"Spare you?" Zhang Hu sneered lecherously, "If I spare you, where will I find such a delicate young lady again?"
After closing the door, Zhang Hu took just two steps forward.
Suddenly, his body collapsed limply to the ground.
The trembling woman from a respectable family, who was shaking like a sieve, was just about to bite her tongue to end her life when she heard other sounds in the room.
Swoosh swoosh!
Two subtle whooshing sounds echoed, and immediately, two figures dressed in black appeared simultaneously.
The one who acted was still Chen Lingxiang, the first leader of the Chaotic Wind Mountain, at the Postnatal Eighth Layer, killed directly without knowing who the enemy was.
At this moment, Lu Ye truly believed what the black-clad leader of the Innate Fourth Layer said that night.
For those at the Innate Realm... those below them are merely ants.
Shaking his head lightly, Lu Ye skillfully searched Zhang Hu's corpse.
Beside him, Chen Lingxiang fell silent.
Though all the way, Lu Ye never missed even a mosquito's leg.
But Chen Lingxiang couldn't help thinking... Young Master Lu, you are a paragon Innate that even the Innate Fourth Layer fears.
Isn't doing this a bit beneath your status?
Which respectable Innate would not even let a minor thug's few pieces of silver go?
The red-dressed woman in bridal attire: "..."
She looked at the two people who suddenly appeared with a face full of bewilderment, and said somewhat fearfully, "You..."
Chen Lingxiang, hiding her face, spoke with a slightly clipped tone, different from her previous soft voice, "No need to be afraid, we are here to rescue you."
Knowing Chen Lingxiang had altered her voice to avoid being recognized.
However, in the great world of Martial Dao, hearing that familiar clipped tone again, Lu Ye's expression under the mask was still somewhat strange.
Upon hearing this, the woman in red bridal dress was immediately overjoyed and knelt down on the ground.
"Thank you, benefactors, for your rescue!"
Chen Lingxiang nodded slightly, then looked towards Lu Ye, "Young Master Lu, shall we split the spoils in half?"
"Alright."
With these few words, the fate of the Chaotic Wind Mountain stronghold's bandits was sealed.
Chen Lingxiang was just about to rush out of the room to act when she heard Lu Ye continue, "Uh... don't waste the cash bags."
Chen Lingxiang: "..."
A moment later, the night slaughter began!
In the main hall, most of the mountain bandits were still immersed in the joyous feast of the first leader forcibly marrying the lady of the stronghold.
Thud, thud!
Suddenly, one after another, the figures of mountain bandits fell, and their vital energy instantly ceased.
The bandits deeper inside, seeing the silently approaching dark shadows, were scared out of their wits.
There was usually only their share of slaughtering others like chickens, when had they ever faced such a moment of despair?
The surviving bandits, sobering up abruptly, immediately wanted to turn and flee.
Lu Ye directly flicked several finger techniques, and the whole hall fell into dead silence instantly.
Collecting the cash bags again, Lu Ye found... he was almost running out of space on his body.
Over a hundred broken silver pieces, bulging in his arms like a lump.
The Myriad Dao Pavilion's warehouse could store them, but now Chen Lingxiang was also present.
Lu Ye did not want to reveal in front of her that he had other storage methods.
Although Chen Lingxiang had sworn a Heavenly Dao Oath.
Some secrets are safest when only known by oneself.
"Maybe I should bury it first, leave with Chen Lingxiang, and then come back for it later?"
With this thought in mind, Lu Ye found it feasible.
There are at least one to two hundred silver pieces here, equivalent to a fifth of the Myriad Dao Pavilion's funding progress.
The next moment, another figure in black also dashed inside.
Looking at the bundle of broken silver in Lu Ye's hand, Chen Lingxiang reverted to her original soft tone, chuckling.
"Young Master Lu, are you out of space for the silver?"
"Good thing you brought Lingxiang, here, borrow it for use."
Saying so, Chen Lingxiang took off a ring she'd been wearing.
Lu Ye asked in puzzlement, "This is..."
With a mysterious smile, Chen Lingxiang was a bit smug.
Finally, something Lu Ye didn't recognize!
"This is a ring that can store items, amazing, right?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Ye immediately understood: "Storage Ring?"
This special kind of Storage Ring, similar to a Storage Bag, Lu Ye had read a scant few words about it in the Library Pavilion of the Red Cloud Sect.
Divided into Lower, Middle, and Upper Grades, the space of a Lower Grade Storage Ring is about twenty cubic feet.
But...
It's frightfully expensive!
A single Lower Grade Storage Ring could not be obtained without tens of thousands of silver.
Jiang Lingyue, as the genius girl of the Jiang Family, did not even have one of these.
This showed how much the Chen Family valued Chen Lingxiang, the darling of heaven.
"Thank you, I'll just borrow it for a while."
Lu Ye nodded, preparing to stuff the silver in his hand into the Storage Ring.
With a sweep of his consciousness, he found that inside the ring, there was actually already a pile of money bags.
Chen Lingxiang said, "I also brought the ill-gotten gains of the other half of the mountain bandits for you."
Lu Ye sighed a bit; this Miss Chen truly was a remarkable person.
Always gets things done.
"By the way, besides the woman from earlier, I found a few tied-up people in the room at the back." Chen Lingxiang said slowly, "As for the warehouse, I haven't been yet."
With these words, Chen Lingxiang indicated that other places were basically searched.
But she hadn't touched the bandit warehouse, waiting for Lu Ye to go together.
Lu Ye wasn't particularly saintly-minded; to him, it was naturally more important to investigate the bandit warehouse.
After all, rescuing the captives and letting them down the mountain first would inevitably cause some commotion, and attracting others would not be good.
With Chen Lingxiang, they found the location of the warehouse, and the two entered easily.
These years, the Chaotic Wind Mountain bandits had robbed many passersby and looted quite a few caravans.
But most of the spoils had been collected by the forces behind them.
Looking at the not-so-full warehouse, Lu Ye wasn't too surprised.
It was clear from that night that the Chaotic Wind Mountain bandits were merely puppets for the forces pulling the strings behind the scenes.
After counting the remaining resources in the warehouse, it amounted to about two thousand silver taels.
Lu Ye sighed in relief, luckily it was enough for the next specified draw, with plenty left over.
After a moment, Lu Ye discovered a hidden compartment.
Opening the secret compartment, a dark hole appeared.
Instantly, Lu Ye smelled a faint metallic scent of blood coming from it.
"Oh, there's actually a hidden passage here?" Chen Lingxiang exclaimed.
"There's a smell of blood..." She looked at Lu Ye and asked, "What do you think, should we go down and take a look?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Ye calmly walked behind Chen Lingxiang and sheltered her before him.
Seeing this, Chen Lingxiang couldn't hold back a smile.
Lu Ye was indeed... quite interesting.
This blatant gesture of letting her take the lead did not upset Chen Lingxiang at all.
Compared to those who pretend to be kind on the surface but stab you in the back.
Lu Ye's direct approach instead seemed forthright.
Moreover, Chen Lingxiang knew.
Lu Ye was just putting on an act.
If they encountered any danger she couldn't handle, it would still have to be Lu Ye to act in the end.
A moment later, Chen Lingxiang took the lead and opened the way.
Lu Ye followed closely, guarding her from behind.
When the two walked through a passage and entered a cave, they were instantly stunned by the sight before them!