Volume Four: The Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Demon, Shall Save Them - An Unexplained Entanglement (Part One)

"Ahem..." The cough scared Li Feier out of her wits. "Father, please don't come in yet. I'm..." Before she could finish, a tall figure had already stepped inside. The man looked no older than forty, with a powerful build and features somewhat like Li Feier's. Luo Qian smiled awkwardly. "Heh, hello, sir."

The man gave Luo Qian a cold look, then glanced at the position they were in. His hawklike gaze swept over them, leaving Luo Qian feeling like a frog caught in a venomous snake's sights. Li Feier tried to hide the point where their bodies touched, but her father's eyes were torches. He soon noticed something.

"Feier, go outside." Anyone could hear the anger held down beneath her father's words. Luo Qian's heart sank. I'm done for. The man pointed a finger, and with a whoosh, the Immortal-Binding Rope slipped into his sleeve. Li Feier hurried away from Luo Qian, though she did not dare stand beside her father either.

"Sir..." Luo Qian straightened his clothes and bowed respectfully. Her father acted as though Luo Qian did not exist. "Feier, did you not hear me? Go outside, now!" Unease rose in Li Feier's heart. "Father, what are you going to do to him?"

Her father snorted. "He has sullied your honor. If I don't kill him, how am I supposed to answer to Prince Feng's Estate?" They were both stunned. Several thoughts flashed through Luo Qian's mind, all leading to one conclusion: even if this old man was Li Feier's father, he could not hold back. The man meant to kill him, and as head of the Li Household, his cultivation was unfathomable. If Luo Qian trusted to luck, he would end up reborn in a flash of white light, with consequences he could never set right.

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