“Whew…”
Li Feng let out a long breath and put the scroll away, but the shock in his eyes remained thick. If he had previously doubted Zhong Shuhui’s words, now he believed them completely, because nothing on Qin Feng was as valuable as this scroll.
Even he dared not believe the contents of the scroll were real. But the facts were before him, leaving no room for disbelief.
However, if it truly followed what the scroll said…
Knock knock knock!
A knocking sound came.
“Come in.” Li Feng composed himself and stood up.
Zhong Shuhui pushed open the door and entered. Glancing at Li Feng, she said, “Young master, have you looked at it?”
Li Feng nodded and asked, “Zhong Shuhui, how did you know this was in Qin Feng’s hands?”
“A few years ago, this scroll appeared. Many people joined the scramble for it, but in the end it vanished without trace. Over these years, I investigated its whereabouts. From various sources, it seemed the scroll might have fallen into Qin Feng’s hands. I did not expect it really was with him.” Zhong Shuhui smiled and said.
“So, you just had me bluff him?” Li Feng was stunned.
“Yes. Today’s Qin Feng lost his composure. Otherwise, he certainly would not have admitted it. But now, it benefits you, young master.” Zhong Shuhui nodded.
Hearing this, Li Feng laughed. He had thought Zhong Shuhui knew for sure the scroll was with Qin Feng. It turned out she was only bluffing him. This was an unexpected joy.
“However, young master, this is a treasure, but it is also trouble. Qin Feng will never accept the scroll falling into your hands.” Zhong Shuhui said gravely. She remembered that a few years ago, for this scroll, so many had died. Blood had flowed like rivers. This time, with Li Feng obtaining the scroll from Qin Feng, given Qin Feng’s character, he would certainly retaliate madly.
“Then confuse the public.” Li Feng pondered.
“Confuse the public?” Zhong Shuhui was stunned and looked at Li Feng, somewhat puzzled.
“Immediately send people to secretly spread news that the scroll is in Qin Feng’s hands, in Fu Yanxiong’s hands, in Li Wu’s hands, and in mine.” Li Feng knew that with such an important item in his possession, Qin Feng would never let it go. So he should prepare against Qin Feng. Confusing the public was the best way.
Zhong Shuhui’s eyes lit up. She understood Li Feng’s meaning. She had intended to remind Li Feng to guard against Qin Feng’s revenge, but he had thought of such a good method. Though it might bring some trouble to himself, it was undoubtedly the best approach.
“By the way, how is the investigation into this Qin Feng matter going?” Li Feng recalled the earlier words.
“Young master, after the press conference, Qin Feng was with Fo Zhu.” Zhong Shuhui said gravely.
“Fo Zhu?” Li Feng’s expression darkened.
“That lingering bastard again.” Li Feng said through gritted teeth. He had never offended Fo Zhu. Why did Fo Zhu keep entangling him? Was it because he was a martial artist?
At this moment, unprecedented anger surged in Li Feng’s heart. Did Fo Zhu really think he was easy to bully? It seemed he needed to teach him a lesson, or he would never know his place.
“Zhong Shuhui, has the information obtained from the dwarf country people been handed to the National Security Bureau?” Li Feng asked gravely.
“It has been submitted, but…” Zhong Shuhui looked up at Li Feng and hesitated.
“But what?”
“But I think the effect will not be great. I do not believe the National Security Bureau has no information at all on those things.” Zhong Shuhui replied.
“Then add fuel to the fire.” A cold glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. How could he not know the schemes of those in the National Security Bureau? He had plenty of ways.
“Zhong Shuhui, wait a moment and do thus and such.” A chilling light gleamed in Li Feng’s eyes.
Over the next two days, under Zhong Shuhui’s arrangements, the Black Hawk team and Blade engaged in several fierce clashes in Tianhai City. Both sides had wins and losses, while the Brotherhood’s wealth and territories were divided between them.
For Li Feng, wealth was just numbers. But as he prepared to join the Ancient Martial Artists Association, he now needed large sums of money. The Brotherhood’s wealth was crucial to him. Of course, Li Feng also knew that some cultivation resources could not be measured by money. No amount of money could necessarily buy them.
These two days, Li Feng spent most of his time cultivating. For him, improving strength was the most important. Besides cultivating the Nine Heavens Heart Scripture, Li Feng also took out the Dragon Roar Palm to study. This profound-level martial skill was very profound. Even after studying for so many days, Li Feng had only grasped the first form.
To learn this first form, Li Feng spent a full day practising tirelessly. Even so, he only learned the basics. But Li Feng was not discouraged. The harder a martial skill was to master, the greater its power. As long as he mastered the first form of Dragon Roar Palm before contesting the Nine Dragons Jade, he would have another trump card.
At the same time, Li Feng took out the array foundation book obtained from Du Wu in Kunyang Town to study. Many ruins now contained arrays. If he only half-understood arrays, he might suffer losses in such places in the future. Moreover, the Earth Martial realm ruin in the Hundred Thousand Mountains had numerous arrays. To explore it later, he must understand arrays.
Opening the yellowed pages of “Array Foundations”, inside were various images. Some looked like mazes. Each image represented an array, with dense small annotations below.
Li Feng’s eyes blurred from looking. He did not know where to start. After all, he knew nothing about arrays originally. Suddenly facing such profound material, anyone would feel overwhelmed. But from the secret room in Kunyang Town, Li Feng knew divine sense was very useful for studying arrays. So after opening Array Foundations, he used divine sense to research.
Through constant exploration, Li Feng finally grasped a thread. Arrays borrowed various energies from heaven and earth, the surrounding terrain and features, and the five elements of heaven and earth, combined through special means.
Li Feng was unclear on array power. He had only seen an array core in Kunyang Town. But in Array Foundations, array power was roughly described, filling Li Feng with curiosity about arrays.
Everything progressed from shallow to deep, step by step. Arrays were no exception. Fortunately, Array Foundations was the most basic introduction to arrays. Studying it was not troublesome. In the following time, Li Feng kept gesturing on the ground.
However, studying arrays consumed divine sense greatly. Li Feng had no method to cultivate divine sense. After consumption, he could only wait for recovery. So after two hours, due to excessive divine sense drain, he had to stop researching.
Putting Array Foundations into his space pouch, Li Feng stood and left the secret room. Three days of seclusion had not broken his realm, but the gains were still significant.
“Young master, you finally emerged.” Receiving news of Li Feng’s exit, Zhong Shuhui hurried to him.
“Zhong Shuhui, from your expression, has something happened?” Li Feng was stunned. Zhong Shuhui’s brows showed unconcealed worry. This expression was rare.
“Yes, the young mistress has met with trouble.” Zhong Shuhui said gravely.
“What? Yuanyuan is in trouble? What happened?” Li Feng’s expression changed drastically. A chilling glint flashed in his eyes. He had not expected that in just a few days of seclusion, Hu Yuanyuan would encounter issues.
“Yesterday afternoon, on the way to inspect the factory, the young mistress was attacked. Two bodyguards and one driver died on the spot. If not for the Black Hawk team members secretly protecting the young mistress and Wang Jian intervening in time, she would likely have faced great danger.” Zhong Shuhui replied.
“What about Old Lu? Was he not with Yuanyuan?” Li Feng’s expression was extremely dark. Three deaths. This attack was no small matter.
“The young mistress went to inspect the factory, so she did not let Old Lu follow.” Zhong Shuhui replied.
“How is Yuanyuan now?” Li Feng sighed deeply in his heart. He knew why Hu Yuanyuan had not let Old Lu follow.
“The young mistress has minor injuries. She is now in the hospital.” Zhong Shuhui replied.
Hearing this, Li Feng hurried out.
Five minutes later, Li Feng arrived at the special care ward of the First People’s Hospital and saw Hu Yuanyuan lying in the bed.
“Yuanyuan, how are you?” Li Feng asked by the bedside.
“Look at you worrying. I only have scrapes. There is no need for hospitalisation at all.” Seeing Li Feng’s tense appearance, Hu Yuanyuan felt warmth in her heart.
“Nonsense.” Li Feng glared at Hu Yuanyuan and checked her wounds. He could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. Indeed, as she said, just scrapes.
“Rest well for a few days. Do not worry about company matters.” Li Feng comforted Hu Yuanyuan for a while, then left the ward.
As soon as he left, Li Feng’s expression darkened. Though Hu Yuanyuan only had scrapes, it could not mask the towering rage in his heart.
No one could harm his woman. Anyone who harmed his woman had only one end: death.
“Zhong Shuhui, bring the two Black Hawk team members who were at the scene and Wang Jian to me.” Li Feng said coldly and entered the adjacent lounge.
Soon, the two Black Hawk team members and Wang Jian, led by Zhong Shuhui, arrived at the lounge. Seeing the three, Li Feng was stunned. He thought they would be covered in wounds. Their bodies stood there as if a gust of wind could blow them over.
“Sit down.” Li Feng pointed to the nearby sofa and said to the three.
“Thank you, Young Master Feng.”
“Thank you, brother-in-law.”
After they sat, Li Feng said gravely, “You are all so heavily injured. I did not want to disturb you, but I need to know what exactly happened yesterday afternoon. Who were the attackers?”
