Chapter 1722 - 1721: Facing Death Without Fear at Xinghua Gully
After the Dragon and Tiger Mountain incident, Qin Feng retired, changing his name from "Emperor Qin" to "Qin Feng," and went to Mortal Lake City, marrying into the Xu family.
The Li Family Vineyard was quite depressed, intending to bring Qin Feng back to quietly discuss the awakening of the Dragon Emperor Bloodline, but then their daughter also had an incident.
It turned out that the Li Family Vineyard spent a large sum of money to hire a Master for the Li family daughter.
That Master was a traveling Taoist who never got involved in the disputes of the Jianghu, living a carefree, nomadic life, taking the Li family’s daughter as a disciple only because there was plenty of money and enough Spiritual Wine to drink.
Later, one day.
The traveling Taoist came to the Li Family Vineyard, saying they had spent a considerable price to send the Li family’s daughter to the Upper Realm, and she would not return within three to five years, reassuring the Li Family Vineyard not to worry.
How could the Li Family Vineyard believe it?
Even now, the Upper Realm is still too distant for everyone.
But there was nothing they could do about it.
After leaving this statement, the traveling Taoist left, and even if they wanted to catch the Taoist to get to the bottom of it, they didn’t have the capability.
No way around it.
In the end, they were left with nothing, merely holding a marriage contract with Qin Feng, but Qin Feng couldn’t be found, and their daughter was missing.
Qin Feng had always opposed this marriage.
Originally, things with the Holy Daughter were already tangled, and then he married into the Xu family.
So he always felt guilty towards the Li Family Vineyard.
Back in the day, he and the Beidou Old Divine Doctor spent money from the Li Family Vineyard that could probably buy a small country in Northern Europe.
...
Speaking of which.
At this moment.
Nearly everyone from Xinghua Gully and the Li Family Vineyard gathered on the plaza in front of the hall, each face especially solemn.
Leading them was an Old Ni holding a horsetail whisk, alongside the Family Head of the Li Family Vineyard, Li Jiuye.
Old Ni glanced around at everyone, her gaze mixed with grief, rage, reluctance, and unwillingness!
"Everyone!"
"I believe you are all aware that we have now reached the moment of life and death for Xinghua Gully!"
"Earlier, Xiao You received news that the Moonless Sword Sect and White Jade Manor have researched the entrance to our Mystic Void Paradise, preparing over a thousand people each to come annihilate us, and by their calculation, they should already be at our entrance."
"They have Upperworld Immortals backing them, the power gap is too big."
"So, this fight, we can only retreat."
"Next, we and the Li Family Vineyard will each select a hundred warriors to cover the retreat of the others!"
"Is anyone willing to stay behind and cover the retreat?"
"..."
Eight hundred from Xinghua Gully stepped forward in unison, speaking with one voice, "I am willing!!"
"..."
Old Ni saw this, her eyes filled with tears.
These young women of Xinghua Gully, most only seventeen or eighteen, not a single one feared death, all showing such a spirit of accepting death with equanimity.
Beside them.
The people of Li Family Vineyard, seeing this, were quite shocked.
Family Head Li Jiuye, distressed, called out to their three or four hundred people, "Look at you? Not as good as a group of women, not a single one stepping forward willingly, alas..."
"Uh... alright, I’m willing..."
Someone in the crowd weakly spoke.
No way around it.
With the women from Xinghua Gully as comparison, others felt embarrassed standing still, expressing willingness to make sacrifices to cover the retreat.
"No!"
Old Ni, now agitated, said loudly, "Only a hundred are needed! The rest of you must continue our Xinghua Gully legacy, the future of Xinghua Gully depends on you!"
However, no one listened to her words.
All the young women wiped tears, unwilling to leave, wanting to die in Xinghua Gully if they must die.
In the end.
Things got chaotic.
Someone grumbled, "If only the Holy Daughter was here, she’d have already taken down the White Jade Manor and Moonless Sword Sect, we wouldn’t be stalling this long for Upperworld Immortals to come."
"Yeah, it’s all that Qin Emperor’s fault!"
"I heard Xiao You say he’s already changed his name, calling himself Qin Feng."
"Whatever he’s called, it’s his fault, making the Holy Daughter focus on him all these years, even going alone to the dangerous Vine Dragon Mountain for him."
"Yeah, it’s all Qin Feng’s fault in the end!"
"I heard he’s quite happy in the Mortal World, with so many female friends."
"If I see him, I’ll skin him alive!"
"Count me in, let’s skin him together!"
"..."
Old Ni saw everyone shift from a willingness to face death back to complaining about Qin Feng, the complaints becoming addictive, and she depressedly waved her hand down, saying, "First listen to me, what we need to discuss now is the next step..."
"The next step is skinning Qin Feng together!"
"Yeah, yeah, really want to know where that guy is."
"..."
Old Ni was completely at a loss.
This group of girls, their hatred for Qin Feng far exceeded their tension about the current situation.
Seeing this scene, Li Jiuye felt quite ashamed, self-reflecting, "Women’s minds... alas..."
"What are you saying??" His plump wife glared angrily at him.
Li Jiuye quickly waved his hands, "No, no... I mean, that Qin Emperor... oh, now called Qin Feng, really is something, made our family waste so much money, and in the end, our daughter didn’t even meet him, yet he turned into a playboy, I heard he has multiple wives now, tsk tsk..."
"Are you hating, or are you jealous? Why does it sound jealous to me?" The plump wife grabbed his ear and questioned.
"Wife, take it easy, it hurts, hurts hurts... Of course I hate it! How could I be jealous of something like that, you know me, I’ve always been against having multiple wives, a man should wholeheartedly be good to one person..." Li Jiuye said painfully.
"That’s more like it..."
"..."
Old Ni looked at the couple and sighed depressively.
Is there no one capable of standing up right now?
At this moment.
Suddenly there was a flash of spiritual light in the sky, like opening a Time-Space Rift.
Everyone became instinctively tense, immediately looking up.
Are they coming?
Have the Moonless Sword Sect and White Jade Manor finally come?
Each face returned to a death-defying resolve, ready to fight to the death!
Old Ni sighed depressively, "Looks like we can’t leave now..."
At this time.
Suddenly, he looked surprised, "Why is it Mei Niang..."
The others also recognized Mei Niang and couldn’t help but be surprised.
Mei Niang and Qin Feng landed.
Li Jiuye’s eyes immediately opened wide like copper bells, running over with drool, saying, "Mei Niang, it’s really you!! Why have you come to our place, is it because the wine from six years ago ran out? No problem, I can give you a discount, how about 70% off? If not, even 10% off is fine..."
Just as he finished speaking, the plump wife pinched him hard.
Li Jiuye quickly retracted his greedy gaze, but still couldn’t help peeping at Mei Niang occasionally.
Mei Niang chuckled twice and then greeted Old Ni, saying, "We have come here for a very important matter."