The master went down the mountain

"Thunderous strike!"

Upon seeing Lei Zhen, Tian Nong's face instantly turned ashen, and he said coldly:

"Lei Zhen, your disciple beat my son in public, causing my son to lose face. I didn't even go to settle the score with you, but you actually delivered yourself to our doorstep. Did you come here deliberately to humiliate my son and me?"

"Chief Tian, ​​you've misunderstood. I'm not here to humiliate you; I'm here to apologize to Young Master Tian!"

Lei Zhen bowed and scraped, explaining with a sheepish grin like a grandson.

Although Tang Zhan authorized him to reveal some of his strength, he still wanted to minimize the damage and let it go. If things escalated, it might affect Tang Zhan's plan to join the Xuanmen Club!

"Apologize?"

Tian Nong's eyes grew increasingly sinister, and he said coldly:

"My son lost face because of his uterine coldness, and you think an apology is enough?"

"So what do you mean?" Lei Zhen asked.

"Make Gong Han cripple his cultivation and withdraw from the Xuanmen Club!" Tian Nong said coldly.

Lei Zhen's expression changed drastically. He had thought that Tian Nong would retaliate against Tang Zhan, but he did not expect Tian Nong to be so ruthless!

He continued with an awkward laugh:

"Chief Tian, ​​do you know why Gong Han hit the young master?"

Before Tian Nong could ask, Lei Zhen continued:

"Lin Canglan hired Gong Han to protect An Mengtian. Su Rui tried to rape An Mengtian, and Gong Han, acting on his bodyguard duty, beat Su Rui. Then Su Qingxue went to find Young Master Tian, ​​who wanted to publicly slap Gong Han's face and break his right hand. Only then was Gong Han forced to challenge Young Master Tian!"

Lei Zhen's original intention was to let Tian Nong know the truth, so that Tian Nong might feel embarrassed to retaliate against Tang Zhan, since Tian Ye was the one who started the whole thing!

"What do you mean by that? Are you telling me that my son started this, that he deserved to be beaten and lose face, and that Gong Han bears no responsibility whatsoever?"

After hearing this, Tian Nong not only failed to recognize Tian Ye's mistake, but also angrily questioned Lei Zhen in an extremely domineering and unreasonable manner.

"Even if Gong Han was forced to challenge Tian Ye, he could have easily pretended to be no match for Tian Ye, or fought to a draw, giving Tian Ye enough face. There was absolutely no need for him to slap Tian Ye in public and make her lose face!"

Lei Zhen's face turned ugly:

"Chief Tian, ​​that's a bit unreasonable of you!"

"So what if I'm unreasonable?"

Tian Nong rushed over and grabbed Lei Zhen by the collar, coldly saying:

"Let me tell you, Lei Zhen, since Gong Han dared to hit my son, he must pay the price. If he refuses to cripple his cultivation and withdraw from the Xuanmen Club, then don't blame me for being impolite. I have a hundred ways to kill you both!"

"Why!"

Lei Zhan sighed. He then realized that he had been too naive. Tian Nong was a petty and unreasonable person who was very protective of his own. He shouldn't have humbled himself and come to apologize!

"Since you've put it this way, I have no choice but to challenge you!"

Lei Zhen no longer fawned over Tian Nong, but straightened his back and looked at him coldly.

Tian Nong and Tian Ye were stunned for 10 seconds before they reacted, and then the father and son burst out laughing on the spot!

"A challenge to me?"

Tian Nong laughed so hard he could barely breathe, and said:

"Lei Zhen, did you have a stroke that affected your IQ? You, a mere peak eighth-grade cultivator, challenge me? Don't you know I'm a mid-fifth-grade cultivator? The difference in our cultivation isn't just three grades, it's like heaven and earth. Someone like you, I could kill a whole bunch of them with one strike!"

"According to the rules of the Xuanmen, if one side challenges, the other side must accept the challenge!" Lei Zhen said expressionlessly.

Tian Nong's smile vanished: "Are you serious?"

"I'll wait for you at the training ground!"

Lei Zhen was too lazy to waste any more words with Tian Nong, so he turned around and left, taking the fruit basket he had brought with him as he went!

"Is he insane?"

Tian Nong watched Lei Zhen leave the ward, then looked at Tian Ye and asked!

"He's not crazy!"

Tianye guessed in a deep voice:

"If I'm not mistaken, he knows that Gong Han offended you and will face retaliation sooner or later, so he deliberately launched a suicidal challenge against you and me, using his own death to bring me down, thus ensuring Gong Han's safety!"

According to the rules of the Xuanmen (Mystic Sect), neither side is allowed to kill the other in a challenge. If one party dies, the other party's cultivation will be abolished and they will be expelled from the Xuanmen Club!

"Lei Zhen is quite the schemer!"

Tian Nong sneered:

"Unfortunately, I won't let him have his way. The rules of the Xuanmen only prohibit both sides from killing each other in a challenge, but they don't prohibit using excessive force. So I'll cripple him and then challenge Gong Han in public!"

"Then let's hurry to the training ground! I can't wait to see Gong Han's expression when he witnesses Lei Zhen being crippled!" Tian Ye exclaimed excitedly!

The father and son immediately left the ward, and Tian Ye even called the law enforcement team to spread the news of Bu Leizhen's challenge to Tian Nong!

Everyone at the Xuanmen Club was completely stunned!

They all suspected they had received fake news!

Lei Zhen challenges Tian Nong?

How is that possible!

However, they still rushed to the training ground as soon as possible, not because they wanted to see Lei Zhen and Tian Nong fight, but because what's so interesting about a fight with no suspense!

What they really wanted to see was how Tian Nong would ravage Lei Zhen, and Gong Han's reaction after seeing Lei Zhen being ravaged!

They even hoped that Gong Han would challenge Tian Nong in a fit of anger; that would be interesting!

"Wow, there are quite a few people!"

Tian Nong and Tian Ye deliberately walked very slowly. When they arrived at the martial arts arena, it was already packed with people!

Basically, everyone who came to watch Tang Zhan challenge Tian Ye has come!

"Lei Zhen, the difference in cultivation between us is too great. I can give you a chance. As long as you kneel down and kowtow to me 100 times, cancel the challenge, and then let Gong Han cripple his cultivation and get out of the Xuanmen Club, I will pretend that this never happened!" Tian Nong said contemptuously.

"I can give you another chance. If you and your son give up on seeking revenge against Gong Han, I can cancel the challenge and save face for you!"

Even now, Lei Zhen still doesn't want to escalate the situation!

The entire audience was speechless!

Everyone was staring at Lei Zhen like he was an idiot!

This old guy is only at the peak of the eighth rank, yet he dares to spout nonsense and say that he wants to give Tian Nong a chance. It's ridiculous!

"Since you're so stubborn, don't blame me for bullying you!"

Tian Nong wasn't angry; on the contrary, he was secretly delighted. He was genuinely worried that Lei Zhen would cancel the challenge, which would prevent him from crippling Lei Zhen in public and thus provoking Gong Han to challenge him!

He adopted the demeanor of a master and said:

"You make the first move. If I do, you won't have a chance!"

"good!"

Lei Zhen didn't stand on ceremony, nor did he care to. He walked up to Tian Nong and slapped Tian Nong away!

This scene almost made everyone's eyes pop out!

What did they see?

A peak eighth-rank cultivator sent a mid-fifth-rank cultivator flying with a single slap?

This is too surreal!

However, after the visual and emotional shock of Tang Zhan slapping Tian Ye away, the onlookers quickly realized what had happened this time!

Lei Zhen wasn't even at the peak of the eighth rank!

For the past seven years, this old man has been concealing his cultivation level!

Lei Zhen is at least a high-level fifth rank, or even a peak fifth rank, to be able to slap Tian Nong away!