Chapter 153: The Foolish Young Master
“Oh, really? So tell me how you will cut me into pieces? Where will you start? Here? Or there?” Zen taunted the attendants. He pulled the young master closer to him and placed his broken flying blade on the latter's throat.
“Are you insane? Let go of the young master now!” The two servants were furious, but they were careful as they moved closer to their young master.
Just then, the young master of the Li family realized what was happening and cursed out loud. "Mongrel! You release me now and kill yourself with your knife to atone for your mistake! Or else, I will have you and the rest of your family killed!
The young master hardly finished his words as Zen slapped him hard across the face.
“Kill me and my family? Do you even know who I am? And what method will you use to kill me?” asked Zen in a deadly cold voice as he pushed the knife harder on young master's neck, enough to wound him slightly.
“How dare you slap me? Even my parents have never hurt me! You're dead! I shall –,” the young master threatened even with his bleeding mouth. He was extremely arrogant and relentlessly cruel.
He could not finish his sentence again because of a short loud sound.
Zen had slapped him again, and harder this time.
The young master looked at him furiously and was about to say something again, but Zen slapped him one more time.
Seeing how their young master was being treated, the two servants held their weapons and attacked Zen. However, Zen kicked them one by one and they fell back to the ground.
After he took care of the two servants, Zen went back to handle the young master.
He wasn't really looking for trouble and didn't intend to get involved in such fight. He just wanted the horse.
Zen continued to slap the young master five or six more times. Finally, the arrogant and vicious local tyrant of G Country knew his place.
“Will you continue to curse?” asked Zen.
“No, I won't,” the young master said in a quivering voice.
Zen smiled and said, “That's good to hear. You're doing the right thing. Actually, I didn't come here to scold you. I just needed one thing from you.”
“What is it?” the young master asked in surprise. He then continued, “I don't even know you!”
“I want that horse, so I came here to make a deal with you,” Zen said as he pointed at the lightning horse beside them.
“Ah!” The young master was not willing to sell his favorite horse to anyone or for any amount. As a slacker in the family, he never spent time dealing with any family business matters or cared for anyone but himself. But when he found out about the lightning horse, he dedicated his time and effort in acquiring the horse and since that day, he never wanted to depart from it.
But when he remembered how hard and painful Zen's slaps were, the young master became scared. He was caught in a dilemma and it had shown in his face.
“What's the matter? Don't you want to sell it?” Zen's voice suddenly turned cold.
“Yes, I do. I'll sell it to you.” Sensing the change in Zen's tone, the young master quickly agreed. However, upon glimpsing the mansion gate, he came around and cursed, “In your dream, fool! Forget you!”
The young master quickly turned around and ran. Just as that moment, a crowd walked out of the Li family mansion led by a wealthy looking man. The man walked with two escorts beside him and radiated a threatening aura.
Instead of going after the young master instantly, Zen stood still and stared at the group of people coming out of the mansion.
The young master ran towards the man and hid behind him. He said with tears, “Father, that mongrel slapped me out of nowhere!”
The cheeks of the young master were swollen and there was blood on his mouth. He looked ragged, far from his usual elegant look. It looked like he was beaten up good by Zen.
The young master's father was the wealthiest man in the G Country and his name was Price Li. The young master was his only son and he had him after so many years of trying. Therefore, he couldn't help but spoil his son and he would do everything to protect him from any harm.
When he saw his son's severely injured face, his face turned pale. Price comforted his son then walked towards Zen with his two bodyguards. “Who do you think you are? How dare you hit my son?”
But Zen was in no mood to explain himself and said to Price, “Yes, I beat him. So what?”
Price Li was a man of real ability. He made successful businesses out of the barren land of G Country. When he talked to Zen, he could sense that the young man's arrogance was from his strength. But he didn't feel fear. “You're just a nature creature. How dare you beat up my son in front of my house? Do you really think that no one in G Country can defeat you?” he said. After saying this to Zen, Price gestured to his bodyguards and they stepped forward.
Price's bodyguards were the top of masters in G Country. One of them had reached the seventh grade of nature level, while the other one was at the eighth grade.
Zen was a little surprised about the strength of their martial arts.
Because in his hometown, the C Country, a master at fifth grade of nature level could dominate the whole county with his supremely strong power.
'Why do these two masters in G Country work for him as his bodyguards?" Zen was confused.
He stopped wondering about it when he couldn't get an answer. If he was still a half-step into the nature level, it would be difficult for him to handle these two masters.
But now that he reached the nature level, fighting with these two bodyguards would be an easy task.
After receiving the order from their master, the bodyguards closed in on Zen but didn't attack just yet.
They sensed that Zen was only at a nature level, so they thought they could give him an easy time and let him give up on his own.
However, they were surprised that Zen took the first attack.
Zen didn't use the life vitality in his body this time. He used the Phoenix crystal on his right hand to maximize his speed, while he used the hidden power in his body to attack the bodyguards.
Because of his speed and force, the two bodyguards had no time to react to his attacks.
“Bam bam!”
He punched on their chests, which left a big dent there the moment his fist hit their body. They were thrown backward and hit the ground hard.
Zen used a lighter blow with the bodyguards. If not, they would surely suffer the same consequences as the nature creature of the noble clan in the Dragon Valley did. The nature creature was dissolved into a million small pieces with the power of his stars.
“Do you still have any questions for me?” Zen asked simply.
Price looked displeased at the performance of his two bodyguards. No one knew except for him how much he paid for these masters.
Some masters disdained money, so they would never agree to be someone's bodyguards no matter how much money was offered to them. Therefore, Price felt lucky that he even got two nature level masters to protect him. Since then, no one in G Country dared to oppose him.
He was surprised to see that his high nature level masters couldn't withstand a single blow from Zen. They were defeated easily by a nature level boy. Looking at them, Price knew that they could no longer stand and fight.
But Price had learned a lot in the cruel world of business. He was tactful and clever. He had been also arrogant because he thought that he was invincible because of his two strongest bodyguards.
But now, his belief was broken by Zen. The arrogant look on his face changed and Zen saw it in an instant.
“My dear friend, I am glad that you came to G Country. I apologize for my son's manners,” Price said with a smile as if nothing serious had happened to his son or bodyguards.
Zen couldn't just beat up Price after he apologized. He just shook his head and said, “I didn't come here to beat up your son. I just came here to ask something from your son, but he was cursing so bad that I had to teach him a lesson.”
“You're right. I know my son curses a lot and I'm sorry if he offended you,” Price said while making an obeisance by cupping one hand in the other before his chest. Then he turned towards his son and shouted, “Quickly apologize to this friend!”
“But Father!” The young master covered his face with one hand and was not willing to submit. Apparently, he hadn't realized the situation they were facing.
Zen shrugged upon seeing the reaction from the young master. Price's son was obviously inferior to him.
“When I tell you to apologize, then you apologize. Why don't you just do it? If you don't, I'll beat you to death!” Price commanded his son in a serious tone. He had never been mad at his son. But at this point, he had to put down his pride to protect his family. He knew that Zen had an unimaginable strength that could kill them all, so he had to be very cautious when dealing with him.
Though the young master wasn't willing to apologize, he followed his father's order and bowed to Zen. He had never seen his father this scared and he also felt a wind of fear.
But Zen shook his hand and said, “It's fine now. I just came here to buy your lightning horse. How much did you pay for it? I will double it.”
Price finally understood what Zen wanted from his son and he felt a little relieved. He smiled at Zen and said, “We are friends now. It would be embarrassing to talk about money with a friend, so I'll give you the lightning horse as a gift.”
“Please, don't be like that. I won't take the horse for free. How much is it?” Zen asked.
Seeing that Zen was keen on paying for the horse, Price let go of the idea. He knew that some people didn't like to owe other people a favor and he was afraid to irritate Zen if he insisted on giving it as a gift. He then said, “This lightning horse is worth 2 cubic crystals.”
However, he deliberately reduced the price. The lightning horse was a rare breed from the Eastern Region. Although they could not compete with the flying chariots that could fly people around, the lightning horse was not too much inferior. They had a reputation for speed and endurance. This lightning horse cost him 30 cubic crystals, but he just offered it for 2 cubic crystals.
Then Price heard a sound of colliding cubic crystals.
Zen reached out his hand and four cubic crystals fell from his space ring. Then he said, “I will pay you double. Do you agree?”
Price grinned and shook his hand. “Yes, I will make a profit out of this horse. I can't complain.”
Zen nodded, turned around and mounted the horse. He looked back at Price and smiled before finally leaving. Price was a wise person and had the ability to see and understand the truth about people or situations. It was hard to imagine that his son was an idle good-for-nothing. Zen had wanted to jibe him about his son being a worthless piece of garbage, but he chose not to do it. He knew that Price was not a narrow-minded man, he just loved his son so much.
After seeing Zen leave, the young master said unhappily, “Father, why did you sell the lightning horse! You know that it's my –,”
Prince slapped on his son's face before he could finish his words.
It was the first time that he hit his son.
“I've told you to keep your nose clean and stay at home. If you offend ordinary people, I could clean up the mess for you. But if you offend those who have real great strength, you will die before you know it!” Price scolded his son seriously. But he also blamed himself for his son's ignorance because he spoiled him too much.
The young master covered his cheek with one hand and said pathetically, “I was wrong. But, Father, you bought that lightning horse for 30 cubic crystals. Why did you lie to him and say that you bought it for 2 cubic crystals? And he thought he was being generous for giving us 4 cubic crystals.”
Price stared at him and sighed. If his son didn't resemble him so much, he would doubt whether he was his son. The young master was nothing like his father in terms of ability and cleverness. People always said that a great father would not raise a worthless son, but there was no cure for his son's foolishness.