After hearing my question, everyone in the room looked at Yu Bin with curiosity.
Yu Bin glanced around and said, "Senior Long saved my whole family's lives. My wife, children, and younger brother were present during that battle a month ago. They all hid, but before Lan Gu Poison escaped, he unleashed a wide-ranging poisonous palm strike, poisoning them all. My brother's martial arts are quite good, and he could barely withstand it, but my younger brother couldn't. When my brother was in despair, Senior Long appeared before him. He instantly absorbed the poison released by Lan Gu Poison into his own body, purified it, and then cured my wife and children. He is my family's benefactor."
Then he glared at me and said, "Therefore, I absolutely will not allow anyone to insult him."
Seeing his serious gaze, Huang Tianxiao looked at me helplessly, giving me an inquiring look. It was as if I were saying, "Can you tell him your identity?"
Looking at Yu Bin's earnest eyes, I smiled gently and said, "No matter how heroic or great the Dragon King is, to me he's just a bullying, middle-aged lecher."
Yu Bin was about to explode again after hearing my words, but I smiled gently and said, "Do you know why?" As I spoke, the approachable demeanor of the top-floor Xiaoyao You immediately shone through, and Yu Bin, without realizing it, stopped being angry and looked at me with confusion.
At the same time, everyone else in the lobby was also looking at me.
I looked at the people in the room, then pulled my wife over and asked them, "What do you all think of my and my sister-in-law's outfits?" After saying that, I slapped my wife's big buttocks hard.
"Smack!" After a crisp sound, my wife's plump buttocks trembled, and the sound of swallowing echoed in the lobby.
Seeing their lecherous expressions, I continued, "My mother, my sister-in-law's mother-in-law, dresses similarly to us. In that battle a little over a month ago, she appeared on the battlefield alongside the Dragon King, and you all call her Madam Dragon." By this time, the people in the hall understood my identity. I continued, "No matter what kind of Dragon King you imagine, in my heart he's that silly man who's helpless when I cry and happy when I laugh; that man who punishes me more severely than I am when I'm naughty; that man who enjoys lecherously touching his daughter's body as she grows up; that man who gave me life, raised me, and is willing to give unconditionally for me."
At this point, I looked at Yu Bin and asked, "Brother Yu, are you still angry if I say he's a depraved middle-aged man and a lecherous old man?"
After hearing my words, Yu Bin, who now fully understood my identity, shook his head.
Then, after bowing deeply to me with clasped hands, he said, "Miss Long, I'm sorry, Yu Bin was rude. Yu Bin just insulted you and is willing to accept any punishment."
I helped him up, then shook my head and said, "If I really punish you, my dad will definitely spank me." After saying that, I mischievously whispered in his ear, "If Brother Yu wants to see me get spanked, you can do it yourself! My butt feels really nice!"
After I said that, Yu Bin immediately blushed and shook his head.
Seeing him shaking his head, I smiled mischievously and said, "Brother Yu, come sit with us!" Then I pulled him back to his original seat.
Huang Tianxiao breathed a sigh of relief and said to everyone, "Alright, alright, it's okay now, everyone continue eating!" After saying that, he boldly sat down next to his wife.
My wife and I's generous behavior just now emboldened him even more.
Although I didn't dare to be as clumsy as yesterday, my eyes kept glancing at my wife.
After Yu Bin sat down, I still held his hand; he was incredibly nervous, neither pulling away nor holding on tightly.
I sat down and looked at Liu Wen opposite me, then said, "Young Master Liu, what happened next that made so many people pay attention to Yangzhou and head there?"
Liu Wen sighed softly, glanced at my tightly clasped hand with Yu Bin's, and then began to continue his story.
However, the others in the hall, eager to talk to me, started chattering away.
The chaotic noise was making my head spin, so I quickly told them to continue eating and let Liu Wen continue his story.
This made the others in the hall extremely jealous of Liu Wen, but they were even more jealous of Yu Bin, whose hand I was holding.
After the noise subsided, Lin Wen resumed his story.
Two days after the battle, everyone treated their injuries. The seriously wounded remained with the Martial Alliance, while the rest set off.
Father and Mother accompanied them to protect them from further attacks by the Demonic Alliance.
In the days that followed, although the people of Yangzhou City frequently discussed the battle, things gradually calmed down.
Aside from the expected change of leadership at the Yangzhou branch of the Haoqi Alliance, nothing major happened.
However, a few days ago, news spread that a cave had appeared underwater in the waters where the battle had taken place, containing ruins.
These ruins were heavily guarded by traps and mechanisms, and contained not only astonishing treasures but also secret manuals of unparalleled martial arts.
The new leader of the Haoqi Alliance's Yangzhou branch died in these ruins.
The cause of the incident has now been identified: a junior leader of the Haoqi Alliance's Xuanwu Hall, an excellent swimmer, accidentally discovered the cave while swimming.
The cave had originally been sealed off, but during the battle of Datian, an attack by an unknown powerful figure shattered the sealing stones, revealing the cave to the world.
A minor leader of the Xuanwu Hall discovered the cave at a depth of about thirty meters underwater and immediately and secretly notified the new branch leader.
However, instead of receiving a reward, he faced a silent death.
The branch leader wanted to monopolize this secret, to enjoy the wealth, status, and power it might hold.
Then the branch leader, accompanied by two trusted guards, went to the cave. They went on a full moon night and entered silently.
But of the three who entered with dreams and hopes, only one emerged—a guard who had gone mad.
When he emerged from the water, he carried a sword, a sword that could be called a divine weapon.
In his hand, he also carried a book, a book called *The Way of the Heavenly Sword*.
But the divine weapon was now only half intact, and the book was reduced to mere withered leaves.
Those who returned alive were driven mad.
This madman eventually died by his own sword, for the pain was unbearable.
After severing his own head, black blood flowed from his body, and several black beetles crawled out.
While people were puzzled by this, news of the cave's secret spread.
It turned out that the minor leader of the Xuanwu Hall had taken a precaution when searching for the new leader: he had informed a lover he met in a brothel.
If he didn't see him for a few days, the prostitute would spread the news, and the secret of the cave would become known.
If it were just a prostitute spreading the news, people wouldn't have paid much attention, but what the guard brought out was simply too alluring.
Divine weapons and unparalleled martial arts—these were things every martial artist dreamed of.
For years, countless families and sects have risen to prominence because of a single ruin, and everyone in the martial arts world hopes that this ruin will bring them the same fortune.
Therefore, they disregarded the dangers and came to Yangzhou, heading towards the ruin.
However, none of them have entered the ruin yet, because the gate has been closed.
After examining the gate, a master of divination told them that it would only open on the night of a full moon.
If they wanted to enter, they had to wait for the full moon.
Now, many people are flocking to Yangzhou with dreams, hoping to find an opportunity to rise above others.
Yangzhou already has tens of thousands of martial artists, their skills varying greatly, from mid-stage Innate Realm masters to those at the third or fourth level of Acquired Realm.
On the night of the full moon, the number might even reach hundreds of thousands, raising questions about whether the ruin can accommodate them all.
Moreover, among them, there will definitely be late-stage Innate Realm masters, and possibly even peak Innate Realm practitioners.
Hearing Liu Wen's words, my heart sank. I knew all too well that of those hundreds of thousands, very few would survive; most would perish in the ruins.
Not just from the traps and mechanisms, but even more would die in the infighting.
These martial artists would be driven mad by the desire for what lay within.
Thinking of that scenario, I sighed helplessly.
At that moment, I hadn't considered going to the ruins. What they contained held no interest for me.
Martial arts?
The martial arts my master taught me were all unparalleled.
Divine weapons?
There were so many divine weapons in the Soul Space that I didn't even want to look at them.
And the power-enhancing drugs were even worse; the instability of our mental state from taking them almost caused us problems.
After eating, we headed towards the dock, intending to take a boat to Yangzhou. Everyone we'd met at the inn followed us.
After assessing these people's character, I let them follow me. After all, I plan to build a branch of the Long family in Yangzhou.