Swordholder

"I am a member of the Chen family of Tianqing County! How dare you arrest me!"

On the scene, Chen Zhaoning looked up angrily, her peach blossom eyes blazing with fury.

"Hmph, what Chen family of Tianqing County? This is Tianshan County, the territory of our Tianshan County Governor!"

A middle-aged man in gray clothes with a goatee snorted coldly.

He squinted his triangular eyes, glanced at Chen Zhaoning, and his eyes flashed with a sharp light: "You are the lucky pigs who escaped from Black Mountain, right?"

You've got some nerve, daring to run away?

Damn it, they dare to kill my slaves in my Black Rice Village?

Ah, do you know that those are my possessions?

As he spoke, he looked at the middle-aged man standing to the side with his sword, and immediately put on a fawning smile: "Thank you, Lord Yao. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to subdue this woman with some cultivation so easily."

As the middle-aged man spoke, he shoved a black bag into his hand.

When Lord Yao saw the dozen or so silver coins in the bag, a look of satisfaction appeared on his tense face.

He glanced at Chen Zhaoning and whispered, "What she said might be true. Be careful, she might actually be from the Chen family of Tianqing County."

"Hehe, Lord Yao, don't worry, this is Grandma's territory, Grandma isn't afraid of the Chen family."

"Moreover, in this world ruled by the Great Xiang Empire, even if human beings become noble families, they still have to depend on the empire to survive, don't they?"

"What creature is the lowest of the low here? It's the human race, of course."

"The Chen family are human, how dare they make trouble for our demon clan's matriarch?"

The goatee-bearded man spoke with a face full of disdain and contempt.

He sneered and continued:

"Grandma killed a Taoist priest named Huangting. It's said that he was also from the Chen family, but what happened to him in the end?"

"Grandma completely ignored the Chen family and still killed that middle-aged man."

Upon hearing this, Lord Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Zhaoning roared in fury, "Damn it! You scum of humanity, you accomplices to evil, you deserve to die a horrible death!"

She then looked at Lord Yao and rebuked him sharply:

"And you, a dignified human cultivator, actually serve the court established by these pigs and dogs just to survive? What kind of Great Xiang Empire is that? Bah!"

"And also, you helped them capture people and send them to the Wuxiang Sect for experiments?"

Treating people like livestock to be slaughtered? You don't deserve to be human!

Upon hearing this, everyone sneered, looking at him as if he were an idiot.

"Hehe, this little girl is quite feisty, no wonder Grandma values ​​her so much."

Lord Yao looked at Chen Zhaoning and let out a sinister laugh.

The other two officers also held their swords and sneered.

A glint flashed in the goatee man's eyes, and he chuckled, "Lord Yao, this woman has a fiery temper and a beautiful face; she's a real beauty in the making."

"Although she's still young, she has good potential. Could her heart possess a spiritual seed?"

Upon hearing this, Lord Yao's eyes lit up instantly.

A spirit seed is a cultivation seed produced by a human cultivator with extraordinary talent, and it resides in their heart.

The other two officers did the same, their eyes lighting up instinctively.

Chen Zhaoning's expression changed drastically!

The goatee-wearing man continued to urge, "Lord Yao, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Don't you want to taste the spiritual seed of a young lady from a thousand-year-old noble family?"

Upon hearing this, Lord Yao was completely swayed.

The twenty-odd men brought by the goatee all had a gleam in their eyes.

Such a thing is not for them, but being able to watch from the sidelines and see a young lady from a thousand-year-old noble family have her heart ripped out is also a thrilling spectacle.

"Fine, who told her to dare insult us?"

Lord Yao's mind raced, and he stared at Chen Zhaoning's chest, his expression shifting with interest.

If you eat the other person's heart and it's a spiritual seed, it can change your cultivation physique!

He glanced at his colleagues beside him and said calmly, "You all wait over there, I'll distribute some to you!"

These words immediately drew a burst of cheers.

His two colleagues excitedly stepped forward, grabbed Chen Zhaoning's arms, and forcibly pressed her onto a wooden cart.

Lord Yao grinned maliciously, grabbed a knife, and was about to disembowel Chen Zhaoning!

"Ah...damn it...you...you all deserve to die!"

Chen Zhaoning panicked completely when he saw the menacing middle-aged official approaching.

"I will tear you to pieces, do you dare..."

"Ah, no, waah... please... please let me go..."

As the official drew closer, fear completely overwhelmed her.

She went from cursing and struggling to breaking down in tears and begging for mercy.

Li Wei, who was standing next to him, was completely stunned.

My understanding of the world has been severely shaken these past few days!

At this moment, it seems there are even more shameless beings out there!

He originally thought those monsters and evil spirits were utterly wicked!

Unexpectedly, these human slave owners and human officials were equally vicious and shameless!

In Qingshan Village, all the doors were tightly shut, and no one dared to step out.

Even if children tried to peek out, adults would cover their mouths tightly and drag them back.

"Damn it, this is utterly lawless!"

Li Wei cursed loudly.

The other party actually wants to cut me open?

To dig out the heart and eat it?

His face was anxious; he wanted to save Chen Zhaoning, this girl who, despite her spoiled temperament, was not inherently bad.

The grating laughter all around him made him want to tear these beasts to pieces.

Although Li Wei and Chen Yuan occasionally make crude jokes and talk nonsense, they come from the civilized world and always have a bottom line in their hearts!

But these beasts in front of me are really too cruel.

He didn't want to call Chen Yuan out, fearing it would bring Chen Yuan to his death, so he could only curse angrily with red eyes.

"Ah, you beasts, you're all beasts!!"

"Worse than pigs and dogs! Worse than pigs and dogs!!!"

Li Wei roared hysterically.

"Damn it, I'll kill you first!"

Upon seeing this, one of the thugs sneered and stepped forward with his knife, intending to stab him!

Li Wei's eyes were bloodshot as he glared at the newcomer: "If you've got the guts, then kill me!"

"Even if I become a vengeful ghost or an evil spirit, I will never let you go!!"

He then looked at the three constables and shouted angrily, "And you too! Even if I die, I will avenge Sister Ning!!!"

Hearing this, Chen Zhaoning felt a warmth in her heart, but also felt utterly desperate, and could only weep with hatred surging through her!

"Kill him, let's see how he gets revenge? Hmph, a demon?"

"No matter how fierce the demons and evil spirits are, they cannot be more ferocious than the divine laws of the Divine Court behind my empire!"

"And we represent the laws of Heaven!"

Lord Yao, who had already placed the knife against Chen Zhaoning's chest, glanced at Li Wei and spoke disdainfully.

"Hehe, don't worry, Lord Yao, I'll kill him right away, I promise I won't spoil your heart-digging fun!"

A burly man grinned and said, "Of course, Lord Yao can take his time. Digging out the precious spiritual seed can change one's cultivation physique, so be careful."

After saying that, he picked up the knife and walked towards Li Wei.

Li Wei stared at the other person, his words tough but his body trembling uncontrollably.

He was still afraid of dying!

But sometimes, courage is the very hymn to humanity!

"Come on, if you've got the guts, then fucking kill me!!"

"Otherwise, I'll kill your whole family and fuck your mother!"

Li Wei yelled at the man.

"Oh, you're still pretty stubborn."

The burly man with the knife approached Li Wei, raised the hilt of the knife high, and was about to smash it hard into Li Wei's mouth.

puff!

At the critical moment, the burly man's ferocious expression suddenly froze!

A black iron spike covered in rust was sticking out between his eyebrows!

It was the same iron spike used to stir the fire in the kitchen last night—a cone-shaped spike, about the thickness of a finger, and about fifty or sixty centimeters long!

puff!

The iron spike was suddenly pulled out, and blood gushed from the man's brow! His body fell straight towards Li Wei.

Li Wei was stunned.

In his line of sight, a lithe figure darted out like a ghost!

laugh!

The goatee-bearded man, who was squinting and grinning sinisterly, had his throat pierced in an instant!

"Ah...A Yuan?"

Li Wei shuddered and spoke in a trembling voice.

He had never seen Chen Yuan possess such ruthlessness and swiftness!

Before he finished speaking, Chen Yuan had already pulled the blood-stained iron spike from the goatee man's throat!

Sizzle————

Fresh blood gushed out!

The goat-bearded creature stared wide-eyed, trying to roar, but its throat had already been pierced, and it could only fall down with a face full of resentment.

Chen Yuan flashed and arrived behind Lord Yao.

"puff!"

Chen Yuan's move was as fast as lightning, clean and swift, as he thrust an iron thorn straight into Lord Yao's heart from behind!

Lord Yao froze abruptly, his mouth agape, and he slowly lowered his head.

He stared incredulously at the dark, blood-stained, sharp iron spike protruding from his heart!

His eyes went from burning with greed to utter terror in an instant!

The two officers holding Chen Zhaoning down turned pale with horror as they watched blood gushing from Lord Yao's chest!

But in the next instant, the bloodthirsty-eyed youth swung his iron spikes straight at their faces!

puff!

The officer to Chen Zhaoning's left had his mouth wide open when an iron spike was pierced through him and came out directly from the back of his head!

"Well!"

The officer let out a muffled thud and died instantly!

Chen Yuan flipped over Chen Zhaoning, and in her wide-eyed gaze, he tried to pull out the iron spike with his right hand to stab another person!

However, the blood was sticky and slippery, and the iron spikes were stuck in the skull, making it difficult to pull them out immediately.

Without hesitation, Chen Yuan's left hand, fingers pointing outwards like a sword, moved with lightning speed, piercing straight into the officer's eyes!

puff!

Two fingers, as strong as steel, pierced the eyeball and penetrated deep into the skull!

It directly shatters the brain!

The officer didn't even have time to scream before he died on the spot!

Chen Yuan pulled out his finger, rolled on the ground, and picked up the knife that Chen Zhaoning had dropped!

Swish!

He slashed at Chen Zhaoning with his sword!

Chen Zhaoning stared blankly at Chen Yuan, who had suddenly appeared, watching him kill several people in succession...

Seeing him swing his sword at her, she inexplicably trusted him and remained motionless.

Boom!

The ropes binding her snapped instantly.

Chen Zhaoning sniffed and wiped away her tears.

Her beautiful eyes widened as she stared intently at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan pulled her up, picked up her knife from the ground, and shoved it back into her hand, his voice icy and chilling:

"Get up and kill them!"