Immortal Venerable's Order
Chapter 497 - 500: Let Him Go

Chapter 497: Chapter 500: Let Him Go

When Yan Rufeng, accompanied by Xia Yu, reached the front of a tavern, they suddenly heard some noise coming from inside.

"Is this guy sick or something, causing a scene after too much drinking!"

"Haha!"

"Not only is he sick, but he’s also got something wrong with his head."

"You said it. He’s grabbing the boss’s daughter and insisting she’s his junior sister. What a joke."

At this moment, a drunken man suddenly shouted angrily.

"Get out of my way, all of you, and stop bothering me and my junior sister."

"Kid, how dare you harass my daughter. See if I don’t chop you up and feed you to the dogs..."

Outside the tavern, Xia Yu suddenly frowned, her face showing worry.

"Young Master Yan, the voice from the tavern sounds like my senior brother."

With a look of panic, Xia Yu hurried toward the tavern.

"What are you doing to my senior brother? Let him go!"

As she walked into the tavern, Xia Yu saw her senior brother, Ma Lu, tied up tightly, and was on the verge of collapsing.

"Doing what?"

A middle-aged man, exuding a murderous aura, pointed at Ma Lu and said coldly, "I’m going to cut off his limbs and put him in a jar to make him into a living corpse. That’s the only way to quell my rage."

When Xia Yu first entered the tavern, she was already afraid, but now she was even more terrified.

"You are so vicious!"

"Hmph!"

"I’m vicious? Why don’t you ask what your senior brother did before you criticize others?"

Xia Yu suddenly froze.

"What did my senior brother do?"

"Your senior brother flirted with someone’s daughter. Why else would anyone be so furious to make him into a living corpse?" A person from the crowd said gleefully.

Xia Yu never expected it to escalate to this point. She was conflicted, hating Ma Lu but also wanting to rescue him as soon as possible.

Summoning courage from who knows where, Xia Yu suddenly yelled at the middle-aged man, "Even if it costs me my life today, I won’t let you turn my senior brother into a living corpse."

"Just you?"

In an instant, the middle-aged man dashed to Xia Yu’s side, spinning his knife handle and slashing downward.

"Swoosh..."

The blade stopped less than a centimeter from Xia Yu’s neck.

"Tsk tsk..."

The middle-aged man shook his head and regrettably said, "I really can’t bring myself to kill such a delicate young lady!"

"Let go of that girl!"

The middle-aged man turned toward the voice, roaring, "Who are you?"

"Yan Rufeng!"

Yan Rufeng stepped lightly, without making any noise, walking slowly with a calm and dignified expression.

"What?"

The middle-aged man was astonished, "You’re the Rune Master Yan... Yan Rufeng who sells Divine Talismans in the square market?"

"Manager, you’re right, he is Yan Rufeng!" Someone from the crowd shouted.

The terror that Rune Masters held in the Divine Realm was well-known. Anyone with any status wouldn’t dare to offend a Rune Master.

Rune Masters like Yan Rufeng were even rarer. The middle-aged man knew that if Yan Rufeng spoke up, many experts in the square market would heed his call.

"Clang..."

The long knife in the middle-aged man’s hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

Freed from the threat, Xia Yu hurriedly ran behind Yan Rufeng.

"Young Master Yan, please save my senior brother," Xia Yu said tearfully.

Yan Rufeng looked at the middle-aged man and said calmly, "People drink when they’re happy, and even more when they’re sad. He only wanted to drown his sorrows and unintentionally offended your daughter. Even if he’s wrong, it doesn’t warrant death. Turning him into a living corpse is too much."

Still shaken with fear, the middle-aged man quickly said, "Young Master Yan, you’re absolutely right. I’ll release your friend right away!"

"Phew..."

Suddenly, snoring was heard.

Everyone looked over to see Ma Lu, drunk, lying on the ground fast asleep.

Yan Rufeng shook his head and said blandly, "He’s not my friend. He’s just my friend’s senior brother."

After speaking, Yan Rufeng turned and left.

"Friend’s senior brother?"

"Hehe, does that mean Young Master Yan is willing to be my friend..."

Xia Yu was overjoyed and couldn’t help but smile.

Then, she hurriedly apologized to the middle-aged man, untied Ma Lu, and slowly helped him out of the tavern and toward the inn.

After settling Ma Lu, Xia Yu freshened up and made her way to the inn’s lobby, where she found Yan Rufeng still sitting and drinking. She shyly smiled and slowly approached.

"Young Master Yan, I troubled you a lot today!" Xia Yu said respectfully, bowing.

"It was no trouble at all, Miss Xia. Please, sit," Yan Rufeng gestured with a hand.

Sitting opposite him, Xia Yu clasped her hands and said, "Young Master Yan, I feel bad that you had to pay. Once I have all the items for my hall, I will definitely treat you to a feast at the best restaurant in Xuanwu City tomorrow!"

"Why must we go to Xuanwu City? Could it be that her Feiyun Gang is based there?"

Suddenly, a murderous glint flashed in Yan Rufeng’s eyes, "That’s excellent. Once in Xuanwu City, I can investigate which sect Tanggu Martial Arts School belongs to and find that old man to avenge Xue’er’s family..."

Smiling, Yan Rufeng said, "Miss Xia, we’re friends now. No need to go to such lengths."

"Giggle!"

Xia Yu chuckled, "Young Master Yan, does this mean you’re willing to be friends with a humble girl like me?"

Though Yan Rufeng had called her a friend in the tavern, Xia Yu, who had taken a liking to him, wanted to hear it again to be reassured.

Yan Rufeng nodded.

"Hehe..."

Xia Yu clapped her hands joyfully.

"Since we’re friends now, Brother Yan should definitely come to Xuanwu City with me."

Unable to refuse such earnestness, Yan Rufeng agreed.

"Giggle!"

Xia Yu raised her cup with a bright smile, "Brother Yan, it’s settled then. Let’s drink this cup, and I’ll head to the square market to prepare. Tomorrow morning, I’ll take you to Xuanwu City."

"Alright, it’s a deal!"

Seeing Yan Rufeng agree so readily, Xia Yu downed her drink in one gulp and promptly stood up.

"Brother Yan, would you like to accompany me... to the square market?" Xia Yu asked shyly.

"I have nothing else to do. I’ll go with you."

Yan Rufeng stood up as well.

"Hehe..."

Xia Yu laughed happily.

"Let’s set off now!"

Following Yan Rufeng, Xia Yu walked towards the square market, skipping along with a thrill she could hardly explain.

At the square market, Xia Yu stopped at almost every stall, buying mainly low-level Divine Beast Beast Pills or First Rank and Second Rank Medicine Stones.

Through Xia Yu’s explanations, Yan Rufeng learned that these items were for alchemy.

Talking about alchemy, Yan Rufeng’s interest piqued.

"Sister Xia Yu, can you practice alchemy?" Yan Rufeng asked.

"Of course! In the Immortal World, I was a high-level alchemist." Xia Yu said proudly.