Chapter 14 Isn't it good to live with dignity?
"Stop it!"
Li Tianyi looked angrily at the four strange men wearing Spirit Hall uniforms who were demolishing his house.
Hearing the roar, several men stopped smashing things and looked at Li Tianyi with contempt: "Hey, isn't this the lame loser who is famous in our Spirit Hall back?"
"You kid, remember this place will belong to our Brother Peng from now on. You don't deserve it." Another sharp voice followed.
Li Tianyi looked at the arrogant men and said coldly, "Does Palace Master Jia know you're doing this?"
"Haha, this place was granted to us by our Brother Peng and Palace Master Jia. It's been six years now, right? How long do you plan to just sit there and wait for death?"
"You have no business here anymore. Take your things and get out! Get out!"
Li Tianyi's face was gloomy, his icy eyes fixed on the men and he said coldly, "Pack up right now, and I might consider letting you go!"
Although he didn't care about many things, he absolutely could not tolerate having his home demolished. Even if they were exposed in advance, he would beat these men to a pulp.
Upon hearing the warning, several people burst into laughter. One man tilted his head playfully, "Second Brother, did I hear you correctly? This idiot said he wanted to teach us a lesson?"
The man called Second Brother ran towards Li Tianyi and spat fiercely. He raised his hand and picked up a wooden stool, which he smashed to pieces with a "bang", then ran over it with a fierce kick.
"Teach us a lesson? Come on, we're waiting here!"
"Hahaha, second brother, stop teasing that lame guy. Even if he wants to hit us, he'll have to slide for a long time before he can get over here."
Li Tianyi lowered his head, and no one could see his expression at the moment, but one could faintly see that his hair began to flash with a faint golden light.
The second brother pointed at Li Tianyi and teased, "Brother, stop talking. Didn't you see that this little lame guy is using his soul power to attack us?"
The eldest brother waved his hand and said, "Brothers, what's the point of teasing a lame guy who I can crush to death with one kick? We might as well hurry up and demolish the house, otherwise Brother Peng will blame us later."
After that, the eldest brother picked up a large porcelain bottle and threw it to the ground. The porcelain bottle shattered into pieces with a "crash".
Seeing the others remain motionless, the eldest brother angrily declared, "Brothers! Tear it down! Brother Peng is coming soon!"
"Boss!"
"Huh?"
"He, he, he..."
"What do you mean by he? Smashing things, you've gone mad, Fourth Brother?"
Fourth Brother trembled uncontrollably, his eyes fixed on the boss's back as he stuttered. The other two did the same, as if they had witnessed something terrifying.
The eldest brother instinctively turned around and saw Li Tianyi, his pupils missing, his hair standing up, and wrapped in golden flames. He emanated a powerful pressure, stepping towards him.
"You, you're not a cripple?" The eldest brother stared at him in disbelief, his body instinctively summoning two spirit rings, one white and one yellow.
Li Tianyi looked at the four men coldly and said calmly, "Tear it down! Why aren't you doing that?"
As if overawed by Li Tianyi's violent aura, the four stood there like wooden statues, not daring to speak.
"Speak up! Who just said he was going to crush me? Why are you so quiet now?" Li Tianyi sneered.
A cold sweat quickly broke out on the eldest brother's forehead. Watching the approaching Li Tianyi, he gritted his teeth and said, "Brothers, how could the four of us be frightened by a crippled loser?"
"Big brother is right. This kid doesn't even have a spirit ring, not even a spirit master. What's there to be afraid of?"
"Kill him!"
The four men immediately acted, summoning their spirit rings and unleashing their spirit abilities as they charged towards Li Tianyi.
"Boom!"
There was no such thing as evenly matched strength; only absolute crushing.
A stream of golden shadows instantly swirled around the four men, sending them flying backwards and crashing against the courtyard wall.
Li Tianyi, surrounded by rising golden flames, his face a furious expression. He stared at the terrified four and repeated, "Who said they were going to crush me to death with one foot?"
The four men's faces shrank in terror, their skin huddled together in fear. The eldest brother, trembling with fear, said, "Don't be so arrogant. Our Brother Peng will be here soon."
"Haha, your Brother Peng?" Li Tianyi closed his eyes.
As if sensing some kind of presence, he stomped on the bricks and stones beneath his feet and catapulted out of the yard.
Watching Li Tianyi walk away, the second brother staggered to the eldest brother, holding his stomach, and wondered, "Brother, why did he just leave like that?"
"Bah!" The eldest brother spat in the direction of Li Tianyi's departure and said, "This kid must have been afraid that Brother Peng would come to retaliate, so he just ran away!"
The fourth brother said bitterly, "He's different from us scum. Brother Peng is a genius in our Wuhun Sub-Palace. He has the Peng Demon Bird Beast Wuhun. This kid must have been scared away when he heard that Brother Peng was coming!"
"Bang!"
A black shadow like a tattered sack crashed down in front of them from outside the yard.
The four of them were like frightened birds, and were instantly startled.
Lying on the ground was a figure in tattered clothes, his body twitching and coughing up blood.
The eldest brother mustered up the courage to move closer and take a look. When he saw the figure clearly, his pupils shrank to the extreme and he said in a trembling voice, "Brother Peng Peng?"
"Brother Peng?" The other three scrambled over, seeing Pengbo, covered in wounds and speechless.
"Who's the one who can crush me to death, you or him?" a furious voice echoed from the courtyard gate.
Seeing Li Tianyi, his body ablaze with golden flames, his face a ferocious expression, the four hurriedly pushed aside the half-dead Pengbo and knelt down with a thud.
Terrified by Li Tianyi, the men begged for mercy in rapid, stammering words.
"Brother, it was us who didn't recognize the true master. It's all our fault."
"Brother, it was him. That piece of scum ordered us to do this," the eldest brother said indignantly, pointing at Pengbo.
Li Tianyi exuded a ferocious aura and slowly approached them.
The four men instantly lost their legs and feet in fear. The eldest brother scrambled to his feet and surrounded Pengbo, beating him with punches and kicks, muttering to himself.
"It's all your fault, you bastard! You made us mess with the wrong people. You're a worthless genius."
Seeing the boss's reaction, the other three also surrounded him, knocking Pengbo, who was already vomiting blood, unconscious.
The boss's servile behavior was clumsy, but the golden flames surrounding Li Tianyi gradually began to dissipate.
His pupils regained clarity, Li Tianyi clasped his hands, and muttered thoughtfully, "Transformation, does it require anger?"
Seeing Li Tianyi's violent aura dissipate, the others instantly prostrated themselves on the ground and crawled over.
Looking at the undignified people, Li Tianyi's anger faded, and instead a flicker of disappointment crossed his face.
"Isn't it good to live with dignity?"
The boss, upon hearing Li Tianyi's change of tone, slapped himself in the face and said with an apologetic smile, "Master, if you spared us, we'll have dignity."
"Heh, we can't stay here any longer," Li Tianyi turned coldly and walked out.
The four exchanged glances, then, looking at Li Tianyi's back, shouted, "Master, if you accept us as your followers, our lives will be even more dignified!"
Li Tianyi's face was stern, a sigh flickering in his eyes. He sensed a sense of sadness in these people.
Then, as Li Tianyi was about to leave, a flicker of resentment flashed in the four men's eyes.
"Puff!"
Li Tianyi turned around at the noise, seeing four raised heads and two figures suddenly appear.
(End of Chapter)