Chapter 1835 — Stalling for Time: "Who Is Wei Zhao?" the Newcomer Asked Point-Blank. "Tell Him to Come Out and See Me!"
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Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had driven away, but Yu Liu was confident he could overtake them in short order — the villa district had only so many roads, and at his speed he could still pick up their trail.
To make the two back down, Yu Liu roused his internal cultivation as well. In an instant the peak of the mid Earth rank stood fully revealed, and the true qi of his whole body pressed down upon Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan with crushing force.
Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan's expressions shifted slightly. They now knew their opponent's strength: a peak mid Earth-rank expert.
Against a newly advanced early Earth-rank expert who had never trained in martial techniques, Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan together might still have had a chance. But against a peak mid Earth-rank expert, they had not the slightest hope of victory.
They were not Wei Zhao; they had no gift for fighting above their rank. Facing an opponent so far beyond them in strength, defeat was the only possible outcome.
"I'm with the police. You've broken into private property — come back with me now and submit to questioning," Qiu Lingshan said to Yu Liu, a flash of inspiration striking her.
"...?" Yu Liu was struck dumb. He had imagined these two might be cowed by his aura and beat a retreat, or might throw their lives away and come at him in desperation — but never had he dreamed that Qiu Lingshan would say such a thing.
Breaking into private property? Yu Liu scratched his head, but he did not move to strike; instead he explained, "I am from one of the hidden families."
"I know. I will inform the Mystery Investigation Bureau and have them handle this matter," Qiu Lingshan said.
Yu Liu was about to say that as a hidden family he was bound by the Hidden Families Arbitration Association, but when he caught that sly glint in Qiu Lingshan's eyes, he understood at once: this woman was stalling for time, buying a chance for the others to get clean away.
At that thought, Yu Liu stopped bandying words with Qiu Lingshan altogether, turned, and made to give chase in the direction Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had fled.
Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan understood immediately that Yu Liu had seen through their ruse. Qiu Lingshan's words had indeed bought some time, but whether Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had escaped they could not say, so they flung caution aside and planted themselves in Yu Liu's path, refusing to let him pass.
"Out of my way, or I won't be so courteous," Yu Liu said coldly. "Two experts at the peak of the late Profound rank — have you grown tired of living?"
By now Yu Liu had guessed that these two were probably sons and daughters of some family too; which family he could not yet tell, but they were certainly in league with Wei Zhao. Rage surged in Yu Liu's heart: two Profound-rank juniors had ruined his great undertaking, and he ached to strike them dead on the spot.
But at the memory of Yu Xiaochen's special injunction, Yu Liu held back. After all, he had never quite grasped what Yu Xiaochen meant; Yu Xiaochen had spoken vaguely, and Yu Liu was not sure whether he had meant only that the two girls at Wei Zhao's side were not to be harmed, or that no one uninvolved at his side was to be touched at all.
After all, Yu Xiaochen had added one more thing: the Yu family knew that every wrong has its author and every debt its debtor, and they must not be too high-handed...