Chapter 45: Killing Intent

As Bu Gong finished speaking, the girl next to him widened her beautiful eyes and stared at Bu Gong without saying a word, as if she was looking at a monster, which made Bu Gong feel a little uncomfortable all over.
After a few breaths, the girl screamed; but the voice was a bit sharp, which made Bu Gong’s ears buzz: “You, you, you said you beat him?”
Bu Gong looked at the petite woman in front of him speechlessly, but he was secretly thinking in his heart: “What’s so strange about attacking him? Isn’t it just because he has a backer? Besides, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. By the time the person behind him makes a move, I might have already reached the Peeping Yuan Realm.”
However, Bu Gong would not say it directly. He was quite annoyed by the woman’s yelling, so he just curled his lips indifferently. The meaning was very clear, “He is not the king of the world, why can’t I beat him?”
“Huff, huff… You, you guy, you make me so angry, aren’t you too bold? You, I don’t know what to say to you.” The petite girl next to Bu Gong had her pink cheeks slightly puffed up, like a little adult, and her red little mouth kept nagging and scolding Bu Gong.
Seeing her like this, Bu Gong finally couldn’t help it, and then he closed his eyes slightly, turned around and patted his forehead; he looked like he didn’t recognize her, which made the little beauty very angry.
She pointed at Bu Gong with her slender jade finger and said “you” several times without making any clear explanation; then the girl had a hint of anxiety on her pretty face and said, “You tell me what to do, it will be a bad ending if you provoke him.”
Bu Gong found this scene quite funny, but he thought to himself: “It’s the eunuchs who are anxious while the emperor is not.” Although Bu Gong thought so in his heart, he didn’t really believe it.
He looked at the woman in front of him who was anxious about his affairs, and his eyes softened a little; because until now, he didn’t even know her name, but she cared very much about his affairs.
Bu Gong glanced at Hou Ming, only to see Hou Ming walking towards Bu Gong with a sinister smile on his face.
The man in blue who was with Hou Ming seemed to have noticed the conflict between Hou Ming and Bu Gong at this time, and then became a little curious; he narrowed his eyes slightly, and glanced at Bu Gong and Hou Ming inadvertently, but no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.
Seeing Hou Ming walking towards Bu Gong, the man in green also slowly took steps and followed him; Bu Gong glanced at the shabby table and found that the sloppy old man was still sleeping soundly, which made Bu Gong feel a little helpless.
“Boy, what a coincidence! I didn’t expect to run into you just by walking around today. We are really destined to meet.” Hou Ming came in front of Bu Gong, stared at him with a teasing look, and said in a sarcastic tone.
“Oh? Fate? Yes, hehe… We have a deep bond. I wonder if Brother Hou Ming’s hand is healed? How about I let you take a look?” Bu Gong also had a smiling look on his face. He glanced at Hou Ming’s right hand and responded in a warm tone.
As Bu Gong said this, Hou Ming, who had been smiling just now, suddenly turned pale, and there was a flash of shame and anger in his eyes.
Obviously, Bu Gong brought up the past again, which was Hou Ming’s most shameful past. This was tantamount to directly opening someone else’s bloody scar and not forgetting to sprinkle a little salt on it.
Hou Ming looked at Bu Gong’s calm and composed appearance, his chest rising and falling slightly, and his breathing becoming a little heavier; “Boy, you will pay for what you said,” a low roar suddenly came out of Hou Ming’s mouth.
Such a loud shout caused a moment of silence in the hall on the first floor of the pharmacy; almost at the same time, everyone in the hall turned their attention to Bu Gong and Hou Ming.
After people discovered the two people confronting each other, most of them secretly took a breath; “Who is this guy in red? Doesn’t he know the consequences of going against Hou Ming?” Some people looked shocked and muttered to themselves.
“This guy is amazing. I admire his courage, but the consequences…”
“Hey, who cares about the consequences? We’re not involved anyway. We’re just spectators. Tsk tsk… Look at Hou Ming’s face. I haven’t seen him like this in a long time. It’s so fucking satisfying!”
There was a lot of whispers in the hall. Some people looked at the two people confronting each other in the field, with a hint of expectation in their eyes: “Hey, it’s not in vain to come to the pharmacy today, I can see this scene.”
As for another small group of people, although their faces were calm, if you looked closely, you could find that there was a hint of gloating in their eyes when they looked at Hou Ming in the field.
At this time, Bu Gong, the person involved, looked as if it had nothing to do with him, as if he didn’t take Hou Ming seriously at all.
Bu Gong’s expression also made some people in the hall look a little puzzled; they all had the same thought in their hearts: “Could it be that this boy in red has some backup plan?”
Then the eyes of those people looking at Bu Gong also became flickering and suspicious!
At this time, Hou Ming’s face looked even uglier, because more than 90% of the people in the entire pharmacy hall had gathered towards them, and it was obvious that they had come to watch the show.
And he was a dignified inner sect disciple, and a disciple with a relatively high deterrent power, but now he was in conflict with a newcomer who had just joined the sect, and the newcomer seemed to not take him seriously.
Whenever Hou Ming thought of this, he wanted to bite his teeth to pieces. He stared at Bu Gong with gritted teeth, “Boy, do you really think you can defeat me like this?”
Bu Gong was a little speechless about this, and then he said nonchalantly: “When did I think I could defeat you? You must be crazy to come to me on your own initiative. You really can’t even distinguish between cause and effect. I can’t understand how you cultivated to this level of cultivation.”
“Uh, pfft…” Someone in the crowd couldn’t help laughing when he heard Bu Gong’s innocent and helpless words. Then some of the onlookers suddenly made a lot of noise. Obviously, Bu Gong’s rude ridicule of Hou Ming also made some onlookers feel very happy.
“You, you don’t want to live anymore? Oh my God, can I call you Brother Bu Gong? Stop confronting Hou Ming here, come with me.” At this time, the petite beauty next to Bu Gong wiped the fine beads of sweat on her white forehead, her tone a little low and anxious, and she forcibly pulled Bu Gong’s arm to walk out of the crowd.
On the other hand, Hou Ming’s face was a little purple, his eyes were slightly red, his fists were clenched tightly, and the blue veins on the back of his hands were bulging; it was obvious that he could no longer bear Bu Gong’s words.
The suppressed anger was like a volcano, ready to erupt at any time; “Go? Little bastard? I want to see where you go today? I’m going to destroy you!” At this time, a suppressed roar sounded from Hou Ming’s mouth.
At this time, the people watching around kept silent. They were obviously a little afraid of Hou Ming. Hou Ming’s current condition was also extremely unstable. He looked like a bloodthirsty beast, ready to tear everything in front of him to pieces at any time.
Upon hearing this, Bu Gong stopped walking forward as he was being pulled by the petite girl. “Ah, it looks like today’s matter can’t be resolved peacefully,” Bu Gong sighed helplessly.
Then he turned around and looked at Hou Ming, “What are you going to do? Tell me quickly, I don’t have time to talk nonsense with you.”
Hou Ming, who was already furious, exploded when he heard Bu Gong’s impatient words, “Little bastard, I’m going to tear you alive!” With a roar from Hou Ming, he pounced towards Bu Gong.
“Ah!” The girl who was pulling Bu Gong screamed when she saw this, and her pretty face turned pale and she was stunned; it seemed that she was frightened by Hou Ming’s behavior.
At the same time, the crowd watching around could be heard gasping from time to time; they had not expected that things would get to this point.
You know, fighting and causing trouble are prohibited in the pharmacy; and now looking at Hou Ming’s appearance, he obviously forgot this rule.
At this time, Bu Gong pushed the girl who was pulling him out of the field, and his whole body became alert; his eyes became extremely sharp in an instant.
Although he had defeated Hou Ming some time ago, he couldn’t let his guard down; he had to know that in a life-and-death struggle like this, the slightest mistake could result in his death, or at best, cripple him.
At this time, Hou Ming’s clothes were fluttering and he rushed towards Bu Gong at a rapid pace. At the same time, Bu Gong also felt a chill coming towards him.
Obviously, this was Hou Ming’s unique skill of suppressing the opponent’s attack. Then he shouted in a low voice: “Extreme Ice Blade – Cut”; as his words fell, along with his handprint, a several-meter-long, but extremely slender and bright cold light flew towards Bu Gong at a rapid speed.
At this time, Bu Gong was also trying his best to circulate the not-so-much immortal energy in his body, with arcs of electricity flashing on his right fist. He could see clearly that Hou Ming’s move was the mark of his palm, and the cold light was not condensed by the immortal energy.
“Thunder Extinguishing Fist – Thunder!” Bu Gong shouted secretly in his heart, and then he saw his right fist suddenly hit out, facing Hou Ming; then, in the surprised eyes of everyone, they collided fiercely.
“Bang, crackle…” The sound of flashing electric arcs and the sound of fists and palms colliding continuously rang out in this space.
At this moment, Hou Ming’s hands were covered with ice, and the cold air that was inadvertently emitted made the lips of some people who were close to him tremble.
As for Bu Gong, small blue arcs of electricity kept flashing on his hands; it was as if a pair of thunder hands were soaked in thunder liquid, and his punches collided head-on with Hou Ming.
The scene was quite shocking. Strong winds raged where the two men fought, as if even the air was forced to escape.
Bang, boom…
Then the two people who were fighting retreated together.
Then everyone felt a chill spreading everywhere, accompanied by a sharp and domineering aura of thunder and lightning; the collision of these two auras caused some people who were closer to Bu Gong and the others to retreat dozens of steps.
Those people looked at Bu Gong and Hou Ming in the center with horror; they didn’t expect that Bu Gong, an unknown newcomer, could clash to this extent with Hou Ming, a famous figure in the sect.
At this time, Hou Ming’s face was gloomy. His charged attack was still blocked by Bu Gong; because he attributed the reason for his last defeat at the hands of Bu Gong to his own carelessness and contempt.
Therefore, he thought that he could definitely defeat Bu Gong this time, but he did not expect that the result would be similar to the last time; at this time, Bu Gong and Hou Ming were standing opposite each other, and Bu Gong slightly shook his right hand, which was slightly numb in his sleeve, glanced at Hou Ming and then curled his lips.
However, Hou Ming’s expression at this time was a little strange, because there was a trace of hesitation on his face; Bu Gong’s expression was calm at this time, and he did not look embarrassed at all when he collided with Hou Ming.
But when his eyes swept across Hou Ming’s face, they suddenly froze; because it was at this moment that he discovered the hint of hesitation that flashed across Hou Ming’s face, as well as the deep and strong murderous intent hidden deep inside; yes, it was murderous intent; but it was only a fleeting flash, but it was still noticed by the careful Bu Gong.
“He, is he going to kill me?” At this moment, when Bu Gong caught the expression on Hou Ming’s face, his heart skipped a beat and he realized in an instant that Hou Ming intended to kill him.