The princess was of noble status—when had she ever suffered such humiliation? Her face went pale with rage as she trembled and shrieked at her elder brother beside her.
"Royal Brother, kill her! Cut out her tongue!"
The Crown Prince's expression darkened as well. He had not expected this fox clan maidservant to have such a foul mouth. He said coldly, "The imperial family cannot be insulted. A few lowly commoners dared to humiliate Princess Shu Hui in public. You're making this very difficult for me."
Tang Yu glanced up at him, then rose while swaying his head, a mischievous grin on his face.
"Difficult? Then don't do it."
With that, Tang Yu gave a hard flip, sending the entire table and the scalding hot pot tumbling toward the Crown Prince and Princess Shu Hui.
The guards standing beside them darkened their expressions.
One red-robed cultivator stepped forward and grabbed at the air. An invisible force of true essence stopped all the hot pot broth in midair.
Another guard roared, "You court death!" He raised a hand, sending blue thorns condensed from true essence shooting toward Tang Yu, intending to bind him tightly.
Then he discovered that his secret ambush technique had not harmed the other party in the slightest.
Tang Yu strode boldly out the door, pushing through the blue thorns wrapped around him.
"Don't let him escape! I want them dead!"
Princess Shu Hui screamed sharply.
The two Foundation Establishment guards naturally did not dare let Tang Yu and the others slip away right before their eyes.
After chasing them out of the inn, the two fellow disciples formed hand seals and cast their spell at the same time. True essence surged from their bodies, condensing into an enormous, bizarre fish.
Several strange whiskers grew beside the fish's