Chapter 3851: Dare Not Show Anger

Hua Manrong only then noticed Ye Liuyun, and his complexion changed.

The soldiers beside him also scolded Ye Liuyun.

"You bold traitor, how dare you mock the Commandant! Take him down!"

The soldiers behind him whooshed, each brandishing a weapon and moving to surround him.

"Start the fight, no need for courtesy, it's up to you!" Ye Liuyun, however, nonchalantly lifted his wine cup and smiled at the women.

"Huh? No more arguing? You're going to act right away?" Su Miaoyin still thought Ye Liuyun would chat with them a while longer.

"Heh, it's all the same; they're coming to die, so it's fine if they don't whine!"

Wu Qingcheng, however, drew her sword directly and slashed at the charging guards.

"Exactly!"

Liang Xue drew her sword and thrust it straight at Hua Manrong.

"Turn the tables on you! Capture these rebels alive!" Hua Manrong rushed into the fight, not forgetting to have his soldiers take the women alive.

The slower‑reacting Yu Er and Su Miaoyin then acted, one wielding a sword, the other a long flute, slashing toward the soldiers.

Ye Liuyun, feeling a weight lifted, set his wine cup down and watched the commotion, feeling finally relieved.

The harem affair was clearly caused by the women, yet they brought it up to berate him for no reason; he felt quite wronged.

These soldiers were easy to handle, none of them surpassed the Sixth Layer of Taixu. Only Hua Manrong, at the Great Void Ninth Level, gave Liang Xue a tougher fight, though she wouldn't be defeated quickly.

After Wu Qingcheng and the other women eliminated the soldiers, they all came to help, the four of them surrounding Hua Manrong, cooperating seamlessly, causing him to be distracted.

"You little thief, do you only hide behind women? Dare you step out and fight me!"

After realizing he was at a disadvantage, Hua Manrong felt a twinge of fear; these people truly dared to kill soldiers publicly.

At that moment his mind raced for an escape plan; spotting Ye Liuyun watching the scene, he sneered at him.

He thought a one‑on‑one fight would be safer for him.

But Ye Liuyun sneered contemptuously: "If you spar with them you might live a little longer! Seeking death, you don't have to be so hasty!"

"Damn it!"

Hua Manrong cursed inwardly, thinking Ye Liuyun wouldn't fall for it, when in fact Ye Liuyun simply didn't want to kill him immediately.

Yet spite aside, he still had to find a way out.

He scanned the four women; three wielded swords, and as long as Su Miaoyin used her flute, escaping from there should be relatively safe.

So, while fighting, he suddenly released one of his Souls, charging toward Su Miaoyin's Sea of Consciousness.

He believed his realm was high, his Divine Soul Power certainly strong; if he could hold Su Miaoyin even briefly, he could break out of the encirclement.

But the next moment, with a "Puff" he spat out a mouthful of blood; the backlash from his destroyed Soul worsened his situation, and Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er seized the chance, jointly freezing him.

"What an unlucky fool, picking the strongest Spiritual Soul Attack!" Ye Liuyun watched from the side, shaking his head helplessly.

Su Miaoyin, being a Soul Cultivator, had the strongest Divine Soul Power among these women. Even the weakest among the women beside Ye Liuyun wasn't inferior to him.

When Hua Manrong's Soul entered Su Miaoyin's Sea of Consciousness, it was enveloped by poisonous vapors, immediately heard the lingering flute phantom sound, lost consciousness entirely, and was then cleaved by a soul sword within Su Miaoyin's Sea.

To onlookers, the whole process was so fast it took less than a breath.

After the women froze him, they asked Ye Liuyun what to do with him.

Ye Liuyun released his own Soul, surged into Hua Manrong's Sea of Consciousness, checking whether he was linked to the bandits.

"The City Lord's residence here is in league with those bandits; keep this guy, let him confess publicly, that'll draw out the City Lord's residence!"

Ye Liuyun told the women, then placed a Slave Seal on Hua Manrong, and produced a chain, shackling him as if tying a dog.

"Go, to the tavern entrance and spill all the filthy deeds your City Lord's residence has done!"

Ye Liuyun kicked him, prompting him to voluntarily confess.

Thus, under the Slave Seal, Hua Manrong crouched at the tavern entrance and recounted, one by one, the collusion between the City Lord's residence and the bandits, and their usual misdeeds harming the populace.

Inside the tavern, it was already a wreck; the tavern owner, with a mournful face, hid behind the counter, too scared to appear.

Ye Liuyun walked over, pulled him out, let him continue serving wine and dishes, as he still intended to dine and drink here with the women.

"Huh? Sir, the City Lord's residence will probably send experts; why not leave first?"

The owner certainly didn't want Ye Liuyun's group to stay, lest his tavern be completely destroyed.

"Do you think I lack the nerve to kill you?" Ye Liuyun threatened: "If you go serve dishes, go ahead; I'll ensure this tavern stays unharmed. If you anger me, I'll slaughter you first!"

He pretended to be a villain, frightening the tavern owner into nodding repeatedly, too scared to speak, and he fled to the back kitchen to arrange the dishes.

Only then was Ye Liuyun satisfied, releasing the artist, letting him reinforce the tavern's Defense Array so it wouldn't collapse. He was merely scaring the owner, not truly intending to cheat him.

Outside the tavern, a crowd gathered, silently listening to the City Lord's residence's filthy deeds.

"This City Lord's residence is worse than the bandits—kidnapping, extortion, oppressing men and women, they commit every imaginable evil!"

Yu Er, listening to Hua Manrong's account, felt like slashing him with a sword. Many of these incidents were carried out by Hua Manrong himself.

"Truly a case of knowing the face but not the heart; I never expected this guy to be a beast wearing human skin!"

Liang Xue also sighed, having only previously sensed Hua Manrong's crooked heart technique, never expecting him to be so despicable; outwardly he showed no sign at all.

The onlookers, though angry, dared not make any display, fearing retaliation.

"Alas!"

Ye Liuyun sighed.

"This is the cruelty of the martial world. The strong do as they please; the weak cannot even express anger."

The women all nodded; had they not followed Ye Liuyun, they might still be suffering elsewhere.

After his sigh, Ye Liuyun looked up at the sky, pondering how the Heavenly Dao deals with such matters.

He knew such affairs were beyond his control, but could the Heavenly Dao not change anything?

"Why look at me? Those are their own choices; if anyone had the courage to resist like you, their fate would change too. It's not that I don't care!"

The Heavenly Dao, sensing Ye Liuyun's gaze, murmured a single sentence.

"Sister, who are you talking to?" Ye Ling, also curious, asked Tian Dao.

"Your silly brother!" Tian Dao looked at Ye Ling, then asked him: "Is he really that good, worth you risking your life to protect?"

"Hmm, brother is a good person!" Ye Ling said confidently.

Tian Dao curled his lip: "He's not even a good person; ever since he arrived in the Tai Xu World, he's killed so many of my people!"

"Those people deserve to die!" Ye Ling, without a second thought, supported Ye Liuyun.