The First City's Messengers (6)

That look was unlike the warmth he had just shown Gu Ruoyun. His gaze was grim like the sharp end of a knife, formless yet capable of murdering someone.

The First City?

Since you had the audacity to design grand schemes around my precious daughter, don't expect to be able to leave so easily.

...

The cultivators of the First City stopped their tracks on a narrow and winding road in the forest. One of them exclaimed irritably, "My Lord, are we really leaving just like this? If we don't bring that woman back, I'm afraid that Master..."

"Hmph!" The man in green scoffed as a vicious light flashed in his eyes, "With that fellow Gu Tian around, we can't take her away! However, Gu Tian can't possibly be around her forever so we'll have to wait for a moment when he has left to make our move!"

"That's not a bad plan at all. Unfortunately, you won't have that opportunity."