Why are all of us who transmigrated at the same time demons?

He patted Shi Shouxin on the shoulder and spoke to him in a serious tone.

“Keep your word. I can tell you clearly that these families that you consider top-tier are not even considered top-tier in the eyes of someone of my level.”

"You must remember, in the entire world, there are only nine families that can be called top-tier families, also known as the 'Nine Celestial Surnames'."

"The Nine Clans of Heaven and Man?" Shi Shouxin's voice unconsciously rose as he thought of something from the name. "Could it be...?"

Chen Zhongguo's appearance was somewhat unfathomable.

"No matter how you explain the reasons, this world is ultimately maintained by violence. Whoever controls violence is the master of this world."

"And the greatest violence in this world comes from those celestial beings who kill first-rank officials like chickens and disregard the firepower of the army!"

"And these celestial beings have always had only nine surnames, do you understand? Keeping promises."

"Mayor, could the person we've been waiting for be a noble person from the Nine Clans of Heaven and Man?" Shi Shouxin quickly realized.

“That’s right, and not just any ordinary member of the Nine Heavenly Clans. Otherwise, why do you think I would go to such lengths to welcome him?” Chen Zhongguo sneered. If his father-in-law hadn’t recently met this important person, he wouldn’t have known the other party’s true identity.

He had heard his father-in-law say that this important person loved showing off and grand gestures, and that his arrangement would surely please him.

"Let that guy surnamed Shen make a scene. If he angers that person, let's see how he handles it."

Shi Shouxin was greatly encouraged. He had already thought that the noblemen of the Yu family were unreachable, but now a top nobleman who was even more distinguished than the Yu family had come to this small place, Jiangcheng.

Shi Shouxin must perform well and try to make sure that the important person remembers his name, or at least become a familiar face.

He desperately wants to improve!

Chapter 102 Urban Life: Celestial Master, Dragon King, and God of War

While Chen Zhongguo and Shi Shouxin were waiting anxiously, they were unaware that the influential person they wanted to curry favor with had already slipped out of the station using magic.

Under an overpass near a wealthy area of ​​Jiangcheng, a fortune-telling stall was set up with the slogan "Authentic Taoist teachings, unerring predictions".

The stall owner was the same Taoist priest who had been wearing a colorful robe at the station. Now, he had changed into simple casual clothes, put on a pair of large sunglasses, and was pretending to be a fortune teller.

"Do those idiots in the Jiangcheng government really think I, Xia Lintian, don't know what they're up to?"

A cold smile played on Xia Lintian's young face.

"These bumpkins from Jiangcheng have no idea of ​​the profound mysteries of Haotian Dao's magic. Even if I'm in a crowded train station, I can still detect their presence through my Heavenly Eye Technique."

"They've made such a grand show of things, how am I supposed to pretend to be innocent now? How am I supposed to play the fool and take advantage of the situation to slap them in the face?"

Xia Lintian, from the secluded Haotian Dao sect, was exactly as Chen Zhongguo had learned: he loved to show off and put on airs. However, this so-called "showing off" and "putting on airs" was not as simple as Chen Zhongguo had imagined.

In fact, Xia Lintian has a unique understanding and preference for showing off.

He wasn't simply pursuing superficial showing off and extravagance; rather, he preferred to demonstrate his strength and charisma after thoroughly humiliating others. This way of showing off allowed him to enjoy the sense of accomplishment of defeating his opponents while simultaneously showcasing his power and superiority to others.

Similarly, Xia Lintian's fondness for pomp and circumstance was also unique.

The kind of pomp and circumstance he favored wasn't the kind that involved lavish pre-emptive displays and ostentation, but rather a more shocking and attention-grabbing presentation after a dramatic reversal of fortune. Such grand displays not only highlighted his abilities and status but also left those who had once looked down on him speechless, thus satisfying his deep-seated, perverse pleasures.

Therefore, Chen Zhongguo's attempt to flatter backfired spectacularly.

Chen Zhongguo has now been remembered by the petty Xia Tianshi, and he might be retaliated against at any time.

However, even Chen Zhongguo, the head of the Jiangcheng government, was just a nobody in Xia Lintian's eyes, not worth mentioning. Xia Lintian had more important things to do, so he would put this nobody aside for the time being.

"Where did this swindler come from, coming to Tianlu Garden to swindle and cheat people?"

"A true disciple of the Daoist sect, with uncanny accuracy? A true disciple of the Daoist sect, instead of cultivating Taoism and refining elixirs in a Daoist temple, is running around telling fortunes under the overpass in Jiangcheng?"

A young man with an arrogant face and dressed in luxurious clothes was arm in arm with his female companion, looking at Xia Lintian's stall with disdain.

"Ignorance isn't your fault, but it's your problem to come out here and pollute the air with your brain-dead idiot." Xia Lintian retorted without any politeness.

Suddenly enraged, the young man slammed his fist on the table and roared at Xia Lintian.

"You dare to tell my fortune? If you're right, I'll reward you handsomely. If you're wrong, don't blame me for overturning your stall."

“Okay, it’s a deal. What’s the big deal?” Xia Linqi said calmly and confidently.

"Even if I can't get a marriage proposal today," the young man said, a sly smile playing on his lips, seemingly a provocation.

Qi Mei stared wide-eyed at her boyfriend in astonishment, unable to believe that Liu Ting would say such a thing.

"Liu Ting, are you crazy? How could you dare to make such a bet?" Her voice was tinged with anger and confusion.

Liu Ting smiled dismissively, as if it were no big deal. However, Qi Mei knew very well that this gamble, regardless of its outcome, would not benefit them.

If the other party predicts that Liu Ting's marriage proposal will be successful, then according to the bet, even if Liu Ting ultimately succeeds, he will have to pay a huge sum of money out of thin air. Qi Mei will only feel that this is an ominous sign, as if her luck has been cursed. But if Liu Ting wins the bet, it means that his marriage proposal will end in failure.

And if the other party predicts that Liu Ting's marriage proposal will fail, that would be even more unlucky! Even if Liu Ting eventually succeeds in proposing and proves the fortune teller wrong, so what? Why should she be cursed beforehand? Just for a few words?

No matter how you look at it, Liu Ting didn't gain anything! Qi Mei really couldn't understand why he would take such a risk and create trouble for himself. She couldn't help but secretly complain to herself, how could this man suddenly become so foolish?

"It's a deal." Xia Lintian narrowed his eyes slightly, concealing the burning intensity in his gaze as he looked at Qi Mei.

"It's actually the rare Profound Yin Physique, an excellent physique for a furnace vessel. Master was right, the place where we Daoist prodigies have our fortuitous encounter is right under the Heavenly Bridge."

"Hehehe, little beauty, this Celestial Master has taken a liking to you."

As Xia Lintian watched Qi Mei's graceful figure disappear into the distance, a surge of passion welled up in his heart.

He had already calculated it; it was a hexagram of six clashes, which is most taboo for marriage.

If the six lines in a hexagram are in conflict with each other, the conflict signifies separation. If a marriage divination involves a hexagram of six conflicting lines, the marriage will either fail or encounter unexpected changes along the way.

The marriage proposal is definitely not going to happen.

In Xia Lintian's view, Liu Ting, that idiot, not only had to face the embarrassment and humiliation of the Qi family, but also had to obediently pay him a large sum of money, and finally had to give his girlfriend to him as a vessel.

"The Profound Yin Body ranks second on my Haotian Dao Furnace Cauldron List, second only to the Peach God Body, which is worth your attention, Daoist Master."

Beside Xia Lintian's feet was a black talisman that was about to burn out.

This talisman is a secret transmission of the Haotian Dao, called the Bewitching Talisman. Even a minor grandmaster could fall for it if he wasn't careful, let alone a spoiled brat like Liu Ting with shallow foundations.

Not long after, looking at Liu Ting, who walked out of the Qi residence dejectedly like a defeated rooster, and Qi Mei beside him with an unpleasant expression, Xia Lintian smiled smugly. It was time to take advantage of the situation.

Meanwhile, in another mansion in Tianlu Garden, a different drama was unfolding.

"This is outrageous! The Ye family's son-in-law is going to betray his master!"

A young man with a crooked mouth looked disdainfully at the middle-aged noblewoman who had been slapped to the ground and was now crying.

"The three-year period has come to an end, and I no longer need to endure it."

"Are you crazy, Ye Xuan? You good-for-nothing son-in-law, apologize to my mother!" A young and beautiful woman with a somewhat mean face slapped Ye Xuan across the face.

Ye Xuan slapped the other person across the face. Seeing the other person clutching their swollen face, their eyes filled with disbelief, Ye Xuan felt a surge of pride and pointed at them, scolding them.

"Let me tell you, only Ruyan has the right to hit me. Who do you think you are!"

In a residence on the very edge of Tianlu Garden, chaos had already broken out.

"You have no guts! How dare you treat the wife and daughters of the God of War of the East like this, making my sister-in-law and Xiao Li live in a doghouse."

A tall, burly man was kicking a middle-aged couple while cursing angrily.

"Brother, what do you mean?" Another man approached the handsome middle-aged man who was comforting a mother and daughter.

The middle-aged handsome man has a chiseled face, and the diagonal scar on his right eye does not diminish his good looks; on the contrary, it adds to his domineering and weathered appearance.

"Buried alive, this is the consequence of bullying my wife and daughters, Tang Xiaotian."

Upon hearing this, the group of people who were still lying on the ground groaning panicked and called out to the mother and daughter who had been bullied.

"Ali, I've never bullied you! Please, have mercy on me!"

“Xiaoli, your uncle is getting senile, but Xiaoyang and the others have nothing to do with this. It was all your uncle’s idea. If you want to kill someone, just kill me.”

"You unfilial daughter, how can you treat your parents and grandfather like this?"

"You bastard, why didn't I just kill you back then?"

"The eldest daughter of the prestigious Wu family, having a fiancé yet still cheating on him, was abandoned by the other man and even gave birth to an illegitimate child, bringing shame to the Wu family. Now she's colluding with her lover to bully her own family. You're truly an ungrateful wretch."

The sounds of pleas for mercy and angry curses filled the air, enraging Tang Xiaotian, who called himself the God of War.

What does it mean to cheat on someone? Tang Xiaotian and Wu Lihua were deeply in love; that unloved fiancé was the third party. And what does it mean to abandon someone? The Tang family army needed him; how could he be preoccupied with romantic feelings? He just left in a bit of a hurry, forgot to tell Wu Lihua, and was too busy in the army, forgetting about Wu Lihua and her daughter for ten years.

Can you call it abandoning a war god's wife and daughters? No, it's sacrificing one's family for one's brothers.

He slapped the cursing old man across the face. Tang Xiaotian's angry blow was incredibly powerful; the old man's head exploded like a watermelon, with blood, flesh, and bone fragments splattering all over the villa.

Wu Lihua nestled in Tang Xiaotian's arms, feeling the powerful presence of her man. The little girl beside them watched the bloody and brutal scene, her eyes filled with fear of her father.

Three places, three things settled.

The Dragon King bid farewell to his humiliating three-year stay as a live-in son-in-law and strode towards a brighter tomorrow.

The God of War buried his wife's family alive, then, with one arm around his wife and the other holding his daughter's hand, he swaggered out of the Wu residence with his brothers.

Meanwhile, the Celestial Master successfully extorted a large sum of money from Liu Ting and left Qi Mei with an image of being wise, powerful, and mysterious, making his pursuit of the woman imminent.

At the entrance of Tianlu Garden, the Dragon King, the God of War, and the Celestial Master met at an extremely coincidental time.

Chapter 103 Urban Setting: The Protagonists Start Fighting Each Other

"This guy looks familiar?" Dragon King Ye Xuan looked at War God Tang Xiaotian with some doubt.

"This guy looks familiar. I think I've seen him somewhere before," War God Tang Xiaotian began to ponder.

"Damn it, these two guys are just as handsome as me, this is outrageous!" This was Heavenly Master Xia Lintian. "Wait, I feel like I've seen these two guys somewhere before."

"Holy crap" x3.

"The Little Dragon King of the Dragon King's Palace?"

"Tang Xiaotian, the commander of the Tang Family Army?"

"Huh?" x2

Who are you? x2

Tang Xiaotian and Ye Xuan looked at Xia Lintian; they didn't recognize this guy.

Xia Lintian sneered inwardly. Ye Xuan was the only disciple of Xiao Kun, the old Dragon King of the Dragon King Palace, and also the next Dragon King of the Dragon King Palace. In this world, the Dragon King Palace was considered the top-tier power below the Nine Heavenly Clans, especially the old Dragon King Xiao Kun, a peak first-rank expert who had been the undisputed "number one expert below the Heavenly Realm" for the past thirty years.

Tang Xiaotian is the leader of a faction within the Eastern Army. Due to certain special reasons, the feudal remnants of this world are still incredibly vast. For example, at the military level, there are numerous factions and private armies throughout the army.

Tang Family Army was originally a border army - the Eighth Army Corps of Laoshan, or Lao Ba Army Corps for short.

However, the upper-ranking officers of this army have long been filled with members of the Tang family and their subordinates, almost turning it into a one-man show by the Tang family. Therefore, in the outside world, this army is known as the "Tang Family Army".

Both the Dragon King Palace and the Tang Family Army are considered to be among the top-tier forces below the Nine Heavenly Clans.

Therefore, Xia Lintian, who comes from one of the nine surnames of the Heavenly Realm—the Xia Clan of Haotian Dao, would condescend to learn about these two people.

However, Xia Lintian is at the very top of the social hierarchy in this world, so he can know information about Tang Xiaotian and Ye Xuan, but Tang Xiaotian and Ye Xuan are unaware of Xia Lintian's information.

In Tang Xiaotian and Ye Xuan's eyes, Xia Lintian was a frustrated and unsuccessful conman who made a living by swindling and cheating.

But how could such a low-level con artist accurately call out the names and identities of these two people?

"Who are you? Were you sent by those old fogies?" Tang Xiaotian reacted the most strongly. Several old fogies in the clan were very dissatisfied with his taking over as the commander of the Tang family army and had been trying to challenge his authority.

If those old fogies found out that he had abandoned the important business of the Tang family army for Wu Lihua, a woman from a small place like Jiangcheng, they would definitely seize the opportunity to cause trouble and shake his position.

Moreover, Tang Xiaotian's unmarried status at his advanced age has displeased his father and grandfather. If they were to find out that he had married Wu Lihua, a woman of unequal social standing, and had a daughter with her, it would surely enrage them.

In that case, the assistance I can get from them in the future will probably be greatly reduced.

No, before I can settle things with my wife Wu Lihua and daughter Tang Xiaoli, there absolutely cannot be any leaks of information here.

"Gale-force Killing Path - First Form"

"Crushing mountains and pulling up seas"

While Ye Xuan was still somewhat puzzled, Tang Xiaotian attacked Xia Lintian with the decisiveness of a so-called "God of War," immediately unleashing a killing move from the Tang family's secret martial arts.

A fist aura, like a blood-red gale, enveloped Tang Xiaotian's massive fist, unleashing a fierce fist intent that clearly demonstrated Tang Xiaotian's second-grade martial arts cultivation.

Seeing Tang Xiaotian suddenly reveal his murderous intent, Xia Lintian laughed in anger. How dare this lowly bastard outside the Nine Heavenly Clans bare his fangs at a true noble like him?

It seems we have to teach these bastards a lesson. They shouldn't think they can stand on equal footing with a celestial power like Haotian Dao just because they have some power and wealth.

With a graceful light footwork, Xia Lintian widened the distance between himself and Tang Xiaotian. Then, Xia Lintian pointed his sword finger, and countless yellow talismans mixed with purple talismans flew out rapidly from his Tai Chi satchel.

A purple talisman leads nine yellow talismans to form a small array, then the nine small arrays form a medium array, and the twelve medium arrays are nested and combined with each other, evolving into a huge talisman array under the command of a small array composed of ten purple talismans.