Wei Xuanfeng: I'm a Man!

"You... you're Jiao Yu!"

Gongsun Jin asked.

Though the Northern Pacification Bureau and the Southern Pacification Bureau were two separate institutions, Jiao Yu's figure and beauty had long since become the talk of the Demon Suppression Directorate in Kang City.

Despite seeing her for the first time, Gongsun Jin recognized her at a glance.

"Isn't it a little too late to start claiming connections now?"

Jiao Yu snorted coldly, then drew her blade.

The next second, a streak of blade light shot straight at Gongsun Jin.

The blade light was not particularly fast; everyone present could clearly see its trajectory.

But Gongsun Jin's expression changed. Locked onto by the blade intent, he was unable to dodge.

He could only take it head-on!

"Don't look down on me!"

Gongsun Jin shouted, pulling out the last two talismans from his robes!

In an instant, two golden phantom bells and tripods appeared at his side.

Even then, he did not feel safe enough, and summoned his protective astral energy as well.

Before everyone's eyes, the blade light collided with the phantom bells and tripods.

They had thought the clash of energies would tear this brothel apart.

Who would have thought that the blade light would simply sink into the phantom bells and tripods...

It pierced through one layer, and the phantom immediately shattered, turning into golden energy that scattered through the air.

Another pierce, another shatter!

The two phantom bells and tripods failed to blunt the blade light's might in the slightest.

Under Gongsun Jin's horrified gaze, the blade light crept closer and closer.

Until...

Swish!

The blade light passed through, and one of Gongsun Jin's arms flew into the air.

Both were at the peak of the Martial Master realm, yet it took only one slash!

With a single slash, Jiao Yu utterly defeated Gongsun Jin!

The people of the Southern Pacification Bureau trembled all over at the sight.

In their eyes, Gongsun Jin's cultivation would have made him a renowned expert even within the Northern Pacification Bureau.

And he had even used two talismans.

How...

Had he been instantly defeated in one move...

"Did you see that blade aura clearly?"

Jiao Yu said coldly.

It seemed as if she were speaking to Gongsun Jin, but Wei Xuanfeng knew she was saying it for him to hear!

No wonder the boss never released her blade aura during their usual sparring...

Fuck, if she really used it, the three of them would be scattered in pieces!

But...

Once he cultivated blade aura too, could he become this strong?

"I... I saw it clearly..."

At that moment, Gongsun Jin's martial heart shattered with a thunderous crash.

For the rest of his life, he would have no chance of advancing to the Martial Grandmaster realm.

"Good. Now, I'm taking my three useless subordinates and leaving." Jiao Yu swept her gaze over the crowd. "Who agrees? Who objects?"

As she spoke, she walked to Wei Xuanfeng and the other two.

One person, one blade—she shielded them behind her like a mountain!

Swept by her gaze, the people of the Southern Pacification Bureau immediately lowered their heads.

Object? What kind of joke was that!

Did they not want to live?!

"I... I object!"

A voice rang out from the corner. Supported by a demon slayer, Gongsun Su barely managed to stand.

"You..." Jiao Yu sneered. "What the hell are you? Being a Hundred-Household Officer alongside you is a fucking disgrace!"

Having said that, she was about to leave with the other three.

"Don't even think about leaving!" Gongsun Su roared himself hoarse. "Today's matter began when Qin Zhaodi humiliated the investigator. I brought men to arrest her, and she struck first! She cut off my left ear, wounded my fellow officers, and finally destroyed my dantian!

"By the Demon Suppression Directorate's regulations, Qin Zhaodi's crimes are punishable by death!

"Hundred-Household Officer Jiao, no matter how capable you are, you can't paint black as white!

"Today, unless you kill every last one of us... Qin Zhaodi is mine for the taking! Even if the Chief Commander comes, he won't be able to keep her! That's what I say!"

The moment those words came out, every demon slayer from the Southern Pacification Bureau looked at Gongsun Su with secret admiration...

How could a person have balls this big?

Admiration aside, they all silently moved several steps away from him.

They were afraid that if Jiao Yu's blade flashed, their blood would splatter all over them...

"Gongsun Su, is it? You've got more guts than your brother. You think you can use the Demon Suppression Directorate's regulations to pressure me?" Jiao Yu stopped in her tracks.

"What if I am using the Demon Suppression Directorate's regulations to pressure you?" Gongsun Su snorted coldly. "If you dare take her out through those doors today, it counts as harboring a criminal! Jiao Yu, you should know the weight of that crime!"

His words seemed to give the Southern Pacification Bureau men a little courage.

A few of the bolder ones actually walked to the entrance and used their bodies to block the four people's path.

"Hmph. If a few threats from you make me abandon my subordinates, what kind of boss would I be?" Jiao Yu reached into her robes and pulled out a command token. "The Demon Suppression Directorate's Ten-Thousandfold Urgent Order is here! By the command of Wu Santong, Pacification Commissioner of the Northern Pacification Bureau, I am carrying out a ten-thousandfold urgent mission!

"I don't care what crimes Qin Zhaodi or Fox Murong committed, or what trouble they caused.

"Even if they poked a hole through the heavens, they must first come with me to carry out this mission!

"Under the Demon Suppression Directorate's laws, a Ten-Thousandfold Urgent Order may command all demon slayers below the rank of Hundred-Household Officer!

"Those who obey in public but defy in private may be slain!

"Those who delay the battle may be slain!

"Those who refuse to cooperate may be slain!

"You men at the door... do you want to find out whether my blade is sharp?"

As soon as she said this, the Southern Pacification Bureau demon slayers at the entrance immediately made way.

Jiao Yu snorted coldly at the sight, then tucked the command token back into her robes.

With a broad sweep of her hand, she signaled Wei Xuanfeng and the other two to follow.

"Qin Zhaodi, you're something else!" Watching the four depart, Gongsun Su suddenly went mad. "You broke off our engagement back then and made me lose all face! Now you've ruined my dantian and left me completely crippled, without any martial arts left! Fine, you're impressive. You've latched onto the Northern Pacification Bureau's thigh, and there's nothing I can do to you. But you won't always be home, will you? I remember your younger sister—pretty as a flower, fair as jade, even prettier than you! Hahaha... hahahaha!!!"

Hearing this, Fox Murong's killing intent surged!

But just as she was about to draw her blade, Jiao Yu pinned her down with one hand.

"Kid Gongsun, I, Jiao Yu, swear to heaven! So long as I'm still alive, if you dare lay a hand on her family, I will slaughter your entire family!" Jiao Yu stared at him coldly.

After saying that, she led Wei Xuanfeng and the other two toward the outskirts, never once looking back.

"Slaughter my entire family, slaughter my entire family!" Even after hearing that, Gongsun Su remained crazed. "Doesn't she know my father is a Thousand-Household Officer? How dare she say that? How dare she say that! Men, men! Go to the Qin residence! Bind Qin Zhaodi's little sister and bring her here—throw her into the Zhao—"

Slap!

Before he could finish, Gongsun Jin's slap landed squarely across his face.

"Without my order, no one is to touch anyone from that Qin family!"

With that, he turned and left.

"Brother! I can't swallow this anger! I can't swallow it!"

Gongsun Su knelt on the ground and howled, but Gongsun Jin still did not look back.

If he couldn't swallow it, then he had to force it down!

That was how this world worked: the strong were revered.

The weak were meant to be trampled beneath the strong and crushed without mercy.

That principle could not be upheld when one was strong, only to be condemned when one was weak!

On the road out of the city.

"Boss, you were so domineering today!" Fox Murong wrapped her arms around Jiao Yu's waist and buried her head in her chest. "If I were a man, I'd definitely pursue you—the kind where I'd never rest until I married you!"

"Too bad you're a young lady." Jiao Yu affectionately rubbed her head.

Wei Xuanfeng: Boss, I'm a man!

Unfortunately, he did not dare say that out loud...