Trouble at the Door

Who are you?

Hai Qingshi, the eldest son of the city lord's mansion, looked at the Human Clan had just been led into the study by the Butler and asked.

"I am Zhang Xinzhi. Half a year ago, during the Sea God Festival, I was honored to be invited to the City Lord's Mansion. I even offered you a toast then! Do you remember, Young Master?"

"Ha! A toast? There were at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, people at the City Lord's Mansion that day, and I don't even know how many of them were me or anyone else who drank with me! If I remembered everyone, I'd be exhausted! What exactly do you want from me?"

Hearing Hai Qingshi's impatient tone, Zhang Xinzhi didn't dare to be negligent and quickly said, "Young Master, I have just arrived in North Wave City aboard the Great Qian Merchant Caravan's ark. Half a day ago, on the way to North Wave City, we encountered pirates!"

Upon hearing the words "sea pirates," Hai Qingshi was startled, but he remained calm and asked, "Sea pirates? I remember the Great Qian Merchant Association pays tolls every year, right? Sea pirates shouldn't cause you any trouble, will they?"

"No!" Zhang Xinzhi shook his head. "Those pirates are not from North Wave City! I saw that the pirate leader was none other than your guard, Qi Feiyu!"

"What? How is this possible? You despicable Human Clan, how dare you slander my guard! Guards, seize him!"

Upon hearing Hai Qingshi's order, the guards outside pushed open the door and forced Zhang Xinzhi, who was kneeling, to the ground.

Zhang Xinzhi was being Grain Avoidance, was terrified and quickly said, "Young Master, I'm not lying! I also saw the Second Young Master with him! And..."

"Slow!"

Upon hearing Zhang Xinzhi's words, Hai Qingshi quickly waved his hand, signaling the two guards to leave.

After the door was closed, Hai Qingshi continued, "And what did you just say?"

"And... and..."

"Speak quickly!"

Seeing Zhang Xinzhi's hesitant expression, Hai Qingshi shouted sternly.

"Moreover, both the Second Young Master and Qi Feiyu have been murdered!"

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Hai Qingshi was so shocked that he stood up abruptly. "How dare you talk nonsense? Putting aside Younger Brother Song, Qi Feiyu was Nascent Soul expert, how could he have been killed?"

Zhang Xinzhi immediately knelt down. "I dare not lie. The person who killed them is on the ark, and all the others who were on the ark with me can testify to this! I also brought several fellow Daoists with me, who are currently outside the door!"

Just as Hai Qingshi was about to ask the other party to call those people in, there was a knock on the door.

Who is it?

"Young Master, it's me! Someone saw the Second Young Master leave this morning!"

"Come in!"

The Butler pushed open the door and strode in. "Young Master, I just questioned every servant in the City Lord's Mansion! The guards at the gate saw the Second Young Master leave this morning with his guards and your guard commander, Qi Feiyu!"

After listening to the Butler's words, Hai Qingshi sat there pondering for a moment, then looked at the two people in front of him. "You two, now come with me to see Father!"

In the secret room, after listening to the Butler and Zhang Xinzhi's words, City Hai Yue instructed the Butler to take Zhang Xinzhi away first and arrange for him to stay in the City Lord's Mansion. At the same time, he also arranged for the few people who were waiting outside the mansion to go in.

After the two left, Hai Yue looked at Hai Qingshi and said, "I've already sent the message to Sea Emperor City. So, what do you think?"

"Based on the Human Clan's description, the opponent is very strong. Although Qi Feiyu is not Nascent Soul Perfection the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, he is close. The fact that the opponent, Human Clan, could easily defeat Qi Feiyu means that the opponent is at least a peak-stage Spirit Transformation Perfection expert, or even possibly at the Body Integration Realm!"

After listening to Hai Qingshi's analysis, Hai Yue nodded. "It should be the Body Integration Realm, but I don't know which Body Integration Realm it is. If it's below the Integrated Body Middle Stage, I won't even need to wait for news from Sea Emperor City; I'll take action directly to eliminate it and avenge Song'er. But if it's the Integrated Body Late Stage or even higher, that would be troublesome!"

Hai Yue rubbed his temples, waved to Hai Qingshi, and signaled his eldest son to leave.

Hai Qingshi understood that his father was unsure of the other party's strength and was therefore in a difficult position, so he had no choice but to turn and leave.

He didn't notice, however, that as he turned around, a hint of doubt flashed in his father's eyes.

On the other side, Yi Xuan, who was chatting happily with Liu Yusen in the Great Qian shop, suddenly stopped smiling.

Liu Yusen didn't know what was wrong with Yi Xuan, so he asked, "Brother Yi, what's wrong? Did I say something wrong? If so, I'll apologize to you!"

Yi Xuan waved his hand with a smile, "It's not your fault, brother, it's me who's gotten into trouble! I reckon that trouble will be coming to our door soon!"

It turns out that just now, Yi Xuan had learned what had happened through the miniature robot that had been placed on Zhang Xinzhi.

After learning that he had killed the city lord's second son and the eldest son's guard commander, Yi Xuan knew that this matter would not end well.

However, Yi Xuan did not regret killing those two. After all, given the circumstances, if Yi Xuan had taken action, he would have made enemies with them. Even if he didn't take their lives, they would definitely have come back to retaliate and regain their honor.

Since that's the case, it's better to just eliminate the opponent and save ourselves the trouble.

However, Yi Xuan never expected that the group of pirates were actually from the city lord's mansion, and that the young man was actually the city lord's second son.

I never imagined that I would become enemies with a city lord so soon after entering the Eternal Sea, and with a vengeance that could never end.

Sure enough, not long after, the Great Qian Merchant Caravan was surrounded by a group of the Sea Clan.

Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Liu Yusen looked at Yi Xuan with a wry smile, "Brother Yi, this is troublesome. The other party is the city lord's eldest son. What did you do to offend him? I remember you told me it was your first time entering the Eternal Sea?"

Yi Xuan smiled and said, "Brother Liu, I advise you that it's better if you don't know. Knowing won't do you any good!"

After speaking, he stepped out of the shop. Looking at the densely packed Sea Clan soldiers on the street, Yi Xuan's gaze was immediately drawn to the young man leading them.

To be precise, he was drawn to the people around him, the very same people who, instead of being grateful, had made sarcastic remarks after being rescued by Yi Xuan on the Ark.

"Hahaha!"

Yi Xuan smiled and pointed at the group of people, then said to Lü Huang behind him, "See? I overestimated them. I even called them villains before, but they don't deserve to be called villains!"

Lü Huang nodded. "Indeed, Your Excellency, they are not even as good as beasts. Even if we saved a dog, it would still wag its tail at us! Now I understand why you didn't kill them. They are truly unworthy and would only dirty your sword!"

The men looked very uncomfortable after what Lü Huang said, and were about to speak when Hai Qingshi stopped them.

Hai Qingshi drew his long sword from his waist, pointed it at Yi Xuan and the others, and ordered, "Take them down, dead or alive!"