Chapter Twenty-Four Entering Haiyang City

  "Who are you?!" If Rujiaosheng was simply shocked, then the people in those two carriages were terrified.

  Yang Lin's white hair fluttered, and he simply took two steps forward. Suddenly the sky seemed to collapse, with strong winds blowing, sand and rocks rushing towards the horse carriage team.

  "Get out!"

  Yang Lin shouted, and the invisible sound wave actually took on a substantial appearance. This was mainly because his cultivation had reached a certain level, causing the space to tremble with shock. The trembling space indirectly revealed the invisible sound wave.

  A loud shout, as if a celestial being in the ninth heaven had spoken, and the morning mist dispersed instantly. The originally clear sky darkened, with lightning flashing and thunder booming. A purple electric arc accompanied by a strong gust of wind, evoking extreme terror.

  "Hurry up! Let's go!"

  Those two masters were covered in blood, and at this time, they still had the energy to care about others. One of them turned around and transformed into two rays of light, quickly disappearing into the horizon.

  Sun Yan and others were unable to escape, already crushed by this momentum, cowering on the ground, shocked, trembling all over, frightened and uneasy.

  Lu'er was even more miserable, she had been seriously injured and half of her body was still buried in the soil, unable to resist at all. Her three thousand black hairs were dancing wildly in the wind, her two hands were already powerless, flying sand and stones were hitting her upper body and face, blood was splashing everywhere, it was a very pathetic sight.

  Thanks to Yang Lin's timely intervention, Nie Han didn't suffer any harm. At this moment, he stood between the two teams, looking back at the woman on the ground who was closing her eyes in pain but still not making a sound, his eyes flickering slightly.

  Lu Jing leaned against the strong wind, slightly opening her eyes to see Nie Han's complicated gaze. Her pale lips were bitten even tighter, and she stubbornly turned her face away, leaving only a scarred side profile for Nie Han to see.

  Nie Han pursed his lips and finally walked towards Lü Qi, stopping in front of her and looking down at her with a bowed head.

  Lu Jing knew he had come, but she didn't make any move.

  Nie Han turned around, and his entire suit of armor seemed to be permeated with a soft, gentle blue light.

  In an instant, Lü Ji felt that the storm in front of her had subsided a lot. She turned around with a disbelieving face and saw Nie Han blocking everything for her in front of her. She was stunned.

  She has been living in darkness and coldness since she was a child, and the words "trust" and "friendship" have never existed in her dictionary of life. The things that happened too many times, where one second you're smiling at each other and the next second someone stabs a knife into your heart, made Green Lady think that this world only exists with slaughter and bloodshed, intrigue and deception, and all cooperation is only related to interests, not true feelings.

  But everything the man in front of her, who should be her enemy, did seemed to show her something she had never seen before, and also made a place deep within her heart that had never been touched tremble slightly.

  "Hmm"

  Lu Jing saw a drop of sweat fall from Nie Han's helmet, although the green light on his body looked gentle and weak, but after all, he was facing Yang Lin's pressure, no matter how strong Nie Han was, it was still too difficult to resist.

  "Your..." In Green Lady's eyes, which were filled with fatigue and bloodshot, something called "tears" slowly began to form.

  It's a long story, but actually from Yang Lin making his move to Nie Han protecting Lu Fei, everything happened in the blink of an eye. Yang Yu Xi only felt that Nie Han had just fallen into danger, and then suddenly the whole situation changed, and in the next instant Nie Han made his move to protect Lu Fei.

  "Huh? Brother Nie Han, what are you doing?" The child's thoughts were ultimately a bit simple, and Yang Yu Xi asked with her head tilted.

  Yang Lin naturally saw everything, he knew that Nie Han's actions were completely out of kindness, but saving such a woman seemed somewhat impulsive in his eyes, which had experienced many things.

  However, he also saw that Nie Han couldn't hold on for much longer, and slowly withdrew his momentum, reverting back to the gentle and amiable butler of Yushi City.

  "Hmm..."

  The oppression dissipated, and Nie Han was almost faint, his body went limp, and he knelt on one knee. Although he tried to suppress it, Lu Ji still heard the slightly hurried breathing sound.

  Lu Jing looked at the defenseless back in front of her, and her first reaction was to take out a short sword from her sleeve and stab Nie Han.

  "Not good!"

  Everyone was shocked, but even if Yang Lin wanted to make a move at this time, it was already too late.

  Nie Han also felt a chill behind his back, but he was really too exhausted and had no strength to dodge.

  "Whoosh"

  That brief flash of cold light had grasped everyone's attention.

  At this moment, the wind has dissipated, the rain has stopped, the flying sand has fallen, the rolling stones have come to a standstill, and the morning fog has completely dispersed. The flowers, grass, and trees have all recovered, but everything seems to be at a standstill.

  Nothing and no one was in motion except for that short sword.

  Just as everyone thought Nie Han would be seriously injured, the sword seemed to have been assimilated into its surroundings and stopped.

  Now, everything is still.

  But unfortunately, harmonious things generally exist for a very short time.

  A few seconds later, the short sword moved again, but this time it wasn't forward, but rather shook up and down, as if Green Lady couldn't hold onto the not-so-heavy short sword.

  "Boom"

  The short sword finally fell to the ground with a thud, stirring up a small circle of dust, and then the dust also settled, merging into the dusty soil, becoming indistinguishable.

  "Boom"

  Unexpectedly, another thing fell to the ground, Nie Han turned his head and found that Lü Ji had also fainted at this time, her face was pale.

  Nie Han wanted to reach out and help, but suddenly realized that what he had done today seemed a bit too much. He withdrew his hand from mid-air, turned around, remained silent for a moment, then took a step back.

  Yang Lin saw this and looked at Nie Han with deep meaning, then turned to face Sun Yan who was crawling up: "Still not leaving?! Do you want to leave your life here?!"

  Sun Yan was so frightened that he lost his soul, hastily picked up the broken fan on the ground, ordered a few people to rescue Green Girl, and then led the team to run away quickly.

  "Right, those two are staying." Suddenly, Yang Lin pointed at Luo Tianyou's wife and child, shouting towards Sun Yan's back.

  "You..." Sun Yang was about to erupt, but considering the disparity in their strengths, he quickly abandoned the two of them.

  Before he left, he didn't forget to leave a ruthless remark:

  "Wait and see, Haicheng will not let Heishan village off so easily! And there's also Xiyang City!!!"

  Because of this sentence, Luo Tianyou felt guilty and apologized to Yang Lin again and again.

  Yang Lin waved his hand and said, "No need to apologize, these people are obviously not government soldiers, so I have no scruples now."

  "But this will ultimately have some impact on Yushi City..."

  Yang Lin smiled: "Don't worry, you can rest assured."

  "This..." Luo Tianyou still felt uneasy in his heart, but seeing Yang Lin's confident appearance, he didn't say anything more.

  After a while, Heishan Village was still shrouded in a festive atmosphere. The whole village celebrated this temporary victory with great fanfare. Luo Tianyou and his family of three were reunited, and they were overjoyed.

  The next day, Yang Lin and others bid farewell to Heishan Village and headed to Haiyang City. Luo Tianyou, although he had just reunited with his wife and children, insisted on going to Haiyang City with Yang Lin and others, saying that he couldn't let Xiyang City bear the responsibility alone.

  Yang Lin had persuaded him for a long time without success and no longer refused.

  From Heishan Village to Haiyang City, there are about two days of journey left. These two days passed relatively smoothly, and everyone adjusted their state to the best. Rujiaosheng's injury also improved a bit, and he was not far from recovery.

  At noon on this day, the warm autumn sun was high in the sky, and Yang Lin and others finally appeared at the gate of Haiyang City.

  Looking at the three golden characters on the city gate, Yang Lin signaled the team to stop, and with the flow of people slowly approaching the city gate.

  "It's strange, in previous years, Haiyang City didn't need to check the city gates, what's going on this year?" Nie Han said with a slight frown.

  At the city gate, the guards stopped every person entering the city and then roughly searched them with a very arrogant attitude.

  "It looks like it's still tight." Nie Han touched the horse's mane and said.

  Yang Lin also stared at the city gate, vaguely guessing something, and turned his head to say to the team: "Everyone be careful."

  "Hmm." This team was all elites, and from Yang Lin's tone, he naturally understood something, and at the same time, he became more vigilant.

  "Halt, all of you get off your horses! What kind of people are you?" As expected, before they even got close to the city gate, a guard came over with a loud shout, holding a long spear and pointing it at the horse Yang Lin was riding.

  Yang Lin gestured for everyone to dismount, then walked up to the guard and bowed his hand with a smile: "Hello, we are from Xiyang City to deliver tribute goods, hoping to get through."

  "Oh?" The guard heard this and immediately smiled, "So you're a friend from Yushi City, then please come in, please come in."

  Yang Lin was somewhat puzzled by the change in the guard's tone, but he had great confidence in his own team, so he didn't overthink it and let the team follow him in.

  Entering Haiyang City, Yang Lin didn't feel like he had returned to the familiar Haiyang City. The people around him were all in a hurry, with worry and concern hidden between their eyebrows.

  Just a few steps later, Yang Lin's team was stopped by a middle-aged fat man who came face to face.

  "Excuse me, are you a friend from Yongyang City who has come to pay tribute?" The middle-aged man stopped in front of Yang Lin's horse and asked with a smile.

  "That's right."

  "I am Yu Long, the steward of Haiyang City's City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord has arranged a banquet in the front hall to welcome everyone, please follow me."

  He didn't wait for Yang Lin's response and left immediately.

  Yang Lin and Nie Hanruo looked at each other, then followed on horseback.

  Haiyang Building, it seems that the naming method is the same as Xiyang Building, so the status of Haiyang City can be imagined.

  Yang Lin and others followed Yu Long, passing through the crowded crowd, and walked directly to the VIP hall. Of course, only a few people can go to the VIP hall, and ordinary guards have dinner in the hall.

  The golden wooden door of the noble hall was opened, and a scene of singing and dancing entered everyone's field of vision. The songstress stroked her zither, the dancestress offered a dance, each face was beautiful, their figures were slender, the clothes that cinched at the waist outlined enticing curves, and the snow-white necklines that seemed to hide and reveal themselves had captivated countless men.