Ancient Strengthening Technique - Chapter 1972

Chapter 1972

AST 1972 - Qiao An, Battle Invitation

“Ah, you are Vice Palace Lord Qing’s father?” Said the two ladies in astonishment .

“Yes, she is Luan Luan, my daughter . ” Qing Shui knew these two ladies were indeed from the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace, which was the same for Luan Luan .

“This is wonderful! It was a surprise to meet the father of Vice Palace Lord Qing . Sir, are you here to see Vice Palace Lord Qing?”

Qing Shui shook his head, “I just came here to walk around . I only remembered after hearing the name of the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace . ”

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After a casual chat, Qing Shui found out that it was the Dazang City and the Qiao Clan was the strongest force by name here . There were Divinities in the Qiao Clan . The Dazang City was huge . The cities around it were also grouped under the Dazang City and belonged to the Qiao Clan .

The Northern Underworld Immortal Palace was within the coverage of Dazang City . However, the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace was not interested in any fights so they only owned the Northern Snow City . This was an actual individual city which was huge and unique . Due to the presence of the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace, it was similar to the Dazang City .

The Northern Underworld Immortal Palace was not keen on the fights of territories . Yet, a great man cannot brook a rival . More than 80% of the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace were women . Plus, they were all beautiful . That was one of the reasons the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace and Qiao Clan could get along safely over the years .

However, in recent years, Qiao Clan would occasionally come and snatch people away from the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace . Hence, the conflicts between the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace and Qiao Clan were never-ending . Back in those days, they only minded their own businesses . Now, the situation was apparently going to change .

Somebody in Qiao Clan had achieved a breakthrough and could almost threaten the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace now . Half a month ago, he had proposed to marry the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace Lord .

The Northern Underworld Immortal Palace Lord was said to be a great beauty!

Qing Shui smirked, thinking that Qiao Clan had a good idea . One must capture the leader first, in order to get the remaining followers . Qiao Clan had intended to recruit the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace without spilling a drop of blood . It was not impossible, as long as they could make the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace Lord surrender . In that case, they could absorb more than half of the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace even if they could not conquer it entirely .

Though the two ladies from Northern Underworld Immortal Palace were not very powerful, they knew quite a lot . However, these were all common rumors . The ladies knew very little information about the Qiao Clan as he probed further .

Qing Shui decided to visit the Northern Snow City after escorting the ladies back .

The ladies did not turn him down . After all, they would get caught by Qiao Clan as soon as they returned .

Qing Shui did not ask why they would come to the Dazang City . It was the base of Qiao Clan with their men everywhere .

Just as they were about to leave, the restaurant was surrounded . Qing Shui and the ladies were just right next to the window so they spotted it immediately . The other guests left hurriedly in split seconds . It was no joke . It was the Qiao Clan’s matter . If one was slow, they could get killed .

Soon after, only three of them were left behind in the large and spacious restaurant . Qing Shui stayed calm and calmly refilled his wine glass .

Two old men and a middle-aged man led the gang, three of them had already achieved Divinities . The previous young man probably gauged Qing Shui’s strength as he returned . The presence of a Divine warrior in the Dazang City had called for Qiao Clan’s immediate attention . Moreover, this warrior had opposed the Qiao Clan together with the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace .

“I wonder what your relationship with the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace is . Why would you go against the Qiao Clan?” The middle-aged man asked .

The middle-aged man was tall and built, standing like a mountain . He appeared resolute and manly . His eyes were steady and calm, forming a distinct contrast with the giddy young man .

Qing Shui was not surprised . It was normal to have a few who were good-for-nothing in a big family . Still, the big family would be ruined if there were no talented men . Foppery was common and symbolic in big families .

“I have no relations with the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace . It’s my first day here . It was just not a nice scene, seeing a big crowd surrounding two young ladies . ” Qing Shui said composedly .

He did not hurt the Qiao Clan’s men so they haven’t treated him as an enemy .

“Friend, this is the Dazang City . They killed our men first . Can you give us some faces? The Qiao Clan and I, Qiao An, would highly appreciate that . ” Said the middle-aged man sincerely .

Since Qing Shui had nothing related to the Northern Underworld Immortal Palace, the middle-aged man lowered his defense after listening to Qing Shui . Everybody would show respect to Qiao Clan here . Also, it was better to befriend this man since he was very powerful .

“I have a policy that, once started, I can’t stop halfway . Although I have no intentions of making enemies, these two fine ladies are already my friends . ” Qing Shui shook his head .

Qiao An frowned . He thought that Qing Shui would recognize the Qiao Clan’s honor and concede but surprisingly, this young man was stubborn . The Qiao Clan could not lose its dignity in the Dazang City . It would be extremely shameful to allow this man to bring the two ladies away .

Qiao An was different from the Young Master Qiao . He had no evil interests on the two ladies . It was all about his honor and dignity .

“Friend, is there no room for bargain?” Qiao An asked Qing Shui once again . His instinct told him not to go against this young man . A big family should be insolent but careful . A seemingly strong family could be wiped out overnight when misfortune hit because it was not the strongest family .

However, no one dared to declare themselves as the strongest . The universe had no limits . As their strength increased, people would only realize their ignorance after getting stronger . Hence, a stronger person would be more low-profile .

“How about this? Let’s have a duel . If you win, you can bring the two ladies away . If you lose, they will stay here . What do you think?” Qiao An looked at Qing Shui and said in a serious tone .

That might have sound fair, but it was actually Qiao An’s brilliant trick . If he lost and insisted to have them stay, it would definitely lead to a grapple and even harm the Qiao Clan . If the opponent lost, he’d let the two ladies go away but he had never promised Qing Shui to let Qing Shui himself go neither .

Qing Shui certainly knew the opponent’s plan . It was normal here and he would do the same thing if he were Qiao An . Thus, Qing Shui did not object the suggestion as he nodded .

Qiao An soared to the middle of the sky immediately while Qing Shui smiled at the ladies, “Wait a minute . I’ll be back soon . ”

“Uncle, be careful!”

Qing Shui’s mouth corner twitched . His status was upgraded yet again as he aged .

He already had kids despite still being young . Most Xiantian warriors would only get married at his current age . To achieve the Martial Saint level, there were very little warriors who got married at this age .

Qing Shui leapt into the air and stood before Qiao An .

“Friend, I have a special feeling that I don’t want to be your enemy,” Qiao An said to Qing Shui .

 “I’m not keen on making an enemy myself . However, sometimes, thing go out of the will for the sake of undeserved reputation . ” Qing Shui replied with a smile .