Li Xiaotian shrugged helplessly as he saw Ye Qingmei and Fang Yuan looking disbelieving. He gently placed Ye Qingmei back in her seat, then sat down himself, holding Tiantian, and said in a soft tone.
"Don't worry, this seat is reserved for us. What, you don't believe your husband?"
"I believe you!" Ye Qingmei replied, but her face was full of curiosity and doubt.
"Presumptuous! Li Xiaotian, what right do you people have to sit in this seat?"
"A seat specifically reserved for you? Li Xiaotian, I didn't expect your bragging skills to be so impressive!"
From not far behind, Li Weihai and his group saw Li Xiaotian actually sitting at Table Number One. Their faces immediately turned grim, and they began to scold and mock him.
"My Li family is one of the three top aristocratic families in the Great Qin Empire, and we are fortunate enough to be seated at Table Number Three by the appreciation of Lord Li Shanhai of the War Department. You, Li Xiaotian, are just a piece of trash. What right do you have to sit at Table Number One? Get up and scram, don't force us to act!" Li Weihai said with a cold sneer.
The elder of the Zhao family also sneered upon hearing this, looking at Li Xiaotian and his group with venomous words. "Li Xiaotian, why don't you get up and scram? Find a seat in the back corner and wait quietly for the banquet to end before you die!"
"Heh heh, didn't someone just say that Lord Li Shanhai would be at the same table as them later? I didn't expect some people to be so arrogant and good at bragging!" Zhao Lu sneered.
"Xiaotian, I think we should leave. Stop joking. This is the capital, and everything here requires rules." Fang Yuan's face was pale, and he was so scared he didn't know whether to sit or not.
"Don't pay attention to them, this is our seat!" Li Xiaotian said calmly.
Seeing that Li Xiaotian and his group remained motionless, quietly sitting at Table Number One, Li Weihai and the others' scolding grew louder.
Li Weihai gave a look to the elder of the Zhao family. The latter nodded slightly, and then the entire Zhao family stood up and walked towards Li Xiaotian with angry faces.
"Li Xiaotian, don't think that just because you know where you stole an invitation from, it can protect you. Get up quickly, this is not a seat you are qualified to occupy!" Elder Zhao walked to Table Number One, his face cold.
If the Li and Zhang families were not present, Elder Zhao would absolutely not dare to anger Li Xiaotian again. However, this was the War God Banquet, where fighting was forbidden, and the protagonist of the evening, Long Batian, was on their side. Therefore, the Zhao family was not afraid tonight!
"You're in such a hurry to die, Li Xiaotian, get up quickly. It's one thing to be presumptuous in front of our Zhao family, but this is not a place where you can run wild!"
Zhao Tianlong said mockingly, patting Li Xiaotian on the shoulder with a condescending look.
Li Xiaotian's face suddenly darkened. He grabbed Zhao Tianlong's hand on his shoulder and twisted it hard.
"Crack!"
Zhao Tianlong, who had been mocking, suddenly froze. His eyes were filled with disbelief, but then, an intense pain spread throughout his body.
"Ahhh! My hand!!"
Zhao Tianlong screamed, and his body recoiled, knocking over chairs and tables behind him. His face was filled with disbelief. His only remaining hand was also crippled?
"Tianlong!" Elder Zhao roared. Li Xiaotian actually made a move! At such an occasion! How dare he?
"Father, my hand! My hand!" Zhao Tianlong's face was pale, tears streaming from his eyes. With both hands crippled, he had become a cripple.
"Li Xiaotian! You are going too far! This is the War God Banquet! How dare you make a move?" Elder Zhao glared at Li Xiaotian, his eyes filled with hatred.
"Scram! If you dare to appear before me again, I will turn all of your Zhao family into cripples!" Li Xiaotian said coldly.
As soon as he said this, Elder Zhao, who was about to speak further, immediately fell silent.
This commotion lasted only a few breaths. The people from the Li and Zhang families all stood up with a "swish." A large group of people instantly surged forward.
"Li Xiaotian, you are too arrogant. Someone like you is not worthy of attending the War God Banquet, let alone sitting here! How dare you injure someone at the War God Banquet and disregard the rules of the War Department? Now we are going to kill you. Let's see who has any objections!" Li Weihai said with a gloomy expression, leaning on his cane as he walked up to Li Xiaotian.
"We originally intended to let you live a little longer, but since you're eager to die now, we'll grant your wish!" the head of the Zhang family sneered.
At this moment, Ye Qingmei's hands were pale, and she tightly held Tiantian, looking at Li Xiaotian with great nervousness. Fang Yuan looked even more desperate, his head buried so low that he didn't dare to look at the situation around him.
The scene that unfolded here was also seen by other families at the War God Banquet, and they all gathered around curiously.
"Making a move at the War God Banquet, what was Li Xiaotian thinking? Does he really have an unshakeable background? Or is he just a reckless youth?"
"Tsk tsk, the Zhao family is too pathetic to be bullied like this by a young man."
"The Li family is truly enraged. They tried to punish Li Xiaotian earlier, but they were stopped by the staff of the Emperor Hotel. Now that Li Xiaotian has injured someone, I'm afraid no one will dare to stop the Li family from acting."
"Heh heh, the show is definitely going to be more exciting. The Li family might not be able to deal with Li Xiaotian." Someone smiled strangely. He had personally witnessed Jiang Hai's encounter with Li Xiaotian at the hotel entrance, and so had others present. Therefore, if the Li family really thought Li Xiaotian had no background, they were likely to suffer a great loss.
Of course, these people who had seen the scene at the hotel entrance acted as if they had forgotten about it after entering the hotel. No one wanted to inform the Li and Zhang families, presumably because they wanted to see the Li and Zhang families hit a snag.
The middle-aged man from the Emperor Hotel looked even more anxious upon seeing this. After thinking for a moment, he quickly left the hall and instructed the hotel staff not to interfere with this matter.
In his opinion, Li Xiaotian and the people from the Li and Zhang families were all big shots, engaged in a battle of deities. He, a minor figure, had already mustered all his courage to intervene once. Now, he didn't dare to go up again.
The people from the Li and Zhang families surrounded Li Xiaotian and his group, showing every intention of making another move. In fact, among the crowd, there were several people who looked skilled, likely the backup arrangements made by the Li and Zhang families.
Just as the situation was becoming increasingly tense, a woman's voice, filled with displeasure and reprimand, suddenly rang out.
"What's going on? What are you all doing? Treating the War God Banquet as a child's play? Who gave you the guts to be so presumptuous here? Are you disrespecting my husband, the War God Long Batian!"