"Quick, get back to the city!" Hong Hai shouted.

The disciples turned around and tried to get back to the city.

"Hehehe. Going so soon? We had so much fun earlier!"

Eunuch Xin gave out a burst of eerie laughter and lunged at them.

Whoosh!

Hong Hai brandished his sword at Eunuch Xin, and a twirling wind shot out from the tip of his sword at Eunuch Xin.

Before the twirling wind shot got close to Eunuch Xin, a yellow glow in the form of a bell engulfed the body of Eunuch Xin.

Dang!

The twirling wind hit the yellow glowing bell, giving out loud metallic bangs.

It was not powerful enough to breach the yellow glowing bell, and it dissipated into the ether.

Eunuch Xin stabbed his long thin fingers at Hong Hai and tried to plunge them into the eyes of Hong Hai.

Thud.

Hong Hai gave Eunuch Xin a frontal kick and made use of the momentum to lean back.

The kick landed on Eunuch Xin's chest, sending him flying back.

When Eunuch Xin landed on the ground and stopped, a low voice came from behind him.

"Let them be."

Eunuch Xin wiped the blood off the side of his mouth and glanced back.

There were now hundreds of men and women, scantily dressed in armor, holding weapons in their hands.

Some only had an armor plate on their shoulders or arms, while some only had an armor plate on their body.

These rebels weren't as well equipped as the soldiers, but their eyes were beaming with determination.

They were fighting for a future that the Dark Lord had promised them.

One that everyone had a chance in life.

Education, jobs, and equal voices.

To hell with the emperors, cultivators and lords.

This was their chance for a better future.

"Zhan Lao, what took you so long?" Eunuch Xin rubbed his chest and stood up.

He popped a recovery pill into his mouth and glanced in the direction of the city.

Zhan Lao, who was a burly man, had his arms crossed in front of his chest, glanced at Eunuch Xin and said, "We had to take a little detour, but everything is settled now.

"Brief me on what had happened in the city."

Eunuch Xin shrugged his shoulders and began to brief Zhan Lao on what had happened.

After taking in a deep breath, Zhan Lao took out the axe he had on his back and shouted.

"Our brothers had sacrificed themselves to break the Formation Array!

"We shall now destroy these pigs for the emperor so that their sacrifice would not be in vain!"

He wielded the axe from left to right.

Loud roars erupted from behind him.

The rebels brandished their arms into the air, ready to attack and kill those corrupted soldiers.

...

"Master Lin, what had happened?" Xue Cong was in shock when she heard the explosions coming from the distance.

Yue Jie, Yue Xin and the other servants were also in shock.

"Everyone, stay calm here. Shi Shi will brief you on what to do if anything happens." Lin Xuan Qi said and glanced over at Liu Shi Shi.

After his briefing earlier, Liu Shi Shi knew what to do.

She held her hands up and said, "Everyone, listen to the instructions that I'm about to give..."

Up in the branches of the trees, a figure sat with her legs swinging freely.

Yuan Kai had her head tilted, looking curiously at Lin Xuan Qi.

She couldn't detect any Qi from him.

Lin Xuan Qi was obviously not a cultivator.

She didn't know what to make of him, now that her hunch was wrong.

Looking at Lin Xuan Qi with his servants and all of them seemed to be respectful of him, Yuan Kai had an idea.

It would be great fun for her to spew out whatever he was thinking in his mind to the servants.

Yuan Kai activated her Qi, and her mental probe extended out towards Lin Xuan Qi.

[Ding!]

[Detected mental probe at Host.]

[Deflecting probe and position of attacker located.]

Words came into Lin Xuan Qi's mind, and a woman's silhouette was shown hiding in the trees.

He pretended to be normal and helped Liu Shi Shi in organizing the servants.

Yuan Kai frowned with a perturbed look.

Her mental probe was deflected.

But she didn't sense any Qi coming out of him or anyone else.

Could it be an artifact? She thought but shook her head immediately.

It was impossible to wield an artifact without having any Qi.

She narrowed her eyes and mumbled to herself, "Interesting."

"Get everyone to the back of the mansion and wait for my orders."

Now that he knew that there was someone preying on him, Lin Xuan Qi tried to usher the servants and asked Liu Shi Shi to escort them to the back of the mansion.

He had planned for them to escape from the back of the mansion if anything happened.

"No, Master Lin. Go with us."

Xue Cong and Yue Jie held onto his hands, not willing to let go.

Both shook their heads vigorously at him.

They weren't going to try and let the same thing happen again.

Yue Xin, who was close by, saw what was happening, and she also joined in, trying to get him to go with them.

Lin Xuan Qi frowned and tried to shake them off.

But they wouldn't relent and held tightly onto his hand.

"Hmph." Yuan Kai gave out a smirk.

They were much closer than she had thought.

That would make it much more satisfying if she killed him.

Lin Xuan Qi shook his head at Xue Cong, Yue Jie and Yue Xin.

He had no choice but to forcefully get them off their grip on him.

Liu Shi Shi also joined and helped.

"Don't worry about me." He shouted as they were ushered away by Liu Shi Shi.

The guards from the mansion also went away with Liu Shi Shi.

Leaving him alone in the garden.

Lin Xuan Qi pretended to turn around and head towards the gate.

And as he had predicted, a figure leaped down from the trees and stood in front of him.

Yuan Kai brushed her long hair and glanced curiously at him.

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