"If you don’t shut up, I can assure you that all of your nice teeth will be knocked out. Do you believe me?"

Ye Luo looked indifferently at the Junior City Lord, not taking him seriously at all.

The Junior City Lord was stunned, wanting to scold Ye Luo, but he didn’t dare to. The moment Ye Luo unhesitatingly slapped him, he knew that Ye Luo was not like those sycophants he usually faced!

"Young man, what do you want to do? Let the Junior City Lord go. Whatever it is, we can talk about it. Don’t make a mistake that you will regret!"

A powerful figure approached in front of Ye Luo, blocking his way directly as if to imply that Ye Luo would not be allowed to leave unless he released the hostage. Moreover, the attitude was extremely arrogant, as if they were certain they had Ye Luo under control.

Ye Luo smiled faintly. What, do they think he’s easily frightened?

Gripping the Lingyun Sword tightly without a hint of loosening, Ye Luo, in his other hand, took out the broken dagger and, without any hesitation, stabbed it into the Junior City Lord’s arm.

"Continue, keep on talking. For every word you say, I’ll give him a cut. Let’s see who can last longer!"

Ye Luo spoke indifferently, his tone as casual as if he were commenting on the pleasant weather.

"You..."

That person pointed at Ye Luo, utterly stunned that Ye Luo remained unaffected by his imposing demeanor.

"Swoosh!"

Another stab, and immediately the Junior City Lord let out a terrible scream.

However, Ye Luo just looked at the person blocking his way, saying nothing, just watching him.

Sweat beads covered the man’s forehead. He was afraid!

After all, he was just a Guard Captain in the City Lord’s Mansion. If he were the reason Ye Luo killed the Junior City Lord...

It was certain that not only he but perhaps his entire family would meet a dreadful end!

"Get out of my way, out of my way!"

The Junior City Lord was like a madman, taken hostage by Ye Luo, who did not restrain his blows. At this moment, he dared not blame Ye Luo but instead blamed the Guard for blocking Ye Luo’s escape, which led to his being stabbed twice.

The Guard Captain hesitated briefly but dared no longer obstruct Ye Luo.

Ye Luo brazenly pushed the Junior City Lord forward, walking ahead!

The City Lord of Nan Zhou City was occupied with matters and not in the city; otherwise, the Junior City Lord would not dare to do whatever he wanted.

At this moment, no one could make a decisive move. In a short time, hundreds of guards gathered around Ye Luo, but though they came, they could only stand by. With Ye Luo holding the Junior City Lord’s life in his hands, what could they do?

"Click, click, click!"

Inside the City Lord’s Mansion, all the mechanisms were activated, and numerous small automated cannons aimed at Ye Luo, ready to fire at any sign of disagreement. Sadly, they could only threaten him in such a manner.

But Ye Luo didn’t take their threats to heart at all!

"Go!"

Ye Luo ordered the Junior City Lord, who dared not hesitate and could only submit and walk forward.

With each step they took, the guards followed suit. Alas, what else could they do besides that?

At this moment, Lu Yi had already prepared a carriage outside the City Lord’s Mansion to assist Ye Luo. In fact, the Yibao Commerce Guild didn’t just send out Lu Yi this time; since they value Ye Luo, going so far as to gift him a singer to curry favor with him, how could they possibly allow Ye Luo to face danger alone?

Actually, from the start of Ye Luo’s entire operation, there had been powerful figures from the Yibao Commerce Guild secretly observing. They would intervene whenever the situation turned dire to ensure Ye Luo’s safety.

Originally, they planned to use such a life-saving grace to completely subjugate Ye Luo, but they had never anticipated that Ye Luo would actually venture into the City Lord’s Mansion alone and successfully abduct the Junior City Lord!

At this juncture, those powerful figures arranged by the Yibao Commerce Guild could only helplessly monitor the situation in secret, even more convinced of Ye Luo’s extraordinary nature in their hearts.

"Young Master, this way!"

As soon as Ye Luo stepped out of the City Lord’s Mansion, Lu Yi approached with a carriage.

Only then did Ye Luo turn around and address the people of the City Lord’s Mansion: "Tomorrow at noon, at the gate of Nan Zhou City, I want to see Nalan Chen and those traitors from the Nalan Family safe and sound. Hmph, if you want the Junior City Lord to live, you’d better follow my demands, or you should understand the consequences!"

Having said that, Ye Luo didn’t bother to pay any more attention to the people from the City Lord’s Mansion and directly led the Junior City Lord towards the outskirts of the city.

Soon, he converged with Nalan Rou!

Nalan Rou, upon seeing the Junior City Lord, revealed a look of hatred in her eyes, but she did not say much and went straight back into the carriage.

As Nalan Rou saw it, she naturally wished to execute the Junior City Lord on the spot, but she was aware of Ye Luo’s plan, and killing the Junior City Lord now would indeed result in more loss than gain!

Ye Luo once again checked to make sure that the Junior City Lord did not have any hidden Magical Treasures on him, then set up a Formation beside him, sat down, and waited for those people to hand over Nalan Chen.

As of now, Ye Luo had done everything he could, and whether the City Lord’s Mansion decided to hand over Nalan Chen or not was up to their choice.

However, Ye Luo believed they would not dare to ignore the safety of the Junior City Lord.

In fact, forcing them to hand over the traitors from the Nalan Family was merely a whim of Ye Luo’s.

Did those traitors from the Nalan Family think betraying Nalan Rou would lead them to a life of glory and wealth? 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

No, Ye Luo intended to make them regret their initial decision!

This night was destined to be a restless one.

The guards from the City Lord’s Mansion brazenly stormed into the Nalan Family, and everyone in the Nalan Family, regardless of gender or age, was captured by the guards!

The Grand Elder of the Nalan Family, despite being captured, could not understand what was happening. In his mind, he had already submitted to the Junior City Lord, and as such, he should be considered one of the Junior City Lord’s men. However, why would the City Lord’s Mansion people capture them?

No matter how he questioned the guards, none of them would give him an answer!

With the City Lord of the City Lord’s Mansion absent and the Junior City Lord captured by Ye Luo, those who could make decisions were only a few high-ranking officials of the City Lord’s Mansion, including the Chief Steward.

All they knew was that Ye Luo wanted to exchange the traitors from the Nalan Family, but as for who were the traitors, they did not know, so they simply captured everyone.

Of course, in reality, there were not many in the Nalan Family who still remained loyal to Nalan Rou, since after the Grand Elder took power, the first thing he did was to remove those who opposed him. It could be said that anyone who supported Nalan Rou was either directly killed or expelled from the Nalan Family.

Thus, the City Lord’s Mansion did not, in fact, capture the wrong people on this occasion!

How could such a significant commotion remain concealed.