"Qin Yuan, what are you doing?" Suddenly, a clear and melodious voice came from beside.Upon hearing this, Qin Yuan immediately stopped the force he was about to exert and turned his head to look at a woman in a long dress walking over. His eyebrows furrowed. Upon seeing the woman, the other young members of the Qin family also immediately became more subdued.

"Qin Yue, I was just messing around with Qin An," Qin Yuan said with a smile, his furrowed brows relaxing.Approaching them was Qin Yue, the most outstanding female among the younger generation of the Qin family. She was two years older than Qin An and had reached the late stage of post-natal martial arts. Moreover, Qin Yue was one of the three young people in the Qin family who possessed a low-grade magical artifact."Sister Qin Yue!" Qin An also nodded at Qin Yue. In the Qin family, Qin Yue was one of the few young people who had a good relationship with Qin An.

Qin Yue had always taken good care of Qin An, and after Qin An was injured, she had specially visited him twice and given him her precious healing medicines."Messing around?" Qin Yue asked."Why didn't you mess around with Qin An before he was injured? Now you're messing around, do you think Qin An is easy to bully? Let me tell you, as long as I'm here, anyone who dares to bully Qin An won't get away with it," Qin Yue's voice was clear, but no one dared to disobey her words. When Qin Yue said she wouldn't be polite, she really meant it.

Qin Yuan awkwardly smiled and reluctantly glanced at Qin An, muttering under his breath, "Useless waste, relying on a woman for protection. I don't believe Qin Yue can protect you forever.""Qin An, is your injury better?" Qin Yue asked Qin An. Although it was just a simple sentence, Qin An could feel that she genuinely cared about him."Much better," Qin An nodded seriously. When he said "much better," he was referring not only to his physical injuries but also to his strength.

In fact, his current strength was much stronger than before he was injured."That's good. If anyone dares to bully you in the future, come to me. No matter who it is, I won't ignore it," Qin Yue glanced at Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan's face darkened, but he dared not say anything. Just as he didn't like Qin An, he didn't have a good impression of Qin Yue either. However, Qin Yue's strength was still formidable, far superior to his. Despite his anger, he could only endure it for the time being."Cousin Lv Wei, let's go somewhere else," Qin Yuan knew that with Qin Yue here, he had no chance of dealing with Qin An. Staying would only bring him humiliation, so it was better to leave as soon as possible."Cousin Qin Yue, I'm leaving first," Lv Wei bid farewell to Qin Yue.Qin Yue nodded slightly without saying anything. She knew that Lv Wei had been very close to Qin An two years ago, but now her attitude had changed drastically, which naturally made her more dissatisfied with Lv Wei.

"What, you want to leave now?" Qin An suddenly spoke up. "Just now you called me over, and I came. Now the matter hasn't been resolved, and you want to leave without asking if I agree or not?"Upon hearing this, Qin Yuan and the others were all taken aback.In Qin Yuan's view, he had already spared Qin An because of Qin Yue. He didn't expect Qin An to persist and dare to stop him from leaving.Qin Yuan was taken aback and sneered inwardly, staring at Qin An with piercing eyes. If it weren't for Qin Yue being present, he would have punched him already."You useless fellow, dare to threaten me?" Qin Yuan mocked.Seeing this, the others also laughed derisively and looked at Qin An with sarcastic glances.Even Qin Yue frowned slightly at Qin An. She could take care of Qin An and protect him from being bullied, but she couldn't hit someone for him. She was puzzled why Qin An wanted to stop Qin Yuan.Lv Wei looked at Qin An with even more contempt. In her view, Qin An's arrogance before his injury was understandable because he had strength. But now, to still be so arrogant was to be presumptuous."Qin Yuan, I beat you up three years ago, and I'll do the same today," Qin An's lips curled into a slight smile.Whoosh!Suddenly, a green figure flashed, and Qin An took a stride forward to stand in front of Qin Yuan.Qin Yuan, still in astonishment, felt a blur in front of his eyes and a gust of strong wind blowing towards him. Then, with a crisp sound of "smack," a burning pain spread across his face.Before he could react, the second "smack" sounded again, and his left cheek was slapped hard."You... are asking for death!" Qin Yuan finally came to his senses and roared in frustration.Smack!The third slap landed on the same spot as the first two."Damn it! I'll kill you!" Qin Yuan felt like he was going crazy. He watched helplessly as Qin An's palm landed on his cheek again and again, in front of Lv Wei and more than a dozen young Qin family members.He frantically activated his internal power, attempting to counterattack.Smack!The fourth slap, only a blink of an eye apart, hit his already swollen cheek hard.At this point, Qin Yuan finally came to his senses. He looked at Qin An in horror and suddenly realized that he couldn't even dodge Qin An's slaps."How could this be? Wasn't his qi sea destroyed and he became useless? How can he still be so powerful? No!" Qin Yuan felt the long-lost fear in his heart again.

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Seeing that Qin Yuan had stopped talking, Qin An smiled faintly and stepped back, his palm hidden in his sleeve.

He looked at Qin Yuan and the others with a half-smile, as if he weren't the one who had struck the blows.For a moment, everyone present fell silent, staring blankly at Qin An. Qin An had slapped Qin Yuan four times in succession. Although he hadn't used much internal power, everyone could see that Qin An's strength was still far superior to Qin Yuan's.Within a few breaths, half of Qin Yuan's cheek had swollen like a pig's head, his hair was disheveled, and tears were welling up in his eyes.

"Now, you can go," Qin An waved his hand and said."You..." Qin Yuan, who had been holding back for a long time, finally covered his face and ran away in tears.

At this point, he was no longer concerned with ingratiating himself to Lv Wei. The dozen or so Qin family members also turned around and left quickly in fear. In the blink of an eye, only Qin An and the other two were left near the practice ground."Cousin Qin An... Is your Dan Tian... alright?""Really, I believed them when they said Cousin Qin An's Dan Tian was shattered.

I thought..." Lv Wei's eyes sparkled as she looked at Qin An again, and her tone was noticeably gentler. If Qin Yue hadn't been there, she might have hugged Qin An's arm.