Su Ye turned to glance at Su Qing behind her, then back at the mercenaries across from them.
She spoke.
"Gentlemen, surely we can talk this over."
She didn't really want to fight.
Su Qing had lost his Cultivation. She couldn't risk him getting hurt.
Unfortunately, while that was what she wanted, not everyone else agreed.
Then, WHOOSH!
An arrow came whistling through the air.
It was aimed straight for the point between Su Qing's eyes.
THWACK!
A slender hand snatched the arrow out of the air.
With a CRACK, the arrow snapped in half.
The smile on her face faded slightly.
She turned to look at the man who had fired the arrow from behind the other mercenaries.
Her gaze lowered for an instant.
"It seems, gentlemen, that negotiations are off the table."
A vicious glint flashed in the man's eyes as he spoke to the mercenary leader.
"Boss! The Fourth Princess said she wants to see him, dead or alive.
She's paying one hundred thousand taels of gold leaf either way.
