This was normal. Anyone else wouldn't be happy to be reprimanded like this. Moreover, the state preceptor was a person of high status. This was simply humiliating.
He couldn't possibly tolerate it.
Something was definitely going to happen.
Some of the smarter ones had already secretly sent someone to inform the princes. If things didn't go well today, His Majesty might even be alerted.
When that happened, there would be no way to clean up the mess.
The others might not know who was speaking but Lin Jin did.
Lin Jin even knew from the start that with Shu Xiaolou's personality, he wouldn't tolerate something like this. He and Shu Xiaolou were friends. If someone treated him like this, Shu Xiaolou would definitely be punished.
Of course, the opposite was also true.
Just then, a voice came from the carriage again.
"If I don't come out, what can you do?"
Sima Qing couldn't hold back his anger anymore.
"Who do you think you are to talk behind someone's back? Get out here."
His voice carried the might of a ferocious beast. Those who were more cowardly fell to the ground, paralyzed.
The might of a Rank 5 pet beast.
As expected, the state preceptor of a premium country was no small matter.
However, Lin Jin could easily neutralize this kind of aura. What Shu Xiaolou said earlier was just adding fuel to the fire. Lin Jin knew that Shu Xiaolou was toying with Sima Qing, so why not lend him a hand?
He purposely tried to persuade Sima Qing, "Appraiser Sima, this is Lin Jin's fault. Forget it, forget it. You're a magnanimous person. Please don't pursue this matter any further. I'll apologize to you, alright?"
"Get out of my way!" Sima Qing waved his sleeve and a gust of wind pushed Lin Jin back.
He was truly enraged.
This matter no longer had anything to do with Lin Jin. This was a grudge between him and the person in the carriage.
It would have been better if Lin Jin hadn't tried to persuade him. But once the other party spoke, Sima Qing couldn't hold back his anger anymore.
No one had ever dared to speak to him like this. How dare they reprimand him?
Even his senior, Zhong Zifeng, couldn't reprimand him. His status as a Rank 5 beast appraiser and state preceptor gave Sima Qing a sense of superiority. In his eyes, even his senior couldn't compare to him.
He had no intention of letting today's incident go. No matter who it was that dared to speak rudely to him in front of so many people, they had to be punished. Even Emperor Skyjade would support him unreservedly.
"If you still don't come out, I will destroy this carriage. Let's see how long you can hide." Sima Qing's aura surged. Although he said that, in reality, he had already made his move while he was speaking.
Behind him, the silhouette of a gigantic beast appeared. This beast looked like a monster with multiple snake heads. Sima Qing had clearly used some of his pet beast's powers.
With a casual wave of his hand, an invisible pressure would descend from the sky. Not to mention a carriage, even a house would be flattened in an instant.
It could be seen that Sima Qing was truly enraged.
Lin Jin saw everything clearly. As expected of a State Preceptor, Sima Qing's skills were impressive. This spell was at his fingertips and was much stronger than Lin Jin's.
An expert.
However, Lin Jin wouldn't get involved. Since Shu Xiao Lou took the initiative to provoke Sima Qing, she definitely had a plan in mind as to what to do next.
Hence, Lin Jin wasn't worried at all.
As for this formless palm energy pressing down, it wasn't hard for Shu Xiao Lou to dissolve it with his methods.
Sure enough, that palm energy was blocked. It was as if there was an invisible dome above the carriage, blocking that incomparably powerful pressure.
Under the collision of the formless energy, the pressure was dispersed. Sima Qing's clothes fluttered and some of the others were sent tumbling.
Sima Qing's expression changed slightly.
He had attacked in a fit of rage and thought that he was a little too heavy-handed. He was even afraid that the person in the carriage would be killed by his palm, but the result was out of his expectations.
This made Sima Qing's heart skip a beat and he became more cautious.
Because in the entire continent, there weren't many people who could block this move of his, and those who could use this method to dissolve it were even rarer.
Just who was the person in the carriage?
Sima Qing began to mutter to himself. At this moment, the carriage's curtain was pulled open from the inside and Shu Xiao Lou stepped out.
Shu Xiao Lou's expression was solemn. "State Preceptor, you sure are imposing. I didn't get out of the carriage, yet you attacked. You've grown up."
The moment Sima Qing laid eyes on Shu Xiao Lou, he was like a punctured ball. He immediately lost his breath and became listless.
Even Sima Qing's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Shu, Shu, Shu …"
Seeing Shu Xiao Lou's appearance, Sima Qing's long-sealed memories surged into his mind.
In this world, there weren't many people he respected.
Zhong Zifeng was one of them. That was his senior brother who was twenty years older than him. He was like a father and a brother to Sima Qing. On the path of beast appraisers, Zhong Zifeng had helped him a lot.
Other than that, there was Sima Qing and Zhong Zifeng's teacher, who was also the previous owner of the Beast Appraisal Pavilion.
The position of a teacher was naturally revered.
Other than Zhong Zifeng and his teacher, there was another person who greatly influenced Sima Qing.
That person was Shu Xiao Lou.
When Zhong Zifeng was young, Sima Qing was even younger. About fifty years ago, the teenage Sima Qing followed Zhong Zifeng to the Beast Appraisal Pavilion to learn about beast appraisals.
Back then, their teacher was already a ninety-year-old old man. He was also a Rank 5 beast appraiser and had a respected status.
Sima Qing once thought that there was no beast appraiser in this world who was better than his teacher.
Until that day, he met Shu Xiao Lou.
Back then, Shu Xiao Lou's appearance hadn't changed at all. More than fifty years had passed, but it still looked the same.
It was amazing.
Sima Qing remembered clearly that even when his own teacher met this Senior Shu, he was extremely respectful and performed the etiquette of a teacher.
From then on, Sima Qing knew that this Senior Shu Xiao Lou was a senior expert who was even more powerful than his own teacher.
Senior Shu's whereabouts were secretive and he would only meet him once every few years. Sometimes, when his teacher invited Senior Shu over, Sima Qing would be present and listen to some of his teachings.
It could be said that he had benefited greatly.
After his teacher passed away, Sima Qing hadn't seen Senior Shu for more than ten years. Initially, he thought that Senior Shu was much older and had probably passed away. However, when Sima Qing asked his senior brother, Zhong Zifeng, he found out that this wasn't the case.
When Zhong Zifeng faced Sima Qing's question, he remained silent for a long time before replying, "Even if our grandson passes away, Senior Shu will still exist in this world. Remember, if you meet Senior Shu in the future, you mustn't be disrespectful. Remember, remember!"
These words shocked Sima Qing.
Although he didn't think much of it at the time.
However, after he became a State Preceptor and a Rank 5 beast appraiser, Sima Qing heard of Heavenly Jade Academy's past. In the handwritten notes of the academy's past pavilion masters, there would always be records of Senior Shu's achievements.
Sima Qing was well aware of his senior brother Zhong Zifeng's capabilities.
Based on his beast appraising skills, Zhong Zifeng had long been qualified to advance to Rank 5, even before Sima Qing. However, in the past few decades, Zhong Zifeng had never mentioned this matter.
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