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After saying that, he found Xia Ying. "Junior Sister Xia Ying, what exactly happened here? That Evil Cultivator..."

Of the three people involved, two were lying down. He could only ask the sole one still awake, but who would have thought—

Senior Brother Huang immediately regarded the two junior brothers lying there with solemn respect. Oh, no, one of them was their Little Granduncle Master. Good heavens, three Qi Refining cultivators had dared to face a Foundation Establishment Peak head-on—and had actually survived!

"Was it the City Lord who stepped in and killed the Evil Cultivator?"

City Lord Xia shook her head. "Not me. By the time I arrived, it was already dead."

Xia Ying glanced at the unconscious Wen Xu. "...It was Granduncle Master."

City Lord Xia instantly became like a startled bird at the mere twang of a bowstring. Where? Where was that damned dragon?

Senior Brother Huang: ...There was really no need to react so intensely. Their Yonglu Mountain Granduncle Master did not eat people :).

But upon learning that one of their own had acted, Senior Brother Huang immediately set his heart at ease. As for the Half-Demon egg, that was the City Lord's Office's concern, and he would not meddle in it. After having someone clear away the lingering evil qi in Listening Crane Manor, Senior Brother Huang took his two severely injured fellow disciples back to the mountain.

Not long afterward, he heard that the Punishment Hall had newly "checked in" an Evil Cultivator's soul. It was presumably the one that had caused havoc at Listening Crane Manor.

Honestly, Little Granduncle Master and his friends were truly a bit reckless, but... it had to be said, they were worthy of being Yonglu Mountain disciples!

With the mindset that it was better for everyone to