The sudden fight drew plenty of onlookers, but faced with Lin Shuguang's savage, domineering display, not one actually dared step forward to stop him.
In the end, it was Lin Shuguang's direct superior, that square-faced burly man... only when he saw Zhang Lian beaten until his skin split and flesh tore, barely breathing, did he stroll over at his leisure and stop Lin Shuguang with a show of bewilderment.
"What happened? Why are you so angry?"
Lin Shuguang put away his saber and said without so much as a change in expression or a racing heartbeat, "This guy tried to ambush me. I suspect he's a demonic cultivator!"
The Square-faced Section Chief froze. You little sneak.
Just then, Si Qianjun came over, and everyone bowed. "Greetings, Chief Si."
Si Qianjun surveyed the crowd and asked sternly, "What happened?"
Lin Shuguang pointed at the unconscious Zhang Lian and said crisply, "He tried to kill me!"
Si Qianjun froze too. He looked at the Square-faced Section Chief, whose mouth twitched as he put on an innocent expression. "Chief Si, I only just arrived. I'm not too sure what happened either."
Following Lin Shuguang's gaze, Si Qianjun looked at the examiner standing as quietly as a quail to one side.
When the examiner noticed Lin Shuguang's deep, dark gaze upon him, he swallowed immediately and gave an awkward laugh. "That man started provoking this lord the moment he arrived. His words and behavior really were, were rather inappropriate... I'd have been suspicious too..."
Those few words were ambiguous without straying from the facts. Even Lin Shuguang regarded him a little more highly.
By now, Si Qianjun understood exactly what had happened. He waved for someone to take Zhang Lian away for treatment. In that wretched state, there was no telling whether he could