Chapter 103: An Appropriate Assist

Watching the two disciples of the great cultivators depart, their backs already vanished, the deacon of the Correspondence Office, who had been waiting silently with hands hanging at his sides, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, intending to expedite the return of the reply.

However, just as he took a step, he saw a person emerge from the shadows and block his path, wearing a smile that didn't reach his eyes.

"E-Eighth Master?"

"It is I. Xiao Jiu is still a bit too green."

"You..."

The deacon's expression was hesitant; facing the other's outstretched hand, he ultimately handed over the reply, though he emphasized in his speech: "Eighth Master, you know the temperament of the City Lord. If this matter blows up, I fear you won't have an easy time of it!"

Of course, if the junior surnamed Ren could climb up before then and come looking for you personally, then you would be considered quite lucky!

As for the thoughts on Tang Yiping's side and the twists occurring on Ren Li's side, Du En was naturally unaware.

Tang Yiping sneered, deciding on the spot to act as if he had never received this reply, intending to keep Du En in a state of house arrest.

Of course, after regaining his composure, he quickly realized the current intentions of the Eighth Master before him.

Gathering spiritual energy, they mingled together and wrapped around Du En, transforming into a yellow, ten-foot-tall earthen egg, crystal clear and emitting a fluorescent glow; its pulsing was like a heartbeat or fetal movement, rapidly gestating something.

"This is simply preposterous!"

After all, the City Lord here was the guardian of a great city, a great cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, and in the face of that poor, remote little border town of Nanmo, he occupied a position of detached superiority.

Having finished reading the reply at once, he was so enraged that he crushed the jade scroll into powder!

In Tang Yiping's view, Ren Li's master was one thing, but Ren Li himself was just a junior who had just reached Foundation Establishment; he was not a figure who needed special attention!

As for Tang Yiping, I know him all too well!

The deacon felt puzzled by this, because normally, people from that small border town would never dare to cause trouble for Ren Li over this, and might even think this altered tone was the normal situation.

Accompanied by the abnormal movement of spiritual energy, it was as if a sea eye had suddenly appeared, wantonly swallowing the spiritual energy permeating from all directions; at the same time, the yellow earth beneath everyone's feet, which had been silent, was now surging with rapid undercurrents, heavy earth-force gathering and gushing upward at a certain spot.

To create enemies and draw hatred for Ren Li!

He simply raced against time in silence; the moment of breakthrough was not far off.

This was damaging Ren Li's support and external aid, weakening his power.

You can't go anywhere, and you have no way to obtain resources—let's see what you can do!

Stay trapped there for the rest of your life and die of old age in that little room!

Previously, in order to obstruct Ren Li's enlightenment, he had actually sent letters secretly many times, wanting Tang Yiping to take action, but he had been dragged along and refused each time.

The stewards residing in the Qingya Garden had long been alarmed; as they rushed over, He Bo, feeling uneasy, impatiently reached out to tear open the room door from a distance, and upon seeing that earthen egg, the crowd was immediately shocked.

Therefore, the deacon could not help but feel that as a disciple of such a great cultivator, it was indeed inappropriate for Ren Li to reply with a polite tone.

To make him fall short of success and suffer a backlash instead!

"That's good then..."

He Bo, having finished vomiting blood, felt dizzy and faint; he could only leave the range of the phenomenon by being dragged away by others.

"This... seems right?"

However, the earthen egg suddenly gave a violent throb, and invisible ripples spread out, causing the stewards' heartbeats to race and their magic power to waver instantly.

Yun Ying muttered as his figure shattered and disappeared silently from the spot.

Ren Li did not notice, and the deacon did not choose to report it, so this reply was expedited to the Nanmo border town, to the hands of Tang Yiping, the General Manager of the Outer City Affairs Office.

Outside the city, Qingya Garden.

Thus, time passed steadily to the middle of the second month.

Because of this point, his tone dared to be more severe.

He Bo, who was gathering magic power and hastily brewing a lethal strike, immediately spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Before he could cast a spell to interrupt Du En and cause him to fail and suffer a backlash, he himself was interrupted and suffered a backlash from the failure!

Yet even if this matter were exposed, it would have no effect on Yun Ying.

A junior is arrogant, daring to insult me?!

Yun Ying naturally knew this well, but nodded indifferently: "I understand, of course I wouldn't be stupid enough to change the content."

Steward Shi spoke up hurriedly at this moment, though his eyes could not help but show admiration; he glanced at He Bo, who had suffered a setback and was now nursing a serious internal injury, and found it quite ridiculous.

Because breakthrough phenomena are rare—at least rare here in Nanmo—the stewards did not recall this point for a moment, and He Bo was even more impatient, acting without a second thought.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat! Being in the range of the phenomenon will cause you to be affected!"

Who would dare say there is a problem with him, who chose to intervene and change the tone of the reply in order to maintain his master's dignity?

After all, the key content was indeed not changed or moved!

However, would doing just this really be useful?

Harboring this confusion, he retrieved the reply with the altered wording and tone, hurried away from the place, and proceeded with the expedited return without further obstruction.

The deacon was stunned by what was said, and after thinking about it carefully, he did not refute it.

This might have some unexpected effect in the future; as for now, once this reply arrives, the friends Ren Li has made in the border town will certainly be suppressed and troubled, with no chance to get ahead.

And then, there was no then.

"However, as a disciple of my master, it is only natural for me to defend his dignity. As for Xiao Jiu, hmm, as expected, he still cannot shake off his base nature from the bottom, lacking self-awareness of his current status; to reply to a Golden Core stage manager of a small border town with such a tone of a junior, it is truly too unbecoming!"

Therefore, for a guy like that, one only needs to change the tone to make him hostile and resentful toward Ren Li!

After all, being able to die in Qingya Garden is actually your good fortune!

Arbitrary and opinionated!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

It was He Bo who reacted the fastest again, wanting to take advantage of the fact that others hadn't reacted and that Du En was currently unable to move, to do something to interrupt his breakthrough.

"Pfft!"

"Heh! If that great cultivator spoke up—no, even if just the Golden Core stage senior brothers and sisters above your head spoke up—I would have to swallow my pride and accept it. As for now, just keep staying there!"

"Hmph! To actually humble yourself so much and give away so many scraps—Xiao Jiu, oh Xiao Jiu, if you really miss the days of rolling in the dirt, why not just accept your fate instead of climbing up to fight me for it!"

Watching the deacon's receding back, Yun Ying merely sneered to himself.

"A breakthrough phenomenon?!"

Yet such a junior spoke in such an aggressive manner, acting as if he were looking down from above, issuing orders from afar, demanding that he immediately clear up the injustice, release Du En, and arrange a good position and whatnot.

Fawning over superiors and arrogant toward subordinates!

Moreover, looking at the situation revealed in the reply letter, Yun Ying even thought another Ren Li was on the rise, and he immediately felt displeased and unhappy!

Clearly, when it came to Ren Li's sudden appointment in the past, everything was arranged seamlessly, yet when it came to him, they made all sorts of excuses; connecting the past and present, he immediately realized what kind of person the other party was.

Next, the stewards continued to watch from afar.

In their eyes, there was admiration, curiosity, gloom, and jealousy; all sorts of emotions were surging, but glancing at He Bo, who was suffering the consequences of his own evil, in the end, they all just watched from a distance, and no one dared to approach rashly again.

(End of this chapter)