“Young Master Feng, this is my Uncle Lei, Situ Lei, the person in charge of the Situ family in Tianhai City.” Situ Qiang pulled Li Feng over to Situ Lei and introduced him.
“Hello.” Li Feng looked at Situ Lei, a glint in his eyes. Last night, Situ Qiang had been talking with this Uncle Lei. Now seeing the man in person, he naturally paid extra attention.
“Truly, heroes emerge young. Young Master Feng, I have long admired you.” Situ Lei stood up and extended his hand to Li Feng. Regardless of identity or strength, Li Feng deserved his respect.
Li Feng shook Situ Lei’s hand lightly and said, “Uncle Lei, you are too polite. Compared to you, my achievements are just minor skirmishes. Uncle Lei, you don’t mind if I call you Uncle Lei, do you?”
“Young Master Feng jests. For you to call me Uncle Lei is my honour.” Situ Lei smiled and said, “At least what Young Master Feng calls minor skirmishes, heh, if yours are minor, then what counts as major? In my view, among the younger generation, probably no one surpasses Young Master Feng.”
“Is that so?” A glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes.
“Young Master Feng, let’s sit down and talk.” Situ Qiang smiled and pulled Li Feng to sit.
“Young Master Qiang is too courteous.” Li Feng sat beside Situ Qiang and asked directly, “I wonder what matter Young Master Qiang has invited me here for today?”
“Young Master Feng, I invited you to the resort hotel for no other reason. After my father returned to the United States this time, he spoke highly of you. I have never heard my father value someone so much, so I secretly came to Tianhai City to see what kind of person Young Master Feng is.” Situ Qiang smiled as he spoke.
“Oh, so Young Master Qiang has such great curiosity.” Li Feng sneered inwardly. If he had not overheard Situ Qiang and Situ Lei’s conversation at the Empire Hotel last night, he might have been deceived by Situ Qiang today. He had not expected Situ Qiang, despite his young age, to have such impressive eloquence.
“Unexpectedly, I, Situ Qiang, am naturally curious by nature. Young Master Feng, only Uncle Lei knows I came to Tianhai City. You are the second. You absolutely must not tell my father, otherwise he will definitely drag me back to the United States. It was hard enough to get out once. I don’t want to go back so soon. I haven’t had enough fun yet.” Situ Qiang said earnestly.
“Haha, Young Master Qiang, rest assured. I won’t say a word to anyone.” Li Feng smiled. He wanted to see what this Situ Qiang was up to.
“Young Master Feng, I heard you killed Chen Haotian. Is it true?” Situ Qiang asked with a face full of curiosity.
“What do you think, Young Master Qiang?” Li Feng countered.
“Haha, I think it’s impossible. Although that bastard Chen Haotian is detestable, he is after all Chen Junyi’s son. I don’t think Young Master Feng would have reason to offend Chen Junyi by killing Chen Haotian. After all, Chen Haotian has neither a blood feud with you over your father nor seized your wife.” Situ Qiang smiled as he spoke.
“Young Master Qiang, you are the first person to think I did not kill Chen Haotian. Your words truly resonate with me. It’s just that there are too many idiots in this world. Every one of them believes I killed Chen Haotian. Young Master Qiang, what do you think I should do now?” Li Feng asked.
“Young Master Feng, when soldiers come, block them; when water comes, dam it. What is there to fear? With your skills, there is nothing you need to be afraid of.” Situ Qiang said.
“Is that so? How does Young Master Qiang know about my skills?” Li Feng asked, narrowing his eyes.
“It was all from what my father said.” Situ Qiang realised he had slipped up and quickly added, “My father speaks very highly of Young Master Feng’s abilities.”
“I did not expect Uncle to think so highly of me. However, Uncle did say that Chen Junyi has already sent Blood Shadow to Tianhai City. Perhaps tomorrow, Young Master Qiang will only be able to see my corpse.” Li Feng sneered inwardly. He cultivated the Nine Heavens Heart Scripture. How could Situ Ming possibly gauge his true strength? The reason Situ Qiang said this was probably because he knew about last night’s events. Now pretending ignorance in front of him, did he really think he was an idiot?
“Young Master Feng need not worry. Although Blood Shadow is strong, he is not invincible.” Situ Qiang smiled and took out a file. “Young Master Feng, this is the information on Blood Shadow that I asked Uncle Lei to prepare. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. I believe that with this information on Blood Shadow, Young Master Feng will certainly be able to defeat him.”
“Then I thank Young Master Qiang in advance.” Li Feng smiled, took the file, and began reading it. Although Situ Qiang’s invitation today might have some ulterior motive, this information on Blood Shadow was exactly what he needed most right now. Whatever Situ Qiang’s purpose, having this file made the trip worthwhile.
“Young Master Feng, regarding Blood Shadow, what you need to be especially cautious about are the people around you. This time, to kill you, Chen Junyi has issued an absolute kill order. He not only wants to kill you but, before that, to kill everyone around you, making you die in despair and pain.” Situ Qiang continued.
A chill flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. Situ Qiang’s words were something he had not anticipated. He had not expected Chen Junyi to be so deranged as to want to kill everyone close to him.
Li Feng did not doubt whether Situ Qiang’s words were true or false. For something like this, he would rather believe it than not. Moreover, Situ Qiang’s words reminded him of last night’s events. Last night, the attackers’ targets were precisely Hu Yuanyuan and the others. Even when he appeared, the attackers only sent people to hold him back while continuing to surround and kill Hu Yuanyuan’s group. Especially that final bomb, it was clearly intended to kill Hu Yuanyuan and the others, with no intention of targeting him.
Now thinking about Situ Qiang’s words, Li Feng felt that if they were true, the likelihood that Blood Shadow was the mastermind behind last night was very high.
“Young Master Feng, regarding Blood Shadow, I do have an important piece of information I want to tell you.” At this moment, Situ Lei spoke up.
“Please speak, Uncle Lei.” Li Feng said promptly.
“Last night, the attack on your esteemed wife, I received word that it was Blood Shadow’s doing.” Situ Lei said gravely. “However, this is only what our Situ family informants reported. I do not know if it is true.”
“Blood Shadow?” A cold light flashed in Li Feng’s eyes.
“Yes, Blood Shadow. Young Master Feng, you can investigate the situation of several third-rate underground forces in the southern district of Tianhai City. These third-rate forces are controlled by Hongmen. Although their numbers are small, each member is an elite. The people who attacked your esteemed wife last night were very likely them.” Situ Lei said gravely.
“Thank you, Uncle Lei.” Li Feng nodded. He would naturally investigate what Situ Lei said, but since Situ Lei mentioned it, it was most likely true. If so, then last night’s events could basically be confirmed as masterminded by Blood Shadow.
However, Li Feng was somewhat puzzled. What was the relationship between Blood Shadow and Wu De? Why did Wu De also make a move against him last night when Blood Shadow did? And then there was Wei Kang. Wei Kang was from Tianyan, and Tianyan was a force controlled by the Zhu family. Could it be that besides Blood Shadow and Wu De, the Zhu family was also involved last night?
If not the Zhu family, was Wei Kang truly only acting for the sake of Tianyan’s Fourth Master in coming to kill him? Was it merely a coincidence that he acted together with Blood Shadow and the others last night?
After thinking for a moment, Li Feng turned his attention to the file in his hand.
“Young Master Feng, dealing with Blood Shadow will not be easy because, according to the information, Blood Shadow has already reached the threshold of the innate realm.” Situ Qiang said.
“It seems I am doomed to die. The innate realm, such a lofty existence, how could I possibly deal with it?” Li Feng’s heart skipped a beat. According to Situ Qiang, even if Blood Shadow was not yet in the innate realm, he was very close. Against such a person, even at his peak, he might not be an opponent, let alone now when he was seriously injured and could only exert the strength of the third level of the acquired realm.
“Young Master Feng jests. Although Blood Shadow is strong, he is not invincible. Moreover…” Situ Qiang paused here before continuing, “Moreover, Blood Shadow is not without weaknesses. As long as you seize his weakness, you can kill him in one strike.”
“Young Master Qiang, do you have any experts around you? Lend me a few. Otherwise, I truly have no confidence in dealing with Blood Shadow.” Li Feng sneered inwardly. The Situ family had such fine calculations, thinking they could just talk and make him fight Blood Shadow to the death. Although a bloody battle between him and Blood Shadow was inevitable, he wanted to drag the Situ family into it as well. Otherwise, if the Situ family ever felt his existence no longer aligned with their interests, they would abandon him without hesitation.
Li Feng did not want to be used like that, not even by the Situ family. If they wanted cooperation, they needed to show sincerity.
“Young Master Feng, where would I have any experts around me? I sneaked out, after all.” Situ Qiang snorted inwardly. How could he not understand Li Feng’s meaning? But in his view, cooperating with Li Feng was merely to use him. Having Situ family members take action was simply impossible.
“How could there be none? I can see that Uncle Lei is an expert. Young Master Qiang, you wouldn’t mind lending Uncle Lei to me, would you?” Li Feng smiled, his gaze falling on Situ Lei. He could sense the fluctuations in Situ Lei’s aura. From those fluctuations, Situ Lei had at least the strength of the seventh level of the acquired realm.
Of course, Li Feng was not interested in Situ Lei’s strength but in his identity.
“Young Master Feng jests. Uncle Lei is just an ordinary person. How could he be an expert? Moreover, Uncle Lei is my elder. For such matters, we still need to ask Uncle Lei’s own opinion.” Situ Qiang smiled and looked towards Situ Lei.
“Young Master Feng, I only specialise in gathering intelligence. As for fighting and killing, I am powerless.” Situ Lei smiled and said to Li Feng, “If Young Master Feng needs any intelligence, I can help, but as for dealing with Blood Shadow, I think it is best to exempt me.”
“Since Uncle Lei says so, I won’t force it. However, as it happens, there is one matter where I need Uncle Lei’s help.” A cunning glint appeared in Li Feng’s eyes. He had been waiting for Situ Lei to say exactly that.
