"Hall Master Han, how is my father?" Seeing Han Zuo riding over, Qiu Feipeng quickly grabbed the reins and asked anxiously.
"Feng Qi is holding a public trial outside Luyang City. The eldest young master tried to rescue the old gang leader but was severely injured by Feng Qi..." Han Zuo also reined in his horse and stopped, briefly explaining what happened at the Iron Palm Sect to Qiu Feipeng and the other.
After Qiu Feipeng heard this, his eyes blazed with anger. He clenched his fists and punched his chest, "This is too much! If I don't tear him to shreds, I, Qiu Feipeng, am no man!"
Inside the carriage.
Hearing about the changes at the Iron Palm Sect, the regret in Feng Shiyi's eyes deepened. He sighed long and muttered, "Peacekeeping Gang, the peacekeeping vanguard. Feng Qi has finally taken this step. He really did it. He didn't lie. I wonder if he still remembers the kindness of the Feng Family."
"He came from the Demon Realm, possessed a body, and has nothing to do with your Feng Family's kindness. Even if he were the real Feng Qi, you beat him half to death, left him there, and expect him to be grateful?" Feng Jiu glanced at Feng Shiyi and sneered.
He picked up the waterskin, washed down the meat in his mouth, and burped, temporarily stopping his meal. He continued to mock, "Have you even thought about who caused your current predicament? A few words from Feng Qi, and you all got carried away. A small mouse trying to swallow the world, without considering if you have the appetite for it. Your current state is entirely your own fault. In the end, the Feng Family was just a stepping stone for Feng Qi."
"Feng Jiu, don't talk nonsense," Feng Shiyi said angrily. "I personally witnessed Feng Qi risking his life to protect the Feng Family. The culprit for our downfall is Feng Zhong. I believe Feng Qi, he will definitely save us..."
Feng Shiren glanced at the few people and said nothing.
"Heh heh." Feng Jiu chuckled disdainfully, too lazy to bother with this group of idiots anymore. He popped a digestive pill into his mouth, listened to the conversation outside for a moment, then reached out and lifted the carriage curtain, shouting, "Several hall masters, your method is wrong. Feng Qi's power is already established, and his attributes are unknown. Moreover, Gang Leader Qiu is in his hands. This method of yours won't get rid of him."
"Who is he?" Han Zuo asked.
"Another Celestial Demon of the Feng Family, named Feng Jiu, his attribute is Taotie (Glutton)," Yan Wu looked back at Feng Jiu and said. "We've verified it. Given enough food, his strength will increase infinitely. From morning until now, he hasn't stopped eating. He eats, defecates, and then eats again. His stomach has burst several times, but he's unharmed, and his strength has at least doubled. If it weren't for him, we would have been back half an hour earlier. We brought him along to deal with Feng Qi; Feng Qi tricked him once at the Feng Family."
Taotie (Glutton)?
Looking at Feng Jiu, whose white clothes were stained with grease, Han Zuo subconsciously frowned, but quickly concealed his disgust and cupped his fists. "May I ask Mr. Jiu, how is our method wrong?"
Having been betrayed and driven to self-torment, Feng Jiu's will was already incredibly firm, and he didn't care about others' opinions. He smiled, "We Celestial Demons grow through our own attributes. Feng Qi is currently making a big splash in Luyang City. His words and actions align with his attributes. The greater the impact, the faster his strength grows. It can be said that his strength is increasing every moment.
By the time you figure out a countermeasure and bring in reinforcements, who knows how strong he will be? Perhaps by then, he won't need to threaten you with Qiu Yuanlang, and he'll be able to defeat all of you with sheer force."
When he was at the Feng Family, he had wanted to overturn the theory of Celestial Demons and negate Feng Qi from the root. However, his virtual world theory couldn't convince Feng Shiyi and the others. The theory of Celestial Demons was already deeply ingrained in their minds.
So, he decided to follow the theory of Celestial Demons and planned to trick Feng Qi at a critical moment.
"Mr. Jiu, then how should we deal with him?" Han Zuo's expression changed as he recalled what happened later, and he asked.
"Disrupting his attributes is the only way to truly weaken him, just like stopping me from eating," Feng Jiu's secret was long gone, so he decided to let it all hang out. "If he wants Maintenance/Protect, you should go and disrupt the results of his Maintenance/Protect. Make people realize that his Maintenance/Protect is ineffective, or even counterproductive, and his attributes will naturally weaken.
Didn't he distribute silver to those victims? You can wear Peacekeeping Gang uniforms, snatch the silver back, and threaten those victims not to say anything. After a few times, Luyang City will be filled with public outrage, and no one will believe his Maintenance/Protect of peace and righteousness anymore..."
"Mr. Jiu, is this true?" Qiu Feipeng's eyes lit up as he asked.
"Didn't you verify it on me?" Feng Jiu smiled. "We are of the same kind. There's no reason why attributes only work on me and not on him."
"We can try," Han Zuo looked at the people around him and said, "Feng Qi doesn't have that many people, and he can't possibly manage such a large Luyang City. This matter will be simple to carry out."
"Good," Qiu Feipeng said.
"However, you must be prepared for failure," Feng Jiu said.
"Why?" Han Zuo asked.
"Because I highly suspect that Feng Qi's keyword is not Maintenance/Protect at all. Maintenance/Protect is just a facade he created," Feng Jiu's smile faded, and he said seriously, "Celestial Demons are good at disguise. Leaking one's keyword is equivalent to publicly revealing one's weakness.
At the Feng Family, Feng Qi betrayed me without hesitation, and then sold out the Feng Family that he was supposed to Maintenance/Protect. Yet his attributes were not weakened at all; instead, they grew stronger. This is very abnormal. Maintenance/Protect might just be his disguise, meant to conceal his true keyword."
The few of them looked at each other. Han Zuo asked, "According to Mr. Jiu's guess, what is his attribute?"
"Most likely fraud," Feng Jiu said. "Under the guise of Maintenance/Protect, he deceived me, the Feng Family, and the citizens of Luyang City. This can also achieve rapid growth. "He glanced at Feng Shiyi and said, "As long as someone is still being deceived by him and firmly believes his lies, his attributes will not weaken."
"If his attribute is truly fraud, then the method Mr. Jiu mentioned earlier would also work," Han Zuo said. "If we take back the wealth he distributed, people's trust in him will naturally disappear."
If only it were that simple, Feng Jiu sighed inwardly. Maintenance/Protect and peace were minor matters. The most crucial thing was the theory of Celestial Demons that he had spread, which was the highest form of deception!
Spreading rumors is easy, but refuting them is difficult. It's too hard to eliminate the influence of the theory of Celestial Demons.
"Hall Masters, you can naturally try it. It doesn't cost us anything anyway," Feng Jiu smiled. "However, historically, only Celestial Demons can deal with Celestial Demons. The best method is to find more Celestial Demons, cultivate them with matching attributes, and then use them to deal with Feng Qi. He leaked the secrets of Celestial Demons, making him a traitor to the Demon Realm. Countless Celestial Demons must hate him to death!"
Feng Jiu never believed that Du Ge's keyword was Maintenance/Protect, nor did he really believe that these guys in front of him could deal with the cunning Feng Qi.
He had to make more preparations. He couldn't break the theory of Celestial Demons alone. But if he could unite more examinees, and once they grew stronger, it would be much easier to refute the theory.
Of course, perhaps by then, they wouldn't need to refute it; they could just kill him directly.
Feng Jiu had been tricked by Du Ge from the very beginning. After finally showing some goodwill, he was betrayed again. Yet Feng Qi was thriving. His jealousy had already surged from his heels to the crown of his head.
At this moment, only one thought remained in Feng Jiu's mind: the simulation field could be lost, but Feng Qi must die.
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