48: Chapter 48 We're just here to watch the show! This sword intent can protect you for ten thousand years.

City Lord Murong Lie took a deep breath, led his lieutenant and several personal guards as they walked quickly down the city wall, and arrived in front of the two little girls.

Behind them, thousands of Cultivators followed in unison, a dense, dark mass of people!

"City Lord of Jianwang City, Murong Lie, on behalf of all the people of the city and the common people of the Eastern Region, offers heartfelt thanks to you two young ladies for saving our lives!"

City Lord Murong Lie knelt on one knee, his voice hoarse yet solemn!

This was the most sincere expression of gratitude to one's saviors!

Thousands of Cultivators behind him knelt down in unison, the sound of kowtowing filling the air!

"Many thanks to the two young ladies for saving our lives!"

Gu Qingqing was startled and quickly slid down from the white tiger's back, scrambling in a panic to help City Lord Murong Lie up: "Old Grandpa, please get up! Don't kneel, don't kneel! We, we were just here to watch the fun, we didn't come to save anyone!"

City Lord Murong Lie was stunned!

Here to watch the fun?

He had lived for eight thousand years and this was the first time he had ever heard of anyone running to a Yao Beast tide battlefield to watch the fun??

And they had incidentally saved an entire city, tens of thousands of Cultivators, and the gates of the Eastern Region?!

The Cultivators behind him were also stunned!

Here to watch the fun?

What kind of situation was this?

Was this right?

This didn't seem right!

Gu Huahua also jumped down from the tiger's back and added: "Exactly, exactly! We thought there would be treasure here, so we came. If we had known there would be fighting, we wouldn't have come. How scary!"

The white tiger silently sighed, not exposing the fact that on the way here, these two little girls had been laughing more excitedly than anyone!

They had been so eager they could barely wait to charge into the pack of Yao Beasts to hunt for treasure!

City Lord Murong Lie opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but swallowed it back!

He looked at the two innocent-looking little girls.

Then he looked at the three Eternal Realm Yao Beasts behind them, huddled into balls and having already peed themselves in fear!

Then he looked at the white tiger lying nearby, yawning!

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry!

How was he supposed to respond to this?

"Two young ladies, regardless of whether you came to watch the fun or to find treasure, a life-saving grace is still a life-saving grace!"

He looked at the two little girls and said: "Two young ladies, having traveled all this way, if you don't mind, please come into the city to rest for a while. The Yao Beast tide has retreated, and we cannot repay the debt of saving our lives, but at least allow us to fulfill our duties as hosts."

When had the two little girls ever seen such a display?

Not knowing how to refuse, they reluctantly agreed.

"Then we shall intrude?" Gu Qingqing smiled embarrassedly.

City Lord Murong Lie was overjoyed: "Please!"

On the city wall, tables and chairs were quickly set up.

The Cultivators brought out the best things they had—Spirit fruits, Spirit wine, and Spirit Beast meat—piling the table full!

Although these things were not worth mentioning in the eyes of the Gu Family, they were the best that Jianwang City could offer!

Gu Qingqing and Gu Huahua sat on the chairs, their legs swinging back and forth, eating happily.

City Lord Murong Lie stood to the side, serving them personally, pouring tea and handing them fruit, diligently entertaining the honored guests!

They were, after all, their saviors!

Just at that moment, the sky suddenly split open with a fissure!

Everyone looked up at the same time!

A figure walked out from the fissure, dressed in green robes, with a sword hanging at his waist, his expression blank!

It was Jian Wuji!

His gaze swept across the entire scene, releasing no pressure, yet everyone held their breath!

The sense of oppression from the depths of their Soul was even more terrifying than the aura of the white tiger!

It felt as if just by moving an inch, they would be reduced to ashes!

"Uncle Jian!" The two little girls shouted simultaneously, jumping off their chairs and running toward Jian Wuji.

Jian Wuji's expression softened slightly, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly: "The Old Ancestor sent me to bring you two home."

He walked up to the two little girls and crouched down, his tone becoming serious: "The Old Ancestor said that you two are being ridiculous! If you run around recklessly again, he will take the white tiger away!"

Gu Qingqing quickly waved her hands: "It's not the white tiger's fault, it's not the white tiger's fault! We were the ones who made it bring us out!"

Gu Huahua also nodded along: "Yes, yes, yes, we forced it!"

Jian Wuji smiled and stood up: "The Old Ancestor is not blaming you. He said this stupid tiger is being ridiculous, taking you to dangerous places, so it should be punished!"

The white tiger, lying not far away, visibly stiffened upon hearing this!

So?

The expression on its face was even more colorful than Gong Baiwan's!

Its heart was bitter!

It was clearly these two little ancestors who wanted to go, so why was I the one taking all the blame?

The two little girls jumped for joy: "The Old Ancestor isn't blaming us!"

"The Old Ancestor dotes on you too much to blame you." Jian Wuji turned around and looked at City Lord Murong Lie and the Cultivators behind him.

Wherever his gaze swept, everyone instinctively lowered their heads.

Saint Kings, Half-Saints, and Emperors—without exception!

There was no hostility in those eyes, no pressure!

But that natural suppression made them feel as if even breathing was difficult!

Jian Wuji spoke, his voice calm: "I am from the Gu Family, here to take these two little girls home. The children are ignorant and have caused you trouble."

Children are ignorant?

This is called causing trouble?

They clearly saved them!

City Lord Murong Lie quickly cupped his hands: "I dare not, I dare not! The two young ladies are the saviors of our entire city, and even the saviors of the Eastern Region! How could you speak of causing trouble!"

Jian Wuji nodded and said no more!

He turned and looked at the Yao Beast forest outside the city wall!

Although the Yao Beast tide had retreated and the three Eternal Realm Yao Beasts had been tamed, no one could say for sure what the future held.

He raised his hand, and a wisp of Sword Intent condensed at his fingertip!

That wisp of Sword Intent was as thin as a hair, and with a gentle stroke of its golden light in the air, it merged into the city wall!

"This is a wisp of my Sword Intent, which can guard this city wall for one hundred thousand years." Jian Wuji withdrew his hand.

"Within one hundred thousand years, no Yao Beast will dare to approach this city by even a single step."

On the city wall, there was dead silence!

A wisp of Sword Intent, guarding for one hundred thousand years?!

What kind of cultivation level was this?!

They dared not imagine!

City Lord Murong Lie opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but swallowed it back!

He knelt down and kowtowed heavily three times!

Thousands of Cultivators behind him knelt in unison. No one spoke, but everyone was trembling—this was too shocking for them!

Jian Wuji said nothing more.

He waved his hand and, taking the two little girls and the white tiger, along with the three Eternal Realm Yao Beasts, disappeared into the horizon!

On the city wall, City Lord Murong Lie slowly stood up, looking at the empty sky, and muttered: "Sword Intent! Just a wisp of Sword Intent! Yet it can guard for one hundred thousand years! Is this the foundation of the Gu Family?"

The lieutenant asked in a trembling voice: "City Lord, that wisp of Sword Intent!"

"Do not touch it!" City Lord Murong Lie turned around, looked at the lieutenant, his voice solemn.

"Pass down the order: the place where the Sword Intent resides is to be listed as a Forbidden Ground! No one is allowed to approach it, touch it, or discuss it! This is a treasure bestowed upon Jianwang City by the Gu Family to protect the city; whoever touches it is a sinner against Jianwang City!"

"Yes!"

Very quickly!

The news spread like it had grown wings!

In less than half a day, the entire Eastern Region knew that the Gu Family had sent two little girls, riding a white tiger, who had driven away the Yao Beast tide with a single sentence and taken three Eternal Realm Yao Beasts as their lackeys!

The news of the five major Families fleeing was still being reviled, while the news of the Gu Family saving the world was already being sung in praises!