Chapter 235: Concession: The Well-Deserved Young Master of the Fierce Tiger Clan

“And to think I was so worried about the Young Master just now. It was all for nothing!”

“But wasn’t that satisfying?! Hu Zhe was acting so high and mighty, and then the Young Master just sent him flying with one slap! I want to ask him which hurts more, his body or his pride!! HAHAHAHA…”

“Yeah, and I can’t believe the Young Master is so calm about it. If I were SS-level, I’d probably be swaggering around like I owned the place!”

“Still, after today, who in all of Tiger Fierce City will dare call the Young Master weak? An SS-level at twenty years old… not even the City Lord was that powerful in his youth!”

“If Hu Zhe had known how strong the Young Master was, I wonder if he would’ve been arrogant enough to challenge him? AHAHAHA…”

“The Young Master is truly more than meets the eye! We all thought he was skinny and weak, but what happened? The moment he made a move, he crushed his opponent!! Awesome! So damn awesome!!”

While everyone was buzzing with excitement over Yue Junxiao’s incredible power, Hu Zhen and Hu Yao were also completely stunned.

‘Their Xiao’er is actually this powerful!’

‘He really didn’t let a single thing slip!’

‘He didn’t even tell us!’

After the shock wore off, Hu Zhen’s face filled with pride. ‘As expected of my, Hu Zhen’s, son!!’

‘What did I tell you? A tiger father doesn’t raise a weakling for a son!!’

‘I’m this powerful, so how could my Xiao’er possibly be weak!!’

If there weren’t so many people around, he really would have lifted Xiao’er up and spun him around a few times.

Hu Yao also watched Yue Junxiao, sharing in his glory. But at the same time, her heart ached for him. ‘To grow this strong under such difficult circumstances, just how much must he have suffered?’

The only injured person on the scene was Hu Zhe, up on the stage.

He still hadn’t processed what had happened, even after being sent flying, crashing onto the stage, and sliding several meters.

His mind was reeling. ‘Yue Junxiao sent me flying?!’

When he heard the others shouting in shock that Yue Junxiao was SS-level, he looked at Yue Junxiao in disbelief. ‘He’s SS-level!! He looked so weak, yet he’s SS-level!’

‘He’s only twenty years old!!’

‘An SS-level at twenty!!’

‘How could he possibly be SS-level!!’

The disbelief in Hu Zhe’s eyes was impossible to hide. But no matter how much he refused to believe it, the sight of the superpower emanating from Yue Junxiao’s body and the pressure of his spiritual power forced him to accept the truth.

‘Yue Junxiao really is SS-level!!’

Lying on the ground, he knew with absolute clarity that he had truly lost this time. He had lost completely. Not only had he lost his beloved female, but he had also lost his pride.

The person he thought he could easily crush had defeated him with a single move. Every cheer from the crowd felt like a stinging slap across his face.

It burned.

Hu Zhe’s eyes were filled with despair. He climbed up from the ground, looked at Yue Junxiao, and pressed his lips together tightly. “I lost. You are strong. You are worthy of being the Young Master of the Fierce Tiger Clan.”

After speaking, he slowly placed his right hand on his left shoulder, bowed, and said, “We welcome the Young Master home.”

“Young Master! Young Master!”

The cries of “Young Master” rose from below the stage, one after another, the sound deafening.

Yue Junxiao accepted his bow with perfect composure.

He might be a bit thick-skinned and not overly sensitive, but that didn’t mean he was a pushover for anyone to walk all over.

He admitted it to himself. He had done it on purpose. He had intentionally ended the fight in one move to establish his footing in Fierce Tiger City.

Although his people had longed to find him and hoped for his return, no one wanted a weakling as their leader.

They might pity him for having been lost, but they wouldn’t respect him.

His move today not only helped him secure his position in Fierce Tiger City, but it also earned him everyone’s respect.

Because people, by nature, admire the strong!

This was especially true in Fierce Tiger City, where everyone was big and brawny, standing over two meters tall.

You could tell they wanted him to be stronger from the way they all told him to eat more so he could grow taller and bigger.

Therefore, if Yue Junxiao didn’t have some power of his own, he would never be able to keep them in line—just look at today’s incident with Hu Zhe.

Even without this Hu Zhe, there would have been other ‘Hu Zhes’.

Sang Mo was the one who told him that.

Yesterday, after finishing his talk with Hu Zhen and Hu Yao, he had passed by Sang Mo’s room on his way back. It seemed like Sang Mo was waiting for him, but maybe not. He had just tossed out that single sentence before closing his door.

Yue Junxiao hadn’t actually expected Sang Mo to say something like that to him. But regardless of the reason, he was grateful that Sang Mo had gone out of his way to tell him.

‘Looking at the crowd’s excited shouts, I have to admit, Sang Mo was right.’

Yue Junxiao only wanted to establish his authority, not to take first place, so he quickly returned to his seat.

Bai Zhi smiled and gave him a thumbs-up. “That was amazing.”

Yue Junxiao immediately broke into a wide grin, looking for all the world like an innocent college student—a complete contrast to the Yue Junxiao on stage moments before, who had been radiating power.

The moment Yue Junxiao sat down, Hu Zhen reverted to his usual self. He clapped Yue Junxiao on the shoulder and boomed, “Attaboy! To think you were holding back! But HAHAHAHA, you take after your old man!”

Yue Junxiao’s shoulder went numb from the heavy pats. Thankfully, Hu Yao immediately pulled her husband’s hand away, glaring at him irritably and scolding, “Don’t you know your own strength? You’re hurting Xiao’er!”

Hu Yao said to Yue Junxiao, “Don’t mind him. He’s just happy.”

Hu Zhen quickly grabbed Hu Yao’s hand. “My dear wife, please, spare me some dignity. So many people are watching today.”

Hu Yao pulled her hand back with a huff, then turned to Yue Junxiao. “I never thought you’d be SS-level. I have twenty Beast Cores for you to take back later. I was going to give them to you yesterday, but I was afraid it would be a painful reminder for you, and I was also worried you wouldn’t be able to absorb so many. I was planning to give them to you in a couple of days. But now that you’re SS-level, we don’t need to worry about that. You can just have them all.”

Yue Junxiao’s eyes widened in shock. ‘Twenty Beast Cores! A single one costs a fortune in Star Coins! Twenty of them… that’s a number measured in the hundreds of millions!’

‘At least several hundred million, maybe even over a billion!’

‘And she’s just giving them to me?’

He wasn’t worried that Hu Yao wouldn’t actually give them to him. After all, she had already offered him military authority without a second thought. Compared to military power and mines, Beast Cores were obviously less significant.

Overcome with excitement, Yue Junxiao grinned and shouted, “Thank you, Mother!!”

Hu Yao hadn’t expected to hear Yue Junxiao call her “Mother” and froze on the spot.

Hu Zhen was the first to react. He excitedly leaned in and pointed at himself. “Me, me, me, what about me! You’ve already called her Mother, shouldn’t you call me Father, too?”

At his words, Yue Junxiao also froze for a second. ‘Did I just call her Mother?’

Hu Yao snapped out of it too, her voice trembling with emotion. “Xiao’er, say ‘Mother’ again.”

Yue Junxiao’s throat bobbed. His lips moved for a moment before he called out, “Father, Mother.”

Hu Yao and Hu Zhen answered in unison, “Yes!!”

They knew Yue Junxiao had only just been found and was surely not used to them yet, so they hadn’t pressured him to call them that. They had decided to give him time to grow accustomed to them before he did.