Become My Disciple, and I'll Save You from This Predicament

Lin Feng did not answer. Instead, his gaze swept past her to what lay behind.

After that brief delay, the footsteps and shouts of the Pursuers had become clearly audible, rapidly closing the distance.

Hearing them, Zhu Zhuqing turned around. The moment she saw those familiar faces, her heart sank into despair.

Then she looked at the man before her, still so Calm and Composed, and felt like crying without tears.

She raised a hand and pointed at Lin Feng, hesitating as if she wanted to say something.

As though resigned to her fate, she said:

"Ugh!"

"Go! They're here to kill me. If you don't leave now, you'll get dragged into this too!"

Although she was annoyed that he had delayed her escape, she did not want to implicate an innocent person.

Lin Feng replied, "I'm not leaving. Answer my question first."

Zhu Zhuqing halted. Was there something seriously wrong with this man's brain?

Had she not made herself clear enough?

Couldn't he see that group behind her, brimming with murderous intent?

She shook her head, giving up on the idea of communicating with this fool.

She had already warned him. Whether he lived or died was up to fate now.

Still, he was so Good Looking. She decided to warn him one more time.

"They're after me! Their leader is a Soul Ancestor!"

"If you don't want to die, leave now!"

After saying that, she stopped looking at Lin Feng. Forcing her exhausted body to keep going, she prepared to make her final stand.

After fleeing for so long, she was already utterly exhausted, and her Soul Power was nearly depleted.

Her original plan had been to use the dense forest to escape. Once she reached Suotuo City, she would be safe.

But as she watched the figures ahead slowly close in around her, a deep sense of helplessness seized her.

"Are you really determined to kill me?" She leaned against a large tree, her voice full of unwillingness and grief.

A trace of complexity crossed the leading Soul Ancestor's face. He cupped his fists and said, "Second Miss, why ask when you already know? We are merely carrying out orders and have no choice in the matter. I hope Second Miss will not blame us."

There was a trace of admiration in his tone.

Throughout this pursuit, Zhu Zhuqing's resilience and quick wits had left a deep impression on him.

Moreover, she had already recognized who they were. There was no need to hide it any longer, so he simply addressed her as Second Miss.

They had not actually pursued her with all their strength. They had even deliberately gone easy on her.

As long as she could escape into Suotuo City, they would have an explanation to give.

Who could have expected some inexplicable fellow to appear halfway through and completely disrupt their rhythm?

In the struggles within a Noble Family, subordinates like them could only obey orders.

"Enough talk. Do it." The leading Soul Ancestor sighed and waved his hand helplessly.

"Boss, do you want her alive or dead?" a Soul Elder asked, licking his lips.

"Don't kill her. Capture her alive and bring her back!" the Soul Ancestor ordered in a deep voice.

As his words fell, the Soul Rings on several Soul Elders lit up in succession. Yellow and purple lights flickered as they swiftly formed a fan-shaped encirclement around Zhu Zhuqing.

They were being so cautious against a mere Soul Grandmaster. It was clear they had likely suffered at Zhu Zhuqing's hands before.

Zhu Zhuqing clenched her silver teeth. Spirit Cat Possession! Two yellow Soul Rings rose beneath her feet.

However, the gap in their realms and her extreme exhaustion made her resistance seem pale and powerless.

After only a few exchanges, under their deliberate attrition and encirclement, she was struck hard by a blast of Soul Power and sent flying backward—directly toward where Lin Feng stood!

A glint of amusement flashed through Lin Feng's eyes. He calmly opened his arms, as if he had been waiting for this moment all along.

He steadily caught the Maiden flying toward him. His movements were natural and fluid, and with a casual draw of his arm, he wrapped her light, delicate body in his embrace.

The expected sharp pain of hitting the ground never came. Instead, she fell into a firm, warm embrace.

Zhu Zhuqing's mind went blank for a moment.

Before she could process the sudden sense of safety, she heard the man's voice above her head.

"What a stubborn woman. Can you answer my question now?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked up and met Lin Feng's deep eyes.

Her mind crashed for a moment.

How had she ended up in his arms?

After that brief daze, a wave of embarrassment surged through her.

Instinctively, she reached out to push against that solid chest, only to discover that his arms were like iron bands, completely unmoving.

Heavens! Why was this man's body so hard?

Feeling the strength and warmth radiating from his firm muscles, her heart pounded so quickly that it seemed ready to leap from her throat.

She sighed inwardly. It's over. This man has Peach Blossom Eyes that look affectionate even when he's looking at a dog, paired with all that hard Tendon Meat. What a pity he's an idiot. He wouldn't listen to me earlier, and now he'll probably die here with me.

As she looked at his excessively handsome face so close to hers, the anger in her chest somehow faded by more than half.

"Ugh..." She sighed as though accepting her fate.

"Didn't I tell you to leave? Why wouldn't you listen? I wasn't joking..."

She could not push him away, and she truly had no strength left to try.

Her Soul Power was exhausted, her legs were weak, and she could barely even stand.

Having someone to lean on at a time like this actually felt rather nice.

Lin Feng could clearly feel the faint tremors running through the delicate body in his arms.

A smile spread across his lips. "Become my disciple, and I'll save you from this predicament. What do you say?"

Zhu Zhuqing froze, wondering whether she had lost too much blood and was hearing things.

Become his disciple?

At a time like this, he was still thinking about making her his disciple?

She did not know whether to laugh or cry.

However, before she could give any response.

"Kid! You're courting death!"

A furious roar exploded through the air!

The leading Soul Ancestor's face darkened, murderous intent blazing in his eyes!

They had come to capture Zhu Zhuqing, but she was still the family's Second Miss, of noble status!

And now she was being held so intimately in the arms of some man of unknown origin?

Four Soul Rings rose beneath his feet, and a massive wave of Soul Power instantly locked onto Lin Feng!

"There is a road to heaven, yet you refuse to take it. There is no gate to hell, yet you insist on barging in. We spared your life earlier, but you refused to leave. Now, we can only send you to your death."

The Soul Ancestor's voice was icy and cutting. Killing an ordinary person was no more burdensome to him than crushing an ant.

His five fingers curled into claws as Soul Power gathered around them. With a piercing shriek through the air, he lunged directly for Lin Feng's throat!

Lin Feng raised his eyes, a faint, knowing smile curling at the corner of his lips.

That smile was three parts polite response, seven parts silent warning.

When that warning smile was completely ignored, Lin Feng casually shifted his gaze away.

Just as the Soul Ancestor's face twisted with savagery and his surging Soul Power was about to reach Lin Feng—

Lin Feng did not even summon his Soul Rings. He merely lifted a hand casually and spoke several clear words.

"Lotus Seed Splits the Sky."

The instant his words fell, time itself seemed to freeze for a moment.

Before anyone could detect even the slightest trace of Soul Power, a faint but deadly Green Light flashed past.

The imposing Soul Ancestor's body abruptly stiffened. The cruel smile on his face froze as unimaginable horror appeared in his eyes.

He could not even make another sound. His mouth opened and closed soundlessly.

Then, an extremely thin line of blood quietly appeared across his neck.

Immediately afterward, blood sprayed out like a fountain, staining the surrounding leaves red.

Thud!

His heavy body fell stiffly to the ground. His life had ended, and his eyes remained open in death.