The car door opened.
An elder, over sixty years old, stepped out.
He wore a gray linen robe, one hand behind his back, exuding an aura of power.
He held no umbrella.
Yet, the rain did not touch him.
Evidently, he too was a strong cultivator at the Qi Refining stage!
The elder stopped five meters away from Chen Nan and said, "My name is Guan Qing!"
Chen Nan, holding his umbrella, replied calmly, "You don't need to introduce yourself to me. You should go introduce yourself to the King of Hell!"
Guan Qing gave a cold smile, "Are you this arrogant?"
Chen Nan shrugged, "My strength dictates it; it doesn't allow me to be low-key!"
Jiang Zifan, holding an umbrella, emerged from the luxury car with a grim expression, "Chen, if you don't want to die, get on your knees and kowtow to Old Guan to apologize."
The desire to kill someone could not be hidden in one's eyes.
At that moment, his gaze towards Chen Nan was filled with hatred!
Fortunately, looks couldn't kill, or he would have already dismembered Chen Nan a thousand times over!
Guan Qing raised a hand, signaling Jiang Zifan to stop his ranting, and then said, "If my information is correct, you are not yet twenty-two!"
"To break through the shackles and enter the Qi Refining stage before twenty-two, your talent is indeed terrifying!"
"You can stand above the younger generation!"
"You can even rival ancient prodigies!"
"You truly have the right to be arrogant!"
"Let's get to the point," Guan Qing said, "You've offended the Jiang family, and I've received orders to kill you."
"However, seeing your extraordinary talent, I feel reluctant and wish to offer you a way out!"
"If you willingly come with me to the Jiang family to apologize."
"I can intercede for you before the Jiang family!"
"I can guarantee you a way to survive!"
"And you can even become a guest elder of the Jiang family!"
"If this were to happen, you would not only gain immense cultivation resources!"
"We could even exchange Daoist spells together!"
Jiang Zifan gasped, muttering repeatedly, "Old Guan, no! This person has insulted the Jiang family's dignity, provoked us repeatedly. Such a person must be severely punished!"
A hint of coldness flashed in Guan Qing's eyes, "Is this place for you to speak?"
"Let alone that Chen Nan only crippled your arm, even if he had killed you, what then?"
"You are just a good-for-nothing trash. Do you really think you are more important than a powerful Qi Refining cultivator?"
Jiang Zifan's face turned ashen from the scolding.
Though burning with rage, he dared not retort against Guan Qing.
Because in the Jiang family, guest elders held a very high status.
Let alone him, even the Jiang family patriarch treated them with courtesy.
Chen Nan lit a cigarette and said indifferently, "I can sense no ill will from you towards me, so you should leave. If we were to fight, you would be the one to fail!"
Guan Qing frowned slightly, "Why are you so obstinate? Do you truly believe you can defeat me?"
"Even if you were to narrowly win, the Jiang family has several other guest elders."
"Do you really want to throw an egg against a rock?"
Chen Nan replied, "I am not obstinate, nor do I wish to throw an egg against a rock. However, I have an irreconcilable hatred with Ku He!"
"Since you are so unappreciative, then Guan Qing will defeat you and take you back!" Guan Qing grabbed the air, and the rain in the sky rapidly gathered above them.
Compress!
Further compress!
When it condensed into a fist-sized mass.
He suddenly swung his arm!
Whoosh!
The mass of water seemed to come alive, soaring through the air and heading directly towards Chen Nan.
"A mere parlor trick!"
A hint of disdain flickered across Chen Nan's face.
He extended his right hand and flicked it lightly!
A single drop of water shot out, piercing the air!
Puff puff puff!
The water drop shattered Guan Qing's attack and, with unstoppable force, pierced Guan Qing's left shoulder!
Thump!
Guan Qing looked in shock at the wound on his shoulder, then met Chen Nan's gaze with gravity in his eyes, "Have you reached the late stage of the first level of Qi Refining?"
Jiang Zifan, in the distance, was already dumbfounded. He had expected Guan Qing to easily defeat Chen Nan.
But he had never imagined that the opponent would severely wound Guan Qing!
Chen Nan said casually, "My cultivation level is not important. What's important is that you are no match for me!"
"I don't believe you can be stronger than me!"
Guan Qing let out an angry roar. He formed hand seals, casting the Water Control Art.
Instantly!
The puddles on the ground and the rain in the sky all converged towards him!
Chen Nan watched him quietly.
In truth, defeating him was quite simple; all it took was to interrupt his casting, and Guan Qing would suffer a backlash.
However.
Out of respect, he would not do that!
"Manifest!"
Guan Qing's casting speed was very fast, taking only about ten seconds.
With a roar, a water python, over ten meters long and as thick as a bucket, materialized around Chen Nan, coiling around him.
Simultaneously.
A sword of water, about three meters long, appeared in the air!
Although formed from rainwater, it exuded a formidable aura!
Jiang Zifan, seeing this, was so frightened that he collapsed onto the ground.
This was the first time he had witnessed a cultivator at the Qi Refining stage in action.
It was truly terrifying!
Frankly speaking, this was the stuff of immortals!
He recalled an ancient saying.
"Below Qi Refining, all are ants!"
The ancients had not deceived him!
Guan Qing's eyes were grim as he struggled to control the water python and the sword in the air, "Chen Nan, if you surrender now, I can let this matter go!"
"If you persist, do not blame me for being ruthless!"
"Tsk tsk!"
Chen Nan showed a surprised expression, "To possess such skill at the middle stage of the first level of Qi Refining, your strength is quite commendable!"
"However!"
"You are still far from defeating me!"
As he spoke, he formed a hand seal!
In an instant, the water python and the water sword vanished.
But in the next moment.
A water dragon, tens of meters long and as thick as a millstone, coiled around Guan Qing!
Though it was a phantom conjured from rainwater, scales could be seen, and even faint dragon whiskers were visible.
"This..." Guan Qing stared in disbelief.
The water dragon before him was looking down at him, as if it would devour him whole if he dared to move.
The intense pressure made him extremely uncomfortable, even his heartbeat had slowed considerably.
"How can this be?"
Jiang Zifan was so scared he wet himself!
Guan Qing's strength had already made him feel suffocated!
But he never dreamed that Chen Nan's power would surpass Guan Qing's.
"I misjudged you. Your strength is far beyond what I imagined!" Guan Qing said dejectedly.
With the situation as it was, victory and defeat were decided; there was no need for further combat!
Chen Nan waved his hand, and the water dragon disappeared. He said, "Considering you still have some conscience, you may leave. I hope you will not collude with the Jiang family."
"Otherwise, if I come to the Jiang family in three days, I will not show mercy!"
Saying that, he turned to return to the Siheyuan.
Guan Qing hesitated for a moment, then shouted, "I have a question: Who exactly are you? And why do you know the Water Control Art?"
The Water Control Art was a spell he had acquired from the Jiang family, rumored to be a family heirloom.
Now that Chen Nan had used it, how could he not be curious?
"I learned it from you!" Chen Nan's figure vanished into the rain curtain, but his voice, like a thunderclap, continued to resound in Guan Qing's mind, lingering long after!