Chapter Eleven: The Woman Who Asked for Death

  Li Yunfei stared at Shangguan Feiyan without saying a word. He just stared at her coldly.

  Shangguan Feiyan looked at Li Yunfei and said: "What are you looking at me for? Don't you want to save Zhu anymore?"

  "We can't even beat Simen Blowsnow when we join forces, are you trying to get us killed?" Lu Xiaofeng said with a cold smile as he looked at Shangguan Feiyan.

  Shangguan Feiyan burst out laughing: "Right, you've ruined my plan, I wanted you to die. You'll have so many friends accompanying you in death, you're very fortunate."

  Shangguan Feiyan looked at them with a mad laugh. It was as if Li Yunfei and the others were already dead. The laughter was filled with madness.

  "A person who always takes others as fools is himself the biggest fool in the world."

  Shangguan Feiyan frowned and said: "What do you mean by this?"

  "If you turn your head and take a look back, you will understand what I mean."

  Shangguan Feiyan turned her head back. She only felt that she herself was like suddenly falling into a deep and dark hole.

  In the room it was even darker and a person stood quietly in the darkness, motionless.

  "Stop!" Shangguan Feiyan finally couldn't help but shout out loud.

  Shangguan Feiyan looked at him and exclaimed: "You... how did you get here?"

  Zhu stopped and said faintly: "I've come. You think catching me will render me helpless? Do you know which sect I belong to? I'm a descendant of the Lu Ban Gate. Your small mechanisms, your tiny prison cells - it's too difficult for them to hold me."

  Li Yunfei looked at Zhu Ting and said: "You, didn't let me down. I almost went to get killed by Ximen Chuixue."

  "Am I the kind of person who would sacrifice a friend's life to save myself? You underestimate me."

  "Where's Xue Er?" Li Yunfei asked.

  Zhu Ting smiled and said: "She's telling me that mouthful of stories! I've already recognized her as my daughter."

  Zhu paused for a moment and then said: "Xue'er doesn't want to see her sister either, in this situation, they will feel better when they meet each other."

  Li Yunfei looked at Shangguan Feiyan standing there, helpless and flustered, without a hint of sympathy in his heart. This detestable and hateful woman would have died even if Li Yunfei hadn't lifted a finger, but he couldn't resist the urge to kill her himself.

  Shangguan Feiyan finally let out a long sigh and said: "What you just said, I now understand. It turns out that I was the fool."

  Shangguan Feiyan's face was desolate as she slowly said, "When a woman falls in love with a man, he becomes like an idiot. This is something that can't be helped, even if you kill me it won't do any good."

  "Who wants to kill you? Go away and don't let me see you again."

  Shangguan Feiyan looked at Lu Xiaofeng in surprise and asked: "You don't kill me, you want to let me go?"

  Hua Manlou sighed softly: "You're also a pitiful person. A woman falls in love with a man, it's also unavoidable."

  Hua Manlou finished speaking and turned to leave, Lu Xiaofeng followed behind him. Although Li Yunfei really wanted to kill Shangguan Feiyan, but looking at the two of them, she finally endured it. Anyway, she would die eventually.

  ……

  Four people stood in the garden, gazing at the blooming flowers. Li Yunfei smiled and said: "Lu Xiaofeng, Lu Xiaofeng, you're indeed a man who cherishes beauty. That Shangguan Feiyan harmed us like that, yet you can still let her off."

  "You didn't let her off either, yet you're laughing at me?"

  Li Yunfei smiled and said: "I didn't kill her because she's Xue'er's sister, if I killed her, how would I face Xue'er in the future?"

  Lu Xiaofeng also said: "I didn't kill him because I knew someone would. Do you think Huo Tianqing will let this person live?"

  "Hua Man Lou suddenly said: 'I smell the taste of blood, I think it should be Shangguan Feiyan's blood. She is dead.'"

  Shangguan Feiyan lay on the ground, a hole opened in her throat, and her eyes were filled with incredulity, as if she couldn't believe that the person who killed her would actually make a move. But she was indeed dead.

  Lu Xiaofeng's face was filled with anger. Li Yunfei knew that he actually didn't want Guan Feiyan to die. Lu Xiaofeng was actually a soft-hearted person.

  Lu Xiaofeng said, "Whoever does wrong must be punished. It doesn't matter who it is. Shangguan Feiyan is dead, she has been punished. But there are still people alive. Since he's still alive, he should also be punished."

  The three of them headed towards Yan Tieshan's Zhu Guang Bao Qi Ge once again. This time, no one came to greet them anymore.

  In the Pearl Radiance Pavilion, there was a spiritual hall. Huo Tianqing knelt down there.

  Li Yunfei's face changed. Is the plot back to square one? Otherwise, how could Yan Tieshan, who didn't die, be dead again?

  Lu Xiaofeng asked: "How did Yan Tieshan die?"

  Huo Tianqing said: "I don't know, one day I went to welcome guests, when I came back, Yan Tieshan was already dead. I didn't even have the chance to avenge him."

  Lu Xiaofeng's face changed, and he turned around to leave. Not a moment of hesitation. Li Yunfei and Hua Manlou followed behind him. Everyone's heart felt heavy.

  On his way out, he met Su Shao Ying who came to rush the funeral and learned from him that the legendary Qing Yi First Building was actually in this Zhu Guangbao Qi Ge.

  But what's important now is not that, what Lu Xiaofeng needs to do now is how to expose Huo Tianqing's conspiracy.

  The house was as quiet as a tomb. Ten people sat quietly, staring at Lu Xiaofeng, Li Yunfei, Hua Manlou, Fan Daxian, Jian Erxiansheng, Shi Jiqi Xia and Shanxi Yan. A lot of wine had been drunk, but now all had stopped.

  Friends were drinking together, but none of them seemed drunk. It was as if they had all become very sober. Each person's face showed no signs of intoxication, yet wore a strange expression.

  Shanxi's expression became even more solemn as he stared at Lu Xiaofeng, suddenly saying: "Can you really confirm that the mastermind behind this matter is him?"

  Lu Xiaofeng nodded.

  Shanxi Yandao: "Are you sure?"

  Lu Xiaofeng sighed and said: "We are friends, I also know your relationship with him. If I wasn't confident, why would I come to find you?"

  Shanxi Yan clenched his fists and suddenly slammed a heavy punch on the table, saying sternly: "If Hao Tianqing really did such a thing, no matter what relationship I have with him, it will be severed from now on."

  Mr. Fan said coldly: "But I still don't believe he would do such a thing."

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "I didn't dare believe it at first, but apart from him, I couldn't find a second person."

  "Only he might know the secret of the Golden Phoenix Dynasty, because he is Yan Tieshan's most trusted person."

  Mr. Fan said, "This cannot prove that he is the murderer."

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "Only he can benefit from this matter, Yan Tieshan is dead, and the Zhu Guangbao Qi Pavilion already belongs to him."

  Li Yunfei interjected, "At the time, we heard Yan Tieshan and us discussing secrets. Apart from me and Lu Xiaofeng, only Hua Manlou knew about it. Among us three who were always together, only he is suspicious. Moreover, I have news that Yan Tieshan is dead. I don't know who killed him, but the one who benefited from it is only Huo Tianqing."

  Yan Tieshan is also an old bachelor like Hu Xiu. Others suspect that he was originally a eunuch, and this suspicion is not without reason.

  "With his status and martial arts skills, if he didn't have other plans, why would he be willing to serve as the butler of someone like Yan Tieshan?"

  Even Mr. Fan couldn't deny this point.

  Li Yunfei also said: "Of course, no one in the world would have thought that the first floor of Qingyi would actually be in the Pearl Light Treasure Pavilion."

  Shanxi Yandong Rongdao said: "You say that Qingyi First Building is in Zhuguangbaoqi Pavilion?"

  Li Yunfei nodded and said, "The leader of Emei Sect, Dugu Yijue, rushed here because he knew this news. Su Shaoying, one of the three heroes and four beauties of Emei, is my good friend. He definitely wouldn't deceive me, what he told me must be true."

  "Whoever did wrong must pay the price, and Ho Tianqing is no exception. So I'd like to ask you to pass on a message to him: tomorrow at sunrise, I'll be waiting for him at Qingfeng Pavilion."

  Mr. Fan suddenly said: "Please show your hand."

  Li Yunfei said: "Don't you believe what I'm saying?"

  Mr. Fan said, "I only know that Huo Tianqing is the leader of the Tianjiu Gate, and I, Fan Tianyi, happen to be a disciple of the Tianjiu Gate. So as long as I, Fan Tianyi, am alive, I cannot let others deal with Huo Tianqing."

  Shanxi Yan frowned and said: "The great righteousness exterminates relatives, haven't you heard of this phrase?"

  Mr. Fan said coldly: "I've heard of it, but I've already forgotten."

  Mr. Jian Er slowly stood up and said, "We were originally people who didn't distinguish between good and evil, and didn't know what was important or not. This kind of person should die, but I am also this kind of person. And now I already deserve to die."

  He suddenly jumped up, like a spear, and rushed towards the wall with his head. He didn't hit the wall, but instead bumped into Lu Xiaofeng's chest. Lu Xiaofeng had suddenly appeared in front of him.

  Mr. Jian Er somersaulted in mid-air, his two legs kicked against the beam, and he fell head down towards the stone floor. However, he didn't crash into the stone mountain, but instead felt a hand lightly supporting his waist, and he was already standing steadily on all fours. He was facing a person - a tall, pale-faced man with a jade-like complexion, Huo Tianqing.

  Huo Tianqing didn't even glance at them, slowly turned around, gazing at Lu Xiaofeng, and Lu Xiaofeng was also gazing back at him.

  The two of them stood facing each other, staring at each other, and after a long while, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly let out a deep sigh and said: "Why is it you? Why did it have to be you?"

  He Tianqing said coldly: "Our affairs, your kind of person will never understand."

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "I know you want to do something earth-shaking, you don't want to spend your whole life under the shadow of your respected father. But this kind of thing..."

  "This is a big deal, who else can do it besides me, Huo Tianqing?"

  Huo Tianqing's tone was full of arrogance. Yes, a person who can manipulate so many extremely intelligent people at will. He indeed has the right to be arrogant.

  Li Yunfei let out a soft sigh: "Huo Tianqing, you can indeed be proud of yourself. You are one of the few people in this world."

  "Hao Tianqing sighed and said: 'If it weren't for you, this plan might have succeeded.'"

  He suddenly shook his sleeves and was already outside the door, only to hear his cold voice coming from afar: "Lu Xiaofeng, I'll be waiting for you at Qingfeng Pavilion at dusk today!"