"How dare you! You stole my book!" Li Nao was so furious that his face contorted. Helplessly, he was no match for the tall and big Shu Yue in terms of height and build. In the end, he even got into a fight with Shu Yue.
In terms of fighting skills, the older Li Nao was naturally no match for the young and vigorous Shu Yue. But in terms of cultivation, Shu Yue was obviously no match for Li Nao.
Shu Yue dodged Li Nao's attacks with agile speed while threatening him from time to time with the evidence in his hand. "If the elder is not afraid of attracting all the disciples of Kunshan Sect, you can keep fighting. But it wouldn't be good for them to see you reading such books."
These words made Li Nao wave his long sleeve and withdraw his attack. He stared at Shu Yue in a rage but could only watch helplessly as Shu Yue waved the book in his hand triumphantly.
He tried his best to adjust his inner strength to suppress his emotions. Taking a deep breath, his voice was hoarse with anger. "Shu Yue, what on earth do you want to return the book to me?"
Shu Yue smiled extremely charmingly, a smile so dazzling that it seemed to tear Li Nao's eyes apart. "Oh, I didn't expect the elder to beg others. It's really a surprise."
"However, it's okay to return the book to you, but you must promise me one condition."
Li Nao gritted his teeth. "Shu Yue, don't go too far!"
"Okay then. Since the elder is not willing, I can only make this book public." Shu Yue pretended to turn around, but he didn't really intend to leave, because the next moment, he heard a compromising voice from behind as expected:
"Tell me. As long as it's not too excessive, I'll promise you."
For Li Nao, this was probably the first time in his life that he had been threatened, and what's more, he was threatened by a young kid who had caught him with evidence.
He resented Shu Yue but could only admit his bad luck. If he didn't go along with him for the time being, his respected image would be ruined.
Wouldn't the position of sect leader he had always longed for be destroyed because of this one wrong move?
Shu Yue smiled contentedly, with arrogance in his eyes and eyebrows. He said slowly, "It's very simple. You were the one who recruited me into the Kunshan Sect, so you have to be responsible for my cultivation."
"What do you want me to do?"
"I don't like reading those literary books. I just want to have actual combat as soon as possible. You said you're my master, so you should teach me."
Hearing this, Li Nao sneered. His laughter was sharp and sarcastic. Shu Yue even felt a chill down his spine.
While feeling surprised, he saw the furtive coldness and mystery in Li Nao's burning pupils.
"Hehe, Shu Yue, you're still too young," Li Nao paused for a while, stroking his frost - white beard. His smile made several wrinkles appear at the corners of his eyes. At first glance, his eyes were extremely sinister. "Do you really think I'm your master?"
Shu Yue frowned tightly, his sword - shaped eyebrows slanting into his temples. His voice also turned cold. "What do you mean by that?"
"To tell you the truth, I was just recruiting disciples back then. Your master is not me, and I'm not going to be your master either."
"So, you used this as an excuse to trick us in just to recruit disciples?"
Shu Yue suddenly felt that he had been so careless and ridiculous. He, who was always shrewd, hadn't seen through this deception.
Maybe he had been blinded by the elder's awe - inspiring aura and had been fooled around by this old fox.
"You can't put it that way. Your aptitude is indeed good, and there's also your father."
When Shu Yao was mentioned, Shu Yue saw a different light in Li Nao's eyes, and that light was as creepy as a greedy wolf.
He immediately became more vigilant. His deep eyes were as sharp as an eagle's and as cold as an arrow. He completely forgot the other person's identity and said in a cold and hard tone, "Li Nao, you'd better put away your evil intentions. Otherwise, I'll tear you to pieces!"
Needless to say, he could guess that Li Nao had evil intentions towards Shu Yao. Since their first meeting, he had noticed that Li Nao's look at Shu Yao was somehow strange.
But Li Nao sneered nonchalantly, looking at him disdainfully. "Do you think you can hurt me? And you can't stop me either."
"Don't forget, you're still in my grasp. If you dare to touch a single hair on my father, I'll make you infamous!"
"If you ruin my reputation, I'll just step down from the position of sect leader. But the price you pay won't be worth it."
"Do you think it's more important to ruin my reputation or to protect your father's innocence?"
Shu Yue's cold eyes swept over Li Nao like an ice blade, and Li Nao's smug smile instantly froze on his lips.
No matter how arrogant he was, he couldn't ignore those cold eyes like ice blades.
But soon, he smiled calmly again, waiting quietly for Shu Yue's answer.
The next moment, his neck was suddenly grabbed by a strong hand, and he was lifted off the ground. His breathing became rapid in this pair of hands.
"Uh..." Li Nao looked at Shu Yue from top to bottom. Shu Yue's veins were bulging, and his black eyes were now as red as blood.
The cold killing aura around him and the cruel and blood - thirsty look in his eyes made him look like a ghostly Asura, gradually taking away his life.
All his cultivation skills failed him at this moment. He could only struggle continuously in Shu Yue's palm, but this hand seemed not to give him any chance to breathe.
He didn't know that Shu Yao was Shu Yue's reverse scale. Once touched, it meant falling into hell!
"Say what you just said again?" Shu Yue's voice came slowly and eerily. All the pores on his body were dilated due to anger, and the familiar power in his body seemed to be gathering.
His hand uncontrollably tightened around Li Nao's throat. The bulging veins on his arm, temple, and neck all showed his suppressed anger.
Li Nao's increasingly blue lips and his struggle on the verge of death finally woke Shu Yue up.
He suddenly let go, and Li Nao collapsed to the ground, covering his chest and coughing continuously.
Although Li Nao's cultivation was stronger than Shu Yue's, at this moment, he was afraid of this devil who seemed to have walked out of hell.
Although Shu Yue was extremely handsome, his beauty was too otherworldly, and the domineering and fierce aura he emitted made Li Nao's momentum disappear instantly.
Shu Yue squatted down, expressionless and as cold as frost. He suddenly slapped Li Nao's shoulder with one hand, making the other person tremble.
He slightly opened his red lips and softly uttered a sentence, "Watch your step. Otherwise, you won't be so lucky next time."
Li Nao swallowed hard, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He felt that the cold hand on his shoulder would pierce through his shoulder the next moment.
Shu Yue hooked his lips evilly, as if mocking Li Nao's cowardice. He stood up. When leaving, he casually threw the book away and said lazily, "Hide your erotic pictures well. Don't let others see them again."
With this sarcastic remark, in Li Nao's resentful gaze, Shu Yue left the library as if nothing had happened.
Such a disgraced Li Nao swore to get back a thousand - fold or ten - thousand - fold of the humiliation he had suffered today from Shu Yue.
"Shu Yue, we'll see!"