A Rabble

Across from Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild, inside a tavern.

At a window-side table on the second floor, two men sat facing each other: Xia Liang and Tan Sheng.

At another table not far away sat Chu Yun and Zhou Pei of the Sacred Fire Sect.

The two from the Sacred Fire Sect sat perfectly still. One had his eyes closed in quiet repose, while the other stared unblinkingly at the entrance of Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild.

They had maintained this state for an entire month!

In other words, ever since Lu Ye had hidden inside Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild, they had been waiting here.

They were not the only four. Within this tavern, as well as several nearby buildings, Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators lay hidden everywhere.

Unlike Chu Yun and Zhou Pei, who remained calm and composed, both Xia Liang and Tan Sheng were filled with melancholy.

They had dragged this out for far too long!

From their first encounter with Lu Ye in the Hunting Ground, the two had wanted to kill him. Nearly ten months had passed since then, yet they still had not succeeded.

By the normal pace of cultivation, either one of them should have advanced to the True Lake Realm by now. Yet here they were, still wasting away.

And looking at this scene, how familiar was it?

The last time Lu Yiye had poisoned two thousand Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators to death in that Mine Cave, he had hidden inside a Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild branch. These very people had remained outside to keep watch.

The same thing had actually happened again.

It was almost unimaginable.

Their endless frustration and stifled resentment had all turned into grief and indignation that filled their chests.

A few small dishes sat upon the table as Xia Liang