Back at his residence.
With a look of shame, Zhang Pingfan said, "Brother Lin, I truly had no idea that Zhang Zhihuang was such a person. I’m entirely to blame for today’s incident." Explore more at freewebnovel
Lin Feng waved his hand, saying, "Today, Brother Zhang had good intentions. It was actually due to my involvement that rifts were created among your clan members."
Zhang Pingfan said, "Brother Lin, please don’t think that way. I have little blood relation with Zhang Zhihuang anyway. After this incident, I will definitely sever all ties with him."
Knock knock knock...
At this moment, someone knocked at the door.
Lin Feng and Zhang Pingfan opened the courtyard door to find a man and a woman standing outside. The man, seventeen or eighteen years old, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, was extraordinarily handsome. The woman of roughly the same age, dressed in a pale yellow outfit, had a face of striking beauty.
"Who are you looking for?" asked Lin Feng.
"This gentleman here is Huang Lei, and this is my younger sister Huang Ling’er. We’ve come today with the specific intention of visiting you," Huang Lei said.
"I am Lin Feng, and this is Zhang Pingfan. Please don’t stand on ceremony, come in," invited Lin Feng and Zhang Pingfan, leading the Huang siblings inside.
Once seated in the hall, Huang Lei said, "We witnessed the events at the Demonstration Martial Arts Field today. That Zhang Zhihuang is arrogant and not a kind man. My sister and I have formed a team and we hope to invite you both to join us."
After considering it, Lin Feng replied, "After today’s events, I’m not inclined to join a team for the moment. However, you could invite Brother Zhang. His strength is also quite exceptional."
"While Brother Zhang could certainly join us, Brother Lin’s refusal is a great disappointment to us," Huang Ling’er said with a delicate voice, looking fragile, and her soft tone was nearly bone-melting.
"It’s a personal reason of mine, please don’t take offense," Lin Feng said as he gave a fist salute.
Huang Lei smiled and said, "Brother Lin, there’s no need to say that. We can understand."
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Huang Ling’er added, "Brother Lin, that Zhang Zhihuang is a man who seeks vengeance for the smallest slights. Please be careful of him."
"Thank you for the warning," Lin Feng nodded.
After seeing off the Huang siblings, several more groups of people came to invite Lin Feng to join them, but he declined them all gracefully.
Now, Lin Feng felt that being alone was truly liberating. Too many people brought too many rules, and with them, too much scheming and intrigue.
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At the Azure Dragon Academy, in the district for senior students, at Guo Zifei’s residence.
Two young masters arrived where Guo Zifei lived.
"Nalan Kun, what brings you to my place? Don’t tell me you’ve come to gloat," said Guo Zifei with a sneer as he gazed at the disciple in blue before him.
This disciple in blue and Guo Zifei were both from the Blood Dragon Association, but inside the Association, the competition was fierce. Both had joined in the same year and had been constantly struggling against each other.
Besides, Nalan Kun had another identity; he was a legitimate son of the Jialan City Nalan Family.
In the battle at Azure Cloud City, the Lin Family and the Wang Family banded together to annihilate the Azure Cloud City Nalan Family, which was a branch of the Nalan Family. Naturally, this affair was a source of deep resentment for the Nalan Family.
"Brother Guo, you misunderstand me. This time, my visit is not to mock you, but to seek cooperation with you!" Nalan Kun declared.
"Cooperation?" asked a puzzled Guo Zifei, wondering what Nalan Kun meant by ’cooperation’.
Nalan Kun smiled slightly and said, "Let’s discuss the cooperation later. For now, let me introduce my friend to you."
"And who is this?" Guo Zifei turned to look at the young man in white standing beside Nalan Kun.
"This is Bai Xuantian, the closed-door disciple of Elder Canghai!" Nalan Kun introduced.
Hearing the name Elder Canghai, Guo Zifei was slightly moved.
Elder Canghai was also a well-known powerhouse in the East County Divine Land, rumored to have cultivated for one thousand eight hundred years, a person of Giant Level stature, high above all, looking down upon all beings.
Being able to become the closed-door disciple of Elder Canghai, one could only imagine how many people were envious.
"A pleasure to meet you, Brother Bai!"
Guo Zifei greeted him with a fist and palm salute.
"You’re too kind, Brother Guo," Bai Xuantian said with a slight smile.
After the three of them were seated, Guo Zifei asked, "May I know what brings the two of you to me today?"
"Brother Guo, the Bai Family in Jialan City has suffered a major blow, the Bai Family’s Ancestor has perished! Have you heard anything about the Bai Family being forced to withdraw from Jialan City?" Nalan Kun asked.
Guo Zifei nodded and said, "I have indeed heard about this incident, but I’m not clear on the details."
"It was that little beast Lin Feng who harmed my Bai Family; I now wish nothing more than to flay him alive and tear his body into ten thousand pieces."
A chilling murderous intent flickered in Bai Xuantian’s eyes.
"Not only was the Bai Family persecuted, but one of the branches of my Nalan Family was annihilated, a whole clan wiped out, also because of Lin Feng."
Nalan Kun added, his eyes also shimmering with a surge of killing intent.
"Are the two of you looking to seek revenge and wash away the humiliation?" Guo Zifei instantly understood the intentions of Bai Xuantian and Nalan Kun.
One could say their thoughts coincided with his own.
And Guo Zifei’s hatred for Lin Feng was no less intense than that of Bai Xuantian or Nalan Kun.
Guo Zifei, relying on his status as a core member of the Blood Dragon Association, had acted arrogantly within the Azure Dragon Academy, even daring to rob new students of the "Great Dragon Pill," causing many who were angry yet didn’t dare to speak out.
Until he met Lin Feng.
Guo Zifei’s first setback was at the hands of Lin Feng. In front of so many people, he was taught a lesson by Lin Feng. For someone as proud and arrogant as Guo Zifei, it was unbearable, haunting his dreams with thoughts of retaliation.
Now that the three of them had come together, it was a perfect match.
"Exactly, we’ve come to Brother Guo this time to propose that we join hands and deal with that little beast Lin Feng!" Bai Xuantian declared.
"Do you two have a good plan to deal with Lin Feng?" Guo Zifei asked.
After a pause, Guo Zifei frowned slightly and said, "Lin Feng’s methods are extraordinary, and getting rid of him won’t be easy. Moreover, if the academy discovers the students killing each other, the consequences will be more than we can bear."
"Although that’s true, now we have an opportunity right in front of us," Bai Xuantian stated.
"Are you referring to…?" Guo Zifei’s eyes suddenly lit up as he seemed to realize the opportunity as well.
Nalan Kun nodded and said, "Exactly, the new recruit trial deep in the endless Ancient Forest. With the three of us joining forces, taking out Lin Feng shouldn’t be too difficult, right? It’s just that we aren’t in charge of the new recruit trials."
"I will take care of obtaining the qualifications for the new recruit trials, you two just wait for the good news," Guo Zifei declared.
Nalan Kun and Bai Xuantian were overjoyed.
Bai Xuantian sneered, "This time, we must take the life of that little beast Lin Feng to vent the hatred in our hearts."
"And indeed," Nalan Kun added sinisterly, "this time, that little beast is as good as dead."