Chapter 126: Chapter 90: Establishing Authority (2)

Bang! The azure sword light brushed past him.

Lv Jifeng felt as if a torrent had surged past his body.

The next moment.

The hair swept by that torrent floated from his forehead.

As for the sword light, it ultimately landed on the small pavilion in the courtyard.

The pavilion that survived the Calamity-level Star Evil invasion split into two under the sword light.

Liou Yuan’s Profound Brilliance Sword was also placed against Lv Jifeng’s neck.

He sneered at the pale-faced middle-aged man before him, the killing intent in his eyes gradually receding, speaking playfully: "Wouldn’t it have been better like this from the start?"

Lv Jifeng felt the coldness on his neck, his limbs cold.

"Is this Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer?" He swallowed hard.

On the other side, Zhao Feiyue’s battle had also ended, her strength easily dealing with these four small thugs.

With the lightning dispersed, all four had various degrees of injuries, lying on the thunder-corroded, charred ground.

Only Zhao Feiyue stood prettily in the field, unscathed.

Her eyes moved slightly, happening upon the scene of Liou Yuan’s sword peak against Lv Jifeng’s neck.

A strange look flashed in her eyes, and then she smiled, thinking: "Previously I heard that he forced Liou Tao into a difficult position with Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer strength, thought it was just a rumor."

"Now it seems the information is accurate. If it really comes to a fight, I’m not entirely sure I could defeat him."

Liou Yuan also noticed the end of Zhao Feiyue’s battle, but he didn’t look at her; instead, he stared directly at Lv Jifeng’s face, speaking deliberately: "I’ll save this sword for you. If Chouhuai City isn’t held, dare come down."

"I’ll definitely chop your dog head off."

With that, Liou Yuan disregarded the embarrassment on Lv Jifeng’s face and kicked him in the backside.

"Get lost! Don’t let me see you in the city."

Lv Jifeng didn’t even look at his four companions, hurriedly heading towards the city wall.

As for the four cultivators Zhao Feiyue had dealt with, they were even less likely to move.

They looked at the man and woman in the courtyard with terror, clearly only seventeen or eighteen years old, with Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer strength, yet they had fought all five of them without giving them a chance to defend.

At this time, anyone with a brain would know they had hit a tough wall.

"Previously, I heard that girl mention Second Grandpa, presumably the Foundation Establishment from Five Extremes Mountain is her elder."

"These two must be the talented ones from the Five Extremes Mountain out for experience."

"Damn, offending them won’t end well."

...

"Ah!" Qiu Ming stretched mightily, waking up with satisfaction from his dream.

He was busy enough last night; he didn’t have Liou Yuan and Zhao Feiyue’s speed in body technique and relied on his legs to run back and forth in Chouhuai City a dozen times.

So when his spiritual power recovered, he unknowingly fell asleep.

Now waking up from a sound sleep, he felt quite energized.

When he opened his round eyes and saw the situation inside the room, he paused for a moment.

Only to see Liou Yuan and Zhao Feiyue already standing firmly outside in the courtyard, in front of them were four cultivators with different degrees of injuries behaving obediently.

Qiu Ming recognized them as the remaining cultivators in Chouhuai City.

"What happened!" Qiu Ming scratched his head, his broad-shouldered, bear-like body rising, walking towards the outside.

He vaguely heard Liou Yuan saying something.

"Before the hour of the Rooster, gather all the citizens of Chouhuai City in the ruins north of the yamen."

"The remaining Star Evils in the city will naturally come when they smell the scent of people, saving us from running around at night."

"I’m not a bloodthirsty person, as long as you four behave, I won’t touch you."

When Liou Yuan said he wasn’t bloodthirsty, the four cultivators all had an odd look on their faces.

If Lv Jifeng had reacted a bit slower, Liou Yuan would have definitely chopped his head off at that time.

And Liou Yuan was the first to make a move.

"With that attitude of drawing swords at the slightest disagreement, and he claims he’s not bloodthirsty."

The four cultivators secretly smiled bitterly in their hearts.

Of course, these words couldn’t be spoken aloud.

"Gather the people in the city, three will be enough, need to spare one person to bring some manpower to move the grain from the warehouse in the yamen to feed the people."

"This was said by Zhao Feiyue. Although she had been very indifferent since entering the city, a woman’s mind is always more delicate."

Liou Yuan nodded in response and echoed, "Indeed, last night I saw some people so hungry they couldn’t walk anymore. If they don’t die at the hands of the Star Evil in a few days, they’ll starve to death."

After saying this, Liou Yuan noticed the four people in front of him had not reacted, and his expression suddenly turned cold. He said calmly, "Still not going? Do you want me to escort you?"

"We’ll take care of it right away."

"Rest assured that before the hour of You, not a single person from Chouhuai City will be missing, and they’ll all be at the courthouse."

...

The four cultivators responded repeatedly and quickly exited the courtyard, as if they had been granted amnesty.

Qiu Ming walked over at this point and asked in a muffled voice, "You sorted them out?"

Qiu Ming noticed what were clearly traces of thunder magic, Thunder Mist, on the four people.

Liou Yuan was aware as soon as Qiu Ming woke up, glanced at the latter, and grinned, "These guys fear power but not virtue. If you don’t beat them into submission, don’t expect them to obey."

Finally, Liou Yuan added somewhat disinterestedly.

"Miss Zhao went too easy."

"That Lv Jifeng in Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, after all, is still somewhat useful, can spare a life."

"One of these four should be killed to establish authority for more effective results."

"Makes sense!" Qiu Ming, long familiar with Liou Yuan’s ways, nodded seriously in agreement.

Zhao Feiyue’s heroic face showed a hint of surprise as she glanced at Liou Yuan, then lowered her head and pondered for a moment. On reflection, she surprisingly found there was indeed some truth in Liou Yuan’s words.

A touch of annoyance spread across her handsome face.

"Indeed went too easy."

Liou Yuan, as expected, looked at Zhao Feiyue with a not-quite-smiling expression and said, "Miss Zhao has never killed anyone, right? Going out for experience ultimately requires drawing blood."

"If these four guys don’t obey, then give you the chance, you kill them for practice."

Liou Yuan said it calmly, Zhao Feiyue listened attentively and even nodded.

Qiu Ming was beside them with an utterly reasonable expression.

The impact of Liou Yuan and Zhao Feiyue’s actions was very apparent.

The four cultivators from Chouhuai City were truly afraid of being killed by Liou Yuan, and their efficiency was remarkably fast.

Before the hour of Xu, they had gathered all the surviving residents of Chouhuai City outside the courthouse.

Then, the cultivators in charge of opening the warehouse and distributing food led hundreds of strong laborers to carry bundles of food from the courthouse warehouse and distribute them to the disaster victims.

At the hour of You, over a hundred stoves had been set up outside the courthouse, cooking steaming rice porridge to be handed out to the citizens of Chouhuai City.

With hot food in their stomachs, their several days of nightmarish experiences seemed to be temporarily forgotten.

However, most of the surviving citizens had lost family members in this disaster, and after filling their stomachs, suppressed sounds of grief slowly drifted out.

Liou Yuan and the other two stood silently on a half-collapsed platform, gazing at the citizens below.

The four cultivators were arranged by Liou Yuan around the courthouse.

Liou Yuan quickly shifted his gaze from the scene of smoke at the courthouse to the western city wall.

The afterglow of the setting sun was about to disappear from the wall.

Liou Yuan whispered to his two companions by his side, "It’s about time."

"Stick to the plan. We don’t need to run around; just guard here."

"Haha, you know, this really saves us quite a bit of effort." Qiu Ming laughed heartily, and with that, he jumped down from the platform, carrying the Yellow Jade Axe.

After nodding, Zhao Feiyue also leaped off the high platform, her toes lightly touching the platform.

Only Liou Yuan remained there.

He was not idle either, and his eyes swept around the courthouse.

As the last of the sunset faded from the city walls, the city grew dim, except for those stoves lit in front of the courthouse, still flickering with firelight.

Everywhere was enveloped in darkness with broken walls and ruins.

The advantage was, without visual obstructions, his eyes could see farther.

Any movement would be easily seen by him from this height.

"Kun Position!" Liou Yuan quickly spotted an anomaly, calmly announcing a location from the platform.

His clear voice reached the ears of Qiu Ming, Zhao Feiyue, and the four cultivators of Chouhuai City below.

Then Qiu Ming led two cultivators and dashed toward the southwest at the Kun Position.

Intense fighting soon erupted there, accompanied by Qiu Ming’s loud shouting.