Gu Shaochu was stunned.
Gu Xing’er couldn’t contain herself any longer. She snorted and said with a scoff, “Hey, Zhu. You’ve already taken the Blood Demon Wolf skins from us, yet you still keep going after us? Why waste time beating around the bush? What do you want? Just cut to the chase!”
Zhu Hong laughed heartily and said, “Good, you are indeed a tough woman. Let me be frank with you. Your offense can be written off if you become a slave in the City Lord’s Mansion for three years.”
Everyone gasped upon hearing those words.
“Work as a slave for three years?”
That was a worst punishment than death itself.
Gu Xing’er was furious. She was about to speak when Gu Shaochu stopped her.
“Young master, Xing’er is a spoiled girl who knows nothing. She didn’t mean what she said in the market today. We are willing to offer this batch of Blood Demon Wolf skins for Guo City. Please don’t take her words to heart…”
Gu Shaochu bowed to Zhu Hong for fear of getting into conflict with him.
After all, that was Zhu Hong’s territory. Besides, the Changfeng Escort Agency was no match for the City Lord’s Mansion in martial arts and power.
Zhu Hong sneered and said, “Everyone should be punished for their mistakes. My man has paid for his.” He pointed to the middle-aged scholar who had been killed by his palm and continued firmly, “I do appreciate your generous gesture of donating the Blood Demon Wolf skins to Guo City, but that is business. It can’t be confused with the private affairs of the City Lord’s Mansion.”
There was no room for discussion.
Gu Shaochu yielded no more. He said with a solemn look, “We should all be reasonable. Young master, don’t be so aggressive. Even though my sister has made a mistake, an apology should be enough. To enslave her for three years would be unfair.”
“Unfair?” Zhu Hong said with a disdainful sneer, “There will be more aggressive requests if you don’t agree. Believe it or not, your little agency would immediately disappear from the world if I wished it so.”
Gu Shaochu stopped talking and stood firmly in front of his sister.
Zhu Hong shook his head impatiently. “It seems that only death can stop you.”
His body gleamed with light. A majestic force surged, pressing against everyone like a towering mountain. There was a tightness in the throat as if they were being suffocated. Gu Shaochu and Gu Xing’er—who were the first to take the impact—felt as if being crushed by a mountain, unable to resist.
“Puff…” Gu Shaochu spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked pale, as if on the verge of collapse.
“Brother… ah…” Gu Xing’er wanted to support him, but she was being constrained by a mighty force, unable to even take out the white bone spear tied to her back.
A lustful look flashed across Zhu Hong’s eyes as he looked at Gu Xing’er.
The female warrior was wild as a leopard. She was exceptionally attractive, even though she had the look of a country girl. Zhu Hong’s heart was burning with lust and he didn’t want to waste more time. He sneered and said, “Reckless douchebag. Guards, take that woman away.”
Five vicious guards of the City Lord’s Mansion came out with iron chains in their hands to shackle Gu Xing’er.
Many onlookers sighed silently.
It was clear that the young master of the City Lord’s Mansion was after that woman.
The man was vicious and perverted. The women who had fallen into his hands over the years had either died or ended with disabilities. That wild and beautiful female escort would probably have an overly miserable end. Not even the rest of the Changfeng Escort Agency might survive after this. Zhu Hong would definitely not let them go.
The poor outsider ended up offending the King of Hell.
At this moment, all of a sudden, something unexpected happened—
A wisp of Sword Energy, as thin as a thread, flew out from the Earth Tiger Inn and into the air.
Zhu Hong trembled as a wisp of cold air swept over his body. He could no longer sustain the strong aura of the Primordial Grandmaster Realm which was dispelled in an instant like a deflated balloon.
Everyone felt relieved as all the overwhelming pressure had disappeared.
Gu Shaochu’s and Gu Xing’er staggered backward after being freed.
“Who is it?” Zhu Hong looked into the depths of the inn with a stern face.
The sword light seemed weak, but it terrified him.
“Could it be that an expert was hiding in the inn?”
The others also turned to see the inn in surprise.
What were the odds, since all sorts of strange things had happened on that day? Who was it that dared to provoke the infamous young master of the City Lord’s Mansion?
“You already got yourself involved after making that move. Why are you hiding? Why don’t you show up so that I can see if you’re qualified to be an enemy of the City Lord’s Mansion!” Zhu Hong sneered.
He deliberately sent out his voice enhanced with Qi into the depths of the inn.
A cold voice came from the depths of the inn. “Get lost.”
Before others realized what was going on, Zhu Hong suddenly looked extremely pale and retreated a few steps. He covered his heart with his hand and spat a mouthful of blood. He would have collapsed if the guards beside him hadn’t held him up in time.
“An expert!”
Zhu Hong was shocked.
The words just then exploded in his ears like divine thunder. His Qi was disrupted while his internal organs were almost displaced; even the meridian channels were almost broken. However, the others around him were completely unaffected. The attack was definitely from an extremely formidable expert, for whom he was no match.
“Damn it, when did such an expert appear in Guo City?”
Zhu Hong was at a loss for a moment, not knowing what to do.
If he stepped back, he would embarrass both the City Lord’s Mansion and himself.
But if he stayed, he would have no chance of beating that mysterious expert and could only humiliate himself.
“May I ask what is the relationship between you and the Changfeng Escort Agency?” Zhu Hong requested, trying to get some information.
But the response he received was a wisp of sword light.
Like a shooting star in the night, it disappeared in a flash before the crowd realized what had happened. They heard Zhu Hong suddenly let out a cry. Some of his long black hair was scattered, revealing half of his scalp. It turned out that half of his hair had been shaved off by the sword light.
That was truly terrifying.
Shaving Zhu Hong’s hair with a streak of sword light before he could react was definitely an advanced move. It also meant that the expert at the inn could easily kill Zhu Hong if he wanted. It was no different from crushing an ant.
Zhu Hong was deeply shocked. He immediately turned and left.
The voice was heard again coming out of the inn. “Leave the Blood Demon Wolf skins!”
Zhu Hong would not dare to disobey. He ordered his men to abandon the goods together with the carriages. The group left the Earth Tiger Inn in haste.
All the onlookers felt relieved and curious at the same time.
The Earth Tiger Inn was not the largest nor the best in Guo City. It only received ordinary businessmen and martial artists. It was surprising to find such a powerful expert in such a low-level inn. Who was it?
Many people’s eyes fell on Gu Shaochu and his sister.
That mysterious expert had to have a close relationship with those two siblings for he had punished Zhu Hong and asked the City Lord’s Mansion to leave behind the goods. Was he their friend?
However, Gu Shaochu and his sister appeared to be just as clueless.
The shock in their hearts was no less than that of the onlookers.
Unfortunately, even if they racked their brains, they couldn’t think of when they could have met such an exceptional master, who graciously helped in scaring Zhu Hong away at the critical moment. They brainstormed for possibilities as they were also reminded of the dead Bloody Demon Wolves in the wilderness.
“Who could it be?”
Gu Shaochu and his sister looked at each other and saw bewilderment mirrored in each other’s eyes.
The armed escorts quickly took back the Blood Demon Wolf skins and hired some people to send back the carriages of the City Lord’s Mansion.
Although the mysterious expert had helped them at a critical moment, they didn’t even know who he was. They would surely need to amend their relationship with the City Lord’s Mansion. What if the mysterious master was acting just on the spur of the moment, not caring about what would happen to their lives in the future?
Night fell.
The crowd who witnessed the scene finally dispersed.
The news about what had happened in that place was soon spread out like a plague.
The Earth Tiger Inn and the Changfeng Escort Agency rose to fame.
After all, very few people in Guo City were able to fight against the ruthless and lawless young master of the City Lord’s Mansion. That mysterious expert surprised many people; they couldn’t help but applaud and talk about him.
Zhu Hong was calculative, mean, and privileged. He had done a lot of overbearing things over the years. There were many people who would never dare say anything, even after suffering great losses. Finally, they could breathe a sigh of relief because of the appearance of that mysterious expert.
However, some people were worried about this expert.
The City Lord’s Mansion was one of the Three Superbs in Guo City, which had great power. Zhu Hong was not the type of person who would suffer this loss for nothing; he would definitely wait for an opportunity to take revenge. The City Lord’s Mansion had many experts who were stronger than Zhu Hong, while the mysterious master was all alone. Would he be able to escape unscathed?
All kinds of news had spread rapidly in the city.
At this moment, a series of alarm sounds were suddenly heard in the city.
Then, a burst of brilliance was seen, and the giant tower of inscription pillars in the city began to radiate with multicolored lights. A giant inscription shield fell upside down and covered the buildings in the city. The colorful inscriptions were flashing, and the ear-piercing alarm sounds kept ringing.
