"Hall Master, don't fall for it! The brat is cunning!"
Ma Wensheng hurriedly tried to stop him. "The brat is using goading tactics, trying to provoke the Hall Master into fighting his way out! Remember, if we refuse the Adjudication Hall's ruling and remain in Guang'an City, all we'll face is a daily fine of a hundred gold per person. But if the Hall Master really does fight his way out, that'll be a crime of assault and resisting arrest. If we were outside the city, that would be one thing. With the Hall Master leading the brothers, we could roam the world as we pleased. But we're inside the city. Once blood is spilled, the Patrol Division's hundred thousand men will close in on us. That'll be the moment we all go down together."
Hearing Ma Wensheng's analysis, everyone sucked in a sharp breath. The brat was devious indeed. Thank goodness they hadn't acted just now. If they had, wouldn't they have made the charges stick?
No wonder the brat had been so brazen. He'd deliberately baited them, fishing for a bite.
What a deep and devious mind!
Still shaken, everyone wore relieved expressions, as though they'd just escaped disaster.
"Xu, what deep grudge do you have against my Black Dragon Hall that you keep using one underhanded scheme after another to harm us?"
Wan Youlong was beside himself with indignation.
He didn't know why, but against this brat, his overwhelming advantage in Martial Arts cultivation was completely useless. Instead, the brat had him dancing in the palm of his hand, driving him to the brink of collapse.
Xu Yi ignored Wan Youlong completely. He glared at Ma Wensheng as if displeased that Ma had exposed his ploy, then said coldly, "I, Xu, have no use for schemes and