I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense

Chapter 757: 758 Imperial City Establishes Prestige
 

“Hm?”

“Who might you be?”

Li Xiaobai turned his head to look, only to see a person that looked like a eunuch standing in the center of the Mainland, with a face full of a playful expression, and a bunch of little eunuchs continuously fanning him, emanating grandeur all around.

This must be a eunuch from the palace, someone with some status, and it seemed he frequently bullied Yan Liang.

“You scoundrel, why aren’t you kneeling and saluting upon seeing this eunuch!”

“In just a few days’ time, have you become so ignorant of the proper rituals?”

The eunuch’s expression suddenly changed, and he scolded fiercely.

“How audacious!”

“A mere dead eunuch dares to be so unreasonable to our Princely Heir, are you courting death?”

“Believe it or not, I can chop off your other two legs too!”

The old beggar immediately shouted, as if possessed by a talented actor; now, he was Li Xiaobai’s security Captain, and everything he said and did was brimming with the air of a sycophantic lackey.

However, Li Xiaobai actually found this feeling quite enjoyable; so, this was the tune people in power and with influence played to.

“In front of this grand assembly, to openly insult our Princely Heir is to scorn the national prestige of the Great Flame Dynasty, if we allow someone like you to live in this world, then the people belonging to our royal family, what face would they have to walk outside in the future?”

Liuren’s expression was indifferent as he directly slapped the eunuch with the heavy hat of treason, which could not be taken off.

“Kill him, this kind of half-man is something I always despised, with their abnormal and strange ways!”

Kraken wore a look of disgust.

“Silence, you lowly people also dare to wildly discuss and slander my superior, perhaps you are not aware that just two days ago, Eunuch He had been honored with the position of a great eunuch, his status is now enough to sit on equal footing with Inner Sect Disciples!”

“A mere Princely Heir ranked eighteenth, a mongrel of a dog, also dares to bark in front of my superior?”

“Who gave you the audacity!”

The little eunuch’s brows instantly knitted, spewing a string of insults at Li Xiaobai and the others.

Surrounding cultivators stopped to watch the drama unfold; usually, Yan Liang in the Great Flame Dynasty always showed utmost respect and deference when meeting others, or at least walked around them if nothing else. What medicine had he taken today to act so arrogantly and presumptuously?

And those lackeys following him, they didn’t seem like good people at all!

This eighteenth-ranking Princely Heir, could it be that he was getting involved with some unsavory characters outside?

“Is someone who is ranked eighteenth not a Princely Heir anymore? My body carries the blood of the Great Flame Dynasty; I am rather curious to ask Eunuch He, whose blood flows within your body?”

Li Xiaobai spoke calmly.

“I…”

Eunuch He, choked with words, was left speechless for a moment.

Li Xiaobai then asked, “Another question for Eunuch He, what is the duty of a eunuch?”

“Naturally, it is to serve the people in the imperial family well.”

Eunuch He replied instinctively, sensing that something had changed about this worthless Princely Heir, something was different.

“Then, do I count as someone within the imperial family or not?”

“What’s the crime for insulting and provoking the royal family?”

Li Xiaobai’s eyes gleamed with a ferocious light as he asked, word by word.

“Ah, this…”

Eunuch He’s eyes dodged, and the little eunuch beside him didn’t even dare to breathe too heavily. Originally, it was just about bullying the useless Princely Heir, but how had it escalated to provoking the royal family in the blink of an eye?

But then Eunuch He realized something, and his expression calmed considerably. Indifferently, he said, “In this world, strength speaks. Only those with a strong fist can dictate the truth. Although you are the Princely Heir, your cultivation level is pitiful, you’ve disgraced the Great Flame Dynasty; you are the shame of Yan City!”

“In front of me, you’d best behave yourself; otherwise, you’re going to suffer!”

“Eunuch He has taught the Princely Heir a lesson today, one that he’ll remember well. I hope in the days to come you can still be this defiant. Let’s go!”

With a threat left hanging in the air, Eunuch He stood up, ready to leave. He felt that Yan Liang was somehow different, and to be on the safe side, he decided to report to the Seventh Prince before he could be at ease.

But at that moment, he suddenly felt a surge of intense trembling. Before he could react, a warm sensation spread across his chest. Glancing down, he saw a massive Sword Qi burst forth from his chest, blood mist exploded, and in the blur, he caught sight of his own shattered heart. Then darkness fell upon him, and he collapsed motionless to the ground.

“A mere servant dares to provoke this Princely Heir, who do you think you are?”

Li Xiaobai waved the longsword in his hand, speaking indifferently.

“He’s… he’s killed someone!”

“Princely Heir Yan Liang has killed someone!”

“He actually dared to kill Eunuch He in public, has he gone mad!”

“Wrong, look at the Sin Value above his head, it’s broken five thousand!”

“My God, how many has he killed? He disappeared for just a while; what on earth has he been through? Could he have had dealings with the demon sect?”

“This is truly devilish behavior, but that Sword Qi just now was powerful enough to kill Eunuch He, a Human Immortal Realm expert, in one blow. It indicates that his cultivation level is at least at that stage, he’s had a breakthrough!”

Eunuch He’s blood painted the ground crimson, a shocking sight to the onlookers prepared for a different kind of spectacle. Yan Liang, who was usually just mocked a bit with no real difference from the ordinary, had suddenly erupted and committed murder?

Yet, they had forgotten that normally, within the Great Flame Dynasty, nobody would dare be disrespectful to a Princely Heir. It was only because Yan Liang was so unwelcome that it seemed normal, to the point that they no longer regarded him as a Princely Heir.

Today, Eunuch He’s death seemed to proclaim to the city’s residents that he, Yan Liang, was still the Princely Heir, inviolable.

In the void, blood-red light flickered, forming the bloody characters: Five thousand two.

On Eunuch He’s body were twenty points of Merit Value, which, after his death, were automatically multiplied by ten and added to Li Xiaobai’s Sin Value.

The remaining eunuchs were so scared that they went limp and collapsed to the ground. In their wildest dreams, they had never imagined the Eighteenth Princely Heir daring to kill, and to do so decisively. Looking at the Sin Value above his head, they felt as if they were looking at a devil.

As cultivators from a righteous sect, they all had exclusively golden Merit Values. When had they ever seen such a bloody, tainted Sin Value?

“Don’t… don’t kill me!”

“We are all people of the Seventh Prince. If you kill us, he will come for you, seeking justice!”

“Yes, yes, if you dare kill us, the Seventh Prince won’t let you go!”

The several little eunuchs yelled frantically.

Li Xiaobai shook his head with a sigh. Again, the Seventh Prince. The Yan Xiao that had fled before seemed to be related to the Seventh Prince, and now these eunuchs too. What a coincidence.

“So you are the Seventh Brother’s men. But I and the Seventh Brother are as close as siblings. Who are you to sow discord between us, a bunch of eunuchs? Do you really think my standing in the Seventh Brother’s eyes is worth less than your wretched lives? Go to hell!”