Two people approached Long Xiao. Seeing that Long Xiao was not looking at them, the young man asked, "Who are you, and why are you at the Huo family's place?"
Long Xiao, without opening his eyes, said, "You've arrived. Sit down, if you don't want to die."
The two exchanged glances and burst into laughter. Their cultivation had already reached the early stage of the Earth realm. It was very difficult for a martial artist to reach the Earth realm, so anyone who entered it was considered a master.
Masters were respected and received courtesy wherever they went. Even wealthy families treated Earth realm masters with politeness.
"You should clarify the situation first. We are both Earth realm masters," the middle-aged man said proudly.
Long Xiao pouted and said, "Earth realm masters acting as hunting dogs. You're really something. Aren't you ashamed to say it out loud?"
"Who are you calling a dog? Believe it or not, I'll punch you to death right now," the young man said arrogantly, looking at Long Xiao.
Long Xiao remained seated, too lazy to even open his eyes. He said, "Punch me to death? Do you know, this humble Taoist comes from Yunzhan Cave..."
Before Long Xiao could finish speaking, his words were interrupted by the laughter of the two men.
They both burst into laughter again. The young man said, "Still Yunzhan Cave? Do you think you're Zhu Bajie?"
"This humble Taoist is a man of God. This humble Taoist is this humble Taoist, not a glib-tongued fool," Long Xiao began to deceive them again.
The middle-aged man said, "Stop pretending. 'Humble Taoist'? If you're a humble Taoist, then I'm the Ancestor of Taoism."
"You can't insult the Ancestor of Taoism. Insulting the Buddha is fine, I don't care about that," Long Xiao opened his eyes, his gaze like a sharp steel knife, piercing the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man felt a jolt of nervousness upon seeing Long Xiao's gaze.
What's going on? the middle-aged man thought. Since I started my career, I've fought dozens of battles and met many masters, but I've never felt this way.
It's too terrifying. This feeling is like a ferocious beast is staring at me menacingly.
"Who exactly are you?" the middle-aged man asked, taking a step back.
"You want to leave? There's no chance. Your only way out now is to answer my questions honestly."
"What if we don't answer?" the young man asked, looking at Long Xiao disdainfully.
"If you don't want to answer, then die. Die far away, don't get your blood on me."
"Hahaha, this is too funny. How arrogant..."
The young man burst into laughter, but before he could finish his sentence, he saw a fist the size of a sandpot approaching his eyes.
The young man used all his strength to dodge the punch, but it was all in vain. With a thud, the young man flew backward, lay on the ground, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.
The middle-aged man hadn't even seen how Long Xiao had punched. With his strength, he could see the punch of even a peak Earth realm master.
"Your strength is Great Perfection of the Earth realm?" the middle-aged man asked in surprise, his mouth agape, looking at Long Xiao.
"The level of my strength is not important. What's important is whether you choose to live or die."
"I, I of course choose to live," the middle-aged man said.
As the two were talking, two more people approached them.
Seeing the middle-aged man, these two stopped about ten meters away from Long Xiao.
"Come over, I'll hold a meeting for you," Long Xiao said.
"Why should you hold a meeting for us? We're not..."
Before he could finish speaking, Long Xiao suddenly moved.
The five elements' vital energy instantly filled his body, and he unleashed the 'Chimei Xiaoyao Steps'. None of the three people present saw how Long Xiao moved. The man who was speaking had already been sent flying.
Before the man who was sent flying landed, Long Xiao returned to his original sitting position.
"You two speak, I don't want to waste any more words," Long Xiao said with a dejected expression.
The middle-aged man sighed and said, "I'll go first. I was hired by Jack to monitor the Huo family. I'm only responsible for recording the daily activities of everyone in the Huo family. Nothing else concerns me."
After listening to the middle-aged man, Long Xiao waved his hand and said, "Go. Don't be Jack's dog anymore. Those who are dogs to foreigners will surely come to a bad end."
Seeing that Long Xiao was willing to let him go, the middle-aged man quickly stepped back a few paces and turned to leave. He decided to flee from Port City and wouldn't be back for some time.
The other person, seeing that Long Xiao had truly let the middle-aged man go, quickly said, "I'll talk too. I'm also hired by Jack..."
"Do you think Jack has so much money that he doesn't know what to do with it, hiring one group of people to monitor the Huo family, and another group to monitor them?"
"I was really hired by Jack. I can swear to heaven."
"I don't believe in heaven. I only believe in myself. Tell me the truth, you have one more chance. If you can't seize it, you'll die a terrible death."
Seeing Long Xiao's fierce expression, this guy dared not lie anymore and said, "I'll tell you. I was sent by the Huo family's second young master. He asked me and my master to kill Huo Laoda using magic."
"Magic can kill people? Who believes that? Try to cast a spell and kill me now," Long Xiao stood up and said.
Seeing that Long Xiao was about to act, he quickly said, "What I said is true. My name is Xu Ke, and my master's name is Dai Ling. We were paid ten million by the Huo family's second young master."
"I really want to see how magic can kill people. Where is your master? Call him over," Long Xiao said.
Xu Ke stepped back two paces and said, "Okay, I'll go call him now."
As Xu Ke was about to leave, Long Xiao snorted and said, "Do you take me for a fool? You'd better call your master, or I'll have to take action."
Xu Ke took out his phone from his pocket, his hand trembled, and the phone dropped to the ground.
Picking up the phone, he shakily dialed his master's number and said, "M-master, hurry up and come. We can't beat him."
"Useless! Two people can't even beat one. You're simply useless," Dai Ling said.
Soon, a rosy-cheeked old man appeared. He looked at Long Xiao and asked, "Are you bullying my disciple?"
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, I bullied him. What can you do to me?"
Dai Ling took out a copper coin sword from his robes and said, "I'll cast a spell to kill you."
Dai Ling brandished the copper coin sword and cast his spell. Long Xiao stood there with his arms crossed, watching.
After chanting "Tian Ling Ling, Di Ling Ling" for a while, Dai Ling pointed the copper coin sword in his hand at Long Xiao. Long Xiao suddenly felt a faint vital energy enter his body, trying to affect his heart.
Long Xiao thought, it seems this Dai Ling has some skill. If I were an ordinary person without five elements' vital energy in my body, I wouldn't be able to defend against this weak vital energy.
After casting the spell, Dai Ling saw that Long Xiao was unmoved and stepped back in shock. He asked, "May I ask if you are a fellow practitioner?"
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "My path is different from yours. Tell me, how did you emit spiritual energy to affect my heart?"
"You can feel spiritual energy entering your body?" Dai Ling asked in surprise.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "I can sense any kind of vital energy in the world. Spiritual energy is just a special kind of vital energy among the myriad types of vital energy in the world."
Dai Ling had once heard his master say that there were people who were born able to sense vital energy. When they encountered such a person, they should run as fast as they could.
"Young brother, my disciple and I have matters to attend to, so we won't keep you company any longer."
After speaking, Dai Ling intended to take Xu Ke and leave. Long Xiao said, "Stop right there. Did I say you could leave?"
Dai Ling and Xu Ke dared not leave. They turned back to look at Long Xiao, awaiting his judgment.