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"Hush, keep it down, that Tang Yuehua is someone from the Clear Sky Sect."
"Tch, so what if it's the Clear Sky Sect?"
"Haven't you heard? The Clear Sky Sect has stirred up huge trouble now and can barely protect itself, who still has time to care about a woman like her?"
Listening to the foul and unbearable filth outside, Tang Yuehua, sitting inside the carriage, trembled all over, her face as pale as paper.
"These scoundrels! They are clearly making false accusations!"
"Moon Pavilion has never sold musical instruments, let alone taught such lowly things! They are deliberately ruining the reputation of Moon Pavilion!"
Speaking thus, Tang Yuehua was about to get up and rush down from the carriage to reason with those people.
"Sit down."
A strong, powerful hand suddenly pressed down on her shoulder, forcing her back into her seat.
Tang Yuehua turned her head and looked angrily at Luo Nan: "What are you doing? Are you just going to let them slander Moon Pavilion like this?"
Luo Nan did not look at her, his gaze still piercing through the gap in the curtains, coldly watching the group of troublemakers outside.
"If you go out now, you will play right into their hands."
"Take a close look at those dozen or so people."
Luo Nan pointed outside,
"That muscular man leading the trouble, although acting like a rogue, has an extremely stable lower stance and long, steady breathing. He is clearly a Battle Spirit Master of a fairly high Rank."
"And that sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked skinny guy, his eyes keep glancing into the crowd, obviously communicating secretly with someone."
Tang Yuehua was stunned for a moment. Following Luo Nan's guidance, she looked over and indeed discovered some clues.
"This is obviously a trap set intentionally, directed by someone behind the scenes."
Luo Nan withdrew his gaze, leaned back against the chair, and analyzed methodically.
"This is a very classic combo."
"First, find a group of hooligans or low-Rank Spirit Masters to come and cause trouble, throw dirt, and spread rumors."
"Their purpose is not to demand money, but to force you out."
"As long as you, the Pavilion Master, show your face, no matter how you explain, in the eyes of the unaware masses around, the reputation of Moon Pavilion will already be ruined."
"This is called ruining your reputation."
"Secondly, when you are flustered and mentally chaotic from being entangled by this group of people, assassins hiding in the dark will seize the opportunity to move."
"They might assassinate you, or important figures inside Moon Pavilion. This is called probing."
Luo Nan turned his head, looking at Tang Yuehua's somewhat pale face, and ruthlessly revealed the cruel truth behind this:
"If it reaches this step and still no powerhouse steps out to protect you, it proves that you, Tang Yuehua, are truly completely isolated now."
"The Clear Sky Sect has completely abandoned you, and you have no backing behind you."
"Once this is confirmed, those major forces hiding behind the scenes will close the net without hesitation."
"They will mobilize official or even more powerful forces, under the charges of disturbing public order or fraud, to easily seal off Moon Pavilion and arrest you."
"By then, you will be fish meat on their chopping board, at the mercy of anyone."
Having listened to Luo Nan's meticulous analysis, Tang Yuehua only felt a chill rush straight from the soles of her feet to her crown.
Although she was smart, she had after all lived under the wings of the Clear Sky Sect all along, and later wandered around the high-level noble circles of Heaven Dou City, only ever coming into contact with things that were glamorous on the surface.
How had she ever witnessed such venomous methods combining grassroots underworld and political maneuvering?
If Luo Nan were not here today, if she had rashly rushed out, she probably would have truly fallen into an abyss of eternal damnation.
"Th-then what should we do now?"
Tang Yuehua's voice trembled slightly, and she instinctively looked at Luo Nan.
Luo Nan looked at her and suddenly smiled.
"What should we do?"
Luo Nan slowly stood up and pushed open the carriage door.
"In front of absolute power, any conspiracy or trickery is a joke."
Luo Nan stepped out of the carriage in one stride and stood under the sunlight.
In his deep eyes, a spine-chilling golden light flickered.
"Since they want to probe whether there is a powerhouse backing you from behind, I will give them the clearest answer."
"Today, I want the entire Heaven Dou City to know what kind of price needs to be paid for touching a place under the protection of me, Luo Nan!"
"Bang!"
A muffled, thunderous sound, like a heavy hammer slamming fiercely into everyone's heart.
The moment Luo Nan stepped out of the carriage and his feet landed, an indescribably terrifying Aura, like a volcano suppressed for tens of millions of years, erupted with a boom!
"Boom——!"
A dazzling golden light soared into the sky from within Luo Nan's body, transforming into a visible golden wave of Qi that swept out in all directions.
Accompanied by this wave of Qi was a soaring, Soul-shaking dragon roar!
The Soul Power of a Rank 79 quasi-Spirit Douluo was released without reservation.
What was even more terrifying was that the pure dragon might belonging to the top-tier Spirit, the Golden Sacred Dragon, instantly enveloped the entire plaza in front of Moon Pavilion.
The originally bustling street fell into a deathly silence at this moment.
Bearing the brunt of it were those dozen or so guys blocking the entrance of Moon Pavilion to cause trouble.
The strongest among them was at most a Spirit Elder in the thirties; how could they withstand this level of pressure?
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
A series of sounds of knees slamming onto the bluestone slabs rang out.
Those dozen or so scoundrels who were arrogant and domineering just now were, at this moment, as if drained of all the bones in their bodies, pressed flatly onto the ground by that terrifying dragon might.
Trembling violently all over, they couldn't even raise their heads. Cold sweat instantly soaked through their clothes, and their eyes were filled with extreme fear.
Luo Nan walked forward expressionless.
Every step he took, the bluestone slabs beneath his feet would silently turn into dust.
The dark red robe on his body whipped and snapped in the Soul Power storm, and a few golden dragon scales could be faintly seen appearing and disappearing on his neck and the back of his hands.
"I was wondering who had such great nerve to come here and run amok."
Luo Nan's voice was not loud, but wrapped in thick Soul Power, it clearly entered the ears of everyone present.
"Prick up your dog ears and listen well. This is Moon Pavilion, the territory under the protection of me, the Golden Scale Blood Butcher Luo Nan! Anyone who dares to make trouble here is going against me, Luo Nan!"
As soon as the four words "Golden Scale Blood Butcher" came out, a sound of inhaling cold air suddenly broke out among the onlookers.
"Gosh! It's actually him! That lunatic in the underground black market who kills without blinking an eye!"
"The Golden Scale Blood Butcher Luo Nan! Why is he here? Isn't he always a lone Loose Cultivator?"
"It's over, these trouble-making guys kicked an iron plate. This guy is a true God of Slaughter!"
Listening to the exclamations of the surrounding people, the muscular man with a fierce face who led the trouble was already scared out of his wits by now.
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