Without You, It Matters Greatly to Me

Having received Ye Liuyun's praise, Si Nan smiled happily.

"..."

Yet this scene left Shi Sheng beside them wanting to speak but holding back. Thinking about it, given Shi Sheng's character, it truly was difficult for him to accept using a child as a threat.

Noticing the change in Shi Sheng's expression,

Si Nan suddenly smiled lightly, raised a hand to rest it on Shi Sheng's shoulder, and said,

"If I told you some of the things this child has done, I imagine you wouldn't be so torn up over it!"

"What?"

Those words made Shi Sheng look over curiously.

Si Nan first pointed at the youth tied to the tree, then said to Shi Sheng,

"I may not be a good person, but I don't just seize people at random. According to the information I investigated, it was this fourteen- or fifteen-year-old youth who, not long ago, ordered his servants to murder a family of seven at the East City Bun Shop."

"Once, after someone accidentally bumped into him on the street, he killed that person right there in public."

"And because he took a fancy to a girl, he had someone chop off both her father's legs, leaving him unable to work and forcing the girl to give herself to him."

"..."

One atrocity after another—let alone Shi Sheng, even Ye Liuyun could not help but turn to look.

What kind of youth was this? He was simply an evil ghost from the underworld.

Relying on the fact that his father was a Brocade Guard Centurion, he acted recklessly and without restraint.

After speaking for a while, Si Nan stopped—not because he had finished, but because his mouth had gone dry.

"What? Do you think I would lie to you?"

Seeing the disbelief in Shi Sheng's eyes, Si Nan walked over and removed the gag from the youth's mouth.

The other party immediately began hurling curses.

"You damned bastards! You actually dare tie me up? Once my father comes, he'll kill all of you—he'll kill your entire families!"

He shouted so loudly that his voice nearly cracked.

Ignoring everything else, Shi Sheng asked with a dark expression,

"I am asking you—are all the things just mentioned true?"

The youth froze for a moment, then said as though it were only natural,

"So what if they are? My father said I can do whatever I want. They're just lowly commoners. If I want to kill them, I'll kill them. I—"

Before he could finish, Si Nan stuffed the gag back into his mouth.

Then he shrugged at Shi Sheng. See? He had not falsely accused anyone.

In an era like this, for ordinary people, even staying alive was no easy matter.

"Damn it! Let me chop this little bastard to death!"

Shi Sheng could no longer endure it.

Earlier, he had still felt a little pity.

But now he realized that killing this little bastard would instead be ridding the people of a scourge.

He drew the saber at his waist and was just about to strike.

But in the next moment—

"Do not harm my son!"

It was Lu Quan's voice.

The instant he heard it, the gagged youth became agitated as well, constantly making muffled noises, though no one knew what he was shouting.

"Ye Liufeng! So it was you!"

Once he saw who had acted, Lu Quan's eyes widened.

He clearly had not expected that the one who had captured his son and left him a letter ordering him to leave the city alone would be Ye Liuyun.

"Ye Liufeng, if you dare harm my son, Chieftain Wan will never—"

He had just been about to continue using Chieftain Wan's name to threaten Ye Liuyun when, in the next moment—

"Jade Shattering Hand!"

Ye Liuyun struck out directly with his palm.

"Good!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun attack without a word, Lu Quan was not alarmed but delighted.

In Lu Quan's mind, Ye Liuyun had previously only been a Third-Rate Martial Artist. Even if his realm had improved considerably recently, if they truly fought, Ye Liuyun might not necessarily be his match.

He likewise circulated his inner force and blasted out a palm strike.

Their palms collided.

In Lu Quan's view, Ye Liuyun would surely find it difficult to withstand his all-out strike, and his face was filled with delight.

Yet the moment he felt that irresistible power, the joy on Lu Quan's face instantly froze.

Their clash did not even reach a stalemate.

Lu Quan had flown over with lightness skill, and he was blasted away in exactly the same manner.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

His body smashed through several trees in succession before finally coming to a stop.

"Pfft!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

If not for his inner force protecting his body, that palm strike might have taken Lu Quan's life outright.

"How is this possible? How can your strength be this great!"

With his back against a tree, Lu Quan forced himself back to his feet. His gaze toward Ye Liuyun was filled with utter disbelief.

He simply could not believe that Ye Liuyun's strength was so much greater than his own.

"..."

Ye Liuyun did not answer. One hand was clasped behind his back, while the other rested on the hilt of the saber at his waist as he walked toward Lu Quan.

That gaze, as though he were looking at a dead man,

made Lu Quan realize that Ye Liuyun truly intended to kill him.

"Wait! Wait!"

Lu Quan did not want to die. He still had such a wonderful life and future ahead of him, and so much money he had yet to spend.

How could he die just like that?

"A misunderstanding—there must be some misunderstanding between us. Spare me. From this day onward, I will follow your lead in all things. Whatever you tell me to do, I will certainly do."

In order to survive, Lu Quan was truly willing to do anything.

Had he known things would turn out this way, even for the youngest son he cherished most, Lu Quan would never have come to rescue him.

And even if he had come to save him, he would never have come alone.

In the end, he had simply been too confident.

"Whether you can serve me is not important at all!"

As he spoke, Ye Liuyun had already arrived before Lu Quan.

"But without you, it matters greatly to me!"

"Chieftain Wan! Chieftain Wan will never let you off!"

Seeing that pleading was useless, Lu Quan once again tried to use Chieftain Wan's name to threaten Ye Liuyun, hoping to make him wary of striking out.

But Lu Quan received only a blazing saber gleam in reply!

"Swish!"

Even the tree behind him was severed in one stroke.

Even at the moment of death, Lu Quan still wore an expression of disbelief. He truly could not understand why the threats that had always worked before were useless against Ye Liuyun.

Were you truly not afraid of the Lord Eunuch behind Chieftain Wan?

Unfortunately, Lu Quan was destined never to receive an answer to that question.

Ye Liuyun sheathed his saber again. Lu Quan might have been trash, but some of the tags on him were decent enough. Considering it putting trash to use, Ye Liuyun took those tags and withdrew his gaze.

He noticed that Lu Quan's youngest son in the distance, whose face had originally been twisted with hatred and madness, had suddenly gone blank.

He had not expected his father to die, had he?

"Deal with him!"

Ye Liuyun had no intention of sparing this youth. The events at the Golden Saber Sect that day were still vivid in his mind.

If the roots were not cut, the spring wind would bring new growth.

Besides, killing someone with a record this foul was helping himself accumulate hidden virtue.

"I'll do it!"

Shi Sheng, who had initially been deeply resistant to this sort of thing, heard Ye Liuyun's words and immediately moved before Si Nan could.