Chapter 123: Chapter 89: Either Go Up or Get Buried Here (6K Double-Length)_3

For people like him, it’s no wonder he hasn’t shown a good expression.

So after saying these words, his eyes coldly stared at the five people in front of him, and even if they were thick-skinned, it became a bit unbearable.

Lv Jifeng forced himself to speak, "It no longer affects our actions; tonight we will fully cooperate with you three."

"Good, after noon we will come to find you."

Liou Yuan clearly did not wish to speak much more with these people.

Having received a confirmation, he signaled to Zhao Feiyue and Qiu Ming.

Qiu Ming quickly caught on, and followed Liou Yuan to leave this courtyard.

Almost all the buildings within the government office were ruined, so the three selected a somewhat intact side room to rest briefly.

Now that there were no outsiders, Liou Yuan dropped the pretense and explained to Qiu Ming and Zhao Feiyue with a cold sneer:

"The Jin Dynasty is different from our Five Extremes Mountain. The cultivators stationed at each city, besides the Dian Shi and the City Lord, are appointed by the Jin Dynasty."

"The other cultivators are recruited from among loose cultivators or small family cultivators."

"They have no duty to defend the city and all fear death."

"If I don’t push them, they won’t come forward tonight either."

"Our Five Extremes Mountain disciples rarely interact with these people from the Jin Dynasty. I grew up in Yanhe City and had dealings with these departments long ago; I understand their play."

"I see." Zhao Feiyue nodded thoughtfully.

Cultivators born into great families have the advantage of great families—ample cultivation resources, techniques, and background.

But because they are heirs of great families, they fundamentally don’t understand the thoughts of grassroots cultivators, nor those filthy ideas.

"I was saying, we fought so fiercely outside last night, and this group acted as if they were dead." Qiu Ming realized, and immediately cursed: "No way, we must throw them onto the city wall tonight."

"Us three are enough for this city; throw them to the most dangerous place, they are an eyesore to me."

"I agree with Mr. Qiu." Zhao Feiyue came around, having no good feelings left for Lv Jifeng and his group, very much agreeing with Qiu Ming’s proposal.

"No need to send them all, just send Lv Jifeng." Liou Yuan shook his head and expressed his thoughts to Zhao Feiyue.

"He’s the one with the highest cultivation; without him, the remaining cultivators wouldn’t dare act evilly."

"Keeping them together, they might mess things up at crucial times. That would be causing trouble for Miss Lai."

"Additionally, leaving the rest in the city is useful. They are familiar with the city’s details, for sure we’d find them useful."

Zhao Feiyue’s eyes brightened upon hearing this, praising: "Mr. Liou indeed thinks things through thoroughly."

Liou Yuan comforted: "Take an early rest to restore some spiritual power, conserve energy; there’s a long hard battle coming up, don’t overthink."

"We are merely here to guard upon orders; once the time comes, we leave. As long as they don’t cause any trouble during this period, that’s enough."

"What if they do cause trouble?" Qiu Ming asked with a sinister grin.

Liou Yuan pulled out the Profound Brilliance Sword, slicing lightly at the air in front of him, coldly saying, "Then kill them all."

The City Lord of Yanhe City, Xu Xiang, once had offered a bounty to take Di Xi’s head due to his fleeing during a crucial moment.

Liou Yuan considered himself not more lenient than Xu Xiang. In such critical moments, killing may be necessary.

"Really kill?" Qiu Ming’s eyes widened.

It wasn’t because he was soft-hearted but feared displeasing the Jin Dynasty’s Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators.

After all, currently, they are in the city repairing arrays with Mr. Zhao.

Their trio represents the Five Extremes Mountain side; if they were to kill all the cultivators from Chouhuai City, wouldn’t it cause discord between the Jin Dynasty and Five Extremes Mountain?

Zhao Feiyue wasn’t at all anxious, even throwing a glance of admiration towards Liou Yuan; this was actually her thought too.

Then she explained to Qiu Ming: "Cowardice in wartime, by Jin Dynasty law, merits death; I believe the Jin Dynasty’s Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator wouldn’t find fault with us."

"Good!" Qiu Ming said with a smile, face bearing a savage look.

The atmosphere in the room gradually calmed.

After a night of fierce fighting, the three were exhausted.

Liou Yuan ceased speaking, holding a Star Stone and started extracting spiritual qi from it, restoring the spiritual power depleted last night.

Zhao Feiyue and Qiu Ming also had significant depletion; each found a spot to sit and began restoring with a Star Stone.

After noon passed, Liou Yuan was the first to awaken from cultivation.

He originally could recover spiritual power during Evil Star time, so his depletion was minimal.

The Star Stone in his hand still had residual energy left when his spiritual power was fully restored.

Whereas the Star Stones Zhao Feiyue and Qiu Ming held were already completely absorbed.

Zhao Feiyue, being very perceptive, also came out from cultivation when Liou Yuan opened his eyes.

Liou Yuan discreetly put the still half-energy Star Stone into the Storage Bag and said to Zhao Feiyue, "Miss Zhao, shall we?" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"Good!" Zhao Feiyue naturally understood the meaning of Liou Yuan’s words, smiling subtly, and happily agreed.

Before leaving, Liou Yuan glanced at Qiu Ming, who was sitting cross-legged on the mat, head lowered, breathing evenly, accompanied by slight snoring, evidently having fallen asleep.

Liou Yuan and Zhao Feiyue didn’t disturb him since there was still time before evening.

"Let him rest a while." Liou Yuan gently said.

Liou Yuan felt that he and Zhao Feiyue were sufficiently capable of handling the few cultivators from Chouhuai City.

Besides the leading cultivator named Lv Jifeng, who is at Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, the others are mere underlings at Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer and below.

And he’s a loose cultivator; even at Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, his skills are far inferior to the two disciples of Five Extremes Mountain.