The group had over a hundred people and most of them were the elderly, women and children. Flurries of activity bustled within the group. The sounds of children crying, women scolding, and the men urging them on merged into a cacophony...the sounds startled all of the birds in the area, causing them to flee into the air.

The village chief, who was following the Yu Family closely, looked back and saw the mess. He couldn’t stand it anymore and raised his voice to scold all of the villagers, “Every man in the household, become the man! Control your wife and children! You guys are so noisy, is it because you’re afraid that the Wokou pirates don’t know where we are ah? If you guys lure these pirates to you, no one’s going to care whether you live or die!”

The words of the village chief were very quickly disseminated throughout the people. Within moments, the noise settled down. Occasionally the sound of a child crying could be heard before the parents shushed their child. A voice sounded from the group, “Aren’t there about a dozen bodyguards who are skilled from Imperial Prince Jing’s mountain villa ah? Would they really just watch as we die in front of them?”

The village chief glanced at the bodyguards, whose expressions hadn’t changed, and coldly laughed. He replied back in the direction of the sound, “Just what type of status do you have...