Chapter 109 Inquiry

  It never occurred to me that I would be caught red-handed.

  So when that person fell in front of the four people, his face still had an expression of disbelief, as if he didn't think he would end up like this all of a sudden.

  It seems like a desolate and barren land.

  He looked at the four people, and the four people also looked back at him.

  Five pairs of eyes stared at each other like this, looking somewhat solemn.

  "Who are you? Was it you who did this thing in Fengzhong Town?" After a while, Zheng Wanqiu finally asked such a sentence.

  The sentence made him feel very disdainful, slightly raised his head and tilted it to one side.

  "You!"

  Zheng Wanqiu felt extremely humiliated, and his eyes involuntarily swept towards He Hongxian beside him, seeing a faint smile on her face, as if mocking himself.

  Suddenly a surge of anger rose to his head with that smile, and he kicked the person on the ground with one foot.

  "Bang!" A loud noise was heard, and then a sharp pain spread from his foot to his entire body.

  Although he was furious just now, he still had his wits about him and only wanted to regain face and teach that person a lesson. He hadn't intended to kick the person to death, so this kick didn't use full force. Fortunately, it wasn't with all his might.

  His foot didn't kick that person, but was caught by a foot stretched out by Kong Zhuo.

  Toe to toe. Zheng Wanqiu was only a Xian Tian cultivator, how could he compare to Kong Zhao, whose body had undergone several baptism of strange encounters? This kick was like kicking steel. Zheng Wanqiu almost couldn't help but cry out in pain.

  Pouting, he pulled his feet back in and glared at Kong Zhuo with a furious expression.

  Similarly, after his gaze shifted to Kong Zhan, he intentionally or unintentionally swept a glance at He Hongxian beside him.

  But Kong Zhan didn't take notice of him, ignoring his anger and smiling calmly in the face of his almost fiery gaze.

  "Don't move!"

  "You——!"

  "Bang!"

  A loud slap, followed by a moment of silence.

  He Hongxian's already slender body was slapped by Kong Zhuo and flew out several meters away. His body unfolded in mid-air, standing firmly on the ground, covering his face with his hands, looking at Kong Zhuo with a stunned expression, his big eyes revealing extreme confusion and incomprehension.

  Zheng Wanqiu and Zhou Ziren, as well as the captive who was struggling on the ground, all stared at Kong Zhuo with wide eyes. They didn't know what had gotten into him, why he wanted to slap He Hongxian.

  He Hongxian was stunned himself. Before Kong Zhuo made his move, there wasn't a hint of warning. When she felt the strong wind rushing towards her, this slap had already been slapped down.

  A slap in the face. She was completely stunned.

  "What are you doing?!"

  After a while, she finally came to her senses, let out a shrill cry, covered her face with her left hand, and with a flick of her right wrist, the sword flashed into view.

  "Ding dong, dong——!"

  After a few crisp sounds of metal clashing, He Hongxian's figure retreated backward once again.

  And the other three didn't even see clearly the process of the two people's exchange just now.

  The sword tip lightly swung downwards. He Hong's face was solemn, and his entire body emitted a cold aura, which was completely different from the charming smile he had before, with an enchanting and seductive intent.

  "Why bother? Why suffer?" His face still wore a lazy smile, and his sword was held casually in his hand.

  "Why did you hit me!" The aura on her body grew even colder, and He Hongxian seemed to calm down as well, at least forcing herself to do so.

  As she spoke, Kong Zhan felt that Zheng Wanqiu and Zhou Ziren also involuntarily tightened their grip on the hilt of their swords.

  "Alas!"

  Kong Zhan shook his head and sighed. He looked at the two of them, then turned to He Hongxian, "Are you stupid or foolish? I hit you because I saw something was off about you. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

  Although the voice was light, it struck He Hongxian's heart like a heavy hammer. A spark flashed in her eyes, and her body trembled slightly, as if she were about to move, but stopped. A look of surprise and a hint of unusual color flashed across her face.

  Kong Zhan stood there, seemingly at ease, but his entire body's aura had unknowingly condensed into one place, majestic and unyielding, without a single flaw.

  The net is already formed!

  A wry smile spread across her face, and He Hongxian finally made a move.

  His body slightly paused, and he forcibly retreated backwards. The silver-white true yuan faintly appeared, tearing apart the gravity net that Kong Zhuo had set up.

  Kong Zhan's face changed color.

  What is this?

  The silver-white True Yuan was filled with an evil and unparalleled power, like a sharp knife that cut through the layers of magnetic nets under Kong Xuan's control.

  One's own family knows one's own affairs. If it was said that at the Dragon Platform Assembly, his net could only catch all cultivators below the Heavenly Boundary, then this net is now enough to catch all cultivators of the Void Realm.

  But now, it was easily broken by He Hongfeng's strange silver-white true yuan.

  He will naturally be surprised.

  Of course, it was just an accident.

  He Hong's slender body broke through the gravity net and shot backward at high speed.

  Kong Zhan's eyebrows moved slightly, and his body swiftly handed the sword in his hand to seal off all He Hongxian's retreat routes.

  "Hmph!" He Hongxian let out a cold snort, and the atmosphere changed in an instant. A piercingly cold True Essence burst forth like a bitterly cold winter's day.

  Kong Zhan's face changed color again.

  Withdraw!

  Retreat three houses

  He Hongxian took this opportunity to leap high into the air, his body transforming into a silver streak of light that shot northwards.

  Kong Zhan stopped in his tracks, gazing at the distant silver glow, and smiled slightly, but didn't make any other movements. "What's going on? What happened?"

  It happened suddenly, and the two people's movements were quick. They exchanged a few moves back and forth, but it was just a matter of moments before they both became cautious, neither daring to be careless, nor able to grasp the other's bottom line. The three people on the side were naturally also in a fog.

  The person who was caught thought to himself, "Just a moment ago they were still on good terms, how did they end up fighting as soon as they met?"

  Zheng Wanqiu and Zhou Ziren were equally perplexed, unable to understand why Kong Zhuo had suddenly slapped He Hongxian, nor could they comprehend why He Hongxian hadn't argued with Kong Zhuo but instead left abruptly.

  The two of them are now in a state of mutual hostility. They looked at Kong Zhuo with a strange gaze, their eyes inevitably filled with a few threads of malice, waiting for Kong Zhuo's explanation, while also secretly being on guard against Kong Zhuo making another move against them.

  "Haven't you noticed anything wrong?"

  Have you found anything wrong?

  The two exchanged a deeper look of confusion and shook their heads simultaneously.

  "I don't know why. But that woman has cast a spell on you!" Kong Zuo said, his face looking somewhat gloomy, "Think about it more carefully!"

  After hearing Kong Zhong's words, the two of them were shocked and thought back to earlier. Indeed, He Hongxian's every smile and gesture seemed to be hinting at something, and without realizing it, both of them had already regarded He Hongxian as the most beautiful woman in the world, even thinking that after this matter was over, they would immediately ask their teacher to propose a marriage to He Hongxian. This was absolutely an abnormal thing.

  "Things are indeed a bit strange!"

  It wasn't until after a while that Zheng Wanqiu slowly said, "I didn't think so earlier. But hearing Kong Daoyou say it like this, it's actually quite obvious - I and Zhou Daoyou seemed to have fallen for He Hongxian's trick just now!"

  Zhou Ziren nodded similarly, with a face full of sweat and embarrassment, not knowing what to say either. He just waved his hand repeatedly, saying "Embarrassing! Embarrassing!"

  "It's not necessary to be ashamed, this woman's seductive skills are too high-level, if I hadn't suffered a loss at the hands of Moon Sect once before, who knows, maybe even I would have fallen for it. The two of them didn't even make a move just now, and yet they already have such extraordinary self-control, so why bother feeling guilty?"

  A few words, and the dirty water was poured onto Yue Zong's body, and he subtly praised the two of them. Although they lost some face, Kong Zhuo's words were pleasant to hear. Thinking again about Kong Zhuo's strength displayed earlier, they exchanged a glance and both burst out laughing. The unpleasantness from before had already been thrown to the back of their minds.

  The fire is burning fiercely.

  On the wooden frame, a large pot was placed, and it was unknown what kind of seasonings were inside. The big pot had white foam on it, bubbling and boiling, emitting wave after wave of strange and thick fragrance.

  On the side of a tree, a freshly skinned and cleaned fat sheep was hung up. Kong Zhuo stood beside it, holding a small knife in his hand, moving swiftly as he sliced the fat sheep into thin pieces, each one thinner than paper, translucent and sparkling. Soon, these slices filled several large plates.

  Kong Zuo smiled and carried the several plates to the edge of the fire pit, in front of Zhou Ziren and Zheng Wanqiu, putting one down for each person.

  "Come on, don't be polite, try some of this meat, it should taste good!"

  "Brother Kong is too polite, too polite!" Zheng Wanqiu and Zhou Ziren burst out laughing at the same time. In just a short moment, this Mr. Kong had turned into Brother Kong, and all that had happened earlier seemed to have been blown away to the farthest reaches of the sky.

  As for Kong Zhan catching that person, the two of them didn't ask any questions or interrogate him either. Since the person was being restrained by Kong Zhan and couldn't run away, they just left him aside. The two of them seemed to have made up their minds not to care about it anymore and let Kong Zhan handle it.

  "Come, Brother Kong, I'll toast you a cup!" Zheng Wanqiu raised the cup in his hand and handed it to Kong Zhuo. "If it weren't for Brother Kong today, we two wouldn't have become food in the mouths of these rotting corpses, or become dishes on that witch's table. Great kindness doesn't need thanks, I'll drink first as a sign of respect!"

  Kong Zhan smiled wryly and also took a drink. The wine was his master's good stuff, but it wasn't his strong suit.

  But this mutton is indeed delicious, and I want to eat more after eating it.

  "Brother Kong, come on, I'll toast you a cup too! If it weren't for you..."

  "Alright, alright, you two, stop toasting, I'm afraid of you!" After a few bowls of wine, Kong Zhuo felt that he really couldn't take it anymore. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I appreciate your good intentions, but I'm really not up to drinking. You two can drink slowly, I won't join you." As he spoke, Kong Zhuo put the two wine jars in front of them and stood up with a large bowl of meat in his arms.

  The two of them were still waiting for a while, but then they found that he was walking in the opposite direction, and both of them put the wine back in their hands.

  "Come on, eat something!" Kong Zhuo walked to the person he had caught and held captive, holding out the bowl in his hand and slightly lifting it up, releasing the restraints that bound him.

  The man who had been bound for a long time loosened his restraints, moved his numb limbs, looked at the bowl of meat and small jug of wine in front of him, and then looked at Kong Zhuo.

  "Aren't you afraid I'll run away?!"

  His voice was a little hoarse, paired with a fairly delicate face, perhaps due to being imprisoned for too long, his eyes carried a strong sense of fatigue, he wasn't very old, just in his early twenties.

  "You can't escape!" Kong Zhan laughed and said, "I'm here, if you can run away, I'll follow your surname. By the way, what's your surname?"

  Although what he said was somewhat unorthodox, it inadvertently exuded strong self-confidence. Unexpectedly, the man smiled strangely and said with a hint of sarcasm, "If that's the case, why did the woman run away just now?"

  Although the voice was light, it didn't carry very far. After he finished speaking, Zheng Wanqiu and Zhou Ziren's movements both paused slightly, their ears perked up as they concentrated on listening.

  "She's different, her strength is more than just one level above yours, I don't have the confidence to stop her!" Kong Zhuo said calmly.

  He seemed somewhat surprised.

  "Oh, could it be that the woman's strength is even greater than yours? I see she's also a third-generation disciple. It's said that among the third-generation disciples, you're the first one, Ro Fu's Tiger!"

  "This flattery doesn't sound like flattery, and the mockery doesn't sound like mockery! Aren't you tired of talking?" Kong Zhuo smiled nonchalantly. "Besides, it seems that now I should be asking you instead of you asking me!"

  "Do you think you can get anything out of me?"

  Whether or not to ask is one thing, whether or not to get an answer is another. One is a matter of ability, the other is a matter of attitude. No matter what kind of answer you get, you still have to try. So, when it's necessary to ask, you should ask!

  Kong Zhan smiled and said, "I don't think you're the kind of person who would sacrifice yourself for so-called great justice. So why come here to die?"