Liu Zhi instinctively caught the steward's corpse and froze on the spot.
Then he screamed in disbelief, "You, you, you..."
For a moment, Liu Zhi found the scene before him even more impossible to accept. Someone had actually killed one of his people in Willow Leaf City.
And it was a young man at that—something he would never even have imagined before.
The next moment, Ye Lüwei and the others cried out again, "Ba Hun's successor, what exactly are you trying to do?"
As soon as the words fell... Clang! Clang! Clang!
One after another, they immediately drew their weapons, true energy erupting wildly from their bodies.
Yet Sikong Jing could not be bothered with them at all. He strode forward, step by step, until he reached Su Yuexi's side.
Then he tightly grasped her hand. The instant he touched her, Sikong Jing quietly let out a breath. At least Su Yuexi had not suffered any harm.
Otherwise, even ten million lives would not have been enough to repay the debt.
As Su Yuexi cast him a reassuring look, Sikong Jing finally swept his gaze across the hall again.
"Don't you know already? I had Senior Ye Wuzhi inform your Manor Lord that I have come to Willow Leaf Holy Manor to ask for her hand."
"I am going to marry her. Anyone who dares touch her must die."
Having confirmed that Su Yuexi was safe and sound, Sikong Jing gradually regained his calm, though every word still brimmed with killing intent.
Su Yuexi slowly leaned against Sikong Jing's shoulder and said to Liu Zhi, "I told you just now—you were going to die."
She leaned upon Sikong Jing. This was the man she trusted completely, the man who would never leave her side for all her life. So she