Armipotent-Chapter 2142: Confronting Alliance Leader

Zhong Tian Yun instantly arrived at the location that Old Zhou told him. He recognized the Lotus Moon Pavilion. It was the famous brothel in the city, close to the Murim Alliance’s headquarters. It was just like twenty steps away from the headquarters.

That was why he and his friend didn’t like it when they heard what happened. His Master was killed not long ago, yet the disciple tried to visit the brothel on the same day. Even so, Han Lingxiao was still their friend’s disciple, the successor of their friend. They should do something to help Han Lingxiao if he encountered trouble.

The moment he stepped out of the headquarters, he could see the Lotus Moon Pavilion. One of the buildings that remained intact after the battle against the Heaven Founder. That was easy to find, and he watched the situation from a distance instead of helping his friend’s disciple.

Han Lingxiao was lying down on the ground, clutching his belly. That didn’t seem to be a serious injury. That was why he didn’t immediately interfere. He wanted to see the people that Old Zhou talked about.

"That’s the owner of the Lotus Moon Pavilion."

Zhong Tian Yun looked at the person that Old Zhou pointed at. At first, he didn’t sense anything from the man, but then he understood what Old Zhou meant by saying that he would understand if he saw the man.

He sensed danger from that man. His intuition told him that he might be in danger if he fought this man. He furrowed his brow, trying to find what made this man dangerous. At the same time, he tried to recall this man’s face.

With his long experience, he should recognize someone this powerful, but he could not recall anything. But maybe he had heard his name before.

"What’s his name?" He asked Old Zhou.

"I have asked their regular customers. The owner is Tang Shaoyang, and he apparently purchased the Lotus Moon Pavilion around a month ago. That was one or two days after the Lotus Moon Pavilion."

Old Zhou explained. In fact, Old Zhou had his eyes on Lotus Moon Pavilion ever since the change of ownership. The new owner bought the brother ten times the selling price.

For someone who had that kind of money, they must be famous or someone related to the big merchant, yet he could not find anything that connected the Lotus Moon Pavilion to the big merchant family or merchant group.

That was why Old Zhou put the Lotus Moon Pavilion into the watch list. However, they didn’t do any suspicious activity. The only thing that got his attention was that the Lotus Moon Pavilion completely changed its workers.

That was a normal thing to do when a group of people took over a business. It was normal to replace them with the people they trusted.

The guards were also normal; the strongest one was at the Void Realm. That was the information he gathered until today, when Han Lingxiao tried to force the establishment open to serve him. The owner easily repelled Han Lingxiao, who was at the late-stage God Realm.

That meant the owner was at least at the 3rd-Stage True God Realm. But the feeling he got from observing Tang Shaoyang told him that this man was stronger than him. That was why he immediately notified the Alliance Leader about the situation.

Zhong Tian Yun never heard that name before.

"Tang as if the Tang Family?"

"I investigated it when I first heard his name. But the people from the Tang Family don’t know him. Our insider informant, also in the Tang Family, also doesn’t know this man." Old Zhou expected his lord to question the relation between this man and the Tang Family.

His initial reaction was the same when he learned the name of the new owner. It made sense as well if this person was related to the Tang Family. The Tang Family didn’t lack money. They could easily buy this business, but unfortunately, their investigation bore no fruit. This man was not related to the Tang Family.

"So you say someone this powerful appears out of nowhere, and the timing also coincides with the Heaven Founder’s appearance. Why didn’t you inform me, Old Zhou?" Zhong Tian Yun suspected that this owner might be related to the Heaven Founder.

"This is my first time seeing the owner, My Lord. I didn’t know the owner would be this strong until now." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Old Zhou then shook his head, "Even though Tang Shaoyang is suspicious, I don’t think he is related to the Heaven Founder, My Lord. He didn’t help the Heaven Founder in their attempt to kill you, My Lord."

Zhong Tian Yun overlooked that matter, and he agreed with Old Zhou. If Tang Shaoyang joined the fight, things might get dangerous for him and his friend. The fact that this man didn’t join the fight meant he was not the Heaven Founder’s people.

The Alliance Leader was in deep thought, considering all the possibilities of the owner’s identity. That was until he saw Han Lingxiao attack Tang Shaoyang.

He could stop Han Lingxiao right now and avoid the conflict, but his curiosity got the better of him, and he used his friend’s disciple as bait. He wanted to see how powerful Tang Shaoyang was. He might not be able to tell it accurately, but this should help him gauge how strong this man was.

However, Tang Shaoyang didn’t need to make a move as a man behind Tang Shaoyang moved. His attention was on Tang Shaoyang, and he ignored the people behind Tang Shaoyang.

The man interfered and caught Han Lingxiao’s spear with bare hand. His eyes widened in surprise as he witnessed how the man lifted Han Lingxiao into the air and slammed him to the ground like a child. That showed the gap between Tang Shaoyang’s subordinate and Han Lingxiao.

Even Old Zhou, who was at the 5th-Stage True God Realm, might not be able to overpower Han Lingxiao that easily, yet this unknown man did it. He immediately made a move when Tang Shaoyang’s subordinate planned to kill his friend’s disciple.

"Stop!"

He stood between Hang Lingxiao and Tang Shaoyang’s subordinate.

There was something wrong with the man in front of him. This man was not surprised to see him and was also not afraid of him. He might sound arrogant, but no one didn’t know him in the Sacred Realm. Not just because of his status as Murim Alliance Leader, but because of his title as Sword God.

The Realm acknowledged that he was at the pinnacle of swordsmanship, which was why people gave him the Sword God title. This was a fresh reaction for him as Tang Shaoyang’s subordinate was smiling. This man was excited to meet him.

’I guess they must be this bold to make a ruckus in my domain.’

The crown recognized him. They gasped in surprise, and the crowd buzzed to see the Alliance Leader here.

"Isn’t it too far to kill him over a trivial problem?" Zhong Tian Yun questioned the man. At the same time, he released his domineering intent to intimidate the man in front of him. He wanted to confront the owner, not the subordinate.

The crowd immediately cried in surprise as they stepped back. His intent was just too powerful for them, but not for the man in front of him.

"I have no intention to kill him. I just want to return his spear and a little stab on the shoulder as a reminder for him and the others. This is what happens if you hurt our people."

The man made a bold statement in front of the alliance leader that shocked the crowd. Daring to say something like that to the man at the peak of the Sacred Realm was beyond crazy. No sane person would dare to say that to the Alliance Leader.

"Since you are here, you can take him back and make sure to keep him inside your house instead of letting him run wild. Especially if you are afraid he will get killed, you should keep a close watch so that he doesn’t do something stupid again."

Han Lingxiao quickly got back on his feet once the Alliance Leader appeared. He felt safe with the Sword God with him.

"We can’t let them go, Uncle Zhong. They slandered My Master. They said my Master was the one who destroyed the city, even though my Master sacrificed his life to protect the city! They must apologize to my Master and kneel in front of Master’s grave for at least a week!"

Han Lingxiao would not let this end so easily, especially when the Sword God was on his side. They must pay the price for refusing to service him.

Zhong Tian Yun indeed heard that statement before Han Lingxiao tried to attack the owner of this establishment. He almost forgot about it because he was busy figuring out Tang Shaoyang’s identity.

"You need to explain that statement! Why are you trying to slander a dead person who protected the city from evil?"

He looked past the man in front of him, directly looking at Tang Shaoyang, who made the slanderous statement about his friend.