Xiaoming chatted with Old Dao Xiao for a few sentences before returning to his original position. This position was chosen in advance, making it more convenient to leave the Nangong Manor from this direction.
During the live broadcast of the Nangong family's wedding, as Long Xiao stepped onto the stage, the Nangong family's high-power jammer was activated. Not only could the live broadcast signal not be transmitted out of Funiu Town, but mobile phones were also unusable.
Viewers of the live broadcast, seeing the sudden interruption, knew something had happened, but they were unaware of the specific situation.
At the wedding banquet site in Lingnan City and the outdoor banquet site on the streets of Funiu Town, people were speculating about what had happened at the Nangong Manor.
As everyone ate and drank, speculating, someone suddenly clutched their stomach and fell to the ground.
"There's poison, in the food..."
The person clutching their stomach and shouting hadn't finished speaking when a short knife was plunged into their neck.
At various wedding banquet sites in Lingnan City, a large number of assassins suddenly appeared, targeting the Nangong family's descendants.
Poisoning, backstabbing, and various assassination methods appeared, making it impossible to guard against.
The situation in Funiu Town was similar. As the outdoor banquets were underway, people started attacking as soon as the live broadcast was interrupted, employing various killing methods, one after another.
Funiu Town and Lingnan City were thrown into chaos, with people being killed everywhere and fights breaking out everywhere.
To protect themselves, the Nangong family's descendants quickly gathered and fought as a group.
Unable to contact the core personnel of the Nangong family, the descendants were unaware of what was happening.
Inside the Nangong Manor, as soon as Long Xiao appeared, a large number of Nangong family experts and experts from other martial arts families quickly surrounded the manor, making it impossible for even a fly to get in.
Nangong Ming was confident. He watched Long Xiao create havoc, not in a hurry. He was waiting for the Long family to appear.
Long Xiao had killed more than a dozen Nangong family experts, but neither the Long family nor anyone else appeared, as if Long Xiao was fighting alone.
Nangong Ming felt a pang of heartache. He looked at the VIP seats. The people seated there were experts sent by their partners, including ten Heavenly Realm experts.
Nangong Ming thought, "You're all just watching the show, letting my Nangong family descendants go to their deaths."
Even if more Nangong family descendants died, someone had to step up, or the Nangong family would lose face.
After two more Nangong family descendants died, Nangong Ming could no longer hold back. He winked at his eldest son, Nangong Tianyu, and Nangong Tianyu walked towards the VIP seats.
"Seniors, shouldn't your people make a move now?" Nangong Tianyu said as he approached the VIP seats.
Before anyone else could speak, Old Dao Xiao slapped him. Nangong Tianyu was sent flying, landing under the viewing stands more than ten meters away.
Everyone was stunned. According to the plan, the people in the VIP seats were experts from various families cooperating with the Nangong family. No one expected that the experts from the families cooperating with the Nangong family would suddenly attack someone.
As everyone looked at Old Dao Xiao, they realized they didn't recognize the old Taoist.
"Who are you, and why are you sitting here?" Lu Xuan asked.
The Lu family was also one of the eight great martial arts families, with more Heavenly Realm experts than the Nangong family. However, the Lu family had always been low-key, which was why the Nangong family had become the head of the eight great martial arts families.
The Lu family initially disdained cooperating with the Nangong family, but when they heard it was to deal with Long Xiao, they agreed. Long Xiao had once crippled the fourth elder of the Four Elders of the Lu family, and the Lu family had been looking for an opportunity for revenge.
Old Dao Xiao looked at Lu Xuan and asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Lu Xuan."
Old Dao Xiao shook his head and said, "Don't recognize you. I only recognize Lu Ming."
"Lu Ming is my brother," Lu Xuan said.
Old Dao Xiao nodded and said, "Got it. You're just as deserving of a beating as your brother."
"Who exactly are you?" Lu Xuan asked, looking at Old Dao Xiao in shock.
Lu Xuan, like Lu Ming, was in the early Heavenly Realm. Old Dao Xiao saying Lu Ming deserved a beating suggested he might have beaten Lu Ming before.
"This Daoist's surname is Xiao," Old Dao Xiao said with a smile.
Looking at Old Dao Xiao's dirty Taoist robe, Lu Xuan suddenly remembered that his brother Lu Ming had told him he had been beaten by an old Taoist surnamed Xiao.
"You're the Old Dao Xiao who stole my brother's wine."
Old Dao Xiao chuckled and said, "You know about that too? Yes, your brother didn't offer his good wine to this Daoist, so he deserved a beating."
Lu Xuan's strength was inferior to Lu Ming's. If Old Dao Xiao could beat Lu Ming, he could certainly beat Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan wanted to get angry but dared not. However, with experts from various families watching, he felt he had to say something to save face.
"You son of a bitch, you deserve a beating. I don't have time to deal with you today. When I have time, I'll..."
Lu Xuan's words were cut short by a slap from Old Dao Xiao. Lu Xuan hastily retreated to dodge, but with a crack, he failed to avoid it, and the slap landed on his face.
Hitting someone on the face was considered a grave insult, and Old Dao Xiao specifically targeted the face, which was clear bullying.
A Heavenly Realm expert being slapped in the face would seem to dishonor their status if they didn't show some anger.
"How dare you slap me, you're looking for death!"
Lu Xuan raised his fist to strike, and Nangong Tianyu quickly shouted, "Senior Lu, why are we fighting amongst ourselves?"
"This Old Dao Xiao is not one of us. He's infiltrated."
Old Dao Xiao stood up and said, "You won't even let a person earn a living? The Nangong family is truly stingy. Kid, go tell your grandfather that Daoist Xiao is here and to come out and greet me, or I'll destroy your Nangong family."
He knew he couldn't defeat ten Heavenly Realm experts. However, even if he had to run, he wanted to do so with bravado, and it would be best if he could intimidate them. If that failed, he could always escape with Long Xiao.
The people in the VIP seats stopped watching Long Xiao kill the Nangong family's descendants and all turned their attention to Old Dao Xiao.
They felt Old Dao Xiao was too arrogant, but all old fellows who could cultivate to the Heavenly Realm were shrewd. Although they were displeased, they didn't dare to act rashly without knowing his strength.
Seeing that he had intimidated the Heavenly Realm experts and the others in the VIP seats, Old Dao Xiao casually sat back down and whispered, "Meiling, go find Xiaoming and prepare to act."
Meiling left, and Old Dao Xiao, as if nothing had happened, began to watch the show again.
Having been humiliated by Old Dao Xiao, Lu Xuan rushed directly towards Long Xiao, intending to vent his anger on him.
Old Dao Xiao saw Lu Xuan enter the fray and was not worried. He wanted to see Long Xiao's performance against a Heavenly Realm expert.
Long Xiao, holding his long saber horizontally, saw another elder step forward and, without a word, slashed at him.
Lu Xuan moved sideways, dodging Long Xiao's saber, and extended his right hand like a claw towards Long Xiao's neck.
Long Xiao realized that this elder's attack was faster than that of the Nangong family descendants from before. Some of the Nangong family descendants were at the Great Perfection of the Earth Realm, so this elder was likely in the Heavenly Realm.
This was Long Xiao's first time fighting a Heavenly Realm expert. He dodged Lu Xuan's hand, concentrated his mind, and watched Lu Xuan, slowly shifting his steps, waiting for Lu Xuan to attack again.
Long Xiao had killed many Nangong family descendants earlier, and everyone assumed he was in the Heavenly Realm, so Lu Xuan did not dare to act rashly.
The two stood still, but their auras permeated towards each other. As the two different auras collided, fierce winds erupted, blowing away many people nearby, causing chaos at the scene.
Luan Jiping was blown down. Before she could get up, ačå (fat man) rushed over, lifted her, and carried her away on his shoulder.
Seeing the bride being snatched away, the Nangong family descendants drew their swords and attacked the fat man.
As soon as the Nangong family descendants moved, a group of chefs emerged from the crowd, wielding cleavers and attacking wildly.
"What's going on? Are the chefs rebelling?" Nangong Tianming exclaimed in shock as he saw a group of chefs killing people.