Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 265 - Slap in the Face

Chapter 265: Chapter 265: Slap in the Face

Chapter 265 -265: Slap in the Face

No matter how noble and promising Hong Taihe’s status might be, in the end, it couldn’t change the fact that Jian Chen was serving others as a servant.

Of course, it was a path he had chosen himself.

However, Jian Chen particularly loathed when someone pointed out the fact that he was a follower, and that could only be mentioned by him, preceded by the name Hong Taihe. With this name, the word “follower” that followed seemed to shine brilliantly.

“Shi Hao, don’t be shameless!” Jian Chen pointed at Shi Hao, his face already beyond displeasure.

Shi Hao couldn’t help but laugh, “What, don’t I even have the right to refuse?”

“Hmph, that’s Hong Daozi you’re talking about!” Jian Chen coldly reminded.

“Alright, alright, go back and bootlick your master. People on different paths cannot make plans together. Get lost, now.” Shi Hao waved his hand impatiently.

Jian Chen’s expression turned even uglier; he hadn’t expected Shi Hao to dare treat him like that.

“You’re really getting ahead of yourself, not knowing your own weight,” he said grimly. “It seems I need to give you a reality check.”

He advanced towards Shi Hao with large strides, boom, the aura of San Dao surging forth tangibly.

With each step, he covered a distance of several zhang, quickly reaching right in front of Shi Hao, and then he swung a slap right at him.

They say you shouldn’t hit a man in the face, but he aimed directly for the face, which showed his arrogance.

As a follower of Hong Taihe, he was just that domineering!

Smack, a crisp sound echoed, yet it felt different from hitting a face.

Jian Chen was shocked to find his wrist firmly gripped by Shi Hao, immobile.

How could this be!

He couldn’t believe it. He was very aware of his own strength, but in Shi Hao’s grip, it was as if it had taken root. So, how strong was Shi Hao?

You’ve really just stepped into the Other Shore Realm?

“So fond of slapping faces, are you?” Shi Hao sneered. “Fine, I’ll let you have a good slap.”

He held Jian Chen’s hand and then swung it towards the other’s face.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

With each slap, the sound was sharply resonant.

In an instant, Jian Chen was so furious his face turned green, and he was even on the verge of bursting into tears.

What a profound humiliation this was?

His hand being held, slapping his own face; it made him spurt blood and felt like his head exploded, emptying of all thought, with only the desire to tear apart the man before him remaining.

“What, feeling wronged now?” Shi Hao chuckled as he kept slapping the other’s face. “You came over wanting me to be your servant. I don’t agree, and you want to hit me!”

“Hehe, consider yourself lucky that my temper has improved a bit. Otherwise, by now you’d already be a corpse.”

Cao Feiyan watched from the side with a grin; this is what you call a better temper?

Such slapping of the face, stripping Jian Chen of all dignity and honor, the hatred born from it hardly differed from having killed him.

“Get lost!” Shi Hao kicked him out with another foot, bang, sending Jian Chen tumbling out of the courtyard.

Jian Chen rolled several times on the ground before stopping. He slowly got up, his face alternating between red and white.

This task unfinished, instead getting his face slapped by Shi Hao, reporting back to Hong Taihe would surely enrage him. Yet, having lost face for Hong Daozi, the Sect Master certainly wouldn’t let him off easily either.

“Don’t gloat, daring to refuse the goodwill of the disciple of cultivation, you only have a dead end!” he muttered to himself.

He turned around and strode away.

Seeing Jian Chen leaving far behind, Cao Feiyan immediately said to Shi Hao, “This is bad, the disciple of cultivation absolutely does not accept any refusals.”

Shi Hao smiled, “Am I supposed to agree to him then?”

Cao Feiyan did not pay attention to his teasing, and said, “The disciple of cultivation and the Second Elder are not the same; he’s young and impetuous, and will not be restrained by your status as a three-star Pill Master.”

Shi Hao shrugged, “As long as it’s not Self-Observation, I have no fear.”

In fact, if he were to use the Cloud Piercing Step now, he would even be able to dodge a confrontation with a Self-Observation expert, so why would he take any disciple of cultivation seriously?

Cao Feiyan was at a loss for words. Although you’re a three-star Pill Master and defeated Lu Yun, Hong Taihe is much stronger than Lu Yun, and the key point is, he doesn’t care about your status as a three-star Pill Master.

Pill Masters have a high status, but that is granted by Martial Artists. Now, if Hong Taihe doesn’t give that respect, Shi Hao can only watch helplessly.

She attempted to persuade him to no avail and could only sigh.

On the other side, Jian Chen had also returned to Hong Taihe’s cave abode.

“What?” Hearing his account, Meng Li and the other three Followers were all enraged.

“How daring, to actually reject the disciple of cultivation!”

“He’s merely a three-star Pill Master, why so arrogant?”

“He even dared to resort to violence!”

Hong Taihe waved his hand to signal the four to calm down, a smile curving at the corner of his mouth, “Interesting, truly interesting. I’ve never seen such arrogance before. I want to see just how capable he truly is.”

Meng Li hurriedly said, “He’s just a mere Follower; there’s no need for the disciple of cultivation to take action. Let us handle it!”

“Leave it to us!” The other three, including Meng Long, also said in unison.

Hong Taihe pondered for a moment, about to speak when he saw a servant rushing over, kneeling down and saying, “Disciple of cultivation, the Sect Master has returned!”

Hmm?

Hong Taihe nodded, “I know.”

He decided to put the matter regarding Shi Hao aside for now. Having been in seclusion for over a year, he hadn’t seen Xiao Bo — his mentor. Now that Xiao Bo had returned from his travels, it was only right for him to pay a visit.

He stood up and headed straight for Xiao Bo’s residence.

The four, Meng Long and the others, looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

— Dealing with a Follower was a small matter that the four of them could handle. There was no need for Hong Taihe to personally intervene; doing so would be giving Shi Hao too much face.

Hong Taihe made his way and soon arrived at Xiao Bo’s courtyard. As the only disciple, he naturally did not need to be announced, and he walked straight in.

This was a unique courtyard, not very large, with a garden inside and a pond, adorned with artificial hills and surrounded by mist, appearing like the Immortal Realm.

“Master!” Hong Taihe called out softly. Here, he had to put away all his arrogance.

“You must be Hong Taihe?” A charming female voice sounded, followed by a voluptuous woman walking out with graceful steps, clothed in a long, bright red dress that accentuated her well-proportioned figure.

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Hong Taihe glanced over her and instantly felt a sense of dryness and restlessness arise within him, as if a fire were burning inside, almost causing him to lose his reason and transform into a beast.

He quickly suppressed it, but when he looked at the woman in red again, his eyes still blazed with fire.

The woman in red smiled sweetly, “My name is Chen Ling, and I might become your stepmother in the future.”

That smile was infinitely seductive.