Hearing this, Shen Xiaoyan burst into laughter.
"Are you an idiot? You have more people, do you think I'm here alone?"
"To tell you the truth, among us, I am the weakest. Each of them is much stronger than me."
"Don't just talk about the people you brought. Even if you brought more, we wouldn't be afraid."
Long Xuan's face turned ugly upon hearing this, but she didn't say anything, just stared at Shen Xiaoyan.
After looking at Shen Xiaoyan for a while, she suddenly shifted her gaze.
Long Xuan's gaze swept over Zheng Wei and the others.
She didn't pause at any of the previous people, but when her eyes landed on Shen Xiaoming, she stopped.
"Who are you?" Long Xuan asked.
Shen Xiaoming looked at Long Xuan coldly. This woman had just insulted his sister, and he would make her pay soon.
Seeing that Shen Xiaoming didn't answer her, Long Xuan became a little anxious. She looked back at Shen Xiaoyan, "Who is this? Where did you put that half-person you bid on earlier? Where did you send him?"
Hearing this, Shen Xiaoyan quickly glanced at Shen Xiaoming's position before calmly retracting her gaze and saying, "He's gone."
"Where did he go?" Long Xuan pressed.
Before Shen Xiaoyan could answer, Wu Shuai's voice came from outside the courtyard wall.
"It's already bad enough that you came uninvited, but now you're making trouble for the guests in the Fort Master's mansion and threatening them. Do you not have any respect for the Fort Master's mansion?"
Unexpectedly, Long Xuan sneered, "We never had any respect for you in the first place. The Fort Master's mansion? What is that?"
Hearing Long Xuan's reply, Shen Xiaoyan almost burst out laughing.
She had to admit, that retort was truly brilliant.
Of course, it would have been even better if the roles were reversed.
"When has our Sun Heat Sect ever needed to care about a small town's Fort Master's mansion?" Long Xuan said, her face full of undisguised disdain.
Wu Shuai was so angry that his whole body trembled, but he couldn't find any words to retort.
The gap between the Sun Heat Sect and them was like the difference between heaven and earth.
But so what? The Sun Heat Sect was powerful simply because they had many people and deep foundations.
If their Fort Master's mansion had the same amount of cultivation resources, he believed they would not be inferior to the Sun Heat Sect.
But this was just wishful thinking.
The Sun Heat Sect had a history of thousands of years; how could people like them, without any foundation, be compared?
Wu Shuai suppressed the bitterness in his heart and continued, "We may not be able to compare to the Sun Heat Sect, but as a major sect, the Sun Heat Sect should not casually disrupt a city. The Fort Master's mansion is the governing body of the city. Don't you want Yingcheng to descend into chaos? If the Sun Heat Sect is then held accountable, you won't benefit either."
Wu Shuai's words struck a chord with Long Xuan.
Although she was unwilling, she wanted to trouble Shen Xiaoyan and the others, and she wanted to find the half-person.
That was why she agreed to Bai Ge'er's request to bring people to trouble Yi Zhixie and the others.
However, if she really had to risk her future, she would be extremely unwilling.
Just as she was hesitating, someone suddenly stepped forward and said, "Everyone, follow me and kill this ignorant brat. Then no one will know about this."
Those who were still watching the situation instantly began to scheme.
Long Xuan felt that this method was feasible.
"Everyone, attack!"
With Long Xuan's command, the more than a hundred people standing beside her instantly charged towards Shen Xiaoyan and the others.
Most of the servants in the courtyard were weak and unable to fight. Only a small portion had cultivated, but their levels were extremely low.
In this situation, they couldn't run and couldn't fight. Soon, several of them were injured.
Shen Xiaoyan glanced around and realized they were all superficial wounds, which eased her mind considerably.
However, she still had to find a way to get these people to leave first, to avoid harming the innocent.
"Awei, Yi Zhixie, you two find a way to get these servants to leave first."
Shen Xiaoyan exchanged blows with Long Xuan while shouting loudly.
Zheng Wei and Shen Xiaoyan understood each other perfectly. With just that sentence, Zheng Wei understood Shen Xiaoyan's intention.
He moved to Yi Zhixie's side, and after exchanging a look, they suddenly erupted. They entangled dozens of people, successfully allowing the eight servants to escape.
Seeing that the servants had actually managed to escape one by one, Long Xuan's face turned red with anger.
What was supposed to be a sure thing had been thwarted repeatedly.
Long Xuan's heart turned vicious, and she said, "Everyone, use your full strength and finish this quickly. If you can't defeat them, I'll deal with you myself later."
If previously these disciples had been able to cope, wanting only to stall until the black-clothed steward returned so they could rest, then now, they no longer dared to think that way.
After all, Long Xuan was a person of her word.
When facing a powerful opponent, Long Xuan might only be able to bluster and be helpless in reality.
But against these people, she had plenty of methods.
Unless they truly didn't want to live anymore, or they were confident they could escape without being caught by Long Xuan, they could only give their all now, in hopes of saving their own lives.
Sensing the increased intensity of their attacks, Shen Xiaoyan, Zheng Wei, and the others became more cautious.
Wu Shuai no longer stood by and watched. Given what had happened earlier, Long Xuan had already blacklisted him.
As long as it didn't involve innocent civilians in Yingcheng, he was willing to fight to the death.
By the time Wu Yihao and the black-clothed steward arrived, the place was still a chaotic mess.
The fierce fighting of Shen Xiaoyan and the others, and the fierce fighting of Long Xuan and her disciples, was a breathtaking spectacle.
Although Shen Xiaoyan and the others had sustained some injuries, more than half of Long Xuan's disciples had already fallen dead.
Yi Zhixie had not intended to kill the people of the Sun Heat Sect initially.
However, he was not a selfless fool. When his life was threatened, his first priority was always his own life and the lives of his friends.
As for these Sun Heat Sect disciples who had fallen and couldn't get up, he could only silently apologize in his heart.
Long Xuan watched as her people fell one by one and could no longer stand. A fire seemed to burn within her, filling her with immense hatred.
"Everyone, attack and kill them!"
"I'd like to see who dares."
As these four words reached everyone's ears, they all stopped their actions and turned towards the source of the voice.
The one speaking was none other than the black-clothed steward.
Beside him stood Wu Yihao, the Fort Master of Yingcheng.
The moment Long Xuan saw the black-clothed steward, her face, which had been red with anger, turned as pale as a ghost.
The black-clothed steward let out a cold laugh. With a slight movement of his lips, all the disciples of the Sun Heat Sect uncontrollably rose to their feet and then retreated behind the carriages.
"If you don't want to die, then get out of here obediently."
These words, full of overwhelming power, truly made Shen Xiaoyan's heart overflow with relief.
What kind of training could make their subordinates so disciplined?
In fact, the most important thing here was that the black-clothed steward's apparent identity was just a steward.
Yet, this person, with just a few words, made everyone obey him and stop their actions. How could this not be intriguing?
The black-clothed steward and Wu Yihao walked forward slowly, their faces expressionless, making it impossible to discern their thoughts.