Chapter 76: Could I Really Have Let Out Such a Foul Fart?

Almost everyone present was utterly bewildered by Qin Chuan’s words, especially Long Invincible, who had just managed to recover a bit during the brief respite between beatings. His bewilderment quickly morphed into rage.

“You dare take advantage of my sister? I swear I’ll kill you today!”

No one knew where his sudden burst of strength came from. Long Invincible, who had been teetering on the brink of unconsciousness, suddenly threw a punch straight at Qin Chuan’s face. The speed and force were astonishing—even Qin Chuan, with his cultivation, found it remarkable. He instinctively raised his palm to block.

Bang!

With a dull thud of flesh striking flesh, Qin Chuan was actually forced back two steps by the powerful impact before managing to steady himself. A tingling numbness spread through his palm.

As for Long Invincible, who had unleashed that terrifying punch, his body trembled—and he promptly fainted. Fortunately, the black-clad bodyguards were quick and caught him before his head hit the floor.

“Damn, Young Master Long isn’t breathing!”

“What? Don’t scare me like that!”

The two bodyguards were terrified out of their wits.

Qin Chuan frowned slightly and immediately spoke in a deep voice, “Lay him flat on the ground and don’t move him.”

The two bodyguards were already in panic mode; hearing Qin Chuan’s command, they followed his instructions almost instinctively.

“Is Young Master Long really dead?” Zhuo Yihu was frightened as well. If the eldest son of the Long family were to die in Nevernight Bar, even as the kingpin of Binhai’s underworld, he couldn’t withstand the Long family’s wrath.

Qin Chuan strode over to Long Invincible, quickly checked his pulse, and found it weak and floating, much like that of an elderly man nearing the end of his days. His heartbeat was unusually slow, his breath barely perceptible, and his once arrogant face was now pale as paper. If not for the faint rise and fall of his chest, no one would believe he was still alive.

If the rescue had been delayed even a little more, Long Invincible might truly have been gone.

“Everyone stand back and keep the air clear.”

As he spoke, Qin Chuan drew several silver needles and swiftly inserted them into critical acupoints on Long Invincible’s body.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The needles quivered slightly, channels of energy barely visible to the naked eye flowed ceaselessly through the silver needles into Long Invincible’s body.

After about three minutes, the two bodyguards noticed that Long Invincible’s cheeks were gradually tinged with color, the rise and fall of his chest grew stronger, and his overall condition was rapidly improving.

A few more minutes passed. Qin Chuan finished his work, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and knew that Long Invincible’s life was finally safe.

“Sir… What happened to our young master? He only took a few slaps—it shouldn’t have been enough to nearly kill him!”

Unable to hold back his confusion any longer, one of the bodyguards spoke up. He’d sensed that Qin Chuan had controlled his strength when slapping their young master, clearly intending only to teach a lesson, not to take his life. Moreover, after the incident, Qin Chuan had decisively stepped in to save him, and the energy flowing through those silver needles suggested that Qin Chuan was a legendary internal martial arts master.

“Have you ever heard the story reported about a sudden earthquake, where a mother, in order to save her newborn child, held up a thousand-pound load-bearing wall for five hours? When the rescue team finally freed the child, the young mother died instantly.”

Seeing the crowd still bewildered, Qin Chuan continued, “Some people can, under certain circumstances, unleash human potential and display unimaginable strength. But potential is ultimately limited. Once it exceeds the body’s tolerance or when the special circumstances disappear, the side effects of overdrawn potential can range from disability to death.”

With Qin Chuan’s explanation, everyone suddenly understood.

The two bodyguards especially recalled how their young master, who had never trained in martial arts, had managed to punch Qin Chuan back several steps. Now it made perfect sense.

Having been with Long Invincible for so long, the two bodyguards knew his temperament inside out. Despite his usual idle, trouble-making ways, he was fiercely protective of his sister, Long Wuhen. In fact, Long Wuhen was his reverse scale—any substantive harm, or even negative gossip behind her back, would not be tolerated.

There had been a case where a young scion merely spoke ill of Long Wuhen and, upon being overheard by Long Invincible, had his mouth sewn shut by Long’s men.

Qin Chuan’s claim to be Long Wuhen’s man was, without a doubt, a provocation to Long Invincible’s bottom line; it was only natural that he would explode with a burst of strength.

Wait a minute…

This guy claimed to be the young master’s brother-in-law?

There had been rumors within the family lately that the young lady’s mysterious fiancé had come down from the mountains on his master’s orders, which was why she suddenly decided to invest in Binhai.

Could this mysterious fiancé be the man before them?

At this thought, the two bodyguards couldn’t help but swallow hard. If their guess was right, the beating their young master took might have been in vain.

“Why are you staring at me like that? Your young master’s been beaten to this state, and as bodyguards you were too scared to intervene—that’s one thing, but you didn’t even dare call for help from the family?”

Qin Chuan, his face full of disappointment, spoke in the tone of a school disciplinarian reprimanding students. “I must criticize you. The Long family surely spent a fortune hiring you as personal guards. We’re all two shoulders bearing one head—why not dare to fight me? At worst, you’d end up seriously injured or permanently disabled. Sigh, what a shame! A disgrace to the bodyguard profession!”

The two bodyguards’ mouths twitched uncontrollably.

“Just end up permanently disabled, huh? Is that even human talk?”

Wouldn’t it be better to stay whole and healthy?

The bodyguards had countless complaints they dared not voice.

Zhuo Yihu, Lan Xin, and the others were left utterly dumbfounded by Qin Chuan’s antics. Today, they had witnessed a rare marvel: someone actively inviting more trouble, as if the chaos he’d caused wasn’t enough.

Only two types of people would do such things—either those so formidable they feared nothing, or those so foolish they didn’t know the meaning of death.

Zhuo Yihu and the others all believed Qin Chuan belonged to the first category. With those sharp, restless eyes, he was clearly too shrewd to be reckless.

“Damn, am I next?”

Zhuo Yihu suddenly realized a crucial issue—if Qin Chuan wasn’t afraid of Long Invincible, then he, having sided with Long against Lan Xin, might be held accountable as well.

Even as the thought lingered, he saw Qin Chuan turn his gaze toward him. Unconsciously, his body tensed.

“Big brother… No, grand master, it’s all a misunderstanding. I know I was wrong. Please, magnanimous as you are, forgive my petty mistakes and let me go like a fart in the wind!”

Zhuo Yihu immediately dropped to his knees, voice trembling and tone reverent.

Qin Chuan frowned and replied coldly, “As the overlord of Binhai’s underworld, how can you belittle yourself like this? Let you go like a fart? I, being so handsome and valiant, could never let such a foul thing as you go!”