A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 1613

“How insolent! Who dares disrespect me like this?”

Xu Lei's insults immediately drew the attention of the five Grandmasters.

One of them had a cold look in his eyes as he raised his hand and prepared to teach her a lesson.

It wasn't until he saw how young she was that he held himself back.

“Hmph... I'll let this slide because you're but a young lady. Just so you know, we could've punished you for disrespect!”

Despite their tendency to abuse their status as elders, the Grandmasters were still nice people and refused to punish a small fry like Xu Lei.

“Is that so? You're going to punish me for disrespect when I simply stated the facts? In that case, aren't you guys just as guilty for accusing the Unrivalled of being a criminal?” Xu Lei snapped back coldly at them.

The Grandmasters were furious when they heard that. “You... You sure have a sharp tongue, young lady!

How are you related to Ye Fan? Why are you

defending him like this? As your elder, I shall remind you that he is guilty of treason, so it would be in your best interest to stay away from him before you get caught in the crossfire.”

“Nonsense! Ye Fan has always been a man of honor, so there's no way he'd commit treason! You guys must be framing him or something!” Xu Lei shouted angrily and tried her best to defend Ye Fan.

She was about to continue arguing when Li Er ran over and dragged her to the side.

“Ms. Xu, I think you should refrain from saying too much right now. Ms. Qiu's situation is concerning as is, so we really can't afford anything to happen to you. Please don't make it harder for us to answer to Mr. Chu,” he pleaded.

That was when Lu Tianhe recognized the person in front and stepped forward to greet him respectfully, “Greetings, Grandmaster Yan. My name is Lu Tianhe. What brings you all the way to Jiangdong? You should've told me you were coming so I could make preparations to welcome your arrival!”

Lu Tianhe used to be a martial artist before joining the military.

Being an instructor of the three armed forces, he frequented Yanjing all year round, so he knew some of the prominent figures in the martial arts world.

The elderly man standing before him was Yan Buping. He was the head of the Xingyi Sect in Jiangnan as well as the highest-ranked Grandmaster.

Although Lu Songliang from Jiangbei was similarly powerful due to his family background, Yan Buping was the head of a martial arts sect and had over three thousand disciples over the years.

All Xingyi Fist practitioners in the world viewed him as a highly-respected master, so his reputation and prestige far surpassed that of Lu Songliang's.

As such, there was no way Lu Tianhe wouldn't know who he was.

Even so, Yan Buping had no idea who Lu Tianhe was and simply arched an eyebrow as he asked, “Lu Tianhe? Never heard of you. Whose disciple are you?”

“I...” Lu Tianhe's eyelids twitched from the awkwardness of the situation.