze at the sky as if pondering sothing.
However, since he was silent, others could only remain silent too.
After a while, Tian Anping shifted his gaze back down, looking puzzled, as if truly not understanding, “I rember the rules of the Seven-star Valley were announced hundreds of years ago, weren’t they?”
After the secret realm of the Seven-star Tower concluded, regardless of any enmities ford within, no one was allowed to settle scores on the Tian family’s turf.
In the Seven-star Valley, fighting was forbidden.
Because regardless of the outco of the conflict – who lived or died, which side won or lost – the Tian family could not escape responsibility.
Therefore, it was necessary for the Tian family to uphold this tradition, and they had the strength to enforce it.
This rule had been sustained for hundreds of years.
Tian Huanzhang, as a cultivator from the Outer Building Environnt, also carried enough weight to oversee the Seven-star Valley.
But “enough weight” is a relative term.
Soone like Lei Zhanqian, a genius from a prominent family, when enraged, would not consider Tian Huanzhang at all.
However, at that mont, Tian Anping arrived.
Tian Huanzhang didn’t need to intervene because, no matter how powerful he was, no matter how Lei Zhanqian flouted the rules, unless Lei Zhanqian began blatantly slaughtering mbers of the Tian family before his eyes, he couldn’t actually do much to Lei Zhanqian.
At most, he could expel him.
But now, Tian Anping had co.
All around Qi Country it was universally acknowledged that Tian Anping’s strategic intelligence was among the top tier, and such a person should understand the importance of the “bigger picture.” However, equally renowned as his intelligence was his madness.
No one could be certain what he might do.
Intelligence and madness, such contradictory traits coexisted within him.
Nobody could be sure which Tian Anping they were encountering.
This question, of course, should be answered by Lei Zhanqian.
For he was the one wanting to instigate a fight.
But Lei Zhanqian didn’t want to answer.
He had just been mocked by Jiang Wang as “Lei Who Ran First,” his aura barely subsided from seeking to regain face, it’s hardly likely he’d show weakness just because Tian Anping showed up, right?
Yet to confront Tian Anping head-on, he did indeed feel apprehensive.
Not only was he outmatched in strength, but the unpredictability of Tian Anping’s potential madness was another matter entirely.
At this ti, Li Fengyao spoke up, disregarding Tian Anping, and addressed Lei Zhanqian directly, “After you left the Heavenly Pivot world, I didn’t kill that woman.
You should know my temperant.
Can my restraint be exchanged for you restraining yours?”
Lei Zhanqian relaxed his fists, and the thunder talisman dissipated soundlessly.
Although he had defended Chilei Yan in the chess ga of life and death, that was more about preserving his own face.
A woman he hadn’t been acquainted with for long, if she were really killed, so be it.
He would definitely not risk his life over Chilei Yan just to confront Li Fengyao.
However, at that mont, he needed this way out.
Desperately needed it.
“The na Li Fengyao is certainly worth my restraint,” he said.
Then, he cast a deep glance at Jiang Wang and turned to leave.
From beginning to end, both he and Li Fengyao seed to disregard Tian Anping.
But from start to finish, all their wariness rested upon Tian Anping.
Logically speaking, Lei Zhanqian was the one wanting to provoke the rules of the Seven-star Valley.
Li Fengyao and Jiang Wang didn’t need to worry about being targeted at all.
But how to put it…
What worries people about Tian Anping is that you simply don’t know what logic he follows!
Though Lei Zhanqian was the provocateur, if Tian Anping suddenly decided to kill Li Fengyao or Jiang Wang, it wouldn’t be out of character for him at all.
As for the potential crazy retaliation from the Shin Li Clan after killing Li Fengyao, Tian Anping wouldn’t consider it when he was in the throes of madness.
He had killed descendants of prominent families before.
The Tian family had suffered greatly because of this, and this history wasn’t even that long ago.
Many people still rembered it vividly.
His notoriety for madness ensued from this, and to this day, many mbers of the Tian family consider him a calamity, and for this reason.
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