Who Is It

Lin Feng was visibly agitated, his expression somewhat twisted as he shouted, his neck flushed red. He propped himself up and glared at Yun Yun. Their faces were only a finger's width apart. Furious, Lin Feng's breathing was heavy, washing over Yun Yun's smooth, fair cheeks and bringing a tempting blush to them.

Her beautiful eyes were full of shock. With the two of them so close, she could clearly sense the masculine aura emanating from Lin Feng.

Pulling back slightly, Yun Yun fell silent once more. She could not imagine what Lin Feng had gone through.

Back when he was a Dou Zhe, he had been hunted by a Da Dou Shi. Not long ago, he had again been pursued by Dou Ling and Dou Wang-level experts. Forced into the depths of the Monster Mountain Range, he still had not been spared. His chest had been pierced through, leaving his life hanging by a thread.

Yun Yun had thought it was merely a simple feud of grudges and vengeance. She had never expected it to be so horrifying.

Looking at Lin Feng's now-healed chest, she could still faintly see the scar. One could imagine just how severe his injuries had been then.

With Lin Feng's weak strength, taking a fatal blow from a Dou Wang expert—it was easy to imagine how brutal and painful it had been.

Yun Yun's heart was full of guilt. "I'm sorry, truly sorry. I didn't know it would turn out like this..."

Lin Feng put on his clothes and looked at Yun Yun, who kept apologizing to him. He said flatly, "So stop saying useless things. You can't mediate this. Only when they're dead will this grudge be settled."

"I'll say it again. Once you recover, if you want to deal with me, this trouble, go ahead and make your move."

With that, Lin Feng leaned against the side and closed his eyes to rest, utterly unconcerned with Yun Yun's thoughts or reactions. To him, none of it mattered anymore. Whether she despised him or felt guilty was unimportant. Saving her life today had already satisfied his conscience. If they met again in the future, he would not show her the slightest mercy.

Yun Yun looked at Lin Feng. The young man was handsome, but his brows carried a maturity and steadiness that did not match his age. Forced alone into the peril-filled depths of the Monster Mountain Range, she could even imagine how arduous the hardships he had endured must have been.

She felt somewhat guilty toward him, but she was also curious. What exactly had caused all this to happen?

Her lips moved, and she wanted to ask Lin Feng about the reason, but seeing him like this, she ultimately did not speak.

Time passed silently. Yun Yun lay on the stone bed, lost in thought, and before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.

When she woke the next day, she discovered that Lin Feng, who had been resting against the stone wall beside her, was gone.

There was a pile of charcoal left from last night's fire, with the firewood Lin Feng had stored beside it.

She softly called, "Lin Feng."

No one answered. Just as she got out of bed and was about to head outside, she heard footsteps approaching. She immediately turned back and obediently sat on the stone bed.

Lin Feng held some fruit he had picked from who knew where. His expression was as normal as ever, as though nothing had happened the previous night. Yun Yun smiled faintly. "You're back."

Lin Feng nodded without speaking. He handed her some of the fruit, then sat to the side and closed his eyes. Whether he was cultivating or doing something else, he clearly had no desire to get entangled with Yun Yun any further.

Yun Yun pursed her lips and grumbled inwardly before taking the fruit Lin Feng had given her and eating it.

After finishing the fruit, Yun Yun still had not recovered her strength due to the seal within her and did not dare wander outside recklessly. Her injuries had improved greatly after a night of rest. Moreover, the medicinal liquid Lin Feng had given her was highly effective. She could no longer feel any pain from the wound on her chest, and, even more remarkably, the scar had begun to slowly fade.

The more she thought about it, the more certain she became that Lin Feng was no ordinary person. Perhaps he was even an alchemist? After all, such pills were not something one could casually produce, and their grade might not be low either.

Resting her delicate hands against her cheeks, she wore Lin Feng's clothes, which still could not conceal her impressive figure. Sitting on the stone bed with her fair calves exposed, she looked at Lin Feng. After some thought, she still called out, "Lin Feng."

There was no answer. Yun Yun seemed to have grown accustomed to Lin Feng's cold attitude toward her. She also knew that, after what those from her sect had done to him, it was already good enough that he had saved her.

Thus, she ignored Lin Feng's attitude and continued, "Can you tell me why?"

She had thought Lin Feng would not answer, but he opened his eyes, turned to her, and asked, "Are you better? Has your strength recovered? If you're fine, think about how to recover your strength quickly and leave this place—or kill me."

Yun Yun immediately felt wronged. Why was this man so unreasonable? And how could she possibly kill him? What kind of person did he take her for?

Perhaps noticing the shift in Yun Yun's emotions, especially the faintly aggrieved look on her pretty face, which was truly pitiful, Lin Feng blanked for a moment. With her strength unrecovered, the imposing aura of a Sect Master and a Dou Emperor expert had weakened considerably, adding a touch of feminine vulnerability to her.

Only then did he rein in his tone. "If you're fine, then get some proper rest."

Hearing the change in Lin Feng's tone, Yun Yun felt a little better. She looked at him earnestly, her beautiful eyes carrying apology, guilt, and something else. Her red lips parted. "Can you tell me the reason? I don't want scum to appear in my sect—people who bully others with their power without distinguishing right from wrong, killing as they please."

Lin Feng raised his head and looked into her eyes. She was very sincere. After a moment, he said, "Heh, then it seems your sect has quite a lot of scum."

"As for the reason, it's simple. They were narrow-minded, treated the Misty Cloud Sect's reputation as paramount, and after losing to me in a fight, they couldn't stand my talent and coveted my cultivation methods and combat techniques, wanting to seize them."

"After failing to kill me, they feared I would seek revenge in the future. Of course, that was exactly what I intended to do. Not long ago, they brought others and chased me all the way here. This cave you're staying in now was where I hid back then."

Seeing the anger on Yun Yun's lovely face, Lin Feng smiled. "How about it? Do you find it hard to believe that people like this could exist in your sect?"

"Heh, all I can tell you is that, in my eyes, your Misty Cloud Sect is so hypocritical it makes me sick. And you, as the Sect Master, have to admit—you've done a terrible job."

Rebuked by Lin Feng, Yun Yun had nothing to say. Indeed, she had failed terribly as Sect Master. Such scum had appeared among her disciples without her even knowing; her lax management was truly her responsibility.

Looking at Lin Feng, she slowly asked, "Who was it?"