Martial arts mastery? But I'm just a spoiled brat!

Yan Fengqi had actually anticipated this situation. In the past, he would have been happy to watch the show, and even hoped that these people would fight each other, preferably to the point of a real battle, so that he could go out and lead his troops to a decisive battle.

But now, he felt incredibly frustrated.

Especially when they knew that these warlords probably already considered him a sitting duck.

"Old Cao, let's get started!"

Yan Fengqi rubbed his temples and said something, his voice not loud, but loud enough for many people around to hear.

Yan Fengqi, in particular, has always attracted a lot of attention, so as soon as he opened his mouth, the people around him immediately looked over.

Those around Yan Fengqi looked at him, seemingly pondering the meaning behind his words.

The warriors standing behind the warlords sensed a strong killing intent in Yan Fengqi's words.

"It should have been done a long time ago!"

After hearing this, Steward Cao smiled, a rare occurrence.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, Steward Cao jumped up and soared into the air.

Upon seeing Chief Steward Cao's actions, the warlords who had just been arguing heatedly all booed and looked up at Chief Steward Cao, who had already leaped high into the air.

"You dare lay a hand on me!!"

Before the warlords could react to Chief Steward Cao leaping up, the warriors standing behind them had already stepped forward to protect them.

"How dare you!!!"

Behind the other two allied leaders besides Yan Fengqi's allied forces, two men immediately stepped forward, shouted sharply, and then punched Chief Steward Cao, who was in mid-air.

Clearly, they intended to kill Chief Steward Cao, who was currently in the air.

When these two men threw punches, their fists seemed to be enveloped by a vortex of air, and their fists made a shrieking sound in the air as they swung.

Before the two men's fists even reached Chief Steward Cao, the same vortex appeared around Chief Steward Cao, who had leaped high into the air, and the vortex even enveloped his entire body.

When the vortex of energy appeared around Steward Cao, his body fell down, and the speed of his fall was even faster and more violent than when he jumped. With the vortex surrounding him, Steward Cao seemed to be falling like a meteor.

"boom!!!"

Steward Cao fell from the sky, landing directly in the center of the huge round table. As he fell, a vortex of air exploded around him, scattering countless pieces of wood in all directions.

"Swish, swish, swish~"

Countless wood chips flew everywhere, and apart from the area in front of Yan Fengqi, these chips, enveloped in the vortex, began to shoot indiscriminately in all directions.

"Bang bang!!"

At that moment, the two men who had been throwing punches also threw punches at Steward Cao.

"Perfected internal energy!!"

The two men who punched Steward Cao showed no joy; instead, their eyes were filled with shock and fear.

"roll!!"

As the fists approached, Steward Cao remained calm. He stepped forward, his palms flipping downwards and striking out from both sides, delivering a powerful blow to the abdomens of both men using a Xingyi Quan move called "Advancing Tiger Thrust."

Instantly, the two martial artists were sent flying, even faster than when they had attacked.

After striking out with both palms, Steward Cao did not pursue, but simply stood there, looking around.

The hall was filled with wailing and chaos. People and horses were thrown about, and all the warlords rolled to the sides, many with splinters still embedded in their bodies.

Apart from Steward Cao, only Yan Fengqi remained seated comfortably in the hall.

However, although these warlords looked miserable, only a few of the weakest warlords actually died. The other warlords, who were protected by martial arts masters, only suffered minor injuries.

However, the martial artists in front of these people were in a worse state, with many of them still covered in splinters.

When a martial artist reaches the Transformation Realm, they will have internal energy protecting their body. However, the protective energy of a Transformation Realm martial artist has its limits. Obviously, the wood chips that flew out after Steward Cao fell just now had exceeded their tolerance range.

Once the dust had settled, Yan Fengqi slowly stood up and spoke calmly:

"Now I'm taking my army back to Shanxi Province. Does anyone have a problem with that?"

As he spoke, Yan Fengqi's gaze swept over the warlords and warriors huddled together around him.

No one around Yan Fengqi dared to look him in the eye, and they didn't even dare to let out any more cries of pain.

"Looks like you have no objections. Let's go, Lao Cao. Notify the army to return to Shanxi Province!"

Seeing that no one spoke, Yan Fengqi said something to Chief Steward Cao, who was still standing in the center, and then turned and walked towards the main gate.

Chief Steward Cao followed closely behind Yan Fengqi as they walked out.

At this moment, countless soldiers stood at the gate, guns pointed at Yan Fengqi, but none of them dared to fire.

Yan Fengqi completely ignored these people and continued walking out at a leisurely pace.

Yan Fengqi took a step forward, and the soldiers retreated several steps backward.

Only after Yan Fengqi left did the armed soldiers look at each other in bewilderment. With so many people and so many guns, no one dared to fire a single shot.

That's actually why Steward Cao didn't go all out just now.

His move had already intimidated all those warlords. If he were to go on a killing spree, he would definitely be able to kill all those warlords and martial artists, and even those two martial artists at the early stage of Gang Jin would not have just been knocked away by a single palm strike.

However, if that were the case, the consequences would be completely unpredictable.

After all, these warlords brought many personal guards, and their troops were stationed around them. If Chief Steward Cao were to start a massacre, those soldiers would definitely spare no effort to keep Chief Steward Cao and Yan Fengqi alive.

Chief Steward Cao is alright; these people can't keep him here. But it's hard to say about Yan Fengqi.

Moreover, if things escalate too much, Yan Fengqi will definitely not be able to safely take away all 200,000 troops he brought.

Therefore, in the end, General Cao chose the safest approach, since leading the troops back to Jin Province was the most important thing right now.

"It seems my chance for a breakthrough doesn't lie here..."

In the end, only Steward Cao turned around and glanced back.

When a martial artist cannot break through in their own meditation, the best way to do so is to face the crisis head-on and experience real combat.

Chief Steward Cao originally thought that he would encounter the opportunity for a breakthrough during this trip south, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Those warlords weren't powerful enough, and neither were the martial artists they cooperated with; they simply couldn't provide Chief Steward Cao with the sense of crisis needed to break through.

……

Time passed slowly, and Steward Cao demonstrated his strength within the alliance without resorting to lethal force, so there were many witnesses, and this matter could no longer be concealed.

Therefore, the news that the Yan family in Shanxi Province had a master naturally spread, and this matter attracted even more attention than Yan Fengqi sending the army back to Shanxi Province.

The Cao family, who had been closely monitoring the situation in Shanxi Province, naturally received the news as well.

Therefore, the Cao family did not wait any longer.