Awakening of the Ancient: Rise of the Fallen

As soon as the door was opened, he found many people standing there.

Around twenty people were standing outside. All of them looked to be the same age as Li Mu.

"Yes? Do you all need something?" Xu Ming inquired.

"Li Mu, bring your servant out! Today, we will break his legs!" The person in the lead said.

It was a boy who looked like he was in his early twenties. He was wearing a robe that highlighted his position as a disciple of this sect.

"Why do you want me to call him out? What did he do to you?" Xu Ming inquired.

"That bastard made my sister Gu Yao fall down! He deserves to be punished!" The boy said.

'Gu Yao? She must be another disciple, I guess,' Xu Ming thought.

"How did he make her fall down? Did he push her, or did he accidentally hit her and made her fall down? Those two things can be entirely different depending on the context," Xu Ming replied.

"I don't care why he did what he did or how it happened! The truth is, my sister fell down because of a trash servant. You need to hand him over to me right now!" The boy said.

'Sigh, these guys don't respect the Prince either. It looks like they all believe that Li Mu has no chance of becoming the Prince, and he will die in the trial of crown. Such a good position of a prince not it didn't come with any benefits and only trouble. No one will kill me because I'm a prince at the moment, but they won't be shy of beating me since I probably don't have any high position anywhere,' Xu Ming thought with a wry smile on his face.

"He just came back, and he was already beaten black and blue. You need to do something else. I believe that he already got his punishment. Please leave," Xu Ming replied as he turned back.

"Li Mu, don't believe that just because of your position, you can do anything! I don't care what happens today, I am taking that guy with me!" the boy let out as he started walking towards the courtyard.

The guy was just before the entrance when Xu Ming reached out his hand and stopped the guy from moving forward.

"You can't stop me, Li Mu!" the boy said.

The boy held Xu Ming's hand and pushed him outside, but he wasn't able to.

The boy hadn't expected that he wouldn't be able to move Xu Ming. It was as if he was pulling a mountain. He was also feeling embarrassed after failing, especially when he was being watched by twenty fellow disciples that he had brought with him.

"You bastard, Stop making things difficult for me!" The boy let out as he kicked Xu Ming's chest.

Xu Ming hadn't expected that he would be kicked like that. He flew back and crashed on the table. The table broke apart.

"Master, are you fine?" Xu Ming's servant came up to him and helped him up.

He was about to start walking towards Gu Mao, who was the brother of Gu Yao, but Xu Ming stopped him.

"It's not about you anymore. They attacked a prince, and I can't let it go. It doesn't matter how I behaved before this day. It doesn't matter if I maintained my dignity before or not, today will be a day when I won't let anyone trample my dignity," Xu Ming said out loud.

As he spoke, he also included something to give himself some room. He had already separated himself from the past behavior of Li Mu. If Li Mu were a coward before today, it would be seen as him becoming brave today, and no one will doubt his actions.

Xu Ming stepped forth and left the servant behind.

He also brought his ax out of his storage ring.

"If you want a war, let's have it. I wonder who will get more punishment. If you killed me, a prince or if I killed you," Xu Ming let out.

"You bastard, you think you can scare me with that false bravado?" Gu Mao let out as he ran towards Xu Ming and punched out again.

Even though Xu Ming could've used his ax to cut off the hands of Gu Mao with ease, he didn't do it since he was clearly bragging about killing Gu Mao. He didn't want to increase the troubles to that level. Beating up Gu Mao would be fine, but killing him might be too much.

Xu Ming moved his feet skillfully and lowered his head as he dodged the attack, but that wasn't enough. He also punched out after he dodged the attack of Gu Mao.

His fist connected with Gu Mao's face, instantly making Gu Mao regret his choices.

Five of Gu Mao's teeth were broken as he flew back like a broken kite.

Blood had started to seep out of his mouth before he had even crashed on the ground.

Gu Mao flew out the door and landed over one of the twenty guys that were standing outside.

His mouth was filled with blood, and he had also lost consciousness.

This single punch was enough to make him see the stars. 

Xu Ming stepped out of the courtyard and noticed that Gu Mao was already unconscious.

"I didn't expect that it would be over this fast. Anyway, take him back to whatever hole he came from. He looks like he might need help," Xu Ming said with a wry smile on his face.

He walked inside the courtyard and closed the door.

The guys that were standing outside didn't move even an inch for the next few minutes as they kept standing in a daze.

After a long time, they moved. They carried the unconscious Gu Mao back with them.

Inside the courtyard, the servant was looking shocked at Xu Ming.

"What?" Xu Ming inquired as he noticed the shock on the servant's face.

The servant instantly dropped down to his knees.

"I don't know how to thank you enough. It would have been perfectly fine if you had thrown me outside, but you stood up for me. I am lucky to have you as my master. Thank you," The servant declared.