Chapter 707: Well matched in hundreds of ways, well loved in thousands of ways (1/2)

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Third Elder Qi’s joke was a clear sign to Long Feiye that Carefree City understood the situation at hand.

“Heheh, go back and ask your city lord for your lordship’s sake. See if he thought this turn of business was worthwhile!” Long Feiye said coldly.

“Alright. This one shall definitely pass on the word!” Third Elder Qi politely bowed with hands clasped before he left with his own group. Although many of its members were still displeased, they could only submit in the face of his authority.

Once they were gone, Qi Yaotian was the first to speak up. “Third uncle, are we going to let Long Feiye off just like that? His martial arts skills is already so formidable. If he gains the strength of the City of Daughters, wouldn’t he suppress our Carefree City in the future?”

Their city had accepted Long Feiye’s employment for the chance to eliminate the City of Daughters, but all that happened was the end of the Leng Clan. The strength of the city still stood, and now it was in the hands of a powerful player like Long Feiye. It was as if Carefree City’s competitor had switched to being Long Feiye himself. Whether or not this deal was worth it, Carefree City had suffered a serious blow.

“Do you think you can snatch it from him?” Third Elder Qi challenged back.

Qi Yaotian opened and closed his mouth a few times, speechless.

“If you can’t beat them, then submit!” Third Elder Qi concluded, smoothing his beard with a stern face. Seeing this, none of the others dared to object any further.

Despite his willingness to admit defeat, Third Elder Qi was harboring an acute sense of danger in his heart. Even now, he still felt like he was dreaming–as if the match between Long Feiye and Lady Leng Yue was naught but an unbelievable fantasy. Although Lady Leng Yue ranked behind Carefree City’s city lord in terms of strength, their actual levels were on par with each other. But Long Feiye’s display of might today was clearly superior to the woman. He couldn’t help but wonder how Long Feiye might fare if he was against Carefree City’s city lord today?

If Long Feiye had the skills to swallow up the City of Daughters, then he could do the same to Carefree City as well! They couldn’t let down their guard! Despite having no retorts, Qi Yaotian had already decided to find his father for a talk when they returned. They had to find Long Feiye and Han Yunxi’s weak spot. When he recalled how she had destroyed his poison giant bats, then extorted him for a vast amount of silver, he kept thinking of payback.

With both the jianghu and Carefree City people gone, only Long Feiye’s group was left before the gates. Han Yunxi remained seated in her carriage while Long Feiye held the reins of his horse in one hand and his sword in the other. He looked like Han Yunxi’s most loyal guard as he took step after step towards the city gates.

The various clan heads blocking the entrance immediately made way. They observed the slow progress of the horse carriage, their eyes shining with increased respect towards Long Feiye and admiration for Han Yunxi. Compared to those “righteous heroes” from before, this husband and wife pair were the truly upright ones. Their bearing and manner were unrivaled.

Compared to the Leng Clan that they’d pledged undying loyalty to, they were more willing to devote themselves to the Duke of Qin and Qin Wangfei.

After entering the city, Long Feiye personally drove the carriage to the Leng Estate. Here was the heart of the city. Those in the family had either died or fled, leaving no one to surrender the house. Before the gates stood various factions from the City of Daughters, either clan heads or independent contract killers. Since they’d stayed behind, this meant that they were willing to pledge loyalty to new masters.

Long Feiye helped Han Yunxi off the carriage. Ignoring the crowd, he asked her, “What do you think of this house?”

“It’s the old house of some other family. I don’t like it,” Han Yunxi had a certain obsession with cleanliness too. She didn’t like second-hand goods.

“Fine!” Long Feiye immediately went to instruct his shadow guards. “Someone come, tear this down and rebuild it.”

Before the shadow guards could obey, the various other people milling about the entrance quickly vied to volunteer and help.

“Forget about it. Isn’t it a waste of talents to put you all into dismantling a house?” Han Yunxi laughed.

Once again, the people expressed that it would be their honor to do the job for Han Yunxi. A cold smile rose to her lips as she swept her icy gaze across the speakers. All of them shut up, not daring to voice a peep. Those gathered here were either clan heads or famous independent killers. They had experienced their own waves in life, but couldn’t read Han Yunxi’s thoughts. Long Feiye remained silent as he looked at Han Yunxi’s cold face with satisfaction. More and more, she’s gaining the bearing and poise of authority.

Finally, Han Yunxi spoke. Her words were frigid. “What, you iron maiden types know how to slap the horse’s ass with flattery too? This wangfei thought that assassins were supposed to speak with actions, not words!”

Hearing this, everyone felt awkward from the sneer. It was true, they were flattering them because they were terrified. His Highness Duke of Qin had gifted the entire City of Daughters to this woman, but they had no idea how she would rule over them, much less which clan or assassin she’d choose to support. All they could do was get in her good graces.

“There’s no need for such empty words with this wangfei. I’ll like whoever shows me their mettle.”

In the ensuing silence, Han Yunxi walked up the steps to the estate until she was standing in front of the Leng Estate gates. There she proclaimed, “From this day on, the City of Daughters will stop all business taking assassination requests from outside! This wangfei will restructure the city according to mercenary soldier ways. This wangfei will raise you and teach you the poison arts, while you’ll only work in my service. Those who aren’t interested can leave right now. Those who are, stay behind!”

Hearing “mercenary soldiers” gave everyone in the crowd a thrill. Their blood boiled at the thought, but hearing “poison arts” made them even more excited. They exchanged glances with each other, each pleasantly surprised by the turn of events. No one left.