Chapter 215: Master Uncle Is So Powerful

Yuqing Yan was stunned.

Before she could even process what was happening, Jiang Fan had already slapped Jiang Qin across the face.

Jiang Qin was also dazed by the slap. She only registered a blur before feeling the sting of a slap.

What just happened?

It was only when a burning pain spread across her face that Jiang Qin snapped back to reality. A wave of humiliation instantly washed over her, and she roared furiously, "How dare you slap my face? I'll kill you! I'll kill you!!!"

Already a volatile person, she was accustomed to being the one who bullied her fellow disciples. When had she ever been slapped in public like this before? Losing all reason, she roared and struck out with a palm toward Jiang Fan's chest.

"Watch out!" Yuqing Yan cried out in alarm.

Jiang Qin was at the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, and her palm technique was renowned for its domineering power. A palm strike to the chest could easily be fatal.

Jiang Fan's eyes hardened slightly. "How malicious! She can insult others freely, but if she faces a slight insult, she tries to take a life?" He wouldn't tolerate such a person. With a backhand, he delivered a punch.

Bang—

Even without using the Nine Forms of Battling Heaven, his punch was not something just anyone could withstand. Before Jiang Qin's palm could land, she was struck in the shoulder blade. She groaned in pain and was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into a group of disciples and knocking several of them down. Cries of pain immediately erupted from the crowd.

Yuqing Yan's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief. Wasn't Jiang Fan supposed to be a disciple without a spiritual root? What... what was going on? Jiang Qin was so powerful, yet he had casually defeated her with a single punch?

That punch also snapped Jiang Qin back to her senses. She looked at Jiang Fan with a hint of surprise. Only then did she realize that the person Yuqing Yan called "Martial Uncle" was not as simple as he seemed. Gritting her teeth, she spat venomously, "Fine! Fine! Fine! I'll remember today's debt! Yuqing Yan, just you wait! I'll repay today's grudge twofold in the future! Just pray that your Martial Uncle will always be by your side to protect you!"

Yuqing Yan's heart sank, and she grew secretly anxious. Jiang Qin was the type who never forgot a grudge; harming her once would surely result in a hundredfold retaliation. Martial Uncle seemed to be helping her, but in reality, he was causing her trouble!

Jiang Fan narrowed his eyes. "It seems you still haven't realized your mistake."

Jiang Qin said spitefully, "Hmph! I admit, you have some strength. But I, Jiang Qin, have mastered movement techniques. If I want to leave, do you really think you can stop me?"

With that said, she employed her movement technique, leaping two zhang like a dragonfly skimming the water. As she fled, she turned her head and threatened fiercely, "Don't worry! The humiliation you've given me, I'll return it twofold, tenfold, a hundredfold onto Yuqing Yan! If I don't avenge this, I swear I'm not human!!!"

Jiang Fan scoffed, "Just because you've learned a bit of movement technique, you think no one can do anything to you? How presumptuous!"

As his voice fell, he immediately executed the second level of his movement technique: 'A Reed Crossing the River'! With a tearing sound, his figure moved, ripping through the air with a whipping sound. His speed was incredible! And in one step, he covered a distance of over ten zhang! This elicited thunderous shouts from the disciples present.

"Over ten zhang in one step?""This... this is a perfected movement technique!""Yuqing Yan's Martial Uncle is a top master with a perfected movement technique!""My heavens! Who exactly is he?""Even our Sect Master's movement technique only covers eight zhang in one step!!!"

Jiang Qin heard the commotion behind her. Frowning, she turned her head to look. What she saw made her scream on the spot! "Ah!!"

Jiang Fan, covering over ten zhang in a single stride, had instantly appeared right beside her. This was a movement technique? A movement technique ten times more profound than her own! Immediately after, she met a pair of icy eyes. The next moment, a heavy punch landed on her chest. Her body was sent flying backward again, crashing into the Refinement Monument.

Cough, cough—

This time, with no one to cushion her fall, she hit the ground hard, coughing up blood. She looked at Jiang Fan in the distance, her face filled with horror. Before she could even get up, her vision blurred again as Jiang Fan casually covered several zhang to appear before her.

Jiang Qin was terrified. She quickly activated her movement technique. But her technique, covering two zhang per step, was like a snail's crawl compared to Jiang Fan's. The moment her foot tapped the ground, Jiang Fan caught up and punched her. This happened three more times. Jiang Qin was finally utterly terrified. As Jiang Fan's next punch came, she quickly covered her head and pleaded, "Senior, I know I was wrong, please stop hitting me!" The suffocating feeling of wanting to escape but being unable to made her realize she had encountered an expert she could not afford to offend.

Jiang Fan withdrew his fist and said indifferently, "The last person who acted so recklessly had every bone in their body broken by me. I hope you won't be the next."

Jiang Qin nodded repeatedly like a pecking chick.

"So," Jiang Fan said, "aren't you going to apologize to my niece?"

Jiang Qin was completely scared now. Grudgingly, she went before Yuqing Yan and bowed. "Sister Yuqing, I'm sorry. I was wrong before."

Yuqing Yan nodded blankly. "Oh, oh, it's... it's fine." She was utterly astonished. Just who exactly was this Martial Uncle of hers? Not only did he possess terrifying combat strength, but he also had an unparalleled movement technique! She had never heard of anyone whose movement technique could reach over ten zhang in a single step! If he used it to its full extent, wouldn't he be practically flying across the ground?

Jiang Fan walked over and said, "Let's go, let's look somewhere else." He took a few steps forward, but Yuqing Yan remained standing there, causing him to frown. "Why are you still standing there? Such a commotion would soon attract the higher-ups of the Supreme Sect. If we don't leave quickly, are we waiting to be interrogated?"

Only then did Yuqing Yan snap back to reality and quickly replied, "Oh, oh, oh, alright, Martial Uncle." She held up her skirt and swiftly caught up to Jiang Fan. Looking at his back, a hint of respect entered her eyes, and also a hint of gratitude. "Martial Uncle, thank you for earlier." If it hadn't been for Martial Uncle, she would have undoubtedly suffered Jiang Qin's humiliation. And she had been so negligent towards him. Even when she was in trouble, he still stepped forward to help her. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel ashamed of her actions in the pavilion.

Jiang Fan didn't pay attention to any of this. He said earnestly, "A person's energy is limited. Between martial arts and medicine, you'd best choose one. Trying to master both might not be a good thing."

This touched Yuqing Yan's heart. Currently, her medical skills weren't perfected, and her martial arts had been surpassed by her peers. She hadn't excelled in either. But then she paused, and couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "Are you one to talk?" Wasn't Jiang Fan himself cultivating both medicine and martial arts? And his medical skills were heaven-defying, surpassing even her master, Shangguan Sheng. As for his martial arts... she didn't know how far his martial arts strength had reached. He should be able to exchange a few blows with someone at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, right?

As she thought this, the plaza bell suddenly rang. Yuqing Yan's expression subtly changed, and she immediately became flustered. "The Supreme Sect's selection is about to begin. Only those who qualify can participate in the beast tide resistance activity."

"Is that so?" Jiang Fan had always been curious about the strength of the Supreme Sect's disciples. As one of the top three of the Nine Sects, the current generation of disciples should be very strong. "Let's go take a look."

The two arrived at the plaza. Disciples from various peaks were arriving one after another. As soon as they arrived, several beautiful female disciples in brightly colored robes came up to them.

"Yuqing, you're here so early!" A cheerful and lively female disciple affectionately linked arms with her. It was then that she noticed Jiang Fan standing nearby. Seeing his clear features and skin even fairer and smoother than a woman's, she couldn't help but tease, "Hey, hey, hey! Yuqing, you sly one! You have a lover and you didn't even tell us sisters."

Yuqing Yan was startled. She quickly rebuked, "Stop talking nonsense! This is my Martial Uncle, Jiang Fan!"

"Martial Uncle? Jiang Fan?" The female disciple's face lit up with understanding. "Oh! So he's your... that 'convenient' Martial Uncle? Yuqing, didn't you say you'd give him a good beating to make him back off?"

Another female disciple also looked puzzled: "Yeah, and you also said you couldn't face anyone with a Martial Uncle like him. So why are you still strolling around with him?"