Hai Bodong walked up to the two youths and looked down at them. He had not killed them, since he had already realized that they were the ones who had caused this incident. He intended to leave them to Hun Changqing.
But then he frowned again. After a moment's thought, he activated his Dou Qi and, under the girl's horrified gaze, froze the boy into an ice sculpture. Then he grabbed the girl and strode toward the city gates.
At the city gates, Hai Bodong approached Hun Changqing, who was playing with a Seven-Colored Little Snake. He glanced in surprise at the little snake, whose beauty was almost too breathtaking, before speaking.
"My lord, the matter has been settled. I determined that these two Alchemists caused the incident. I killed the male and brought the female here."
Hun Changqing gave Hai Bodong a puzzled look and asked,
"What did you bring the girl here for?"
"I thought you might be interested, my lord. After all, she was the one who offended you, and she's quite good-looking, so I brought her along."
Hun Changqing: ...
Hun Changqing glanced at the girl, whose face was covered in filth and whose body reeked of a rank, foul odor, then gave Hai Bodong a strange look.
"If you like her, keep her yourself."
Noticing Hun Changqing's look, Hai Bodong glanced at the girl and realized that this was rather inappropriate. He gave an awkward laugh.
"Hehe, I failed to think this through. Please forgive me, my lord. I'll dispose of her right away."
The girl, who had long since been scared witless, abruptly snapped out of her stupor when she heard their conversation. She sobbed and begged for mercy.
"No... don't kill me! It was all Jiale's idea! I tried to persuade him