No. 169 Xiao Mei's Discovery (Part Two in One)

  The two of them had finally gotten rid of the burden in their hearts, and they both looked much more relaxed now. The one who changed the most was Shao Yang, who had returned to his usual cheerful self, chattering away happily.

  It's unclear whether it was a change of heart or not, but Qi Feng suddenly felt that Shao Yang being like this wasn't annoying anymore, and instead found him quite adorable.

  Afterwards, the two of them quickened their pace and caught up with Qin Mu.

  "Have you two talked it out?" Qin Mu stroked the little beauty in her arms, sat under a big tree, and calmly looked at them, apparently she had seen something.

  "Hmm!" Qi Feng and Shao Yang nodded in unison.

  "Now I can rest assured." Qin Mu saw that they were so, and her heart was also slightly relieved. After all, this matter was all because of her, she had to take responsibility.

  The only thing she was worried about was Liling, this girl didn't want to be as simple as Shao Yang, if not handled properly it would be very troublesome.

  She decided then and there that after settling the matters here, she would personally go to the Tianmo Sect and put a complete end to this matter, so that she could also be at ease.

  "Let's go!" Shao Yang was a bit embarrassed, after all, she hadn't expected things to develop like this, although it was the result she had been dreaming of, but it came too suddenly.

  "Hmm!" As they spoke, they arrived at the side of the Imperial Palace of the Great Wilderness Dynasty. Afterwards, they were directly led into the palace and came to the imperial study.

  Seeing a group of people coming together with Qi Feng and others, Zhao Hong's gaze was fixed on Qin Mu.

  As the emperor of a great dynasty, he had countless beauties at his disposal, and had seen many more, but such a stunning woman he was seeing for the first time.

  Especially her ethereal and otherworldly temperament had deeply attracted him.

  Qin Mu felt his gaze and frowned, very dissatisfied with Zhao Hong's performance, but they came here on official business, so she didn't say anything.

  "Pay respects to the Great Wilderness Emperor." Qi Feng also saw his gaze at Qin Mu, and his heart was annoyed. If he didn't have important business on hand, he really wanted to beat him up.

  "Heh heh, who are you?" Zhao Hong finally realized his own mistake, but he didn't think it was a big deal, and with a chuckle, he covered up the matter and asked back.

  "He is my junior fellow apprentice. He came with me this time to discuss something with Uncle." Shao Yang did not expect Zhao Hong to be so unbearable, and he was also somewhat angry in his heart.

  "Hehe, we're almost like family now, no need to be so polite." Zhao Hong waved his hand and said: "Just say what you want to say."

  As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Qin Mu, a hint of greed flashing in his eyes.

  "Uncle, I have come this time to ask you to cancel my engagement with Zhao Longyue. Please agree." Shao Yang said straightforwardly.

  "What did you say?" Zhao Hong was taken aback for a moment, and then his eyes widened, releasing an overwhelming aura that filled the grand hall, startling Qi Feng and others.

  His aura was actually much stronger than Shao Fengyun's, but what made Qi Feng strange was that there was no energy 'fluctuation' in his body, yet he gave people an extremely strong feeling.

  "Has he been hiding his true strength?" Zhi Feng couldn't help but think in this direction, and now he finally understood that the Dahuan dynasty was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. No wonder they could oppress the Tian Shang dynasty without giving them any chance to fight back.

  "I say, Uncle, please cancel the engagement between me and Zhao Longyue. The person I like is not him, but my junior brother, Qinglian Jianzong's inner disciple, Qi Feng." Shao Yang pulled Qi Feng over with one hand, now she didn't feel embarrassed at all, anyway he would be hers sooner or later, it was just a matter of time.

  "Disciple of the Green Lotus Sword Sect?! Zhao Hong's eyebrows jumped up, and he finally took a serious look at Qi Feng, but strangely, he couldn't see Qi Feng's cultivation."

  However, he could feel a very strong aura on Zifeng's body, and as the inner disciple of Qinglian Sword Sect, he was obviously not an incompetent person.

  "That's right." Qi Feng nodded and replied calmly.

  "Does your father know about this?" Zhao Hong ignored Qi Feng and turned to look at Shao Yang, his expression didn't change much, but anyone could tell he was very angry.

  "My father doesn't know about this, but I can take care of my own affairs." said Shaoyang calmly.

  "Do you know what this means? Are you not afraid that I, in a fit of anger, will send troops to the heavens?" Zhao Hong became even more enraged. This little girl actually wanted to break off the engagement and still had such an arrogant attitude. This was simply slapping him in the face, how could he not be angry.

  "This is my own decision, and has nothing to do with my family. I think Uncle Zhao is also a reasonable person, and won't make things difficult for my family, right?" Shaoyang didn't wait for him to speak, immediately saying: "I also know that doing it this way would be very impolite to Uncle Zhao, so I discussed it with Feng Ge, and we decided to set up an arena in the wilderness. As long as someone is roughly the same age as him, they can participate in the fight. If someone can defeat him, then I will fulfill the marriage agreement and marry Zhao Longyue. But if no one can defeat my brother Feng, then this marriage agreement will be cancelled. What does Uncle Zhao think?"

  "Do you know what you're doing?" Zhao Hong's face turned cold, they were really too arrogant.

  "We certainly know that, and this is not just what I mean, but also what my master means." Qifeng stood out very timely and said slowly.

  The Tian Shang Dynasty couldn't suppress Zhao Hong, but the Qing Lian Sword Sect could. As for Yan Qing, he didn't mind using his name since he hadn't fulfilled his responsibilities as a master anyway.

  "Are you threatening me?" Zhao Hong's face sank, his two eyes bursting with intense killing intent, but quickly retracted, he knew that with their strength, they were fundamentally unable to contend with the Qinglian Sword Sect.

  If you act rashly, you will not only expose your identity but also invite mortal danger.

  "I didn't mean that, I just wanted to say that Shao Yang is a disciple of our Qinglian Sword Sect. According to the sect's rules, no one is allowed to force our disciples to do something they don't want to do." Qi Feng said with a sly tone, as for whether or not the Qinglian Sword Sect actually had such a rule, he didn't know.

  And as soon as he said this, Shao Yang and Qin Mu immediately turned their heads to look at him, seemingly asking: "Does Jianzong have such a 'door rule'? How did we not know?"

  "Very well, I will agree to your terms." Zhao Hong turned and left the imperial study with a flick of his sleeve, his face filled with anger. He could not care less about the Tian Shang dynasty, but he could not ignore the Qing Lian Sword Sect - the two were as different as heaven and earth.

  Afterwards, Qi Feng and the others were arranged to a side room. The decoration here was extremely luxurious, all the wood used was purple sandalwood, and as soon as they entered the house, they smelled a faint fragrance.

  "It's no wonder it's the royal family, they have money to burn." Zhi Feng sighed, but he didn't have the slightest interest in these things. After all, although purple sandalwood was very expensive, for cultivators like them, it had no value other than looking good.

  "Qifeng, are you confident that you can defeat all the challengers?" At this time, Shaoyang suddenly became nervous. If Qifeng lost, wouldn't she really have to marry Zhao Longyue?!

  "I'm saying, isn't it a bit too late for you to be asking now?" Qi Feng was speechless. Everything had already been settled, and only now did she think of asking. Even if she wasn't confident, what could she change?

  "My concentration has all been disrupted by you, and yet I can still think of these things. It's all your fault, it's all your fault!" Shao Yang glared at Qi Feng, shouting loudly.

  "Good, good, good, blame me, all blame me!" Qi Feng said helplessly, "However, you can rest assured that among people of the same age, basically no one is my match. If nothing unexpected happens, you won't be able to marry that prince."

  "Basically, isn't it unexpected? That means there's also a possibility that someone can defeat you?" Shao Yang asked with wide eyes.

  "It's hard to say, there are heavens beyond the sky and people outside of people, who can say they're invincible?" Qi Feng shrugged his shoulders and said innocently.

  "You..."

  "Alright, Fengdi is just joking with you again. I know his strength, among people of the same age, no one can be his opponent, at most they can only tie with him." Qin Mu said with a wave of his hand.

  "Sister, how did you know?" Qi Feng hadn't made a move since his rebirth, so he himself didn't even know just how strong he was now. Therefore, it was hard for him to believe that Qin Mu would know.

  "You don't need to know about this." Qin Mu said with a smile.

  "Good grief!" Qi Feng was speechless, this stomach-dropping feeling was just too extreme.

  "Serves you right." Shaoyang looked at him with a satisfied expression, his arms crossed, and said with a sense of schadenfreude.

  ……

  Inside the South Study Room.

  "Are you talking about Qifeng of the Qinglian Sword Sect?" Ye Kuang furrowed his brow after hearing Zhao Hong's words, he hadn't expected Qifeng to be involved, and it immediately reminded him of past events.

  This guy has already ruined two good things for himself. As the saying goes, "you can fool me once, you can fool me twice, but not three times." This time, he absolutely won't let Qifeng ruin his plans again.

  "Yes, he introduced himself personally, and I also know that Shaoyang is a person from the Qinglian Sword Sect, so it should be no mistake." Zhao Hong replied.

  "Since that's the case, then let him stay here." Ye Kuang's face turned cold, and a hint of murderous intent flowed out from his eyes.

  "This..." Zhao Hong's head suddenly enlarged as he hastily said, "Your Highness, this Qi Feng is an inner disciple of the Qing Lian Sword Sect. If he dies here, it will likely be very troublesome."

  "Who said we have to let him die here?" Ye Kuang shook his head, and Ye Mei hastily added: "It's true that we can't kill him here, but hurting him is still possible. Later, we can just make a few moves and let him die on the way back. Who would know it was us?"

  "Uh..." Zhao Hong furrowed his brow and tentatively asked, "Prince Wang, do you mean to... intentionally let him win?"

  Before, Qi Feng's attitude was very arrogant. If he were to lose like this, the world would definitely ridicule him. So, he couldn't just let Qi Feng off so easily and had to make him taste some bitterness.

  "Let her go?" Ye Feng shook his head and said, "Of course not, Shao Yang is crucial to my plan, she must stay in the wilderness, so this battle can only be won, not lost."

  "Now I can rest assured." Zhao Hong muttered in a low voice, then said: "However, this person's cultivation is beyond my grasp, I'm afraid no one of the same age can be his opponent."

  "Don't worry, I have a 'Jade' token here that contains my full-strength attack, which can be silently and suddenly triggered. With this, you can completely defeat him and injure him. Take it, in case of an emergency." Ye Kuang said, tossing a purple-colored 'Jade' token to Zhao Hong.

  "Thank you, Prince." With that, Zhao Hong felt at ease. He ruled a large kingdom and had many treasures, it wasn't like he didn't have such things, only that they couldn't be silently and quietly 'activated'.

  After all, this trial concerns the Qinglian Sword Sect, he can't let others grasp any handle, and with Ye Kuang's 'jade' token, he has a bottom line in his heart.

  "You arrange a place for me to have a long-distance rolling competition!" Ye Kuang said.

  "Why?" Zhao Hong was puzzled.

  "He's met me a few times, so I don't want him to see me," Yekuang explained.

  "I see, I'll go make arrangements then..."

  ……

  The next morning, Qi Feng was informed that the arena had been set up and the competition could begin.

  Zi Feng didn't expect Zhao Hong to be so anxious, but this was also in line with his wishes. He too didn't want to waste too much time in this place and wanted to finish the fight early and leave as soon as possible.

  "Zi Feng, wait till later and you can catch your breath. You can't give me numbers, if you lose..." Shao Yang's tone suddenly changed, coldly saying: "I'll immediately kill you, then commit suicide."

  "I told you to say something nice, I'm fighting for your sake, and you're still cursing me to lose!" Qi Feng said in a bad mood.

  "Alright, I'll say something pleasant. If you win, I'll reward you with a mysterious gift." Shao Yang really did say something pleasant and successfully piqued Qi Feng's interest.

  "What mysterious gift?" Zhi Feng was very curious.

  "They all said it was a mysterious gift, so I have to keep it secret. You'll know when you return victorious." Shaoyang smiled shyly, sparking Qi Feng's endless imagination.

  "Don't think wildly, I'm not a casual person." Shao Yang saw Qi Feng's expression and said with a straight face.

  "I actually wanted to say that too." Qifeng said, then suddenly ran away quickly. After a while, Shaoyang finally reacted and shouted loudly "Qifeng, you rascal, stop for me!", then chased after him.

  Qin Mu followed behind him, a faint smile on his face, holding Little Mei in his arms, walking slowly forward, without any sign of urgency.

  Xiao Mei has been staying by Qin Mu's side since she was "purified" by him. She usually lies comfortably on his shoulder, dozing off, and her temperament is much more gentle than before, no longer baring her teeth and growling at people like she used to.

  Qin Mu seemed to like Xiaomei very much, and whenever he had a chance, he would hold her in his arms, just like his own daughter, taking good care of her. Sometimes, looking at Qi Feng made him extremely jealous.

  Suddenly, Xiaomei lifted her head, and the lazy expression on her face was swept away. Her small eyes stared at a pavilion in the distance.

  "What's wrong, Xiaomei?" Qin Mu was somewhat puzzled, as Xiaomei hadn't been in such a state for a long time.

  "Mom, there's someone over there. Xiaomei saw him staring at Dad, and Xiaomei can sense his murderous intent." Xiaomei transmitted her voice.

  "Huh?" Qin Mu involuntarily raised her head to look at the attic, and suddenly her eyes snapped open, pulling the distant scene closer. Then, she saw a familiar face.

  "Is it him?" Qin Mu's expression changed, a sense of foreboding arose.

  "Mom, are you okay?" Little Mei hastily asked.

  "Mom's fine." Qin Mu shook his head and quickened his pace, soon catching up with Qi Feng and telling him about the discovery.