Time rewound to when Jueya had just entered.
Although the door was damaged by him, Ling Fan had set up a sound-isolating formation outside this room before he began his healing and cultivation.
Therefore, everyone outside, including Gu Jiu and Mu Renmin, who were both quasi-Juling realm experts, had no idea what was happening inside the room.
As time passed.
Jueya did not come out.
There seemed to be no sound from within.
This deepened the doubts in everyone's hearts.
Their curiosity was like a cat's claws scratching their hearts.
What exactly was the situation inside?
Jueya was a quasi-Juling realm powerhouse of the Four Symbols Sect. By all rights, he should have already captured that young man named Ling Fan.
Could it be that Jueya wanted to take it all for himself!
Thinking of this possibility, Gu Jiu couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
He was just about to go in and check.
Suddenly.
A figure appeared at the doorway.
Jueya walked out.
"Look, Lord Jueya is out!"
Seeing Jueya appear, a stone was lifted from the hearts of the Four Symbols Sect powerhouses.
"Lord Jueya, what did you do to that kid? Did you kill him or cripple him? Does he have a spirit core?"
A Four Symbols Sect powerhouse fired off his questions like a string of firecrackers.
"Shut... shut... shut up! You bumpkin!"
Jueya frantically signaled with his eyes.
Only then did everyone notice that Jueya's current state was very abnormal.
His forehead was covered in cold sweat.
His voice trembled slightly, as if he had just experienced something extremely terrifying.
Everyone's curiosity was completely ignited.
What had happened in the room just now? Jueya had gone in perfectly fine, but how had he come out so scared out of his wits?
Gu Jiu frowned and said, "Jueya, what are you playing at! Does that kid have some formidable background that makes you so wary? Hmph, I don't believe in evil. Within the sphere of influence of our Four Symbols Sect, is there anyone we can't handle!"
As Gu Jiu spoke, he was about to push Jueya aside and go in.
Jueya frantically signaled him, having already cursed the ancestors of Gu Jiu, this idiot, a thousand times in his heart.
"Stop talking, and don't go in to court death!!"
Jueya roared.
But the more mysterious he acted, the stronger Gu Jiu's doubts became.
He thought that Jueya was feigning this demeanor to keep the spirit core on the young man for himself.
Believing this, he couldn't heed Jueya's words at all.
Without further ado, he pushed Jueya aside.
Then he stepped into the room.
However, at that moment.
Everyone's vision blurred.
Accompanied by a scream.
Gu Jiu, who had just stepped one foot into the room, was sent flying out like a tattered sack, crashing heavily onto the ground!
In that instant.
The City Lord's mansion fell into a deathly silence.
Whether it was the powerhouses of the Four Symbols Sect.
Or Mu Renmin, Mu Yiyi, Mu Liuma, Mu Tianlang, and the others from the Maplewood City Lord's mansion.
All of them were dumbfounded, almost unable to believe what they were seeing.
Holy crap!
A mere deacon of the Four Symbols Sect, a quasi-Juling realm expert, was actually blasted out by someone...
The person inside...
Everyone couldn't help but cast their shocked gazes towards the doorway.
They saw a young figure with gray hair slowly walking out.
If it wasn't Ling Fan, who else could it be?
"Who are you, and how dare you injure me!"
Gu Jiu, who was dizzy from the fall, suddenly scrambled up, his eyes spitting fire.
Jueya quickly ran over to cover his mouth.
Then he frantically bowed and apologized to Ling Fan, "Mr... Mr. Ling, his head was kicked by a donkey when he was a child, his brain is not clear, please don't bother with such an idiot!"
After speaking, fearing that Gu Jiu would continue to court disaster, he quickly lowered his voice and whispered in his ear, "He is a Martial King!"
Boom!
Gu Jiu's mind was in an uproar.
He was stunned by Jueya's words, his head buzzing.
He stared intently at Ling Fan, his pupils trembling...
This person...
He is so young.
He is actually a Juling realm Martial King?
How is that possible!
But recalling how he was easily blasted out just now without any resistance, he finally calmed down, and at the same time, a surge of horror gushed out in his heart.
Ling Fan swept his gaze lightly over Jueya, Gu Jiu, and the other Four Symbols Sect powerhouses.
Then he said, "You have been extorting and blackmailing Maplewood City. I am now telling you to abolish the tributes to Maplewood City. Do you agree?"
"How can that be? Don't even think about it. If the tributes to Maplewood City are abolished, we'll have to pay out of our own pockets..."
Gu Jiu blurted out.
However, before he could finish, Jueya quickly interrupted him, then nodded and bowed, "Yes, yes, yes! Mr. Ling has spoken, how dare we disobey! We agree, a million times over!"
Ling Fan nodded faintly.
Seeing Ling Fan nod, Jueya felt as if he had been granted a great pardon. "Then Mr. Ling, we won't disturb you any further..."
"Hurry, hurry!"
Jueya beckoned the other Four Symbols Sect powerhouses to leave.
Fearing that if they lingered any longer, they wouldn't be able to leave.
Seeing Jueya's fear of Ling Fan, like a mouse seeing a cat, all the powerhouses of Maplewood City were dumbfounded.
What on earth was going on?
Mu Liuma was unwilling and said, "Lord Jueya, don't go, he has a spirit core! Don't you want it!"
"Slap!"
Jueya was so angry he wanted to kill someone. He fiercely slapped Mu Liuma across his old face.
This damned old man.
His misfortune today was all thanks to this old man!
Spirit core, my ass!
If you hadn't brought it up, it would have been fine, but you dared to dig a pit for me. I really want to slap you to death, you old fossil.
The slap was incredibly loud.
It stunned Mu Liuma, and everyone else looked as if they had seen a ghost.
Hmph!
Jueya snorted coldly and turned to leave.
However, at this moment.
Ling Fan suddenly said from behind, "Wait."
Jueya's body trembled, and he turned around in fear.
"Mr. Ling... you, you, you have any other instructions..."
Ling Fan did not speak.
Instead, he flicked his fingers.
Two streams of fire flashed and disappeared, quickly entering the bodies of Jueya and Gu Jiu.
"I have planted demonic fire within your bodies. If you dare to trouble Maplewood City again, as long as you dare to set foot within half a step of Maplewood City, the demonic fire I planted will turn you into ashes."
Jueya and Gu Jiu's faces changed drastically.
Feeling the terrifying, boundless fire lurking deep within their bodies, they only felt a chill rush from the soles of their feet to the crown of their heads!
To Ling Fan's threat.
They dared not harbor the slightest doubt.
This wisp of demonic fire planted within their bodies definitely had the ability to kill them!
"We dare not! We dare not! We will absolutely never dare to trouble Maplewood City again... We'd rather die than come!"
Jueya, Gu Jiu, and the other Four Symbols Sect powerhouses no longer dared to stay. They fled in a panic, wishing their parents had given them two more legs so they could run faster.
After the Four Symbols Sect people left.
In the City Lord's mansion, there was a moment of silence. Everyone was still immersed in the shock of what had just happened, unable to calm down for a long time.
The Four Symbols Sect powerhouses, who were usually high and mighty and arrogant, actually had a day when they bowed their heads and begged for mercy.
This was truly a subversion of their previous understanding.