HLnovel Chapter 1 Did you just kick my face?
Chapter 1 Did you just kick my face?
A novel adapted from the background story of Nagaka.
The Wuji Empire, west of Yongzhou.
Outside Linxi County.
A luxurious carriage is traveling on the bumpy official road.
Three strong servants followed on either side.
After a long time, a dilapidated little village appeared.
Qian Wuzhen, the captain of the coachman's guard, spoke up:
"Young Master, we've arrived."
He gently knocked on the carriage.
Inside the carriage, the young master Qian Xuanming looked on expectantly and slowly reached out to part the carriage curtain.
"Heh, we've finally arrived, haven't we? Have you found out where that young lady Zhang lives?"
The guard captain, Qian Wuzhen, quickly said with a sly smile, "Young master, you can rest assured about my work. That young lady's family lives inside..."
Qian Xuanming's lips curled into a wicked smile: "Alright, alright, I didn't see it clearly yesterday. Today I'll have to take a close look, inside and out, hahaha..."
Qian Wuzhen chuckled, "I saw her yesterday, and this young lady is quite the beauty..."
Hearing this, Qian Xuanming became even more excited, a smile spreading across his face.
"Hmm, not bad, not bad. My elder brother is taking a concubine tonight, so I might as well take one too. Maybe my brother will take a fancy to this young lady, and I can switch with him, hahaha..."
The two guards nearby quickly chimed in and burst into laughter as well.
Qian Xuanming walked out of the carriage with a smile, stepping on the back of a guard to get off.
He suddenly stopped smiling and looked down at the kneeling guard, Qian Wude.
"Hmm? Why aren't you smiling? Aren't you happy for me?"
Qian Wude remained motionless, seemingly convulsing.
Qian Xuanming was a little annoyed and kicked him in the cheek.
"Hmm? Are you trying to annoy me?"
Qian Wude was kicked down under the carriage, foaming at the mouth, his eyes rolling back, and his body convulsing.
This situation startled Qian Xuanming: "Old Zhen, what's wrong with him?!"
Qian Wuzhen gave an awkward smile: "Young Master... let's go first. Don't worry about him. It's an old problem of his; he'll be fine in a while. It's good to leave him here to guard the car..."
Qian Xuanming was utterly speechless and immediately spat out, "Disgraceful wretch!!"
Qian Wuzhen had no choice but to force a smile, though she was secretly annoyed with Qian Wude.
Beside the carriage, Qian Wude, who had been kicked and was convulsing, had been completely replaced by Xu Tianyi, who had just transmigrated.
A moment later, he looked at the world with some surprise.
"Where...where have I been dressed?"
His mind was filled with confusion.
Shaking his head, Xu Tianyi got up.
He rubbed the footprints off his face, leaned on the carriage, and looked up at the group of people.
"Who the hell kicked me in the face just now? Huh? Speak up!!"
Young master Qian Xuanming was furious when he saw his bodyguard Qian Wude acting so arrogantly: "You've gone too far! Have you lost your mind?! Slap him!!"
Upon hearing the young master's order, the guard captain, Qian Wuzhen, stepped forward without a word and launched a fierce attack on Xu Tianyi.
"Snapped!!"
"Qian Wude!! Kneel down and apologize to the young master!!"
The other two guards beside him were already chuckling. Qian Xuanming held his head high and stared at him coldly, as if he wouldn't be satisfied until he gave him a satisfactory result.
Xu Tianyi was suddenly slapped and couldn't help but cover his face, looking at the master and servant in disbelief.
Turning his head, he saw two other guards smirking.
He felt both angry and aggrieved.
Having just transmigrated, I was subjected to two major beatings; most people would have tolerated it.
But I, Xu, have practiced martial arts since childhood, and my grandfather always said that I am a peerless genius, one in ten thousand.
Now, this peerless genius has actually been subjected to a major confrontation by someone else!
This is simply outrageous!
As the saying goes, anger arises from the heart, and evil is born from the gall.
Xu Tianyi's eyes grew increasingly murderous.
Young Master Qian Xuanming was startled, but then became even angrier.
"You bastard! Are you trying to kill your master?! Qian Wuzhen, what are you standing there for... Holy crap!!"
He turned and angrily berated the captain of the guard, then he suddenly heard a scream.
"Pop...uh..."
Xu Tianyi suddenly swayed his body and punched the guard on his right in the throat.
The other party had been watching with amusement, never expecting Xu Tianyi to make a move against him.
The punch shattered his throat, and intense pain shot through his neck. He felt dizzy and disoriented. Even in his dying moments, he couldn't believe it: "The one who kicked you was the young master... the one who slapped you was the boss, why did you hit me?"
The instant he was punched, a long knife was already embedded in the chest of the guard on his left.
He couldn't believe it either: "The one who kicked you was the young master... the one who slapped you was the boss, why did you stab me?"
With a double kill in a second, Xu Tianyi then kicked the guard captain, Qian Wuzhen, flying.
He drew his knife and held it to the young master's neck.
"Was it you who kicked me just now?"
Qian Xuanming was shocked: "Holy crap?"
Xu Tianyi slammed down on him, yelling, "Speak!! Who the hell gave you the guts to kick me?!"
Qian Wuzhen panicked: "You wretched wretch, let go of the young master!!"
"Shut the hell up! If you dare to yell again, I'll chop your young master up!"
Qian Wuzhen shut his mouth in fear, but stared intently at him.
"Snapped!!"
Another powerful slap landed, and Qian Xuanming felt excruciating pain on his right cheek.
"I...I am..."
"Snapped!!"
Xu Tianyi roared, "Kneel down!!"
Qian Xuanming looked at the Qian family guards' uniforms and covered his face, feeling wronged. Why would his own guards slap him?
"Clap clap clap clap clap!!"
"Stop! Qian Wude! Let go of the young master!"
Xu Tianyi sneered, "Who the hell has such a lousy name? It's awful! Why aren't you kneeling down?"
Qian Xuanming's swollen right cheek was in excruciating pain. He couldn't understand why he was only slapping his right cheek, as it was so asymmetrical.
But before he could think any further, seeing Xu Tianyi about to open the fan again, he immediately knelt down.
"Spare...my life..."
"Pfft..."
Xu Tianyi slit his throat with a single blow: "Spare me? Are you kidding me? You brought your guards to this village to abduct women and were planning to kill their entire families. You want me to spare you?"
Qian Xuanming's eyes revealed suffocating despair. Blood gushed from his broken neck. He couldn't utter a word. Before he died, he could only look at his guard captain with resentment, blaming him for not coming to save him.
Xu Tianyi kicked his corpse to the ground.
He was about to draw his sword and finish off the last guard captain.
He suddenly felt a slight disturbance in his mind.
Calming my mind and examining it closely, I saw a flawless, pure white jade pendant floating there quietly.
On the jade pendant, a "正" character is clearly engraved in a vigorous and elegant style.
At this moment, the jade pendant began to tremble slightly, as if it had a life of its own.
Immediately afterwards, a warm and gentle internal force, like a trickle, flowed continuously from the jade pendant, then flowed slowly through his mind and into his entire body's meridians.
As internal energy continued to flow in, Xu Tianyi felt his previously tired body gradually become full of power, and his limbs and bones were enveloped by a warm and comforting aura.
His eyes lit up suddenly, and an indescribable excitement welled up in his heart: "Could it be... the internal energy I have been dreaming of and pursuing for twenty years?"