Chapter 65: Mu Qingxue, Heartbroken

Chapter 65: Mu Qingxue, Heartbroken

"This young man is truly arrogant!"

"To dare to kill someone in public within the Imperial Capital."

"With the Lieyang Guards here, the evidence is irrefutable; he will surely die!"

A thick scent of blood permeated Vermilion Bird Imperial Street, causing the onlookers who had stopped to watch to drop their jaws in shock.

To think someone would dare to commit murder within the Imperial Capital.

And in broad daylight, carrying out such a bloody execution!

"It's over! Chen Yuan is dead, and the Lieyang Guards will not let this go."

Shangguan Si closed her eyes in terror; there is no sorrow greater than a dead heart.

Long Chen sneered inwardly, mocking, "He doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. He is courting death and bringing more enemies upon the Shangguan Family!"

"Slap!"

Shangguan Si raised her hand and delivered a slap, scolding angrily, "That is still better than you standing by indifferently! I will not allow you to speak ill of Young Master Qin again!"

Long Chen clutched his swollen cheek, staring at Qin Xuan with even deeper resentment.

If not for the presence of the Lieyang Guards, he would have surely killed Qin Xuan with his own hands and sliced him into a thousand pieces.

【The Child of Luck's emotions are fluctuating violently. Host rewarded with 18,000 Villain Points!】

Qin Xuan glanced indifferently in Long Chen's direction without giving it much thought. The priority right now was not the Child of Luck, but rather how Senior Sister Ziyuan would make her appearance!

He withdrew his gaze and stared at the Lieyang Guards, who were pressing in step by step with fierce glares.

The ancient prison-suppressing tower in his palm was rotating steadily.

He was waiting, waiting for his own people to appear.

If time ran out, he would have no choice but to strike and execute this group of Lieyang Guards.

"Scoundrel, this is an important area of the Imperial Capital; how can you be allowed to act so presumptuously here?"

"For executing Young Master Chen, your crimes are punishable by death!"

"Form the formation, execute him!"

Dozens of Lieyang Guards flashed their cold-glinting spears, forming a battle formation in perfect unison.

The battle formation evolved, and the dozens of men became as solid as an iron barrel, functioning as one.

Their Qi began to climb wildly, approaching the fifth level of the Yin-Yang Realm!

Just as the battle was about to break out, a beautiful young girl appeared at the end of the street, rushing over in a flurry with a squad of Yanyang Guards clad in fire-red armor.

Luo Xinyi held up a token and shouted angrily, "The Chief Commander's token is here; let's see who dares to move!"

The Lieyang Guards, the Yanyang Guards... a total of ten guards, collectively known as the Yang Division.

The Master of the Yang Division was a Quasi-Saint, and there were nine other division masters of equal status.

Above these ten divisions was a Chief Commander, who was none other than Luo Xinyi's father, the Head of the Luo Family!

The Lieyang Guards said in deep voices, "Young Miss Luo, he killed Young Master Chen in public!"

Luo Xinyi held the 'Luo' token and scolded the dozens of Lieyang Guards, "Qin Xuan was acting under the orders of the Chief Commander to execute the traitor Chen Yuan. He has committed no crime, only performed a merit. Who among you dares to arrest him!?"

After she was dug out of the crater left by the meteor shower, she had rushed back to the Imperial Capital immediately.

Upon learning that Chen Yuan intended to target Qin Xuan, she had been compelled by Mu Qingxue's coercion to begin gathering evidence of Chen Yuan's past misdeeds.

His various crimes were too numerous to recount, and they were now all laid out on the Chief Commander's desk.

Even if Qin Xuan had killed Chen Yuan, it was a meritorious deed, not a crime.

No one could punish him!

The captain of the Lieyang Guards argued, "Qin Xuan is a Disciple of the Yaochi Sacred Land; what does he have to do with our Ziyang Ten Divisions!?"

"Before, it indeed had nothing to do with him." Luo Xinyi crossed her arms over her heavy chest, walked up to Qin Xuan, stuffed a Demon-Extermination Division Captain token into his arms, and sneered, "However, now it does. He is a Captain of the Demon-Extermination Division, and this matter is the direct responsibility of the Chief Commander. It is not your place to question it!"

The Lieyang Guards lowered their heads, saying nothing.

Qin Xuan's status was now higher than theirs; how could they still arrest him?

That would be defying authority!?

Those aristocratic Family children who had friendly relations with Chen Yuan saw this and shouted angrily, "Luo Xinyi, don't go too far!"

"Chen Yuan is already dead; are you still planning to forcefully protect Qin Xuan?"

"The Chen Family will not let this matter rest!"

Luo Xinyi proudly tilted her snow-white neck and looked around with disdain, "My father has already gone to the Chen Family to hold them accountable. If you want to seek justice for Chen Yuan, I can start investigating your past misdeeds later as well."

"Gulp!"

The aristocratic children swallowed in terror.

It was clear that Luo Xinyi was not playing around.

If they continued to threaten her, this little demoness of the Imperial Capital would truly dare to investigate them.

Watching the group of aristocratic children slink away, Luo Xinyi scoffed, "A bunch of bottom-feeders, trying to put on airs in front of this lady in the Imperial Capital? Trying to act like an elephant by sticking green onions in a pig's nose!"

She turned her head, looked Qin Xuan up and down, and huffed, "Just as I thought, you are a smart man."

Although Qin Xuan was arrogant from beginning to end, his target was always Chen Yuan.

A target with a clear criminal record, and one that could be crushed by leveraging power.

"However, since you've latched onto this lady's leg, let alone one Chen Yuan, even if you had crushed that group of aristocratic children just now, I could still protect you."

Luo Xinyi took the opportunity to praise herself, using the chance to intimidate Qin Xuan so that he would respect her more in the future!

Qin Xuan wanted to laugh, "Protecting me so I can have a good meal before I die is more like it."

It is true that the Luo Family has some power in the Imperial Capital.

But to kill several aristocratic children in a row and still want to protect him from a position of righteousness was purely bragging.

Even ants can bite an elephant to death if there are enough of them, let alone these families, who are not mere ants and also have Saints presiding over them.

Luo Xinyi puffed out her cheeks angrily and snapped, "I hate smart people like you; don't I need to save Face in front of so many people?"

She reached out, grabbed Qin Xuan's arm, and pulled him into a nearby restaurant.

As they passed by the onlookers from various families, these powerful aristocratic experts sighed,

"I thought he was just a reckless youth, but it turns out it was entrapment."

"Entrapment my foot, it was clearly done on the fly; even that token was just shoved into his hand."

"No wonder he dares to walk sideways in the Imperial Capital after latching onto the Luo Family."

"That small tower is also terrifying; it is clearly a Sacred Artifact!"

"At the eighth level of the Supernatural Realm, possessing a Sacred Artifact, his own background must be quite extraordinary!"

Luo Xinyi turned a deaf ear, pulled Qin Xuan into the restaurant, and let the Yanyang Guards stand guard outside. As they went upstairs, she reminded him, "Don't get any ideas. I saved you entirely because someone asked me to. If you want to be grateful, be grateful to her."

Arriving on the second floor of the restaurant, she pointed to Mu Qingxue, who was bowing her head and carefully tidying her dress.

"Is it you?"

Qin Xuan pretended to be ignorant while knowing the truth.

He was surprised by Luo Xinyi's intervention.

But he also understood that the only person who could make Luo Xinyi take action was Mu Qingxue.

A woman beautifies herself for the one she loves. Mu Qingxue smoothed her skirt, brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, and confirmed she was flawless before slowly looking up. Her eyes filled with worry as she said, "Qin Xuan, you shouldn't have come to the Imperial Capital. It is a place where dragons and snakes mix, and the Shangguan Family matter is deeply intertwined."

"The words you spoke at the Yaochi Sacred Land have already spread, and many Aristocratic Families have grown hostile towards you."

"Chen Yuan was just the beginning; the troubles that follow will be endless."

Qin Xuan nodded, his gaze calm as he said, "I know all of this. I am very grateful that you were able to step in and help. However, I have already weighed the consequences you mentioned in my heart, so please don't trouble yourself with worrying about it."

Mu Qingxue pointed to the token in Qin Xuan's arms and said helplessly, "I know I can't persuade you; you have always been this way."

"This token was requested by Xinyi from her father. With this token, you are a Captain of the Demon-Extermination Division, and even those Aristocratic Families will not dare to attack you without cause."

She did not want Qin Xuan to die in the Imperial Capital.

She didn't even want him to be hurt.

That was why she had disregarded her own dignity to beg for a life-saving token from Luo Xinyi.

Qin Xuan weighed the token in his hand, then tossed it casually to Mu Qingxue, speaking indifferently, "I helped you at the Yaochi Sacred Land, and you helped me in the Imperial Capital; we are even. I will not owe you for this token."

The heartless words were like an iron hand, crushing the heart within Mu Qingxue's chest, with every piece dripping blood.

Clutching the cold token, Mu Qingxue felt the pain of a knife cutting through her heart, and mist welled up in her eyes, "Do you loathe me that much? You don't want to have anything to do with me at all?"

Qin Xuan turned and walked away without looking back, "You were the one who made me leave Qingxue Pavilion, and you were the one who wanted to call off the engagement. If you want to draw a clear line, then from now on, you and I are completely severed, with no more ties!"