Chapter Thirty-Seven: Trouble Arises Again

  After drinking for three hours, the two men were almost drunk. During this time, they chatted happily and Xu Hua learned a lot about some secrets of Luocheng.

  Suddenly, Xu Hua stared at Xuanzi Ying intently, making Xuanzi Ying feel uncomfortable all over. After clearing his throat softly, Xu Hua realized his mistake. "Could it be that Brother Xuan is also from the Mingyang Sect? The surname of the Mingyang Sect's leader is indeed Xuan, which can explain why Brother Xuan knows so many secrets."

  Xuanziying's movements were slightly exaggerated, shaking his head: "How is that possible? It's just a coincidence in surname, I haven't heard of two young masters in the Mingyang Sect." He immediately turned his head to look outside and said: "Today's weather isn't early anymore, I'll be leaving first. Xu brother, let's meet again another day!"

  In the midst of seeing Xuanzi off, Xu Hua found himself alone on the street, muttering to himself: "Xuan brother, you really aren't... Maybe I'm just being too sensitive!"

  It was already late, and Xu Hua had no intention of strolling around the city, so he called the waiter to book a room.

  In the room, Xu Hua tidied up a bit and then rested early. These past few days, Xu Hua hadn't had time to rest properly either. Now that he was in Luocheng and with the imperial exam still a month away, he could finally relax and get some good rest.

  ……

  In the midst of busyness, time flies by incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, ten days have passed. As the imperial examination approaches, the city of Luoyang is packed with scholars from all directions, and every restaurant is fully booked. At this point, most scholars who want to take the imperial examination have already arrived ahead of time, or perhaps some are still on their way, but there can't be many left.

  In the city of Luo, there are often gatherings of scholars to discuss and debate. After several such gatherings, some scholars have emerged as particularly outstanding, with the most famous being the Four Great Talents. These four come from different parts of the country and are named Zhu Qianye, Guan Dongliu, Ye Junchi, and Du Nanguan. According to legend, their talents surpass those of all other scholars, and many people believe that the top spot in this year's imperial examination is destined for one of these four.

  It is said that the young masters of Los Angeles have secretly won them over, but all this has nothing to do with Xu Hua, who has not left his house for ten whole days.

  In these ten days, except for the first day when he slept a bit longer, he stayed in the house to practice, and even had three meals a day sent into his room by Xiao Er.

  Luocheng is not a small town like Qing Shan Town, where there are countless strong people. Although Xu Hua's current strength is already very good for his age, there are still many people in Luocheng who can put him to death, so he has always felt a faint pressure since coming to Luocheng.

  So, Xu Hua thought of taking advantage of this month before the imperial examination to improve his strength a bit, at least being able to escape with his life from any strong person under Wu Huang.

  A month's time is basically not enough to improve much for most martial artists, after all, practicing martial arts is about gradual accumulation. However, Xuhua is different. As a Body Refiner, as long as there are sufficient resources, one can rapidly increase their strength. This is something that ordinary Qi Practitioners cannot compare with. But now, the continent's resources are too scarce, wanting to cultivate Body Refining to its peak is just too difficult...

  Just as Xu Hua was struggling with his physical body in the room, a group of uninvited guests arrived at the wine house, and many guests who were eating and drinking fled.

  Some outsiders who saw this were still puzzled, but in the past few days they had also made some local friends. Just as they wanted to ask their companions around them, they were pulled away by their companions. "Hurry up and leave, this is Niu Jia San Shao, don't provoke him."

  Originally still somewhat annoyed, even struggling, he immediately wiped the sweat on his forehead that appeared unknowingly with his hand, and quickly left the wine building without needing others to pull or support him. At the same time, he thanked his companion very much: "Thank you, Brother Jiang! If it weren't for Brother Jiang, today I would have unknowingly offended Niu San Shao."

  The man still had some lingering fear, his legs trembling non-stop. The other person also left quickly with a tense expression. "Don't say anything else, let's hurry and leave, lest we get implicated."

  The Niu family is one of the five overlords of Luo City, and they are referring to the third son of the direct line of the Niu family, Niu Dajie and Niu Sanshao. Although Niu Dajie has a good talent, his older brother is even stronger and has been considered by the elders as the number one person among the younger generation, most likely to take over as the next head of the Niu family. Niu Dajie's talent is not bad either, and he also has ambition, so he is not willing to give up. He himself may not be a match for his older brother, so he goes around gathering various strongmen and strategists, laying down countless hidden hands, all in order to contend with his older brother for the position of head of the family.

  The originally crowded wine house suddenly became empty, except for Niu San Shao and his gang, only the shopkeeper and the little second were left. Although most of the guests had left, the shopkeeper was not dissatisfied at all, but instead arranged a place for this group with great joy.

  "Third Master, please sit down over here. It's rare for Third Master to visit us, and I'm afraid we didn't come out far enough to welcome you properly. Please forgive our mistake." The shopkeeper bowed deeply in apology.

  "Ah, go arrange the best wine table for us, I want to drink with Brother Gong." Niu San Shao was slightly stout, and at this moment he was very generously inviting the handsome young man sitting next to him to take a seat.

  "The little man took his leave." The hotel owner immediately withdrew and went down to make arrangements.

  "Thank you, Brother Niu, for your kindness." The young master, whom Niu San Shao called Gong brother, put away his folding fan and sat down with a smile.

  "Nowadays, everyone in Luocheng is saying that the four young masters will definitely take the top spot in this imperial examination. I don't think so." Beside Niu San Shao were several followers, all of whom were people from Luocheng, but their power was slightly weaker compared to the Niu family. Whether it was due to orders from their elders or for their own future prospects, they were all willing to become Niu San Shao's younger brothers.

  "Opposite me, I think Gongzi's talent is absolutely better than those four great talents. The champion position should be in Gongzi's pocket."

  As for what the younger brothers said, Niu San also agreed in his heart. He met Gongzi on the road today and was immediately attracted to Gongzi's talent. He brought him back to Luocheng all the way, intending to recruit him under his own banner.

  This young master Gong is just a member of a wealthy family from a small mountain town within the Luocheng territory. He naturally didn't dare to refuse Niu San Shao, a prominent young master from Luocheng. Although he also had the intention of relying on some influential families in Luocheng, his ideal choice was not Niu San Shao. However, he couldn't express this and couldn't show it, otherwise, with Niu San Shao's temperament, he would definitely be taken advantage of.

  "If it weren't for Niu San Shao, perhaps Gong Mou would be sleeping on the streets by now."

  "Gong Gongzi's great talent should be treated as such." Niu San Shao said, turning to someone beside him: "Xiao Chengzi, go inform the shopkeeper to arrange the best guest room for Brother Gong. Remember, it must be the best."

  "Yes, Third Master, I'll go and take care of it right away."

  The little thing was immediately arranged by him, leaving a crowd of people chatting idly.

  ……

  The shopkeeper made arrangements personally after knowing Niu San Shao's instructions.

  Before long, outside Xu Hua's house, there came the sound of knocking on the door and the shopkeeper's shouting: "Master Xu, please open the door! Master Xu..."

  Xu Hua, who was originally cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes and asked in confusion: "What's going on?"

  "Xu Gongzi, it's like this. Niu Dajier and Niu San called out to reserve the best room in the wine tower, and as it happens, the room Gongzi is staying in is indeed the best room in the entire wine tower. So, I came down to inform Xu Gongzi that of course, his accommodation fee will be waived." The shopkeeper spoke without any politeness, as if this was only natural. For people in Luocheng, this was indeed not wrong - who would dare resist the words of those young masters?

  In the room, Xu Hua's eyebrows were furrowed and his face looked unpleasant. After finally finding a place to cultivate in peace and quiet, why would there be so many disturbances? Moreover, at this moment, there must not be many places to stay in Luocheng, and Xu Hua was naturally unwilling to give up.

  After some deliberation, Xu Hua finally decided not to give in. "I want this room, and I've already booked it for a month. If he wants to stay, you can arrange another room for him!"

  As soon as Xu Hua said this, the shopkeeper was stunned, his face full of incredulity. He couldn't believe that someone would dare to respond like this to Niu San Shao. Unconsciously, he thought that the person in the room hadn't heard him clearly, so he repeated: "Xu Gongzi, that is Niu Shi's third young master."

  Xu Hua in the room said somewhat impatiently: "I know, you go down!"

  The shopkeeper was somewhat annoyed, which made it difficult for him to deal with, but he also didn't want to take action, so he decided to let Niu San Shao handle the matter.

  ……

  "What? You said he refused?" The first to receive the news was naturally Xiao Chengzi. He had been following Niu San Shao and was used to being arrogant, but when he heard that someone dared not to give face to San Shao, he immediately became furious.

  "I think he's looking for death," said Xiaochengzi, pulling the shopkeeper's arm and saying, "Take me to see, I'd like to know who dares to be so bold."

  The two arrived at Xu Hua's house and were about to knock on the door when Xiaochengzi kicked it open with one leg.

  In the room, Xu Hua suddenly opened his eyes, and a thick murderous aura flashed in his eyes. His peaceful cultivation was disrupted by someone, how could he not be angry?

  But before he could speak, Xiao Chengzi had already swaggered in and loudly said: "I heard you don't even give San Shao face? I thought someone had grown three heads and six arms! But looking at you, you're not much different either..."

  He wanted to continue speaking, but was interrupted by Xu Hua's furious outburst.

  "Get out..."

  "What?!" Xiaochengzi was somewhat unbelievable, in Luocheng, someone dared to treat himself like this, although there were, but those people he knew, this person was absolutely not one he couldn't afford to offend. However, at this moment, he was scolded by such a nameless junior, which made him really hard to believe, but soon he burst into rage.

  "You damned little bastard, how dare you speak to me like that? I'll twist you into a human gourd." For a moment, Little Chengzi looked extremely ferocious.

  Wow...

  However, before he could make a move, Xu Hua had already taken action. Xiao Chengzi hadn't even reacted yet when Xu Hua punched him out of the door, and his miserable cry echoed throughout the entire wine building.

  "Ah...... Ah......"