Chapter 1862 - 1858: Death Before Dishonor
"That’s right, I did it. But there’s no need to panic. I’ve only temporarily sealed your Dantian so you can’t mobilize your True Qi, that’s all. In the future, if you sincerely submit to my Chen Family, I’ll help you restore it! And since sealing you for so many days at once will make you unable to cultivate, on the day I undo the seal I’ll give you enough resources for you to charge straight into Heavenly Rank Late Stage. Take that as my compensation to you!"
Chen Feng nodded and said with a smile.
"Save your sugar-coated bullets for someone else! No matter what you say, I will never join your Chen Family, and I will never betray Yan Hall!"
The woman spoke through gritted teeth, her face full of determination.
"That’s not up to you. Sometimes, whether you ’betray’ or not isn’t decided by what you say."
A playful smile hooked the corner of Chen Feng’s mouth.
"What do you mean? What exactly are you trying to do?"
The woman’s expression changed, and a strong sense of foreboding suddenly rose in her heart.
"Relax, I won’t harm you. But from now on, you can only join our Chen Family! As for you wanting to keep serving Yan Hall... that’s probably not going to happen."
Chen Feng said with a faint smile.
Hearing this from Chen Feng...
The woman’s face changed in an instant, as if she’d thought of something. She glared at Chen Feng and hurriedly asked, "What do you want to do? What on earth are you going to do to me?"
"Relax, I’m not going to do anything to you. I’m just planning to spread the news in the Ancient Martial World that you’ve defected to our Chen Family first. That way, this matter becomes a done deal. By that time, even if you want to remain loyal to Yan Hall, I’m afraid Yan Hall won’t believe you anymore."
The corner of Chen Feng’s lips lifted slightly as he spoke, his face full of amusement.
"Despicable! You’re shameless! And you say our Yan Hall isn’t some righteous orthodox sect—if you ask me, you’re the truly despicable one, actually using this kind of method on me. You might as well just kill me directly!"
The woman glared at Chen Feng and said through clenched teeth.
"Don’t make it sound so ugly. I’m doing this to save you. Tell me, what path do you have left now? Just die outright? I can’t bear that. I actually appreciate someone with your level of loyalty. And if I let you go, you still can’t go back, and you’d have no way to explain yourself to Yan Hall. It’s entirely possible they’d strike first and kill you outright. So what I’m doing now is saving you, giving you a way to live."
Chen Feng shook his head and said mildly.
And what he said was indeed the truth.
Because right now, there really was no viable way out in front of the woman.
There was only one path left—to join the Chen Family!
But the woman just happened to be the extremely loyal type.
Getting her to betray Yan Hall was basically impossible.
So Chen Feng could only resort to some special methods—for example, first publicly announcing that the woman had already submitted to the Chen Family.
Then turn that into a fait accompli and make Yan Hall believe it.
When that time came, Yan Hall would issue a kill order on the woman.
And once that happened, aside from joining the Chen Family, the woman would truly have no other road to walk.
Although this move was a bit dirty, a bit underhanded...
Chen Feng had no choice but to use this kind of special method if he wanted to save her.
"I don’t want your so-called way out. Making decisions for me without asking will only make me hate you even more! Chen Feng, I already said, I can die—I can die to uphold Yan Hall’s honor, I can die for my loyalty. But I will never submit and join your Chen Family, not even if you use this kind of despicable trick on me!"
The woman spoke coldly through gritted teeth.
"Whether you join or not is no longer up to you. I’ve come to believe in one thing lately: time. Time can prove everything, and it can change everything. As for what you think in your heart, right now it might be this, but before long, it’ll be something else. So I’ll give you time to think, and I’ll give you time to decide. But during this period, I’m afraid you’ll just have to bear with it."
The corner of Chen Feng’s lips lifted slightly as he said with a smile.
"Don’t even think about it! No matter what, I will not change my decision. Even if I have to kill myself today, I will never join your Chen Family!"
The woman said, her expression resolute.
With that, she bent down, picked up a stone from the ground, and was about to smash it against her own head.
From the look of it, she clearly intended to commit suicide.
After all, her loyalty to Yan Hall was absolute.
She would rather die than join the Chen Family.
Such loyalty was indeed worthy of respect.
Seeing this, Chen Feng also shook his head. Then he pointed with his right hand, and a streak of True Qi shot out from his fingertip, striking the stone in the woman’s hand.
In just an instant, that stone was shattered to pieces by Chen Feng’s True Qi.
This naturally ruined the woman’s plan to kill herself with the stone.
But she didn’t give up. She picked up another stone from the ground and was about to bring it down on her own head again.
Seeing this, Chen Feng shook his head once more.
It was clear that the woman’s resolve to die was very strong.
However, there was no way Chen Feng would let her succeed.
In any case, the woman had already lost her True Qi and was now just an ordinary person.
Stopping her from committing suicide was extremely easy for Chen Feng.
In that instant...
Chen Feng turned into a blur and appeared in front of the woman in a flash, snatching the stone from her hand.
"Give the stone back to me!"
The woman glared at Chen Feng and said coldly.
"Stop thinking about dying at every turn. Your death is worthless to Yan Hall. The thing you want to protect with your life has already rotted through. Give me some time and I’ll let you see just how filthy a place Yan Hall really is."
Chen Feng said calmly.
"Heh, Chen Feng, are you out of tricks already? Now you’re resorting to slinging mud? I’ve already told you, Yan Hall raised me. No matter how filthy it is, my loyalty to it will not change! In this life, I will only be loyal to Yan Hall. If you want me to join your Chen Family, you can keep dreaming!"
The woman let out a cold laugh, her face full of disdain.
"Since that’s how it is, then pardon me. I hope you enjoy your stay at the Chen Family for the time being."
The corner of Chen Feng’s lips lifted slightly as he said with a smile.
"What do you mean!"
The woman’s face changed on the spot, and a powerful sense of foreboding surged up in her heart.
However...
Chen Feng didn’t bother with any more nonsense. He raised his right hand, formed a Hand Blade, and chopped down at the woman’s neck.
Of course, Chen Feng didn’t use too much force—just enough strength to knock her out.
Otherwise, given the woman’s current state...
If Chen Feng really used full strength with his Hand Blade, he would have chopped her clean in half.
As Chen Feng’s Hand Blade landed on her neck...
The woman’s whole body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground on the spot, temporarily losing consciousness.