Chapter 299: Beating Someone Up

Having spent over half a month together, how could Zhang Xuan not recognize Zhao Ya's voice? That furious voice outside—who else could it be?

He straightened his clothes, pushed open the door, and walked out, immediately seeing the two opposing sides in the hall.

"As I thought!"

Seeing many familiar figures, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.

He hadn't expected that just as he arrived at the True Martial King City, everyone else would also arrive and even stay at the same inn. What luck!

"That is... Bai Chan?"

Seeing Zhao Ya, Liu Ling, and the others, he then looked at the person opposite—wasn't that the guy he had knocked out in the alley back then?

"Looks like this fellow wants to bully my students..."

The scene before him wasn't complicated; a little attention made it clear.

He knew Zhao Ya's character well. Stealing? What a joke!

On the other hand, this Physician Bai Chan was lecherous and greedy, no good at all.

Since he had run into him, it was a good chance to teach him a lesson.

With a slight smile, he stepped forward.

...

"Zhao Ya, you can't go..."

"Going with them, who knows what will happen..."

Hearing Zhao Ya's decision, Zheng Yang and the others were anxious.

It was obvious that this physician was colluding with the patrol. Once they went, who knew what charges would be pinned on them?

"Can't you see? He's doing it on purpose. Even if we pay more, it's useless; he'll just keep raising the price!" Zhao Ya said.

Everyone fell silent.

Indeed.

He was clearly bullying them as outsiders. Even if they paid, he would say it wasn't enough, or even claim other things were missing. Rather than suffer humiliation, it was better to go and prove their innocence.

Everyone had been full of hope for this first-rank kingdom's capital, expecting to realize their ambitions. But encountering this upon arrival left them feeling powerless.

"Going means falling into his trap!"

"But not going won't work either. The patrol is right here, insisting he stole the herbs; they'll definitely arrest him!"

Clenching their fists, everyone was burning with anger but had no solution.

"Fifty million... let it be fifty million! I'm still willing... to settle privately!"

Liu shi shook his head, filled with humiliation.

Truly, a dragon stranded in shallow water is teased by shrimps; a tiger fallen on the plain is bullied by dogs.

If this had happened in the Northern Wu Kingdom, this fellow would have been beaten to death on the spot.

But here, even a prestigious master teacher had no way out.

"Liu shi..."

Everyone was furious, fists clenched, faces livid.

"Alright, it's no big deal. No one needs to go!"

Just when everyone thought there was no other way, a slightly lazy voice sounded. Zhang Xuan walked over with his hands in his pockets.

"Ah... Teacher?"

"Teacher Zhang, you... how are you here?"

"Teacher Zhang, are you staying here too?"

Seeing him come out of the inn, everyone was stunned, then overjoyed.

Everyone had been out looking for him, and now he appeared from inside.

Ignoring the excited crowd, Zhang Xuan walked up to Physician Bai Chan and said with a smile, "Are you the one bullying my student?"

Bai Chan was holding a teacup, sitting sideways, and hadn't looked closely, so he didn't recognize Zhang Xuan. He waved his hand and snorted, "Your student stole my things; I'm just recovering my lost property..."

"Steal your sister!"

Before Bai Chan could finish, he heard a voice, then saw darkness as a teapot came crashing down on his head.

Bang!

The teapot shattered, scalding hot water splashing all over him. Bai Chan was burned, jerked violently, and jumped up as if having a seizure.

"You're fucking asking for death!"

These days, even the guild leader and nobles treated him with utmost respect. And this guy dared to smash a teapot on his head? Who gave him the nerve?

Under the boiling water, the skin on his face was scalded and peeling.

His head was steaming, like a freshly braised pig's head, all red and giving off a meaty aroma.

"Teacher..."

"This... is too fierce!"

Zhao Ya and the others gaped, almost dropping their jaws in shock.

They knew Teacher Zhang would stand up for them, but they never dreamed he would do it like this!

Smashing a teapot on the head and dousing him with hot water.

Holy crap!

Teacher Zhang didn't even treat him like a human!

On the side, Liu Ling and Lu Xun twitched, nearly fainting.

If force could solve it, why would he, a Zongshi and master teacher, have to be so submissive?

The other party was clearly confident, obviously of high status, and had the patrol on his side. Directly slapping him in the face, and so ruthlessly... it seemed today's matter would not end well.

"This is too reckless..."

Liu Ling shook his head with a bitter smile.

His senior apprentice was usually very steady, planning before acting. Why was he so rash today?

This was the Heaven Martial Kingdom, not the Tianxuan Kingdom. Arriving and immediately beating someone up, and a person of high status at that—this trip to the kingdom would surely be full of obstacles.

"Has this kid lost his mind?"

"That's Physician Bai Chan..."

Captain Yao and the other patrol members hadn't expected this turn of events either, all looking dumbfounded.

"Are you just going to watch? He attacked me! Arrest him and kill him!"

Finally recovering, seeing the patrol standing there dumbfounded, Physician Bai Chan roared, gnashing his teeth in anger.

"Yes!"

Only then did the crowd react. Captain Yao drew his longsword and charged forward: "Kid, daring to lay a hand on Physician Bai, do you even know who he is? To start a fight in the royal capital, you've got some nerve... Ah, damn it!"

Before he could finish, a miserable cry rang out. His face instantly twisted like a pretzel, he tumbled through the air several times and crashed more than ten meters away.

"Captain..."

The patrol members all went berserk.

Holy crap!

They were the royal patrol, representing the kingdom's dignity. Everywhere they went, others trembled and dared not offend. But as soon as they charged, they were slapped back...

"Kid, you're opposing the kingdom..."

With a furious roar, he was about to rush forward to avenge the captain, but before he could finish, a series of crisp sounds rang out.

Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!

Their faces similarly twisted, several guards also lay on the ground, groaning in pain.

"It's over, it's over..."

The innkeeper and the waiter, who had thought things would soon be settled, were tearing their hair out at the sight.

Laying hands on the patrol—this hadn't happened in years.

The only precedent was a decade ago, when a rogue cultivator at the early Grandmaster stage got into a conflict and fought fiercely, only to be hunted across the city and killed within a day!

But this guy not only beat up the patrol but also scalded Physician Bai Chan into a pig's head...

They had thought it was a simple matter, that the patrol would resolve it upon arrival. Now it had blown up so big. If only they hadn't called anyone... Now, once the higher-ups investigate and find they hosted such a thug, the inn would be shut down for good...

"You're asking for death..."

Only then did Physician Bai Chan recover from the searing pain, his eyes also swollen. Seeing the patrol members lying all around, he flew into a rage and turned to Zhang Xuan: "You're finished, this time you're really finished. Daring to lay hands on the patrol, no one can save you..."

Before he could finish, his neck hurt, and he felt his throat tighten as he was lifted up.

Slap! Slap! Slap!

His face stinging with pain, he was slapped left and right, more than a dozen fierce blows in succession.

"No one can save me? Are you sure?" Zhang Xuan looked over with a smile.

"Wuwu..."

Physician Bai Chan cried.

It hurt, it hurt so much.

He had never been beaten like this in his entire life.

Not daring to say another word, he slowly opened his swollen eyes to look at the man who had beaten him, wanting to remember his face so he could find a chance to tear him to pieces later. But as soon as he saw him, his face turned deathly pale.

Too familiar.

In the Red Lotus Mountain Range, it was this man who, together with Princess Mo Yu, knocked him out with a single punch...

His current position was also because this man had impersonated him...

"That's right, it's me."

Casually throwing Bai Chan to the ground, Zhang Xuan said indifferently.

"I..."

Bai Chan's face twisted.

If you asked who in this world he most wanted to see, it would undoubtedly be this man, because it was through this man's impersonation that he had gained his current status. If you asked who he least wanted to see, it was also this man, because once they met, it would expose him as a fake—that he wasn't the one who had cured the Great Medicine King.

Without this matter, who among the Physician Guild would still respect him? Would they even regard him as anything?

Originally, I thought that as long as I guarded against Princess Mo Yu and avoided the places she appeared, I could successfully evade her. I never dreamed I would encounter her in such a setting.

And I even, bewitched by lust, flirted with his student...

Wasn't that asking for death?

Even if I didn't make a move, and directly said it wasn't me who cured the Great Medicine King, I'm afraid I wouldn't even make it out the door before being beaten to death by countless physicians.

...

"Senior Brother, this is trouble..."

Seeing the mess on the ground and Physician White Toad, who had been beaten into a pig's head, Liu Ling walked over and couldn't help shaking his head.

"Trouble? There's nothing to trouble about!"

Zhang Xuan was indifferent.

Since he had made a move, he had naturally already thought of a countermeasure. If it could be resolved peacefully, that would be best; if not, at worst he would feed each of them a potent poison.

He didn't believe they would dare to act recklessly under the threat of poison.

"This is the patrol team. Injuring them..."

Not knowing what he was thinking, Liu Ling hesitated and then said, "How about I go to the Master Teacher Hall and seek refuge? With my status as a master teacher, the Tianwu Kingdom should not dare to cause trouble for now. But doing so might subject me to the judgment of the Master Teacher Hall..."

The Master Teacher Hall has the duty to protect master teachers, but if a master teacher does wrong, it also has the right to judge.

Originally, if the other party had come to cause trouble, we would have been in the right. Now that we've beaten them like this, we've lost the moral high ground.

"No need!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand and pointed at White Toad, who had been beaten into a pig's head. "I believe he will settle this for us."

"Him?"

Liu Ling was somewhat stunned.

Even Zhao Ya and the others looked over with confusion.

This guy had come looking for trouble in the first place, and as soon as you arrived, you slammed a teapot onto his head, then beat him until his face was swollen like a pig's...

The enmity was practically irreconcilable, and you still helped him settle it?

What a joke?

Even Lu Xun, standing to one side, couldn't help shaking his head.

This Senior Uncle Zhang had excellent talents in various professions, but his only flaw was being too reckless.

With this kind of personality, something big would happen sooner or later.

"Physician Bai Chan, what do you think... should be done about this?"

Ignoring the crowd's puzzled looks, Zhang Xuan smiled as he looked at the physician he had beaten up before.

"Ahem, well..."

Seeing the other's half-smiling gaze, Physician Bai Chan shrank his neck: "This is my fault. I was blinded by lust and came looking for your student's trouble. Don't worry, I'll handle it soon..."

Having said that, Physician Bai Chan stood up, and with an air of righteousness, came before Captain Yao and the others. With a flick of his wrist, he produced a bottle of medicine: "This is medicine for external injuries. Take it, Captain Yao. And here are a hundred thousand gold notes. Take them too, and treat the brothers to a good meal..."

"Physician Bai?"

Seeing this guy actually paying out of his own pocket to speak up for the one who had beaten him, Captain Yao and the patrolmen were nearly driven mad. Just as they were puzzled, they heard Physician Bai's lowered voice.

"Shh, this man has an extraordinary relationship with Princess Mo Yu—they're traveling together... You should know what to do from here..."

"An extraordinary relationship with Princess Mo Yu?"

Their pupils contracted, and Captain Yao and the others all froze.