Chapter 1901: Chapter 1898: Cold-Door Warriors and Family Martial Artists

After Lin Dong left these words, he and Qin Yitian exited the auction.

Just as they stepped out, a voice rang out.

“Soft Rice Man, you finally came out.”

Following the voice, Lin Dong found that the speaker was none other than Young Master Luo Xing, who had been kicked out of the auction earlier.

Although he was expelled from the auction, he didn’t leave. Instead, he waited at the door for Lin Dong.

At this moment, Qin Yitian was extremely disgusted with Luo Xing.

She found him utterly nauseating, like a fly.

Now, she no longer showed him any courtesy and said bluntly:

“Luo Xing, you call Dong Lin a Soft Rice Man, yet you were utterly defeated by him at the auction!”

“If he’s a Soft Rice Man, then what are you? A crawling creature?”

Upon hearing Qin Yitian’s words, Luo Xing’s face turned pale and then flushed.

Qin Yitian was originally the goddess in his heart, yet now, she had become this ‘Dong Lin’s’ woman, and was defending him like this.

One can imagine the fury and jealousy in Luo Xing’s heart.

At this point, he stared tightly at Lin Dong and said coldly, “Dong Lin, if you want to prove you’re not a Soft Rice Man, then accept my challenge!”

“Do you dare to agree, and in three days, face me on the Life-death Stage?”

Hearing this, Lin Dong sneered, “Why should I prove anything to you?”

“Heh, you’re just afraid, right? A Soft Rice Man will always hide behind a woman.” Luo Xing mocked.

He just knew the other party wouldn’t dare to agree.

The other party was just an early Half-Step Earth Realm martial artist, how could he dare to accept a life-or-death challenge from him, who was at the peak of the Earth Realm?

But at this moment, Lin Dong’s voice rang out again:

“I accept this life-and-death challenge with you.”

“However, it’s not to prove I’m not a Soft Rice Man, but to tell you and people like you from noble families, without your family, you’re nothing!”

Wow!!

Hearing Lin Dong accept the challenge obviously caused a commotion at the scene.

The auction’s crowd hadn’t fully dispersed, and most were at the door at the moment.

Upon hearing Luo Xing challenge the Alchemy League’s son-in-law, everyone naturally stopped to watch the excitement.

Most people thought like Luo Xing, believing the Alchemy League’s son-in-law would never accept the challenge.

Accepting the challenge was almost akin to courting death.

Yet, no one expected Lin Dong to actually accept!

Moreover, he said such words.

The majority of the martial artists present were from humble origins and didn’t have a family background like Luo Xing to rely on. At this moment, these martial artists resonated with Lin Dong’s words.

They were often looked down upon by the family martial artists.

The martial artists from noble families always acted superior, never forgetting to flaunt their status on any occasion.

They, of course, had had enough of these noble martial artists.

But they lacked the courage to directly confront the noble martial artists.

Now, seeing a martial artist like Lin Dong, who emerged from humble beginnings, stand up and speak such words resonated deeply with them.

At this moment, they were filled with goodwill towards Lin Dong.

But Lin Dong’s words also offended some people.

Those people were the noble scions like Luo Xing.

At this moment, these noble scions showed disdainful expressions on their faces.

A noble young master even said, “Some people really don’t know their place, only got where they are today by relying on family connections.”

“But now, they dare to openly challenge noble scions, where do they get this confidence?”

“Based on his mere early stage Half-Step Earth Realm martial artist strength?”

These words resonated with these noble scions.

They mockingly said, “An early Half-Step Earth Realm martial artist dares to speak such big words.”

“Some achieve a tiny bit of success by ‘solving problems in a small town’, yet dare to challenge the power of noble families? Ha, the strength of noble families is beyond their third-generation poverty imagination!”

“In the mundane world, there’s a saying: How dare years of hard study challenge the centuries of wealth accumulation by noble families? Is it worthy? This saying also applies in the Martial Arts World!”

“Young Master Luo, since he accepted your challenge, then defeat him on the life-and-death stage after three days.”

“Show everyone with facts that a humble origin is just that, never able to overturn the heavens. Families are existences they forever need to look up to. Whether in the mundane world or the Martial Arts World, this is an unchangeable iron rule!”

“In the Martial Arts World, those from humble origins daring to challenge noble families, the only outcome is death!”

“These humble-born underclassmen, their fate in this life is either to be servants to noble families forever or to become mercenaries or assassins, engaging in bloody work, that’s their destiny…”

“…”

Listening to these remarks, many martial artists from humble origins couldn’t help but feel their anger rising.

They thought of the hardships they endured along the way!

Thought about how every step of obtaining resources and enhancing strength was almost a fight for life. Yet the strength acquired this way was still looked down upon by these noble martial artists.

The same master, a humble background figure, to go further in power, to gain more resources, as these noble youths said, had only two paths.

Either become a vassal of the family and work for them!

Or become like a mercenary or assassin and risk their lives for the chance to improve further.

And the family-sect masters? They don’t have to do anything but rely on the resources given by their families to steadily improve!

Like Luo Xing, a peak Half-Step Earth Realm martial artist, rising to this strength without ever facing life-threatening situations… and they don’t have to take any detours, reaching such heights at the fastest speed.

But those from humble origins? How many life-and-death trials must they endure to reach this strength? If they fail just once, they’ll quietly leave this world!

At this age, reaching such power is extremely rare. Because no one guides them, no one tells them how to walk the ‘straight path’ of martial arts. They can only wander aimlessly on repeated ‘detours,’ wasting time.

At this moment, a martial artist from a humble origin spoke in a hoarse voice:

“Mr. Dong Lin, although I’d love to see you, on behalf of humble origin martial artists, smack the faces of these noble martial youths hard!”

“But, there’s still a considerable gap between your strength and Luo Xing’s. You are an early stage Half-Step Earth Realm martial artist, but he is at the peak. A life-and-death showdown between you two is inherently unfair.”

With this said, other martial artists from humble beginnings echoed in agreement:

“Indeed, it’s unfair.”

“Mr. Dong Lin, why not wait until you reach the peak of the Half-Step Earth Realm?”

“Or, let Luo Xing suppress his realm to the early stage of the Half-Step Earth Realm.”

“…”

But with these words, Luo Xing sneered, “Fairness? There’s no absolute fairness in this world.”

“Dong Lin, I’m just asking you, do you dare to fight? Me suppressing my cultivation, that’s impossible!”

“If you don’t dare, then admit you’re a Soft Rice Man, admit you’re trash! If you accept, then three days later, let’s determine the victor on the Life-death Stage!”

Lin Dong said disdainfully, “What’s there to fear? Even at an early stage Half-Step Earth Realm, I can crush you, you earth chicken clay dog!”