69 Xie Clan

"Pshh!"

Before the middle-aged man's sword could reach Ling Tian, the Lonely Wind Sword had already stabbed into the man's throat.

The man's entire body suddenly went rigid as his eyes slowly looked at the area where Ling Tian had stabbed him with the slender sword. With one final look of disbelief, the man's eyes slowly lost their lustre and clouded over as he toppled down to the ground with a grieved face.

Seeing their middle-aged companion be killed by Ling Tian, the other 5 mercenaries protecting the youth were amazed. Their eyebrows raised upward momentarily before they activated their bloodlines, seemingly watching Ling Tian warily as a great threat.

The youth couldn't believe his eyes as he looked at the fallen man next to Ling Tian. Pointing his finger, he tried to show his strength even though he was inwardly frightened by saying, "Y-y-you dare kill my guard? Do-don't you know who I am? Are you tired of li-living?" Although the youth and Ling Tian weren't all that different in age, the youth had grown up sheltered, and so he didn't have any experiences, nor had he lived through any hardships. So the moment he saw blood being spilt on the ground, his cowardice immediately showed itself.

Although he had used his clan's power to bully many people, those people were weaklings that didn't dare to rebel against him. Thus, his life had always progressed smoothly, and he had always looked down on others. However, he had never seen a person like Ling Tian, who was so blunt and killed people as if it was an everyday occurrence. The youth that had never seen such a scene was absolutely intimidated by Ling Tian's methods.

Suddenly, another sturdy mercenary walked forward and politely gestured at him, "Dear junior, we are members of the Xie clan, and this is the young master. The matters that just happened were our fault, so I would like to apologize to you here. I hope that you can just look past this issue." This mercenary that spoke was neither servile nor overbearing.

Ling Tian's icy cold eyes stared at the group in front of him as his entire body radiated killing intent. Walking closer to them, he frigidly said, "Then come. If you guys can escape from my hand today, you will naturally be spared."

Ling Tian's icy cold eyes stared at the group in front of him as he radiated killing intent all over. Stepping closer to them, he spoke out, "Then fight, whoever can escape from my hand today will be spared."

The 5 mercenaries' faces all hardened as the previous one that spoke continued to say, "Dear friend, you really don't know what's good for oneself. If it were not for the fact that our goal is to help escort the young master to the Dragon Valley to cultivate and that the clan leader told us not to make trouble on the way, then this would have been a difficult matter to resolve. Not only that but do you really think that you can kill all of us? Our Xie clan may not be the strongest, but we aren't an easy target to bully either."

What the middle-aged mercenary had said made the youth believe in the strength of his clan and strengthened his confidence. "That's right, our Xie clan isn't that easy to bully, within Ziyou City, there are no other clans that aren't afraid of our Xie clan. Kid, you've already killed one of my guardsmen, come back with me to accept your punishment, or be prepared to leave your life here."

Hearing the youth beside him, the middle-aged man couldn't help but scowl as if to say to himself, "Idiot.". While the Xie clan was strong within Ziyou City that was the only place.

Even within Ziyou City, the Xie clan was in a dangerous position. Despite Ziyou City being a Third Class city, the number of clans that lived within it totalled around 20 in number. The Xie clan looked to be an independent clan, but it was actually a deception. The middle-aged man knew clearly that while the Xie clan looked to be impressive beyond belief, they were already a thorn in the side of every other clan. After all, a tall tree received the most wind, and many of the clans that were no weaker than the Xie clan were watching them attentively. The moment an opportunity arose, they would strike without hesitation and divide the Xie clan's territory amongst themselves. The Xie clan had secretly amassed around a third of the city's power, and at such a juicy piece of meat like this, all the other clans were very envious.

Also, because of the proximity with the Dragon Valley, the number of people that flowed into the city was enormous. About 99% of people that frequently came into the city were mercenaries with all sorts of powers and influence. It could even be said that the city was filled with dragons and fishes. While it looked like the Xie clan had many special connections and just as many permanently stationed mercenaries within their pockets, there were just as many clans and people they could not afford to offend or else risk being destroyed.

Seeing how Ling Tian had easily killed a Level 3 Martial King Realm mercenary with such a fast sword stroke, the middle-aged mercenary was extremely surprised. With a sword stroke that fast, even he would need to use his entire strength to be able to dodge it. Thanks to this man's experience, these two factors were all he needed in order to establish that Ling Tian probably had a strong background. There was most likely an extremely strong master supporting Ling Tian, otherwise, how could such a young person be so strong? So for that reason, the middle-aged man had tried to resolve the issue in order for the Xie clan to have one less issue.