"Especially when it comes to following people. Sometimes, following the wrong person is even more terrifying than taking the wrong path in cultivation. The former leaves you no way to live; the latter still leaves you a sliver of hope."
"Tell the people behind you to behave yourselves. The old City Lord is still hale and hearty."
Elder Wang eyed the three men sidelong and snorted coldly, then turned and left with his hands clasped behind his back.
"Take care, Elder Wang. We three brothers will keep your words firmly in mind."
Once Elder Wang had gone completely out of sight, the onlooking creatures around them dispersed in twos and threes. With no more spectacle to watch, what was the point of staying?
After everyone had finally left, the three brothers' expressions returned to normal.
"Big Brother, that rat Elder Wang works for the City Lord. The City Lord may be old, but he isn't dead. We can't afford to provoke him. Should we just follow those four?"
The man on the far left looked at his eldest brother beside him and spoke softly.
The man standing in the middle raised his hand and slapped him, then cursed angrily, furious at his failure to meet expectations.
"Fuck, do you think someone who can casually produce something like that is ordinary? Follow them? When the time comes, we probably won't even know how we died."
"Let's go back and honestly report this to those people. How they deal with it then is their business. It doesn't have half a coin's worth to do with us."
"Yes, yes, Big Brother, calm down. Big Brother, calm down."
The three turned and vanished from the city gate once more.
Meanwhile, after Ye Lin and the other three officially entered the city, they finally saw