Deep into the night, everything was quiet, stars shining brightly.
Li Feng took a few steps and stopped beside a small grove. He spoke in a low voice. “Since you are here, come out.”
Tap, tap, tap…
Footsteps sounded. Li Feng turned to look and could not help being slightly startled. He had thought it would be people from the four great families, but it was not.
“Li Feng.”
The ones who appeared before him were none other than Murong Kang and another young man. Murong Kang stared at Li Feng coldly, murderous intent gleaming in his eyes.
“Murong Kang? I did not expect it to be you.” Li Feng said slowly.
“You could sense our presence. You do have some skill.” Murong Kang looked at Li Feng, a disdainful smile curling his lips.
“Murong Kang, I have no interest in playing with you right now. Leave.” Li Feng said indifferently. He had come here specifically to draw out the four great families. A minor character like Murong Kang held no interest for him. Someone like this could be slapped dead with one palm.
Murong Kang’s expression shifted. He could clearly feel Li Feng’s contempt, and it enraged him.
Smack!
The young man beside Murong Kang stepped forward and looked at Li Feng coldly. “Kid, you are awfully arrogant. Let me give you a piece of advice.”
“Oh? Let us hear it.” Li Feng raised an eyebrow, looking at the pair with some amusement.
The young man stared at Li Feng icily. “Li Feng, I am warning you. Ge Ying is not someone a person like you can touch. If I see you beside her again, do not blame me for being rude.”
Only then did Li Feng understand. Murong Kang and this fellow had come because of Ge Ying.
Although Ge Ying was not his woman, she was his friend. Someone like Murong Kang was obviously a spoiled playboy. This kind of person was completely unworthy of Ge Ying.
With that thought, Li Feng gave a cold laugh. “So that is how it is.”
“Hmph!”
Murong Kang snorted. An aura burst from his body, sweeping in all directions. Anyone could clearly feel the anger surging from him.
The young man beside him sneered, lifted his chin arrogantly, and looked down at Li Feng. “Then we will cripple you. Let us see if Ge Ying will still fancy a cripple like you.”
“Cripple me?”
Li Feng laughed coldly and looked at Murong Kang and the youth. “I am afraid you do not have the ability. Both of you come at me together. I have no time to play with you.”
Together? Play?
Hearing this, anger flashed across both their faces. They had not expected Li Feng to be this arrogant, to completely disregard them. In Li Feng’s eyes, were they really that worthless?
“Hmph, insolent.” A cold glint flashed in the youth’s eyes. He stared at Li Feng and said, “I alone am enough to deal with you. There is no need for Brother Murong to lift a finger.”
“Is that so? Then let me see your strength. I hope your ability is as great as your mouth.” Li Feng’s gaze turned icy.
“Hmph, courting death.” Anger flickered in the youth’s eyes. He struck out with a palm, black palm force condensing on his hand.
Buzz!
With one palm strike, the surrounding air seemed to freeze. The palm force whistled towards Li Feng with an ear-piercing sonic boom.
“Hmph, trash.” Li Feng gave a cold laugh. This youth’s strength was not even on par with Murong Kang’s. To think of teaching him a lesson, the fellow would need another ten or twenty years.
Li Feng extended his palm and lightly brushed the air. The youth’s palm force instantly dissolved into nothing.
“This is impossible…” The youth’s face changed dramatically. He had considered that Li Feng might block his attack, but he had never imagined it would be neutralised so effortlessly.
“Nothing is impossible. The two of you are simply too weak. You are no match for me at all.” As Li Feng spoke, he struck out with a palm of his own.
It looked just as light and casual, yet when Li Feng’s palm struck, a huge palm force formed in the air and smashed down towards Murong Kang and the youth without any flourish.
Bang! Bang!
The palm force struck Murong Kang and the youth squarely in the chest. Both let out muffled grunts, flew backwards, and crashed heavily onto the ground.
“This is a lesson for you. If you come looking for trouble again, do not blame me for showing no mercy.” Li Feng looked coldly at the pair.
Their pupils contracted and their faces changed. They had never imagined Li Feng would be this powerful, defeating both of them with a single palm.
Especially Murong Kang. From the first moment he saw Li Feng, he had never taken him seriously. In his view, the only reason Li Feng was with Ge Ying was that he had sweet-talked and deceived her. He was nothing more than a pretty boy.
During the day in the park, he had not sensed any ancient martial artist aura from Li Feng and had thought him an ordinary person. But now he realised Li Feng was neither ordinary nor just a pretty face. He possessed terrifying strength.
Li Feng gave a cold smile, turned, and walked away. His purpose tonight was to lure the four great families into action. There was no need to waste effort on two small fries like Murong Kang.
Watching Li Feng leave, a sinister light flashed in Murong Kang’s eyes.
“Brother Murong…” The youth swallowed hard as he stared at Li Feng’s retreating back. Li Feng’s strength was terrifying. He had actually thought of teaching him a lesson. It was fortunate the opponent had not struck to kill, or he would have been finished.
“This matter will not end here.” Murderous intent gleamed in Murong Kang’s eyes. The stronger Li Feng was, the deeper his hatred and the greater his jealousy.
All his life, Murong Kang had seen himself as a heaven-blessed genius. At twenty-three he had already reached the fourth layer of the Acquired Realm and was confident he could reach the Innate Realm before forty. Yet today he had met Ge Ying, who was already at the peak of the fourth layer, and now this even more monstrous Li Feng, who had defeated both of them with one move. He could not accept it.
“But Brother Murong, this Li Feng is so strong…” The youth was worried. Li Feng was not much older than them yet could defeat them both with a single strike. Such a person was definitely not ordinary. He felt it was not worth offending Li Feng over Ge Ying.
“You are afraid just because he is strong?” Murong Kang snorted coldly, a cold glint in his eyes. “This time we acted without proper investigation. Next time I will make sure he suffers. Not only will I trample him beneath my feet, I will give him a lesson he will never forget.”
The youth glanced at Murong Kang and shuddered inwardly. Though he did not understand why Murong Kang was so obsessed with that little beauty Ge Ying, he felt antagonising Li Feng was not wise.
Given how close Li Feng and Ge Ying were, how could he possibly be ordinary? The Murong family might be strong, and Murong Kang might be their most talented member, but even together they could not withstand a single move from Li Feng. The family or power behind Li Feng was surely no weaker than the Murong family.
He thought Murong Kang had become possessed over Ge Ying. He had no wish to go mad along with him.
“Let us go. First we will thoroughly investigate Li Feng, then we will give him a profound lesson.” Murong Kang stood up.
“Alright.” The youth agreed, a flicker passing through his eyes as he thought of something.
On the other side, after dealing with the two nuisances, Li Feng continued walking along the seaside.
To draw the four great families into action this time, he had invested heavily. Not only had he arranged for Elder Lu to stay visibly at Hu Yuanyuan’s side as a distraction, he had also sent Zhong Shuhui and the Black Eagle squad to attack the Hongmen forces in Tianhai City, making it appear he was in irreconcilable conflict with them.
He did not believe the four great families would let such a perfect opportunity pass. In Li Feng’s view, the only reason they had not moved against him recently was precisely because of Elder Lu, the Innate Realm expert.
“Even if the four great families do not act, people like Li Wu and Qin Feng will not let matters rest, will they?” A sharp light flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. Li Wu had been silent since the Peak Yuan Group press conference, and Qin Feng had been quiet since he destroyed the Brotherhood. But Li Feng knew the quieter they were, the fiercer their eventual revenge would be. And then there was Fu Yanxiong, another troublesome fellow.
Right now Li Feng was fishing, but who would take the bait was hard to predict. After all, he could not guarantee anyone would fall for it. If they did not, he would be helpless. This method was extremely passive. Still, Li Feng had a feeling they would come, and soon.
Of course, he had another option: to attack the four great families directly. But he dismissed the thought as soon as it appeared. No matter how confident he was in his strength, charging into the four great families was impossible. They harboured a secret connected to the power behind them, a power that could easily annihilate even first-rate families. Li Feng had no wish to provoke them unless he broke through to the Innate Realm.
As he walked, Li Feng’s thoughts turned to the formations he had been studying recently. After this period of research, he could now set up a few of the most basic formations. Though they were the simplest kind, Li Feng considered it great progress.
The renovation of Spirit Crane Garden was nearing completion thanks to several construction teams working overtime. He believed they could move in within a month. Now that the Inner Guard had been formed, adding a few formations, even the most basic ones, to Spirit Crane Garden would greatly strengthen its defences. Ordinary people would find it very difficult to infiltrate.
The same went for the training base. Last time it had nearly been breached, which had put Li Feng on high alert. If he placed formations there, the base’s defensive strength would increase several times over.
Li Feng was confident that, given another month and time to study formations, he could achieve a major breakthrough in that field. After all, he possessed divine sense that others lacked, and now he had the Divine Control Technique. When studying formations and practising the Divine Control Technique, his divine sense recovered several times faster than before.
At that moment, Li Feng suddenly stopped. A sharp light flashed in his eyes as he shouted towards the surroundings, “Since you are here, stop hiding like cowards. Come out.”
