Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi
Chapter 1125 - 1116: Shooting Oneself in the Foot

Chapter 1125: Chapter 1116: Shooting Oneself in the Foot

The malice in humanity’s heart can be no more treacherous than this!

Xiao Yi squinted his eyes, looking at the old village chief before him with a trace of calmness. "Old bastard, I’ve treated your Cao Family Village with only kindness, not enmity, and this is how you repay me?"

He had saved Cao Rui and Cao Xiu.

Not to mention, he had helped them bring back the snow lotus, ensuring that the Cao Family Village wouldn’t need to worry about tribute for the next year.

This was a great deed of immense generosity!

And yet...

They repaid kindness with betrayal, directly selling him out!

The old village chief spoke righteously, "Young friend, you must be joking. This old man did it for your own good!"

"For my own good?"

Xiao Yi let out an enraged laugh, pointing outside as his tone turned icy, "Calling the people from Jiecheng to capture me—this is your idea of ’for my own good’? Old bastard, how can you be so shameless?"

"Young friend, since you were willing to save Cao Rui and Cao Xiu, what harm is there in lending a hand to our village again? One shouldn’t be so selfish; you need to learn to sacrifice small benefits for the greater good..." the old village chief chastised, his words full of righteousness.

His tone was high and mighty, as if basking in moral superiority.

It was truly enough to make one feel nauseous!

Xiao Yi’s anger boiled over as he laughed, "Selfish? If I were selfish, would I have risked life and limb to save Cao Rui and Cao Xiu? If I were selfish, would I have taken the snow lotus for myself instead of ensuring its safe return with them?"

The old village chief continuously positioned himself on a moral high ground.

In his view...

As long as it felt right to him, as long as it benefitted the village, even if it meant Xiao Yi’s death, Xiao Yi shouldn’t utter a single complaint.

"Young friend, there’s no need to say all that. It wasn’t I who asked you to save Cao Rui and Cao Xiu, nor did I beg you to help them deliver the snow lotus. You could have turned a blind eye and watched as they were torn apart by arctic snow wolves, but you chose to intervene—it was simply your busybody nature!"

The old village chief gently stroked his beard. The previously kind expression on his face had vanished, replaced with a calm indifference, devoid of any guilt whatsoever. "Besides, the Prison Lord issued the order long ago—anyone who can provide information on outsiders will be exempt from ten years of tribute. Assisting in their capture grants exemption from a hundred years of tribute. Tell me, what reason do I have not to sell you out?"

The string of words, each as calm and composed as the last, was utterly maddening.

Xiao Yi’s gaze at the man shifted repeatedly.

Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine there could be someone so brazenly shameless in this world.

Xiao Yi let out a laugh of pure rage, shaking his head. "Your whole life amounts to nothing more than the skin on your face!"

Such a thick face, paired with such a venomous heart.

Truly unheard of before.

The old village chief sneered coldly, "My face? In this Endless Ice Prison, as long as one can survive, even sacrificing your own flesh and blood is acceptable. Let alone someone like you, a stranger? Stop wasting time. The Jiecheng patrol squad is already waiting outside. You have nowhere to run, so just surrender!"

As his voice fell...

The old village chief suddenly moved, his figure slamming the door open with a boom, charging outside.

Up in the void.

A ten-member patrol squad stood hovering in mid-air.

Each of them wore black armor and carried long sabers at their waists.

The ominous energy emanating from their blades only enhanced the chilling Evil Qi surrounding them.

This was the patrol squad from the South Prison Realm.

At the same time...

They were also responsible for collecting tribute in the Cao Family Village area. Previously, they had been requisitioning tribute from another village when they received word via the old village chief’s Messenger Spirit Pigeon: an outsider had appeared in Cao Family Village.

This was a monumental opportunity.

You must understand:

These prisoners had been held within the Endless Ice Prison since the Ancient Times, never leaving, knowing nothing of the world outside.

Anyone from outside who entered the Ice Prison would set off a frenzy among the Four Prison Realms. The four Prison Lords would immediately send elite forces to vie for the outsider, all to obtain first-hand information about the outside world.

In some cases...

The Four Prison Lords might personally intervene, engaging in deadly competition over the outsider.

Because of this...

The rewards for providing information on outsiders were extraordinarily generous.

Of course.

Over the years, many individuals had been imprisoned within the Endless Ice Prison by various great Holy Masters. Every appearance of these outsiders incited fierce conflict among the Four Realms. On occasions when they couldn’t secure the outsider, some would destroy them outright to prevent others from claiming them.

"Captain, could that Cao Family old man be lying to us?"

"Lying? Does he even have the guts for that...?"

"If it’s true, and we deliver the person to the Prison Lord, it’ll be a hell of an achievement."

"Enough talk, let’s wait and see the individual first!" Captain Wu Weihao snapped commandingly.

The patrol squad members fell silent one after another.

Under their watchful gazes...

The door to the old village chief’s house exploded, and the old chief emerged first, his face wrinkled like tree bark yet brimming with wild joy. "Sirs, the outsider is inside!"

"Seal off this area!" Wu Weihao ordered immediately.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The nine patrol members spread out, encircling the village chief’s house completely.

Wu Weihao gripped a massive golden mace tightly, his expression serious as he called out in a deep voice, "Outsider, are you going to come out and surrender on your own, or do we have to make you?"

Crunch.

The damaged door creaked as it was gently pushed open.

Xiao Yi slowly stepped out from inside, his hands clasped behind his back, his half-lidded eyes sweeping over Wu Weihao and the others.

Among this patrol squad...

Wu Weihao, as the captain, was the strongest, having reached the Peak of the Human Venerate Realm. The other nine members, however, were all Nirvana Realm experts. A squad of this caliber could easily dominate and rule over a territory in the Qingtian Realm!