Chapter 3: Severing Your Arm!

  The young man in black raised an eyebrow, who was he? He scanned the entire scene with confidence, not fearing anyone, even Tang Tian beside him, who had been immersed in the high-level martial arts realm for many years. He believed that he could also surpass him.

  "I'd like to try and see." The young man in black sneered at Tang Lin, his palm grasped the war knife directly, and placed it on the waist belt with ease, looking at Tang Lin with a leisurely expression, as if saying, what can you do to me?

  "Uh-huh." Tang Lin nodded his head, a smile appearing on his face, saying: "Good, well done!"

  The young man in black raised an eyebrow, glanced at him with a hint of disdain, and said to the county magistrate beside him: "This kid suddenly took out such a large sum of money, it's definitely not legitimate, sir, do you want to take him back for further investigation?"

  The prefect obviously had some awe for him, and hastily nodded, shouting to the surrounding bailiffs: "What are you still dawdling about? Take him away!"

  A dozen or so yamen runners immediately swarmed over to Tang Lin.

  "Stop!" Tang Tian shouted angrily.

  "This money, I gave it to him." Tang Tian angrily looked at the county magistrate and the black-clad youth, his voice cold: "Are you going to be responsible for how much money my family has too? If you want to arrest someone, you need evidence!"

  "What evidence?" The county magistrate raised an eyebrow and said: "I now suspect that you are covering up for him, take them both away!"

  "How can this be?" Tang Long blocked the four surrounding bailiffs and shouted angrily: "Can't you just follow the law, you're obviously making things difficult on purpose."

  The prefect sneered and said: "Very good, you are slandering the imperial court's appointed officials, your crime is increased by one degree, take them all away!"

  "You!" Tang Long clenched his fists in anger.

  "Do you want to arrest me?" Tang Lin walked out of the crowd and came before the magistrate, looking refined and gentle like a weak scholar, with a smile on his face, saying: "Are you certain?"

  The magistrate coldly snorted and said: "Could it be that I, this official, am still afraid of you? Take him down!"

  Two young lictors on either side immediately rushed forward and seized Tang Lin.

  Bang! Bang!

  The two young men had just stretched out their palms when their bodies flew back like cannonballs, crashing into the two bailiffs beside them and rolling to the ground.

  The people around were shocked for a moment. Just now they didn't see anything, and the two bailiffs seemed to be blown away by the air.

  Tang Lin stood there calmly, his white clothes as snow, gazing faintly at the county magistrate in front of him. "According to the imperial law," he said, "you, a mere seventh-rank county magistrate, dare to arrest a martial artist? I can report this to the Martial Temple and have your official position stripped away, exiling you to the border regions!"

  "A martial artist?" The magistrate was taken aback, sizing Tang Lin up and down before bursting out laughing. "If you're a martial artist, then I'm a god of war! If you said you were a beginner martial practitioner, I might have believed it. But a martial artist... Hmph! I'm arresting you now for blasphemy against the martial arts!"

  "Very good." Tang Lin's face broke into a smile, and he turned his head to look at the black-clad youth beside him. His eyes gradually turned cold as he said, "If I'm not mistaken, you touched the 'Black Tooth' war knife with your right hand just now."

  The young man in black frowned and said, "Not bad, what do you want..."

  Whoosh!

  A strong gust of wind suddenly blew in his face, and Tang Lin's figure stood in front of the young man in black, who was stunned. As he hesitated, Tang Lin's palm lightly extended, and he took back his battle knife with ease.

  "Since your right hand has touched it, then leave your right hand behind." Tang Lin's expression was cold and detached, as if he were narrating a very ordinary matter.

  Whoosh!

  A flash of sharp knife sound rang out, the 'Black Tooth' battle knife suddenly emerged from its sheath, and everyone only felt that their line of sight was swept by a bright light.

  The young man in black felt a numbness in his arm, as if it was cold and eerie. He looked down to see that his right hand from the elbow down, along with his sleeve, had disappeared. On the ground by his feet lay a severed arm...

  "Ah——" The young man in black let out a shrill cry like a slaughtered pig, his face pale with terror. He clutched at his arm, his hand flying to his shoulder to seal the acupoint and stem the bleeding. That he could think of this in such a shocking moment showed that his experience was extremely rich.

  Tang Lin lowered his head, gazing at the snow-bright blade. Just now, it had cut through the young man's arm as if cutting tofu, without any effort. Due to its extreme speed, not even a drop of fresh blood was left on the blade!

  "It's really a good sword." Tang Lin praised.

  This sudden scene stunned everyone, especially Lan Tian and Zhi Fu. Seeing the black-clad youth's severed arm, their scalps felt numb, their throats rolled, and they swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

  "This..." The county magistrate Zhang opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

  "Damn it!" The young man in black stopped the bleeding, the intense pain almost driving him mad, especially the fact that his arm was severed, a cruel reality like a bolt from the blue.

  As a martial artist, if one's right hand which is often used for wielding weapons were to be severed, it would almost be equivalent to becoming a useless person!

  "Die, die, die! I must kill you!!!" The young man in black clothes stared at Tang Lin with a ferocious and sinister gaze, his eyes bloodshot like a wounded beast.

  However, although he was furious to the point of almost losing his mind, he still forcibly endured it and managed to survive in the Tianlong Martial Arts Hall. His endurance was extremely tenacious, and he did not charge towards Tang Lin in anger.

  From his opponent's moves, he knew that he was no match for him, especially with a broken arm. Otherwise, his opponent could have "defended himself" and shot him dead on the spot!

  Tang Lin glanced at him and ignored him, turning to the Magistrate and saying calmly: "As an official appointed by the imperial court, I don't have the authority to strike you down. However, you should prepare your resignation to the imperial court yourself. You should know the consequences of arresting a martial artist..."

  The county magistrate's heart trembled as he looked at the white-clad child in front of him. If it weren't for the black-clad youth beside him having his arm chopped off, he would have almost been unable to believe that this child in front of him was actually a martial artist!

  Good heavens!

  What an astonishing talent!

  A martial artist who is still under sixteen years old will have a future that is simply brilliant and immeasurable!

  He nodded hastily, smiling more painfully than crying, saying: "I will, I must." While speaking, he kept bowing and kowtowing.

  People always easily succumb to force.

  Tang Lin gazed at the blue field beside him, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes. "You're just a wealthy merchant, daring to offend a warrior? I have the right to kill you on the spot!"

  Lan Tian's body shook violently, his lips turned white, and he trembled with fear, saying: "Young master, please spare my life... I have an elderly mother and a wife and children at home..." His legs were shaking uncontrollably, almost to the point of tears.

  "Scram, with your body like a pig's, you're not even worthy of me killing you! However, if you dare to come looking for trouble again in the future, you won't be so lucky."

  Lan Tian almost doubted his ears, excitedly looking at Tang Lin, saying: "Little, little master, you really won't kill me? Wuu... don't worry, I definitely won't come to cause trouble again, absolutely not. As for the rent and all that, just forget it, you can live here as long as you want, I'll give it to you for free..."

  Just kidding.

  A warrior sits in town, and even if he is killed, he dare not come again to provoke.

  Tang Lin nodded slightly, holding the war knife in his hand. Suddenly, he felt that the material of this war knife was extremely special, with a strange attraction. His heart moved, and he poured the inner force into the knife body. The entire war knife immediately emitted a layer of white misty light, magnificent and beautiful.

  The black-clad youth and the county magistrate, among others, were shocked when they saw this. As experienced individuals, they knew that the greatest distinction of a martial artist lay in their ability to wield "qi", commonly referred to as "inner strength". At this moment, Tang Lin had demonstrated this very skill, leaving no room for doubt in their minds. They secretly breathed a sigh of relief that they hadn't provoked him earlier, or else they would have truly incurred the wrath of a martial artist, with consequences too terrible to contemplate!

  "Damn it!" The young man in black gritted his teeth and hid the venom in his eyes deep within his heart.

  "What are you still standing there for?" Tang Lin raised his head and looked at Zhi Fu and the others, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

  The magistrate was startled and hastily smiled: "Thank you, young master, for your great kindness. We will leave immediately, immediately..." After finishing speaking, he quickly summoned the bailiffs and slipped away in a hurry through the main gate.

  "Wait a minute." Tang Lin called out to the young man in black.

  The young man in black stiffened, a hint of fear flashing across his face as he turned to Tang Lin and gritted his teeth. "You've changed your mind?"

  "Take your arms away, don't dirty this place." Tang Lin said indifferently.

  The young man in black let out a sigh of relief, hastily grabbed his arm and quickly left the martial arts hall.

  ……

  "Damn it!" The magistrate quickly walked towards his own sedan chair, still fuming with anger in his heart. "This Zhang kid, just a deputy instructor of the Tianlong Martial Arts Hall, relying on Xie Jianfeng, is so arrogant and domineering, not only does he dare to order me around, but also makes me offend a martial artist, and one who's under 16 years old at that! He's even more outrageous than Xie Jianfeng!"

  "Bastard! Bastard!"

  He couldn't help but curse in his heart, originally he came here to kick out the black-clothed youth to do things for him, it was to curry favor with Xie Jianfeng, anyone knew that an eighteen-year-old martial artist had unlimited potential, and might even have hopes of becoming a great general of the empire!

  At that time, as long as you slightly elevated yourself, overnight success was just around the corner. Who would have thought that today I would actually touch a sore spot and offend an even more cunning genius!

  How infuriating!

  He hated the young man in black so much that his heart was bleeding!

  ……

  Tang Tian and Tang Long gazed at the crowd leaving, stunned for a long time before suddenly waking up, hastily looking towards Tang Lin.

  "Lin Er, you..." Tang Lin was taken aback and said: "You are really Lin Er?"

  Tang Lin looked down with a guilty expression and said, "I'm sorry, Father, Big Brother. I deceived you both. Actually, I was already an advanced martial artist long ago, and only recently broke through to become a warrior."

  "Aren't you born with a weak physique?" Tang Long said in disbelief: "How can you suddenly become a martial artist, I've never seen you practice martial arts before."

  Tang Lin scratched his head and said, "I met a master who helped me cure my blood deficiency and taught me martial arts. He didn't want others to know, so I kept it from you all."

  ……

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  There's still one more update tonight, which will be after 12 o'clock. Haha, I'm always stuck at 13th place, just a little bit short of making it to 12th place, please give me some energy! Once my work schedule is adjusted, Lao Gu will also burst out with energy, haha~