Someday

Shi Feizhe could only grit his teeth and keep fleeing out of the manor against the headwind.

With a crash, a wall beside him was smashed apart, and a figure flew toward him amid chunks of brick and stone.

It was Mr. Wang.

Mr. Wang looked rather wretched. Blood spilled from his mouth, staining the beard he was so fond of. A dark mark marred his chest, and dust covered his face.

Behind the wall stood another black-clad figure, holding a Ram Horn Sacrum.

"Mr. Wang!" Seeing him in such a state, Shi Feizhe couldn't help calling out.

"Cough, cough..." Mr. Wang struggled to his feet. He spotted another black-clad figure not far behind Shi Feizhe, and the corner of his eye twitched. He knew there was little chance either of them would get away.

"The Profound Wind Guard and the Undying Body truly live up to their reputation!" He leaned against a wall and couldn't help exclaiming.

The Profound Wind Guard had been carefully trained by the North Sea Mei Family. Not only did they possess Qi Sea cultivation, they also practiced the hardening art known as the Undying Heavenly Demon Body. The Profound Wind Guard had originally served as the Demon Sect's assaulting bodyguards; just a few dozen of them could charge with the momentum of an army. After the Demon Sect's internal strife several centuries ago, they had come to the North Sea alongside the Mei Family.

"What Undying Body? I'll be the judge of that!" a woman's voice rang out in the distance. A figure in green came flying over.

She raised a fist wreathed in lightning and smashed it viciously at one of the Profound Wind Guard! The guard swung his black-glowing Ram Horn Sacrum to meet her punch.

With a crack, the metal ram's skull on the Ram Horn Sacrum split under her fist.

Jiang Ning, in green, spun around and slammed another punch into the guard's back. A dull thud sounded as the black wind around him scattered, leaving a fist-shaped mark on his back.

The Profound Wind Guard staggered and spat blood. Jiang Ning was about to strike again when another guard charged at her, Ram Horn Sacrum in hand.

The Ram Horn Sacrum swept through wide, powerful arcs in the guard's hands, like a spinning wheel. Each hook, sweep, and chop concealed deadly intent.

"That's all? Take this!" After seeing how the Ram Horn Sacrum was used, Jiang Ning shouted. Her left fist smashed it to pieces, and her right fist shot up in an uppercut straight at the guard's throat. She refused to believe his throat could withstand that punch too!

The guard didn't dodge. Instead, he swung the remaining half of his Ram Horn Sacrum at Jiang Ning, as if he meant to trade his life for a wound.

Jiang Ning wasn't surprised. She lifted her right foot to block the half of the Ram Horn Sacrum, then punched the guard in the throat.

The moment her fist connected, her expression darkened. The guard was wearing a throat guard beneath his black clothes!

It made sense. The Profound Wind Guard were meant to charge across battlefields, so wearing some armor was only natural!

By now, the guard she had punched earlier and four others were closing in from all sides, ready to surround her!

Every one of these guards had Qi Sea cultivation, while Jiang Ning was only at the Great Circulation level. Even at full strength, she'd need three or five moves to take down just one! Against so many, she'd be trapped and swarmed to death like an elephant beset by ants!

"Let's go!" Jiang Ning flipped nimbly, grabbing Shi Feizhe with one hand and Mr. Wang with the other before running off into the distance!

She had mainly come for Mr. Wang. Shi Feizhe was just someone she'd grabbed along the way!

As the Three Talents Manor's accountant, Mr. Wang knew plenty about both the manor and the Hua Family. If the manor held out against the Mei Family's assault, they could offer Mr. Wang to the Hua Family as a favor.

If the manor couldn't hold out, they might be able to learn the Hua Family's secrets of growing vegetables from him. After all, all the Three Talents Manor's money passed through Mr. Wang's hands. Once they knew how the money flowed, they could naturally infer the manor's business situation!

After avoiding the Profound Wind Guard along the way, Jiang Ning reached West Manor, where a thatched hut stood beside the lake.

With the Demon Sect attacking, the onlookers in West Manor had naturally scattered.

The Profound Wind Guard were good in every way, but compared to experts like them, they were a little slow on their feet. That was only natural, though: they specialized in frontal assaults, not pursuit. On a battlefield, they would have demon steeds to give them greater mobility!

"Big Sister Jiang, why did you bring someone else?" There was another person inside the hut: Huang Wufeng, dressed in alluring finery and radiating seductive charm. She gave Shi Feizhe a look of distaste, then turned her gaze to Mei Ren in the distant sky. With his peerless Baleful Intent, he was fighting two opponents at once, mercilessly beating Zhan Yunfan and Hua Xiaomei.

"Even when Big Brother Hua is getting beaten up, he's still so handsome!" she said.

"I grabbed him without thinking. If he's no use, we'll kill him later." Jiang Ning ran a hand through her hair as she spoke.

Seeing the violent woman before him, Shi Feizhe hurriedly said, "I'm useful! I can do accounts!"

"What use is keeping an accountant? We should still kill him later," Jiang Ning said, glancing at Shi Feizhe.

"Ahem... Young Brother Shi is a talented mathematician," Mr. Wang interjected.

Shi Feizhe looked at Mr. Wang with gratitude! In a critical moment, Mr. Wang was the one he could count on!

Mr. Wang's own thought was that this man might be useful to Young Master Hua, so it was best to save him.

"Oh? Since Mr. Wang has put in a word for you, I'll spare your life," Jiang Ning said indifferently.

Just then, Huang Wufeng wafted over to Shi Feizhe on a trail of fragrance. After looking him over, she said with obvious disgust, "Sallow and skinny, not handsome either, vitality depleted, not even strong! You're the lowest-grade medicinal dregs. You don't even qualify to cultivate with me!"

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Shi Feizhe looked at the woman before him, who seemed to be in heat, and felt insulted!

What did she mean, he didn't even qualify to cultivate with her!

Why not just say what she really meant!

But his life was in other people's hands. He could only keep those words to himself!

Someday, someday he'd be able to say whatever he wanted!

He'd never have to hold back for anyone again!

Huang Wufeng drifted over to Jiang Ning on a trail of fragrance and said, "Big Sister Jiang, I'm terribly bored right now. Why don't you cultivate with me? We can lose ourselves in bliss!" As she spoke, she reached for Jiang Ning's hand.

Jiang Ning's brows shot up. Lightning crackled around her hands as she seized Huang Wufeng by the throat and lifted her into the air. "You little fatty, keep acting up and I'll knock your block off!"

Huang Wufeng struggled to breathe. Only then did she remember that when they were little, Jiang Ning had lifted her up just like this.

Though Big Sister Jiang seemed gentle, she was the most decisive of them all!

"I won't... I won't do it again!" Jiang Ning had locked away all her true qi. Huang Wufeng's face turned liver-red, and she begged for mercy repeatedly before Jiang Ning finally let her down!

Just then, the two of them heard Hua Xiaomei's voice in their minds.

"Twenty percent!"

"Fifty percent!" Jiang Ning replied without hesitation.

She knew Hua Xiaomei was offering them a share of the Three Talents Manor's profits in exchange for their help!

"Thirty percent!" Hua Xiaomei said.

"Deal!" Jiang Ning agreed without hesitation.

If they helped drive back this attack by the North Sea Demon Sect, they would get thirty percent of the Three Talents Manor's annual profits. It was a very good bargain!

Taking advantage of a crisis was the way to get rich!

Shi Feizhe: Someday, no one will talk to me like this again!