45: Chapter 45 The Cavern, Evil Signs Appear!

Shen Yi had already seen countless pairs of numb eyes looking at him.

Immortals, Yao Beasts, Immortal Dynasty officials, spirits, and deities...

Among these transcendent powers, the mortal commoners were merely the lowest, yet indispensable existences!

Therefore, their situation was extremely difficult!

Yan Shu walked forward and conversed with a middle-aged man for a moment.

The crowd was clearly somewhat guarded, though the meaning was unclear.

The middle-aged man possessed flourishing blood Qi and was actually a first-grade martial artist.

This martial artist had knotted muscles and wore only the thinnest of robes.

As he looked over, his eyes held a hint of suspicion and wariness.

He stepped forward and bowed, saying.

"Greetings... Lord Shen."

"I wonder... if Lord Shen could produce the land deed for Yan Ping to see?"

Before Shen Yi could speak, Wang Meng, who was by his side, could no longer sit still.

As a fierce general who had followed Shen Yi from the very beginning in Qinghe County, Wang Meng's loyalty naturally went without saying... He revered Shen Yi as his master.

Any remark defying Shen Yi made his heart burn with rage!

Seeing this, Wang Meng actually stepped forward and said with a sinister grin.

"What are you supposed to be... a defeated soldier, only able to linger on in the underground."

"You are not worthy to question my Lord."

"Outside, my Lord already told this pretty boy his identity."

"There is no reason to repeat it to you again in here!"

"My Lord is an official of the Immortal Dynasty, not some nobody you can check on as you please!"

"If you don't believe it... I don't mind burying all of you underground."

"If you dare to speak so lightly of my Lord again... do you believe I'll blow your dog head apart?"

Seeing Wang Meng being so impolite... over a dozen martial artists dressed in tight-fitting outfits stepped forward and lined up!

Wang Meng only grinned, saying nothing... The Rakshasa Guard behind him carried a cold, foul scent of blood as they pressed in to kill!

Wang Meng said with a sinister grin.

"Slaughtering these people is enough to absorb some military Evil Qi... not a loss!"

Shen Yi watched indifferently, not speaking.

It was very obvious... perhaps because of Yan Shu's act of bringing a wolf into the house, it had led to the distrust of the martial artist before them.

That was why there was this interrogation.

However... his identity was not something just anyone could interrogate.

The martial artist before him... was already middle-aged, his blood Qi appeared flourishing, but the return rate was only 30%.

He was likely only material for a second-grade martial artist in this lifetime.

The martial artists behind him were mostly mediocre.

This world ultimately valued worth... clearly, the worth of these martial artists was far from enough to make him bow down in deference.

Just then... Yan Ping's expression became awkward.

He knew what a hundred First-grade Dao Soldiers meant...

Seeing that Shen Yi did not intend to explain... he could only lower his head and concede, saying.

"It was Yan Ping who was presumptuous... I hope Lord can forgive me."

"There was a reason for this... Yan Ping..."

The implication in his words was clearly to shift the blame onto Yan Shu.

Seeing this, Yan Shu remained silent, his brow growing increasingly dim.

Shen Yi did not indulge him, saying indifferently.

"Where does all this nonsense come from!"

"I am fully aware of the ins and outs of this matter!"

"In this matter, while Yan Shu certainly has faults, it does not warrant you holding a grudge for so long!"

"If it weren't for Yan Shu... I wouldn't even deign to come to this underground of yours!"

"I have the land deed on me, and according to the rules of the Immortal Dynasty, these thousand commoners, including you, a mere first-grade martial artist, are all my subjects!"

"If I say I will turn you into slaves, then I can turn you into slaves."

"No need for an Imperial decree!"

"Where do you get the status, where do you get the qualifications... to come here and question my identity?"

"If it weren't for Yan Shu submitting to me, and using this first-grade wonder, the ancestral hall, as the price to have me intervene to subdue the demons."

"I really wouldn't bother to care."

"You have lived until now... isn't it because Yan Shu was maintaining the Formation above... protecting you?"

"Like a dog biting Lü Dongbin, you ungrateful wretches who can't recognize good intentions!"

"Get out of my way!"

Seeing this, Yan Ping hurriedly knelt to the ground... those stiff backbones vanished in an instant!

He cried out repeatedly.

"My Lord... it is this commoner's fault!"

Seeing this, Shen Yi coldly flicked his sleeves.

"A bunch of wretches with hearts higher than the heavens, but lives thinner than paper!"

"Truly an eyesore!"

"Yan Shu... tell me whether to save them or not."

"If not, just let them fend for themselves here!"

"Anyway, with evil spirits attacking the city outside... I would be quite happy to watch these bastards die."

The crying of children resounded in the crowd... the low sobbing of women was faint and intermittent.

Yan Shu, however, looked at Shen Yi with extremely complex emotions... looking at the surrounding crowd.

He knew that Shen Yi was setting the stage for him; this Lord Shen was playing the bad guy, while he himself played the good guy... subsequently to win over these commoners!

A flash of deep gratitude crossed his eyes, and he hurriedly said.

"My Lord... I implore you... save them from this dire situation!"

After speaking, Yan Shu also involuntarily knelt down.

Seeing this... a trace of gratitude flashed in Yan Ping's eyes.

But Shen Yi snorted coldly, stepped forward, and kicked Yan Ping over...

"Get lost... don't block the way."

"All commoners, pack up your things; before we leave, I will naturally give you instructions!"

"Now, I am going to subdue the demons!"

The crowd quickly made way.

Yan Shu led the way, and they soon arrived at a stone cave blocked by a giant door.

He said in a deep voice.

"The water vein backlashed... and converged to the surface from here."

"Therefore, I used a 'Sealing Formation' to block and isolate everything."

"Lord Shen... the situation behind the giant boulder is currently unclear... I ask Lord Shen to be careful!"

Shen Yi waved his hand.

"Soldiers will be met by generals, water by earth; it is nothing more than that!"

Yan Shu nodded, and the crowd dispersed...

He suddenly cut his finger, and then actually began to draw a Talisman in the Void Realm...?

Shen Yi's pupils constricted, but he saw Yan Shu smile pallidly.

"I have let Lord see a joke... Yan Shu is poor in daily life and cannot afford Talisman paper."

Shen Yi was completely numb... he finally understood where this return rate came from.

Can't afford Talisman paper, so you just draw the Talisman in the Void Realm, right?

What kind of Heaven-Reaching Talisman are you playing at here?

At that moment, Yan Shu pressed his finger, and that blood Talisman, which looked like a ghost's scrawl, landed on the giant boulder.

The Formation on the giant boulder was suddenly broken.

The entire stone also collapsed in an instant, unable to withstand the power of the Talisman, turning into rubble.

It rolled straight down!

The fishy water scent rushing towards him made Shen Yi frown...

Mixed within this water Qi was Demonic Qi.

And... a faint scent of decay!

A sharp roar echoed against the walls of the stone cave... and was transmitted over!

As Shen Yi leaned forward to look down... he happened to lock eyes with a pair of forest-green pupils...

Dim and flickering, exceptionally chilling!