A grim chill flashed in Niu Youdao's eyes as he stared fixedly at the woman. The sudden turn of events had caught them off guard and given her an opening to exploit. In the end, they had been careless and underestimated her.
"Daoist Master, what are you waiting for?" Lü Wushuang turned back and asked. She actually used the form of address the others had been calling him, 'Daoist Master,' and it carried an unmistakable hint of mockery. "If you can't swallow this insult and want to settle accounts with me, shouldn't you at least get through this first?"
Niu Youdao swept his sleeve and said no more, fearing they would be too late. He immediately drove his flying mount in a swift dive toward the town.
Yun Ji raised a hand and patted Yuan Gang's shoulder, pressing it down. "We'll settle accounts with that bitch later. Your build is too conspicuous. Squat down first, so no one spots anything unusual!"
With his jaw clenched tight, Yuan Gang forced himself to calm down. He knew what mattered most right now. Lowering his body, he knelt on the flying mount and crouched low, at least preventing anyone from immediately noticing anything suspicious.
Yun Ji also drove her flying mount toward the town, but she angled upward into the sky, avoiding excessive scrutiny from those on the ground.
They truly could not afford to be careless. By all rights, they should not have appeared openly. If outsiders noticed anything, the consequences would be unthinkable.
In fact, it was not only Xi Haitang who had not wanted Niu Youdao to come. Yun Ji herself had been somewhat unwilling as well, and she could not understand it. How could someone as rational as Niu Youdao take such a risk? Or rather, it simply was