Skimming the Fat

"What a Jade Flute Wanderer! What gall!"

Liu Chenzhou and Hu Buzui slowly stepped out from the crowd, mocking, disdainful smiles on their faces.

Hu Buzui snorted coldly. "I'll stand right here today and see just how you plan to slaughter every brother of our Defend the Dao Alliance!"

The unease in Liu Zhongshu's heart vanished the instant he saw Liu Chenzhou and Hu Buzui emerge. It was as though he had found his pillar of support, and he immediately composed himself, laughing wildly. "Gongliang Yuxiao, what grounds do you still have to oppose our Defend the Dao Alliance at a time like this?"

"If you do not bow your head obediently, not only your daughter, but every single person from the Tian Yuan Alliance here today can forget about leaving alive!"

The faces of the Tian Yuan Alliance members all turned ashen, fury written across them.

"Despicable!" Xi Youmeng gritted her silver teeth in rage. "For subordinates of the Defend the Dao Alliance to dare act so outrageously—when we return, I will have Lan Jun thoroughly straighten them out and teach them a lesson!"

Lu Feng listened impassively to Xi Youmeng's curses. He knew that even if word of this reached Ji Lanjun, the Alliance Leader's daughter, it likely would not cause much of a stir. If Liu Zhongshu had not received orders from those above, how would he dare so openly tarnish the Defend the Dao Alliance's name?

Perhaps even the Alliance Leader of the Defend the Dao Alliance had turned a blind eye, tacitly allowing it.

Liu Chenzhou and Hu Buzui clearly knew that people from the Shadow Pavilion were present, and that there was a risk of news getting out. Yet not only had they not told Liu Zhongshu to restrain himself, they had even stepped