My Arrogant Young Lady

"Get out of the way!" Seeing how powerful the middle-aged man was, Xuanwu immediately kicked him hard.

He smiled. The middle-aged man vanished from his sight in an instant. When he reappeared, he struck Xuanwu hard in the chest with a palm strike. "It seems you haven't grasped the essence of cultivation yet!"

Xuanwu was struck in the chest by the middle-aged man's palm. He immediately retreated violently. Seeing Xuanwu injured, Baihu roared and transformed into a white tiger, charging fiercely at the middle-aged man, "Princess, quickly blow up this fighting arena! Xuanwu, I'm here to help you!"

"Okay!" The girl and Xuanwu nodded immediately. Then Xuanwu roared and transformed into a giant crocodile, charging towards the middle-aged man. The girl bit her lip and aimed the rocket launcher at the outer wall of the fighting arena.

After a loud bang, the girl, the white tiger, the black tortoise, and the middle-aged man quickly disappeared from the fighting arena, while the group of experts brought by Aurora also quickly turned into black light and rushed out of the fighting arena.

Seeing that the middle-aged man could single-handedly defeat three experts above the level of gods and even make them flee in disarray, Xi'er and I were shocked. We looked at each other and immediately said, "Everyone ran away, so let's run too. Something's not right today. Let's hurry back to the Wang family and ask what happened."

"Your Highness, that person seems to be from the Wang family..." A middle-aged man stared in shock at the large hole in the fighting arena for a long time.

He vaguely recalled the scene when the Wang family patriarch led his iron hooves into their Long family. The Wang family patriarch had defeated their patriarch with a single palm strike, and from then on, the Long family willingly submitted to him.

"Regardless of who he is, the power of Aurora is not something we can contend with. Let's hurry home and report to the family head so that he can decide how to handle this matter." The young master of the Long family was timid and thought of his father whenever he encountered a problem.

"Young Master, shall we help?" the Bai family asked.

“We’re no match for Aurora, so let’s not get involved and cause trouble. Let’s hurry home and report to the family head, and await further instructions.” The young master of the Bai family frowned, his expression grave.

"Second Miss, just now four experts above the level of gods actually appeared..." said the middle-aged man from the Murong family.

"..." The second young lady of the Murong family, who had just been preparing to step into the martial arts world and make a name for herself, suddenly looked somewhat lost.

"Wang Yang, don't move!" After the middle-aged man had chased the girl and the two Heavenly Kings for several kilometers, a large number of figures suddenly appeared from the darkness.

Looking at the numerous gun barrels pointed at him, the middle-aged man couldn't help but frown slightly. Then, glancing at his right foot, which had become somewhat petrified from releasing too much internal energy, he smiled and raised his hands. "I actually lost to my precious son. I can die without regrets..."

Chapter 279 The Family Situation

Meanwhile, Xi'er and I had made a lot of money from boxing betting, so we no longer needed to borrow money from the Long family. With several million left, we took King Snake and headed towards the Wang family overnight. This time, however, because of the mysterious middle-aged man and Aurora, a mystery lingered in my mind. So Xi'er and I couldn't care less about sightseeing; with King Snake, we traveled almost day and night along the mountain roads towards the Wang family.

This journey took us almost half a month. We had very little time to rest, and I had no time to learn the acupressure techniques the middle-aged man had taught me, nor did I have time to search for the treasure he had pointed out to me. I simply rushed towards the Wang family as quickly as possible, and finally, after more than half a month, I arrived at a county town near the border.

It was already late at night when we arrived in the county town. Because it was so close to the border, the town seemed a bit chaotic. There were quite a few merchants coming and going, and it was still noisy even though it was past midnight. I told Wang She to find a place to rest, and Xi'er and I went into the county town.

After we found a hotel to stay in, Xi'er and I went out and grabbed a bite to eat at a small restaurant nearby. While eating, I took out the map An Yao had given me and said, "According to the map An Yao gave us, we're very close to our Wang family. There's a forest outside this county town; if we go through that forest and then another seventy kilometers, we'll be crossing the border. An Yao told me that beyond that border lies our Wang family territory. But our Wang family territory is too vast, and we might encounter many dangers if we rashly cross the border. There are dangerous minefields and traps, as well as some small groups of troops scattered by our Wang family, and some drug traffickers. It's too dangerous for the two of us to go to the Wang family on our own, and we're not familiar with the roads beyond that border. There are people An Yao left behind in this county town to meet us. Tomorrow we'll go find the people An Yao left behind and have them notify An Yao to come and pick us up."

"Well, it's been more than half a month since we left, and we're finally about to reach the Wang family." Xi'er ate a little less than half a bowl of noodles and then pushed the noodles in front of me.

"That's all you ate?" I was a little surprised to see that Xi'er had only eaten a little. She seemed to be eating very little these past few days.

"Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with me these past few days, I always feel nauseous and want to vomit, and I can't eat much. Brother Xi, can you eat for me?" Xi'er smiled, her face looking a little haggard.

"Wife, I'm sorry you've suffered." I glanced at Xi'er's slightly pale face, nodded, and picked up the rest of her noodles to eat.

For the past two weeks, Xi'er and I have been traveling very hard. To get back to the Wang family as quickly as possible, we've only slept six or seven hours a day. Basically, we'd start traveling as soon as we woke up, and only start to feel exhausted when we felt truly tired. Along the way, sometimes we were lucky enough to stumble upon a small town, and sometimes, if we were even slightly lucky, we'd find a village to stay in. But when we were unlucky, we didn't even have a place to rest. We had to use the sky as our blanket and the ground as our mat. Not to mention the feeling of being bitten by mosquitoes in the desolate wilderness at night.

Xi'er is the esteemed young mistress of the Ye family. She has never even been bitten by a mosquito in her entire life. When has she ever suffered like this? Almost from the day we left the provincial capital, Xi'er has been enduring hardship with me. And the hardships she has endured in the past month and a half are more than the hardships she has endured in her entire seventeen years.

Xi'er isn't an ordinary girl; she's the only daughter of a super-rich family. She travels in a Rolls-Royce, and every summer she visits the Ye family's summer villa. She lives a life of luxury, always surrounded by four maids who take meticulous care of her. But now, with me by her side, she receives the same treatment as an ordinary girl. Yet, throughout this journey with me, she has never uttered a single word of hardship or complaint.

Looking at the gentle and obedient Xi'er in front of me, I gradually felt a little guilty.

"A woman follows her husband wherever he goes, whether he's a chicken or a dog. Even if you become an ordinary person, I will always serve you well." Xi'er smiled.

"Wife, I'm so sorry you've suffered." I couldn't help but grab Xi'er's little hand and said it again.

"You've been very kind of you all the way here. Thank you for taking such good care of me." Thinking of the time I held her in my arms and chased away mosquitoes for her in the middle of the night, Xi'er's heart gradually warmed.

"It's what I should do, I'm a man." I smiled, finished all the noodles that Xi'er had left, and then lit a cigarette.

Xi'er is alright. Her skin is naturally dazzlingly white, like snow under the winter sun. Despite our arduous journey, she hasn't changed much except for being a little thinner. She's still herself, that impeccably elegant young lady.

But I'm not doing so well. I was already incredibly tanned and thin from the sea. Now, after traveling all this way, I not only look like an African, but I'm also starting to look more and more like a mountain dweller. When you're tanned, it's hard to buy clothes; many nice clothes look terrible on me. And to make our journey easier, we're all wearing very ordinary clothes. Right now, I look worse than many young men in the county town; my plain clothes make me look terribly unsophisticated.

That night I just took a quick shower and went to sleep. The next day I took Xi'er to a hideout that An Yao had pointed out to me.

It was an ordinary house, a courtyard with a large building inside. When we entered the courtyard, two young men were lying on chairs, enjoying the cool air. Upon seeing us approach, they immediately became wary.

"You are from our Wang family, right? I am the heir of the Wang family." I said to the two of them, taking out the heir's token.

They seemed not to understand me, but when they saw my Crown Prince's Decree, their gazes changed. They immediately knelt on the ground and respectfully accepted it. Then, one of the young men mumbled something to me, while the other ran into the house with the Decree.

They were speaking their local dialect, not a foreign language. Therefore, Xi'er and I couldn't understand what they were saying at all; we could only see the great respect in their eyes as they looked at us.

Soon, a group of young men emerged from the inner room. They were dressed very simply, but they all looked quite energetic. As they came out, their eyes were filled with apprehension. But after only glancing at me, they immediately pushed me aside and went outside to look around.

"Wah wah wah!" Seeing that the group of youths didn't even bother to look at me, the young man who had greeted me earlier immediately started shouting.

Hearing the young man's words, the slightly overweight youth at the head of the group turned around and looked at me in surprise. Then, he said to him in Chinese, "What, you're saying he's Prince Wang Xi?"

"Yes," the young man said in broken Chinese.

"You're Wang Xi?" The chubby young man looked at me in surprise again, his eyes wide open.

"Yes." Knowing my appearance isn't good—not only am I tanned, but I've also been walking a lot of mountain roads lately. Sometimes I don't have water to wash my face, and it always feels like it's never really clean. I lit a cigarette and smiled helplessly.

After hearing my words, the chubby young man thought for a moment, then picked up my heir's token and held it up to the sunlight. He licked it with his tongue, glanced at the pretty Xi'er beside me, and then frowned slightly. He whispered a few words to the young man beside him in the local dialect. He then handed the token to the other young man, who stole a glance at me, ran to a corner of the courtyard, started a three-wheeled motorcycle, and rode off with my token.

"I am Wang Xu, the deputy head of the Illusion Hall. I have been here to welcome Your Highness for a long time. If there has been any rudeness, I hope Your Highness will forgive me." The fat young man looked at me with a hint of disdain, then a cold smile appeared on his lips as he swayed and knelt on the ground.

"I am Meteorite, Vice Hall Master of the Fire Hall. I have been here to welcome Your Highness for a long time. Your Highness has suffered greatly." A spirited-looking young man knelt on the ground beside the fat youth. His eyes were full of respect as he looked at me.

"Please rise," I said with a smile.

"Yes!" The two immediately stood up.

Then, the meteorite began to scrutinize me closely, its eyes filled with excitement. Wang Xu, however, looked at me with disdain again, lazily saying, "Young Master, we've already sent someone to inform Miss An. The round trip from here to the Wang family takes about three days. If there are no problems, Miss An will come to pick you up with her entourage in three days. I'll prepare a clean room for you; please wait patiently for three days." With that, Wang Xu yawned and went into the house.

"Wang Xu, how dare you speak to the Crown Prince in such a tone? How dare you yawn so rudely in front of the Crown Prince?" Seeing that Wang Xu's attitude towards me was not very proper, Meteorite seemed a little unhappy.

“We’re outside the Wang family’s residence, so we don’t need to follow their rules. Besides, we don’t even know if this young master is really who he is. Let’s talk about it in three days. Meteorite, protect the young master. Just make sure he doesn’t go missing.” Wang Xu glanced at Meteorite disdainfully and went straight into the inner room.

"Wang Xu, he's getting more and more arrogant..." Meteorite glared at Wang Xu with hatred and clenched his fists tightly.

That day, Wang Xu and Meteorite left Xi'er and me at the Wang family's stronghold. In the evening, Meteorite, accompanied by several Wang family experts, led Xi'er and me around the county town. As we walked, Meteorite said to me, "Young Master, although this county town is very close to our Wang family's territory, and it's considered part of our sphere of influence, it's still very chaotic here. It's a melting pot of all sorts of people. If you don't have anything to do for the next three days, it's best if you don't wander around. Staying with us will be safer."

"This county town is indeed very chaotic." I nodded slightly after only a casual glance.

“Yes, you should know where this place is. I heard that Master Di Huo has been living with you for more than half a year, and I believe he must have told you a lot about our Wang family. Seventy kilometers from here is the infamous Golden Triangle. It is a paradise for criminals, a place filled with smoke and war. Even though the patriarch is an upright man and has defeated many criminals who have harmed the people over the years, this place is full of too much profit and temptation. Every year, a large number of criminals still come to our Wang family's territory to take risks. As a prince, you are the future of our Wang family. You must take your own safety as your responsibility, so as not to let down everyone's expectations of you over the years,” Meteorite said.

"Do you all miss me?" I was a little surprised to hear what the meteorite said.

“Yes, especially the patriarch misses you dearly. And the elders in the family have always mentioned you to us over the years. They always praise you, saying that you are the only outstanding son of the Wang family. An Yao, Wang Huan, Wang Che, Wang You, Liu Li, and Wang Yu, although they are all excellent, they all have fatal flaws. Only you are the most perfect,” Meteorite said.

"Me? The one who's perfect?" I couldn't help but smile happily, not expecting the elders of the Wang family to praise me so highly. Then, I couldn't help but feel a sense of goodwill towards the meteorite. "I'm not that good at all. I'm far inferior to my younger siblings. How can the elders say that I'm the most perfect? ​​They should say that I have the most flaws."

"Hehe, Your Highness, you're too modest. Anyway, we all think you're a great person, and we worship you like a high and mighty god. We just never expected that you would..." At this point, Meteorite glanced at me furtively, looking a little embarrassed.

"I never expected to be so dark-skinned and unfashionable. My looks are nowhere near as good as my younger siblings', right?" I asked.

"Your Highness, I dare not think that way," Meteorite quickly said.

"Haha, you are my Wang family's adopted son, so naturally you are also my brother, Wang Xi. We are family, there's no need to stand on ceremony. I know what you're thinking, you think I'm too dark-skinned and a bit too rustic, not like that high and mighty prince, is that right?" I asked.

"..." After hearing my words, Meteorite just gave an awkward laugh.

"I got this tan from playing at sea, and I haven't had time to take care of it lately. It'll get better after a while, and I won't be this tanned anymore," I said.

"So that's it! No wonder An Yao, Wang Che, Wang Huan, and Wang You all have such fair skin, and your mother is a stunningly beautiful woman. Only you look nothing like them. It turns out you deliberately tanned your skin." Meteorite gave me another meaningful look, then suddenly realized. Then, Meteorite thought for a moment and felt a surge of hatred. "Heh, that Wang Xu is blind! He clearly saw your Crown Prince's Decree but still didn't take you seriously. Wang Xu and his Illusion Hall, and that old bastard Wang Yuebai, they've become increasingly arrogant lately!"

"By the way, what's the current situation of our Wang family? Can you tell me?" I asked after thinking for a moment.

Chapter 280 Xi'er's Good Deeds

"Our Wang family is very powerful, mainly composed of the army, the guard, and the ten martial arts halls. Because the patriarch enjoys making friends, we have friends all over the world. The core of our Wang family's power is composed of three major factions: the patriarch's relatives and friends, the patriarch's brothers, and the overseas brothers."

"Currently, the most powerful force in our Wang family is the faction of relatives and friends who are related to the family head by blood, but are utterly incompetent and possess enormous ambitions. The representative of this faction is none other than Wang Yuebai, the father of Wang Huan, the leader of the Illusion Hall. This Wang Yuebai appears to be incompetent, outwardly humble, and gets along well with the family head's brothers and the imperial concubines. But in reality, he is an ambitious man who has always wanted to devour our Wang family and seize our immense power and wealth. Currently, the command of our Wang family's guard has fallen into the hands of Wang Yuebai and his son. Half of the military power has been taken over by Wang Yuebai, and one-third of the Ten Great Martial Halls are under the control of Wang Yuebai and his son."

"Secondly, there's the faction of the Wang family's patriarch's brothers. They are the patriarch's best friends, like brothers. Their decisions represent the patriarch's decisions. They also possess military power similar to that of the Wang family, and control a large portion of the Wang family's martial arts hall."

"Finally, there's the overseas brotherhood of our Wang family head. They are the family head's good friends in the overseas territories, and each of them is very capable. However, they don't interfere in the internal affairs of our Wang family. They are only responsible for conquering territories overseas for our family head and consolidating our power overseas." Meteorite introduced the family's situation to us.

"Meteorite, how do you know about Wang Yuebai's ambition to devour our Wang family?" When she heard Meteorite introduce the Wang family and noticed something suspicious about it, Xi'er immediately raised her question. It wasn't that she didn't trust Meteorite. Rather, if Wang Yuebai had concealed her ambitions so well, how could a mere deputy hall master like Meteorite possibly see through them?

“That old scoundrel Wang Yuebai has begun to show his true colors.” Meteorite said immediately after hearing Xi’er’s words.

"Hmm?" Xi'er frowned slightly.

"Young Master, Young Master Xi'er, you are unaware of the truth. Just a month and a half ago, that old scoundrel Wang Yuebai seemed incompetent and foolish, relying on his blood relation with the family head, only knowing how to study antiques and indulge in pleasure. But after his son Wang Huan made meritorious contributions, the family appointed the father and son as new leaders, successively handing over the military power of the guard and part of the army to them. That's when this pair of treacherous father and son began to show their fangs."

"When Miss An Yao returned with Wang Huan, Wang Che, Wang You, and Liu Li, they first placed the four princes under house arrest on charges of murdering the crown prince and betraying the family. Secondly, citing the inadequate supervision of their children by Consort Zhou, Consort Chen, Consort Zhao, and Consort Han, they conspired with the family elders to seize Consort Zhou's power as head of the household and strip Consort Chen, Consort Zhao, and Consort Han of their decision-making power within the family. Then, using various pretexts, they found evidence of corruption by Elder Qiang and Elder Hao Nan, stripped them of their military power, and placed them under house arrest. Now, they've begun to use Elder Ye and Elder Liang's poor discipline of their disciples as a pretext to launch attacks, holding daily family meetings to impeach Elder Ye and Elder Liang."

"Elder Ye is a peak-level master, only half a step away from the realm above the gods. Elder Liang is even more advanced, possessing all seventy-two Shaolin arts, and half of our ten martial arts halls are his disciples. Both Elder Ye and Elder Liang are men of high moral character, and they have never done anything to betray the family. Their innocence speaks for itself, and they voluntarily relinquished their power within the family. Currently, they are under house arrest by Wang Yuebai and his son, and a large portion of the family's power has fallen into their hands. If this continues, I fear the other concubines and elders in the family will also face attacks from Wang Yuebai and his son, who will seize control of the entire family through their faction of relatives and friends."

"Heh, although we are the Wang family's sons and the younger generation, we're not fools. Who can't see through the ambitions of Wang Yuebai and his son? Many of us hate them to the bone, but we're helpless against them." At this point, Meteorite couldn't help but sigh.

After hearing what Meteorite said, I felt a surge of anger. I had already told my family about Wang Che, Wang Huan, Wang You, and Liuli's attempt to murder me. They didn't really intend to kill me; they were just young and ignorant and wanted to test my strength. They were the people I had agreed to pardon, yet that old bastard Wang Yuebai dared to make things difficult for them.

Moreover, they took this opportunity to launch an attack, implicating their mother and their master as well.

Wang Yuebai, you scoundrel, how dare you oppose me! When I get back to the Wang family, I'll tear you apart and skin you alive!

“Young Master, even when you return home, be careful of Wang Yuebai. Although Wang Yuebai is only a god-level expert, he is extremely skilled in the art of rulership. We have all heard that Wang Yuebai plans to depose you and make Wang Yu the heir. When you return home, be careful of your words and actions, lest that old thief Wang Yuebai find a handle against you.” Meteorite said to me cautiously, glancing around carefully.

"Don't worry, I won't let that old scoundrel Wang Yuebai catch me doing anything wrong," I said.

Before I went home, An Yao had told me a lot about the Wang family. The imperial concubines of the Wang family, including my mother, were all couples who had gone through life and death with my father. As for my father's good brothers, they had taken bullets for him countless times, risking their lives for him. They were all heroes who were famous in the martial arts world.

Unfortunately, we did not fall to the enemy's swords and spears, nor to their attempts to win us over or entice us, but we fell to our own cunning and manipulative tactics.

Thinking about this, I couldn't help but feel sad, which strengthened my resolve to change the Wang family.

Just then, we saw a large group of young men walking towards us. The young man leading them was none other than Wang Xu, the deputy hall master of Wang Huan. He was currently the most powerful member of the family and a trusted lackey of Wang Yuebai and his son.

No wonder Wang Xu was so arrogant when he saw me today; it turns out he has Wang Yuebai and his son backing him up. And he must also know that Wang Yuebai and his son plan to support Wang Yu, so he doesn't take me seriously.

Sure enough, as they approached me, Wang Xu's face instantly revealed a look of disdain. He then frowned, glanced at Meteorite, and loudly reprimanded, "Meteorite, don't you know that the Crown Prince is a noble prince, and his safety cannot be compromised in the slightest? You didn't leave him properly at the stronghold, but instead brought him into the chaotic streets of this county town. Are you courting death?"

"Wang Xu, what do you mean?" Meteorite frowned and glanced at Wang Xu. His expression immediately turned ugly.

“I suspect you of deliberately plotting to harm the Crown Prince. I want to impeach you and remove you from your position as deputy head of the Fire Hall!” Wang Xu said.

"Wang Xu, you despicable villain! Even though I was extremely careful, you still managed to find an excuse to impeach me and seize power from my Fire Hall?" The deputy leader of the Fire Hall was immediately enraged upon seeing Wang Xu's smug face.

"Heh... Take him down!" He gave a wink to the people around him, and his men immediately drew their pistols and pointed them at the meteorite.

So far, almost all the honest and good people in the family have been persecuted by Wang Yuebai and his son. As the deputy head of the Fire Hall, one of the ten martial arts halls in the family, Meteorite was naturally on Wang Yuebai and his son's list of persecutions. However, Meteorite has always been strict and upright, and Wang Yuebai and his son have never been able to get to him. Now, seeing that Meteorite is disobeying Wang Xu's orders and has brought me and Xi'er to the streets to relax, Wang Xu finally has an excuse to seize all the power in the Fire Hall.

Just one glance at Wang Xu's smug face, and the meteorite's body immediately emitted a blazing red light. Wang Xu, however, remained unconcerned. He personally pulled out a pistol and pointed it at him, saying, "A mere mid-level martial arts expert dares to oppose me? If you weren't Elder Liang Bin's personal disciple, you probably wouldn't even be qualified to sit in this position as the deputy head of the Fire Hall. Why don't you surrender obediently? I don't want to shoot my own brothers." With that, Wang Xu smiled smugly.

"Brother Xi, this Wang Xu is so arrogant." Since we arrived, Wang Xu has never taken Xi'er and me seriously. Now, seeing him take people away in front of us, and even people who support us, it's clearly a slap in the face. Even though Xi'er is very well-mannered, she still has a temper. Seeing Wang Xu's arrogance, she couldn't help but want to teach him a lesson.