"Don't be upset. You didn't get to make a move this time, but there'll be plenty of chances next time." Bian Chunchou was sincerely delighted that Mingxuan City had escaped its predicament.
Only then did Chen Zui-Zui follow reluctantly. The two soon returned to the residence.
The moment he entered, Bian Chunchou saw Su Yao gripping a short blade and talismans as she faced off against more than ten people. Though these people were not cultivators, Su Yao was a Medicine Cauldron and had been frail for years. If she had not been driven to desperation, she would never have sent out a Communication Talisman for help. What she had not expected was for the two of them to arrive so quickly.
"You..." she murmured unconsciously, but her voice was too soft and was utterly drowned out by Bian Chunchou's. "What are you doing? More than a dozen grown men bullying a weak young woman?"
Seeing the immortal master return, the leading man immediately said respectfully, "Immortal Master, please hear us out. We did not mean to bully her. She was trying to kill an immortal master from the Hundred Herbs Pavilion—how could we allow that? When we found him, that immortal master from the Hundred Herbs Pavilion was tied up hand and foot, with bloody welts all over him. It was clearly the work of this demoness!"
Bian Chunchou looked again at the short blade in Su Yao's hand. There were indeed traces of blood on it.
Chen Zui-Zui's reaction was much simpler. He went inside to inspect the Hundred Herbs Pavilion Outer Sect disciple, who had already been rescued and placed on the bed. Though he had indeed suffered fresh wounds, none were fatal to a cultivator. The attacker seemed more like they had merely wanted to cut