The women behind Ye Liuyun couldnât help but let out a startled cry, huddling closer behind him, as if only doing so could bring them a sense of safety.
*Ahem ahem!*
Faced with so many young and pretty ladiesâ
Si Nanâs heart practically started floating.
He cleared his throat, then put on a perfectly serious face and said,
"No need to worry, weâre Embroidered Uniform Guards just like the boss here. Weâve come to rescue you all."
With those wordsâ
The ladies finally relaxed a bit, but they still stuck close together, too afraid to speak.
Si Nan could understand, really. These women had been dragged in here and locked up, days who knows how many. Of course theyâd be scared out of their wits; itâd take some time to recover.
Compared to Si Nanâ
Shi Sheng was way more direct.
He didnât even bother glancing at the women; his eyes went straight to Ye Liuyun.
"Boss, all the bald monks guarding the place have been taken care of."
If it were beforeâ
Shi Sheng mightâve had a bit of respect for the Brahma Sect, seeing as they were a prestigious sect, even if he hadnât crossed paths with them.
But nowâ
Ha! Bald donkeys, every last one of them.
"But I saw someone a bit... special in the cell up ahead."
"Special?"
Ye Liuyun perked up, a little intrigued.
If Shi Sheng thought someone was special, then they sure werenât your average nobody.
"Take me to see!"
...
Soon enough, Ye Liuyun stopped in front of a cell door.
He looked inside at the figure huddled in the corner, back turned to him, and couldnât help but raise his eyebrows.
No wonder Shi Sheng called this one âspecial.â
"Long time no see, Brother Quâstill as heroic and striking as ever!"
Qu Yinghua: ...
Hadnât noticed before, but damnâyour mouth is vicious!
Yep, the guy hiding in the corner, avoiding showing his face, was none other than the little overlord with the divine gun, Qu Yinghua, whoâd bumped into them just outside Nanmu City not long ago.
"I was ambushed, OK!"
So embarrassingâjust way too embarrassing.
Qu Yinghua really hadnât expected his reunion with Ye Liuyun would look like this.
Since his identity was outed,
Might as well not hide; Qu Yinghua stood up, face full of shame.
"Those bastards actually tricked me! And here I thought, Yunkong Temple being holy ground of the Brahma Sect, itâd be packed with honorable folks."
He got angrier the more he thought about it.
When he parted ways with Ye Liuyun,
Qu Yinghua had started investigating around Yunkong Temple.
In his mind, there was no way Yunkong Temple was involved in this mess; someone mustâve been impersonating Brahma Sect monks to pull off these dirty deeds.
If anything, this was just sullying Brahma Sectâs good name.
Qu Yinghua went straight to Yunkong Temple, laid out his whole analysis.
Heâd hoped theyâd help. After all, with someone dragging down the Brahma Sectâs reputation, surely Yunkong Temple wouldnât just ignore it.
And then, things went downhill fast.
Qu Yinghua hadnât guarded himself against the monks at all.
As soon as they invited him, he foolishly followed to eat. Then, after just one meal, next thing he knew, he was waking up locked in the dungeon.
If by this pointâ
Qu Yinghua still couldnât figure it out,
The ones kidnapping women werenât impersonating Brahma Sect monksâthey *were* Brahma Sect monks. If he didnât get that, heâd be an absolute idiot.
The more he thought, the angrier he got.
"When I left the mountain, my old man warned me the jianghuâs a crooked, vicious placeâI wasnât buying it. But now? Damn, this jianghu is vicious as hell!"
Vicious doesnât even begin to cover it.
Here he was, so smart, and heâd still been duped, even lost his gun.
"Canât believe I ended up like this!"
Hearing Qu Yinghua practically stomping as he spoke,
Ye Liuyun couldnât hold back a laugh.
"You should count your blessings youâve got a good dad. Didnât notice all the others locked up here are girls? If not for your fatherâs big name, I bet youâd already be dead by now!"
It wasnât hard to guessâ
The only reason Yunkong Temple didnât kill Qu Yinghua was because his father held the Grandmaster title as the Gun God.
Brahma Sect wasnât afraid of one Grandmaster, but why provoke trouble?
If the old man came looking and dug up what Yunkong Temple was up to, now *that* would be a disaster.
Most likely, the monks hadnât figured out yet what to do with Qu Yinghua, so they just locked him up and waited to come up with a solution.
"Tsk!"
He was still salty about it.
But Qu Yinghua didnât deny it.
Heâd come down the mountain to prove himself, make a name with his own skills,
But sometimes, you really do benefit from your familyâs reputation.
"Thanks for getting me out of this mess!"
Once theyâd left the cell, Qu Yinghua cupped his fists, looking seriously at Ye Liuyun.
Sure, he was a bit of an edgelordâ
But it was obvious Qu Yinghuaâs character was solid: he repaid grudges, didnât let things slide.
"Letâs team up and wipe out this Yunkong Temple!"
Just thinking about how he didnât even get to fight before getting drugged and tossed into a dungeonâQu Yinghua was filled with unwillingness. At least let him throw a couple punches first!
"Teaming up is fine by me."
As he spoke, Ye Liuyunâs gaze drifted meaningfully over Qu Yinghua.
Some odd thought seemed to hit him, and he broke into a grin.
"Whereâs your gun? The Divine Gun Kid without a gunâwhatâs the point of teaming up?"
..."
Qu Yinghuaâs face went dark.
Yeah, all his skills pretty much relied on that long spear. Without his weapon, Qu Yinghuaâs strength would drop by at least seventy percent.