"Oh? So they were after me?"
Seeing that something was wrong outside, Tang Yu had already guessed that someone must have tampered with the teleportation array he had used when arriving, which was why he had been sent to this godforsaken place.
So this little stunt of theirs was not just aimed at the Five Elements Tower—they wanted his life too?
"Then should we praise Lord Tang for being exceptionally clever?"
A tall fellow with an ox head sneered as he retorted.
Judging by the pressure emanating from him, he was clearly an early Tribulation Transcendence cultivator.
Tang Yu looked at the others. Beside him stood another man holding a sword, also an early Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, while the rest were a group of Mahayana cultivators.
All of them looked at Tang Yu with hatred in their eyes. One face among them even seemed somewhat familiar to him.
After thinking for a moment, he remembered the man's identity. This fellow had once been a Thousand Household Officer of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, but after Tang Yu took office, he had purged a group of disobedient people. This man had been one of them.
"I see. Since you're going to kill me anyway, why not let me die knowing the truth? Who has such great ability that they could arrange in advance for someone to tamper with the teleportation array?"
Tang Yu asked with a smile. The moment he left Kyoto, these people had evidently received the news. That alone was enough to show how capable their backer was.
After exchanging looks, the Tribulation Transcendence cultivator with an ox head—though he was not a demon cultivator—sneered and answered without addressing the question.
"We're killing you to uphold justice. A treacherous official like you should have died long ago."
"How am I