Chapter 260 - 259: She Wants Us

"Miss," someone reminded her softly.

Yan Mingjiao had talked until her mouth was dry. Only when someone called out to her did she notice the two men in front of her were spacing out.

’What? I had so many people surround them, and they still have the nerve to space out?’

Yan Mingjiao was about to lose her temper, but her gaze fell on Ling Yanzhi’s long, quietly resting eyelashes, and her anger instantly vanished.

The light and shadows fell on his long, delicate lashes, which, combined with his lazy demeanor, added a touch of casual wildness to his look.

Yan Mingjiao’s mood improved.

She reveled in destroying men like Ling Yanzhi—men who looked physically perfect and had difficult or even downright nasty tempers.

Once she locked them up, she could quietly admire their helpless struggles and broken forms all by herself, watching them crawl pitifully at her feet.

The corners of Yan Mingjiao’s lips curved up.

’Come to think of it, I’ve never played with two brothers before.’

’Someone like ’Qu Xian’ is intense enough.’

’And I also like Qu Wu’s type—pale and delicate.’

’I want to destroy them, bit by bit...’

After Ling Yanzhi learned that the entire Emperor Wolf Star was under the Yan Family’s control, he filed a report to his superiors.

But the Alliance took no action, citing insufficient evidence and telling them to find and submit proof.

So, here they were. And then they saw the man who had boarded the ship in the same batch as them.

An outsider who came to Emperor Wolf Star to sell goods had, in the blink of an eye, ended up in the Slave Market, and as a low-grade species to be auctioned off, no less.

It was too absurd—so absurd that Ling Yanzhi didn’t dare to think too deeply about it.

He impatiently lifted his eyelids. "Had your fill of staring, auntie?"

Yan Mingjiao’s expression froze.

However, when she saw the half of ’Qu Xian’s’ face that was visible, and his broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted frame...

’So what if he has a foul mouth?’ she immediately thought.

Yan Mingjiao had already talked herself into a good mood again.

Xi Yu suddenly muttered darkly, "What a bitch. A fucking bitch."

’As expected, repeating a word or two that Pei Yin taught me really lets off some steam.’

Yan Mingjiao laughed in anger. "If you’re going to give me attitude, you should first understand your situation. Acting all high and mighty in a situation like this—aren’t you just doing it because you know I like this sort of thing?"

She glanced at the person beside her.

That person’s eyes widened, and he directly channeled his Soul Power, smashing a table to pieces with a single slap.

Xi Yu frowned.

’Having a fake identity is such a hassle. Someone’s already smashing a table to intimidate me.’

Ling Yanzhi sneered. "Popping up out of nowhere to stare at people like a lunatic. What the hell do you want?"

Xi Yu tugged on Ling Yanzhi’s sleeve and said bluntly, "We’re too handsome. She wants us."

Ling Yanzhi: "..."

"It’s too late to admit you’re wrong now!" Yan Mingjiao scoffed upon hearing ’Qu Wu’s’ seemingly submissive tone.

"You want to play hard to get? Fine, I’ll play along. I tried asking nicely, but you just had to be difficult. If you want to save your family, then you should obediently let me trample you under my heel. Don’t you know my rules?"

’I can’t let this go without giving them a good beating!’

She laughed with abandon. "Tough bones, huh? I’m waiting to see you kneel before me like dogs, groveling and begging with your tails between your legs."

The people around them didn’t dare to look over.

The entire, vast Slave Market fell silent.

Ling Yanzhi could only hear a few whispers, so quiet they were almost negligible. For example: "Someone else caught her eye." "They’re done for." "I wonder if the Qu Family can save them."

’From the looks of it, the Slave Market also belongs to the Yan Family.’

’That’s to be expected. After all, the legalization of the Slave Market was pushed through by votes from Admiral Yan’s subordinates.’

’Although Yan Tianba stayed out of it and didn’t participate in the vote, the benefits clearly all went to him.’

Yan Mingjiao gave the order: "They’re fugitives! Seize them!"

Xi Yu fought off the people who rushed forward.

His tone was a little wooden. "We aren’t fugitives. Do you have any proof?"

Yan Mingjiao laughed again. "This isn’t a trial in the Alliance Prison. Since when does the Yan Family need evidence to do things?"

She narrowed her eyes. "I didn’t expect someone with B-level Spiritual Power to be such a good fighter."

’The spiritual power is one thing, but more importantly, his fighting style is strangely familiar.’

Seeing that the men she brought were losing, Yan Mingjiao started to get anxious.

She shot a look at one of them, signaling for him to go get reinforcements from the upper two floors.

The man was a bit reluctant. "If that person upstairs finds out..."

Yan Mingjiao snapped, "Just go when I tell you to! Stop wasting time! If anything happens, I’ll take responsibility!"

She was a strange one, seemingly insistent on doing things that others would find stupid.

Soon, the first floor of the Slave Market was cleared out.

The customers on the upper two floors weren’t driven away; instead, they craned their necks to watch the show.

Nearly a hundred thugs charged down from the second and third floors.

Xi Yu and Ling Yanzhi exchanged a look.

Yan Mingjiao looked smug.

Her voice rose. "You two listen up! This is my territory. The fact that I’ve taken an interest in you is your honor. If you dare to resist again, watch out, or I’ll have them kill you."

Xi Yu pressed his lips together. "But I haven’t taken an interest in you. If you knew who my baby was, you’d think I was the lucky one."

Ling Yanzhi: "..."

Hearing this, he could only expressionlessly agree, "You’re right."

Yan Mingjiao’s face twisted with rage. "You’ve already been intimate with someone else?"

’I don’t want dirty men!’

Xi Yu replied, dejected and honest, "No, we haven’t had the chance yet."

A flash of delight crossed Yan Mingjiao’s face.

’I knew these two were playing hard to get!’

A smirk played on Ling Yanzhi’s lips. "You want an intimate relationship? I can have my brother adopt you as his god-granddaughter."

Yan Mingjiao: "..."

She was really about to explode.

Yan Mingjiao’s fluttering heart plummeted to rock bottom. "Beat them! If you don’t kill them, bring them to me!"

To a high-and-mighty noble, the death of one or two down-and-out aristocrats was no big deal.

Pin a crime on them, sell them at the Slave Market, and if they don’t cooperate, just kill them. What was the problem?

To Yan Mingjiao, these people were nothing more than little beasts for consumption.

Was she bored with nothing better to do? Why should she care whether her meat-beasts lived or died?

Ling Yanzhi spread his hands. "You see, brother, we have a difference of opinion with her, so..."

"So, we can only send her to her death," Xi Yu finished.

Every time he spoke, he exuded the chilling aura of a malevolent spirit. "If you die, there will be one less bitch in the world coveting my baby’s man."

Unleashing their Soul Power to its fullest, the two of them thrashed the hundred or so Awakeners without even using their Soul Beasts.

Yan Mingjiao’s eyes widened in disbelief.

The guards on the first floor of the Slave Market weren’t high-Level, but she had also called down the ones from the third floor.

Their Levels were all Level 2S, and it had taken great effort to recruit them.

To think they were so easily defeated!

SPLAT! A man collapsed at Yan Mingjiao’s feet.

’He’s dead! Aaaah! He’s dead!’

’They actually dared to kill him!’

Yan Mingjiao’s eyes filled with unease and terror. "Stop! Stop it right now! My grandfather is Admiral Yan, I’m not afraid of you! Aaaah! You’re wrecking my grandfather’s friend’s establishment!"

Xi Yu blurred into motion, landing several hard punches on her. THWACK! THWACK!

His spiritual power, mixed with the power of Yang Zhang, compressed the air, and the fists of distorted airflow sent Yan Mingjiao shrieking.

"My face! My face!"

Yan Mingjiao’s stubborn-mouthed habit was finally cured.

Fight back? With her meager spiritual power, rushing in would be suicide. She was purely a punching bag.

But she was still unwilling to accept it.

Yan Mingjiao shrieked, "Help me fight back! Hit them with everything you’ve got!"

Ling Yanzhi snapped several people’s necks, his feet never stopping as he weaved through the crowd.

He seemed not to hear Yan Mingjiao’s screams, merely stating calmly, "Gouge out her eyes and tongue."

Xi Yu obediently smashed his fist into Yan Mingjiao’s abdomen.

As she howled in agony with her mouth wide open, his hand moved, and her tongue fell.

Yan Mingjiao whimpered, clutching her mouth, her eyes filled with terror.