Chapter 60: Such a Noob!

Dandao frowned slightly. "Tianbao beat up Bai Yu?"

Du Buqin snorted. "Who else has the guts besides her? That little Bai brat cried so hard his voice cracked! When I came back, a wave of pursuers was right on my tail, and that fellow Bai Kui is bound to descend upon us any minute now! The Su family temple is right here, nowhere to run! The dilapidated temple we're staying in probably won't be spared either! Before things calm down, the two of us shouldn't go back. Hurry, hurry, get inside the house, and let's ride out this storm first!"

It wasn't that Du Buqin was a coward.

No matter how formidable he and Dandao were, two fists couldn't fight four hands. With the enemy's army pressing in, hiding first was naturally the sensible choice.

Dandao's frown deepened. "Hide here?"

"Where else is safer than this? There's a supreme martial arts expert protecting this place with a formation!" Du Buqin reasoned with absolute confidence.

"..."

The Su family members looked bewildered. "Elder Du, Tianbao beat someone up again?"

Su Da asked in more detail. "The Bai family? The Bai family that runs the rice and flour shop?"

"Yes, exactly that Bai family. Not only do they run the rice and flour shop, but they are also one of the two major overlords of the inner city of Fengyun City. Bai Kui, the head of the Bai family, committed too many evils in his youth, which left him without any heirs for the longest time. Later, after four years of sincere prayers to the Buddha, he finally begged for a son at the age of forty, treasuring him like the flesh of his own heart. Tianbao really knows how to pick her targets!" Du Buqin gnashed his teeth, his gaze shifting back and forth between the little tot and the Su family. "Whose disposition in your family did she inherit such guts from?"

The Su family members: "..."

Not a single person's.

Except for little Tianbao, no one else in the family possessed such ferocious daring.

Outside the small courtyard, the sound of thundering footsteps echoed, scattering the startled birds.

Dandao stepped forward to stand in front of the Su family, his hawk-like eyes quietly staring at the tightly closed courtyard door. "There are twelve top-tier martial arts experts, and archers are standing by a hundred meters away. Old man, take them inside."

Without another word, Du Buqin bolted into the main room.

Take them? He had better hide himself first.

He needed to find a good spot so he could observe from which corner that legendary expert would eventually emerge!

As long as that expert didn't die, his obsession with gathering rare medicinal herbs would never fade!

Hehehehehe!

The Su family members were panicked, but they no longer felt the abject despair and hopelessness of past crises.

Therefore, after Dandao gave the order, not a single member of the Su family hid. Instead, they turned around, grabbed whatever makeshift weapons they had, and flanked Dandao on both sides.

Prepared to fight shoulder to shoulder with him.

They were not people of the pugilistic world, but since Dandao honored his promises, they too valued righteousness.

The young boys followed suit, mimicking their parents by gripping firewood and wooden sticks, their eyes wide and lips pursed, standing on strict guard.

Tianbao was furious to the extreme.

She couldn't walk yet, so while everyone else was arming themselves, she could only roll around on the ground.

"Ah! Angry!" The milk-fed toddler sat near an adult's feet, throwing punches at the air in sheer rage.

Dandao glanced down at her, his peripheral vision sweeping across the Su family, and his grip on his saber tightened with a bit more force.

At that moment, a voice rang out from beyond the courtyard gate.

It was a clear, childish voice, still laced with milky softness. "Open the door and hand that little brat over! Once she comes out, young master here won't make things difficult for you! Otherwise, I'll have people scour Tubei Mountain clean!"

Just by the sound of the voice, one could tell the speaker was young, but the arrogance in his words and his utter contempt for human life chilled anyone to the bone.

The Bai family had dispatched dozens of martial arts experts; while a portion guarded their young master, another portion remained hidden in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike.

The atmosphere was tense, and the situation could erupt into violence at any second.

Bai Yu stood right outside the Su family's door, draped in a sapphire brocade robe secured with a jade belt, looking exquisitely noble and pompous.

He was seated atop a specially crafted small rosewood-carved circular armchair, looking thoroughly grand and imposing, just like a young master from a wealthy household out on an excursion.

He clutched a small whip in his hand, glaring fixedly at the cheap wooden door in front of him as he ground his teeth audibly.

"Hurry up and come out, young master is running out of patience!" he shouted again, fiercely swishing his small whip twice, producing sharp whistling sounds through the air.

After a prolonged silence within the courtyard, the courtyard door creaked open from the inside, and Su Da stepped out.

"Young master, my daughter injured you. If you want to vent your anger, take it out on me! I, Su Da, will take full responsibility! I only ask that the young master not make things difficult for other innocent people!" he said angrily.

Not many people lived on Tubei Mountain—only around a hundred or so.

With a single sign of displeasure, the young master of the Bai family was ready to wash Tubei Mountain in blood, treating human lives as less than ants.

While the Su family could certainly protect themselves by staying out of it, their conscience wouldn't allow it.

Seeing that the person who came out was a grown man, Bai Yu furrowed his brows and angrily shouted, "I'm looking for that little brat, what are you coming out for? Step aside!"

"I am her father—"

"Even if you were her ancestor, young master wouldn't be looking for you!" Bai Yu made a hand gesture. "Archers, ready!"

Right behind the door, several hands instantly reached out and yanked Su Da back with lightning speed.

The adults had been focusing entirely on the outside and failed to notice for a split second, only realizing something was wrong when they saw the strange expression on the young master's face.

...Little Tianbao had crawled out at some point!

"Tianbao!" Old Mrs. Su screamed in alarm, immediately lunging forward to scoop up the tot who was still trying to crawl further.

By the time the child was gathered into her arms, both the old woman and the baby were outside the courtyard gate.

The faces of the Su family members drained of color. No longer caring about danger or safety, they rushed forward, trying to squeeze their way out, only to be blocked by Dandao.

"Finally came out! Hmph!" Bai Yu hopped down from his chair, trotted over to the old woman, and tilted his head up to glare at the toddler in her arms. "Get down! Young master is giving you a chance at a one-on-one duel, lest people say my Bai family bullies the weak with our influence! If you can beat me this time, I'll let bygones be bygones!"

A three- or four-year-old boy, articulate and acting like an old-timer.

To make his words sound more convincing, he magnanimously tossed his little whip onto the ground. "Everyone in the Bai family listen up! No one is allowed to interfere in the duel later! Anyone who disobeys dies!"

Old Mrs. Su's lips trembled. "Young master..."

Bai Yu's face darkened. "Shut up! I wasn't telling you to speak!"

Tianbao's face also darkened. She abruptly broke free from the old woman's arms and slid down, moving too fast for anyone to react.

How dare he scold my grandma? He's asking for a beating!

Her feet touched the ground, *thud*.

Tianbao landed flat on her bottom.

Struggling to climb back up, *thud*, another flat fall on her bottom.

Tianbao: "..."

Bai Yu: "..."

Bai Yu: "Hahahahaha!"

The next instant, the young master of the Bai family went from extreme joy to sorrow when his ankle was grabbed by a tiny hand and yanked hard.

*Thud*.

The moment his bottom hit the ground, Bai Yu was completely dazed.

Before he could recover his wits, the little milk-fed tot lunged at him like a fierce little tiger, pinning him to the ground and starting to pummel him.

Her little fists looked soft and harmless, but only Bai Yu knew how painful they actually were.

"...Wah! Sob, sob! It hurts, it hurts! Stop!"

"You—how dare you beat me? I'll kill you!"

"Get off, get down! Stop hitting me, waaah!"

The surroundings fell into a dead silence once more.

Because the young master had previously called for a fair, one-on-one duel, the Bai family members simply stood there, hesitating and unsure whether they should step forward to help.

The reaction of the Su family was equally unanimous: they all squatted down, buried their heads in their hands, and stared blankly with lifeless, world-weary eyes.

Darling, please leave a little margin for mercy.

That's the young master of the Bai family, the son of the overlord.

"Waaah—mmh—"

Finding the crying noise annoying, Tianbao gathered her little claws, pinched Bai Yu's mouth tightly shut, and lifted her chin, looking down at him with utter disdain. "Noob!"