“Master Yan has left,” Zu An replied.

"Gone?" Yun Jianyue asked, somewhat displeased. "Did they know I was coming, so they ran away so quickly?"

Qiu Honglei, who was standing to the side, said, "Just now, Azu took out the imperial edict and scared her away."

Yun Jianyue snorted: "A mere imperial edict can scare that old woman? The time it takes her to chant it is enough for her to die dozens of times over."

Zuan chuckled awkwardly. What she said was indeed true. With the skills of a Grandmaster, if he wanted to make a move, he wouldn't have time to finish reading the imperial edict.

Qiu Honglei explained for him, "That's because Azu was clever and resourceful, and he made Abbot Yan promise in advance that he wouldn't make a move..."

He then gave a brief description of what had just happened.

Yun Jianyue disagreed: "Warfare is based on deception. Only someone with her blockhead would follow such obviously unreasonable conditions."

Qiu Honglei's expression was strange: "Fortunately, Azu scared Master Yan away, otherwise Master would have been injured and probably wouldn't have been able to beat him."

Cloud Moon: "..."

"You brat, why are you siding with outsiders!"

Qiu Honglei shrank back a little: "I was just telling the truth."

Yun Jianyue grabbed her by the collar and carried her away as if she were a chick: "Come back with me and cultivate properly, so you don't get beaten up by that woman's disciple next year."

Zuan: "???"

He hurriedly called out, "Sister Yun, are you just taking her away like that? What about me?"

Yun Jianyue spat: "Who's your sister? I'm letting you off the hook today because of Hong Lei. If you flirt with her again, I'll break your third leg."

Her voice still lingered in the air, but she had vanished without a trace.

Zuan: "..."

This woman really doesn't recognize people just because of her clothes on the boat; she didn't act this way in the palace.

Tang Tian'er, standing to the side, was dumbfounded. She never expected that he had such a good relationship with the leader of the Demonic Sect and that he could talk to her like that.

Who is Yun Jianyue? She's a notorious ruthless killer in the martial arts world. When has she ever threatened anyone? If she really doesn't like someone, she'll just kill them.

They even said they'd break Zaun's third leg...

It feels more like a joke between friends.

At this moment, Zu An swayed. Although he was physically strong, he had just suffered such a serious injury and was now somewhat weak. After Yun Jianyue left, he was eventually unable to hold on any longer.

"Young master, what's wrong?" Tang Tian'er ran over to help him.

"It's alright, you'll be fine after a while." Zu An nodded to her, then looked behind her and found that Zhuang Hetong was no longer there.

At this moment, Tang Tian'er seemed to realize something and weakly pleaded, "Young master, could you please spare my uncle for my sake?"

Zuan had to admire this woman; she was indeed a natural social butterfly. She had clearly hidden Zhuang Hetong away in secret, and he couldn't find him even if he wanted to.

Moreover, he is currently in the Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce. If any conflict were to break out, it would be obvious who would suffer the most.

Even under these circumstances, Tang Tian'er still pleaded with him in such a soft voice, giving him plenty of face. She truly had a firm grasp on men's psychology.

Zu An smiled and said, "Miss Tang, you're too kind. You just saved me, so how could I not give you face?"

Just then, a dense sound of footsteps came from afar. It turned out that Xu Yu and Gao Ying had arrived with county soldiers and constables after hearing the news.

Tang Tian'er quickly said, "Young Master, it's inconvenient for me to appear here, so I'll take my leave first."

Then he quickly jogged back, stopped after a few steps, and whispered, "Just now in the house... in that situation, I couldn't have saved anyone else."

After saying that, her ears turned slightly red, and she quickly ran back.

Zuan chuckled. This woman was really good at using her advantages, making it hard for people to tell whether she was telling the truth or lying, yet she didn't evoke any ill will in her.

At this moment, Xu Yu and his men arrived with their troops: "What happened? There were flames shooting up here just now, and it seemed like there was a battle between experts."

As he spoke, he saw the scene in the arena, which looked as if it had been destroyed by a storm, and his expression changed slightly. Finally, his gaze fell on Zuan.

Zu An pulled down his mask: "Lord Xu, Brother Gao, it's me."

"Master Zu?"

"Grandfather brother!"

Xu Yu and Gao Ying rushed over and helped him up.

"Brother Zu, how did things get like this?"

Zu An opened his mouth, then his head lolled to the side and he fainted in Gao Ying's arms.

He wasn't really unconscious; he just didn't want the people from Yunzhong County to know his true injuries.

After all, he had just fought a great battle with a Grandmaster and several ninth-rank experts, and not only did he win a great victory, but he even frightened the Grandmaster into retreating. If he hadn't suffered any injuries at all, it would be too astonishing.

Moreover, he had just developed a plan and needed to use his injury as a cover.

"Brother!" Gao Ying, unaware of the situation, was greatly alarmed upon seeing this. He hurriedly fed him medicine to heal his injuries and sent someone to fetch a doctor.

Xu Yu then sealed off the scene and arrested some members of the Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce for questioning.

However, the aftershocks of the battle were too powerful, so the members of the Chamber of Commerce stayed far away, and the experts who knew about it left in advance at Tang Tian'er's signal.

So after a series of questions, they only managed to vaguely piece together what had just happened.

Upon learning that Zu'an had fought a great battle with several grandmaster-level experts, Xu Yu was shocked. Although he seemed to be seriously injured and on the verge of death, this achievement was enough to astound the world.

An hour later, Zu'an was sent back to the Imperial Envoy's residence. Gao Ying trusted the doctors at the Prefect's Office more than the doctors at the Prefect's Office.

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