Ye Tian fixed his gaze on the table inside the carriage. "Look, the two of us are known as the twin scourges of the Imperial City. We ought to get along swimmingly. Oh, right!"
"I suppose you came here specifically to invite me for tea!"
With that, Ye Tian actually brushed past the ten guards trying to block his way and climbed right into the carriage as if no one else was there!
He then sat down directly across from Zhu Linger, poured himself a cup, and drank it!
Up on the roof, Su Chanjuan was slightly startled, and then she smiled.
As expected, the rumors about him were complete nonsense!
Such audacity—even amidst an army of a million men, he would be worthy of being named a top general!
Zhu Linger slammed her hand down on the table in fury. "Audacious!"
"How dare you sit across from me and drink tea? Do you even know who I am?"
Ye Tian glared at her. "Are you looking for a beating? You've completely ruined my mood for tea!"
Furious, Zhu Linger pointed at her finger and snapped, "You… you're asking for a death wish!"
Having been pampered in the Prince's Estate since childhood and never having suffered a day in her life, Zhu Linger had never bothered with cultivation!
Ye Tian reached out, pinned her down, and swung his hand toward her backside!
"A spoiled brat who doesn't respect her elders deserves a spanking!"
Smack, smack, smack!
After three crisp slaps, the entire world suddenly fell dead silent!
The people from the Prince's Estate!
The onlookers by the roadside!
The person on the roof!
The people surrounding the carriage!
And even the person inside the carriage!
It's over, the Young Prince is dead!
Although they were both known as scourges, everyone knew that while Ye Tian was merely a playboy, Zhu Linger was a ruthless killer who blinked at nothing!
Even though she herself didn't cultivate, the ten elite guards she brought with her were all formidable experts in the Foundation Establishment Realm!
"You hit me?"
"You actually dared to spank me!"
Zhu Linger's voice was laced with anger, shame, astonishment, and grievance!
"I hit you, so what? What can you do about it? Disobedient kids deserve a spanking!"
Resenting her for blocking the gates of the Prince's Estate, Ye Tian was determined to completely crush this arrogant princess today!
Besides, Old Ma was already holding the rocket launcher!
He simply refused to believe that Zhu Linger, who cared so much about her reputation, would dare to act recklessly!
"Smack, smack, smack!"
Ye Tian gave her another fierce spanking of three slaps!
These three blows were even heavier, and the sounds even crisper!
Zhu Linger's reaction was even more intense!
Aside from anger, shame, astonishment, and grievance, a hint of something entirely different had unexpectedly crept in!
Excitement!
When had she ever experienced such a sensation?
A fresh jolt of electricity rippled from her spanked backside, shooting straight to her cerebral nerves.
That novel, thrilling, exciting, and bizarre feeling instantly overwhelmed her anger, shame, astonishment, and grievance!
Zhu Linger let out a cry.
She realized her voice sounded entirely different from before!
She turned her head to glare at the boy who had just spanked her, strange lights dancing in her eyes as her lips parted!
Ye Tian was stunned!
What is going on with her?
Is she plotting some kind of insane revenge?!
Better quit while I'm ahead!
I can't afford to let my negative reputation get any worse!
With that thought, Ye Tian leaped out of the carriage.
In a flash, the ten guards swarmed around Ye Tian!
Up on the roof, Su Chanjuan clenched her delicate hand slightly, ready to make a move!
"Stand down!"
At that moment, Zhu Linger let out a sharp cry, and then the look she gave Ye Tian suddenly turned rather peculiar.
"Brother Tian, let's keep drinking our tea!"
Ye Tian was taken aback. "Drink my foot! Who drinks tea in the middle of the street? Scram!"
"Okay, okay, okay, I understand! I'll leave right now, but I'll come back another day! I'll brew the tea for you myself!"
What is the meaning of this?
Standing behind Old Ma, Ye Tian muttered in a low voice, "Fire the moment anything happens, no need to hold back. I'll take the blame if anything goes wrong!"
Beads of sweat covered Old Ma's forehead!
"Understood, Young Prince!"
However, they waited until the carriage had rolled far away, yet Zhu Linger made not a single retaliatory move!
On the contrary, she kept turning her head back, casting flirtatious glances at Ye Tian!
Ye Tian let out a breath of relief and covertly glanced toward the distant rooftop. It was completely empty—the fierce female general who commanded battlefields had already left!
Ye Tian shook his head slightly.
Actually, with his massive spiritual power, he had sensed Su Chanjuan's arrival long ago!
That was one of the reasons he dared to spank Zhu Linger!
With a terrifying existence like Su Chanjuan around, what did he have to fear from Zhu Linger?
Worst case scenario, he could just slap Zhu Linger to death!
Though he didn't like hitting women, this woman was pure trouble!
Oh, right! He still hadn't hugged and shaken hands with her this morning. He needed to go back and make up for it, otherwise the day would go to waste!
Thinking of this, Ye Tian returned to the estate, comforted his parents for a bit, had Old Ma hitch the carriage, and headed out the back door toward the General's Estate.
Though the front gates were no longer blocked by the women of the Fengming Sect, he didn't want to cause trouble for Su Chanjuan for even a day!
Soon, the carriage arrived at the back gate of the General's Estate, hurried inside, and made its way to the study.
"Madam, I'm back!"
He raised his head, only to see Su Xiaotang sitting behind the desk!
"Where's your sister?"
"My sister? The Empress sent someone saying there's an emergency at the border, so she went to the palace to discuss major affairs!"
An emergency at the border?
The Madam was the Protector of the Nation and the commander of the Northern Prefecture; shouldn't intelligence reports reach her first?
An ominous feeling welled up in his heart.
"Oh no, something's going to happen to your sister, let's go!"
With that, Ye Tian grabbed Su Xiaotang's hand and pulled her outside!
[Ding-dong: Detected that the host shook hands with a beauty, rewarded with 1,000 points!]
"System, use a cheat card and exchange for a heavy sniper rifle!"
Although he possessed Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivation and the Invincible Battle Armor, he wanted to test the power of firearms.
He had to experience every aspect of it!
[Understood, Host!]
[Ding-dong: The host has expended 30,000 points and successfully exchanged for a heavy sniper rifle and one hundred rounds of ammunition!]
︻∥╦╤◎─
Looking into the system inventory, he saw a heavy sniper rifle and five magazines appear, each magazine loaded with twenty rounds!
What?
"Qiuqiu, are you kidding me? A single sniper rifle cost me 30,000 points?"
[Host, firearms are considered cheating items, so the cost is somewhat high!]
"What if I exchange for a Gatling?"
[……]
[Host, after calculation, a Gatling is worth 300,000 points!]
Three hundred thousand!
Damn it!
That's brutal! Where is he supposed to get 300,000 points? He wanted to hug Madam for thirty days straight!
No way, I need to figure something out!
Just as he was pondering, a squad of guards suddenly rushed over from the distance with a menacing aura.
"Are these palace guards?"
Su Xiaotang suddenly grabbed Ye Tian's hand.
"Palace guards?"
"Did something happen at someone's estate? Oh no! They might be heading to your place!"
The ominous feeling in Ye Tian's heart grew even sharper!
"How is that possible?"
"My sister is the Protector of the Nation! Who would dare touch my family?!"
Su Xiaotang shook her head frantically!
Ye Tian pointed at the squad of palace guards. "Don't forget, these are the Empress's people! You know the saying about a subject becoming too powerful for the ruler to control?"
Color drained from Su Xiaotang's face in sheer terror.
Ye Tian thought for a moment and said, "Take the shortcut back immediately, I'll stall them!"
Su Xiaotang nodded, leaped out of the carriage, and darted into an alley!
"Old Ma, block the street with the carriage!"
Ye Tian ordered!
Having overheard their conversation, Old Ma did not hesitate in the slightest and swung the carriage across the main street!
"Step aside!"
"Who dares to block the road?!"
"Don't you know we are imperial guards?"
Leng Ye, the lead guard captain, roared in fury!
Pretending his warhorse was spooked and panicking, Old Ma covertly urged it forward while putting on a show of reining it in.
"Oh, it's Captain Leng. I'm Old Ma from the Northern Prefecture Prince's Estate, just taking the Young Prince out for a stroll. The horse got spooked and I can't control it—whoa, whoa..."
Leng Ye drew his saber and slashed down toward the warhorse. "You're courting death!"