Huang Xiaolong couldnât help smiling a little hearing the discussion on the next table and didnât mind it in the least.
Huo Ping? Top grade thirteen martial spirit, White Bear, twenty two years old, late-Xiantian Second Order strength... âIndeed, his talent can be considered not bad.â Huang Xiaolong thought to himself.
Huang Xiaolong didnât mind the discussion on the next table, but hearing someone put a new guy, Huo Ping, on the same status as his Big brother, even saying that the kidâs talent was much better compared to his Big brother, Huang Xiaohai was very much disgruntled in his heart.
Fire exploded in Huang Xiaohaiâs eyes, but just as he was about to stand up, Huang Xiaolong pressed a hand on his younger brotherâs arm, shaking his head,âJust a small thing, leave it.â
âBig brother!â Huang Xiaohai was stunned, but the look from Huang Xiaolongâs eyes made him return to his seat down.
Huang Xiaolong opened one of the wine jugs, pouring out two bowls for them, âCome.â
The brothers clinked their wine bowls and took a big mouthful, filling the mouth with the fragrance of wine.
Huang Xiaolong nodded: âNot bad.â This Hometown Wine, although not as good as the Sapidity Wine, it did not lose out to the Snow Moon Wine he had with Lu Kai in the Luo Tong Kingdom.
At this time, the voices from the next table sounded again.
âSay, what do you think Young Noble Divine Dragonâs strength is now?â
âSeveral years ago, when he participated in the Imperial City Battle, he had just broken through the Xiantian realm, in my opinion, he is at most a Xiantian Fourth Order.â
âXiantian Fourth Order? I think thatâs not possible. Talented as he might be, itâs impossible to advance one order every year, my guess is that he is a Xiantian Third Order. Who knows, maybe he hasnât even reached late-Xiantian Third Order.â
Xiantian Third Order? Huang Xiaolong nearly choked listening to these peopleâs estimations, smiling helplessly. Whereas Huang Xiaohaiâs brows furrowed deeper, these peopleâs words grew more outrageous the more they talked.
That year, Huang Xiaolong revealed his strength once, but the Huang Family and Emperor Duanren had the news blocked, thus common people, in general, had no idea of Huang Xiaolongâs strength.
Another wave of words floated over to their table.
âI heard that Huo Ping made a declaration yesterday, saying that he wants to pay a visit to the Southern Hill Estate to ask Young Noble Divine Dragon for âguidance.ââ
Guidance... meant asking for a battle.
âIf that is true, I wonder who would come out on top.â
Huang Xiaohai couldnât hold his temper in anymore, hearing that Huo Ping guy actually planned to go to that Southern Hill Estate to look for his Big brother.
âA bunch of idiots!â He scolded.
The customers at that table looked over, hearing Huang Xiaohaiâs voice.
âKid, what did you say just now?!â A shaggy beard middle-aged man stood up from his seat and snapped at Huang Xiaohai. That expression was exactly one of an evil and vicious character.
âI said, all of you are a bunch of idiots, didnât you hear?â Huang Xiaohai repeated coldly.
That shaggy beard middle-aged man erupted in rage, one hand unsheathed the big knife in his hand, barking: âKid, youâre courting death!â and wanted to attack Huang Xiaohai.
But at this time, at sudden ruckus swept across the restaurant first floor.
âItâs Huo Ping!â
âThis yearâs Imperial City Battle first place winner, Huo Ping!â
That shaggy beard man was surprised, he stopped and turned over to look, like everyone else. Not far from the main streets below, there was a young man wearing a short-sleeved blue robe with an accompanying treasure sword hanging from his waist. Handsome features, in his early twenties, and he was crossing the crowd below, walking toward the Happy Monarch House with a group of bodyguards tagging behind him.
From the beginning, this young man wore a proud, lofty expression on his face. Well, it was inevitable for any young man to look a little proud after winning the Imperial City Battle, at the same time possessing an amazing talent, top grade thirteen superb talent martial spirit.
Everywhere Huo Ping walked past, the street was packed with disciples from big families, young men and women, cheering at Huo Ping.
By this time, Huo Ping reached the restaurantâs entrance, being welcomed personally by the restaurant owner with utmost respect before entering the premise.
Huang Xiaolong retrieved his gaze from the window, shaking his head. Merely from the short observation just now, Huo Ping gave him a bad impression.
Seconds passed and Huo Ping and his group of bodyguards came up to the first floor. The present guests all stood up, smiling in a complaisant manner and smartly moved to the sides.
Watching the respectful demeanor around him, Huo Ping nodded with satisfaction, but when his sight fell on Huang Xiaolong and Huang Xiaohai, who remained sitting by the window, he frowned slightly.
He turned toward the restaurant owner saying, âBoss, I want to reserve the entire first floor to celebrate with my subordinates here.â Done saying that, he threw a bag of gold coins into the restaurant ownerâs hand, âThose who have already ordered, take it as my treat.â
Receiving the bag, the restaurant owner weighed it roughly in his palm, estimating about five to six hundred gold coins inside, his face immediately bloomed, âYoung Noble Huo Ping, holding the celebration banquet in our Happy Monarch House is our honor, itâs just that...â His face looked a little ugly, as the proprietor, it wasnât proper for him to chase his customers away.
Seeing this, Huo Ping looked around the first floor, âYou have no objections, right?â Nearly all the first-floor customers smile amiably, nodding there were no objections.
The restaurant owner secretly breathed in relief, however, noticing that two people were still sitting by the window table, he hesitated for a moment before approaching Huang Xiaolong and Huang Xiaohai with a smile he deemed friendly, âThese two brothers, Young Noble Huo Ping wants to reserve the entire first floor, how about I arrange another table for the two guests on the ground floor?â
The restaurant ownerâs demeanor was considered polite.
At this point, Huang Xiaohai took out a bag of gold coins, pouring out everything inside, it probably contained one to two thousand gold coins, then said, âSince itâs like this, then us brothers are reserving the whole first floor. Those who have already ordered, consider it as our treat...â pausing here, Huang Xiaohai looked at Huo Ping and sneered, âAs for those that havenât ordered, forgive me, tell them to scram!â
Scram!
Everyone was aware who those words were intended for, because only Huo Pingâs group just came up and havenât made an order.
The restaurant owner blanked staring at the gold coins littered on the floor, and the customers that prepared to leave halted their steps.
âThis kid dared to challenge Young Noble Huo Ping?! Whatâs his background?!â
âWhat background? I say, they donât even know how miserably they will die in a moment!â The shaggy beard man who was discussing Huang Xiaolong and Huo Ping loudly earlier scoffed.
The crowd was stirred, but the expression on Huo Pingâs face was extremely ugly. He didnât expect that he would encounter such a thing after coming here to celebrate with his subordinates.
âYoung Lord, these two brats are so lacking in tact, how about this subordinate go there and teach them how to behave?â One of the guards behind Huo Ping approached him, giving a suggestion.
Huo Ping lifted his arm, stopping the guard beside him. Watching Huang Xiaolong and Huang Xiaohai, he snapped coldly, âWhich family are you two from? Have both of you thought about the consequences of doing this?â
Huang Xiaohai shrugged his soldiers nonchalantly, âConsequences? Why donât you tell us then, what are the consequences of our actions?â
Huang Xiaolong sat watching in silence, thinking that his younger brotherâs temperament was quite like himself.
Hearing that, Huo Pingâs face darkened as if water was about to drip out.
The restaurant owner stepped forward to persuade Huang Xiaolong and Huang Xiaohai, âThese two brothers, in my opinion, itâs better if you go down to the ground floor. In fact, ground floor or first floor is just the same.â In his eyes, this was for Huang Xiaolong and Huang Xiaohaiâs benefit, it was not necessary to offend Huo Ping, who had a strong background, merely for a table.