Shen Dao spoke of events from a few years ago.
At that time, the Commandery’s various martial arts halls held a tournament, with all the hall masters participating without exception.
It was in this tournament that Lu Dingtai displayed unmatched skill, becoming the undisputed number one in the Commandery’s Martial Dao community.
Yuan Chenfeng, as one of the hall masters of the Commandery’s four major martial arts halls, naturally had to face off against Lu Dingtai, but was defeated in a single move, knocked out of the arena by Lu Dingtai’s punch.
Afterwards, Yuan Chenfeng regarded this as a great humiliation and strictly forbade anyone from mentioning it in his presence.
So when Shen Dao brought up the past at this moment, Yuan Chenfeng couldn’t help but become furious out of shame.
"Go to hell."
As he spoke, Yuan Chenfeng swung his palms and charged forward.
In terms of strength, Yuan Chenfeng and Shen Dao’s master, Lu Dingtai, were on the same level, both only half a step away from entering the Fifth Realm.
And Shen Dao was only in the Fourth Realm, a vast disparity in power.
Yet even so, Shen Dao showed no fear, instead taking a deep breath, rousing his whole body’s Qi Blood, and engaged in battle with Yuan Chenfeng.
In fact, from the moment he stepped into the Taihe Tea House, Shen Dao had already disregarded life and death.
The usual Shen Dao was always gentle and refined, never antagonizing others, but now he seemed like an enraged dragon whose inverse scale had been touched, eyes full of killing intent.
Especially towards Yuan Chenfeng, Shen Dao wished he could tear him apart.
All because of the news he received today.
At the time, Shen Dao was at Shi Qingqing’s home in Yongle Square, chatting with her.
Knowing that a great battle was imminent, one that might be even more brutal than the previous Beast Tide, and he might not survive it.
During this time, whenever he had free time, Shen Dao would go to Yongle Square to see Shi Qingqing.
Shi Qingqing didn’t know the reason, but she was naturally very happy Shen Dao was there.
Today was no exception, Shi Qingqing was happily chatting with Shen Dao when a little maid from the Drunken Flower House ran over breathlessly and informed Shi Qingqing.
That shortly, Lin Shiguo, Deputy General Lin, Wei Hongbin’s right-hand man, would come to the Drunken Flower House for pleasure, and specifically requested Shi Qingqing to accompany him.
Upon hearing this news, before Shi Qingqing could react, Shen Dao had already leapt up, face full of murderous intent.
He immediately knew that someone was scheming, otherwise, how could Lin Shiguo know Shi Qingqing?
Fortunately, he was here today, otherwise, if Shi Qingqing had unknowingly gone, it would have been straight into a trap.
However, the owner of the Drunken Flower House had some sense, outwardly not daring to disobey Lin Shiguo’s orders, yet secretly sent a little maid to warn Shi Qingqing, clearly giving her a heads-up.
Thinking this, Shen Dao first thanked the little maid and then told Shi Qingqing to quickly pack her things.
Returning to the Dingtai Martial Arts Hall was naturally too late at this time, but fortunately, the Yongle Square was close to the Hundred Steps Martial Arts Hall.
After the last Beast Tide attack on the city, Shen Dao had become acquainted with Pan Xuexian and others from the Hundred Steps Martial Arts Hall.
So Shen Dao sent Shi Qingqing to the Hundred Steps Martial Arts Hall and asked Pan Xuexian and others to take care of her temporarily.
Pan Xuexian naturally agreed and asked Shen Dao if he needed help.
Shen Dao shook his head.
What he was about to do was no small matter and might cost him his life, so he didn’t intend to involve others.
He only asked Pan Xuexian to send a message to Dingtai Martial Arts Hall, then left without regard for Shi Qingqing’s tears.
Shen Dao’s good temper was well known among the Commandery’s martial arts disciples.
But this didn’t mean Shen Dao didn’t have a temper.
On the contrary, the more mild-mannered a person is, the harder it is to change his mind once decided.
Like now, Shen Dao could take Shi Qingqing back to Dingtai and pretend nothing happened.
After all, no matter how arrogant Lin Shiguo was, he couldn’t go to Dingtai Martial Arts Hall to grab someone, right?
But Shen Dao simply didn’t do that.
He decided to eliminate future troubles by killing Lin Shiguo first.
Since the great battle was inevitable, weakening Wei Hongbin’s strength as much as possible was advantageous.
And Lin Shiguo, as Wei Hongbin’s first Deputy General, wasn’t very strong himself, making him an ideal target.
As for Lin Shiguo’s whereabouts, they were incredibly easy to track down.
Wherever he went, he carried a large retinue with him, making his entourage quite conspicuous, so Shen Dao easily tracked him to the Taihe Tea House, only to find Yuan Chenfeng there as well.
Shen Dao instantly understood that the one secretly plotting, instigating Lin Shiguo to go to the Drunken Flower House, and informing him of Shi Qingqing’s name was Yuan Chenfeng.
Coupled with his earlier attempt to poison Shen Dao’s master, Shen Dao was blazing with anger, eager to kill him.
But thoughts are thoughts, and reality is reality.
The disparity in strength between the two was simply too great.
So after just a few encounters, Shen Dao was forced to retreat repeatedly, barely managing to defend himself, with no chance to counterattack.
In contrast, Yuan Chenfeng fought more fiercely, his bare palms wielded like two Heaven-Flipping Seals, extremely terrifying in their power.
Yuan Chenfeng understood well.
This Shen Dao was the third-ranked figure in Dingtai Martial Arts Hall, second only to Zhao Ya, who was currently at the height of his fame.
If he could kill him, it would be a heavy blow to Zhao Ya and others.
So Yuan Chenfeng showed no mercy, wishing to crush Shen Dao’s head with a single palm.
Seeing Shen Dao in a vulnerable position, the situation growing increasingly dire.
The old man Zhai on the ground suddenly shouted, "You foolish boy, run away, the mountains remain, there’ll be wood to burn, wait for a chance to kill this old rogue later."