Chapter 178 : Chapter 178
Chapter 178: The Laughable Acting of the Army-Breaking Sect Martial Artists
Feng Yun suddenly acted, striking down the daggers in the refugees’ hands. Clearly, he was stopping them from killing themselves.
After saving these people who had wanted to kill themselves, he snorted coldly again. “What a joke! How could my Army-Breaking Sect possibly harm you?”
Then he swept his sleeve, shook his head, and cupped his fists toward Cheng Yu.
With helpless grief, he said, “For the sake of the Jianghu’s righteousness and responsibility, we should have obeyed. Unfortunately, these refugees are full of misunderstandings. Even if we are willing, I fear they are unwilling. It is truly a pity that our chivalrous spirit is sincere, yet these people cannot recognize it.”
“It is truly not that I am shirking responsibility. I am simply helpless. I can only trouble Lord Cheng with them!”
At this moment, Feng Yun refused helplessly, but the matter had become understandable.
It was not that the Army-Breaking Sect was unwilling!
It was that these refugees themselves were unwilling!
In addition, he had put on a show, displaying a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance.
Although the Army-Breaking Sect disliked these bandits, it still could not allow ordinary people to die before its eyes.
This was the responsibility of Jianghu righteousness.
Now, let him see what else Cheng Yu could say!
Cheng Yu blinked. He had long expected this situation. He sighed and nodded, but his heart was filled with cold laughter.
Putting on a show.
It was truly much simpler and more effective than doing things honestly.
He just did not know whether blades and swords had eyes, and whether they could recognize an act.
He looked back at the refugees behind him. The expressions of several people looked tense, but joy was revealed in their eyes.
Had these fellows made another contribution?
Cheng Yu memorized these people and put on a helpless look as he shook his head.
“Since they are unwilling, I cannot keep making things difficult for Sect Master Feng and everyone else. Now, I only ask to borrow some clothes and dry rations. We did not prepare that many.”
That group of refugees had sallow faces and thin bodies, and their clothes could barely cover them.
They needed some supplies and travel expenses to survive.
Feng Yun revealed a pleased smile and nodded as he instructed the people beside him.
“Why borrow? My lord can simply take them. Consider it a token of my Army-Breaking Sect’s goodwill. Hurry and have someone prepare clothes and dry rations for Lord Cheng. Bring some wound medicine as well!”
In his heart, however, he kept sneering.
Clothes and dry rations? Dream on!
There would not even be a single needle or thread!
Just as he finished speaking, someone among the refugees wailed again.
“No! We do not dare eat their things. What if they poison them?”
“My lord, we cannot accept these people’s things!”
This time, far fewer people shouted. It was almost only the people arranged by the Army-Breaking Sect putting on a one-man show.
After all, the other refugees were real refugees, unlike these people, who did not need to worry about food or clothing.
Worried that the food would be poisoned?
Were they even worthy?
The Jinyiwei had already been furious after seeing Cheng Yu’s goodwill ignored by a group of refugees.
Lord Cheng was a figure like a celestial being.
These fellows had received his kindness and had been saved from the martial artists of the Army-Breaking Sect, yet they still dared be so ungrateful.
Now, they even refused clothes and food.
They had even started being picky?!
This was simply too hateful. The Jinyiwei trembled with anger.
Their lord was as calm as still water and did not care at all!
But they could not stand by and watch their lord be treated like this.
Their hearts hardened, and they suddenly drew the bright Xiuchun Sabers at their waists, placing them against the necks of those ungrateful fellows.
“What are you, to be picky like this? Say one more useless word and see what happens!”
A moment ago, these few people had still been wantonly guiding public opinion, imagining the reward Feng Yun would give them.
The next moment, cold blades were pressed against their necks.
Now, forget the reward. Their lives might not even be preserved!
The troublemaking words immediately stuck in their throats, and they no longer dared make a sound.
Their entire bodies trembled uncontrollably.
They were only ordinary people. They had only relied on their connections to find this chance to make a contribution.
Now that the furious Jinyiwei had targeted them, the sabers could crush them to death if the Jinyiwei’s hands loosened even slightly!
When the mission was arranged at the beginning, had they not said that all they had to do was guide the situation a little, cause some trouble, and then slip away?
They had not said their lives would be in danger!
“S-Spare us! Do not kill us!”
When the other refugees saw the Jinyiwei become angry, the fear in their hearts immediately erupted.
Although the blades had not yet been placed against their own necks, perhaps they would be next!
They hurriedly knelt on the ground, buried their heads deeply, and did not dare say half a word.
“That official lord, we were wrong! Save us!”
The fake refugees planted by the Army-Breaking Sect were scared out of their wits and hurriedly begged Cheng Yu for mercy. Only he could command these enraged Jinyiwei.
But Cheng Yu merely looked back at this scene indifferently.
He did not say much, nor did he show the slightest intention of making the Jinyiwei withdraw their blades.
With his lack of action, the fake refugees became even more frightened. It was over. They had gone too far just now and angered this lord as well. He did not intend to save them!
They could only look pleadingly toward the martial artists of the Army-Breaking Sect.
As ordinary people, if they had been arranged to carry out such an important task, they naturally had status and connections as trusted confidants.
Their connections came precisely from these powerful martial artists of the Army-Breaking Sect.
When the Army-Breaking Sect members saw their own relatives and friends in danger, they immediately looked anxiously toward Feng Yun.
“Sect Master, this...”
Before they could finish speaking, Feng Yun immediately glared back at them.
What were they so anxious for? Were they afraid others would not know those refugees were connected to them?
A group of indecisive, brainless trash.
Moreover, even if they were his own people, they were ordinary people without any martial arts. If they died, so be it.
If this could be used to pin a charge on Cheng Yu, then their deaths would be worthwhile.
But the current problem was that although those Jinyiwei were angry, the Xiuchun Sabers in their hands were extremely steady.
They neither injured nor killed anyone.
They merely made these fellows too afraid to continue speaking and causing trouble.
Feng Yun hated this bitterly. Cheng Yu must have instructed his subordinates to do this for him to see!
Unfortunately for Feng Yun, he did not care about the lives of those fake refugees, and Cheng Yu would not kill them either.
When the time came, Cheng Yu still would not be able to escape the fate of being schemed against and toyed with by him!
Very soon, the subordinate who had been arranged to prepare clothes and food ran back again, but his hands were empty. He had not brought anything at all.
He came to Feng Yun’s side and explained with a bitter expression.
“Sect Master, the Storehouse Elder is not currently in the sect. Without his approval, we have no authority to take anything.”
When Feng Yun heard this, his face immediately grew angry.
“Are my words as Sect Master less effective than the words of the one managing the storehouse? Hurry and bring the things here. Do not make my Army-Breaking Sect appear stingy and discourteous!”
When the subordinate heard this, his face grew even more nervous, and his words became somewhat stammered.
“But, but the sect rules are indeed like this. Without the Elder present, you truly cannot mobilize the storehouse...”
Feng Yun was immediately furious and shouted as though venting his anger.
“You dare speak to me about sect rules? Drag this man away and deal with him according to the sect rule for contradicting the Sect Master!”
The subordinate was dumbfounded.
When they had arranged this earlier, no one had said there would be a part where he had to be beaten!
Feng Yun still could not vent his anger. “How outrageous! Are you trying to make Lord Cheng think that I am petty and miserly, and that I am unwilling to help him even with this? Today, I must take them!”
As he spoke, he was still dissatisfied and seemed about to personally go to the storehouse to take the items.
But before he could leave, the others desperately stopped him.
“Sect Master, you must not! Being blamed by the main sect is a small matter, but setting the precedent of violating the sect rules is a major one! Sect Master, why not wait until the Storehouse Elder returns?”
Cheng Yu looked at this scene, and only cold laughter remained in his eyes.
Jianghu chivalry was just such a performance.
Their acting was laughable. So laughable it made one want to vomit.