I Can See Your Combat Power

Chapter 721: Chapter Fifteen: Inviting Guests

This outsider dared to lay his hands, he really dared to! Doesn’t he want to participate in the Martial Arts Conference!?

The shock silenced the onlooking crowd, looking at each other as if to confirm what they witnessed.

At this moment, a middle-aged man stepped out from the doors of the Arbitration Office, furrowing his eyebrows and asking, “What’s all the commotion?”

His shout jostled the silent spectators back to life. Like seeing a member of their own family, they began to complain to the middle-aged arbitrator.

“Arbitrator, it was this outsider, he disregarded the Martial Prohibition Order and attacked in the city, you must apprehend him!”

“Yes, yes, sir Arbitrator, these outsiders are brazen, blatantly disregarding the orders of Martial Saint Mountain and daring to fight right at the entrance of the Arbitration Office. They clearly do not respect your authority!”

“That man lying on the ground with a mouthful of blood is our guide from Kunwu County. He was just trying to recommend a hotel for these outsiders, but a few harsh words resulted in them savagely breaking all his teeth. Arbitrator, you must seek justice for him!”

The middle-aged man with both cheeks smacked to smithereens finally collected himself. Seeing the arbitrator appear, he let out a wail, tearfully pointing at his own beaten face, prostrating himself repeatedly before the arbitrator as if he had suffered a great injustice.

The group from Longxi only watched on coldly with arms crossed. They were invited to Kunwu County to participate in the Longzhou Youth Martial Arts Conference, not to plead for mercy. Tang Luo, the leader of the group, did what all the members wanted to do. It was agreed upon before the journey that Tang Luo would be responsible for all decisions during their visit to Kunwu County. Since Tang Luo had decided to take action, the rest would just follow.

Their only regret now was missing out on the Youth Martial Arts Conference. Everyone was ready to fight their way out, especially the Fire God from the Xiao Family, who had already resolved that if the arbitrator showed even the slightest bias, he would burn down the Arbitration Office.

“Silence!” The middle-aged arbitrator instructed the crowd, stepping out to inspect the injuries of the middle-aged man.

Seeing the arbitrator approach, the middle-aged guide managed to move forward on his knees, pointing to his bloody mouth. He made unintelligible noises and continuously pointed at the broken teeth scattered on the ground and the bloodstains on his chest, his face streaked with tears.

“Did you all start this?”

The atmosphere became incredibly tense, although only one middle-aged arbitrator had shown up, the group of young people from Longxi felt as if they were facing a towering mountain.

How should they respond? If they admit then they would be violating the Martial Prohibition Order, they could never admit it. With no evidence apart from the visible wind of the palm, if they fiercely deny, everyone except Xiao Ziyu and Tang Xing cast pitiable looks at Tang Luo, none of them wanted to miss the opportunity to participate in the Martial Arts Conference.

Please, don’t admit it!

“We didn’t start this.” Tang Luo corrected the arbitrator’s remark with a relaxed expression, then proudly pointed to his chest, “It was I who acted alone.”

Li Xuanba and Cui Haoran’s mouths hung open in disbelief, unable to believe that Tang Luo would just admit it like that, despair in their eyes.

They lost their team leader before the Martial Arts conference even began, not to mention violated the Martial Prohibition Order of the Martial Saint Mountain. What kind of punishment would the Arbitration Office enforce? This decision, it’s completely absurd!

Although they admired Tang Luo’s courage to take responsibility, the two still felt aggrieved. Xiao Ziyu’s face was filled with surprise, he did not expect Tang Luo to be so straightforward.

“Well done.”

The middle-aged arbitrator was rather amused: “You violated the Martial Prohibition Order on your first day in Kunwu County and even blatantly admitted it with a carefree expression. I’m not sure if I should call you arrogant or foolish.”

The onlooking crowd was equally astounded when Tang Luo bluntly admitted, which immediately sparked their excitement, wanting to see how this outsider full of arrogance would face despair.

Longxi’s group became gloomy, like dark clouds covering them. Admitting to the attack meant there was no room for turning back, and they were filled with nothing but despair now.

Xiao Jinlin, on the other hand, remained calm, and Tang Luo, the main culprit even started laughing.

“Killing a person is only five years of hard labor. What’s a slap in the face counted as?”

“I controlled my power perfectly, besides his teeth and two cheeks, I didn’t hurt him anywhere else.”Tang Luo took out a wad of cash from his pocket, tore off a bill, and waved it in the air, “This is a 10,000 gold note from the Beast Taming Sect. I believe it’s enough to find the best doctor in Kunwu City, order a gold tooth implant, and the rest can buy some ointment for his face.”

With a flick of his fingers, the banknote floated down in front of the kneeling middle-aged man, and Tang Luo asked the arbitrator:”Do you think the price I paid for violating the Martial Prohibition Order is reasonable?”

What’s the most important thing in playing chess? It’s about finding the boundaries of the board and keeping your pieces within the board.

The Martial Prohibition Order is there to maintain the stability of Kunwu County, not to create an equal city for all. It’s just that many of its provisions are exploited by weak commoners who in turn oppress the martial artists.

If you think about it, even the Martial Saint Mountain wouldn’t antagonize powerful families over commoners. Compared to Xu Sheng in Yuanzhou, Martial Saint Mountain is more like a Heavenly Dao of Longzhou. While it exists, it its no different than if it was not there. Also, would such a power bother to protect the commoners? Tang Luo highly doubted it.

A flood diverted to the west of Longzhou left tens of millions of people homeless, and half a year later not a single messenger from the Martial Saint Mountain appeared. Could you expect such a force to love the people like their own children? Daydreaming!

Just as Tang Luo predicted, after paying an appropriate price, the middle-aged arbitrator glanced at the gold ticket on the ground and uttered the word “reasonable”, then turned away without looking back.

Can they really get away with this?

The group from Longxi was left with their mouths wide open in shock, staring at Tang Luo.

And the middle-aged man with a broken face and missing teeth was even more miserable. The onlookers were immersed in a sense of inexplicable horror.

These outsiders really don’t fear the Martial Prohibition Order? They even behaved like the old hands of Kunwu County!

Those savages are dreadful. The few people who had instigated the middle-aged arbitrator to severely punish Tang Luo melted into the crowd, bowing their heads, intending to leave. But just then, they heard the rustling of banknotes being torn apart.

“I exchanged 1 million gold for banknotes when I entered the city, enough to compensate for a hundred sets of teeth.”

Tang Luo gave a cheerful smile as he distributed the torn gold bills to his teammates. He then waved his hand and said grandly, “Don’t be shy, this round is on me.”