"What a great arrogance! As the lord of a city, you actually make things difficult for the envoys from the neighboring country. If this ruins the court's plans, can you bear the responsibility?" Yue Xiuming stepped forward and said righteously.
In fact, he had wanted to jump out for a long time, but the situation changed too quickly and he never found the opportunity.
"Who are you?" Wu Ziyue heard his loud tone and asked calmly without looking down on him.
"I'm the Prince of Anxi, Yue Xiuming," Yue Xiuming said with a smug look on his face. After being a punching bag for Mu Hanyan for so long, he finally had his chance to show off.
"You said you were the Prince of Anxi. Hahahaha, did you hear that? This little beggar dared to say that he was the Prince of Anxi." Wu Ziyue laughed out loud.
Yue Xiuming's beard was unshaven and his face was covered in dust. His armor had long since fallen to pieces, and his robe had been ripped and tattered by branches and thorns. He looked no better than a beggar. It was no wonder. He had been carried by Miss Mu's neck for days. Miss Mu was busy taking care of herself, so how could she care for him? He was lucky that he hadn't been disfigured.
Wu Ziyue had never seen Yue Xiuming, but he had heard that the Prince of Anxi had lived a life of luxury since childhood. Of course, he would not believe that the beggar-like guy in front of him could be Yue Xiuming.
"He's so bold that he actually pretends to be the Prince of Anxi. Let's take him down first." Wu Ziyue shouted in a deep voice.
Immediately, a dozen black-armored soldiers surrounded them with murderous intent.
"I am really Yue Xiuming. I have a token, a token." Yue Xiuming was shocked and quickly reached out to touch the token, but found nothing. Then he remembered that he had hung the token on the outside of his armor to show off his identity. Now the armor had long been broken into scraps of copper and iron, and he didn't know where it fell. Of course, the token was lost with it.
Seeing Yue Xiuming's actions, the black-armored guards let out a sneer of derision, their eyes gleaming with murderous intent. Mu Hanyan and the others had diplomatic documents, so even if they took action, they would have reserved some leeway, even if they had to consider their identities. But facing this beggar who dared to impersonate the Prince of Anxi, they certainly had nothing to worry about.
Yue Xiuming noticed the murderous gleam in their eyes and the murderous aura emanating from them, and his face turned pale. Although he was considered to be quite capable, he had never experienced such a scene before, and he couldn't help but feel insecure.
Mu Hanyan certainly wouldn't sit idly by and watch this little dandy get caught. Her face darkened as she stood in front of Yue Xiuming. This moved the dandy little prince deeply.
"Roar..." At this moment, a beast roar was heard, followed by the screams of the people and the chaotic sounds of fleeing.
"Strange beasts are attacking the city, strange beasts are attacking the city, run..." Then, the panicked shouts of the people were heard.
Strange beasts attack the city! Mu Hanyan was slightly startled. In the past, attacks by strange beasts always occurred in mountain villages and towns near the Longyan Mountains. Although Dingbian City was an important border town, it was surrounded by flat land and was quite a distance away from the Longyan Mountains. How could it be possible that a strange beast would attack as well?
Thinking of the powerful beast that Xia Youchen mentioned, which was probably from the Nine Netherworld Prison, Mu Hanyan's ominous premonition became even stronger.
"Report, strange beasts are attacking the city, please make the decision, Lord City Lord!" At this moment, a city guard came galloping on a horse. He jumped off the horse before it reached Wu Ziyue and reported to him.
"Nonsense, Dingbian City is nearly a thousand miles away from Longyan Mountains. When has a strange beast attacked the city? You should go and find out if someone caught a strange beast and let it escape accidentally. Let him find a way out himself and then come to the City Lord's Mansion to receive punishment." Wu Ziyue said disdainfully.
In Shangyue, many cultivators made their living by capturing exotic beasts. Most of these animals were sold to wealthy families in the counties, and some were sold to nobles in the capital. Dingbiancheng, a key border town, was a necessary transit point for these cultivators traveling north and south. Exotic beasts escaping their cages were not uncommon, and Wu Ziyue was no stranger to it.
Every time this happened, the cultivator who lost the beast would be heavily fined for failing to properly guard it, which in turn brought Wu Ziyue a lot of extra income. So, far from blaming him, he even welcomed it. As for the casualties of the civilians, he didn't care at all. He simply gave some medicine to those who survived, and buried the dead outside the city, saving even the medicine.
"Sir, this time is different from the past, it really is..." The city guard explained anxiously.
"Stop talking nonsense! Don't you see I have important matters to attend to? Go do what you need to do." Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted impatiently by Wu Ziyue. His mind was now completely focused on Mu Hanyan's Hanxiao Sword and Doctor Sun's Xuanyang Fengyu Grass, so he had no time to care about other trivial matters.
"Mu Hanyan, are you planning to stay in my City Lord's Mansion for a few days, or should we invite you to come?" Wu Ziyue said with a gloomy face.
After being interrupted by the city guard, he had no time to pay attention to Yue Xiuming.
"Wu Ziyue, I advise you to go and take a look at it one last time. If it is really a strange beast attacking the city, I don't know how many common people will suffer. As the lord of a city, how will you explain it then?" Mu Hanyan said coldly.
With her keen senses, it was not difficult for her to hear the dull hoof sounds getting closer and closer outside the city. She was afraid that thousands of strange beasts were swarming towards Dingbian City, and some of the fast ones had even rushed into the city.
"How dare you! Your identity is unknown, yet you still try to teach me a lesson. Come, take them down. If they resist, they will be killed without mercy!" Wu Ziyue said impatiently.
"Swish!" The city guards surrounding them pointed their swords directly at Mu Hanyan and others.
"Moo!" At this moment, more than a dozen strange beasts came running over, making low roars.
With their sturdy bodies and thick legs, the ground was shaking slightly as they ran. What was even more terrifying was that these strange beasts were spewing out blue flames while running wildly. They were the Burning Sky Blue Flame Bulls that Mu Hanyan had just encountered not long ago.
Although the strength of the Burning Sky Blue Flame Bull can only be considered average to practitioners of various realms like Mu Hanyan, for ordinary practitioners, it is comparable to the strength of a fifth-level swordsman. Coupled with the innate ability of Blue Flame Burning Sky, the lethality of the Burning Sky Blue Flame Bull is obviously astonishing.
In just a blink of an eye, several city guards who tried to stop the Burning Sky Blue Flame Bull were killed on the spot by the sharp bull's horns piercing their chests. Dozens of civilians with lower cultivation were burned to ashes on the spot by the blue flames, leaving only shrill screams echoing in the air.
A row of houses was also set on fire, and the fire spread to all parts of the city.
The sudden change made everyone present freeze in their expressions, and even the personal soldiers who were about to attack Mu Hanyan stopped.
"Could it be...that strange beasts really attacked the city?" Wu Ziyue's face turned a little ugly.
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