A burst of crying and shouting reached Wang Chen's ears.
He climbed onto the top of his own wall and looked in the direction of the noise.
A hundred paces away, in front of Old Sun's house, the dark-faced cultivator was raising his foot to viciously kick the woman on the ground.
He cursed as he did so. "When I dine in the city, people scramble to treat me. Taking two chickens from your family is a blessing for you, and you still dare resist? Tired of living, are you?"
The woman being kicked was Madam Li.
She shielded an unconscious youth with all her might, refusing to dodge even as the heavy kicks landed on her body. At the same time, she begged bitterly, "Immortal Master Sir, we know we were wrong. Please spare us!"
"Pah!"
The dark-faced cultivator spat out a thick gob of phlegm.
He withdrew his foot and swept his lecherous gaze over the still-charming Madam Li. "Forget it this time. If you fall into my hands again, I'll skin that old bastard inside first, then sell you to the Ruyi Brothel!"
Madam Li did not even dare cry aloud now. She lay on the ground, trembling all over.
The Ruyi Brothel was one of Yunyang City's Ji Brothels. Its women had all been driven into a corner and forced into the dust of the mortal world. Since none possessed outstanding beauty, they were extremely cheap.
The dark-faced cultivator's threat did not sound like a joke in the slightest!
Only after the man and his companions left did Madam Li struggle to get up and drag the youth inside.
Old Sun never showed himself from beginning to end.
Though separated by quite a distance and a wall, Wang Chen could still hear Madam Li's sobbing from