Chapter 2018: What Happens When a Master's Show-Off Fails

When Li Dabai came to the Jiang family, it felt like he was returning to his home turf.

Why be the last to appear? Do important figures arrive early to wait for others?

Of course, we only make our appearance after everyone has arrived!

As the youngest of the five elders and the closest senior member of the Jiang family, he felt that he was qualified to put on airs and act tough, and that he was the one who had to do it!

Li Dabai glanced sideways at Lu Chengwen and asked, "What? You have something to say, kid?"

"Uh... I'm fine, it's just..."

“Jiang family!”

Li Dabai, with a cigar between his fingers, pointed elegantly and domineeringly to his chest: "I'm in charge. Protecting someone requires ability. Lu Chengwen, don't blame me for not telling you beforehand, you should stay out of the Jiang family's business from now on."

Lu Chengwen scratched his head: "Today is my engagement party!"

"is it?"

Li Dabai nodded: "If you're getting engaged, then get engaged properly, don't go around with all this nonsense."

"That rat came to cause trouble, and you didn't do anything about it?"

"Hahahaha!"

Li Dabai said, "I don't even care about a mere rat! Since the Jiang family dares to call themselves the number one family in ancient martial arts, they must have the ability to settle things. If I have to take action for every random Tom, Dick, or Harry, wouldn't that be incredibly annoying?"

"Jiang Shang! Can you handle this rat?"

Jiang Shang quickly smiled and said, "I'll entertain the guests properly, and once that rat has eaten and drunk his fill, I'll send him away."

"it is good!"

Li Dabai said, "With so many people watching, don't embarrass your father and me."

"Jiang Shang dares not."

Li Dabai looked at Lu Chengwen, smiled, and reached out to touch the back of Lu Chengwen's head: "This kid's alright?"

Jiang Shang glanced at Lu Chengwen, feeling extremely unwilling: "Lu Chengwen is unruly and has offended the Jiang family many times. Jiang Shang only took him as her son-in-law because she loves and cherishes talent, but he... actually insulted my daughter."

"What do you mean by insult? It's insulting when she disagrees. Jiang Yuanshu, do you agree?"

Jiang Yuanshu was stunned, her face flushed, and she lowered her head: "I... Senior..."

"Speak plainly! This is a serious matter, what's there to be embarrassed about?" Li Dabai was clearly treating this place as his home turf: "If you agree, then it's not an insult, and I'll protect your affairs. If you disagree, then it is an insult! I won't give Hun Tiangang any face; I'll beat Lu Chengwen to death right here and now, and use his brains to save face for the Jiang family!"

Jiang Yuanshu quickly replied, "I agree, I agree..."

After saying that, he quickly lowered his head; not only his face, but his neck was also bright red.

"Hahahaha! Jiang Shang, did you hear that? They're deeply in love. Even the King of Heaven himself couldn't win this case."

"This is……"

Li Dabai asked, "Where's the little monkey?"

"We haven't let him out yet...because of this rat..."

Li Dabai said, "You handle the rat matter yourself. With so many people watching, you can't expect me to stand up for your Jiang family, can you? The Jiang family has stood proudly in the martial world for nearly a hundred years. Don't embarrass your father."

"Yes……"

Lu Chengwen said, "Senior Da Bai, you should leave after you finish your drink. This place... isn't very safe."

"Um?!"

Li Dabai's eyes widened: "What do you mean?"

"I... didn't mean anything by it."

Lu Chengwen clapped his hands: "Everyone, give a round of applause to Senior Da Bai! He's number one in the world, number one in the world!"

Li Dabai laughed heartily, raised his hands to signal everyone to stop drumming, his smile a mixture of humility and arrogance:

"It's all because people in the martial arts world are giving me face! In this martial arts world, if I, Li Dabai, say I'm second, who dares to say they're first?"

Lu Chengwen pursed his lips and remained silent.

"Ok?"

Rose said, "Lu Chengwen, what kind of expression do you have over there? Just say what you have to say."

"Huh? No, no, no, no... Today... everyone's really having a good time, hey, let's drink! Yes! Let's drink!"

"Wait! No!"

Li Dabai became serious: "Do you think I'm a three-year-old? Speak your mind! Stop stammering and what are you pretending for?"

"I...I have nothing to say, but..."

"Oh, I see. You're unhappy and uncomfortable when I say I'm the best in the world. You think your master is the best in the world, is that right?"

"I really don't care. You and my master are brothers, who can tell who's superior and who's inferior?"

"That's right! Which of my brothers here doesn't give me, Li Dabai, face?"

The old herbalist closed his eyes to rest, remaining silent.

The old fisherman drank his wine with gusto, without even looking up.

Antarctica tilted its head and watched Li Dabai brag, occasionally shaking its head as if it had lost all will to live.

Li Dabai said, "Explain yourself clearly!"

"Uh... never mind, there are too many people here, too many people, your face is more important."

Lu Chengwen whispered the last sentence into Li Dabai's ear.

Li Dabai immediately slammed his hand on the table: "What? Is my reputation on the Jiang family's turf about to crumble? What are you gossiping about? Speak your mind! Don't act like you're hiding something! Speak!"

Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian both came over.

Zhao Ritian: "Are you getting angry?"

Long Aotian nodded: "He gets impatient all the time."

Zhao Ritian shook his head: "He's just too vain, acting like a poor person who's suddenly become rich."

Long Aotian looked at him: "Aren't you vain?"

At this moment, Lu Chengwen was in a very difficult position. He took out his phone, waved, and someone came over and set up a loudspeaker. Lu Chengwen pointed his phone at the loudspeaker and played a recording:

"Hahaha, he really is the best in the world! When he sparred with your master, he was already sweating profusely and panting heavily before the 100th move was over. After the 300th move... if your master hadn't given him face, he probably would have lost everything."

The table fell silent.

The entire place fell silent.

Even the mice stopped eating.

He looked up and said, "Damn it... Lu Chengwen, your mother..."

Lu Chengwen pursed his lips tightly, shook his head, and put his phone away.

Li Dabai's lips twitched: "I...you...I you..."

Li Dabai looked around and noticed that everyone was looking in his direction, but then he realized they were all pretending not to be looking.

Could Li Bai possibly handle this?!

His face immediately turned red!

Bright red!

"I...I...you..."

Li Dabai roared, "Hun Tian Gang is the best in the world, everyone knows that! So what if I lost to him by a move or two? What's wrong with that!?"

Everyone quickly smoothed things over: "Yes, yes, and now Hun Tiangang is mentally unstable and crazy, and has already retired from the martial arts world. So in the end, you are still the number one in the world!"

Li Dabai, his face flushed and neck thick with anger, exclaimed, "What good is good kung fu! I'm different from those idiots! I'm into romance and elegance. I'm proficient in all the arts—music, chess, calligraphy, and painting—but I can't play any of the five instruments! That goes without saying!"

Lu Chengwen pursed his lips, closed his eyes, and nodded.

Li Dabai looked at Lu Chengwen's expression: "You don't agree!?"

Lu Chengwen was taken aback, then opened his eyes: "I agree!"

Li Dabai's eyelids twitched: "So someone disagrees?"

"Uh……"

Zhao Ritian squeezed in and pointed: "Definitely! I knew it the moment Lu Chengwen said that. Not only did it happen, but it was going to be incredibly awful! Even more embarrassing than the last one! Although you've already lost face, and everyone's ignoring you on the surface, they're all secretly thinking about you. Your opening was very impressive, and you were quite the big talker just now, but it was terrible! You were terrible today!"

"You were just trying to show off, but you ended up showing your butt instead!"

Li Dabai slapped Zhao Ritian across the face: "Get lost!"