Chapter 160: Conquering Ren Tingting

The appetizing aroma of roasted rabbit quickly spread. Looking at the golden-brown and fragrant rabbit meat right before her, she could not help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

In the back garden.

A young woman walked over, dressed in a goose-yellow long dress with a long whip tied around her slender waist, her figure possessing exquisite curves.

With a pair of apricot-blossom eyes brimming with moisture, she caught the scent lingering in the air and could not help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, having never smelled anything so wonderfully fragrant before.

That was right. This was a custom-blend seasoning that Su Yang had specially prepared by incorporating the barbecue techniques of his past life. Brought into a world where even stir-frying did not yet exist, it naturally blew everything else out of the water.

"Hey, hey there! It seems I've never seen you around before?"

Ren Tingting, naturally outgoing, sat down beside Su Yang and gazed at the roasting rabbit meat, once again unable to keep herself from swallowing as she spoke.

"Oh, I'm a guest visiting the Ren estate. Who might you be? Judging by your appearance, you don't look like a maidservant. Are you one of the masters of the Ren family, or another guest?"

Su Yang sat on the ground and asked with equal curiosity.

"Young Miss!"

Right at that moment, the maid who had just gone off to relieve herself came running over in a hurry, speaking respectfully to the young woman seated beside Su Yang.

"I heard there is only one young lady in the Ren family. Could it be that you are the eldest miss of the Ren household?"

Su Yang looked at the little beauty before him and asked.

"That's right, I am the eldest miss of the Ren family, Ren Tingting."

"You still haven't told me what your name is. Are you one of those good-for-nothing drinking buddies of my brother's?"

Ren Tingting asked.

"Uh, my name is Su Yang. I suppose you could say I'm your father's drinking buddy," Su Yang said after giving it a brief thought.

As Su Yang's words fell, Ren Tingting stared at him in silence for a long time.

Finally, pointing at the rabbit roasting on the spit in Su Yang's hands, she asked, "Is this done yet?"

"Want a taste?"

Su Yang said, directly reaching out to tear the rabbit into two halves and handing one half to the young woman beside him.

A second-tier martial artist possessed abundant vitality and Qi, and cared little for such a moderate roasting temperature.

Right now, all he needed to do was temper his heart to absolute perfection, and he would step into the first-tier realm.

Ren Tingting was also a martial artist, so she had no fear of the heat radiating from the roasted rabbit. She tore off a piece and put it into her mouth, and an intensely rich meaty fragrance instantly flooded her taste buds.

The flavor was simply beyond description—an absolute delicacy among mortals.

Ren Tingting's eyes lit up. She had never tasted such delicious food before, and the meat was exceptionally tender. She continuously tore off pieces of rabbit meat to put into her mouth, giving Su Yang a thumbs-up as she said, "Your culinary skills are truly incredible! If you were to go out and open a restaurant, it's guaranteed to be packed to capacity."

Half of the rabbit meat was quickly devoured, yet Ren Tingting still felt unsatisfied as she said, "Hey, where did you get this rabbit meat? It is seriously so delicious."

"Just caught it casually in the back garden."

"Why do you ask?"

Su Yang replied.

"I had no idea our back garden even kept rabbits?"

"How about we go catch a couple more?"

Ren Tingting licked her lips, a brilliant gleam flashing repeatedly in her eyes as she spoke.

"Alright, let me dispose of this rabbit's pelt and internal organs first."

With that, Su Yang prepared to toss the adjacent rabbit organs and fur directly into the fire pit to burn them into ashes.

"Wait...!"

Right at that moment, Ren Tingting seemed to have suddenly noticed something. She stepped forward and reached out to pinch a red cord from within the black fur; dangling from the red cord was a thumbnail-sized token with the character "Ting" engraved upon it.

"You... you killed my Little Black?"

"What Little Black?"

"Ah, ah, ah...!"

"I'm going to kill you...!"

Gazing at the golden pendant in her hand along with that patch of black fur, Ren Tingting finally came to her senses. The guy had just roasted none other than her beloved pet, Little Black!

She snatched up the long whip from her waist and lashed out fiercely at Su Yang, her entire body's Qi and blood erupting as the whip cut through the air with a succession of sonic booms.

It arrived in the blink of an eye, terrifyingly fierce.

Su Yang was startled by Ren Tingting's sudden emotional outburst and hurriedly dodged to the side, protesting, "Hey lady, wasn't the meat tasting awfully good when you were eating it just a moment ago?"

"If you ask me, since you ate half of the rabbit meat, you bear some responsibility too."

Su Yang said while dodging another strike from the incoming whip.

"You still dare to talk back?"

"I'll kill you...!"

Ren Tingting currently looked like a woman who had lost her mind. After all, her pet that she had raised for so long had been abruptly killed—and if that weren't enough...

She had gone ahead and eaten it herself!

And the most crucial part was that it had tasted so good while she was eating it!

Sob, sob, sob!

A grave sin, truly a grave sin...!

"Imperial Edict of Suppression!"

Faced with Ren Tingting, who possessed the strength of a fourth-tier martial artist and was on the verge of stepping into the third tier, Su Yang decided to test out his Confucian scholarly methods.

He mobilized the literary Qi and fortune within his body.

"Boom...!"

The next second, a mysterious force manifested out of thin air, transforming into an invisible scholar's measuring rule that heavily descended upon Ren Tingting's body.

"Bang!!"

Ren Tingting, who had just been brimming with menacing momentum and eager to take Su Yang's life, suddenly found her knees forcefully slammed against the ground, rendering her utterly unable to move.

High above in the sky, the invisible pressure was terrifying beyond measure.

True to form, it pinned Ren Tingting firmly in place, completely immobilizing her.

Quite impressive.

Although Confucian methods might struggle against martial artists of the exact same caliber—for instance, a third-tier scholar would find it difficult to deal with a lower-grade grandmaster—they still held immense practical value when dealing with martial artists below the first tier.

Convenient and prompt.

"If you've got the guts, stop using your Confucian tricks and let's have a head-to-head one-on-one duel!"

Ren Tingting's entire body was suppressed by the invisible force, causing the anger in her heart to burn even more wildly, wishing she could pound the man before her into mincemeat.

He was simply too hateful.

To actually eat her Little Black!

With a wave of a large hand.

The power of the edict vanished completely into thin air, bringing a surge of joy to Ren Tingting's heart. A sharp glint flashed in her eyes as she stared at Su Yang and said, " Brat, you're dead."

The next second.

She hoisted the long whip in her hand and charged toward Su Yang once more, lashing down fiercely, laden with the fury born from the death of her pet.

"Whoosh...!"

The long whip once again whistled through the air. Before it could even land on Su Yang, she watched as he left behind an afterimage in place and instantly appeared right before her eyes.

With a single palm strike, he heavily slapped Ren Tingting's towering chest.

Ren Tingting's internal Qi and blood were thrown into chaos, and she was sent flying backward, smashing a rockery behind her into powder before crashing heavily onto the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

The terrifying force of Qi and blood sent a throbbing pain through all of Ren Tingting's bones as she struggled to climb back up from the ground.

When she looked up again.

Su Yang had long since vanished without a trace.

"Ah, ah, ah... Damn it, I will never let you go...!"

Ren Tingting shrieked at the top of her lungs, but recalling the overwhelming, crushing strength Su Yang had displayed, she clenched her teeth tightly.

How could this guy possibly be so strong?

"Little sister, what's going on?" Right at that moment, two figures walked over from the distance.

One was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and the other was an elderly man in his fifties.

Ren Qianshan and Ren Tinghe.

"Father, Brother!"

"Do you guys know anything about the background of someone named Su Yang?" Ren Tingting asked through gritted teeth.

"Su Yang?"

"What, did you get into some kind of dispute with him?"

"Where is he?"

Ren Tinghe was slightly taken aback and spoke up, "Father was looking for him regarding something, you see."