Chapter 444 - 443: Extremely Arrogant

Chapter 444: Chapter 443: Extremely Arrogant

The vice president dared not delay a second longer. He burst through the conference room door, saw Xiao Yufei in the middle of a meeting, and shouted breathlessly, "President Xiao, your... your parents-in-law are here!"

When Xiao Yufei heard this, her eyes lit up. She shouted urgently, "End the meeting now! Everyone, prepare to welcome my parents-in-law with the highest honors!"

Instantly, the entire company whirred into action.

In just two minutes, a red carpet was rolled out to the company entrance. All the employees stood on either side, holding flowers to form a welcoming line.

After quickly freshening up, Xiao Yufei hurried to the company entrance. She approached Su Mei and Ye Tianwen and bowed respectfully.

"Your daughter-in-law, Xiao Yufei, greets her father and mother-in-law!"

Su Mei quickly helped Xiao Yufei up. Gazing at her stunningly beautiful face, she couldn’t bear to let go. "So gorgeous! Just beautiful! You’re almost a match for me back in my day!"

Behind them, Ye Tianwen was speechless. "..."

Xiao Yufei and Nangong Xue quickly ushered the two elders into the reception room. Just then, Wang Luyao, having heard the news, also rushed over to greet Su Mei and Ye Tianwen.

Su Mei was overjoyed to see so many beautiful young women. She looked at Ye Tianwen beside her, gestured toward Xiao Yufei, and whispered:

"This girl is so pretty. If she has a daughter someday, she’s guaranteed to be a looker!"

Then, pointing to Nangong Xue, she said, "With hips that wide, she’s bound to have a son!"

Then she pointed at Wang Luyao. "This one’s got a big chest. Her kids will never go hungry!"

The young women staggered, almost collapsing to the floor. ’What does she think we are?’ they thought. ’Baby-making machines?’

Wang Luyao, ever blunt, smiled at Su Mei and asked, "Mother-in-law, Father-in-law, where’s Ye Feng?"

"Oh, Ye Feng was summoned to the Imperial Palace by the Emperor," Su Mei said nonchalantly.

Wang Luyao’s face fell. "Damn it! The princess got to him first this time!"

Beside her, Nangong Xue and Xiao Yufei’s pretty faces turned bright red at Wang Luyao’s brazen words.

’That girl has absolutely no filter.’

...

「Meanwhile.」

「The Imperial Palace.」

「The Hall of Mental Cultivation.」

Long Ao sat on the throne at the head of the hall.

A short, middle-aged man in a Western suit sat in a seat below, his demeanor exceedingly arrogant.

He was the representative of the Yamato delegation, Ogawa Jiro.

Ogawa Jiro looked at Long Ao and spoke with domineering arrogance. "Your Majesty, the last time our Yamato medical delegation came to your Great Xia for a medical arts exchange..."

"...you wiped them out. Even our National Preceptor, Kato Changkong, was permanently left behind here, causing an irrecoverable loss to the Yamato medical community."

"Our own Emperor is furious about this. We have come today to convey his decree, demanding that your Great Xia Empire cede the southeastern coastal islands to us as compensation..."

A cold glint flashed in Long Ao’s eyes, but he quickly suppressed it. He looked at Ogawa Jiro and spoke calmly:

"Mr. Ogawa Jiro, during that medical tournament, all competitors signed a death waiver before entering the ring. They lost their lives because their skills were inferior. You cannot blame others for that. To demand compensation from us is an outrageous request, is it not?"

Ogawa Jiro looked at Long Ao and chuckled dryly. "So, the less skilled deserve to be beaten, is that it? Fine, I understand. We’ll set that matter aside for a moment. I have another reason for coming today."

"I hear that your Great Xia is teeming with masters. I happened to bring a few of our Ninja with me today and would like to have a ’friendly’ spar. It is a small request—surely, Your Majesty won’t refuse?"

Looking at the two men in black standing behind him, Long Ao noted their sharp gazes and bulging temples. One look was enough to know they were not to be trifled with.

Long Ao’s brow twitched slightly. He then spoke with a placid expression, "The people of our Great Xia Empire practice martial arts to stay healthy, not to pick fights with others. Let us drop the matter."

Ogawa Jiro looked at Long Ao and chuckled. He raised a thumb, slowly inverted his hand, and pointed his thumb straight at the floor.

"Insolent!" The chief eunuch at his side could no longer contain himself and roared in fury. The next moment, he turned to Long Ao, his eyes bloodshot, and exclaimed:

"Your Majesty, they are too arrogant! We must teach them a lesson today!"

Long Ao chuckled. "You’re right. Since they want a martial arts exchange, let’s satisfy their request! Go, summon Grand General Murong Jue!"

The chief eunuch turned and left. A short while later, Grand General Murong Jue strode into the hall.

Long Ao looked at Murong Jue and said calmly, "Grand General, the Yamato delegation wishes to have a martial arts exchange. I must ask you to handle it."

Murong Jue nodded and turned to face Ogawa Jiro.

Ogawa Jiro chuckled and said calmly to a short man in black beside him, "Mr. Kawashima, you go and have an ’exchange’ with this Grand General."

Kawashima took a step forward and cupped his fists toward Murong Jue. "Please!"

"Please!" Murong Jue returned the gesture, wasting no more words. He lunged directly at Kawashima, his right fist swinging brutally toward the man’s temple.

The chief eunuch watched Kawashima and sneered, "Our Grand General is a Tier Three Martial God. You think you can act so presumptuously before him? In your dreams..."

Before the words had even left his mouth, he saw Kawashima vanish. In an instant, the man was gone. The next moment, he reappeared behind Murong Jue, the tip of a dagger already pressed against the Grand General’s back, right over his heart.

He spoke in a cold, flat voice, "You’ve lost."