"Emperor of Great Jin, I, Ba Tulu, love Bright Pearls, a feeling visible to Heaven and Earth, and illuminated by the sun and moon. Even if you employ these unorthodox methods, it won’t scare me, and no matter the cost, I am determined to have the Bright Pearls!"

As he spoke loudly, he suddenly raised the curved knife in his hand, pointing at Nangong Yi and said, "If you agree to give me the Bright Pearls, I will call you Imperial Father and Imperial Mother. But if you insist on opposing my union with Bright Pearls, then we shall be mortal enemies, and today it will either be your death or my life!"

"Ignorant child with no sense of the vast Heaven and Earth!"

Cai Wei let out a cold snort, raised her hand and at her fingertips gathered a trace of the spiritual power of space. That power flew out like a snake, swiftly coiling in the air and tightly binding Ba Tulu and his subordinates, rendering them completely immobile.

"Hey? What’s happening? Why can’t I move?"

"Oh no, I can’t move either!"

"It’s like seeing a ghost, what the hell is going on?"

Everyone exclaimed in panic, this phenomenon of one’s body being out of one’s control was too eerie, too terrifying.

Ba Tulu glared with wide eyes, both furious and unconvinced, "You, a grand monarch of a country, consider these tricks as talent? If you have the capability, let’s have a real sword and real knife bout. If you win, I’ll give you my life; if I win, you must give me Bright Pearls, how about it?"

Cai Wei crossed her arms and coldly laughed, "Now you think of having a real sword and knife competition? Where was this magnanimity when you were lurking here, ready to rob and kill? You think everything should go according to your will? When you scheme against others, it’s their bad luck; but when others scheme against you, it’s unorthodox and lacking magnanimity?"

Nangong Yi said, "Boy, I, Nangong Yi, can defeat you with the flip of a hand, but I will not use my own daughter as a stake, and there is no need for me to duel you, for in front of absolute martial power, you can only submit, or face death. Your petty tricks are mere child’s play to us - ridiculous and laughable."

Ba Tulu, scorned by his words, blushed yet still persisted with the energy of a naïve youth unafraid of tigers, gritting his teeth, "If you have the courage, kill us, otherwise, as long as I have a breath left, I will never give up on Bright Pearls!"

Cai Wei smiled and said, "If you don’t want to give up, that’s up to you. However, I think what you should be more concerned about now is not how to obtain Bright Pearls, but how to endure the next three days, during which you will not be able to move, eat, drink, or sleep, not even scratch an itch from mosquito bites, and if wild beasts come, it will be worse, for you will be at their mercy with no way to resist, hehe... Three days later, if you still insist on getting Bright Pearls, I might just admire you as a real man!"

After she spoke, a giant eagle suddenly appeared before them. The eagle was over a meter tall, dark grey, and its sharp beak was exceedingly sharp, like an iron hook. Its deep cold eagle eyes, with just a glance, could make one’s skin crawl.

Cai Wei and Nangong Yi mounted on the eagle’s back. With a whistle, the eagle suddenly soared into the sky, its wings spanning more than two meters. It carried Nangong Yi and Cai Wei, disappearing from Ba Tulu and his men’s sight in an instant.

And Ba Tulu and his men, indeed as Cai Wei said, stood entirely unmoving, like trees rooted to the spot...

On the eagle’s back, Nangong Yi snorted lightly, saying, "That boy is too arrogant; I really want to take his little life, to spare Zhu’er future troubles."