Chapter 1498: It's only human nature

Among the martial cultivators present, nobody wanted to fight to the death before even seeing the treasure.

But they also weren't afraid of Ye Liuyun and the others; among them there were also quite a few experts.

Before Meng Zhangxing revealed his Barbarian Ox, someone really had the idea of targeting them, but now seeing that their strength wasn't weak either, they gave up.

But in order to let their companions enter smoothly, and to prevent Ye Liuyun and the others from leaking information to the soldiers, they still surrounded Ye Liuyun and the others.

Ye Liuyun and Guo Da were quite calm, both cultivating in peace.

Luo Yun, on the other hand, was comforting Ya.

Only Meng Zhangxing had argued with those martial cultivators for a while, then turned back to comfort Ya.

He originally didn't care about informing these people. He, Ye Liuyun, Guo Da, and the others had already guessed the outcome.

It was just that the arrogance of these martial cultivators made Meng Zhangxing feel dissatisfied.

"Don't pay them any mind. These people deserve to die! Later you'll know, when dealing with outside martial cultivators, even if you tell the truth, they won't believe you and will only bring trouble upon yourself!" Meng Zhangxing educated Ya.

"How can these people be like this! Not believing is one thing, but they even want to detain us!" Ya found it hard to accept this reality in her heart.

"This is human nature!" Ye Liuyun added: "They judge others by their own standards of conduct! Our actions exceed their understanding!"

So you must remember Meng Zhangxing's words. Toward outsiders, don't lightly advise them how to act! Otherwise, they'll misunderstand you as having ulterior motives. Ye Liuyun also explained the outside world to Ya.

"Mm!" Ya nodded, committing the lesson of this incident to memory.

Luo Yun also told Ya many things about the outside world.

"I remember now, you're that Curse Tribe person, right?"

Their conversation was heard by those martial cultivators. Suddenly someone recalled the Curse Tribe person they had met on the road.

Only those who rarely come into contact with the outside world need to be educated like this.

Ya didn't reply, not knowing what to say.

Ye Liuyun also didn't expect to be recognized like this. Probably Ya was just too conspicuous, so people remembered her.

But he also casually explained: "What Curse Tribe? She's just a youngster who hasn't seen the world."

Upon hearing that, the martial cultivator didn't ask further. But others couldn't help but glance a few more times.

Although Ye Liuyun denied it, this didn't stop them from speculating.

Luo Yun also knew that telling Ya about the outside world had aroused others' suspicion, so she fell silent at once.

But the more obvious their reaction, the more it sparked others' speculation.

"Ya's identity has been exposed!" Ye Liuyun transmitted to everyone.

"What should we do? Kill them all?" Meng Zhangxing retorted.

"Can we even kill them? There are so many! It's already good enough if they don't kill us!" Guo Da rebutted.

"Yeah, there's nothing we can do. Let things take their course!" Ye Liuyun was also helpless.

There are too many martial cultivators; even if we could win, some would escape. Their identities would definitely be leaked.

"Then should we still take action against Luo Tianming?" Meng Zhangxing pursued.

Ye Liuyun also hesitated a bit.

Now everyone knows their identity; if they act again, they will definitely expose their identity.

"Even if we don't act, when these people are captured or killed, they will also reveal that we saw through Luo Tianming's plot. Luo Tianming won't let us off either!" Guo Da said.

"Yeah!" Ye Liuyun nodded. They currently don't want to act, but they have to.

"By then, when these people know we didn't deceive them, will they still give us up?" Ya asked, puzzled.

"You're giving them too much credit!" Meng Zhangxing sighed.

"Yes, they definitely will!" Guo Da was quite certain.

"Then... what should we do? It's my fault for dragging you down!" Ya felt deep regret, thinking she had dragged everyone down.

"Ah! Dragging us down isn't a big deal. We can still run. But your Curse Tribe might end up unlucky because of this!" Meng Zhangxing sighed.

He knew the Empire's ways too well. Once the Imperial Prince dies, the Empire will definitely retaliate against the Curse Tribe.

If they don't kill Luo Tianming, Luo Tianming will also come to the Curse Tribe, forcing them to hand over Ya!

"Ah? What should we do?" Ya hadn't expected that her good-hearted attempt to save others would bring danger to her tribe.

"There's nothing we can do! I only hope your tribe can hold out, or that the Empire is too lazy to provoke the Curse Tribe and won't send troops!" Meng Zhangxing lamented.

"Will that happen?" Ya again asked Ye Liuyun and Guo Da.

The two of them silently shook their heads and sighed, not knowing what to say.

They couldn't guess the Empire's considerations. Moreover, they knew deep down that this hope was too slim.

For such a huge empire, wiping out a tribe is no easy task!

If even the Imperial Prince is killed and they don't retaliate, how could they deter other major powers?

"What if we don't kill Luo Tianming?" Luo Yun asked.

"Do you think Luo Tianming's nature would let us off? Would the Empire have us spread the news of the Imperial Prince's hunt of martial cultivators everywhere?" Guo Da countered.

"Then if we don't spread it outward, would that work?" Ya asked naively.

Everyone looked at him and helplessly shook their heads.

Guo Da patiently explained to Ya: "It's not about whether you speak or not. It's that since you know, the Empire will want to kill you to silence you, to prevent the possibility of you leaking information!"

"Then we can't do anything? We can only wait?" Ya asked helplessly of everyone.

Her question prompted another round of silence from everyone.

Finally Ye Liuyun said: "Everyone, prepare; try to kill all these martial cultivators, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!"

"But trying to kill them all to the last one is too difficult!" Guo Da looked around; there were nearly two to three hundred martial cultivators, many of whom were Tianzun Realm experts.

Among them, there definitely are still people with ferocious beasts or treasures; if they can't win, they'll flee. Wanting to kill every single one without omission is practically impossible!

"Luo Yun, poison!" Ye Liuyun directly told Luo Yun to start acting.

"Now?" Luo Yun also felt a bit surprised.

"Yes! No delay, kill one if you can!" Once Ye Liuyun made a decision, he immediately wanted to act.

"All right! But they're all watching us; if I act like this, they'll notice." Luo Yun raised their head, saw that many Martial Cultivators were also monitoring them, and felt a bit reluctant to act.

"It's fine, just pretend to explain the medicine to me and act openly!" Ye Liuyun told Luo Yun.

Afterwards, he asked Luo Yun some questions about medicinal pills, and also had Luo Yun bring out the medicinal pills for him to look at.