"Kill that merchant!"

"Yes!"

The man beside Shi Yan swiftly swung his sword towards Shi Yan's neck.

Slash!

"Shi Yan!" Yang Xian shouted out. The bow in his hand had released another arrow towards the man who attacked Shi Yan.

Dzing!

Jleb!

"I'm fine!"

Shi Yan managed to evade in the nick of time. The sword slashed through his clothing, ripping it off. This made him look a bit miserably, but he didn't care in the slightest bit since the most important thing was that he was still alive.

Swish!

Directing his horse towards the group of people, Yang Xian blocked the next attack. He waved his hand, instruction for the cavalry soldiers behind him.

"Surround them and kill them all!"

"Yes!"

Panting for breath, Shi Yan watched as the soldiers moved in orderly way and began to eliminate the people one by one. His eyes turned to the group of people from the house once more. They were coming out and running away, staying away from the fire as fast as possible.

Crack! Crack!

The sounds of building collapsing could be heard. Shi Yan's face was pale. Before he managed to react, an arm had gripped him and pulled him on top of the horse. Yang Xian quickly paced the horse away from the burning building.

Crash!

Everything was destroyed. The building couldn't hold on anymore as it collapsed in place. Thankfully, everyone had managed to get away.

"Your Highness!"

The man called Your Highness was still standing still in his place. His eyes were looking as his men were pushed back and defeated by Yang Xian. Even though Yang Xian had just arrived, the formation the soldiers created was the most suitable one to eliminate his people.

"We're leaving."

"Did I give you permission to leave, Prince Nuo from Tang You Tribe?" Yang Xian asked coldly.

The man called Your Highness, Prince Nuo, turned his head around and narrowed his eyes. It never occurred to him that Yang Xian might be able to recognize him so quickly like that. After all, there were a lot of tribes and naturally all of the leader's children were called as princes.

Just counting them all, there were already more than a hundred.

How did Yang Xian even know him?

"It seems that Strategist Yang still couldn't see the situation properly. In this situation, I can…"

Bang!

At this moment, another building was destroyed and the soldiers were already blocking the route out. Every direction that they might possibly pass was already completely sealed.

Yang Xian sneered. "You can't get away."

Prince Nuo looked at Yang Xian coldly. His escape route was discovered even though there was no indication whatsoever that he planned to use that path. This strategist surprisingly knew the route so well.

"Fight!"

…

What followed afterwards was a bitter battle between the soldiers and Prince Nuo's men. They couldn't get out and only a few of them were left alive by Yang Xian. The rest of the tribes' people were already killed.

Shi Yan went to the storage room and pushed the door open to let his attendant out.

"Young Master Shi!" Shi Yan's attendant cried out.

"Treat your wounds along with others. I'll check on you later."

"Yes, Young Master Shi!"

Walking towards Yang Xian, Shi Yan noticed the former's expression was really not good. He coughed and asked, "How did you manage to reach this place so fast, Strategist Yang?"

"I was on my way to Dong Shan City when I see your signal," Yang Xian replied coldly. "That said, who did you offend this time?"

There were many times Shi Yan offended someone in the past and ended up putting himself in predicament. This was the first time things ever got this serious, though. After all, Shi Yan had a lot of bodyguards with him who would protect him all the time.

"It's not my fault this time!"

"Yes?"

"They're aiming for my trade token!"

Yang Xian arched his eyebrows. "And you didn't give it to them?"

"Of course not! If I give it to them, they're going to kill me and use it to fool you…."

"Shi Yan."

"What is it? Don't cut my speech before I…."

"You're stupid."

"Excuse me?!"

Yang Xian rubbed his forehead. He couldn't believe that Shi Yan was truly this stupid. "Your trade token is different from other traders. If they had taken your token and tried to enter the border, they'll be captured at no time because the token is different. Besides, we already asked the soldiers to bring you immediately to us if they see the token."

"…what did you say?"

At this time, Yang Xian genuinely felt that Shi Yan was the stupidest person he had ever met. There were several tiers for the token and Shi Yan's token was the highest. So far, they had only given it out to him.

If he was not wrong, Shi Yan was present when they handed a different token to the other traders. How did he fail to realize that his token was actually different from others?

"Uhm, the other tokens are…."

"Bronze token. Yours is silver."

Shi Yan: "…" I didn't realize it at all.

Yang Xian sighed and then turned his head to look at Prince Nuo. At the very least, he knew that Shi Yan's action of withholding the token also prevented them from killing him so fast. They would torture him first to force him to give the token to them.

"Get your wounds treated."

"Ah?" Shi Yan glanced down and nodded. He forgot that there were several wounds on his body too. He was too preoccupied with the trade token that he basically forgot everything.

Yang Xian waved his hand and Shi Yan quickly scurried away to the place for wounded soldiers. On the other hand, Yang Xian's gaze turned cold. He looked at Prince Nuo.

"Now, you better start talking, Prince Nuo."

Even though Prince Nuo had prepared himself for getting tortured, he felt chills running down his spine when he saw Yang Xian's gaze.

Right now, Yang Xian is thoroughly angry.