Chapter 6

Sitting in the main hall, Huang Ming saw Huang Peng bring Huang Xiaolong inside, somewhat surprised, but he did not stand up, remaining seated.

"Second Manor Lord," Zhou Guang and his son Zhou Xuedong, upon seeing Huang Peng enter, did not dare to remain seated like Huang Ming and stood up to greet him.

Huang Peng glanced at Zhou Guang and Zhou Xuedong, nodded, then turned to Huang Ming and said, "Brother."

Huang Xiaolong followed, calling out, "Uncle," his voice somewhat unwilling.

Huang Ming's face remained expressionless as he said, "Second Brother has come, please sit."

Huang Peng and Huang Xiaolong sat down beside the main hall. After sitting down, Huang Peng sat upright, thinking about what to say but was momentarily at a loss for words.

"Second Brother, what brings you here?" Huang Ming asked at this moment.

Huang Peng hesitated for a moment and then said honestly, "Brother, I heard that Huang Wei said he would cripple Xiaolong's hands at the family annual meeting, so, so." He stopped there.

"Oh, is that so?" Huang Ming's face showed surprise.

Huang Xiaolong saw the expression on his uncle Huang Ming's faceless face and sneered inwardly. If even his father Huang Peng had heard about it, it must have already spread throughout the Huang Family Manor. How could Huang Ming not know?

"Huang Wei, is this true?" Huang Ming then turned to his son Huang Wei and asked.

Huang Wei, without a flicker of emotion, said, "There's no such thing." He glanced at Huang Peng and Huang Xiaolong and continued, "I think someone is deliberately using this as an excuse to cause trouble in the North Hall!"

Huang Peng's face turned red with anger. Did Huang Wei mean that he and his son were here to cause trouble for no reason?!

Huang Xiaolong watched coldly as Huang Ming and Huang Wei played their little game of questions and answers, sneering inwardly.

"Brother, what do you think about this?!" Huang Peng suppressed his anger and turned to look at Huang Ming.

Huang Ming waved his hand, his face still expressionless, "Alright, Second Brother, since there's no such thing, you should go back now!"

No such thing! Huang Ming's words clearly implied that Huang Peng was here to cause trouble for no reason?!

Huang Peng struggled to control his anger, "Brother, are you saying that we came here today just to cause trouble for no reason?!"

Huang Ming's brows furrowed, and his face turned cold, "Even if it's true, so what? At the family annual meeting, it's normal for disciples of the same age to compete and spar."

Huang Ming spoke calmly, but he did not mention that Huang Wei would cripple Huang Xiaolong's hands.

Huang Peng's face turned red with anger, and he stood up abruptly, staring at his brother Huang Ming, "Are you saying that it would be normal for Huang Wei to cripple Xiaolong's hands?!"

Huang Ming's face was cold, "Are you suggesting that I should prohibit disciples of the same age from competing and sparring at the annual meeting? Father set the rules for the annual meeting! Are you saying that Father's rules are wrong?!"

Huang Xiaolong's eyes flashed with a cold light. His father Huang Peng only wanted Huang Ming to have his son Huang Wei show mercy, and everyone in the main hall could tell his intention, but Huang Ming deliberately twisted his words, implying that his father was making things difficult for him!

Zhou Guang and Zhou Xuedong sat there without speaking, but their eyes gleamed with a sense of schadenfreude.

Huang Peng's face turned purple with anger, his fists clenched, clearly furious. He took a deep breath and said to Huang Ming, "Xiaolong is your nephew!"

Huang Ming raised an eyebrow, glanced at Huang Xiaolong, and said to Huang Peng, "Do I need you to remind me of this? Do you think I don't know he's my nephew? Even if he is my nephew, it won't help you!"

Huang Peng laughed in anger, "Good, good." Now, he finally saw his brother's true face, feeling a sudden sense of desolation. Decades of brotherhood, and it had come to this!

Huang Xiaolong couldn't help but say coldly, "Huang Ming, do you really think your son can cripple my hands at the annual meeting?"

"Ridiculous!" Huang Ming, seeing Huang Xiaolong, a mere child, call him by his name in front of Zhou Guang, was furious and stood up abruptly, slapping a palm towards Huang Xiaolong. A powerful aura of martial energy surged towards Huang Xiaolong, about to strike his chest. Suddenly, a figure flashed in front of Huang Xiaolong, blocking the palm.

"Boom!" A loud sound echoed, and the figure blocking Huang Xiaolong was pushed back.

"Father, are you alright?!" Huang Xiaolong, worried, rushed to Huang Peng's side. It was Huang Peng who had blocked Huang Ming's palm.

Huang Peng waved his hand and shook his head, "I'm fine."

Huang Xiaolong was Huang Ming's nephew, and although Huang Ming had attacked in anger, he still had some restraint. Otherwise, with Huang Peng's late-stage Sixth Rank strength, he wouldn't have been able to block a late-stage Seventh Rank Huang Ming's palm.

Seeing his father was fine, Huang Xiaolong felt relieved.

At this moment, Huang Wei stepped forward and said, "Second Uncle, I can let Huang Xiaolong off, but he must kneel down and kowtow to me three times, and let me slap him twenty times. Then, at the annual meeting, I'll let him off!"

Kneel and kowtow three times and be slapped twenty times? Huang Peng's brows furrowed as he looked at his son.

Huang Xiaolong looked at Huang Wei and laughed coldly, "Whether in the past or now, I, Huang Xiaolong, kneel to heaven and earth, but never to anyone!" Then he said to Huang Peng, "Father, let's go!"

Kneel to heaven and earth, but never to anyone! Huang Peng was taken aback, then smiled in approval, "Good, son, let's go!" He and Huang Xiaolong turned and left.

Huang Wei, watching Huang Peng and Huang Xiaolong leave, was furious and shouted at Huang Xiaolong's back, "Huang Xiaolong, do you really think I won't dare to cripple your hands at the family annual meeting?!"

Huang Xiaolong didn't turn back and disappeared with his father Huang Peng at the entrance of the North Hall.

Huang Ming watched the two disappear, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

"First Manor Lord, this Huang Xiaolong, relying on his status, disrespects his elders, and even dares to call the First Manor Lord by name. This is too much," Zhou Guang said at this moment.

However, before he could finish, Huang Ming slapped him, leaving five clear marks on his face.

Huang Ming looked at Zhou Guang, his face expressionless, his eyes like knives, "This is a matter between brothers, it's not your place to interfere!"

"Yes, yes, First Manor Lord, I spoke out of turn, I spoke out of turn!" Zhou Guang hurriedly nodded.

After a while, Huang Xiaolong and his father Huang Peng, who had left the North Hall, returned to the East Hall. Seeing Huang Xiaolong and Huang Peng return, Su Yan hurriedly stepped forward and asked anxiously, "How did it go?!"

Huang Peng didn't know how to respond, but Huang Xiaolong said, "Mother, don't worry about the family annual meeting, I'll be fine."

Hearing this, Su Yan, thinking that Huang Wei had agreed to let her son off at the annual meeting, felt relieved and smiled, "That's good, that's good!"

Seeing his wife's happy smile, Huang Peng opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing.