Qin Fengming had survived Xi Qinglun's ambush partly through sheer luck.
He had indeed suspected that Xi Qinglun might harbor ill intentions. But what he had imagined was merely that, after the two of them truly joined forces to kill the Soul Devouring Sect's young master, Xi Qinglun would rely on his formidable abilities to kill him as well.
He had never imagined that a prominent core disciple whom Jiannan Academy had deliberately nurtured would actually collude with the young master of the demonic Soul Devouring Sect and wallow in the same mire.
From the two men's conversation just now, it seemed they had already killed several Nascent Soul cultivators using this method.
It seemed Qin Fengming was far from the only one who had been deceived.
Earlier, when Qin Fengming saw Xi Qinglun gnashing his teeth as he spoke to Situ Jue while slowly approaching him, he had already begun to harbor some suspicions.
But even then, he had not imagined that Xi Qinglun would attack him.
As that streak of azure light shot toward him, Qin Fengming suddenly understood the situation before him. Xi Qinglun had not joined forces with him to kill the Soul Devouring Sect's young master; the two of them had long since joined forces with each other.
At that instant, Qin Fengming had already thought of feigning death to lure the two of them into the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation.
Though he had already made his plans, when that streak of azure light entered his left arm, it still gave Qin Fengming a fright.
The azure light actually contained an immensely powerful soul force. The instant that soul force entered his body, it surged violently toward his sea of consciousness. Its speed was so great that even Qin Fengming found it almost impossible to