"Chai Lin! What did you say? Are you looking for death?!"

Xue Yi was instantly enraged. Qin Heng was his benefactor, like a second parent in his eyes. And now this guy dared to call Qin Heng trash!

Although the Evil Qi within Xue Yi's body had been suppressed by Qin Heng, the strength he now possessed still stemmed from that Evil Qi. Even if he maintained his rationality, he was still prone to anger.

Xue Yi's body had reached the level of an Innate Grandmaster. Even if his own martial arts cultivation wasn't sufficient and he could only exert limited strength, he was still a match for an ordinary Grandmaster of Transcendence!

His anger caused the young man named Chai Lin to panic slightly, and Chai Lin subconsciously retreated a step.

"Hahaha! Chai Lin, you've lost your edge! To think you actually got scared and stepped back because of Xue Yi, that piece of trash!"

A snicker was heard, and then a young man in a yellow martial arts uniform walked over. He sized up Xue Yi and Qin Heng, then laughed, "A good-for-nothing and a piece of trash who doesn't know martial arts. What are you two doing here?"

"Exactly! Didn't you run away, Xue Yi? Why are you back? Honestly, if you had run, the Xue family could have saved some face. If you get beaten to a pulp by that little girl from the Bais, that would be truly embarrassing!"

"That girl from the Bais may be young, but she's strong. She's already reached Hidden Force at such a young age. Xue Yi, you're over twenty and only barely at Open Force. It's normal for you to flee from a fight, hahaha!"

The others joined in the mockery.

Qin Heng calmly swept his gaze across them, then looked at Xue Yi and asked lightly, "Is this how they usually mock you?"

"I've thought about fighting back." Xue Yi sighed. "But my father told me that harmony between families is paramount and that I shouldn't act rashly. Besides, I... I couldn't beat them before."

"Now you can," Qin Heng said. "You could crush all of them combined with a single finger."

The strongest among them was only at the peak of Hidden Force.

Xue Yi now possessed the body of an Innate Grandmaster. Casually exerting his power, he could display strength at the Transcendence Realm. Crushing these people would be no harder than crushing a few ants.

However, these words enraged Chai Lin and the others, and they all turned to glare at Qin Heng.

"Kid, you look tall and lanky, clearly a weakling with no martial skills, yet you sure talk big. Do you think you're living in a dream?"

"Hahaha! Saying we can't even compare to Xue Yi? That's hilarious! I, Chai Lin, have always detested know-it-alls like you who are actually ignorant but pretend to be experts!"

Chai Lin looked at Qin Heng with undisguised contempt and sneered, "Your words have angered me. Now you have only one choice: kneel, kowtow, and apologize. Otherwise, you won't be leaving here in one piece today!"

"How dare you!" Xue Yi barked, glaring at Chai Lin. "You have no idea who this gentleman is! You're courting death!"

"Hahaha!" Chai Lin burst out laughing, saying arrogantly, "Courting death? I'd like to see how this little twerp plans to lead me to my doom. Come on! Let him try! This kind of martial arts-incompetent trash, I can slap to death with one hand!"

"If you sever an arm now and crawl away, I might spare your life." Qin Heng glanced at Chai Lin indifferently and said, "I'll give you three seconds to consider."

A Grandmaster must not be insulted; an Immortal Emperor, even less so!

Chai Lin had undoubtedly enraged Qin Heng. If he didn't repent, only death awaited him.

However, Chai Lin and the others clearly didn't believe Qin Heng. Upon hearing his words, they all started laughing, looking at Qin Heng as if he were a fool.

"This is hilarious! He's clearly incompetent in martial arts, yet he's so arrogant!"

"Hahaha! Sever an arm? Kid, are you dreaming? Do you think you're a Grandmaster of Transcendence?"

"QUIET!"

Just then, a fierce shout suddenly resounded.

Chai Lin and the others immediately shuddered as if they'd heard something terrifying. They promptly shut their mouths, no longer speaking.

Then, an elderly man dressed in a Tang suit, looking to be over sixty years old, walked over.

"Senior Sun, greetings to Senior Sun," Chai Lin and the others greeted in unison. Their expressions were very respectful, their previous arrogance gone.

"Grandmaster Sun?" Xue Yi also recognized the old man and whispered to Qin Heng, "Benefactor, this is Sun Qianlei, the Sect Leader of the Sky Thunder Sect. He's the Grandmaster of Transcendence presiding over this Martial Dao Exchange Meeting."

"Your esteemed presence, Mr. Qin Wudi, graces our humble gathering!" Sun Qianlei approached Qin Heng, smiling. "Why didn't you inform us in advance? We could have prepared for your arrival."

Seeing this, Chai Lin and the others were instantly bewildered. They stared at Qin Heng, their eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

Who was this man?!

How could someone like Sun Qianlei, a Grandmaster of Transcendence, be so humble?!

In their minds, a Grandmaster of Transcendence like Sun Qianlei was an unfathomably powerful and unimaginable entity, almost beyond human.

But what was happening now?!

Such a powerful Grandmaster of Transcendence was showing so much respect to the man they had just called trash?!

"Senior Sun, who... who is this person?" Chai Lin's voice trembled as he asked. He had heard Sun Qianlei address Qin Heng as 'Qin Wudi' and had his suspicions, but he didn't want to—and dared not—acknowledge them.

"You provoked him without even knowing who he is!" Sun Qianlei glared at Chai Lin and said in a low voice, "This is the top-ranked fighter on the Earth List, known as 'Invincible Under Heaven'—Qin Xuantian!"

BOOM!

Chai Lin felt as if his head was about to explode. Just moments ago, he had called Qin Xuantian trash! This was simply courting death!

The man who killed Hong Tianshu with a single palm strike and annihilated the Golden Buddha Temple single-handedly!

This was a major figure that neither he nor his family could ever afford to offend!

"Senior Sun, save me! Please save me!" Chai Lin completely panicked, grabbing Sun Qianlei's sleeve, crying and begging.

"Sigh..." Sun Qianlei sighed, turned to Qin Heng, and said with a smile, "Grandmaster Qin, this junior of mine is young and ignorant. He failed to recognize your greatness and accidentally offended you. Please, overlook the offense of this ignorant junior. At the very least, for my sake, spare him."

Upon hearing this, Chai Lin immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the onlookers also nodded discreetly.

Sun Qianlei was a Grandmaster of Transcendence with high prestige in the Suzhou-Hangzhou region. His words carried considerable weight.

In their view, Qin Heng would definitely give Sun Qianlei some face and spare Chai Lin.

"What are you still standing there for?" Qin Heng, however, completely ignored Sun Qianlei's words. He looked at Chai Lin and said, "Come and meet your death. Your three seconds are up."

At that moment, the smile froze on Sun Qianlei's face. His expression darkened as he looked at Qin Heng and said, "Qin Xuantian, are you not going to give me even this little bit of face? I must tell you, a Great Grandmaster from the Sun Temple is currently in Suzhou-Hangzhou, right here at this Exchange Meeting. With just a word from me, he will come and kill you!"

"Do you also wish to die?" Qin Heng glanced at Sun Qianlei and walked straight toward Chai Lin, chuckling softly as he went. "Why do you ants always harbor such unrealistic fantasies? What makes you think you're worthy of me giving you face?"