At this moment, An Bao had already been pulled back to their rented small courtyard by Meng Chao and Yun Jin.

As soon as she entered, Yun Jin unleashed eighteen kinds of martial arts on Meng Chao, beating him while shouting, "You scoundrel! You sold me to that theater troupe! What do you want? Do you want me to sell my body and seduce the Third Prince, so he can bring us into the palace?"

"Oh my, oh my, stop fighting, stop fighting! Don't you think this is the best way? It's just selling a little face, you're a man, you won't lose anything!"

Meng Chao was beaten while desperately defending himself, but Yun Jin only retaliated with even more force!

Yun Jin is really about to be driven crazy by Meng Chao!

The moment he stepped into the theater troupe, he was disgusted by the troupe leader's lecherous gaze!

The troupe leader even wanted to lay his hands on him, saying all sorts of things. He just wanted to use the troupe to get close to the Third Prince and climb the ranks! It's better to serve him well, then he'll work harder for him!

Simply amazing!

Now Yun Jin thinks back, she can't help but want to kill!

After being scolded, Meng Chao finally had no choice but to plead for mercy: “I was wrong, I was wrong. Don't be angry! It wasn't that I didn't have a way out! It's just like the saying goes, 'A dead horse can be treated as a living horse,' isn't it?”

Only when Meng Chao begged incessantly did Yun Jin finally calm down.

But...

"Speaking of which, that guy Toshimori Shimazu and his crew also set their sights on the Third Prince's Mansion. What a coincidence." Meng Chao couldn't help but speak up, recalling the commotion at the Third Prince's Mansion before he left.

"Hmph, it's just as well we didn't find Izumi Yuki back then. Cooperating with him? That would be like trying to plot with a tiger!"

Yun Jin thought of how she had seen Shimazu Yuuki hiding behind her, directly causing the death of her companions. She couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

They initially wanted to cooperate with the Shimazu family to deal with those mages!

It's a good thing I didn't actually go looking for them. Otherwise, if even my own comrades are capable of such actions, what hope would there be that the likes of Hisayuki Shimazu could devise any effective means against their opponents?

It was at this time that they engraved the incident of Shimazu Yoriyuki and others nearly killing Zheng Zhong during the second round of the competition even more deeply into their bones!

To be honest, while Reina and her crew are ruthless, this Ishizaki Hiroki and his group aren't much better!

I want to leave this world, whether it's Lina and those mages or people like Shimazu Yoshiki who practice onmyodo, they are absolutely untrustworthy!

People who are destined to be rivals will never be able to cooperate, no matter what.

"But why did you have to pull me away, Meng Chao gege?" An Bao pouted, unhappy. "I promised General Lu that I would wait for him here, oh."

"My little ancestor! That General Lu is the god of war of this country! He just killed two yin-yang masters, what do you mean by waiting for him? Are you tired of living and want to taste the sharpness of that blade?"

Meng Chao helplessly rubbed his temples and said to An Bao earnestly.

When Lu Si'an attacked those Taoist masters, he showed no mercy whatsoever!

Who knows what Lu Sian really thinks of An Bao!

If Wan Yi wanted to deceive An Bao away and piece by piece, how could he possibly cut off her flesh?

But An Bao felt he was a good person and wouldn't hurt An Bao, oh. An Bao earnestly wanted to defend Lu Si An.

She trusts her judgment of people.

Yunjin, hearing this, couldn't help but pat Anbao on the head and say: "Anbao, listen to me. No matter if he's a good person or not, our positions are different, you know? Different positions mean that even if he's a good person, he can't possibly help us."

Sometimes, you can't judge people as good or bad. You have to look at their stance.

Even a good person, if their stance differs, the other party won't show you any mercy.

Even if they are bad people, if your goals are the same, they won't easily harm you.

Sometimes it's not always easy to judge whether someone is good or bad. Interest is the most important yardstick.

An Bao listened as if she understood, but still didn't quite agree.

After all, no matter what, if Anbao hadn't agreed, it would have been fine, but Anbao agreed!

Agreed but didn't wait for Lu Si'an, that Lu Si'an must be very sad!

Just like if Uncle agreed to take Anbao to the amusement park, but then stood him up, Anbao would be really sad too.

An Bao thought to herself, her big eyes rolling back and forth as if she had come up with a plan.

Meng Chao and Yun Jin saw that An Bao had stopped dwelling on the matter, which put their minds at ease. They could only say, "Well, although we didn't have any substantial gains today, it wasn't entirely fruitless."

While what people like Shimazu Hiroki did was cruel and unforgivable, there's no denying it was effective. Let's just wait and see what happens next. Perhaps those mages will be unable to withstand the pressure of public opinion and decide to confront Shimazu Hiroki and his followers head-on?

"After all... the only ones left from the Shimazu clan are now just two people, which is actually quite in line with what those mages had planned from the start."

Those mages intended to let ordinary people exhaust themselves first, and then make their move to reap the rewards.

Otherwise, the Spirit Severing Slash wouldn't have been used!

And now, Lu Si'an directly killed the two of them, which is equivalent to greatly weakening the strength of those like Shimazu Hiroki!

Thus, with five mages against two, their chances of winning would naturally increase greatly!

Would wizards miss such a good opportunity?

By then, when the clam and the mussel are fighting, they'll surely find a way to benefit!

It all depends on... whether we can keep up with their news in time and, subsequently, participate.

"Ah, if only we had someone in that court..." Meng Chao let out a long sigh.

——A dilapidated, ramshackle hut in a remote location.

Akagi angrily punched towards Ishizumi Yukinori.

"Bang!" It landed squarely on Ishizaki Hiroki's face.

"What are you doing?"

Ishimitsu Yoki frowned, covering his injured face and glared at Akagi with dissatisfaction.

Akagi sneered repeatedly, pointing directly at the direction outside the door and questioned: "Ishikawa Yuki! What did I do? Why don't you look at what you did? That was our comrade! Our teammate! We grew up together! We even spent a whole year together in this broken place!"

"We share the hardship and fear together! But what about you? What have you done? You actually let them take your place in this crisis? You're so despicable, so clumsy! It's simply appalling!!!"

Akagi's eyes welled up, his anger overflowing at the memory of his teammates' incredulous expressions as they died.

As Island Shigeki listened to Akagi's question, he couldn't help but let out a chuckle. The laughter was laced with heavy sarcasm.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Why am I laughing? Akagi, don't you find this funny?"