Chapter 1308 - 1242: Take Me In!
"Where are you going?"
Wang Yangfeng raised an eyebrow and shouted.
"It doesn’t matter where I go, I’m already free anyway."
The Crane Immortal said without turning his head.
Qin Feiyang said indifferently, "Are you really already free?"
The Crane Immortal was startled, stopped in mid-air, turned around to stare at Qin Feiyang, and said gloomily, "What do you mean?"
Qin Feiyang chuckled, "What I mean is that I’m afraid you’re still far from being free, because the Senior Valley Master is still alive, and the Blood Soul Art hasn’t been lifted."
"What?"
Not only did the Crane Immortal’s expression change, but even Wang Yangfeng and the others’ faces suddenly darkened.
If the Blood Soul Art isn’t lifted, they can never escape the Senior Valley Master’s control.
"Do you see?"
"He kept a card up his sleeve to coerce us into submission!"
The Crane Immortal roared.
"Stop spouting nonsense!"
Wang Yangfeng was furious.
He was really afraid the Crane Immortal would anger Qin Feiyang, and then Qin Feiyang would, in a fit of rage, order the Senior Valley Master to kill them all.
The Crane Immortal’s face darkened, and an alarming fierce light gleamed deep in his eyes!
Qin Feiyang glanced at him, turned to Wang Yangfeng, and said, "Elder Wang, I think we can’t keep this person."
Wang Yangfeng was startled and asked, "What do you mean?"
Qin Feiyang said, "Although the Crane Immortal is from this village, he has changed, becoming bloodthirsty, unfaithful to anyone."
"Utter nonsense!"
The Crane Immortal shouted angrily, looking at Wang Yangfeng and saying, "Ancestor, don’t believe his nonsense; he’s trying to sow discord."
"Sow discord?"
"For a small fry like you, do I need to go to such trouble? Don’t take yourself too seriously."
Qin Feiyang sneered disdainfully.
"Master Qin, what exactly do you mean by this?"
Wang Yangfeng asked.
"The day he came to the village to recruit disciples, I saw with my own eyes that he used imperial might to kill a boy around eleven or twelve years old."
Qin Feiyang said.
"What?"
Wang Yangfeng was dumbfounded, turned to look at the Crane Immortal, and angrily said, "Is this true?"
The others also glared angrily.
The Crane Immortal panicked, quickly waved his hands, and said, "No, he’s lying!"
"Lying?"
"At that time, the entire village saw it with their own eyes."
"Originally, I thought you weren’t from this village, so you didn’t care about their lives."
"But then Wang Shan told me that, apart from the Senior Valley Master and the Second Valley Master, everyone from the underworld was from this village."
"Do you know how shocked I was then?"
"You exploited their ignorance, killing innocents at will..."
"Let me tell you, if it weren’t for finding the underworld, I would have slaughtered you then and there!"
Qin Feiyang’s eyes flared with killing intent.
"Is this true?"
Wang Yangfeng turned to the villagers beside him and asked.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Damn it!"
Wang Yangfeng erupted in anger, turned his head to glare at the Crane Immortal, and yelled, "Every person in this village is our family member, how could you do such a thing?"
"I didn’t..."
The Crane Immortal continued to argue.
"It was you who killed our son!"
The parents of the dead boy ran out from the crowd and yelled at the Crane Immortal.
"Haha..."
The Crane Immortal laughed.
Laughed wildly.
"Yes."
"I have changed!"
"When I was young, the village was my everything."
"For the village, I could even give my life."
"But when I entered that so-called Celestial Sect..."
"When I learned all the truths..."
"When I stepped into the path of cultivation, I realized just how heartless, how cruel this world is."
"I refuse to believe my destiny should be controlled by others..."
"Gradually, I began to resent this world, to resent everyone around me..."
"In the end, that resentment turned into hatred..."
"Finally, one day, the Senior Valley Master ordered me to recruit disciples, and when I returned to the village again, I found that everything had changed..."
"Nobody recognized me anymore, and I couldn’t recognize them."
"The relatives, friends, and brothers of the past had long since died in the river of time..."
"I searched the entire village and couldn’t find a familiar face..."
"I was filled with hatred!"
"I needed to vent!"
"I still remember clearly, on the day I first returned to the village, right in front of all the villagers, I killed dozens of children..."
"Hehehe..."
"The key is, they didn’t resist and didn’t even utter a single word of complaint..."
"Do you know how pleasurable I felt at that time?"
"I could finally toy with others."
"Haha..."
"Not afraid to tell you, over the past two to three hundred years, the villagers who died at my hands were at least eight hundred if not a thousand, but they were just a bunch of worthless people, so what if I killed them?"
The Crane Immortal laughed maniacally, his eyes full of disdain.
"Ah..."
Wang Yangfeng cried out in grief, clenching his hands tightly, his nails digging into his flesh as blood flowed, his face full of pain.
"Why are you crying out?"
"Don’t you know that the person most deserving of death is you?"
"You’re the ancestor of this village, but what have you done?"
The Crane Immortal screamed in a crazed manner.
"Pfft!"
Wang Yangfeng spewed a mouthful of blood as he heard these words, feeling as if his heart had been cut by a knife.
"Although over the years, the ancestor didn’t stand up to protect everyone, there’s one thing no one can deny."
"He never harmed a single villager."
A red-haired elder stepped forward, standing in front of Wang Yangfeng, and said to the Crane Immortal.
He was one of those several Nine-Star Battle Emperors.
"That’s right."
"For thousands of years, our ancestor has been blaming himself, blaming his lack of ability to protect everyone."
"The ancestor also harbors hatred."
"But his hatred is not for the villagers, not for the people around him, but for himself, for the Senior Valley Master and the Second Valley Master!"
"You’ve lost your humanity and are unfit to live in this world any longer!"
"I’m giving you a chance to repent, end your life!"
Another dozen Nine-Star War Emperors also stepped forward, looking coldly at Crane Immortal.
"That’s never going to happen!"
Crane Immortal sneered, turning and disappearing into the sky above the sea in a flash.
"Hmph!"
The red-haired old man snorted coldly and, with one stride, blocked Crane Immortal’s path.
Crane Immortal shouted in exasperation, "Is it worth killing me for those useless people?"
"They are not useless; they are family, our family."
The red-haired old man said expressionlessly, striking at Crane Immortal’s chest.
Crash!
Just then.
The sea below surged with terrifying waves, and four figures emerged from the swell, sending the red-haired old man flying and leaving with Crane Immortal without a backward glance.
The red-haired old man was furious, stabilizing himself, and immediately gave chase.
Wang Yangfeng and others also prepared to pursue.
"Don’t chase them."
Qin Feiyang said at this moment.
"Hmm?"
Everyone looked at him suspiciously.
Qin Feiyang gazed after the four figures, saying, "They are also Nine-Star War Emperors, and you won’t catch up with them, but Crane Immortal won’t be able to escape!"
With a thought, the Senior Valley Master appeared out of thin air.
Qin Feiyang said, "Disable Crane Immortal’s Bloodline Power immediately."
The Senior Valley Master shook his head and said, "My Qi Sea has been crippled by you, I cannot perform the Blood Soul Art."
Qin Feiyang’s eyebrows arched.
"You are lying."
But at that moment.
Luk Zheng spoke coldly, staring at the Senior Valley Master.
"Hmm?"
The Senior Valley Master’s body stiffened and turned to look at Luk Zheng.
Luk Zheng said, "The Blood Soul Art is not a battle technique nor a Divine Art, it’s a secret technique, it doesn’t require Battle Intent to activate."
"How do you know?"
The Senior Valley Master exclaimed in surprise and doubt.
"You’re not the only one in the world who knows the Blood Soul Art."
Luk Zheng mocked.
In the next moment!
He waved his hand, and a surge of Battle Intent emerged. Before everyone could react, he had already severed the Senior Valley Master’s head, and blood splattered several meters.
This scene instantly turned Wang XiaoJie and those villagers pale.
"Why kill him?"
"Since he was lying, he must have been hiding something else from us."
Lu Hong said dissatisfiedly.
Luk Zheng said, "If we don’t kill him, what if he disables everyone’s Bloodline Power?"
"He wouldn’t dare?"
Lu Hong frowned.
Luk Zheng said helplessly, "Hong’er, you’ve ventured the martial world for so many years, how can you still be so naive? Haven’t you ever heard of a cornered dog jumping over a wall? How about from now on, I’ll accompany you as you wander the world, so I can shield you from the storm and discern right from wrong for you..."
"Do you know me well?"
Lu Hong glared at him angrily.
"Just because we’re not close now, doesn’t mean we won’t be in the future. Maybe we’ll even blossom and bear fruit!"
Luk Zheng laughed sheepishly.
"Scram!"
Lu Hong’s face was dark, veins throbbing, and the conversation was getting more and more absurd.
Luk Zheng smiled awkwardly and then looked at Qin Feiyang, saying, "Little cousin, the Senior Valley Master was still alive. Why didn’t you tell me immediately? Do you know how dangerous that was? Luckily, the ancient castle could sever the connection of the Blood Soul Art, otherwise, these people would probably be dead by now."
"You didn’t tell me beforehand that the Blood Soul Art doesn’t require Battle Intent to activate either."
Qin Feiyang rolled his eyes at him.
"You didn’t ask; if you had asked, I would have definitely told you."
Luk Zheng said.
Qin Feiyang rubbed his forehead and looked at Wang Yangfeng and the others, saying, "The Senior Valley Master is dead, and the Blood Soul Art is broken by itself. You are free now."
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but cheer.
Some even squatted on the ground, holding their heads, and crying bitterly.
"By the way, Master Qin, who were the four people that rescued Crane Immortal?"
"Why haven’t we seen them before?"
Wang Yangfeng asked suspiciously.
"They are the descendants of the State Preceptor."
Qin Feiyang’s eyes flashed with a cold light.
That’s right!
Those who saved Crane Immortal were the four who once rescued the State Preceptor.
But how did they end up here?
Qin Feiyang turned to Wang Yangfeng and asked, "Before I arrived, did Crane Immortal ever leave?"
"Leave?"
Wang Yangfeng was startled, shaking his head and said, "Didn’t pay attention."
The others also shook their heads.
"He did leave, I saw it with my own eyes."
At this moment, Wang XiaoJie ran up to Qin Feiyang, saying.
Qin Feiyang looked at Wang Yangfeng and the others, saying, "It seems he took advantage of your inattention to secretly communicate with the State Preceptor."
"That bastard..."
Wang Yangfeng was furious.
"He has fallen completely; if you have the opportunity, it’s best to eliminate him to prevent future troubles."
Qin Feiyang said.
"Understood."
Wang Yangfeng nodded.
Qin Feiyang glanced at everyone and said, "You’re free now, I can’t force you. Make a stance now, whether you want to follow me or not."
Everyone lowered their heads, silent and speechless.
"I, I, I..."
Wang XiaoJie eagerly raised his hand, his little face flushed, shouting, "Brother Jian Fei, take me in, I can do anything, like serving tea, cooking, washing clothes..."
"Jie Er, stop messing around."
But before Wang XiaoJie could finish, he was pulled back by Wang Jin.