Outside Tianya Pavilion.
“He actually refused me?” Li Zhengxiang’s expression changed slightly. He had never imagined that when he came to see Li Feng, Li Feng would reject him.
“Fourth Master, this Li Feng is far too lawless. He doesn’t even take you seriously.” The man in black military attire beside Li Zhengxiang said angrily.
“Li Yi, do you know why Li Feng refused?” Li Zhengxiang’s face returned to normal. He smiled and asked the man in black military attire, Li Yi.
“Other than not taking Fourth Master seriously, what else could it be?” Li Yi was stunned and looked at Li Zhengxiang in confusion.
“If Li Feng truly did not take me seriously, he would not have said he would come to pay a visit tonight.” Li Zhengxiang smiled. He now somewhat understood why Li Feng had refused. Although the refusal made him lose face, once he understood the reason behind it, the earlier annoyance disappeared.
“Fourth Master, is there another reason?” Li Yi asked.
“You should use your brain more often.” Li Zhengxiang shook his head helplessly. Li Yi had plenty of courage but lacked wisdom. If he had been in charge, he would probably have figured out Li Feng’s intention long ago.
Li Yi thought for a moment but could not come up with anything.
“By the way, who was that person who stormed out of Tianya Pavilion in anger just now?” Li Zhengxiang suddenly remembered something and asked.
“I do not know.” Li Yi shook his head and replied.
“Go and find out. I want to know who that person is. Go right now.” Li Zhengxiang said in a deep voice.
“Yes.” Li Yi responded and immediately left.
Li Zhengxiang glanced at Tianya Pavilion, the corners of his mouth curling into a smile. “My dear second brother, you should now know that Li Wu has fallen into Li Feng’s hands. I wonder what your reaction will be. I am truly looking forward to it.”
At the same time, in Yanjing.
Inside the hall of a massive villa, a middle-aged man sat on the sofa reading a newspaper. This middle-aged man appeared refined and scholarly, with an air of intellectual elegance. He was none other than Li Feng’s second uncle, Li Wu’s father, the second master of the Li family, Li Xiangyang.
Tap tap tap…
A series of footsteps sounded. Soon after, a man in black hurried into the hall and came before Li Xiangyang, saying, “Second Master…”
“Xu Song, did I not tell you long ago not to disturb me while I am reading the newspaper? Whatever it is, wait until I finish reading.” Li Xiangyang interrupted before Xu Song could finish, speaking with displeasure.
Li Xiangyang had a habit. He disliked being disturbed while reading the newspaper. If the person had not been Xu Song, he might have slapped him away by now.
“Second Master, something has happened to the young master.” Xu Song said in a deep voice.
“Wu’er? Isn’t Wu’er in Tianhai City? What could possibly happen to him?” Li Xiangyang was stunned. He raised his head and asked.
“The young master has been captured by Li Feng.” Xu Song’s tone was filled with shock.
“Oh…” Li Xiangyang responded, then immediately reacted. He looked up at Xu Song in disbelief. “What did you say? Wu’er was captured by Li Feng? That Li Feng from the eldest branch?”
“Yes.” Xu Song nodded.
“That is impossible. Isn’t Li Feng a useless waste?” Li Xiangyang’s face was full of disbelief. During this recent period, he had been abroad, and Li Wu had not reported anything about Li Feng to him. So in Li Xiangyang’s mind, Li Feng was still the same useless waste as before.
“Second Master, this Li Feng is not a waste.” As he spoke, Xu Song took out a thick stack of intelligence reports and handed them to Li Xiangyang. He said gravely, “Second Master, since you have been out of the country for this period, you do not know about Li Feng’s situation. These are the intelligence reports about Li Feng from the past few months. Please take a look yourself, Second Master, and you will understand.”
Li Xiangyang glanced at Xu Song in puzzlement, took the intelligence reports, and began reading them. He read very slowly, almost word by word.
Time passed minute by minute. Li Xiangyang’s expression kept changing. It took him a full half hour to finish reading the reports.
He raised his head and stared intently at Xu Song. “Are the things in these reports true?”
“Yes, Second Master.” Xu Song nodded. He had spent a long time investigating these intelligence reports. Even he, upon first seeing them, felt utter disbelief.
“How is this possible? Hasn’t Li Feng always been a waste? How could he suddenly become a completely different person?” Li Xiangyang’s eyes showed incredulity.
“Second Master, although I hate to admit it, everything in these reports is true.” Xu Song said gravely.
“All true.” A sharp glint flashed in Li Xiangyang’s eyes. He said coldly, “If this is true, then this Li Feng is truly terrifying.”
Even Li Xiangyang felt a chill run through his body at this moment. If the reports were true, it meant Li Feng had at least been pretending to be a fool and enduring humiliation for more than twenty years. If Li Feng had been an old man in his seventies or eighties, he might have accepted it. But more than twenty years ago, Li Feng was only a young child. For him to pretend to be a fool and endure such humiliation at that age, the depth of his scheming was something even he could not match.
“Yes, Second Master. This Li Feng is very terrifying. However, although Li Feng is terrifying, I think the most terrifying ones are still Li Chuanwei and Mu Chunfeng.” Xu Song nodded and said.
“Xu Song, do you think Li Feng’s waste act over these twenty-plus years was planned by Li Chuanwei and Mu Chunfeng?” Li Xiangyang asked.
“Is it not?” Xu Song was stunned and looked at Li Xiangyang in confusion.
“You still do not understand Li Chuanwei and Mu Chunfeng.” Everyone was guessing that Li Feng’s waste behaviour for the past twenty-plus years, followed by his sudden outburst, was due to Li Chuanwei and Mu Chunfeng. But he did not think so.
Li Chuanwei was the head of the Li family, and Mu Chunfeng was the matriarch. How could they possibly allow Li Feng to pretend to be a fool for more than twenty years? What benefit would that bring them? If Li Feng had been so outstanding and shown it early, he could have received special cultivation from the family.
Although Li Chuanwei and Mu Chunfeng could have secretly trained Li Feng, the resources they had could not compare to the family’s resources. Even as the family head, Li Chuanwei could not openly misuse family resources for private gain.
Moreover, over these years, because of Li Feng, Li Chuanwei had gained many enemies within the family. His position as family head had also become precarious because Li Feng was seen as a waste. From his understanding of Li Chuanwei, if Li Feng had truly been so outstanding, he would have exposed it long ago.
But if it was not Li Chuanwei and Mu Chunfeng who made Li Feng pretend to be a fool for more than twenty years, then who exactly had made him do it? And what was the purpose?
“Could it be that Second Master thinks there is someone else?” Xu Song asked gravely.
“Yes.” Li Xiangyang nodded.
“Second Master, that is impossible, right?” Xu Song found it hard to believe. Li Feng was the eldest young master of the Li family. Who else could possibly make him pretend to be a fool for so many years?
“Nothing is impossible. Even if Li Chuanwei and Mu Chunfeng treated Li Feng extremely well and gave him abundant cultivation resources, Li Feng’s strength would not be this powerful. Do not forget that even Li Chuanwei himself has not reached half-step Innate.” Li Xiangyang said gravely. According to the intelligence, Li Feng possessed the strength to kill peak acquired ninth level experts. That level of power was at least half-step Innate.
A half-step Innate at twenty-something years old. Even if Li Chuanwei and Mu Chunfeng bankrupted themselves, they would not have enough resources to cultivate such a young half-step Innate. Moreover, Li Xiangyang felt that if Li Chuanwei and Mu Chunfeng had resources to cultivate Li Feng to half-step Innate, they should have first elevated Li Chuanwei’s own strength. After all, Li Chuanwei was the family head. The stronger Li Chuanwei was, the more secure his position in the Li family would be.
“Second Master’s meaning is that there is someone behind Li Feng?” Xu Song reacted, his face showing shock.
“There is no other explanation.” Li Xiangyang nodded, looked at Xu Song, and said, “Xu Song, do not forget Wu’er’s sect.”
Xu Song’s body trembled. He somewhat understood what Li Xiangyang meant. He had never imagined that behind Li Feng might actually be those people.
“I was negligent regarding Li Feng. I should have noticed him much earlier. How could the son of Li Chuanwei and Mu Chunfeng possibly be a waste?” Li Xiangyang sighed. If he had discovered it a few years earlier, he could have easily eliminated Li Feng. But now Li Feng had already grown powerful. With half-step Innate strength, even within the family, he counted as a high-level expert. Dealing with him had become an extremely troublesome matter.
Xu Song fell silent. In the past, they had not failed to notice Li Feng. They had even tested him when they knew he was a waste. But neither he nor Li Xiangyang had detected anything abnormal about Li Feng. Looking back now, Li Feng’s scheming was truly terrifying. At such a young age, he had hidden it so well.
“Second Master, now that the young master has fallen into Li Feng’s hands, what should we do?” Xu Song asked gravely.
Upon hearing Xu Song’s words, Li Xiangyang’s face darkened. A thick surge of anger flashed in his eyes.
All along, Li Wu had been his pride. Especially when he had thought Li Feng was a waste, Li Xiangyang had believed the next family heir would undoubtedly be Li Wu. But he never expected that after Li Wu learned Li Feng was not a waste and tried to scheme against him, Li Wu would end up falling into Li Feng’s hands.
Was this Li Wu’s incompetence, or was Li Feng simply too strong?
“By the way, what about the people around Wu’er? How could he fall into Li Feng’s hands so easily? Are the people around him all useless idiots?” Li Xiangyang asked, forcefully suppressing his anger.
“I do not know. Right now, the only news from Tianhai City is that the young master has fallen into Li Feng’s hands. But the details of what happened these past few days have not been investigated yet because time was too short. What I am most worried about now is whether Li Feng will disregard everything and make a move against the young master.” Xu Song shook his head and said.
“He dares!” Li Xiangyang’s face was filled with rage, his expression turning extremely gloomy.
