468 The Bloody Incident Caused by a Plate of Blue Lobster

If their group of three had refused to stand aside, perhaps Tianhai Chenwu,out of consideration for the Pope and Old Master Tang, would have casuallydisciplined him and Tang Thirty-Six. However, if it was Xuanyuan Po? It must beknown that to these powerful figures, Xuanyuan Po's existence was no differentfrom an ant's. Chen Changsheng swiftly reached a conclusion: if Tang Thirty-Six had notextended his hand and pushed Xuanyuan Po into the wall, Tianhai Chenwu wouldabsolutely have not minded killing Xuanyuan Po. He was a peak Star Condensation expert. With the casual wave of a hand, everybone in Xuanyuan Po's body would shatter and he would die on the spot. Even now, Chen Changsheng was unable to forget his experience in XunyangCity—the frightening power of Liang Wangsun's Vajra Pestle, and the even moreterrifying spear of Painted Armor Xiao Zhang. And it was obvious that TianhaiChenwu, in both cultivation and determination to kill, was stronger, fiercer,and shrewder than Liang Wangsun and Xiao Zhang. Crucially, he was the head ofthe Tianhai clan. Unless one was a person with a deep backing like ChenChangsheng or Tang Thirty-Six, if Tianhai Chenwu killed a normal person likeXuanyuan Po, was there anyone in the entire continent who would dare give evena word of objection? Even the White Emperor couple wouldn't say anything. At this point, Chen Changsheng was finally able to rid himself of thechilliness in his heart. He turned to Tang Thirty-Six and seriously said,"Before, didn't you often regard the Tianhai clan as beneath your contempt?" Tang Thirty-Six had a rather nasty complexion, retorting, "I spoke of mygrandfather. Just when was I ever saying it about myself?" Chen Changsheng contemplated this question, then replied, "Last year whenGuardian Jin invited us to a barbecue for the second time, you said it. Lateron when you saw Tianhai Shengxue during the Grand Examination, you said it.Afterwards…" "Okay, just stop already! Is it really so important that you have to take outthe strength you used to comprehend the Heavenly Tome Monoliths to recollect?"Tang Thirty-Six said angrily. Xuanyuan Po looked over and teased, "You would also have teased me! In frontof these powerful figures, all your toughness vanished." Tang Thirty-Six was furious, shouting, "Let me put it straight to the two ofyou, that was the head of the Tianhai clan! He's not some random nobody!Besides, how was I not tough? Didn't you hear what that old man said before hewalked off? Nobody has dared to provoke him in so many years! And who is it nowthat provokes him? Who is it that won't let him eat the autumn crab or theblue-blooded lobster! Who!?" Suddenly, the sounds of hurried steps could be heard on the stairs. Who had come was not today's invited guest of honor, but rather one of the LiPalace priests responsible for guarding the Orthodox Academy. Tang Thirty-Six's expression grew concerned. Shifting his gaze to that priest,he asked, "What happened?" The Li Palace priest shot him a somewhat complex glance, asking, "I heard…thatSir talked back to the Tianhai clan head?" In Tang Thirty-Six's words, it had been a provocation, but in the view of thepowers of the capital, he was just a junior of the Wenshui Tang clan. TianhaiChenwu was absolutely his senior, so Tang Thirty-Six's words had been talkingback. Of course, using the phrase 'talking back' was, from a certain standpoint,also for Tang Thirty-Six to ponder his actions. "Just say what happened," Tang Thirty-Six said rather impatiently. The Li Palace priest said nothing, instead taking out a thick stack ofenvelopes and placing them upon the table. He turned to Chen Changsheng andsaid, "Principal Chen, please look them over." With these words, he took his leave. Chen Changsheng took up the envelopes and opened them, one by one. The restaurant was abnormally quiet. Tang Thirty-Six and Xuanyuan Po's eyeswere transfixed on that stack of letters. In truth, they had already guessed at what these envelopes were because, inthe past twenty-odd days, the Orthodox Academy had received many similarenvelopes. Just as expected, the envelopes all contained letters of challenge. In total, there were forty-some letters of challenge. Chen Changsheng had only hastily skimmed them over. He hadn't been able to seejust who these challengers were, but he did feel that this stack of letters wasrather heavy. Before Tianhai Chenwu left, he had said that he originally had just wanted tocause a little excitement, but now he would have the Orthodox Academy taste alittle suffering…and the suffering had come very quickly. How long had it been since that confrontation in the corridor? And already somany letters of challenge had been sent over. Chen Changsheng could almost see countless letters of challenge flying intothe Orthodox Academy like so many snowflakes. Twelve consecutive victories? Twenty-some consecutive victories? What use wasit, what meaning was there to it? These countless experts could easily drownthe Orthodox Academy into nothingness. It truly was worthy of the distinction as the supreme clan of the presenthuman world. The Tianhai clan was truly too frightening. Let alone the Orthodox Academy,even the Li Palace would find it rather exhausting to cope with the Tianhaiclan. "If you don't let the other person eat a lobster…the other person will make useat misery." Chen Changsheng looked at Tang Thirty-Six and then sighed. "Back then, yousaid that you wanted to drown them to death. Now it seems like we're the onesabout to be drowned to death, so what now?" He had barely finished speaking when the fragmentary and hurried sounds offootsteps could be heard on the stairs once more. The bead curtain was liftedup, causing the beads to crisply clack, and then came a voice that was as crispas a bell. It had been quite a few days since they had last heard this voice. In the scorching heat of midsummer, the top floor of Clear Lake Restaurantused an array to attract the gentle breeze off the lake. It was refreshinglydelightful and made this the most comfortable place in all the capital, so onlyimportant figures such as Tianhai Chenwu or the new owner Tang Thirty-Six couldmake use of it. The girl that now stood before Chen Changsheng was even more refreshing thanthe wind off the lake, gladdening his heart. Luoluo looked at him and gave a little laugh. Seeing her pure and childish appearance, Chen Changsheng instantly forgot hisworries. Chuckling, he asked, "And why are you laughing so foolishly?" Luoluo boldly declared, "It's been too long since I last saw Teacher. WithoutTeacher's instruction, it's inevitable that I become somewhat foolish." As Luoluo said these words, she certainly seemed like no fool. These wordsconcealed unhappiness, and Chen Changsheng, being no fool himself, couldidentify this unhappiness. As a result, they were forced to act foolishly. Ifthings were as they used to be, Xuanyuan Po would at this point have alreadygotten down on bended knee in front of Luoluo out of respect, while TangThirty-Six would be ridiculing their master-disciple relationship with a sourface. However, now the dining room was very quiet. Xuanyuan Po and TangThirty-Six were still staring at the thick stack of letters on the table as iftheir souls had already taken leave of their bodies. As they thought of howevery day, they would have to engage in nonstop battle, maybe not even havingtime to eat or use the toilet, they could already imagine the suffering. Luoluo just then realized that the pair was acting strangely. She askedcuriously, "What happened?" Tang Thirty-Six awoke from his daze. As he turned to Luoluo, his eyes becameincomparably bright. "Ah, Your Highness…" How could Chen Changsheng not know what he was up to? He walked up to thetable, took up the stack of letters, and stuffed them into Tang Thirty-Six'sbosom. Simultaneously, he obstructed Luoluo's gaze and said, "Have them startserving the food." Luoluo inquisitively peeked her head out from behind Chen Changsheng's body,looking at Tang Thirty-Six and saying, "What's wrong?"