Chapter 38: Not Having You Matters Greatly to Me

Receiving Ye Liuyun’s praise, Sinan smiled happily.

“…”

However, this scene made Shi Sheng hesitate, as if he wanted to say something but held back. Considering Shi Sheng’s character, it was indeed difficult for him to accept the idea of threatening someone with a child.

Noticing Shi Sheng’s change in expression, Sinan suddenly relaxed and smiled, placing a hand on Shi Sheng’s shoulder.

“If I told you some things this child has done, I think you wouldn’t be so conflicted!”

“What?”

This piqued Shi Sheng’s curiosity. Sinan first pointed to the young boy tied to the tree, then spoke to Shi Sheng.

“I’m no saint, but I don’t just capture people on a whim. According to what I’ve investigated, this boy, about fourteen or fifteen years old, recently ordered his servants to murder a family of seven at a steamed bun shop in the eastern part of the city.”

“He once killed someone on the street because the person accidentally bumped into him.”

“He also wanted a girl, so he had her father’s legs cut off, leaving him unable to work, forcing her to submit to him.”

“…”

One incident after another; even Ye Liuyun couldn’t help but glance sideways in disbelief. This wasn’t a mere youth—it was a demon from the underworld, abusing his power recklessly just because his father was a captain of the Imperial Guards.

After some time, Sinan stopped speaking—not because he had finished, but because his mouth was dry.

“What, you think I’m lying?”

Seeing Shi Sheng’s incredulous gaze, Sinan walked over and removed the gag from the boy’s mouth. The boy immediately began cursing loudly.

“You cursed bastards! How dare you tie me up! When my father comes, I’ll kill you all, every last one of your families!”

His voice was loud, almost breaking.

Shi Sheng ignored the rest and asked with a stern face, “Tell me, are all those things you said true?”

The boy paused, then said matter-of-factly, “So what if they are? My father said I can do whatever I want. They’re just lowly commoners. If I want to kill, I kill. I—”

Before he finished, Sinan gagged him again and shrugged at Shi Sheng. See? I didn’t just accuse him without reason.

In such times, it was truly difficult for ordinary people to survive.

“Damn it! Let me chop this brat down!” Shi Sheng could no longer hold back. He had been somewhat reluctant before, but now he realized that killing this little tyrant was actually ridding the people of a scourge.

He drew the knife from his waist and was about to strike.

But at that moment—

“Stop hurting my son!”

It was Lu Quan’s voice.

As soon as he heard it, the gagged boy became excited, whimpering and babbling incoherently.

“Ye Liufeng! It’s you!” Upon seeing who was about to attack, Lu Quan’s eyes widened in shock.

He had not expected that the one who captured his son and left an envelope for him to leave the city alone would be Ye Liuyun.

“Ye Liufeng, how dare you harm my son! The captain—”

He was about to continue threatening Ye Liuyun with his title when—

“Jade Shattering Palm!”

Ye Liuyun struck out with a palm.

“Well played!” Lu Quan was actually pleased to see Ye Liuyun ready to fight. In his mind, Ye Liuyun had only recently improved from a third-rate martial artist, and even with his recent breakthroughs, he might still not be a match.

He unleashed his own internal energy palm, colliding with Ye Liuyun’s.

At first, Lu Quan thought his full-strength strike would overpower Ye Liuyun; a smile of triumph appeared on his face.

But as he felt an overwhelming force he could not match, his expression instantly froze.

There wasn’t even a moment of stalemate. The way Lu Quan had flown over using lightness skill was the same way he was blasted away.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

His body crashed through several trees before coming to a halt.

“Pfft!”

He spat a mouthful of fresh blood.

If it weren’t for his internal energy protection, that single palm might have ended his life.

“How is this possible? How can your strength be so great?”

Leaning against a tree, Lu Quan stood up again, staring at Ye Liuyun in utter disbelief.

He simply couldn’t believe Ye Liuyun was so much stronger than him.

“…“

Ye Liuyun said nothing, one hand behind his back, the other resting on the hilt of his knife, walking toward Lu Quan.

That gaze, cold and indifferent as if looking at a corpse, made Lu Quan realize Ye Liuyun truly intended to kill him.

“Wait! Wait!”

Lu Quan didn’t want to die—he had a bright future ahead, and so much money yet to spend.

He couldn’t just die like this.

“There must be some misunderstanding between us. Spare me, and from now on, I will obey your every command.”

To survive, Lu Quan was willing to do anything.

If he had known this, even though the youngest son was his favorite, he wouldn’t have come alone to rescue him.

He had been too confident.

“Whether you serve me is not important,” Ye Liuyun said as he reached Lu Quan.

“But without you, I’m at a disadvantage.”

“Captain! The captain won’t let you go!”

Seeing his plea fail, Lu Quan again tried to use his title to intimidate Ye Liuyun, hoping it would make him hesitate.

But Ye Liuyun’s response was a blazing flash of blade!

“Slash!”

Even the tree behind Lu Quan was cut in two.

Until his last breath, Lu Quan’s face was one of disbelief, unable to comprehend why the threats that once worked so well on others failed against Ye Liuyun.

Are you not afraid of the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old behind the captain?

Unfortunately, Lu Quan’s questions would remain unanswered.

Sheathing his knife again, Ye Liuyun, though considering Lu Quan a useless man, took some valuable tokens from him before withdrawing his gaze.

He noticed the youngest son of Lu Quan nearby, whose face had turned from hateful madness to stunned vacancy.

He hadn’t expected his father to die.

“Deal with him,” Ye Liuyun said.

He had no intention of sparing the boy. The incident with the Golden Blade Sect was still fresh in his mind. To cut the grass without removing the roots only invites regrowth.

Moreover, killing such a notorious scoundrel was a way to accumulate virtue.

“I’ll do it!”

Shi Sheng, who had been reluctant before, eagerly stepped forward to act before Sinan could.

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