The night.
Li Se was practicing the Qi Refining technique, only one step away from breaking through to the third level. He hadn't cultivated properly before, as he cared more about traditional Chinese medicine. However, after the incident of snatching his bride, he suddenly realized that these top families had quite a few ancient martial artists.
Take Ye Tianqi, for example; he was at the peak of the Hua Jin realm.
If he were to face Ye Tianqi himself, his chances of winning wouldn't be high.
Boom!!!
Suddenly, something in his body seemed to explode.
Li Se opened his eyes, joy flashing across his face. He had smoothly entered the third level of Qi Refining, which was beyond his expectations. He had initially thought it would take several days, but he didn't expect to break through today.
Now, his strength was equivalent to the peak of Hua Jin, much stronger than before. However, to enter the Houtian realm, he would likely need to break through to the fourth level.
It was just too difficult to try and break through to the fourth level right after reaching the third.
As long as he didn't encounter any Houtian martial artists now, he should be fine.
Suddenly.
Li Se sensed something, his figure flashed, and he quickly appeared outside. A figure appeared before him.
"It's you!" Li Se frowned slightly.
The person who arrived was none other than Ye Tianqi!
"You have two choices!"
Ye Tianqi stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at Li Se disdainfully. He said bluntly, "First, you come with me to the sanatorium, heal Young Master Bowen's arm, and then cripple your own arms. That way, today's matter will end here."
"Second, I'll kill you right here!"
"Choose yourself!"
Judging by Ye Tianqi's demeanor, he didn't take Li Se seriously at all.
He had seen Li Se make a move today, and his strength was at most at the early stage of Hua Jin. With his peak Hua Jin strength, crushing Li Se would be an easy and pleasant task, which was why he had the confidence to let Li Se make the choice.
"What if I choose neither?" Li Se said with a chuckle.
"Then I'll choose the second one for you," Ye Tianqi looked at Li Se. "I advise you, it's not easy to become an ancient martial artist at such a young age. Crippling both arms, although it will greatly affect your combat power, is still better than dying. After all, with your status as an ancient martial artist, coupled with being the son of Li Shengjun, your future won't be too miserable. What do you think?"
"You can try."
Li Se smiled indifferently. If it were an hour ago, he truly wouldn't have been confident in defeating Ye Tianqi. But now, it was different, so he didn't fear Ye Tianqi at all.
Ye Tianqi looked at Li Se in surprise and shook his head. "Are you insisting on self-destruction?"
"If you want to fight, fight. What's with all the nonsense?" Li Se became a little impatient.
"You're seeking death!" Ye Tianqi was a little angered. He sent a palm strike through the air. As soon as he made his move, the entire void seemed to crackle. He struck towards Li Se as if this single palm strike was meant to kill him completely.
Li Se let out a cold laugh and met the palm strike with his own. With a bang, both of them unleashed powerful auras and combat strength.
"You're actually at the peak of Hua Jin?" Ye Tianqi was stunned. This morning, this fellow was still at the early stage of Hua Jin, and in less than a day, he had reached the peak of Hua Jin. How was this possible?
"Scared?" Li Se sneered dismissively.
"Even if you're at the peak of Hua Jin, you've only just entered this realm, and you're still no match for me!" Ye Tianqi heavily punched down, unleashing almost all of his combat strength.
"Good coming!" Li Se didn't retreat but advanced. As the opponent punched, he also punched, the contest being about who had greater strength.
However, several silver needles had already appeared in his other hand.
Pfft, pfft!!
Several silver needles shot out.
"A mere trick!" Ye Tianqi snorted disdainfully. He spun in the air several times and then threw another punch!
Rumble!!! With another explosion, Li Se still met Ye Tianqi head-on. However, this punch caused him to stumble back several steps.
"I told you, you can't be my opponent!" Ye Tianqi pursued his advantage, his fists continuously striking the void. With sharp sounds, bursts of energy erupted, as if the entire void was about to be blown apart.
"That's not necessarily true!" Li Se shouted coldly, taking the punches one after another. The exchange between the two was incredibly dynamic.
Soon, Zhang Aiming and the others were startled awake and came outside to watch. Their faces changed drastically when they saw Li Se fighting Ye Tianqi.
However, Su Mei didn't hesitate at all. She leaped forward and slapped Ye Tianqi.
"You're actually at the early stage of Hua Jin?" Ye Tianqi was surprised. Even though he reacted, Su Mei's move was too sudden. Moreover, his fight with Li Se wasn't giving him a significant advantage, and now with another martial artist at the early stage of Hua Jin appearing, it made him feel uneasy.
With a bang, after encountering Su Mei's palm strike, Ye Tianqi tried to block, but Li Se's attack had already reached him, causing him to be sent flying backward.
"You're not playing by the rules of martial arts!" Ye Tianqi cursed and turned to flee. He ran incredibly fast.
Li Se didn't pursue. He just looked at the direction Ye Tianqi fled with some surprise. "So you're an ancient martial artist from the Ye family? That's right, I should have realized it earlier."
Li Se should have thought that Su Mei was an ancient martial artist, but he just hadn't. Therefore, he was still greatly surprised by Su Mei's intervention.
This meant that many of the previous events were deliberately orchestrated by Wu Mei.
"Does that mean... Zuo Qingyi is your person?" Li Se asked.
"Yes." Su Mei smiled and nodded. "If I didn't do that, how would you have come to save me?"
Slap!
Li Se slapped Su Mei's perky buttocks fiercely, saying angrily, "You dare to trick me! Let's see how I deal with you!"
Su Mei felt a sting from the slap and couldn't help but writhe. She said coyly, "You can deal with me however you want."
She was alluring, exuding temptation at all times.
Li Se couldn't help but swallow his saliva. He had just come out of a fight with Ye Tianqi and was already being tempted by this vixen. It was truly difficult.
"Forget it, I'll deal with you next time." Li Se calmed himself down and looked in the direction Ye Tianqi had escaped.
"Is that an ancient martial artist from the Ye family?" Su Mei asked.
"Yes, Ye Tianqi. He's quite strong, at the peak of Hua Jin. I knew the Ye family would come after me, but I didn't expect them to come so soon," Li Se was indeed a little surprised. The Ye family was too fast. It seemed he needed to be prepared as well.
After all, he was also worried that the Ye family might resort to some tactics, such as targeting his women!