An hour later.
In a street alley.
Yun Xiaojing and Zhan Xiaojun, holding the books and medicinal herbs they had just bought, were preparing to cross this alley to check into the inn on the other side.
After walking for a while, the two suddenly looked at each other.
Someone was following them from behind.
No, that wasn't right.
Not just behind them, but in front as well.
"The Lin family people are truly unreasonable," Yun Xiaojing said with a light laugh.
Zhao Xiaojun was speechless, "Third Brother, this is not us provoking trouble."
"Of course not," Yun Xiaojing nodded.
When they left home, their parents had warned them not to cause trouble or bully others while away.
Now, it wasn't them causing trouble, nor were they bullying anyone.
It was someone who wanted to provoke them and then planned to bully them.
A large group of people was coming to corner them.
People approached from both the front and the back, blocking their path.
Lin Xiao walked over, her posture condescending, looking at them with eyes that seemed to view ants she could crush at any moment. She sneered, "You can't go anywhere now."
Her gaze was involuntarily drawn to the white jade bracelet on Zhan Xiaojun's wrist. It was truly beautiful!
Once these two were dead, the bracelet would be hers!
"We gave you a chance at the restaurant, and you didn't cherish it, pushing it away with your own hands. So, you can't blame us now," Lin Ye said coldly.
One of the three cousins impatiently said, "Stop wasting words with them. Tie them up and do what needs to be done!"
Lin Xiao also didn't want to waste time and said to Lin Ye, "Fourth Brother, let's make our move."
"Alright."
A few people, speaking amongst themselves, discussed how to attack Yun Xiaojing and Zhan Xiaojun.
They were completely oblivious to the way Yun Xiaojing and Zhan Xiaojun were looking at them.
What a bunch of fools.
If you want to take someone's life, shouldn't you first see if you have the ability to do so?
Zhan Xiaojun carefully placed the items she had bought in a corner and said to Yun Xiaojing, "Third Brother, we must not get our newly bought things dirty."
"Don't worry, Third Brother knows what he's doing!" Yun Xiaojing nodded.
Of course, they couldn't get their newly bought things dirty!
Then, the two of them rubbed their hands, and their eyes twinkled with excitement.
It had been a long time since they had a fight!
It was only because their parents had forbidden them from bullying others or easily revealing their skills.
Now, they were being forced!
Time for a fight!
Seeing the brother and sister completely unafraid, even whispering to each other, and then looking at their attackers with peculiar gazes, the attackers suddenly felt a strange sensation.
A preposterous thought suddenly crossed their minds.
It was as if they had provoked someone they shouldn't have.
How infuriating!
This thought should have been the one the other party had, shouldn't it?
"Truly ignorant!"
Lin Ye said coldly.
Then, the group of them moved towards the two who were unaware of the gravity of the situation.
Although the Lin family was skilled in controlling venomous snakes, they had all trained in martial arts from a young age.
Their martial arts were all excellent.
They didn't need guards when they went out because their guards' martial arts were far inferior to their own.
Now that they were alone, they would teach these siblings a lesson on how to behave! Let's see if they wet their pants later from fear!
Yun Xiaojing and Zhan Xiaojun weaved their way through the group.
The next moment.
A burst of screams!
"Ah!"
"Fourth Brother!"
"Lin Ye, save me!"
"Damn it, my hand!"
"Who exactly are you?"
In the blink of an eye, several people were injured.
And severely.
Multiple wounds appeared on their bodies, bleeding profusely.
They looked in disbelief at the two who appeared calm and composed.
The two were not in the least bit disheveled.
They were piled on top of each other like a human pyramid.
Yun Xiaojing stood on top, smiling at the people below, "What did you just say? You said you wanted to give us a hard time? And that we would regret it? Over the past decade, many people have asked me if I regretted anything I've done. I always tell them, I never regret anything I do."
The martial arts of the Lin family from the Northern Frontier were indeed good.
But it was a pity.
They were not used in the right place.
Using them against him and Xiaojun was a huge mistake!
"Tell us your plan. After you tie us up, what were you going to do?" Zhan Xiaojun squatted down, looking at the five people in front of her with bruised faces.
For a moment, she couldn't even recognize who was who.
They were simply too ugly to her. She lowered her head, fiddling with the white jade bracelet on her wrist, waiting for their answer.
Lin Xiao shouted angrily, "We are from the Lin family! My parents dote on me the most! You dare treat me like this? Believe it or not, my Lin family will make your entire clan pay the price? Make you die without a burial place?"
"We advise you to let us go now, otherwise, it will be you who regrets it," Lin Ye gritted his teeth and threatened.
He never imagined that he would one day be in such a miserable state.
He always fought battles with ease.
Their three prominent families often gathered to spar, and while he wasn't the best martial artist, he was still quite good.
With his skills, he shouldn't have been defeated so utterly.
Yet, the five of them were no match for these two!
In fact, he was very aware that these two hadn't even used their full strength. They had easily defeated them, and thoroughly at that, leaving them covered in wounds!
Yun Xiaojing's mouth twitched. "What are your ears for? Didn't you hear what we just said? I never do things I regret. As for your clan, my nine generations are truly not something you can easily mess with. You're young, but your appetite is huge."
"Let us go! I will never forgive you! Don't let me find out who you are, and I'll make you know the consequences of offending the Lin family!" one of the cousins, feeling like he couldn't breathe, roared in anger.
Zhan Xiaojun simply couldn't stand it anymore. "Third Brother, their mouths are too foul. Let's throw them into the pigsty."
They had just passed a pigsty.
The smell was particularly pungent.
It would be perfect for shutting up their foul mouths.
"No! What are you going to do? Are you crazy?" Lin Xiao's eyes widened in fear, looking at Yun Xiaojing and Zhan Xiaojun in disbelief.
The pigsty?
What a filthy place!
No, she didn't want to go!
Lin Ye's face was as white as a sheet, gritting his teeth, his eyes bulging with rage, "How dare you!"
"What is there to not dare?" Yun Xiaojing's lips curved into a wicked smile. He pressed their acupoints, and silence fell over the surroundings.
He then tied them all together.
And then, from somewhere, a bull appeared.
Yun Xiaojing tied the rope to the bull.
The five people were then dragged along by the bull.
Their clothes, their skin, were scraped against the ground.
A trail of blood marked the ground.
They were in so much pain they almost fainted.