Regret

  "Hmm..."

  Seeing the Huo Wei Ge die, Lin Feng finally stopped casting his spell, took a deep breath and retreated several steps to sit on the ground against a rock - only then did he realize that the true energy in his body had just recovered was already exhausted again. Looking at the two talismans in his hand, there were not many left either.

  Qin Ye and Lu Cheng were almost the same, they both let out a sigh of relief at the same time, revealing an extremely fortunate and surprised expression.

  "Haha!! Finally done! I'm exhausted! Cough cough......"

  Zheng Kai burst out laughing, but it seemed to have pulled on the wound in his chest. He gritted his teeth and hurriedly sat down cross-legged on the spot, starting to circulate his breath and regulate his energy.

  He Yuan was also startled and glanced at Lin Feng, then found a place to start his meditation, even the corpse of the Fire-Tailed Scorpion on the ground was temporarily ignored.

  Zheng Kai paused for a moment, then asked He Yuan while adjusting his breath: "He Yuan, how did you guys come out from inside? We didn't see any signs when we came in from the front."

  He Yuan glanced at the direction of the cave entrance and said, "We didn't come in from this mountain cave. Our team swept through a medium-sized fire-tailed scorpion nest, but suddenly encountered these two first-class three-stage and first-class six-stage fire-tailed scorpions deep inside. Besides me, our team had a scattered cultivator captain who had built his foundation to the fourth layer. After great difficulty, we killed the strongest of the two fire-tailed scorpions, but including the captain, another three companions were sacrificed. I was chased by this fire-tailed scorpion to a fork in the road and then arrived here. Luckily, I met you all; otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't have just lost my skin."

  "So that's how it is, I didn't expect this cave to be connected to another fire-tailed scorpion nest...” Zheng Kai suddenly realized, and at the same time felt a hint of relief. If He Yuan's team hadn't attracted the attention of the other fire-tailed scorpions on the other side, then if one or two second-level fire-tailed scorpions had come over here earlier, it would have been disastrous.

  After chatting for a while, He Yuan moved his hands and feet, seemingly recovering almost completely. He stood up with a smile and said: "Haha! Brother Zheng Kai, thank you so much today! Another day I will definitely invite you out to drink wine and thank you for your help today!"

  As he spoke, he casually collected the corpse of the second-level Flame-tailed Scorpion in front of him into his Storage Ring...

  Seeing He Yuan's movements, Lin Feng's eyes flickered slightly, and he quietly placed his hands behind his back...

  “……”

  Zheng Kai was taken aback for a moment, then slightly furrowed his brow and said: "He Yuan, what do you mean by this?"

  He He Yuan pretended not to understand Zheng Kai's meaning, and continued to smile: "I said let's get together for a drink another day! Today you helped me so much, how could I not show my appreciation? Haha!"

  Not only Zheng Kai, but also Duanmu Rui's face turned ugly. Qin Ye was straightforward and angrily said: "How can you be so shameless?! We helped you deal with this second-level fire-tailed scorpion, not only did A'Rui get injured, but Lin Feng also wasted six second-level linked ring spell symbols! You actually want to swallow this second-level fire-tailed scorpion alone?!"

  "Hmm!!" He Yuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, his expression unpleasant as he swept a glance at Qin Ye, his smile not quite reaching his eyes. "I'm very grateful for your help," he said insincerely. "Another day, if you're free, come have a drink with Zheng Kai too, I'll treat you well."

  "You!!"

  Qin Ye's face turned bright red with anger, and she wanted to argue back, but Duanmu Rui lightly pulled her hand and slightly shook his head, indicating that she shouldn't say anything.

  This situation has already made it clear that the other party wants to monopolize the spoils of war, while our side is not strong enough and obviously can't compete with them.

  Such things are not uncommon in the cultivation world, and it's even quite common. If you encounter a ruthless cultivator, they might even kill them directly...

  Zheng Kai's face turned gloomy and he said in a cold tone: "He Yuan, do you really want to be so overbearing?"

  He Yuan sneered and smiled, looking at Zheng Kai with a mocking gaze: "Young Master Zheng, are you still trying to use your Zheng family to intimidate me? Others may fear the Zheng family, but my He family is not afraid! If you feel wronged, you can go to your father and 'tattle' on me. I'll wait for your father to come and 'avenge' you. Who knows, maybe I'll be so scared that I'll return the corpse of this fire-tailed scorpion to you... Haha!!"

  Zheng Kai's eye muscles twitched slightly, but he didn't say anything else. He also shook his head slightly at Lin Feng and the others on this side, indicating that they shouldn't argue either.

  In the Xiuzhen world, strength is everything. Although they might be able to defeat He Yuan if they joined forces, it's not worth it if someone gets hurt in the process, so they can only endure.

  Seeing the crowd's dare-to-be-angry-but-not-dare-to-speak expression, He Yuan was extremely pleased in his heart. He turned his head and swept a glance at the depths of the mountain cave, shouting loudly: "Cao Yang! You little bastard haven't died yet?! The fire-tailed scorpion is dead and you still don't dare to come out?! Get lost!!"

  When they heard this, Zheng Kai and others were stunned, while Lin Feng's pupils contracted, looking up in surprise.

  "Shasha..."

  After waiting for several seconds, a figure slowly emerged from behind a large stone, his face pale and his eyes darting back and forth, quickly walking to He Yuan's side.

  This man was none other than Cao Yang, Lin Feng's former 'colleague'!!

  It was that despicable person who had almost gotten Lin Feng killed when he first betrayed him!

  Lin Feng hadn't intended to let him off at first, but he saw an opportunity and ran away quickly. Lin Feng couldn't do anything about it, and more than two months had passed, he had almost forgotten about this person. Now that he suddenly saw him again, anger rose up in his heart once more, and a hint of murderous intent flashed across his eyes...

  Lin Feng was ultimately not mature enough, although he also tried his best to hide it, but this thread of killing intent was still detected by He Yuan, who was stronger than him. He Yuan raised an eyebrow and looked over with eyes like a snake.

  It wasn't just He Yuan, Cao Yang, who had been carefully paying attention to Lin Feng, also discovered the killing intent in Lin Feng's eyes. His whole body trembled and his eyes revealed an uncontrollable fear.

  He Yuan initially thought that Lin Feng's killing intent was directed at him, but he soon discovered Cao Yang's abnormality. He looked at Cao Yang in surprise, then revealed a playful expression and teased: "What's going on, do you have a grudge?"

  “……”

  Lin Feng remained silent, he also knew that he had been careless earlier and hadn't controlled his emotions well. Now Cao Yang was with He Yuan, so seeking revenge would be difficult.

  Zheng Kai and others were also slightly stunned, looking at Lin Feng in surprise.

  Cao Yang was questioned by He Yuan, his expression changing unpredictably, but soon, a hint of sinister intent flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly raised his head to say to He Yuan: "Big Brother He, I have something to tell you..."

  He said in a low voice, whispering something in He Yuan's ear.

  Separated by a certain distance, Lin Feng couldn't hear clearly, but he faintly heard the words 'Namo Scripture' and 'Ling Stone', his heart suddenly sank...

  He Yuan didn't think much of it at first, but soon his eyes lit up and he exclaimed in surprise: "Oh? You're serious?"

  "I saw it with my own eyes!"

  He Yuan's eyes flickered a few times, and he looked at Cao Yang with deep meaning. Then, he laughed loudly: "Haha! You little devil is quite sinister! But I like it! This young master will help you solve this trouble!"

  As he spoke, his gaze had already fallen on Lin Feng, and his eyes were flashing with unbridled greed!

  He didn't even say a threatening word, he directly raised his foot and walked towards Lin Feng, the long sword in his hand pointing to the ground, flashing with a cold and stern light, anyone could see that he had made up his mind to kill Lin Feng!

  "What are you doing!! Stop!! What do you want to do!!" Zheng Kai suddenly shouted in shock and anger.

  He Yuan stopped in his tracks, turned around and looked at Zheng Kai with a sinister smile: "Zheng Kai, I didn't mean to hit you, you'd better mind your own business! Otherwise... don't blame me for killing you!!"

  As he spoke, he also swept a glance at Duanmu Rui, Qin Ye and Lu Cheng with ill intentions, the threatening meaning in his eyes was self-evident. Qin Ye was so angry that her slender body trembled all over, Duanmu Rui's face was dark and gloomy, his fists clenched tightly, while Lu Cheng's face turned pale, he retreated a little, not daring to look at He Yuan.

  "He Yuan! I, Zheng Kai, am putting my words on the table today. Lin Feng is someone I brought out, he's my friend! If you want to kill him, don't blame me for fighting you to the death!!"

  When Lin Feng heard Zheng Kai say this, a warm feeling flashed through his heart. He and Zheng Kai had only known each other for less than a day, yet the other party was able to say such words for him, which was truly rare. If he had previously only regarded Zheng Kai as a passing acquaintance, now he already considered the other party to be a friend with whom he could have deep interactions.

  "Zheng Kai, thank you for your kind intentions, I'll handle this matter myself."

  Against everyone's expectations, Lin Feng suddenly stood up and said...

  ……

  Lin Feng's words immediately attracted everyone's attention, and they all looked at him in astonishment.

  He Yuan looked at Lin Feng with a stupid expression, coldly laughing: "Hey! Should I say you have guts or should I say you don't know how to live? You want to handle it yourself? Haha!! How do you plan to handle it? Are you going to beg for mercy? Hehe... If you really kneel down and beg for mercy, then take out the Na Yu ring and all your good stuff, I might just spare your life..."

  Upon hearing this, Cao Yang suddenly became anxious, but then he heard He Yuan say: "I'll only ruin your dantian, although you'll become a useless person, at least you can keep your life, right? This young master is still very benevolent... Haha!!"

  Cao Yang let out a sigh of relief, but his mind was already calculating that if He Yuan really only crippled Lin Feng without killing him, then he would probably have to find another opportunity to take care of him himself...

  Cao Yang had a considerable fear of Lin Feng, especially after seeing him again and discovering that he had already reached the sixth layer of Qi training. He was terrified that Lin Feng would take revenge on him, so he wanted to use He Yuan's hand to get rid of Lin Feng. Previously, he had hidden in the dark and personally seen Lin Feng take out a stack of talismans from his storage ring. He told He Yuan about this matter, and also mentioned that he had coincidentally seen Lin Feng sell a batch of magic weapons outside a treasure shop not long ago, earning hundreds of spirit stones. He specifically pointed out that Lin Feng was just a small, background-less loose cultivator.

  Nà wù jiè, zài dī jiē xiū shì zhōng jué duì shì fēi cháng yòu rén de bǎo wù, gèng hé kuàng hái yǒu shù bǎi líng shí shèn zhī huàn gèng duō?

  He Yuan thought that Lin Feng was just lucky and had somehow obtained the legacy of a powerful cultivator, which is why he suddenly had so many good things. How could this kind of good fortune be possessed by someone like him who looked like a 'nobody'? Only I, Young Master, should possess these good things!

  ……

  Hearing He Yuanzi talking to himself, Lin Feng's expression remained calm. He stared at the other party and said slowly: "If you want my Nascent Soul Ring, come and take it yourself!"

  "Hum! You don't know what's good for you! Since you want to die, I'll fulfill your wish!!"

  He Yuan was clearly enraged by Lin Feng's attitude, and he let out a cold hum as his feet moved swiftly, his entire body gliding towards Lin Feng like a ghostly apparition. His right hand transformed into a hook, grasping towards Lin Feng's throat!