“A heavy price? You?” Li Feng gave a cold laugh, a trace of disdain flashing across his lips. A mere Acquired Realm fourth-layer trash daring to threaten him, truly overestimating his own ability and courting death.
“Ignorant.”
Being looked down upon by Li Feng in front of Ge Ying, Murong Kang instantly flew into a rage. He narrowed his eyes, stared coldly at Li Feng and said, “Today I will give you a profound lesson.”
“Murong Kang, you are becoming more and more arrogant. I rather want to see what strength you have now.” Ge Ying stepped forward, gazing icily at Murong Kang.
Murong Kang’s expression turned extremely ugly. He had not expected Ge Ying to jump out and challenge him. His original plan had been to provoke Li Feng and teach him a harsh lesson, but things had gone contrary to his wishes, and Ge Ying had stepped in instead.
“Ge Ying, stop fooling around. You are no match for me.” Murong Kang looked at Ge Ying and spoke.
“No match for you?” Ge Ying gave a cold laugh. An aura of peak Acquired Realm fourth-layer surged from his body.
“This is impossible.” Feeling the pressure from Ge Ying, Murong Kang’s face changed drastically. His own strength was only at the early fourth-layer of the Acquired Realm. In his memory, Ge Ying had been merely at the third-layer, yet now the aura radiating from Ge Ying was that of the peak fourth-layer. How could this not shock him?
Ge Ying laughed coldly once more, a hint of pride flickering in his eyes. “Murong Kang, you cannot even beat me, and you still want to teach Li Feng a lesson?”
Murong Kang glared fiercely at Li Feng, then forced a hypocritical smile onto his face. “Ge Ying, your strength is impressive. I am no match for you.”
Ge Ying looked at Murong Kang with some disgust, then turned to Li Feng. “Li Feng, let us go.”
Li Feng nodded and followed Ge Ying, preparing to leave.
“Ge Ying, wait a moment.” Murong Kang called out to stop her. “Ge Ying, where do you live? I will come find you when I have time.”
“I think that will not be necessary.” Having said that, Ge Ying took Li Feng and left.
“Damn it.”
After Ge Ying and Li Feng disappeared from sight, Murong Kang’s face turned dark, his gaze becoming extremely sinister.
“Brother Murong, what is so special about this Ge Ying? There are plenty of good women around.” A young man beside Murong Kang spoke up.
“What do you know? Are you questioning my taste?” Murong Kang turned and gave him a cold glance.
“No, how would I dare question Brother Murong’s taste?” The young man’s expression changed. He was frightened by Murong Kang’s intimidating stare and hurriedly explained. Having known Murong Kang for so many years, he was well aware of his temper. If he truly angered him, he would surely suffer for it.
“Brother Murong, actually all of this is Li Feng’s fault. If it were not for him, Ge Ying might already have thrown herself into your arms by now,” another young man quickly added.
“Exactly, exactly. That Li Feng is far too arrogant. He completely looks down on Brother Murong.”
“Yes, he has no idea who Ge Ying really is, yet he still thinks he can woo her. He truly does not know how the word ‘death’ is written.”
“Only Brother Murong is worthy of Ge Ying.”
The young men beside Murong Kang spoke one after another. They all knew Murong Kang had taken a fancy to Ge Ying, so they badmouthed Li Feng, adding fuel to the fire and slandering him viciously.
“Li Feng.”
A cold smile curved Murong Kang’s lips, thick anger flashing in his eyes. He gnashed his teeth and said, “Li Feng, I will never let you off.”
On the other side, after leaving the park, Ge Ying looked at Li Feng with concern. “Li Feng, do not be angry. I also did not expect to run into Murong Kang. He…”
Before Ge Ying could finish, Li Feng interrupted her. “Ge Ying, Murong Kang is nothing but a clown. Do you think I would get angry over someone like him?”
Ge Ying was stunned for a moment, then understanding dawned on her face. That was right. With Li Feng’s strength, how could Murong Kang possibly be his opponent? Her worry had been unnecessary.
However, because they had encountered Murong Kang, Ge Ying lost interest in continuing their outing. After strolling around the streets for a while, she returned to the Tianya Pavilion with Li Feng.
After sending Ge Ying back to rest, Li Feng went to Zhong Shuhui’s office.
“Young Master, this is my good friend Xu Jie.” Zhong Shuhui pointed to a woman in military uniform standing beside her. The woman appeared to be in her early twenties and had a valiant, heroic bearing.
Li Feng nodded and said to Xu Jie, “Zhong Shuhui should have told you the purpose of forming the Inner Guard. Have you thought it through? Once you choose this path, there will be no turning back if you regret it later.”
To Li Feng, the Inner Guard was a force to protect his family and would become his most core strength in the future. There was a high chance they would come into contact with his private matters and secrets, so he could tolerate betrayal from the Black Eagle team, but he would never allow anyone in the Inner Guard to betray him.
“I have thought it through clearly.” Xu Jie nodded. She had considered this for a long time. Zhong Shuhui had explained the relevant details to her. She saw this as her chance to leave the army. After so many years in the military, she knew how deep the waters ran. Staying in the army offered no future. Now, with Li Feng forming the Inner Guard and Zhong Shuhui’s recommendation, this was her opportunity.
“Good.” Li Feng nodded in satisfaction. Although Xu Jie’s strength was not great, that did not matter. For the Inner Guard, loyalty was the most important thing. Strength could be gradually improved later.
Zhong Shuhui gave Xu Jie a meaningful glance. Xu Jie quickly took out several sheets of paper. “Young Master, this is the information I have on the Hongmen.”
Li Feng took them, glanced over them, and a glint flashed in his eyes. “Zhong Shuhui, take Xu Jie down for now. Once the others arrive, we will officially form the Inner Guard.”
“Yes.” Zhong Shuhui acknowledged, then led Xu Jie out of the office.
After they left, Li Feng sat on the sofa and carefully studied the Hongmen intelligence Xu Jie had given him.
He read it seriously three times. Only when Zhong Shuhui returned to the office did he put the documents down.
“Young Master, the Hongmen information Xu Jie provided is quite good, is it not?” Zhong Shuhui asked as soon as she entered. “She was originally a soldier in the southwest responsible for cracking down on underground forces. These materials came from within the military, so their reliability is very high.”
“If this intelligence is accurate, it is extremely valuable to us.” In the report Xu Jie provided, the various factions within the Hongmen were analysed one by one. From this information, Li Feng felt that what Situ Ming had said carried some credibility. Even if he did not know whether Situ Ming’s intentions were genuine, it was clear that the Situ family and the Chen family within the Hongmen were indeed bitterly opposed. For him, that was enough.
He did not need to trust Situ Ming completely, but as long as the information Situ Ming provided in the future proved somewhat accurate, it would save him a lot of trouble when dealing with matters.
“Chen Junyi of the Hongmen has probably already received the news by now. If he wants revenge, it will happen within the next few days, so I plan to settle some things in the coming days.” A sharp glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes.
“Young Master, you mean the four great families of Tianhai City?” Zhong Shuhui was startled, then quickly understood.
“Exactly. Ever since the incident at the Imperial Hotel, people from the four great families have been watching me. It was not a problem before, but now it is different. Having them secretly monitoring me all the time is troublesome. It is time to deal with this problem.” Li Feng nodded. He did not want the four great families stirring up trouble from the shadows when the Hongmen came for revenge.
The Hongmen were a powerful dragon from outside, while the four great families were local snakes. If they joined forces, even without considering the power behind the four families, they would still be extremely formidable. He was confident he could face them, but he had no certainty of victory if they united against him.
Li Feng knew that, with his current situation, he could not completely destroy the four great families. If he did, the force backing them would never let the matter rest. However, even if he could not wipe them out, he intended to deliver a heavy blow, at least leaving the four great families crippled and unable to recover for a short period.
Only then, when facing revenge from those Chen Junyi sent, would the four great families be unable to interfere.
“Young Master, the reason the four great families have not acted until now is because they fear Elder Lu, an Innate Realm expert. Provoking them into making a move would be easy,” Zhong Shuhui said, looking at Li Feng with some worry. “But Young Master, are you confident you can deal with them? Even without an Innate Realm expert, the four great families have many peak ninth-layer Acquired Realm practitioners.”
“Do not forget I still have the Blood Kill Twin Eagles. Their combined strike can rival a peak ninth-layer Acquired Realm expert.” A sharp light flashed in Li Feng’s eyes.
“Young Master plans to reveal the Blood Kill Twin Eagles at this time?” Zhong Shuhui was surprised. In her view, the Blood Kill Twin Eagles card should be played during the Fist King Championship. After all, that tournament would have a large number of peak ninth-layer Acquired Realm ancient martial artists. They were the true great enemies. Revealing them now would easily arouse vigilance from all sides. When participating in the Fist King Championship later, they might face encirclement from various forces, especially since Li Feng currently had too many enemies.
“Why not?” Li Feng smiled faintly. He had never intended to keep the Blood Kill Twin Eagles hidden. Especially now, revealing them could serve as a deterrent, and that was enough for him.
“Right now, I actually hope the four great families will send out a few more peak ninth-layer Acquired Realm martial artists. Killing them in one stroke will make all the forces in Tianhai City think twice before acting rashly.” A fierce glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes.
His enemies in Tianhai City were not limited to the four great families. Qin Feng, Fu Yanxiong, Li Wu, all of them were. Even though they had made no moves for the present, Li Feng did not believe they would let him go.
Especially Li Wu. Now that he had been framed by Zhu Yuanyang for killing Chen Haotian, Li Wu would be strange indeed if he passed up this chance to strike.
“Then where does Young Master plan to make his move?” Zhong Shuhui asked gravely. Drawing the four great families of Tianhai City into action was simple. They only needed to know that Elder Lu was somewhere else and could not come to Li Feng’s aid.
“At the seaside.” Li Feng said in a low voice.
