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Chapter 458 The Duanye Family
When Lin Zhao arrived at Qianlong City in the southeast of the Great Qin Dynasty, following the instructions on the Tian Tong Mirror, a large group of cultivators were crowding the city gate.

Lin Zhao was a little curious, so he landed around the group of cultivators and listened for a while before realizing that the second young lady of the city lord's mansion had once again caused a series of jokes.

When Lin Zhao learned that this second young lady had lost her mother at birth, had a child out of wedlock at a young age, had no talent in cultivation, and now had taken a fancy to the young master of the Great Qin Dynasty, he felt that these things were not necessarily related.

"So what are we looking at now?" Lin Zhao asked the brother in front of him.

There's nothing to see here. Can this group please disperse? She wants to go into the city.

"Normally there's nothing to see, but hehe, who told this second young lady of the city lord's mansion to offend Young Master Duanye's fiancée today? She's being beaten up right now."

Lin Zhao frowned: "The city lord isn't going to get involved in this matter either?"

"An illegitimate daughter born to a woman from the brothel, if it weren't for the kindness of the city lord's wife, would she still be called the Second Miss? Why would the city lord save her?"

Lin Zhao clicked his tongue, sensing something was amiss, but ultimately it was a family matter, so he didn't say anything more.

Just as she was about to squeeze into the crowd and reach the city gate, Lin Zhao stopped in her tracks. The reason was simple: the woman sitting in the sedan chair that she observed with her divine sense looked about 70-80% similar to Ning Wengui.

Ning Wengui actually looks more like his biological father, and it goes without saying who his father resembles.

So these are people from the Qing Dynasty?

How could someone from the Qing Dynasty appear in Qianlong City of the Qin Dynasty, and even become the fiancée of Young Master Duanye?

Lin Zhao looked at the girl who was hanging at the city gate.

The girl was in a sorry state, her dark green dress torn and tattered, only her pale pink eyes revealing disgust and murderous intent towards everyone below.

Because of her attitude, the cultivators below cursed even more fiercely, ostensibly to seek justice for Young Master Duanye, but they began throwing rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at her.

Lin Zhao sensed that the other party's cultivation level was probably at the peak of Qi Refining.

At the age of seventeen or eighteen, at the peak of Qi Refining, this talent... is actually not bad even in the Heavenly Phoenix Plane, but it seems insufficient in the Ancestral Dragon Plane.

After a brief moment of thought, Lin Zhao glanced at the woman in the sedan chair, transformed the Holy Dragon Emperor's Spear in his hand into a sword, threw it out and cut the iron chain suspending the girl. At the same time, he put on a veil, leaped up, and caught the falling girl.

"Who is it that dares to interfere with the affairs of the Duanye family?"

Lin Zhao briefly checked the girl's current condition, then his gaze swept meaningfully over the person who claimed to be from the Duan Ye family.

"I am but a rogue cultivator, and I cannot bear to see a powerful clan humiliate a little girl like this."

One of the cultivators below couldn't help but speak up: "Miss, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. This venomous woman actually released a level-five spirit beast, the Snow Cloud Leopard, to murder Young Master Duanye's fiancée. She was only hung up and beaten. That's too lenient on her!"

Lin Zhao glanced at the woman in his arms, then lowered his eyes: "A woman who is not valued by the city lord and whose cultivation is only at the Qi Refining stage can actually release a level 5 spirit beast whose cultivation is comparable to that of a Fusion stage. You all are truly discerning."

Her veiled and overt mockery caused the faces of the cultivators below, who had been criticizing the second young lady of the city lord's mansion, to change.

In fact, they all knew there was something fishy about this matter, but just like when Lin Zhao was humiliated by other sects at the top of Yunding Mountain, even if these people knew there was something fishy about it, they were willing to ignore those abnormalities in order to please the Duanye family.

After all, it's too easy to weigh whether to humiliate the Duan Ye family, which is known for its "benevolence and generosity," by doing so, or to doubt the Duan Ye family for the sake of so-called justice.

Even cultivators who disdain getting involved in this matter can only ignore it at most, to avoid incurring the wrath of the Duanye family.

In the world of cultivation, strength is the ultimate truth.

The fact that this second young lady of the city lord's mansion was at the bottom in every aspect of her strength, and that her only seemingly decent identity as the young lady of the city lord's mansion became the reason for these cultivators to be jealous of her.

Human nature is inherently inclined to bully the weak and fear the strong, yet also to demonstrate that they are not afraid of those in power.

From their moral high ground, humiliating the city lord's daughter as a slut and whore greatly satisfies their twisted psychology.

As for the truth, who cares?

But this matter is easy to do but difficult to explain; it absolutely cannot be exposed by just one person. Otherwise, that person will become the target of public criticism.

"Where did this crazy woman come from, constantly insulting the Duanye family and us? I think you don't want to live anymore!"

The cultivator below pointed his longsword at Lin Zhao.

The other cultivators clapped and cheered: "Brother Chen is a Golden Core cultivator. This time, he will definitely make that arrogant woman run away with her tail between her legs."

Lin Zhao took out a bottle of pills from her spatial ring and fed one to the girl in her arms. Then, with a flick of her slender hand, the bottle of pills shot straight toward the sedan chair.

As for the attacks from the cultivators below, they shattered into dust when they were still three inches away from Lin Zhao.

The cultivator who made the move below turned pale and immediately knelt on the spot.

The other cultivators simultaneously felt an unprecedented pressure bearing down on them.

"I have no intention of antagonizing the Duanye family. I wonder if this bottle of pills might appease your anger, Miss?"

The medicine bottle she was about to attack was firmly caught by Ji Wulian in the sedan chair.

With just this one move, Lin Zhao sensed that the woman's cultivation level was at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

A late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator appeared in a border city.

The Qin Dynasty itself is not peaceful either.

"Of course." Ji Wulian opened the medicine bottle, glanced at it, and nodded in satisfaction.

His gaze swept over the girl in Lin Zhao's arms, his eyelashes slowly drooped, and he ordered the servants to leave.

If it weren't for certain purposes, she wouldn't bother letting these cultivators watch her punish this woman like it was a show.

Seeing the Duan Ye family members escorting the sedan chair away, and the Duan Ye family themselves not caring that the second young lady had been rescued, the cultivator who had previously mocked Lin Zhao turned pale.

He could only keep kowtowing and begging for mercy in Lin Zhao's direction.

For a woman who can produce pills that even Young Master Duanye's fiancée would find appealing, killing him would be a piece of cake.

Lin Zhao ignored him, carrying the girl in his arms, and in a flash, he arrived at the city gate. After registering with the cultivator in charge of registration, his figure disappeared from everyone's sight.

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In the top-tier room of Qianlongju, the premier inn in Qianlong City, a man wearing a wolf-head mask angrily questioned the woman before him: "You said Feixin was rescued? Was it that bastard Lin Yi?"

The woman in front of him had delicate features, but her eyes and brows held a hint of shrewdness. She was none other than Ji Wulian, whom Lin Zhao had previously dismissed with pills.

Ji Wulian said, "It's a woman. I can't detect her cultivation level. She claims to be a rogue cultivator. I was worried that things would get out of hand, so I let it go. But her little bastard is still in our hands. We're not afraid that Fei Xin Nu won't give us her heart."

"Then you'd better pray that the person who rescued her doesn't notice the abnormality in Scarlet Heart's heart." The man's tone was already filled with murderous intent.

Ji Wulian trembled for a moment, then lowered her head: "This subordinate will definitely investigate thoroughly."

The man sneered: "Also, any news about that puppet body?"

Ji Wulian shook her head: "That bastard has sided with the Qingyue Dynasty and is opposing the Great Qing Dynasty. With people from the Qingyue Dynasty protecting him, we can't find an opportunity to capture him for you right now."

"Hmph! Lin Yi can't be caught, Fei Xin Nu has been rescued, Lin Yu is missing, Ji Wu Lian, if your Qing Dynasty really doesn't want to return to the ranks of super dynasties, I can send you on your way."

Ji Wulian hurriedly knelt down, trembling: "My lord, please calm down. All of this is because of that damned Lin family. If it weren't for Lin Zhao, the Purple Eye Glazed Body would already be yours. If it weren't for the Lin family's scheme to make Lin Yi and Lin Yu escape, the Ancestral Dragon Soul would also become your origin..."

"If not, if not, saying all this still can't hide your incompetence. Scarlet Heart is the last chance I'm giving your Ji family. If you can't bring back Scarlet Heart alive, your Ji family will decline."