Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Sowing Discord
If not for the sake of maintaining the dignified demeanor he had cultivated for years, Qin Feng really would have cursed like a street hoodlum, chewed Qin Li out, and then torn him to shreds. ’Fuck, when the hell did I ever want this kind of choice?’
’If I could, I’d run this damned little bastard through with my sword right now!’
Although Qin Feng had some of the characteristic impulsiveness of youth and was not particularly magnanimous, his mind was not muddled in the least. He saw Qin Li’s goal in a single glance, but he was powerless to do anything about it. This was simply an impossible choice!
’If I really had to choose, I would never pick Mo Feifei. Never mind that she’s my fiancée and Lord Mo is my uncle; to me, they’re ultimately outsiders! I’m destined to rule the entire Qin Family one day! If this incident causes these High Level guards to lose heart, how could I command their respect in the future?’
’But the problem is, there are a dozen or so Mo Family guards here right now. Would they really stand by and watch their own young miss be sacrificed by me?’
Just as Qin Feng hesitated, Qin Li’s Innate Purple Qi keenly sensed that something was off with Mo Feifei’s emotions. Her body had also begun to tremble.
Qin Li realized at once—this wasn’t fear, it was rage!
’Mo Feifei could never have imagined that in the eyes of her fiancé and cousin, she was less important than those Qin Family guards. As a woman, she would never consider the problem of whether Qin Feng could command respect in the future. All she knew was that right now, at this life-and-death moment, Qin Feng was preparing to abandon her!’
"Qin Feng, have you made up your mind? As the saying goes, a life for a life. Your guard killed my brother, so a life must be repaid! And I’ll even return your cousin to you. You’re coming out ahead on this deal! What are you still hesitating for?"
Qin Li said, a flash of mockery in his eyes, "Could it be that in your heart, your cousin, your fiancée... holds no status whatsoever?"
"Qin Li! You animal, if you’re a man, let my sister go! I’ll take you on one-on-one!" Qin Hu and Qin Feng were, after all, blood brothers. Seeing his younger brother in a difficult position, he was the only one who could step forward.
"One-on-one? Qin Hu, are you sick in the head?" Qin Li mocked. "And it looks like a serious case. How dare you even suggest a one-on-one duel? I’d say you’re not even half the man your brother is!"
"I’ll trade places with her!" Qin Feng’s expression was terrifyingly dark as he spoke through gritted teeth.
"No!" Qin Hu shouted sharply.
"Young Master, you can’t go!" The group of Qin Family guards immediately formed a circle to block Qin Feng.
Qin Li clearly felt Mo Feifei’s emotions stabilize considerably. The thick aura of resentment around her had vanished completely. He couldn’t help but curse inwardly: ’As expected of someone raised by a great family. Such a timely reaction. But... you think this is all I’m capable of?’
With a look of grim determination, Qin Feng pushed aside the guards around him. He walked toward Qin Li, head held high and chest out, his voice filled with tragic grandeur. "Qin Li, if my life can be exchanged for my fiancée, then... come and kill me! I only ask... that you let Feifei go. She’s just a spoiled child."
He cut a truly tragic figure, like a hero marching to his doom. Qin Li felt Mo Feifei’s body tremble violently, and her tears flowed onto his hand.
He sneered inwardly, then said to Leng Yao beside him, "Leng, he’s the one who orchestrated this whole affair today. Kill him!"
Immediately after, Qin Li felt Mo Feifei, whose throat he was gripping, begin to struggle violently. It seemed the little lass had been completely taken in by Qin Feng’s performance. Qin Li spoke coldly in her ear, "Move again, and you’ll be the first to die!"
Leng Yao didn’t need Qin Li to tell her; how could she not know that the ones who ordered the siege today were these three youths before them? Hearing Qin Li say to kill Qin Feng, she didn’t hesitate in the slightest. Raising the Treasure Sword in her hand, she thrust it viciously toward Qin Feng’s chest!
As Leng Yao, who also possessed Profound Level strength, struck with her full power, a beam of Sword Qi over a foot long shot out from her blade. At the same time, a faint cyan glow erupted from her body.
Qin Feng’s pupils suddenly shrank. He was only a dozen or so meters away from Leng Yao. For two Profound Level Martial Artists, such a distance was nothing at all!
Qin Feng waved his hand, and a blue aura, like a burning flame, flared along the edge of his palm, slicing toward Leng Yao’s sword! Clearly, he had been prepared.
CLANG!
After a loud crash like gold and iron striking together, Leng Yao staggered back a few steps, a trickle of blood escaping the corner of her mouth. The gap in their ranks had caused her to suffer a significant internal injury!
An incredibly venomous light shot from Qin Feng’s eyes, his face pale with rage. By making a move, all the words he had just spoken had turned to bullshit. Nevertheless, he roared, "You all saw that! Qin Li has no intention of letting us go! He wants to kill us all right here! What are you waiting for? Charge! Tear them limb from limb!"
The Qin Family guards could no longer hold back, their eyes turning red. To these men, they had just witnessed their young master disregard the safety of his fiancée and even his own life in order to protect them! How could they not pledge their lives to such a loyal and righteous person without betraying their own conscience!
SHIIING!
With the sound of weapons being drawn, the Qin Family guards were about to charge forward.
"Stop!"
From among the Mo Family guards, someone let out an angry roar, "Are you trying to get our young miss killed?" With that, the Mo Family guards moved to block the Qin Family guards. With both sides bristling with anger, the atmosphere instantly grew delicate.
Qin Li watched this tense, sword-drawn standoff, a faint sneer gracing his lips. ’Husband and wife are like birds in a forest, flying their separate ways when disaster strikes. Expecting someone like Qin Feng to sacrifice himself for others is impossible!’
There was no need to gamble on this point, because Qin Feng and Qin Hu were simply that kind of heartless and disloyal people!
"What do you think you’re doing?" Qin Feng turned his head and bellowed, "Do you think you can save your young miss this way? Fools! Who benefits from infighting at a time like this? Have you all lost your minds?"
Qin Hu also glared furiously at the Mo Family guards and said angrily, "Get out of the way! Do you think they’ll release Feifei if you do this? She’s our sister! Do you think you care about her more than we do?"
The Mo Family guard who had spoken earlier snorted. "Whether you care more or not, I don’t know. I only know that if we let you pass, the first to die will be our young miss! You’re not solving the problem; you’re actively endangering our young miss! Young Master Feng, the order today was given by you. The ones who besieged these Hunters were all your Qin Family people. I don’t think you can deny that. On what grounds should our young miss be the one caught in this crisis?"
Qin Feng’s gaze flickered. He suddenly turned to Qin Li and said, "Qin Li, what a fine scheme! Fine! I’ll admit you’re skilled!" Then, he took a deep look at the tear-streaked Mo Feifei, a flash of guilt in his eyes. He said, "Feifei, I know you won’t believe anything I say right now, but I want you to remember this: If you die at Qin Li’s hands today, I swear I will hunt him to the ends of the earth! If you survive, then the day I break through to the Celestial Level will be the day we marry!"
With that, he turned and said to his subordinates who were in a standoff with the Mo Family guards, "We’re leaving!"
’Even I can’t help but feel a grudging admiration. This Qin Feng is indeed suited for great things—ruthless, decisive, and never sloppy. The way he’s handling this is, in fact, the best possible solution for him right now.’
Thinking this, Qin Li pressed the edge of his sword against Mo Feifei’s throat and loosened his left hand’s grip. Just as he expected, Mo Feifei called out in a trembling voice, "Brother Feng... you... are you really leaving?"
Qin Feng’s body stopped short. He turned back, his eyes on Qin Li filled with venom and a host of complex emotions. He sighed and said, "Feifei, if you were a reasonable girl, you would understand that what I’m doing is the best way to handle this!"
Suddenly, one of the Qin Family guards who had just participated in the attack on Hu and the others could no longer bear the oppressive atmosphere. Rushing out in a towering rage, he roared, brandished a huge Mountain-Cutting Saber, and abruptly chopped down at Qin Li, a cyan glow erupting from his body.
"Die!"
This strike came down in a diagonal slash from above. If it were to land, neither Qin Li nor Mo Feifei would escape unscathed!
Everyone saw only a flash of cold light. When they looked again, the Qin Family guard’s upper body was still in its original spot... but his lower body had continued running forward several more steps before falling to the ground with a THUD.
Following that was a scream of utter terror from the Qin Family guard. Anyone who watched themselves get sliced in two would probably react the same way, wouldn’t they?
Everyone stood there as if petrified. Qin Feng and Qin Hu’s pupils contracted, their eyes filled with the light of terror.
’A Divine-level Combat Skill... is it really that powerful?’
From a dozen meters away, the two of them had only seen a flash of purple Sword Qi and barely caught the flick of Qin Li’s wrist before their own guard, a fourth-rank Profound Level expert, was sliced in two by a single sword strike!
Qin Li stood there with a calm expression, looking at the group of Qin Family guards, and sneered, "Anyone else want to come offer up their life? If you all obediently go and die, your young master won’t have to suffer the torments of his conscience!"
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