Upon hearing Yang Zhen's words, everyone present was taken aback, simultaneously struck with surprise.
"So, Yang Zhen came to Mountain and River City to save the old city lord, but instead he was treated like this?"
"This... this is ridiculous. Luckily, Yang Zhen is a lucky man. If it was another Tribulation Crossing Phase practitioner, they might have lost their life by now."
"If Yang Zhen had died here, wouldn't our Mountain and River City become a joke in the eyes of others, seen as ungrateful bastards?"
"It's all because of that scum Guo Jing. He chooses to be an ungrateful beast instead of being a decent person. He's capable of doing such despicable things, he truly deserves death."
"Once his cultivation is destroyed, death won't be far. Which practitioner doesn't have a few enemies?"
Murmurs filled the air as everyone, astonished, looked at Yang Zhen. Suddenly someone cursed out loud:
