"Hahaha!" Lu Yuan laughed loudly, strode over to the pretty young married woman, and whispered a few words in her ear.
As soon as he finished, her face turned ashen. She pointed incredulously at the so-called Viscount Lu Yuan. "You, you..."
"Hehehe, never mind that you can't afford his treatment. Even if you could, no one would dare treat him." Lu Yuan laughed brazenly, looking every inch a true villain.
Lu Yuan was so brazen because he had orchestrated everything, and even the Soul Masters in Longxing City had to show him some respect.
But he had failed to account for a certain old man who, bored out of his mind, had come out to experience life. Before an old man like Qian Chongling, however quietly Lu Yuan had spoken just now, every word had been perfectly clear.
His exact words had been something along these lines.
"I deliberately sent him into the arena."
"Who told him to have such a beautiful wife?"
"I've wanted a taste for ages..."
Though Qian Chongling himself was an old womanizer, he would never use such methods to threaten a respectable young wife. He could not afford that kind of disgrace.
"Young lady, it seems you've run into some trouble," Qian Chongling said mildly.
"Old sir?" The pretty young wife froze and turned to look.
Qian Chongling nodded to her and said, "You're in luck. I happen to have a pill refined from millennium stone milk. You only need to hold it in your mouth... you only need to have your husband swallow it, and I guarantee he'll be fine!"
The pretty young wife: ??? I suspect you're making a dirty joke, but I have no proof!
Perhaps she trusted him a little because he had helped her that morning, or perhaps her hatred for Lu Yuan kept her from thinking too much. Either way, she did not harbor many doubts.
Especially after Qian Chongling took out a pill the size of a longan, radiating a rich medicinal fragrance and gleaming like a luminous pearl, the last trace of doubt in her heart vanished.
Perhaps because her husband was about to die, the pretty young wife took the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Merging Pill from Qian Chongling and pushed it into her husband's mouth.
Qian Chongling had obtained this pill through a check-in. Although he did not know its grade, the system's description claimed that as long as someone had a single breath left, taking it would bring them back to life.
Using it to save a middle-aged man gravely wounded by a Soul Skill was naturally more than enough. One might even call it using a mighty weapon for a trivial task.
Sure enough, after taking the pill, the young man stopped gasping, his breathing eased, and his bleeding stopped. Although he had not woken up immediately, he was close.
Everything now looked like a happy ending where everyone rejoiced. Our Viscount Lu Yuan, however, was extremely displeased. He had been drooling over those two juicy buns for ages. Watching the meat fly away just as it reached his mouth naturally sent his fury soaring.
"So what if he's alive? You're not getting away today."
"And you, old man! Did you take my words for wind blowing past your ears? You actually dared treat his wounds!" Lu Yuan roared furiously.
The spectators, terrified of getting themselves into trouble, scattered like birds and beasts. In the blink of an eye, only five people remained in the alley.
The pretty young wife, the young man, the old man Qian Chongling, Viscount Lu Yuan, and his lackey.
"Elder Long, slaughter that old bastard. I'm going to have her right in front of her husband!" Lu Yuan said darkly.
The so-called Elder Long slowly stepped forward, Soul Rings descending one after another around his feet!
White, yellow, yellow, purple. The aura of a Soul Ancestor crashed down upon the three of them. He grasped at the air, and a serpentine sword Martial Soul appeared in his hand.
His low, murderous voice echoed through the alley. "Old bastard, you're still sticking your nose into other people's business at your age? Let me send you on your final journey!"
The pretty young wife was completely stunned. Was she going to get her benefactor killed? Gritting her teeth, she hurriedly said, "Lord Viscount, let them go. You can do whatever you want..."
"Hahaha, dream on!" Lu Yuan laughed.
"Young man, I advise you to be kind. This world still needs a little more love and all that is good," Qian Chongling said earnestly.
"Old bastard, you're at death's door, yet you still dare lecture me? In Longxing City, I am love and all that is good!" Lu Yuan mocked Qian Chongling's words, throwing them back at him.
Qian Chongling sighed. "Why bother? This world is so beautiful. Why fill it with violence?"
The moment he finished speaking, a suffocating pressure of Soul Power descended directly upon Lu Yuan and Elder Long. The two men, who had been spouting such arrogant nonsense a moment earlier, were instantly crushed against the ground. Spiderweb cracks spread through the hard granite.
"Gentlemen, are these nine Soul Rings of mine pretty?"
Qian Chongling smiled faintly as nine Soul Rings descended one after another: black, black, black, black, red, red, red, red, red!
Elder Long lay sprawled on the ground and raised his head, looking at Qian Chongling in horror. He was actually a Titled Douluo-
But this was too fucking unbelievable.
He had merely accompanied his young master out to coerce a woman. It was not as though they had rarely done such things!
How had they run into a Titled Douluo?
How unlucky could they possibly be?
"Your Eminence... please forgive my blind ignorance for offending you. Please be magnanimous and overlook the offenses of petty men like us. Let us go," Elder Long said shakily.
Qian Chongling ignored Elder Long and turned his gaze toward the pretty young wife instead. "As thanks for helping me cross the road earlier, I'll leave these two men's lives in your hands."
The pretty young wife stared blankly at Qian Chongling's Soul Rings. Only after a long while did she recover and cautiously ask, "With your strength, how could you possibly need someone to help you cross the road?"
"Heh, my hand was a little numb at the time. Hurry up. I still have a walk to take." Qian Chongling first hinted at something, then grew somewhat impatient.
At that, Elder Long and Lu Yuan both turned toward the pretty young wife and began begging for mercy.
"Miss Feng, spare my life! I'll never dare do it again!"
"Miss Feng, if you let me go, I will surely serve you as my master."
The pretty young wife, Feng Yuhan, came back to her senses and looked at Qian Chongling. Seeing his indifferent eyes, she thought of how her husband, Xiao Huo, had devoted himself to serving Lu Yuan.
He had braved life and death to protect him, only to be schemed against by this beast. Just moments ago, Xiao Huo had nearly died at their hands, and even her own chastity had almost been lost.
Feng Yuhan looked at the two men with hatred and asked, "Tell me, would you have let me go just now?"
The two froze. They wanted to deny it outright, but remembering that the old man Qian Chongling was still beside them, neither dared utter a word.
"If possible, I want them dead," Feng Yuhan said hatefully.
Qian Chongling nodded. Before either man could argue, he snapped his fingers!
Elder Long and Lu Yuan exploded instantly, blood splashing everywhere, shattered organs and fresh blood flying through the air!
How could Feng Yuhan, who had never witnessed bloodshed, endure such a gory sight? Her face instantly went deathly pale, and her delicate body trembled uncontrollably.
"Urgh-"
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