OBS Chapter 224 Acting Clan Chief
Chapter 224 Acting Clan Chief
Yun Fuzhao raised her hand, and all the swords fell into her grasp.
Yu Zhiyue's face lit up with joy, "Master!"
Upon hearing this address, Hu Zhiyuan paused for a moment, then said coldly, "So it's you. You just said all these swords are yours?"
Yun Fuzhao nodded. "That's right, it's mine."
Seeing his dismissive attitude, Hu Zhiyuan was filled with rage. He was wary of the Yu family behind Yu Zhiyue, but this person with no background or connections dared to be so presumptuous in front of him.
“I treated you with respect before because of your connection with the Yuchi family. But now that you’ve joined our Wuming Family, you must abide by the rules here,” Hu Zhiyuan said. “You brought contraband into the Wuming Family without permission, so you should be punished with whipping.”
Yu Zhiyue's heart tightened upon hearing this, "Master..."
She couldn't help but worry. Although she knew her master was powerful, Hu Zhiyuan's cultivation had already reached the Nascent Soul stage.
This man is cunning and treacherous; my master may not be his match.
"Peace of mind."
Yun Fuzhao returned the swords to his disciples one by one, dismissing Lü Zhijing's warning. "I don't recall any sect rule stating that longswords are contraband."
"I am the clan chief, and my word is law."
Wow, this person is shameless; how could they say something like that?
"Guards, drag her away."
These half-baked experts really couldn't do anything to her. Yun Fuzhao conjured a small fireball the size of a palm in her palm. "Go."
The small fireball easily drove away the disciples who wanted to approach her.
Seeing his power, Hu Zhiyuan's eyes flashed with surprise. This cultivation level didn't seem to be at the Spirit Void stage.
“I didn’t mean to go too far,” Yun Fuzhao said, drawing out Tai’a sword. “But since you’ve said you’re going to hit me, I can’t just stand here and let you hit me.”
The sword tip pointed at Hu Zhiyuan. "Really, you're forcing me to take action."
Hu Zhiyuan's face turned black with anger. How dare this guy be so arrogant in front of him? "Since you're so stubborn, let me teach you a lesson about manners."
Yun Fuzhao nodded, "Okay."
Hu Zhiyuan held his breath as dark yellow talismans rose up around him.
He was actually a talisman cultivator.
The dark yellow talisman spun rapidly, and in the next second it shot towards her like an arrow.
Yu Zhiyue was a little worried, "His talismans are very powerful, you have to be careful..."
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than Yun Fuzhao's sword gust of wind swept away his talisman like a piece of paper being torn apart.
The talisman that had the power to destroy an entire sect was no different from paper in her eyes.
Everyone was stunned by this scene.
Yu Zhiyue swallowed her worries.
Hu Zhiyuan's expression froze; he couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes.
He had never encountered such a situation since he began cultivating. His talismans, even among the lesser families, would certainly hold a place, if not compared to those of the major clans.
However, his talisman was easily destroyed by this young upstart in such an extremely insulting way.
Yun Fuzhao looked surprised. "Strange, why have these talismans stopped working?"
"W-who are you?"
"Ordinary people."
Yun Fuzhao had no intention of competing with someone he could defeat in a single move. "Clan leader, the Nameless Clan has not established any cultivation paths. Disciples here who wish to cultivate must find their own methods."
She decided to appeal to his emotions and reason. "As long as we can defeat our opponent, what difference does it make what kind of training we do?"
Hu Zhiyuan had already developed some apprehension towards him, and the brief exchange made him realize that he was no match for him.
"This is the Northern Continent. You dare to cultivate with a longsword? Are you courting death?"
Yun Fuzhao gave him a look that said, "You don't know this," and asked, "I'll just ask the clan leader one question: Is there a rule that forbids practicing swordsmanship in the Northern Continent?"
Hu Zhiyuan pondered for a moment, and realized that no one had ever made such a rule.
It's just that the North and South continents have been at odds for a long time, and people on both sides don't want to be associated with the things they use.
"That's all nonsense," Hu Zhiyuan said. "The Nameless Clan is already discriminated against and ostracized by the major clans. If they were to practice this sword technique as well, wouldn't they become a laughing stock of the entire Northern Continent?"
"No."
Yun Fuzhao smiled and said, "Regardless of whether it's the Southern Continent or the Northern Continent, strength is the only true measure of success."
Yu Zhiyue understood her master's thoughts. She walked to Yun Fuzhao's side and whispered, "Master, instead of trying to persuade him with reason, why not try to bribe him with spirit stones?"
Yun Fuzhao lowered his voice, "If we can use reason, why waste those spirit stones?"
Yu Zhiyue: "..."
However, Yun Fuzhao soon discovered that Hu Zhiyuan was impervious to reason. He didn't care about the strength of the nameless family; he cared more about his own face.
Practicing swordsmanship would bring him shame, nothing more.
Yun Fuzhao had asked Lian Sheng, and learned that Hu Zhiyuan was a very shrewd man who had curried favor with many powerful families. Getting rid of him directly would be very troublesome.
After careful consideration, Yun Fuzhao decided to persuade him in a simple and down-to-earth way.
There is nothing that spirit stones cannot solve.
Yun Fuzhao directly purchased the agency rights of the Nameless Clan with spirit stones. In other words, she is now the acting clan leader.
Hu Zhiyuan is a man of both flexibility and humility. The more rude he was to Yun Fuzhao before, the more obsequious he became after seeing the mountain of spirit stones.
Such people often live to the end. If hardship is likened to a hand, then Hu Zhiyuan is like an eel, which hardship cannot catch.
……
Before leaving the Northern Continent, Yun Fuzhao planned to visit the market, as he had heard that unexpected opportunities often occurred there.
Unexpectedly, I ran into someone I knew here.
Yun Fuzhao casually bought a mask from a stall, put it on, and hid in a corner to observe.
The woman in green was Yu Muqing, and the man standing next to her...
She pondered for a moment, and thought it was that proud son of the Shangguan family, what was his name again... Oh, Shangguan Yun.
How did they end up here?
“I know you don’t want to come out with me,” Yu Muqing picked up a jade hairpin and examined it. “Me neither. But we can’t disobey our elders.”
"Ah."
Shangguan Yun was a man of few words, and when the two of them were together, it was mostly Yu Muqing who did the talking.
From their conversation, Yun Fuzhao roughly understood that this was most likely an arranged marriage. It was normal for a prominent family to have such a union.
Yun Fuzhao watched for a while, then, finding it boring, was about to leave when he heard Yu Muqing say, "What's it like to have dragon blood? Can all the people in your Shangguan family talk to dragons?"
Hearing this topic, Yun Fuzhao became interested and said to the waiter, "Give me a bowl of soup noodles."
"Yes."
Shangguan Yun's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly. "I don't know."
"How could you not know? Didn't you light up all the Dragon-Asking Stones during the Dragon-Asking Ceremony?"
Shangguan Yun's fingers tightened, "I..."
The conversation between the two stirred Yun Fuzhao's thoughts. Was it Jiaoyu's doing back then? Shangguan Yun clearly knew this himself, and his expression was somewhat unnatural.
After listening for a while longer, Yun Fuzhao didn't hear any useful information, so she stood up and prepared to go to the market.
As she passed a small stall, she was drawn to a black stone.
"Open the gems, what you get depends entirely on your luck, young master, would you like to give it a try?"