Chapter Four: The Maiden Lei Ling’er

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Before dawn in Wind City, the street vendors had already set up their vegetable stalls along the roadside, waiting for customers to arrive.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

A chaotic clamor suddenly erupted, causing the vendors to stop and look in the direction of the noise.

“Seal the city gates! No one is allowed to leave the city within three days!”

A soldier on horseback shouted as he rushed by, his eyes fierce and his figure urgent.

“Old Ma, what’s going on? What’s happening at the City Lord’s Mansion today?”

Mrs. Li, arranging the vegetables she intended to buy, glanced sideways at Old Ma and whispered.

Old Ma peeked left and right, covered his mouth, and whispered, “Hey! Guess what happened!”

“?”

Mrs. Li looked puzzled.

“They say, on the day Jiang Fan married Li Qian, thieves broke into their home. The young couple was still in an intimate moment when their throats were slit!”

Old Ma made a throat-cutting gesture, startling Mrs. Li.

The day after the wedding, the entire Yun City was shaken by the news of the tragedy at the Jiang family. Both the Jiang and Li families replaced the red wedding decorations with white, mourning their loss.

Amid the citywide manhunt, the protagonist Yun Yi leisurely walked northward, a blade of grass dangling from his lips. That direction led toward Yingtian Academy.

“I suppose the Jiang and Li families must be furious now. We’ll settle the score with the Li family slowly,” Yun Yi mused, watching the rising sun as a gleam of killing intent flashed across his eyes. “Next time I return, not only will the Li family pay dearly, but I will also eliminate those who betrayed the Yun family!”

By noon, the sun was high.

“Clop clop clop.”

The sound of hurried horse hooves suddenly caught Yun Yi’s attention as he walked. Before he could react, several horsemen burst forth from the front, surrounding him.

“What do you want?” Yun Yi frowned in confusion.

“You’ve been following us the whole time. What’s your intention?”

The speaker was serious, his eyes sharp as a blade locking onto Yun Yi.

This man was Lei Zheng, Captain of the Lei family’s troops.

Lei Zheng rested his hand on the long knife concealed at his waist, as if ready to draw and kill Yun Yi immediately if he didn’t receive a satisfactory explanation.

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“Boss, why waste time with words? Just kill him!”

A scar-faced man beside Lei Zheng glared at Yun Yi viciously.

Ignoring his subordinate’s rant, Lei Zheng instead stared at Yun Yi, waiting for a reply.

Yun Yi was not afraid. He could see the middle-aged man before him was only at the seventh level of Qi Refinement—not a match for him.

“My destination is Yingtian City. Whether I travel with you or not is none of your concern.”

“You’re headed to Yingtian Academy?” Lei Zheng asked again.

Yun Yi remained silent, knowing that carrying a backpack made his purpose obvious.

After studying Yun Yi for a long moment, Lei Zheng sheathed his knife and said, “Come with us. Our young lady is also going to YingtianI'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.