“Young Master, have you gone mad?” Situ Lei’s expression changed dramatically. He had never imagined that Situ Qiang would say such things. What benefit would this bring to the Situ family? If Li Feng were easy to control, would he still be Li Feng?
If things went wrong and backfired, their cooperation with Li Feng would end. From the intelligence on Li Feng, if Li Feng discovered they were scheming against him, he would likely turn hostile immediately.
“Uncle Lei, do you think I have gone mad?” Situ Qiang smiled and said.
“Then what does the Young Master mean by this? Young Master, wanting to control Li Feng is simply impossible.” Situ Lei said gravely. At this moment, Situ Lei somewhat resented the family head for sending Situ Qiang to Tianhai City. Situ Qiang was the young master of the Situ family, so his orders had to be obeyed, but Situ Qiang’s decision now seemed impossible to succeed in his view.
“Whether Li Feng can be controlled is a matter for later. The most important thing now is to make Li Feng and Blood Shadow both suffer heavy losses.” A glint flashed in Situ Qiang’s eyes as he looked at Situ Lei and said, “Uncle Lei, do not forget our plan. We want to control the Hongmen forces in the Yangtze River Delta, but if Blood Shadow dies, can we seize control of those forces before Chen Junyi reacts? No, we cannot. Our strength is limited. Even though Blood Shadow has transferred many people away, there are still plenty left in those branches. With our power, swallowing them all at once is impossible. That is the first point.”
“If Blood Shadow dies, will Chen Junyi not seek revenge for his son? That is clearly impossible. Given Chen Junyi’s personality, if Blood Shadow fails to kill Li Feng, he will send others to deal with him. Among Chen Junyi’s subordinates, Blood Shadow is probably the weakest. The others are particularly cunning. If they come to Tianhai City, even if our plan succeeds, they will not sit idly by. Then we would face disaster. That is the second point.”
“What worries me most is that if Blood Shadow dies and Chen Junyi cannot transfer his other subordinates in time, he uses the excuse that Li Feng massacred Hongmen members to order our Situ family to deal with Li Feng. Do you think our family has grounds to refuse? Our Situ family is part of the Hongmen. Chen Junyi is currently the leader of the Hongmen. Who can refuse the leader’s orders?” Situ Qiang said gravely.
Situ Lei was stunned. Although some of Situ Qiang’s reasons seemed far-fetched, they were not without merit, especially the last one. Situ Lei felt this possibility was high. Last time on Binhe Road, over a hundred Hongmen members had died at Li Feng’s hands. If Chen Junyi used Li Feng’s massacre of Hongmen members as justification, even if they knew Chen Junyi’s intentions were malicious, the Situ family would have no grounds to refuse.
Seeing the change in Situ Lei’s expression, Situ Qiang knew he was somewhat accepting the explanation. Joy surged in his heart. The reason he wanted Li Feng and Blood Shadow to both suffer heavy losses was not the ones he had just stated.
Li Feng’s power and talent filled Situ Qiang with intense jealousy. He felt that since Li Feng was so formidable, turning the tables in Tianhai City with ease, he himself had to be even more impressive. Therefore, he would never allow Li Feng to kill Blood Shadow easily. He needed them to injure each other severely, only then could he profit as the fisherman.
What he told Situ Lei about consolidating the Hongmen forces in the Yangtze River Delta was merely an excuse. His true goal was to swallow Li Feng’s forces in Tianhai City.
Situ Qiang believed that since Li Feng could build such a vast foundation in Tianhai City with his own hands, he himself had to do even better.
The first step was to annex Li Feng’s forces in Tianhai City. This was the fastest and most effective way to expand his own power. However, he could never say this to Situ Lei, because if Situ Lei knew, he would certainly oppose it and might even report it to his father and grandfather. Then his plan would fail before it even began.
With this in mind, Situ Qiang continued, “Moreover, only if Li Feng and Blood Shadow both suffer heavy losses can the value of our Situ family be demonstrated. It would be best if, when Li Feng is on the verge of defeat by Blood Shadow, our people secretly save him. I believe Li Feng would then be deeply grateful to us. Otherwise, given Li Feng’s personality, if he kills Blood Shadow easily, he might become arrogant and look down on us. How could we cooperate with him then?”
“Young Master, is this truly your purpose?” Situ Lei took a deep breath and said.
“Of course. Otherwise, what purpose do you think I have?” Situ Qiang countered.
“If that is really the case, then it is not impossible. However, if Li Feng finds out about this, the consequences would be dire.” Situ Lei said.
“Uncle Lei, this matter is known only to you and me. No one else will know, and Li Feng certainly will not.” Situ Qiang said.
“Very well. I will handle it right away.” Situ Lei thought for a moment and nodded.
Upon hearing this, a smile appeared on Situ Qiang’s face.
Not long after Situ Lei left, Situ Qiang exited his presidential suite. However, he did not leave the Imperial Hotel. Instead, he went to the presidential suite diagonally opposite his own.
Situ Qiang knocked eight times on the door. The door opened instantly, and Situ Qiang walked in without a word.
“Caidie, how do we proceed with the next step?” Situ Qiang looked at the person on the sofa and asked. This person was none other than Caidie from Blood Sand.
Even Situ Lei would never have imagined that Situ Qiang had connections with Caidie.
“Why is Young Master Situ in such a hurry? Blood Shadow still needs a few days before he plans to act. Do you want to deal with Li Feng first?” Caidie smiled and said.
“A few days?” Situ Qiang frowned, then sneered and said, “It seems Blood Shadow feels he lacks confidence in dealing with Li Feng.”
“Blood Shadow is not lacking confidence. His ambitions are simply too great. He wants to kill the people around Li Feng first before killing him. In my view, this is utterly foolish.” Caidie sneered. She had clashed with Li Feng before and remembered his changes vividly. The first time at the hospital, they had fought to mutual injury, but now Li Feng could slay Wei Kang, a peak Houtian ninth-layer expert. How much time had passed since then?
Caidie felt that if Li Feng was not killed soon, in a little more time he might become a Xiantian realm expert. At that point, killing him would be even harder.
After Shura’s death last time, she had reported Li Feng’s situation to the organisation. She had originally thought the organisation would send a gold-medal assassin to kill him, but unexpectedly, they only sent a batch of assassins to assist her. This left Caidie unclear about the organisation’s intentions. However, she understood that even with these assassins from the organisation, she might not be able to kill Li Feng.
That was why, during the Tianyan incident, upon encountering Blood Shadow and learning he wanted to deal with Li Feng, she had allied with him.
But Caidie had not expected that Blood Shadow, like Shura, was an arrogant person who wanted to kill Li Feng’s people first. This filled her with disdain. In her view, even if all of Li Feng’s people were killed, what difference would it make? As long as Li Feng lived, he had the chance to turn defeat into victory.
Moreover, the people around Li Feng now were just his women. Would Li Feng despair and fear over the deaths of a few women? For an ancient martial artist as powerful as Li Feng, what kind of woman could he not have? Although Hu Yuanyuan and the others were beautiful, there were plenty of beautiful women in the world.
As for Li Feng’s subordinates? Subordinates were cannon fodder. If they all died, he could just recruit more. There was nothing to feel distressed about.
Therefore, upon learning Blood Shadow’s goal, Caidie completely abandoned him and secretly sought a new partner. This Situ Qiang was now her collaborator.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. That was her purpose in allying with Situ Qiang.
“Blood Shadow is courting death.” Situ Qiang sneered and said, “There may be Xiantian realm experts around Li Feng. He wants to deal with Li Feng, hmph.”
“Xiantian realm experts? Young Master Situ, are you certain?” Caidie narrowed her eyes and asked.
“It is merely a guess.” Situ Qiang then explained the reasons for his speculation.
“Although it is a guess, we cannot ignore it. Young Master Situ, we do not have the strength to deal with Xiantian realm experts.” Caidie said gravely.
“I know. That is why I am having someone secretly tip off Blood Shadow. I believe he will prepare accordingly. Then we only need to act according to the situation.” Situ Qiang said.
“I did not expect Young Master Situ to have already thought of this. Then I will say no more.” Caidie smiled. She found that although Situ Qiang was young, he was cunning and calculating, able to think of things others overlooked.
“It is just a pity that after contacting Blood Shadow for so long, I still do not know his specific plan.” Caidie said with a bitter smile.
“That is to be expected. Blood Shadow is not the type to trust others easily. However, it does not greatly affect us. As long as Blood Shadow makes a move against Li Feng, I have a way to catch them all in one net.” A cold glint flashed in Situ Qiang’s eyes.
“Then let us wait and see.” Caidie smiled and said.
“However, Caidie, have you prepared what I need?” Situ Qiang asked seriously.
“Young Master Situ, rest assured. I, Caidie, guarantee on the name of Blood Sand that after Li Feng dies, I will present what you want with both hands.”
Caidie smiled and said, “Not only that, after it is done, I will also give you an unexpected gift.”
“An unexpected gift? A gift from Blood Sand’s Caidie is probably not simple. I wonder what it is?” Situ Qiang asked curiously.
“Young Master Situ will know when the time comes. For now, I cannot disclose it.” Caidie smiled, but a cold glint flashed deep in her eyes.
