After Xue Meiqin and the others left, Mingyue asked, "Master, why didn't you help Sister Xue?"
Long Xiao smiled and said, "Her strength is at most the peak of Huang realm. She could cripple those guys with one hand, with the young man and his two bodyguards."
Long Xiao, Mingyue, and Mi Tianfu continued drinking. Ten minutes later, Long Xiao heard a low scream. He recognized it as a man's voice and thought, Xue Meiqin has made her move.
Still a bit worried, Long Xiao stood up, put down his chopsticks, and said, "Brother, Mingyue, you guys keep eating. I'll go take a look."
"Brother, is Meiqin in trouble?" Mi Tianfu asked worriedly.
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "It's probably the guys who wanted her to accompany them for drinks who got into trouble."
Hearing that Xue Meiqin was fine, Mi Tianfu and Mingyue relaxed and continued drinking. Long Xiao pushed open the door and walked out.
Walking down the corridor, the sounds of fighting and commotion grew louder. Soon, Long Xiao arrived at the door of a private room at the end of the corridor. Several waiters and two security guards stood outside, watching but not daring to enter.
The door to the private room was open. Inside, four bodyguards were attacking Xue Meiqin. Xue Meiqin's fist techniques were fierce and cunning, and the four bodyguards couldn't get close to her.
A young man in an expensive suit was clutching his head, with red wine spilled on his clothes and face. Standing behind him were a calm-looking elder and the oily-haired fellow who had gone to invite Xue Meiqin.
Long Xiao stood with his arms crossed, watching at the doorway for two minutes. Xue Meiqin noticed Long Xiao and quickly called out, "What are you staring at, idiot? Aren't you coming up to help?"
Long Xiao chuckled and said, "With four of them unable to beat you, there's no need for me to make a move, right?"
As soon as Long Xiao arrived at the door, he realized that the elder standing behind the young man was the true expert. As long as the elder didn't make a move, Xue Meiqin had no opponent.
After watching for a few more minutes, the elder still hadn't moved. However, he was stealthily glancing at Long Xiao out of the corner of his eye.
Long Xiao turned and smiled at the waiters, "They're fighting in your establishment, why aren't you kicking them out?"
One of the waiters said nervously, "Our manager is a friend of Young Master Jin, so we don't dare to offend him."
"That guy's surname is Jin. What's his name?" Long Xiao asked again.
The waiter lowered his voice and said, "His name is Jin Shaonian, the second son of Jin Tian, the chairman of Jin Group."
Earlier, the young man in the room who had been hit on the head was covering his face, so Long Xiao hadn't noticed his appearance. Now, as he was wiping blood from his face with a tissue, Long Xiao realized that this Jin Shaonian bore a slight resemblance to Jin Shaohuai.
"Does this guy have an older brother named Jin Shaohuai?" Long Xiao asked.
"He seems to have an older brother, but I don't know his name," the waiter replied, shaking his head.
Long Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Your manager must know. Call him and tell him to come here immediately, or I'll smash your club."
Hearing Long Xiao threaten to smash the club, the waiter snorted, "You've got guts! Do you know who owns our club?"
Long Xiao shook his head. The waiter said, "I'll scare you to death: our boss is Brother Hu from the West City."
Long Xiao was surprised that Brother Hu from the West City had a high-end club here. He took out his phone and dialed Brother Hu's number.
The call was connected quickly. Long Xiao asked, "Ah Hu, do you own a place called the Xuan Yue Club?"
"Yes, Brother Long. How did you know? Are you at the Xuan Yue Club?"
"Yes, I'm having dinner here with Mi Tianfu, Mingyue, and Xue Meiqin. Someone was forcing Xue Meiqin to drink with him, and now a fight has broken out."
Upon hearing that someone was forcing Xue Meiqin to drink, Brother Hu of the West City was so scared that his phone dropped to the floor.
"What's wrong, Ah Hu?" Long Xiao asked.
"N-nothing. I'll be there immediately."
After hanging up, Long Xiao watched for a while longer. Xue Meiqin was panting from exhaustion and shouted, "Long Xiao, you heartless bastard, aren't you going to help?"
Long Xiao stepped forward, grabbed a bodyguard's wrist, and said, "You can handle three of them, right?"
"Handle your ass! I'm tired, I'm not fighting anymore. All four of them are yours."
Saying that, Xue Meiqin quickly dashed towards Long Xiao and hid behind him.
Long Xiao released the bodyguard's wrist and said, "You guys aren't good enough. Let the old man come out."
The four bodyguards didn't retreat. They all drew their military knives and lunged at Long Xiao.
Long Xiao sighed and kicked each of them, sending all four bodyguards flying.
Jin Shaonian was stunned. All four bodyguards were at the peak of Huang realm strength. After Jin Shaohuai's accident, his father, Jin Tian, had hired them at a high price from the Martial Alliance for him.
"You are Old Zheng's disciples, aren't you? For Old Zheng's sake, I won't harm you."
The four bodyguards were not foolish. They knew the gap between themselves and Long Xiao.
"Young Master Jin, the four of us are truly no match for him. We apologize," the four said in unison, standing before Jin Shaonian.
Jin Shaonian let out a cold snort. "A bunch of good-for-nothings. Mr. Luo, I'll have to rely on you."
Luo Tianya nodded without speaking and walked towards Long Xiao.
Long Xiao felt a strong pressure emanating towards him. He smiled and casually waved his hand, and the pressure vanished.
Still a meter away from Long Xiao, Luo Tianya stopped and said, "Choose a way to die."
Long Xiao chuckled and said, "You're not strong enough to make me die."
A strange smile also appeared on Luo Tianya's face. Suddenly, he took out a small box from his pocket and opened it gently. A fragrance filled the room.
The scent reminded Long Xiao of the past, of the kindness of his adoptive parents, and of the old man who had wandered with him before he was five.
A feeling of being on the verge of tears arose. Long Xiao realized he had been tricked and quickly used his mental power, distributing the life force from his dantian throughout his body.
All the adverse sensations instantly disappeared. It was then that Long Xiao discovered Luo Tianya's fist was already upon him.
Luo Tianya was an expert. If this punch landed, he would be dead or severely injured.
Long Xiao dodged the punch by tilting his head, then leaned forward, striking Luo Tianya's chest.
Luo Tianya was startled and quickly retreated, narrowly dodging Long Xiao's attack.
Luo Tianya used his finger to pick up a bit of ointment from the open box and applied it to his glabella, then put the box away.
Long Xiao didn't know what Luo Tianya was up to, so he stood there watching. He had never seen someone increase their strength by applying ointment.
Luo Tianya attacked again. Long Xiao noticed that his punch speed had doubled, and his strength had also increased significantly.
Long Xiao didn't retaliate, dodging more than a dozen of Luo Tianya's punches. This made Luo Tianya lose his composure.
His strength was at the early stage of Xuan realm. With the ointment, his punch speed had doubled temporarily, yet he still hadn't hit Long Xiao once.
This was enough to show that Long Xiao's strength had reached or even surpassed the middle stage of Xuan realm.
Luo Tianya was now in a predicament. If he couldn't defeat Long Xiao, he would lose face completely and be punished upon returning to the Luo family.