Fang Xifeng dragged the prisoners toward a corner as she glared at them.
"Move an inch, and you can suffer the same fate as the last man who had gone against my order," Fang Xifeng warned.
Although the prisoners were enraged by her attitude, none of them dared to move away from the corner.
Not even Elder Chen Xue dared to take another step forward since he knew when a person truly meant their words.
Meanwhile, Fang Xifeng walked through the large red carpet as she knelt down on one knee.
"I have completed the order, Your Majesty." She said with the utmost respect.
"Un, well done, Fang Xifeng. At least, this time, the assignment was completed swiftly," Qian Xurong said with a nonchalant expression.
The item in her hand was much more important to her than some rowdy prisoners.
Sometime later, Qian Xurong waved her hand at Yang Wei.
"There's the people you wanted. Quickly take them away and leave my nest alone," Qian Xurong said.
Yang Wei cupped his fist as he thanked Qian Xurong.
Afterward, Yang Wei turned around and stared at Elder Chen Xue for the first time.
He had purposely kept his back facing toward Elder Chen Xue so that he could keep on guessing his identity.
After all, Yang Wei wanted to see the shocked and speechless Elder Chen Xue when he realized who he was.
And as expected, Elder Chen Xue held a dumbfounded as he glanced at Yang Wei.
"H-How did you manage to come here? No- how are you not captured like the rest of us and have our cultivation base restricted?" Elder Chen Xue stuttered.
Yang Wei snickered inwardly as he loved the current expression of the almighty Elder Chen Xue.
"How the tide has changed, right?" Yang Wei said in a mocking tone.
"You wanted to push me to death, but never did you expect this to happen right? After all, I'm just a Foundation Core realm yet you are now my prisoner?" He added.
Elder Chen Xue twitched his brow.
'W-What kind of secret is Yang Wei hiding?' He wondered silently.
Suddenly, Yang Wei narrowed his gaze as he flicked his sleeve.
A wave of spiritual qi gushed out and knocked out all the prisoners except for Elder Chen Xue.
Yang Wei then held a solemn expression at Elder Chen Xue.
"Tell me, Elder Chen Xue. I'll make sure to give you a swift and painless death if you can answer one of my questions."
Elder Chen Xue snorted coldly.
"If you want to kill me then just go ahead. This old man has lived long enough anyway." He said.
Yang Wei sneered inwardly. 'Lived long enough? If that's the case then why haven't you committed suicide already?'
However, Yang Wei didn't expose him as he clasped his hand together.
"Alright then, if your answer satisfies me. I shall spare your life." Yang Wei promised.
Elder Chen Xue raised an eyebrow.
"Hmph, do you take me for a kid that hasn't drunk any milk at all?"
"Shall I swear an oath then?"
"If you dare swear then I dare to answer."
Yang Wei nodded his head.
"Very well, then." Yang Wei said as he began swearing an oath to heaven.
Sometime later, the ground began shaking due to the oath that was being sworn to heaven.
It doesn't matter where they are, as long as one person swears to heaven then the oath shall be made.
Heaven is always watching, and there is no escape from it.
"Happy now?" Yang Wei then smiled at Elder Chen Xue.
Elder Chen Xue remained silent but his head lowered for a bit, indicating he agreed to answer.
'Heh, you may not be a kid but you're a foolish old man for sure. I have Senior Fan Ping behind me, ready to slaughter you as soon as I'm done with you,' Yang Wei laughed inwardly.
He then stared at Elder Chen Xue with a serious expression. "Tell me, who was the person that ordered you to target me to death?"
And he continued, "You don't need to feign innocence or stupid because I can feel your killing intent directed at me ever since you arrived at the meeting area in the Misty Forest."
Elder Chen Xue held a complicated expression.
"I-I-It was an order from the S-Sect leader," He then said with much difficulty.
Meanwhile, Yang Wei was dumbfounded.
"The sect leader? Do you mean the command was ordered by Meng Pao?" Yang Wei asked to confirm.
Elder Chen Xue nodded his head.
"Why would the Sect leader of the Phoenix Sect target a nobody like me?" Yang Wei mumbled in disbelief.
Suddenly, his expression turned complicated as he glared at Elder Chen Xue.
"Is it because of Meng Yan?"
"Heh, at least you are smart enough to know why you are being targeted. Did you think the Sect Leader would allow his precious daughter to interact with a mere beggar from a small village?" Elder Chen Xue laughed aloud.
Yang Wei kept quiet but deep down, he was enraged.
He had never held any nefarious intent toward Meng Yan and only treated her as a friend. Yet somehow it still ended up in another femme fatale where he got targeted by her father.
'Seems like we are really incorrigible, Meng Pao.' Yang Wei clenched his fist as his eyes brimmed in a fiery redness.
"Why did he resort to killing me with the excuse of the mandatory expedition?" Yang Wei asked.
Although it had never been disclosed outside, Yang Wei was informed by Elder Jing secretly that his name was specifically mentioned to be in the mandatory summon.
Thus, even if Yang Wei didn't volunteer to join the Misty Forest expedition to go against Tang Xing, he was still required to join.
It was also the reason why he had such a grudge against Elder Chen Xue and the others.
Abusing their authority to push a person to death like it's nothing was a hard pill to swallow.
Not to mention, he had never offended Meng Pao, and the only time Yang Wei had met him was from the mystery realm.
Meanwhile, Elder Chen Xue showed a wicked and vile expression.
"You ask why the Sect Leader wants you dead? Isn't that fucking obvious?" Elder Chen Xue snorted coldly.
"The Sect Leader got the news that the envoy from the Central Zone is a lustful man, and he had planned on selling his own daughter to propel his influence to new heights."
"Outsiders might have thought the Sect Leader cherished his daughter a lot but only the inner core people really know why. It's because his daughter is peerless looking and could be of some use for him when he needed to pull some connection with the strong."
Yang Wei sighed softly.
'Meng Yan is truly unfortunate to have such a father.' Yang Wei thought.
Although he felt pity for Meng Yan, it wasn't anything special for him since this is just how reality is.
To enjoy such benefits and privileges, one must be prepared to sacrifice something.
Meng Yan's prestigious identity was gained by being the sacrifice and pawn for her father in the future.
"Anyway, I have answered your question already. Release my cultivation base and free me now," Elder Chen Xue demanded as he extended his hand out that was still being chained.
Yang Wei nodded his head.
"Senior Fan Ping, if you may." Yang Wei sent a mental transmission to Fan Ping as he retrieved a sword and hacked the chain.
Elder Chen Xue rubbed his wrist slightly since the chain was holding it extremely tightly.
Right when Elder Chen Xue was ready to demand for his cultivation base to be released, his expression suddenly changed when he sensed a fierce killing intent directed at him.
"Yang Wei, you swore an oath to heaven. How dare you try to renege your oath?" Elder Chen Xue shouted in anger as he glared at him.
Yang Wei smirked as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Do you see me exuding any killing intent at all?" He asked. "I doubt so, and let me remind you something. I haven't reneged on my oath at all."
Elder Chen Xue was alarmed when he realized what kind of ploy Yang Wei did.
"Hahaha, to think this old man had fallen to a brat like you. You are even more shrewd and insidious than me," Elder Chen Xue laughed bitterly as he pointed at Yang Wei.
"Heaven has eyes, and they will know about what you did today."
As soon as Elder Chen Xue finished his sentence. Fan Ping appeared behind him and gave him a swift death.
Elder Chen Xue's lifeless expression was still toward Yang Wei as he closed his eyes slowly and fell to the ground.
Yang Wei held a deadpan expression as he watched his corpse plopped down.
"Karma always comes back no matter where you are. You may not be the mastermind, but you have partaken the ordeal in trying to kill me.. Thus, by nature, it's only a given that you would fall at my hand."
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