Chapter 1583: I Want That Woman Alive

At that moment, Jun Buqi slowly climbed up from the ground. His once handsome face now looked like a watermelon that had been stomped on; it was utterly smashed.

Everyone could feel his rage, like a volcano about to erupt.

When had Jun Buqi ever suffered such humiliation?

And in front of everyone, no less.

It was a disgrace beyond words.

He looked viciously at Ye Guan and Sang Mei. His face was twisted as he roared, "Kill the man, but I want that woman alive!"

Upon receiving Jun Buqi's order, the guards charged at Ye Guan and Sang Mei.

These guards were all powerful, with four of them being Divine Realm experts. Their target was Ye Guan, and the murderous intent in their eyes made it clear they were out to kill him.

Seeing that, Ye Guan narrowed his eyes and gave a slight flick of his thumb.

Whoosh!

A flash of sword light appeared, and the heads of the four Divine Realm experts flew away.

One sword, four kills...

Many of those present hadn't even had time to react...

Zong Gu's eyes filled with shock at the sight.

Jun Buqi was also momentarily stunned. The next second, he roared, "Someone! Come! Come here, quick!"

At that point, Zong Gu rushed to Jun Buqi's side, grabbed him, and stopped him. "Brother Jun, he's not someone ordinary! You must not act rashly and bring disaster upon the Jun Clan!"

However, Jun Buqi was already consumed by rage. He grabbed Zong Gu by the collar and shouted, "Are you still my brother or not?! If you are, then help me kill them! Kill them!"

Zong Gu held Jun Buqi's hand firmly and said in a deep voice, "Brother Jun, calm down."

"Calm down?"

Jun Buqi roared, "Calm down for what? I want them dead! Dead!"

Jun Buqi was a man who cared deeply about face. To suffer such disgrace today, how could he accept it?

By now, more and more Jun Clan experts were appearing around them, including one Higher God.

Not only that, more and more powerful auras were rushing toward them from the shadows.

To dare attack someone on the Jun Clan's turf... that was like eating a bear's heart and a leopard's gall.

Seeing that the situation was about to spiral out of control, Zong Gu said, "Brother Buqi, forgive me."

With that, he grabbed Jun Buqi's left arm and applied force.

Boom!

Jun Buqi was knocked unconscious.

The Jun Clan's guards all looked at Zong Gu. "Let them go."

The guard at the helm glared at him. "Release the young master."

Zong Gu snapped, saying, "Captain Yun, do you think this is a minor issue? This is a huge matter. If we're not careful, it could bring unimaginable disaster to the Jun Clan. Let them go. If the Jun Clan blames someone, I'll take full responsibility."

Captain Yun's expression turned grim. He knew this wasn't a simple matter. After all, the man and woman standing not far away didn't show the slightest fear.

These two were definitely not ordinary people.

Zong Gu added, "Let them leave. Go immediately and inform the Jun Clan's eldest young lady to handle this. If the family later holds you accountable for letting them go, I'll shoulder the blame."

After weighing the options, Captain Yun finally waved his hand, and the Jun Clan guards surrounding Ye Guan and Sang Mei stepped aside.

Sang Mei smiled. "Let's go!"

Ye Guan nodded, and the two walked away.

As they passed by Zong Gu and the unconscious Jun Buqi, Ye Guan turned to look at Zong Gu. Zong Gu also looked at him. Ye Guan gave a sincere, somewhat sheepish smile and said nothing, then disappeared with Sang Mei into the distance.

Zong Gu quietly let out a sigh of relief.

Less than fifteen minutes after Ye Guan and Sang Mei left, an old man entered the hall. When he saw the corpses of the Jun Clan guards, his expression immediately turned ice-cold.

The Jun Clan members in the hall all bowed and said, "Greetings, Second Elder."

Jun Quan. The current Second Elder of the Jun Clan and a man of real power.

Jun Quan gave Captain Yun a cold glance. "Who did this?"

Captain Yun replied seriously, "Reporting to Second Elder, it was a man and a woman."

Jun Quan cut him off, "Where are they?"

His voice was filled with terrifying pressure.

Captain Yun hesitated for a moment, then relayed what had happened.

"Outrageous!" Jun Quan suddenly turned and glared at Zong Gu. "Since when does the Zong family interfere in my Jun Clan's affairs?"

Zong Gu's face darkened.

Jun Quan then looked at Captain Yun and shouted, "Who pays your salary? The Jun Clan or the Zong Clan?"

Captain Yun's face turned pale. "Second Elder, I was wrong..."

Jun Quan laughed in fury. "What a joke! Not only were people attacked on our territory, but it was our young master who got beaten, and you let the perpetrators walk away unharmed? The Jun Clan might as well raise a pack of dogs!"

The guards all looked humiliated.

Jun Quan shouted, "Men!"

Four black-robed figures appeared behind him.

Jun Quan ordered, "Go capture those two. Now!"

With that, he and the four men vanished into the distance.

Captain Yun and the others hurried after them.

Inside the hall, Zong Gu's face turned completely grim.

He hadn't expected that Jun Quan, the fiery-tempered second elder, would show up rather than the Jun Clan's eldest young lady...

He felt a bit helpless. Given his status, he couldn't contact to the Jun Clan's top leadership.

Jun Buqi could contact them, but if he were to wake up, he'd likely be even more out of control than Jun Quan.

Zong Gu sighed softly.

***

Ye Guan and Sang Mei were walking down the street, heading back to Nan Xiao's residence.

Sang Mei was very curious about everything around her, constantly observing and pointing out people and things Ye Guan had never seen or heard of.

Ye Guan was curious about Sang Mei's background, but she gave zero information away, regardless of how he went about his questions.

Ye Guan was a bit exasperated.

Suddenly, Ye Guan frowned. He turned his head as several powerful auras surged toward them, surrounding him and Sang Mei.

Jun Quan appeared with four black-robed experts.

Ye Guan wasn't surprised. He looked at Jun Quan, and in the palm of his left hand, a sword made out of sword intent silently formed.

The moment they tried to kill him, he would kill them.

Jun Quan was furious earlier, but upon seeing Ye Guan and Sang Mei, he calmed down. Clearly, these two were not ordinary figures.

Still, he wasn't afraid. Just cautious.

The Jun Clan wasn't invincible in this city, but there weren't many people they dared not provoke.

Still, to be safe, he decided to test them first.

Jun Quan stared at Ye Guan. "Was it you two who started the fight in the marketplace?"

Ye Guan was about to answer when Sang Mei said, "I attacked first."

Jun Quan turned to her. "Don't you know it's forbidden to fight in the marketplace?"

Sang Mei replied earnestly, "According to the divine laws, men are not allowed to act on lust or harass women. But your nephew kept harassing me... so I slapped him. That was me being merciful."

Ye Guan tugged her sleeve. "Is that really in the divine laws?"

Sang Mei nodded. "It is."

Ye Guan was speechless.

Looks like he needed to study the divine laws more carefully.

Jun Quan's face darkened. He now had a rough idea of what had happened.

Clearly, his playboy nephew lusted after Sang Mei and got himself into trouble.

The Jun Clan elders were aware of Jun Buqi's behavior, but they never really had any plans of intervening at all. In their view, what was wrong with a Jun Clan member playing with a few women?

This time, however, Jun Buqi had kicked a steel plate.

Jun Quan looked at Sang Mei. "My nephew was out of line, but did you really have to go so far? Especially to kill people in the mall? That's a place where violence is strictly forbidden by order of the Temple of the Gods. Surely you knew that, right?"

"No need to test me." Sang Mei smiled. "I'm not from the Temple of the Gods. I'll tell you honestly, I come from a very faraway place, a place so powerful you can't afford to provoke it.

"And this little swordsman beside me? He's also someone you can't afford to mess with..."

Ye Guan was speechless.

"Really?" Jun Quan laughed in rage. "You kill members of my Jun Clan and still dare act arrogant? I've never seen such insolence! Take them down!"

Swoosh!

The black-robed experts moved.

Just then, a guard suddenly appeared and coldly said, "No fighting here."

Jun Quan's face darkened. "They killed Jun Clan members in the marketplace. This is a matter of justified retaliation."

The guard turned to Ye Guan and Sang Mei. "Did you kill someone in the marketplace?"

Ye Guan nodded.

The guard said, "Then come with us."

Ye Guan looked at Sang Mei.

Sang Mei smiled. "Come on, just go along for a bit."

Ye Guan nodded slightly. "Alright."

The guard opened his palm, and two golden rings of light appeared under Ye Guan and Sang Mei's feet.

Binding Circles; these were used to suppress a cultivator's power. Of course, these had no effect on the two of them.

Seeing that they were bound, Jun Quan sneered. "I'm going to make you suffer."

The guards led Ye Guan and Sang Mei to a special prison.

In the Temple of Gods City, the Temple of the Gods operated under its own divine laws. Everything had to be investigated before judgment could be passed.

At the same time, Jun Quan was already pulling strings behind the scenes.

Ye Guan and Sang Mei were locked in the same cell. Sang Mei sat on the floor, lazily twirling a blade of grass in her hand.

Ye Guan asked, "Do you believe in the divine laws?"

Sang Mei replied, "Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don't."

Ye Guan looked at her. "If the one enforcing the law is righteous, the law is good. If the enforcer is corrupt, then the law is meaningless."

Ye Guan nodded and was about to say something when a loud voice echoed. "Out of my way!"

Ye Guan froze. He recognized the voice.

It was Nan Xiao's voice.

Soon, Nan Xiao arrived with a group of people. He pointed at one of the guards and shouted, "Open this damn door!"

The guard dared not argue and quickly opened it.

Nan Xiao walked in and looked at Ye Guan. "Brother Ye, are you alright?"

Ye Guan shook his head. "I'm fine."

Nan Xiao's face was cold and dark. "Damn it. The Jun Clan actually dared to lay a hand on you? Come on, we're going to the Jun Clan!"

Ye Guan quickly said, "Brother Nan, the Jun Clan isn't so simple. We..."

Nan Xiao growled, "Brother Ye, let me be honest with you. To regular people, these merchants are untouchable mountains. But to us, the ones in power, they're nothing but our dogs."

"Gather our brothers!" he shouted, turning to his men. "I'm going to crush that damned Jun Clan!"