Only after Xiao Hua vanished from sight did the mid Foundation Establishment City Guard speak. "Captain Yu, why did you just let Xiao Hua go? He... he killed four Foundation Establishment cultivators here! If... if the sects of those four cultivators come looking, how will Haoming City answer for this?"
Yu Chen gave the guard a cold look and asked, "How do you know they were four Foundation Establishment cultivators?"
A trace of pride flashed through the guard's eyes. Smiling, he said, "If they had been four Qi Cultivation cultivators, why would Xiao Hua have needed to lay down an array to kill them? He must have been unable to defeat them head-on, which was why he thought of using an array! Didn't Captain see how easily he took out the array disk and the rest?"
"Yang Ming," Yu Chen sighed, "your cultivation is decent, and you have some brains as well. But do you know why you have always remained beneath Shang Qinghe?"
"That is because Shang Qinghe has a talent for fawning that this subordinate cannot match!" Yang Ming blurted out, clearly having long harbored resentment.
"If Shang Qinghe had been here, he absolutely would not have questioned this old man's decision!" Yu Chen sneered. Then he waved his hand. "Go! We return to the city!"
"But..." Yang Ming glanced over the places Xiao Hua had burned and stopped himself, wanting to speak yet hesitating.
"None of you saw anything that happened today! If this old man finds out that word has leaked, do not blame this old man for showing no mercy!" Yu Chen said coldly.
"This subordinate would not dare!" Everyone answered fearfully, bowing.
"And this place... no one is to inspect it. Return to patrol it only after ten days!" Yu Chen swept his gaze