Chapter 5514

Jared shot Flaxseed a withering side-eye, the kind you give a friend who has gone one joke too far. Heat flickered behind Jared’s calm gaze, but he kept silent -for now.

Under the rough hands of the two black-robed cultivators, the young woman’s garments were yanked away, falling like wilted petals until her skin shivered in open air.

Flaxseed’s eyes bulged. A silver thread of drool slid down his chin before he jerked his head up, wiping it away as if nothing had happened.

“Mr. Flaxseed, is that enough of a demonstration?” Jared asked, his voice cool. Flaxseed managed a brisk nod, throat bobbing.

“Stop right there! Broad daylight, and you’re kidnapping a civilian? Have you no respect for the law?” With that roar, Flaxseed sprang forward. Though short and slightly stooped, he landed before the woman like a pocket-sized hero-yet his eyes still flicked, unwilling, toward the curves he claimed to defend.

Relief washed over the woman’s face. She scrambled for her torn clothing, clutching shredded fabric against herself, barely hiding the most private places.

The two men in black robes recoiled, then sneered when they sensed only a faint ripple-Human Immortal Realm Level One.