Chapter 64: I Am A Reasonable Person
Chapter 64: I Am A Reasonable Person
Before Mo Feifei could even understand what was happening, she saw several Protectors in front of her leap into the air and drew their weapons. But it was a hurried reaction—how could they possibly withstand Qin Li’s murderous sword strike?
Thump, thump, thump!
The cold, gleaming sword in Qin Li’s hand suddenly left afterimages through the air. A chilly Purple Sword Qi shot out, piercing straight through the heads of the three Protectors who had rushed at him.
These three poor Martial Artists had already reached the Mysterious Rank and held decent positions in their families, yet they had no time to even scream before they died.
In this world, human life was as worthless as weeds. Killing a person was like killing a chicken! So long as you possessed powerful strength, you essentially held authority and status.
Everything happened far too quickly. Even though Mo Feifei also had Mysterious Rank strength, she couldn’t react in time. Qin Li grabbed her, his hand clamping around her neck like iron pliers. She instantly smelled death. She wanted to scream, but her throat was tightly gripped, and no sound came out.
Qin Li swung his sword with his right hand and gave a cold smile to Qin Feng and Qin Hu, who were also frozen in place. “You two, what a coincidence!”
With a sudden movement, the group of Protectors who had been surrounding Ahu and the others immediately turned and closed in on Qin Li, surrounding him tightly.
Ahu, Leng Yao, and Bu Yunyan were stunned when they saw Qin Li. Even the usually cold Leng Yao showed a glimmer of emotion in her eyes. But when she saw the two bodies on the ground, a layer of mist covered her eyes.
Although they weren’t related by blood, they were good companions who trusted each other with their lives. Just a moment ago, if Li Jian and He Laosan hadn’t fought desperately, Ahu would surely have already fallen.
Covered in wounds, his clothes soaked with blood, Ahu was now swaying unsteadily from too much blood loss. Looking at Qin Li surrounded by enemies, this tough man in his thirties couldn’t help but feel his eyes grow moist. He muttered, “Brother, you shouldn’t have come!”
Bu Yunyan sniffed hard and said softly, “If he saw, he would come. Because he is Qin Li.”
“Let her go!”
“Release the young lady!”
“Qin Li, if you’re a real man, let Feifei go! Capturing a woman—what kind of hero is that? Let her go, and we’ll let your friends go. A one-for-one exchange, how about that?” Qin Hu’s gloomy eyes tried hard to show a hint of a smile on his face.
“Exchange your sister!” Qin Li looked at Qin Hu as if he were an idiot.
“Of course I would exchange my sister!” Qin Hu didn’t catch the mockery in Qin Li’s words and answered seriously.
“Get out of my way!” Qin Li completely ignored Qin Hu and sneered inwardly: What fools! You don’t even have them fully under control, and you want to exchange with me? If they just ran right now, would you dare to chase them?
But Qin Li also knew that Bu Yunyan and Leng Yao were still okay—their opponents had carefully avoided injuring them, so the two women were unharmed. Ahu, however, was different. Judging by his injuries, it was a small miracle he was still standing.
That said, even if Ahu weren’t injured, he wouldn’t abandon Qin Li and run away alone.
The group of Protectors still wanted to block him, but Qin Li showed a fierce expression. He loosened his left hand slightly, and Mo Feifei let out a piercing scream.
“Ah!”
But her scream was cut short as Qin Li choked her throat again, like a hen suddenly grabbed by the neck. The rest of her scream was swallowed back.
“If you don’t want me to choke her to death, all of you, get out of the way!” Qin Li’s eyes flashed with undisguised killing intent as he looked coldly at the Protectors.
The Protectors immediately opened a path to let Qin Li through. Qin Li, holding Mo Feifei captive, came near Ahu. He glanced at the two dead on the ground, his eyes showing grief, and said heavily, “I’m sorry I was late. I brought this on you.”
“Heh, earthen jars break by the well; generals die on the battlefield. In our line of work, we live by the sword. Every day we carry our heads on our belts.”
Ahu sat down on the ground and took off his top, revealing several wounds on his chest and arms. One wound on his chest in particular looked very deep, possibly reaching the bone. It was a bloody, mangled mess and looked horrifying.
Mo Feifei suddenly felt her stomach turn. From far away, the dead bodies hadn’t seemed so bad, but up close, seeing such a terrible wound made her queasy. Then, as Ahu sneered and looked over at her, Mo Feifei’s face turned pale. She wanted to scream but couldn’t, and her body began to tremble.
The Protectors behind her grew restless. Qin Feng walked out, his face dark and cold, and said, “Qin Li, I admit I underestimated you. I concede this time. Let Mo Feifei go, and I swear from now on we’ll go our separate ways and have nothing to do with each other!”
Looking at Qin Feng’s clear eyes staring straight at him, Qin Li sneered. “Qin Feng, maybe you read in a book that when you lie, you shouldn’t let your eyes wander? Let me tell you, you’re wrong. Most people like to look straight into the other person’s eyes when lying, to show they’re telling the truth. So… I don’t believe a word you say!”
“Qin Li… you… you make me so angry! What will it take for you to believe me?”
Qin Feng was indeed very angry—not because Qin Li had seen through him (for young masters like them, saving their own skin was what mattered most; oaths were worthless at such times), but because Qin Li’s complete disregard for him was something Qin Feng, who had never taken Qin Li seriously, simply couldn’t accept.
“Believe you? Unless…”
Qin Li’s eyes wandered up and down Qin Feng, then moved to the group of Protectors behind him. Their uniforms looked similar at a glance, but on closer inspection, there were differences. The Qin Family Protectors wore blue uniforms, which Qin Li had seen many times before. The Protectors brought by Mo Feifei wore gray martial attire.
Judging by their expressions, the gray-clad Protectors seemed more nervous. Qin Li counted them. Mo Feifei’s Protectors: two had been killed by him just now, leaving thirteen. Qin Feng and Qin Hu’s Protectors: one had been killed, leaving fifteen.
Qin Li cursed inwardly: Damned young masters, coming out with so many guards. But seeing Qin Feng’s calm composure, Qin Li inwardly laughed coldly. A plan began to form in his mind.
“Unless what?” Qin Feng looked at Qin Li with an unfriendly expression. If he weren’t worried about Mo Feifei’s sensitive identity and those Mo Family Protectors, he would have loved to just wave his hand and have his men chop Qin Li to pieces. How dare he set conditions? Qin Li, just you wait!
Qin Li smiled faintly. “Unless you hand over… the murderers who killed my brothers!”
“Impossible!” Qin Feng refused almost without hesitation. Hand over the killers? Nonsense! Not to mention most who had attacked were Qin Family Protectors, even if they were from the Mo Family, he wouldn’t dare make that decision!
“Qin Li, don’t forget, you are also a member of the Qin Family!” Qin Hu’s eyes blazed with intense anger as he growled in a low voice.
Qin Li looked at Qin Hu with a cold smile. “Now you remember I’m from the Qin Family? Remember this: I have never been part of the Qin Family!”
As if deeply insulted, Qin Li spat fiercely on the ground. “Pah!”
Qin Feng, Qin Hu, and all the Qin Family Protectors turned livid with fury.
Bu Yunyan and Leng Yao almost laughed at Qin Li’s behavior. They thought, in such a situation, only he could remain so relaxed. Then, looking at the two cold corpses, their eyes filled with sorrow again, followed by overwhelming hatred.
Just then, Qin Li looked over at the two of them. “Sisters, point out for me: who exactly killed Li Jian and He Laosan just now, and who wounded Ahu.”
Bu Yunyan stood up, her face full of murderous aura. She pointed toward the opposite side, singling out four or five people—all of them were Qin Family Protectors!
Bu Yunyan was very clever; how could she not see what Qin Li intended? They didn’t need any verbal communication to act with perfect understanding.
Qin Li widened his eyes, feigning surprise. “That few? With the strength of brothers Li Jian and He Laosan, how could just these few scumbags kill them? Sister Bu, look again. Look more carefully.”
Over there, Qin Feng and Qin Hu almost coughed up blood in fury.
Damn it, didn’t he see how weak those two dead losers were? It only took one person to kill them!
Bu Yunyan frowned delicately, as if thinking, then randomly pointed at more Qin Family Protectors. After all, over a dozen had been attacking them earlier—none of them were good people; they all deserved to die!
After Bu Yunyan finished pointing, Qin Li gave a sinister smile to Qin Feng, whose face was now deathly pale. “Qin Feng, if you want this woman to live, hand over those murderers. See, I am a very reasonable person. The choice… is yours!”