Though somewhat disappointed, Lu Ye was already satisfied. This had fallen into his lap, after all, and Yuan Xi was easy to talk to. With another City Lord, under those circumstances just now, they might not have been willing to entertain his request.
"Congratulations, my lady, on taking another city!" Lu Ye cupped his fist in congratulations.
Yuan Xi smiled faintly. "I merely killed their City Lord. We still need to attack the city."
"Apparently, there is no need." Lu Ye shook his head and informed her that the Chen Shuang cultivators had already fled.
Yuan Xi nodded. "At least he knew what was good for him!" As she spoke, she reached out and beckoned, drawing over the possessions left behind by the three dead Uniting Dao cultivators. Then she looked at Lu Ye with a smiling face. "Was killing Uniting Dao cultivators fun?"
She was clearly referring to how Lu Ye had specifically insisted on personally killing the Chen Shuang City Lord. The first Uniting Dao cultivator killed had been the same—though he had clearly been doomed already, Lu Ye had still gone over to add another slash. In her eyes, Lu Ye was plainly experiencing the thrill of using weakness to slay strength.
Lu Ye responded half a beat late, "Just satisfying an itch for action."
Yuan Xi neither confirmed nor denied it. She set off toward Chen Shuang City, with Lu Ye following close behind.
They soon arrived before the city.
Lu Ye was immediately somewhat surprised. "They did not all flee?"
He had thought all the Chen Shuang City cultivators had run away, but he now discovered that a few had remained. There were not many—only four, all apparently Fusion Dao cultivators. Led by a white-haired old man, they stood respectfully in the city square.
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