Chapter 7

One morning in the outskirts of Sky Fortune city, Lin Ming walked thoughtfully beside Lin Xiaodong.

To obtain more resources, Lin Ming required a certain amount of money.

Everything had to start from a base.

As such, he decided to go to the annual martial arts fair.

The fair would be attended by many martial arts masters, nobles, and there rare resources will for sale.

Regrettably, even if so, Lin Ming not had the money to buy anything.

He could at most look around and gain some experience.

However, Lin Ming would not go to the annual martial arts fair for that reason.

Lin Ming remembered from the web novel that Wang Yigao would be there.

Therefore, knowing his arrogant personality, plus his desire to ingratiate himself with Zhu Yan, Lin Ming wanted to swindle him "slightly".

An evil smile formed on his face at the thought.

Lin Ming knew the disadvantages of making enemies, he had read too many web novels, but despite knowing, he grasped that being overly cautious would only backfire.

Furthermore, it's not as if he would act without thinking about the consequences.

He carefully weighed his actions so as not to end up in a disadvantageous or certain death situation.

"Brother Ming..."

Lin Ming turned his attention away from his stratagems.

"Yes?"

"We arrived," Lin Xiaodong said, while he was watching some shop windows from the alley they were in.

To add, Lin Ming was not worried about Lin Xiaodong, with what he was going to do, all the attention and hatred would be focused on him.

...

Six teenagers were walking as a group in the direction of the annual martial arts fair.

Their ages hovered around 18 years old.

Four of them were at the First Stage of Physical Training, and the remaining two were at the Second Stage.

A silk-clad teenager was leading the group; this was one of the two at the second stage of physical training.

One only had to look at the deferential attitude of the five behind him to know that he possessed great status.

This was Wang Yigao, son of Sky Fortune City's Army Lord.

"Mm, that guy...?"

Suddenly, Wang Yigao mumble in surprise as he saw a familiar figure.

"Boss, do you know him?"

A young man observed the same location as Wang Yigao and asked tactfully, not wanting to offend him in any way.

Meddling in matters that were none of his business could germinate into enmity, something he fervently wished to avoid.

Turning his gaze behind him, ignoring the question, Wang Yigao said, "Everyone, follow me."

The young man did not bother and, together with the others, followed him.

Wang Yigao knew a little of the events involving the love triangle of Lin Ming, Lan Yunyue, and Zhu Yan.

Also, he understood Zhu Yan's dislike for Lin Ming.

Thus, he found in this an opportunity to get closer and deepen his relationship with Zhu Yan.

Wang Yigao had remained inactive until now seeing that Lin Ming was an opportunity of fruitless 'investment'.

But since he was already in front of him, why not?

Besides, he wouldn't lose anything by trying.

...

Before the Duo could leave the alley, Lin Ming stopped and said: "Lin Xiaodong, stop."

He detected several presences thanks to the 'True Primordial Chaos Formula' that it increased his perception by a large margin, and the passive skill, battle instinct.

"Eh, but we're about to arrive..." Lin Xiaodong groaned in confusion.

A slightly high-pitched voice sounded from the alley, "Hehe, how unexpected, you have quite a high level of vigilance. Your name was Lin Ming, right?"

'Curiously, the script didn't change.'

Lin Ming thought Intrigued.

Soon a group of six came out from the corner of a house.

"Yes, it's me, who are you little bitch?" Lin Ming commented calmly.

Beside him, Lin Xiaodong was speechless.

Who are you and what did you do to my brother Ming?

"Bastard, what did you just say!"

"Boss, let me beat this son of a bitch!"

"Since when can dogs talk?"

A multitude of curses followed his 'greeting,' How rude!

'Still, isn't this all a bit cliché?'

"Silence!"

Wang Yigao shouted with a look of absolute fury.

He was an elite, but would someone like Lin Ming dare to disrespect him so openly?

Perhaps had the pigs started to fly and he didn't notice?

What a joke!

"Don't you know who I am?" Wang Yigao questioned slowly.

"Oh, of course, I do. You're an annoying little bitch," Lin Ming shrugged his shoulders and reiterated the insult with a slight touch of originality.

Before his subordinates could burst out in curses, Wang Yigao stopped them again.

"Well... Very good! You've really pissed me off."

'It appears that Wang Yigao's limbic system is that of a child in early childhood.'

Lin Ming chuckled.

Unaware of what was going through Lin Ming's mind, Wang Yigao continued.

"You'd better get down on your knees, and lick the soles of my shoes..."

Abruptly, Wang Yigao paused his threats for a moment and then said, "No, you are far from worthy. You'll have to destroy your cultivation. Unless you want to suffer something worse than death!"

Wang Yigao's subordinates began to 'advise' him.

"You'd better do it!"

"Young Master Wang Yigao is being benevolent, accept his mercy!"

Lin Xiaodong was about to speak but stopped when Lin Ming shook his head.

He was confident that Lin Ming would not do anything stupid.

"... Sounds like a good deal. But bad luck, I refuse."

Wang Yigao smiled coldly When he hear his reply, and without saying a word, he began to approach.

"Hey, stop. If you cripple me here, the consequences won't be light. Even for you," Lin Ming reminded him.

Moreover, Wang Yigao wouldn't be able to even if he tried.

Wang Yigao stopped in perplexity.

Lin Ming seeing him, said, "How about this, let's have a martial arts duel."

Inside the Sky Fortune Kingdom, government officials would not intervene in the fight between martial artists because they could not simply do so.

Thus, conflicts between martial artists would settle in a martial arts duel.

As long as both parties agree, they will set the terms of victory and defeat.

After the duel, the conflict would be resolved between the two parties, and neither would pursue the other any further.

In the end, credibility was something important to martial artists.

"Brother Ming, you..." Lin Xiaodong became anxious.

Lin Xiaodong's fear lay in the fact that he did not know Lin Ming's true strength.

He just knew Lin Ming was in the strength training stage.

"A martial arts duel? Do you think you're qualified to duel with me?"

Wang Yigao sneered. He could see that Lin Ming's cultivation was inferior to his at a glance.

Now, that does not mean that it is impossible for someone to defeat another at a higher stage.

But, there were two essential requirements to at least try.

The first was to possess genius-level talent, and the second was to have pinnacle martial arts taught by masters.

Lin Ming barely achieved the former, and that was merely thanks to his tireless efforts.

For the second requirement, Wang Yigao simply ignored it.

He was well aware of Lin Ming's ignoble background.

With all, it was logical that Wang Yigao would take the martial arts challenge from Lin Ming with disdain.

"There is no such thing as qualified or not. There is only the question of whether you dare or not," Lin Ming replied.

A shiver ran down Lin Ming's spine as he said that sentence.

'I never thought I would say something like that in front of others....'

"Are you trying to say I don't dare? That has to be the funniest thing I've heard this year. Alright, since you want to die, I'll gladly help you!"

Wang Yigao didn't analyze the matter much. That's how angry he was.

In his clouded mind, he just wanted to kill this little shit cheeky with his bare hands.

But what little rationality he had left told him that doing so in daylight would get him into trouble.

Wang Yigao didn't want to give Lin Ming that pleasure!

"So, let's go on the square," Lin Ming said with a smile.

There had to be a large crowd to execute the plan he had in mind. Otherwise, the situation could get tricky.