My Husband Is Not Someone You Can Humiliate!

Qi Yuan led Ning Yechen and Luo Ruying across several streets, enthusiastically explaining the main features of each one they passed.

"This is Nanli City's most prosperous commercial street. Here, as long as you have money, you can buy anything."

"This street is also considered a commercial street. Though it isn't as lively as the previous one, the goods are more affordable and the prices are lower."

"And here is Tianbao Street. They sell Spiritual Artifacts and Magic Treasures, spirit herbs and pills, as well as Monster Materials."

"If you're lucky, you might even occasionally find Monster Pets!"

Because Luo Ruying possessed formidable cultivation, Qi Yuan had specifically brought her and the others to visit Tianbao Street.

Within Nanli City, there was no cultivator who did not know Tianbao Street.

The street was filled with all manner of strange, dazzling low-grade magical artifacts, though quite a few among them were damaged or counterfeit.

Ning Yechen and Luo Ruying merely glanced over them before losing all interest.

Calling these things trash would have been giving them too much praise...

"Oh my, who do we have here? Isn't this the eldest young lady of the Qi Family?"

Just as Qi Yuan led Ning Yechen along the street, several figures approached from ahead and blocked their path.

The leading man wore splendid brocade robes and all sorts of jewelry and magical artifacts. He looked every bit like an upstart nouveau riche, his face brimming with contemptuous arrogance.

Several dozen attendants followed behind him, making for quite an imposing display.

The surrounding stall owners' expressions changed drastically upon seeing him, and they hurriedly moved aside.

Wherever the man went, anything in his way or beneath his feet was kicked aside or trampled over without exception. His behavior was outrageously overbearing.

Yet the people around him only dared to feel angry without daring to speak.

Even quite a few cultivators with considerable cultivation did not dare say anything.

That was because the man before them was Jiang Li, eldest son of the Jiang Family, one of Nanli City's two great merchant clans!

The Jiang Family currently controlled nearly sixty percent of Nanli Capital City's commercial streets, and countless cultivators sought to curry favor with them.

The Jiang Family had also hired many cultivators to serve as guards, and it was said that several among them were Heavenly Spirit Realm experts or above!

Rumor had it that the power behind them was even more unfathomable, so powerful that it was beyond imagination.

Throughout all of Nanli City, no one dared provoke the Jiang Family!

Jiang Li had noticed Qi Yuan from far away. When he saw her appear on the street, surprise and shock flashed across his face.

She had actually returned?!

Though it was unexpected, Jiang Li still gave a disdainful smile and approached Qi Yuan with a welcoming expression.

When Qi Yuan saw Jiang Li approach, her pretty face darkened and her expression turned cold. Without any attempt at concealment, she said directly,

"Hmph. Are you disappointed to see that I've returned?"

"No, not at all."

"If anything, this makes things even more interesting."

Jiang Li had no intention of hiding it either. He boldly, if indirectly, admitted that the assassination had been the Jiang Family's doing, wearing an expression that plainly said, What can you do about it?

Qi Yuan had thought Jiang Li would at least hypocritically pretend ignorance. She had not expected him to dare admit it so openly!

He was far too arrogant!

Qi Yuan clenched her hands into fists in fury. She wanted to make a move, but upon seeing the dozens of guards behind Jiang Li, she could only grit her teeth and reluctantly give up.

Jiang Li was certain Qi Yuan could do nothing to him. His expression became even more unrestrained as he leaned close to her face and snickered wickedly,

"Very soon, the Qi Family will disappear from Nanli City."

"Miss Qi, why don't you hurry and think about how you'll make a living afterward?"

"Huayue Tower has been hiring recently. I could introduce Miss Qi to them."

"With Miss Qi's reputation, I'm sure you'd become Huayue Tower's leading courtesan."

"You...!"

Qi Yuan's face turned pale with rage, and her hand pressed against the hilt of the sword at her waist.

The dozens of guards behind Jiang Li immediately grasped their swords in unison.

"Miss Qi, fighting within the city is against the law and regulations."

Jiang Li raised a hand to signal those behind him to put away their weapons. He looked at Qi Yuan with a teasing expression, not taking her seriously in the slightest.

After considering it again and again, Qi Yuan finally released her grip and abandoned the thought of drawing her sword.

With her strength, she could not even defeat a single guard behind Jiang Li. How could she possibly kill him...

"That's more like it."

Jiang Li smiled smugly, then shifted his gaze toward Luo Ruying, who stood behind Qi Yuan holding Luo Hongye.

He had already noticed Luo Ruying's peerlessly beautiful face while approaching.

Seeing her up close, he could not help but marvel inwardly.

"This woman truly possesses beauty that could topple a nation!"

Ignoring Ning Yechen at Luo Ruying's side, Jiang Li walked directly before her. Putting on the appearance of a refined gentleman, he asked with a smile,

"This young lady looks unfamiliar. I don't believe I've seen you in Nanli before?"

"May I know this young lady's name?"

"I am Jiang Li, son of the Jiang Family of Nanli City."

"I am hardly talented, but I hold some wealth and standing in Nanli Capital City. If you would honor me, I would like to make your acquaintance."

Ning Yechen stood to the side, his brows slightly furrowed.

He forcefully suppressed the urge to slap the man to death!

Damn it!

He was trying to poach his woman right in front of him!

If Luo Ruying had not been standing nearby, and if he had not been worried she would notice, this man would not even have a soul left by now!

"Scram!"

Luo Ruying coldly told Jiang Li without the slightest courtesy.

From the very first glance, she had felt an intense disgust toward this kind of spoiled young master who bullied others through power and lusted after beauty.

Jiang Li looked weak and hollow, with dark circles beneath his eyes and lewdness impossible to hide in his gaze. Who knew how many women had fallen into his hands!

If she had not wanted to live peacefully in seclusion with her husband and child in Nanli City, unwilling to stir up unnecessary trouble, she would have nearly lost control and killed him herself!

Having been coldly rebuked by Luo Ruying in public, Jiang Li was first stunned, then revealed a disdainful smirk.

He was not angry in the least.

It was not as though he had never encountered women as overbearing as Luo Ruying. He had even met women fiercer than her.

However, just like her, those women had only just arrived in Nanli City. They did not yet know his methods, nor did they understand the Jiang Family's might.

Once they had seen his methods, had they not all obediently lain in his bed and let him manipulate them as he pleased!

When Qi Yuan saw Jiang Li leering at Luo Ruying and trying to strike up a conversation, she knew at once that he harbored no good intentions. She immediately stepped in front of Luo Ruying and shouted at Jiang Li,

"Jiang Li! Don't even think of laying a hand on Sister Luo!"

"Sister Luo already has a husband and child, so stop dreaming!"

"Get lost!"

"Husband and child...?"

Jiang Li looked at Luo Hongye in Luo Ruying's arms, then turned toward Ning Yechen beside them, his expression still full of contempt.

"This pretty boy?"

Ning Yechen: "..."

Hold it in...

Hold it in...!

The hand Ning Yechen kept behind his back was already on the verge of swatting this damned fly to death!

It had been who knew how long since even an Immortal Emperor had dared speak to him like this!

Luo Ruying's delicate brows drew together, and her pretty face turned cold. Holding Luo Hongye, she stepped before Ning Yechen and said icily,

"My husband is not someone you can humiliate!"

With that, a powerful aura erupted from Luo Ruying and swept toward Jiang Li and the others!