Just Give Me an Incense Stick's Time

Just Give Me an Incense Stick's Time After a while, one of Li Guanqi's arms had been broken, blood soaking through his white robe. Chu Yuan, his face cold as frost, erupted with an immensely powerful True Immortal's oppressive pressure, and with a lift of his hand flung Li Guanqi out of the Castellan Manor. Not a single word. Not even a harsh threat. He simply hurled Li Guanqi out of the Castellan Manor with brute force. Li Guanqi landed on the ground, his face pale, his expression the very picture of frailty and grievance. Had he been dressed as a woman, he could have passed for a weeping beauty, pear blossoms glistening with rain. "This humiliation by Castellan Chu today — Xialin City will remember it!!" Meanwhile, Xiahou Cang, who knew nothing of the truth, had at some unknown point arrived at East City. When the man saw Li Guanqi thrown out of the Castellan Manor with his arm broken... Both Li Guanqi and Chu Yuan felt their hearts jolt. Li Guanqi could clearly sense that Chu Yuan's gaze seemed to say, 'You never said Xiahou Cang was coming!' Li Guanqi raised an eyebrow. 'I didn't know he was coming either!' Xiahou Cang came riding the air, a thunderous rumble spreading across all of East City, his aura fierce and imposing. Whoosh! Xiahou Cang flashed over and helped Li Guanqi to his feet. As his immortal primal energy circulated of its own accord, he discovered that Li Guanqi's arm had truly been snapped by brute force!! Though he was displeased with Li Guanqi's acting on his own initiative, the Li Guanqi of the present did, after all, represent all of Xialin City! "Chu Yuan, so you truly won't give me, Xiahou Cang, any face?" "Even when two armies are at war, they do not kill the envoy. My man comes to see you, and this is how you treat a guest?" Xiahou Cang helped Li Guanqi up, produced a healing pill, and gave it to Li Guanqi to swallow. After taking the pill, Li Guanqi tugged at the man's sleeve. But that tug came to nothing — Xiahou Cang had no idea what was going on. Instead, he patted the back of Li Guanqi's hand and said in a deep voice. "It's fine. What are you afraid of?" "I'm here now — what is there to fear?" As the words fell, the man strode step by step into midair, his icy gaze fixed on Chu Yuan as he said in a low, deep voice. "Today you must give me an explanation!" "Do you really think I, Xiahou Cang, am so easy to bully?" At this moment Chu Yuan truly wanted to roll his eyes. Li Guanqi was likewise somewhat helpless, but he could not say anything. He might as well let the two of them play it out — better if they simply came to blows. That way, no one would likely grow suspicious. "Xiahou Cang, go home and teach your underlings how to conduct themselves!" "If you think you can come run wild in my East City, I'm afraid you are not qualified!" The two traded barbs, hurling insults at each other for a full incense stick's time, and in the end never actually came to blows. This was, after all, East City; if it truly came to a fight, Xiahou Cang would surely be at a disadvantage. But then again... When Xiahou Cang left with Li Guanqi, he unexpectedly raised his hand and swept out several sword strikes!! The sword light flashed past, cutting down a whole stretch of the East City Manor's courtyard walls and pavilions. It infuriated Chu Yuan so much that his chest heaved violently. Li Guanqi's face was slightly pale as the man pulled him along, racing through the air. "Castellan Xiahou, why did you come?" At these words, Li Guanqi only then noticed that Xiahou Cang's expression at this moment was not good. The man, his face livid, glanced at Li Guanqi and spoke in a low voice. "Why did I come?" "Li Congxin, just what are you trying to do!!" "From the moment you left the city today, you have told me nothing of what your plan is, of what you mean to do!" "There was still room to ease things between us and Beizha City — so why did you have to come to East City and bring humiliation on yourself!!" The man spoke rapidly, a cold snort escaping his lips. "Hmph! Now, if we go and negotiate with that fellow Huyan Lie again, we will likely have to pay a steep price." "The matter of you having your arm broken and being thrown out of the Castellan Manor today will likely spread across the whole bay before long." Li Guanqi shook his head somewhat helplessly. With a head like Xiahou Cang's, if he did not have Yu Su assisting from the side... He would have been carved up and devoured by the great families long ago! Li Guanqi suppressed the power of the pill within his body, maintaining his injured appearance all the way back into Xialin City. The moment they returned to the Castellan Manor, Xiahou Cang left Li Guanqi behind and strode off alone toward the study. Intending to contact Huyan Lie and request a meeting. Li Guanqi called out to him twice, but the man pretended not to hear, and upon reaching the study, shut the door behind him. Li Guanqi, somewhat exasperated, cursed under his breath. "Truly an idiot..." Having said that, within a few breaths he restored his arm to its original state. At this moment, from not far away, a woman holding an infant in her arms walked slowly toward Li Guanqi. Yu Su first glanced at Li Guanqi's arm, then at Xiahou Cang, who had shut himself away in the study, anxious beyond measure. "You have had a hard time of it, Young Master Li. Is your arm feeling better?" Hearing this, Li Guanqi was first taken aback, then smiled and nodded. In Yu Su's eyes, Li Guanqi had been injured entirely because of the affairs of Xialin City. But Xiahou Cang's current state was this: though he appeared calm on the surface, inwardly he had been anxious all along. From the corner of his eye, Li Guanqi saw several corpses laid out in a corner of the manor's rear courtyard, covered with white cloth. "What is that?" Yu Su sighed and said softly, "Things have not been peaceful on the city-guard side lately, either. Some mishaps have also occurred when the manor's cultivators went out." "But we do not know which faction is making the moves." "However... no one died today." Li Guanqi frowned slightly. It seemed that today quite a few factions were watching Xialin City's situation! And the killings were most likely the work of the two southwestern cities! Chu Yuan of East City and Chen Ce of Donglin City did not have the time for such things — besides, today they had already agreed to cooperate! Li Guanqi shrugged, paid no further attention to Xiahou Cang, and instead looked at the woman before him and said softly. "Madam Yu, could you perhaps get in touch with that Huyan Lie?" The woman frowned slightly and looked up at Li Guanqi, unable to help but sigh inwardly. "Even with your arm broken by Chu Yuan, you still think of Xialin City, still want to forge an alliance with Beizha City..." "This Young Master Li truly is devoted." She nodded and said, "I can, but right now... Xiahou is still trying to contact Beizha City." No sooner had she spoken than a burst of smashing and clattering came from the study — the sound of a teacup shattering. Bang, bang! Crash! Clatter!!! Li Guanqi truly wanted to roll his eyes. Unable to hold back any longer, he looked at the woman before him. "Without Madam Yu, Castellan Xiahou really would find it quite hard to establish himself among the six cities of the bay..." Yu Su was visibly a little surprised. "Ah? Why would you say that, Young Master Li?" Li Guanqi frowned. "With a temperament and a mind as shallow as that, do you really think he could keep maneuvering among the five cities for long?" The woman's delicate brows knit slightly; she had clearly realized something, and could not help but smile bitterly. "Young Master Li, your mind is uncanny as a demon's — you seem to assume everyone else is as clever as you." Hearing this, astonishment appeared on Li Guanqi's face. Could it be that there really were not that many clever people in the world?? He sighed. Li Guanqi put his hands behind his back and said softly. "Madam Yu, please help prepare a council hall. Huyan Lie will come to pay a visit in person shortly." Before he had even finished speaking, Xiahou Cang, his face full of anger, came out of the study. The look he cast at Li Guanqi was somewhat cold, too. "Huyan Lie, coming in person? On what grounds would he come? On what grounds are you so certain?" "I had only just finished speaking with him, and this insatiable fellow opened his mouth and demanded half of my Xialin City!!!" Li Guanqi truly had no interest in explaining much to him, and merely said with an indifferent look. "Just wait. In an incense stick's time, Huyan Lie will be begging Castellan Xiahou to see him."