Seeking Death

Hearing Xiao Feng's words, the expressions on everyone's faces turned rather strange.

Could it be that Xiao Feng had been lucky enough to just miss Mu Li and the others?

No one believed that Xiao Feng could have killed Mu Li and his men in such a short time without alerting anyone else.

Unless Xiao Feng was a Dou Master-level expert—but that was obviously impossible.

Who didn't know that the Third Young Master of Xiao Family had still been only a One-Star Dou Zhe a little over a month ago?

If Xiao Feng had broken through to Dou Master at the age of fifteen, the higher-ups of the Misty Cloud Sect would never have allowed Nalan Yanran to go to the Xiao Family to break off the engagement.

Therefore, the most likely possibility was that Xiao Feng had stepped in dog shit and happened to miss Mu Li and the others, allowing him to escape disaster.

Under everyone's somewhat complicated gazes, Xiao Feng calmly walked over to Xiao Yi Xian and sat down beside her, then closed his eyes and began cultivating.

"..."

Seeing how carefree Xiao Feng was, Xiao Yi Xian was rendered speechless. She did not even know where to begin criticizing him.

Was this guy truly stupid, or just pretending to be?

Time slowly passed, and more than half an hour soon went by.

Seeing that Mu Li and the others had yet to return, the members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group finally became restless, a sense of foreboding rising in their hearts.

After several of the leading middle-aged mercenaries discussed the matter, they ultimately sent more than a dozen mercenaries into the nearby forest to search.

Before long, someone discovered the remains of Mu Li and his men, along with signs that they had been gnawed on by magical beasts.

Based on the traces left at the scene, everyone made a horrifying discovery: there were almost no signs of battle nearby.

In other words, the murderer had to be far stronger than Mu Li and his men to have wiped them out without even giving them a chance to resist.

Moreover, Mu Li and the others' corpses bore signs of having been eaten by magical beasts, so the culprit was most likely some kind of Second-Order Magical Beast.

Upon learning that a dangerous Second-Order Magical Beast was very likely lurking in the nearby forest, the mercenaries no longer dared to remain there and hurried back to the main group.

Other than Xiao Feng, who continued cultivating with his eyes closed as calmly as ever, everyone else was extremely nervous after hearing the news, spending the night trembling in fear.

Early the next morning, when the sky had only just begun to brighten, everyone hastily returned to Green Mountain Town, not daring to linger any longer.

After several grueling hours of travel, Green Mountain Town finally came into view.

However, hundreds of figures had gathered outside the gates of Green Mountain Town, and the atmosphere seemed somewhat off.

As the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion herb-gathering team returned, a middle-aged man who looked seventy percent similar to Mu Li between the brows suddenly stepped out from the crowd and shouted, "Who is Xiao Feng? Get your ass out here!"

This man was none other than Mu She, the leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. His cultivation had already reached Two-Star Dou Master, and he was one of the three great experts of Green Mountain Town.

"Captain, he's Xiao Feng!"

The moment Mu She finished speaking, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members who had traveled with Xiao Feng all pointed at him in unison.

Mu She's face was as cold as frost as he said, "So you're Xiao Feng. When my son and the others were killed, you were the only one who wasn't there. You must have been the one who got my son killed!"

Because the main group moved rather slowly, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had specially dispatched several mercenaries back to Green Mountain Town in advance to report Mu Li and the others' deaths to Mu She.

When Mu She first learned that Mu Li had been killed by a magical beast, he was deeply grieved, but he quickly regained his composure.

The dead could not be brought back to life!

Since Mu Li's death was already an established fact, Mu She could only make a big issue out of it and use it to secure greater benefits for himself.

Whether Mu Li had truly been killed by Xiao Feng or not, Mu She intended to pin the blame on him. Only then would he have an excuse to make a move against Xiao Feng.

According to the intelligence Mu She had received, the Storage Ring Xiao Feng wore alone was worth at least several hundred thousand gold coins.

As long as Mu Li killed Xiao Feng and seized the treasures on him, it would not matter even if it drew the Xiao Family's pursuit.

As the saying went: wealth and honor were sought amid danger!

When the time came, Mu Li could simply abandon the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's holdings in Green Mountain Town, change his identity, flee to another city, and start over.

"Captain Mu, there must be some misunderstanding here."

Seeing this, Xiao Yi Xian could not help speaking up for him. "Although Xiao Feng wasn't at the scene at the time, he was only gone for a short while. Besides, with his strength as a Three Star Dou Zhe, how could he possibly have been a match for Mu Li and the others?"

"The hatred of killing my son cannot be shared under the same sky!"

A cold glint flashed in Mu She's eyes as he glared viciously at Xiao Yi Xian. "Anyone who dares stop me from taking revenge, I'll fight them to the death! Do you think I wouldn't dare touch you just because Mister Yao is protecting you?"

"Captain Mu, calm your anger. This matter has nothing to do with our Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion. Please do not harm the innocent."

Just as Mu She was preparing to deal with Xiao Yi Xian as well, a magnetic voice suddenly rang out. A middle-aged man dressed in luxurious robes then approached with several dozen guards.

This middle-aged man in luxurious robes was none other than the owner of the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion, a man whose status in Green Mountain Town was no weaker than Mu She's.

"Since Mister Yao has no intention of interfering in this matter, then please take your people from the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion and leave."

Mu She had always been somewhat wary of Mister Yao, so he naturally did not wish to clash with him at such a critical moment.

"But, Mister Yao..."

"Xiao Yi Xian!"

Before Xiao Yi Xian could finish, Mister Yao cut her off, an unhappy expression appearing on his face.

In Mister Yao's eyes, Xiao Feng was merely a stranger with no connection to the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion. Naturally, he was unwilling to fight the Wolf Head Mercenary Group for Xiao Feng.

Xiao Yi Xian's expression changed slightly as she said, "Xiao Feng, I'm sorry. I can't help you."

Although Xiao Yi Xian had already considered Xiao Feng a friend and did not want to see him killed by Mu She, without Mister Yao's help, there was nothing she could do to stop Mu She.

The only thing Xiao Yi Xian could do now was tell the Xiao Family the truth about Xiao Feng's death after he died, so that they could avenge him.

"It's fine. You've already done your best."

Xiao Feng first smiled and comforted Xiao Yi Xian, then turned to Mu She with a helpless look. "You father and son really are cut from the same cloth. You just had to come provoke me for no reason, forcing me to kill you first in self-defense."

"What do you mean by that?"

Mu She's pupils suddenly constricted, and he could not help roaring, "You really killed my son!"

"That's right!"

Xiao Feng nodded slightly. "Actually, I didn't want to kill them either, but they insisted on courting death."

"Impossible! With your strength, how could you... Cough, cough, cough..."

Mu She had barely gotten halfway through his sentence when he suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his eyes. Tears immediately streamed down his face as he began coughing violently.