219: Chapter 219 The Price of Crossing the Line

Meanwhile, Leng Yue, who was sitting to the side, held her teacup and gently blew on the floating leaves.

"The Zhuge Family of Lingnan?"

Her tone carried a hint of ancient weariness and disdain.

"Over a thousand years ago, before I fell asleep, the so-called Mystical Arts were nothing more than a bunch of people reading feng shui around the outskirts of imperial mausoleums."

"Now that there are no true heroes left in the world, these villains take advantage of the spiritual qi recovery to come out and play king."

"However... in the past, the Zhuge Family did have a few formidable figures. If they had lived until now, they could be considered mighty powerhouses."

Lin Ye waved his hand, signaling her to remain calm.

"Regardless of whether they had formidable figures in the past, the fact that someone like Young Master Zhuge Ming has emerged in the Zhuge Family now shows that their internal management is corrupt and the family is in decline."

He picked up the glass of milk that Ayugu had half-finished and drank it down without a second thought.

"Besides... fighting and killing hurts harmony. We're legitimate businesspeople, and we should be reasonable in everything."

Lin Ye stood up and straightened the hem of his hoodie.

"Don't they want me to hand over the artifacts and ledgers, and even audit my background?"

"Sure."

"Clang— Clang— Clang—"

Just as he finished speaking, a dense sound of gongs clearing the path suddenly rang out from outside Taiping Old Street.

Accompanying it was a massive, completely unhidden pressure from a Xuanmen Mystical Arts grand array.

This pressure was like a massive net, spreading arrogantly from the head of the old street right toward Lins Funeral Shop.

"Boss!"

Ayugu's expression changed. She ran to the glass door to take a look and immediately gasped.

"They're here! It's the Zhuge Family!"

Outside on the bluestone street...

The street had been cleared at some point.

Over twenty sturdy men dressed in green Bagua Taoist robes, holding compasses and command flags, stood in two lines on either side.

Right in the middle...

A young noble master in a white robe, holding a jade-ribbed folding fan, was strutting forward with an arrogant splay-footed gait, flanked by a group of family elders, swaggering toward the Funeral Shop.

The young man looked decently sharp, but with his chin held high and a disdainful look in his eyes, it was as if he weren't walking on the streets of Jiangzhou, but in his own back garden.

"The feng shui of this Jiangzhou is truly a total mess. Murky atmosphere, crawling with evil and monstrosities."

The young noble master—the young master of the Zhuge Family, Young Master Zhuge Ming—fanned himself disgustedly with his folding fan in front of his nose as he walked.

He stopped ten meters outside the glass door of the Funeral Shop.

A black-bearded elder behind him immediately stepped forward, sank his qi into his dantian, and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"The Lingnan Zhuge Aristocratic Family! Young Master Zhuge Ming, Young Commandery Officer of the Jiangnan Inspectorate Division, has arrived!"

"Head of Lins Funeral Shop, open the door to welcome us immediately and step out for trial!"

This voice, laced with the intimidating spell-notes of Qimen Dunjia, vibrated the glass of surrounding houses.

What grand official authority.

What grand pomp.

Inside the Funeral Shop...

Helena had already drawn the tactical dagger from her waist, and the bamboo cylinder in Ayugu's hands emitted a dense rustling sound.

Lin Ye suddenly smiled.

"Tsk, tsk. Look at how they make an entrance! Waving flags on the left, shouting slogans on the right, fanning themselves to look as imposing as possible. How come I never thought of this trick before?"

Lin Ye put his hands in his hoodie pockets.

He turned around and looked at Leng Yue and Helena, whose eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"Put your weapons away. We're open for business, and harmony brings wealth. They came all this way to flex, so we ought to give them enough face."

Lin Ye walked to the glass door.

With a clatter...

He casually pushed open the door, facing the hostile gazes of the twenty-odd Zhuge Family experts outside, and clattered down the steps.

He didn't release any pressure of his Pure Yang Dao Body, looking just like an ordinary street loafer without any cultivation.

Lin Ye walked to a spot less than three meters away from Young Master Zhuge Ming and stopped.

He sized up this arrogant young master of a prestigious family from top to bottom.

Then, under everyone's shocked gazes...

Lin Ye suddenly rubbed his hands together enthusiastically, his face piling up with the slick, mercenary smile of a merchant meeting a big client.

"Aiya! It turns out to be the Young Master of the Zhuge Family! What an honor, what an honor!"

This sudden "softening" from Lin Ye caught Young Master Zhuge Ming completely off guard.

In Young Master Zhuge Ming's expectations, this madman who dared to challenge the Western Archbishop single-handedly would surely burst out in a rage and fight them to the death.

He even had his backup grand array ready in hand.

But seeing the other party's servile demeanor instantly gave him an overwhelming sense of superiority.

"Hmph, at least you know what's good for you."

Young Master Zhuge Ming snapped his fan shut with a clatter, pointing the ribs at Lin Ye's nose in an extremely arrogant tone.

"Since you know my identity, I won't waste my breath. Hand over the ledgers in your shop, along with those artifacts of unknown origin."

"Also, hand over those enchantresses and foreign devils behind you, so my Zhuge Family can take them back to Lingnan to be suppressed."

"As long as you cooperate obediently, I might consider sparing your dog life and letting you continue serving as a chamber pot emptier here in Jiangzhou City."

The elders and disciples behind Young Master Zhuge Ming all wore contemptuous sneers as well.

What local dragon of Jiangzhou?

Before the absolute heritage of a prestigious righteous faction, wasn't he still terrified into wagging his tail like a spineless dog?

Facing this kind of extreme, insolent insult...

Helena, standing inside the doorway, had bloodshot eyes, her nails digging deeply into her palms.

The temperature around Leng Yue dropped drastically, the Red Lotus Karmic Fire wildly flickering in the depths of her eyes.

However...

The smile on Lin Ye's face did not fade; instead, it grew increasingly brilliant.

He casually picked his ear.

"Hand over the artifacts? Hand over the women? And make me empty chamber pots?"

Lin Ye flicked the dust from under his fingernail and raised his head. His eyes, which were full of smiles moments ago, were now like a bottomless, ten-thousand-year-old icy pond.

A terrifying killing intent unique to the Pure Yang Dao Body locked down the entire field in an instant!

"Since Young Master Zhuge is so fond of rules..."

Lin Ye's voice wasn't loud, yet it clearly entered the ears of everyone present.

"Then let me teach you the rules of Jiangzhou City."

"Lesson one."

"Never try to act like a big shot in front of someone else's doorstep!"

The moment the words fell...

Lin Ye took a step forward.

"Bang!"

The bluestone tiles shattered.

A surge of Pure Yang Qi mixed with Taiyi Divine Thunder burst outward from under Lin Ye's feet in a fan shape!

Those twenty-odd Zhuge Family experts, whom they were so proud of, didn't even have time to react before being blasted into midair by this terrifying force!

The arrogance on Young Master Zhuge Ming's face instantly froze, morphing into extreme panic.

He wanted to retreat.

But a large hand had already grabbed his neck with precision, lifting him squarely into the air!