Chapter 30: Give me a reason not to kill you

  "Damn it, this kid..." A robust man with a hostile gaze looked at me and made a throat-slitting gesture to the man sitting beside him.

  I watched his movements, as well as the many men holding guns and standing guard around us, and a bitter feeling arose in my heart. I had barely escaped from those ghostly things, only to be caught by a group of strangers and tied to a tree. It seems that when I went out today, I should have checked the almanac. What a disaster!

  The man called "Shen Shou" wore a simple black and white martial arts uniform, with large black tactical goggles covering most of his face. He sat upright in front of the bonfire, his slightly upturned mouth corners giving off a hint of danger.

  That godly hand continued to rudely size me up, and after a few seconds, it asked the robust man, "Evil Bird, do you know who he is?"

  His tone was cold and detached, with a hint of mockery in it. After he finished speaking, the robust man known as the "Evil Bird" turned his gaze towards me and said disdainfully: "Isn't he just a naive little brat who still smells like milk?"

  You're the one who's still wet behind the ears! I suppressed the urge to scold him, but now I'm in a situation where I have no choice but to lower my head first. So I rolled my eyes and ignored them, but from the tone of that guy with the divine hand, it seems like he knows me? But I can be sure that I haven't met him before, otherwise I would definitely remember someone so cool and charismatic.

  As expected, the divine hand slightly shook its head and said to me: "He is Feng Zi."

  "Is that Feng Zi?!" The evil bird's eyes flashed with surprise, and then burst out laughing, saying: "I didn't expect Feng Yuanliang's son to be so pale and tender, tsk tsk, just like a girl! No wonder he wasn't taught to fight, if it were me, I wouldn't let him go down to the arena either, he'd definitely drag us down!"

  Hearing this, I couldn't take it anymore and wasn't a man if I didn't speak up! So I lifted my head and scolded him: "Are you blind? With me being so handsome, are you envious, jealous or hateful?" Lao Fuzi and Yuanliang were both terms of respect for master tomb raiders, so it was no surprise that they knew my dad.

  "Didn't expect your mouth to be so venomous, did I pull out your teeth or cut off your tongue?!" The vicious bird pulled out a sharp dagger from his waist and walked towards me, glaring at me with a detestable expression.

  "You... you dare!" I glared at him, the sharp dagger reflecting a cold light in the moonlight. Now that I was deeply trapped in danger, even if Qing Ning rushed over, she probably wouldn't be able to save me!

  The evil bird spat a mouthful of saliva, walked in front of me and placed the dagger horizontally on my neck, saying contemptuously: "You little boy, say it, what am I afraid of?"

  "I, I, my friend won't let you off!" Although I believe he really dares to do it, but I still don't want to hang up like this. But after I finished speaking, that vicious bird burst out laughing and looked back at the godly hand with a glance, saying: "Godly Hand, can I slaughter this little brat?"

  That divine hand seemed to have acquiesced in the evil bird's words. When the evil bird turned its head and glared at me with a ferocious smile, I immediately said: "If you want to offend Master Qingning, then go ahead and kill me! I believe he will definitely avenge me when the time comes!"

  Perhaps the reputation of Qing Lan was too loud, so when I finished saying this sentence, the evil bird's smile stiffened and stopped, and viciously asked me: "You say Master Qing is your friend?"

  "Of course!" I said with confidence.

  The evil bird's expression was somewhat unsightly, and then he laughed wildly: "Dead people won't speak, besides, you died here, whether he can find you or not is another matter, let alone know the murderer!"

  "Damn it, looking at his sturdy build, I didn't expect him to be so clever. Seeing his arrogant smile, I puffed out my chest and exclaimed: 'No wonder when we heard the gunshot earlier, Qing Ning said you guys had arrived too. At that time, I was curious who you were, but I didn't expect it was a group of scoundrels who only know how to bully the weak!'"

  The big man stared at me, seemingly considering the truth of what I said. At this time, Shen Shou said lightly: "Let him go."

  "Shén shǒu?" The evil bird looked at Shén shǒu in disbelief, and since he didn't say a word, it reluctantly cut the rope on my body with one knife. If eyes could kill, I'm not sure if I'd already be chopped into eight pieces by now.

  I was roughly pushed in front of the God Hand by a vicious bird, at this time, the God Hand slowly raised its head and said coldly and ruthlessly: "I think you should have more than one chip, give me a reason not to kill you."

  What's the reason for not killing me? I've been thinking and it seems like the only thing I can think of is that I have a black key, although I don't know if it's real or fake. It was something Qingning managed to retrieve from the hanging coffin with great difficulty, and my dad also went missing because of this key. Although Qingning said it could save my life, wouldn't it be too humiliating to hand over the key so easily now?

  Perhaps it was seeing me too hesitant, the evil bird scolded me with a sentence of impatience, saying to the divine hand in disdain: "What's the big deal about Qingning? Not to mention that he always comes and goes alone, even if we really know him, what can he do to us? Moreover, since his damn old man didn't tell him the secret, it's useless for us to keep him. It's better to just kill him and get it over with!"

  "It's all the same." The godly hand seemed to not have put me in his heart at all, so after the evil bird finished speaking, he didn't even glance at me, stood up directly and said "You deal with it", then prepared to leave.

  "Hey, hey! Are you guys even human?! Is my life really so worthless?! I suppressed the anger in my heart, took a step back, rummaged through my pockets and shouted: 'You dare!' "

  As soon as I shouted, they suddenly raised their guns at me. I could only laugh awkwardly and say: "Relax, relax, don't be so excited. You want the key, right? As it happens, I have one here. If you let me go, I..."

  "Key?" Before I could finish speaking, Shen Shou turned around and looked at me.

  "Spare me! How could you possibly have the key in your hands?" The evil bird glared at me with its pitch-black eyes, filled with disbelief.

  I don't want to waste my breath arguing with you, so I pretended to be displeased and said: "You can believe it or not, but this black key was handed over to me by Qing Ning today for safekeeping." As I spoke, I held up the black key in front of my eyes and shook it. The evil bird saw this and reached out to grab it, but I quickly pulled it back, retreated a few steps, and warned: "If you dare to snatch it, I'll throw it away, and then you can go find it yourselves!"

  "Shén shǒu?" The evil bird's expression was both angry and helpless, but in the end it should be Shén shǒu who makes the decision. So the evil bird could only look at him pleadingly.

  "It's just a black key, how do you know I don't have it in my hand?" The godly hand remained calm and collected, his tone as cold as before.

  If I didn't know how important this key was, I might have thought that the mysterious hand was not interested in it at all. So after coldly laughing twice, I pretended to be puzzled and muttered to myself: "That's right, Qing Ning told me that there are many keys like this black one, so it's not surprising if you have one too... but I'm still curious whether this key is real or fake? Is it worth risking life and limb to get a broken key of unknown authenticity from the hanging coffin, causing someone's blood to boil with rage?"