The Fourth Fragment Map!

"Spare us, Great Aunt! Spare us!"

"It was all that bastard Duanmu Rui who made us do it! We had no choice!"

"This lowly one failed to recognize Mount Tai! I'll never dare again! Please show mercy and spare our worthless lives..."

On the ground, Zhou Yueshan, Yin Wuji, and Qian Tonghai lay sprawled like three dead dogs, covered in blood, with no idea how many bones had been broken. There was not a shred of a sect master's dignity left in them. They wailed and begged for mercy while struggling to kowtow, but their bones had practically fallen apart, and they did not even have the strength to lift their heads. All they could do was squirm across the ground, looking both pitiful and ridiculous.

Shi Jingtian carried the Mountain Shaker Staff over his shoulder, one foot planted on Zhou Yueshan's back. He spat. "Now you know how to beg for mercy? Why were you so arrogant when you were bullying my little junior sister? A bunch of scum who bully the weak and fear the strong!"

Lu Changsheng ignored the three men's wails. Instead, he lowered his head to look at Rui'er in his arms and asked gently, "Rui'er, how do you want to deal with these three?"

Rui'er poked her little head out from Lu Changsheng's arms. She looked at the three miserable figures on the ground, then at Lu Changsheng. Tears still clung to her large eyes. Biting her lip, she said softly,

"Brother Changsheng... although they hurt me, they were also acting under someone's orders. How about... we let them go...?"

"Let them go? How can we do that?!" Shi Jingtian was the first to jump up in objection, glaring as he shouted, "Junior Sister Rui'er, you're just too kindhearted! They hurt you so badly,