I knew my own situation, but Yang Zhenglin, Ouyang De, and the others had no idea. They thought I was merely some minor wanted criminal or something, never realizing that after counting layer upon layer, that ten thousand immortal crystals was probably the bounty after being stripped and skimmed dozens of times. If the Emperor himself had issued the reward, he probably would have offered over a million without even blinking to take my life!
They had tried to kill me several times already—where was I supposed to put my face? It was only because the mountains were high and the Emperor was far away that he knew nothing about affairs at the very bottom. Song Wanyi's Qilin Commandery had probably fought the Emperor to the bitter end as well. Now that a direct warrant had been issued, perhaps she had fled after suffering defeat. Otherwise, who would dare place a bounty on her—a mere city and organization? Even a dying camel was bigger than a horse. Some bounty organizations still understood that leaving people a way out was better than fighting to the death.
So I couldn't sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. The city's patrol force might sound impressive, but these people couldn't even defeat one of the Emperor's small gatekeeping units! I had to protect myself, and I also had to escape. Otherwise, if that dog Emperor found out I was here, he would raze all one hundred cities of Guanzhong to the ground. That would truly be harming both others and myself.
But running away required strength. Of the seventy people from the Upper Realm, I had only let those whose names I could call out enter the apartment building. The ones I didn't recognize had gone elsewhere, leaving only Yuanci and Shang