"Go!"
Princess Yan snapped coldly and turned around. The crowd automatically parted, leaving a long, wide passage.
They had practically driven her away with rage!
Her ignominious departure naturally invited another round of ridicule. On the Valiant Dragon Army's turf, no one would pass up a chance to mock the Wellspring Bureau.
The barrier around the core area bore the words, "Imperial soldiers who enter will have their nine clans exterminated." To the soldiers of the Primordial Imperial Army guarding Flying Star Fortress, those words were a crushing psychological blow, leaving them feeling deeply wronged.
They were here to guard the Origin Spirit Spring for Xuanting, yet not only did they have to risk their lives, they also had to be treated as inferiors!
Who could feel good about that?
To Princess Yan and the other scions of the three clans, the ridicule was a sword through the heart, drawing torrents of blood. It was utterly agonizing.
Li Tianming felt great, too.
He hurriedly turned back and said to An Ning and An Tianshu, "Thank you, Lady An Ning, and thank you, Brother An, for standing up for me and saving my life."
An Ning was amused as well. "You don't need to thank us. You should thank justice."
"Justice?" Li Tianming leaned closer to them and said sheepishly, "But actually, I really did kill all those people."
An Tianshu's eyes went wide.
An Ning said speechlessly, "Shut that damn mouth of yours!"
Fortunately, he had spoken quietly enough that it couldn't serve as evidence. Otherwise, everything would have fallen apart.
Li Tianming could only marvel that Xuanting was a fairly decent cosmic empire. At least it had rules, especially military regulations.
Even if they only worked in certain places, they still worked.
Li Tianming knew that, ultimately, his own