Enemies on a Narrow Road: The Golden Iron Triangle (Please keep reading)

The Douluo Continent!

Soul Hunting Town, outside the Star Dou Great Forest!

After returning from the overseas Sea God Island, Lin Feng and Ah Yin headed straight to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Ah Yin's eighth soul ring.

It was the largest soul beast forest on the Douluo Continent. They were bound to find the plant-type soul beast Ah Yin needed there.

Before entering the forest, they stopped in Soul Hunting Town to rest and prepare, stepping into an inn.

Before they could call for a waiter, they heard someone loudly declaring:

"If you ask me, anyone afraid to stir up trouble is a mediocrity!"

"To make your way in the soul master world, you need the guts to provoke anyone! Those timid, overly cautious types who don't even dare to fight might as well go home and farm!"

Lin Feng looked over. Why did that sound so familiar?

At a table by a window, three young people—two men and a woman—were talking animatedly.

The young man who had just declared that "anyone afraid to stir up trouble is a mediocrity" wore a somewhat worn black martial outfit. He had a long, shoehorn-shaped face and black-framed glasses, with a crafty glint flashing through his eyes now and then.

He was the sort of fellow whose wallet you would instinctively grab if you met him on the street, even before he did anything.

Of the other two, the man sported a crew cut and wore a black robe, looking rather like a scholar.

Yet he had none of a scholar's refinement. His face was full of arrogance, and he looked down his nose at everyone.

The woman was around twenty, dressed in a bright red gown and brimming with youthful energy.

She was reasonably pretty, though her eyes held a distinctly innocent stupidity.

At the moment, she rested her chin on her hand, occasionally glancing at the crew-cut man out of the corner of her eye. She seemed to admire him greatly.

The moment Lin Feng saw that crew cut, he sneered inwardly. Enemies really did have a way of crossing paths.

That was Yu Xiaogang, which made the other man and woman Flender and Liu Erlong.

Lin Feng called out clearly:

"Waiter, a few side dishes and a pot of tea."

Then he led Ah Yin to an empty table and sat down.

Some distance away, the haughty-looking Yu Xiaogang trembled at the familiar voice. Looking toward it, he saw Lin Feng, along with Ah Yin, who was as beautiful as a fairy.

It's him? Lin Feng!

Yu Xiaogang stared unblinkingly at Lin Feng, feeling as though a bucket of cold water had been poured over his heart.

He had thought he had almost forgotten everything that happened a few months ago. Now, at the sight of Lin Feng, those scenes flashed through his mind again.

With just a few words, he had lured Bibi Dong away from Lin Feng. He had assumed that attaching himself to her would let him do whatever he pleased in Spirit Hall.

Who would have thought that after Bibi Dong used his brilliant idea to drive Lin Feng away with a false accusation, she would turn her back on him and throw him out too?

A woman's heart really is impossible to fathom.

She only wanted to use my wisdom to achieve her own ends, then discard me once I had served my purpose.

Once the hunt is over, the bow is put away and the hunting hounds are slaughtered.

Hah. Women.

On the day Lin Feng left, Yu Xiaogang had even gone to mock him. Seeing him again now, Yu Xiaogang could hardly sit still.

He had heard that Lin Feng had recovered his soul power and had even wounded the Pope of Spirit Hall. The Pope had later died from those severe injuries.

At the thought, cold sweat threatened to break out across Yu Xiaogang's forehead.

Just then, Lin Feng shot him a glance with a faint, mocking smile.

That single glance made Yu Xiaogang lose his grip on his chopsticks, which clattered to the floor.

Liu Erlong had been watching Yu Xiaogang the whole time. Noticing what had happened, she called out in concern:

"Xiaogang, what's wrong?"

Following Yu Xiaogang's gaze, Liu Erlong saw Lin Feng. She frowned, feeling that the boy looked somewhat familiar.

She had a vague sense that she had seen him somewhere before.

"That's Lin Feng! The one Spirit Hall put that huge bounty on!"

Flender cried out in surprise. Spirit Hall had offered a million gold soul coins for him, and even information alone was worth a hundred thousand. A money-grubber like Flender had committed the wanted portrait firmly to memory.

His startled cry jogged Liu Erlong's memory too.

That was right. She had seen him on the wanted poster.

A flicker of greed passed through Flender's eyes. Capturing Lin Feng would earn him a million gold soul coins—more than he could spend in a lifetime.

He seized Yu Xiaogang's arm.

"Xiaogang, I remember what you told us."

"This Lin Feng is a bastard. You and Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden, Bibi Dong, were in love, but he used his position as Spirit Hall's Holy Son to humiliate you at every turn and steal your love. Even after Bibi Dong made her feelings for you clear, he broke into her room and molested her. The whole Douluo Continent was in an uproar over it."

"Come on. Your brother will settle the score for you!"

"Hahaha! Anyone afraid to stir up trouble is a mediocrity!"

"We'll capture Lin Feng today, get even for you, and take him to Spirit Hall for the reward. That's a million gold soul coins! We, the Golden Iron Triangle, won't have to do mercenary work anymore."

Yu Xiaogang was somewhat afraid of Lin Feng. He had already recovered his soul power and was no longer the cripple whose soul power and soul rings had been destroyed.

Outwardly, however, he still pretended to be perfectly calm.

"Flender, some things belong in the past. Although Lin Feng humiliated me in every possible way and even stole my beloved Bibi Dong, I'm magnanimous enough not to stoop to his level. We should show mercy where we can."

With a crack, Liu Erlong smashed the table to pieces with a slap. Her brows rose in fury as she said:

"Xiaogang, he bullied you! Even if you won't stoop to his level, Boss Fu and I can't stand by and watch. Lin Feng must apologize to you today."

"We're the Golden Iron Triangle. We share our triumphs and our losses. We won't watch you swallow this humiliation."

Flender and Liu Erlong took Yu Xiaogang by either arm and headed toward Lin Feng's table.

Lin Feng's hearing was sharp. He had caught every word Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang had said.

He couldn't help laughing aloud.

Yu Xiaogang really was full of lies.

Back in Spirit Hall, Lin Feng had never even bothered with Yu Xiaogang. He had been the Pope's disciple and Spirit Hall's Holy Son. Why would he go out of his way to humiliate a good-for-nothing? That would only have lowered his own standing.

And apparently, Bibi Dong's false accusation had been a product of Yu Xiaogang's earth-shattering wisdom.

Fucking hell, those two really are a pair of lunatics.

One dared to suggest it, and the other actually dared to go through with it.

Ah Yin's senses were keen as well. The conversation between Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang hadn't escaped her. As she watched the three approach, a chill surfaced in her eyes.

"A Feng..."

Lin Feng lifted his teacup and took a sip.

"No rush. Let's play with them a little!"

"Let's see what kind of trouble they can stir up!"