Chapter 346: Chapter 345: A Sinister Plot
"What?" Qin Feng’s expression shifted.
Luan Xiaochuan’s face paled. He felt an exceptionally terrifying power suddenly erupt from his Peak Master. His knees buckled, and he nearly collapsed to the ground.
’The Peak Master’s cultivation is this terrifying?’
Luan Xiaochuan was horrified. Fortunately, he had no intention of resisting, and the mental pressure wasn’t directed at him.
Trembling, Luan Xiaochuan took a letter from his robes and handed it to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng glanced at the white envelope. With a sweep of his formidable Spiritual Sense, he immediately detected a faint, invisible, and bizarre power on it.
A smile touched Qin Feng’s lips. It wasn’t poison, but rather some kind of Curse Secret Technique. Once tainted, the target would be locked on, allowing the caster to track them no matter where they fled.
"Child’s play!"
Qin Feng took the envelope. He activated his Primordial Level Star True Power, and a surge of energy instantly and completely refined the Curse Secret Technique upon it.
The Primordial Level Star True Power was sufficient to refine, shatter, and absorb any Alien Power.
This wisp of curse energy was absorbed into his body, turning into a nourishing tonic instead.
Qin Feng unfolded the letter, his eyes narrowing slightly. The next moment, the entire envelope disintegrated into fine powder.
The letter stated that his good friend, Li Zhuang, was in their hands. It demanded that Qin Feng go to All Stars Academy to deal with the situation.
"Peak Master, will you be going to All Stars Academy?" Luan Xiaochuan asked, watching Qin Feng cautiously.
"I’m not going," Qin Feng said, his gaze frigid.
Luan Xiaochuan stared blankly. "But... didn’t they say your friend is in their hands?"
"You believe everything they say?" Qin Feng shot Luan Xiaochuan a look, and a chill ran down the latter’s spine.
Turning to face Celestial Pool Lake, Qin Feng sneered. "Besides, even if Li Zhuang is in their hands, my going or not going won’t change whether he lives or dies. If they want to kill him, they’ll kill him. If they want to let him go, they’ll let him go!"
"Most importantly, I’m not Li Zhuang’s babysitter. If Li Zhuang himself had sent someone to ask for my help, I might consider saving him. But if it’s someone else making the demand..."
Qin Feng glanced at Luan Xiaochuan. "Then what the hell does it have to do with me?"
Qin Feng turned and walked toward Bishui Cave. "If the worst happens and he dies, I’ll just grind the murderer’s bones to dust and perform Soul Extraction and Essence Refinement to light a sky lantern with them."
With a flash, Qin Feng sat down cross-legged under a willow tree and continued refining the Chaos Fire Divine Technique.
Fusing all five types of Spirit Fire was no simple task. Even with his Primordial Level Star True Power, Qin Feng felt his progress was slow.
In three days, Qin Feng had only managed a preliminary fusion of the Sun Fire Disaster and the Red Fiery Fire Disaster.
However, even though it was just a preliminary fusion of two "disasters," the resulting power was far greater than the sum of its parts.
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「Five days later.」
In a courtyard within the City of Many Stars.
CRASH! A pile of vases came flying out of the main hall, landing one after another on the ground outside.
"Bastard! That damned Qin Feng dared to play me! Five days! Does that little whelp really think I won’t kill that Li Zhuang?"
A string of furious roars erupted from the room.
Inside the room, the Yin Emperor was in a thundering rage. His face was Zheng Ning, and a frigid, murderous aura pulsed from his eyes, like a venomous snake sizing up its prey.
He had imagined countless ways Qin Feng might respond to his friend’s kidnapping: asking a powerful expert to intervene, rushing to All Stars Academy himself, or even launching a high-profile investigation with a large group of people.
He had never imagined that Qin Feng would simply ignore it.
Five days. He had been kept waiting for five whole days!
He had held such high hopes for these five days!
The Yin Emperor was about to explode with rage.
Outside the main hall, a group of servants and maids stood silent as statues. These were no ordinary servants; they were highly capable, and each one exuded a formidable aura.
There were even experts of the Meridian Condensation Profound Extreme Realm and the Earth Extreme Realm among them.
"Enough, Yin Emperor. Qin Feng didn’t take the bait. What’s the use of taking your anger out on your subordinates?"
A fragrant breeze wafted by as a graceful figure appeared outside.
"Flower Empress!" The Yin Emperor glanced at the stunning beauty, a cold sneer forming in his triangular eyes. "And I suppose the mighty Flower Empress has a brilliant plan?"
"Not a brilliant plan, no. But I do have a little idea."
Turning, the Yin Emperor stared at the dignified and stunningly beautiful woman with his baleful, green eyes.
A faint, detached smile played on the Flower Empress’s lips. "Actually, your failure this time wasn’t entirely without value."
"What are you getting at?" the Yin Emperor asked, his expression sour and his eyes glinting with a cold light.
The Flower Empress was unconcerned by the Yin Emperor’s anger. A glint flashed in her beautiful eyes. "In fact, this incident has allowed us to gain some understanding of this Fourth Grade Alchemist’s character."
"There are only two reasons you’re disappointed. One is that you misjudged Li Zhuang’s importance to Qin Feng."
"The only other possibility is that Qin Feng is a man with a heart of stone who cares nothing for the lives of others. If he were the kind of person with attachments, then he could be killed easily, no matter how strong he is. But if he’s the latter type, then we’re probably in for some trouble."
The Yin Emperor scoffed. "Alright, Lady Flower Empress, you don’t need to analyze all this for me. If you have a plan, just say it."
"Since Qin Feng is a cold-hearted man, targeting the people around him is no longer a suitable approach."
"What are you getting at?"
The Yin Emperor’s brow furrowed, and he warily watched the cunning, stunning beauty.
Although the Flower Empress’s power was not outstanding within the Demon God Temple, she was known for being Wushuang in her scheming.
Over the past decade or so, no fewer than twenty top geniuses from All Stars Academy had fallen, either directly or indirectly, at her hands.
And yet, All Stars Academy remained completely oblivious.
She was a black rose laced with deadly poison.
"Isn’t this Qin Feng an Elder of Cyan Dragon Academy, hailed as the number one first-year at All Stars Academy? If someone were to start suppressing all the new students, do you think he could still sit idly by?"
A peculiar light flickered in the Flower Empress’s eyes. Her smile was like a blossoming flower, breathtakingly beautiful, like a bewitching black datura.
"Suppress all the new students... You mean...?"
"Have the people from the Qiankun Sect contact the Five Elements Team. Isn’t their Dragon King, Ao Kun, exceptionally wary of Qin Feng? I’ve heard that ever since he learned Qin Feng became a Fourth Grade Alchemist, the man hasn’t been able to eat or sleep peacefully."
"Dragon King Ao Kun... I’ve heard of him. He’s tyrannical in strength and has outstanding talent. I heard he had a fortuitous encounter and obtained a Celestial Dragon Relic. He’s now an expert at the peak of the Condensing Vein Realm!"
The Yin Emperor’s eyes lit up. This Dragon King Ao Kun was also one of their priority assassination targets. Ao Kun had once barged into the Barbaric Wilderness and gone on a massive killing spree.
The Demon God Temple had long wanted Ao Kun dead, but Dragon King Ao Kun was not only tyrannically powerful but also cunning by nature, making him very difficult to deal with.
If they could use Ao Kun’s hand to eliminate Qin Feng, nothing could be better!
"Ao Kun has long wanted Qin Feng dead. He knows full well that with every passing day, Qin Feng grows stronger. Once Qin Feng reaches his full potential, Ao Kun’s life will be forfeit. That’s why he wants to kill Qin Feng even more than we do! He’s just extremely wary of Qin Feng’s status as an Alchemist and doesn’t dare to make a reckless move."
"I’m confident that if the Qiankun Sect approaches him and offers to be his backer, to provide him a way out, he will make a move."
"You and I both know Ao Kun’s strength. Within the Condensing Vein Realm, he is practically undefeated. Even when one of the Kings from our Barbaric Wilderness made a move against him, he managed to escape completely unscathed! If we can get him to act, we might not even have to lift a finger. We can just sit back and watch that whelp Qin Feng die without a proper burial!"
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