Qin Dongluo demanded furiously, "Who are you? How dare you take an honored guest of Python Jiao Island hostage?"
Yan Tianlu glanced at the White Jade Bow in Tang Jingyu's hands. "Someone from the Falling Cherry Palace, I take it? Even your weapon is so noble and extraordinary. It seems the palace's young master, Tang Jingyu, has arrived." From the weapon alone, he had already deduced the other man's identity. This youngest leader of Python Jiao Island was also its most meticulous thinker; no wonder Yan Tianlu valued him so highly.
Although Yan Boguang could not see what was happening, the voices told him that his rescuers had arrived. He wailed, "He... he killed my sister..." Only now did he remember that Tang Jingyu had killed his sister.
Everyone's expression darkened. Yan Tianlu's thick brows drew together, but even such terrible news did not throw him into disarray. He was, after all, a formidable figure who dominated an entire region. Having already resolved to kill Tang Jingyu, he said grimly, "Python Jiao Island and the Falling Cherry Palace have never had any dealings. Why have you set foot on our island and harmed my family?"
Tang Jingyu said, "Island Lord Yan, honest men need not speak in shadows. Hand over the Sun-Shooting Scripture and Lin Jinyu, and I'll spare your nephew's life."
Even now, Yan Tianlu kept his anger in check. He said calmly, "I've never heard of this Sun-Shooting Scripture, nor do I know the Lin Jinyu you mentioned. Young Master Tang, could you have been misled by someone's slander?"
Tang Jingyu said, "I wouldn't have come looking for you without solid grounds. Yan Tianlu! I'll give you one hour!"
Yan Tianlu said coldly, "You apparently don't know what sort of man I am, Young Master Tang. I never