Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

Chapter 379: Chapter 321: A Mo Family Artifact for Everyone

When Du Nanyuan emerged from the city with a group of Palace Guards in an aggressive manner, his face was extremely gloomy. Just a moment ago, he was troubled by matters relating to the Luoxing Sect, and unexpectedly, someone hastily reported that the Luoxing Sect had attacked Pingyang City.

Upon seeing the newcomers, Xiahou Jie’s expression turned even colder. He set down his hand and approached, soon forming a standoff with Du Nanyuan’s group.

The entire city gate was suddenly tightly blocked. The small evil cultivators from the Evil Sect watched the commotion with reckless abandon, while the commoners had already retreated in panic, dispersing in all directions.

Both parties remained silent, and the tension immediately reached a peak.

In the end, it was Xiahou Jie who couldn’t help but strike first, speaking out in rebuke.

”Du, what do you mean by this? Do you want to slap my face?”

Du Nanyuan was not in a hurry to respond. He merely glanced at the noisy surroundings, especially at those who were detained, and then summoned a Palace Guard to reply.

”What’s the deal with these people?”

The Palace Guard took several quick steps forward with an arrest warrant in hand, swiftly listing the charges against these people in great detail: murder, grand theft, road robbery—each deserving of a blade at the execution ground.

Du Nanyuan nodded slightly. This was his order. After listening, he gestured for them to fall in line, then turned back to Xiahou Jie.

This was his response.

Xiahou Jie’s face turned ugly, yet he persisted, ”Did you have to arrest them today?”

The implication was clear: these people came for the name of his Luoxing Sect. Why arrest them today of all days?

On ordinary days, the Palace Guards arresting people wouldn’t concern him at all.

But under these circumstances, it was unacceptable!

If this group of Palace Guards actually arrested them, to outsiders, it would be no different than stepping on the face of the Luoxing Sect.

This crowd came here precisely for the reputation of Luoxing Sect as the ruler of this region.

If that reputation were gone, who would travel thousands of miles to come to his third... second-rate sect?

Even if they did, they would likely be the rejected scum from others.

So today’s issue was not about the people, but rather about saving face.

Amusingly, in the current Cultivator Realm, from the millennia-old Nine Sects to those rabble-like Luoxing Sects, they’re all vying for the same thing: face!

The Nine Sects compete for face because they lack nothing else, and face is all they have left to compete for.

The lower echelons vie for face because they have nothing else to show, and face is the only thing they can contend for.

”Go back! With the law of the land above all, how can such people become cultivators? Where are the victims supposed to seek justice?”

Du Nanyuan spoke in a deep voice, directly characterizing the situation, setting the law above personal feeling, and handling matters according to the law.

In fact, he even glanced at the group of cultivators from the Luoxing Sect, speaking slowly, ”From now on, when entering Pingyang City, do not disturb the people.”

Ha!

Xiahou Jie was truly infuriated to the point of laughter. Now he talks about the law; what was he doing earlier?

When this group of bumpkins first came to Pingyang Prefecture, without any foundation, why didn’t they dare speak of the law?

Immediately, this stark contrast gave rise to a sense of vigilance. He didn’t know where Pingyang City gained the confidence to confront his entire sect directly.

But he knew if he couldn’t suppress this, from now on, it would truly be the Guardian Mansion’s say in Pingyang Prefecture.

He waved his hand, and several hundred cultivators behind him drew their Blades and Swords simultaneously. The natural aura of the cultivators spread out. Even though this rabble wasn’t much more powerful, the pressure was still palpable.

Du Nanyuan’s complexion changed slightly, yet without needing him to speak, a hundred or so Palace Guards simultaneously drew their long blades in a formation in front of him.

A murderous aura permeated the air.

”What’s there to see in a fight between chickens?”

The Artifact Spirit laughed mockingly in the Sea of Consciousness, while Han Yu watched with great interest.

Normally, Han Yu wouldn’t have any fondness for these types of cultivators. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have taken out all the cultivators in the Misty Wave Prefecture with a single Pill.

”If you can’t stand it, why not just go and burn them all away?”

In its view, with Han Yu’s current abilities, turning these cultivators to ashes was merely a wave of the hand.

But Han Yu just didn’t do that. Instead, he leisurely mixed into the crowd, watching the spectacle.

”Sometimes a fire can’t change things.”

He was more interested in seeing how Pingyang City handled it on their own.

On the other side, Xiahou Jie looked at the Palace Guards, sneering disdainfully.

”Just these people, trying to stop the thousands of cultivators from Luoxing Sect?”

Don’t forget, the personnel here are not the limit of his sect.

But Pingyang City’s Palace Guards probably were all out in force.

Besides...

”My Luoxing Sect has ten Divine Gaze Realm Elders, over a hundred Other Shore Realm Cultivators, and more than a thousand Divine Bridge Cultivators...”

As Xiahou Jie proudly listed the resources as if reciting his assets, it was nothing much to others.

But Han Yu couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

He really didn’t want to laugh so inappropriately, but he was truly amused.

Not long ago, Nanli Sword Studio emerged, and what they considered their least valuable Divine Gaze Realm Cultivator was portrayed by this old man as his most prized asset, creating a very comedic contrast that was really hard to resist laughing at.

And this laughter was particularly jarring at this moment, making both sides raise their eyes simultaneously.

In an instant, the people around Han Yu moved away, whether commoners or small evil cultivators, afraid of getting into trouble, none dared to be associated with him, hastily distancing themselves.

Xiahou Jie shot a cold glance over, discovering just a small character without any cultivation, and his face became even more unsightly.

”Are you laughing at me?”

”I’m not. Please continue.”

Han Yu waved his hand, suppressing his laughter as he spoke.

This response made Xiahou Jie inexplicably feel choked, especially as the other party was so unremarkable, yet his calm and detached words felt even more like mockery.

”Even you dare to mock me.”

Xiahou Jie was already full of anger, and this clueless mortal even dared to provoke him. In a fit of rage, he waved his hand, sending an ice dagger flying towards Han Yu.

Bang!

Just as the ice dagger was about to pierce Han Yu’s chest, Du Nanyuan swiftly moved in a flash, drawing the long knife of the Palace Guard beside him. A surge of Blade Qi collided with the ice dagger, instantly shattering it into pieces.

”Do you really want to go against the Luoxing Sect?”

Xiahou Jie, having been repeatedly embarrassed, was already burning with fury.

Du Nanyuan made a gesture, and the long knife flew back into its sheath mid-air, then looked at him with eyes as if he were an idiot.

”If not for our years as neighbors, I wouldn’t have stopped that ice dagger, and you’d be dead!”

Others might not recognize this ordinary-looking young man, but he had already recognized him. That face was on the notice issued by the Guardian Bureau, which was still on his desk.

Xiahou Jie, however, couldn’t take it in, and with a wave of his hand, a group of cultivators instantly flew their flying swords into the air.

Du Nanyuan’s face turned stern, and he too made a gesture. The Palace Guard lined up and formed a human wall.

A chaotic clamor responded simultaneously, haphazard yet swift footsteps rushed out from within the city.

Hundreds of young people dressed in simple clothing stood behind the Palace Guards, each holding a crossbow machine aimed at the cultivators in mid-air.

”You’re using civilians to block cultivators?”

Xiahou Jie, in his extreme anger, laughed instead as he looked at these youthful faces.

”Is this your confidence?”

He simply thought Du Nanyuan must be crazy to think that with the support of Pingyang’s civilians, he could control the entire Pingyang Prefecture?

”Please hold on, sir.”

Du Nanyuan apologized to Han Yu courteously, then stepped forward to the young crowd.

”You’re mistaken. My confidence lies in Mo Family’s magical artifacts, with power comparable to Other Shore Cultivators. If necessary, every Pingyang citizen could have one.”

He shook his head, then lifted his head high, scrutinizing the group of cultivators.

This was his confidence in daring to challenge the Luoxing Sect.

”These civilians, whom you looked down upon, have the power to annihilate the Luoxing Sect; do you believe it?”

Du Nanyuan smiled with a restrained smile at first, but eventually couldn’t help bursting into laughter.

Xiahou Jie’s eyes widened in disbelief. Are all these crossbow machines Mo Family artifacts?

How could it be...

How could it be such a grand gesture?

But if it’s true, just imagining the scene where every Pingyang citizen has a crossbow machine would make anyone shiver.

”You’re crazy, daring to equip civilians with such means.”

Xiahou Jie trembled all over, unsure if it was from anger or being scared by the scale of it.

It wasn’t just him; even Han Yu was startled by this grand gesture. He had somewhat heard from his cousin about the cooperation between the Fifth Tower and the Mo Family.

But he never imagined the Imperial Court would have such audacity.

If Mo Family’s artifacts were really widely available, honestly, the mentality of many cultivators who see themselves as superior might collapse.

It’s likely that from then on, those minor cultivators would have to think twice about bullying civilians, lest they suddenly pull out a Mo Family artifact and bombard them.

If the people of the Misty Wave Prefecture had such weapons back then, it probably wouldn’t even require him to intervene, as the surrounding thug cultivators would have been killed by the civilians first.

Du Nanyuan laughed heartily, exclaiming loudly, ”We do not oppress the people, so why should we fear? Are you afraid?”

This question left the Luoxing Sect cultivators present looking at each other.

Isn’t it obvious? Of course, they’re afraid!

After painstaking cultivation, being careless could result in being shot down by civilians with a crossbow. Who wouldn’t be afraid?

”Pingyang Prefecture does not restrict cultivator activities, but remember, in the presence of national law, watch your heads.”

He had long wanted to say this; now, finally saying it made him feel incredibly relieved.

Ultimately, Xiahou Jie left in disgrace, saying nothing.

He didn’t dare gamble; if the gamble went wrong, he wouldn’t die, but not a single disciple he brought along would leave alive.

More interestingly, as he left, those who came out of admiration also dispersed.

If being a cultivator means one can’t wander freely between heaven and earth, unrestrained, then what’s the point of it? Being this overbearing in Pingyang Prefecture, one would feel utterly stifled, not to mention even the minor evil cultivators have fled.

In fact, the Fifth Tower never opposed cultivators wandering freely, but if you want to, go to famous mountains and great rivers; don’t play this unrestrained game in the mundane world.

Also, if you want to be unrestrained, and you choose to do so in the deep mountains and forests, the Fifth Tower won’t bother with you.

But if you intend to challenge national law through unrestrained means, disrupting local peace, then your head will be left behind!

”I must have made Mr. Han laugh, witnessing such a farce.”

Du Nanyuan stepped forward and cupped his hands with a smile.

”Have you really managed to equip everyone with a Mo Family artifact?”

Han Yu waved his hand, not minding it; instead, he was extremely curious and asked.

”Haha!”

Du Nanyuan inexplicably laughed, ”To be honest, we indeed achieved it.”

”Then why not just uproot the Luoxing Sect?”

Han Yu initially thought he was bluffing, but didn’t expect it to be true, which was peculiar. Since they had the strength, why let the opponent off?

”There’s a reason, otherwise I wouldn’t have stopped that old fellow from seeking death.”

”Let’s discuss it in the Government Office.”