With visibly-restrained anger: "I'm afraid I won't be able to do that." 

"Nie Mingjue...I'll be incredibly generous and give you one more chance." 

Nie Mingjue's temper snaps, and he casts Baxia into the ground between himself and Wen Chao in clear warning. 

Wen Chao's eyes widen, and he steps back. 

"Well. I see you're going to follow in the wicked footsteps of the Lan Sect! If you won't obey, I'll just have to clean you out!" 

In response, he calls Baxia back to his hand and lunges forwards without hesitating. 

He is parried very calmly by Wen Chao's expressionless bodyguard. They are well matched, as they begin to duel.

Nie Huaisang cheers his brother on enthusiastically from the sidelines! This is about the extent of his battle technique. 

Wen Chao watches the duel and sneers. 

"Kill them," he orders the rest of the soldiers. 

The soldiers charge at the Nie disciples. 

Time for battle technique #2, which consists of grabbing Meng Yao's arm and whimpering.

Meng Yao still does not have his own spiritual sword (even though he would be good at wielding it) because he is still not an actual cultivator (even though he would be good at it), so he cannot play as active a role in fighting off the Wen soldiers as he would like.

At least babysitting Nie Huaisang gives him something to do. "Come, Young Master, let's find your friends and see that they are alright -" The two of them can run back into the Unclean Realm compound in search of Wei Ying and Jiang Cheng.

Wei Ying and Jiang Cheng come running from the other direction, taking one look at the fighting and wincing. 

"Should the guards from the dungeon be released as reinforcements? I could go watch Xue Yang." 

"Are you sure you won't be in need of reinforcements yourself, Wei-guniang? Xue Yang is dangerous, and he thrives on chaos." The fighting is spreading in their direction, scuffles breaking out along the stone corridor.

"I was one of the ones who caught him in he first place, and I have tricks up my sleeve he hasn't seen." 

"You're not going down there with that lunatic alone."

"Then you come with me." 

He glances at the Wen soldiers and grits his teeth. "Fine." 

The Wen soldiers are keeping themselves very busy! Bodies have already begun to fall on both sides.

Xue Yang has not been kept busy at all. He can hear the commotion but not participate in it, which is extremely sad. 

"Wei guniaang," he drawls when they approach. "Have you come to kill me? Or something more creative than that."

"I'm just here to hit you where it hurts again if you get any clever ideas about escaping." 

He pouts. "What if I'm very good and don't have any clever ideas at all, Wei-guniang? How will we pass the time then?"

Getting kicked in the balls sucks but is definitely more exciting than sitting in this dungeon doing literally nothing, he might go for it if nothing else fun decides to happen.

"You could tell me what it was you had against the Chang clan and all the other little sects you picked on." 

"I just can't stand hypocrites, you know. Everyone in the Chang clan acted like they deserved the whole world - everyone in the entire cultivation world acts like that, as though you aren't all dirty wretches like me." He laughs. "Why shouldn't you get stomped on the same as any other wretch? What makes the Chang clan so special that they all deserve to live well? Nothing. Especially anymore, that's for sure!"

"Man, if you hate obnoxious hypocrites, why didn't you go after the Wens? Now those are some arrogant bastards." 

He snorts. "I don't care about the Wens. You can grind them into the dust too, I don't give a shit. But they're a lot more fun to be around! And they kill a lot more people, so. That's pretty entertaining. I hate hypocrites but boring hypocrites most of all."

"It's my experience that people get a lot more boring after they die. They just lie around and smell until someone buries them."