"It's him?!"
The voice instantly plunged the entire gathering into deathly silence. Everyone turned toward Xuan Su, Ling Feng included.
At the sight of her astonished face, Ling Feng merely smiled. Yuan Power gathered beneath his feet, and with a single leap, he landed before her.
"You... you're awake?"
Xuan Su stared at Ling Feng, still utterly stunned. He only smiled at her. "Haven't you been hoping I'd wake up?"
"You... you could hear me all along?!"
Realizing something, Xuan Su's eyes widened slightly. Although Ling Feng offered no answer, his meaningful smile told her everything.
Her face suddenly flushed crimson. Over the past six months, she had whispered countless things in front of him-complaints, exclamations of wonder, and even private bedroom talk she could never share with anyone else, words that made her burn with embarrassment.
"You... how could you do something like this..."
At that moment, Xuan Su wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it. She hardly dared meet Ling Feng's eyes. She had assumed he could not hear her while unconscious. Who could have imagined that he had remained aware the entire time? The revelation left her mortified and bashful.
Yet this rare display of bashfulness left Ling Feng staring, and everyone else present gaped as well.
A wave of murmurs followed.
"Xuan Su actually knows this guy?"
"Look at her! He must have won her over already..."
"Fuck, doesn't that mean the Myriad Gold Merchant Association played our Blood Wolf Gang for fools?!"
Xuan Su's behavior led both the Blood Wolf Gang and the Myriad Gold Merchant Association to mistake Ling Feng for someone on her side.
The Blood Wolf Gang, in particular, assumed he belonged to the Myriad Gold Merchant Association. Its members immediately glared at the association's people with hostility.
Yue Shan was even more direct. His powerful Yuan Power aura at the great perfection of Yuan Dan Realm erupted, whipping up swirling clouds of dust and making Xia Zhilan and the others' expressions darken.
"Xia Wanjin, you crafty bastard! All that smoke and mirrors looked so convincing I almost fell into your trap. You've really got some tricks up your sleeve!"
Yue Shan stared grimly at Xia Wanjin, his voice icy.
"Gang Leader Yue, this matter..."
"Shut up!"
Before Xia Wanjin could explain, Ling Feng's impatient voice cut him off.
"Boy, you're awfully arrogant. Dare you give me your name?"
Yue Shan fixed Ling Feng with a dark stare, and Ling Feng replied coldly.
"You're not qualified to know my name."
"Arrogant brat!"
Yue Shan stared at Ling Feng like a venomous snake. "Don't think I won't touch you just because Xia Wanjin is backing you! So what if you have four more late-stage Heavenly Origin Realm fighters? Do you really think my Blood Wolf Gang has no trump cards?"
Ling Feng did not even look at Yue Shan. Instead, he turned to the Sound Four and ordered coldly, "Go all out. Fucking kill him!"
"Yes."
The Sound Four answered without hesitation. All four turned toward Yue Shan with cold smiles. The curse marks on their necks began to change, spreading across their entire bodies as each activated curse mark two. Their appearance made Xuan Su and the others blanch.
Once curse mark two was activated, powerful waves of energy radiated from the Sound Four. Even Xia Wanjin's eyes widened involuntarily. "This power is no weaker than mine. They're at the great perfection of Yuan Dan Realm, without a doubt!"
For a moment, Xia Wanjin's heart churned like a storm-tossed sea. Of course, the one most shocked and horrified was Yue Shan.
"F-four fighters at the great perfection of Yuan Dan Realm?!"
His eyelids twitched. Yue Shan could scarcely believe what he was seeing. Yet the truth stood right before him, leaving him no choice but to believe it.
Bang!
The Sound Four exchanged glances, then attacked Yue Shan together. Their explosive power made even Xia Wanjin's scalp prickle.
"Run!"
Yue Shan's mind descended into chaos. Realizing he had kicked an iron plate, he abandoned everything without daring to fight back. All he could think of was escape.
Seeing their leader abandon them and run for his life, the Blood Wolf Gang's members were terrified. A moment later, they all scattered and fled.
"What a perfect opportunity!"
Xia Wanjin recognized an excellent chance to wipe out the Blood Wolf Gang. His expression hardened as he shouted in the direction Yue Shan had fled, "You old scoundrel, Yue Shan! Your Blood Wolf Gang bullies men, abuses women, burns, kills, pillages, and commits every imaginable evil! Today, the Myriad Gold Merchant Association will carry out heaven's justice! Don't even think of escaping!"
After shouting his righteous slogan, Xia Wanjin hurriedly rallied his forces to pursue Yue Shan and the others.
"Everyone from the Myriad Gold Merchant Association, follow me!"
"Yes!"
Xia Zhilan and the others immediately obeyed Xia Wanjin's order and pursued the Blood Wolf Gang. Xuan Su had been fretting over her lack of an excuse to leave. Upon hearing the order, she was about to be the first to move, but Ling Feng caught her hand and stopped her.
Her face faintly flushed, Xuan Su struggled. "Let go of me!"
But Ling Feng had no intention of granting her wish. Only after Xia Zhilan and everyone else had left did he look teasingly at Xuan Su. "Are you really that eager to leave? Don't you have anything to say to me?"
"I-I don't have anything to say!"
At the sight of Ling Feng's teasing expression, the strong-willed beauty forced herself to remain composed and deliberately answered stiffly.
Ling Feng's eyes shifted, and he smiled. "He's actually quite handsome. Having him take advantage of me doesn't seem all that hard to accept..."
"You! You!"
The words sounded familiar. Once Xuan Su listened closely, her entire face turned red.
"Oh, Xuan Su, Xuan Su, what exactly are you thinking? How could you have feelings for him? Could it be that you've been lonely for so long that..."
"Stop it! Stop saying that!"
Xuan Su hurried forward and covered Ling Feng's mouth, warning him in embarrassed indignation. Yet her crimson cheeks looked especially enticing.
Ling Feng smiled knowingly. Teasing Xuan Su seemed to be exceptionally entertaining.
Still unsatisfied, Ling Feng curled his lips into a wicked smile. Then he stuck out his tongue and moved it against her palm. The wet sensation made Xuan Su's face burn crimson, and she snatched her hand back in a panic.
"You... how could you do that?!"
She glared at Ling Feng, blushing with embarrassment, but there was no genuine anger in her words. Her heart rose and fell like turbulent waves, leaving her flustered.
Clearly, she had never imagined Ling Feng would be so bold as to tease her like this. It caught her off guard, yet strangely, she felt no disgust.
Perhaps she really had been lonely for too long. Or perhaps Ling Feng's looks happened to fit her tastes perfectly.
After all, with Kakashi Hatake's handsome silver-haired guise, Ling Feng's already attractive face had gained an extra measure of charm. His good looks had soared.
He might not have reached the exaggerated point of being loved by everyone and making flowers bloom at his approach, but he was still a jade-like gentleman upon the country path, a young master without equal in the world.
"What did I do?"
Ling Feng looked at Xuan Su with feigned innocence, still teasing her.
"You!"
How could Xuan Su fail to see through him? She pointed at him in embarrassed indignation, but despite having a thousand things to say, she could not get a coherent word out. She could only stamp her feet and turn away, refusing to acknowledge him.
Ling Feng knew when to stop and ceased fooling around. Having upset a woman, it was time to coax her. Just like a crying little girl-give her a lollipop, and everything would be fine.
"Here. I know you were fighting over the Pill Immortal Pool, but I've already absorbed its energy, so it's useless now. These Yin Yang Pearls, though, are its true treasures. Take them and absorb them. They'll help you advance to the great perfection of Dan Realm."
Ling Feng took three Yin Yang Pearls out of his Storage Ring and held them out to Xuan Su.
Although these three Yin Yang Pearls could also aid his own cultivation, he had the Creation God Pen. He could simply use Creation to make more. Giving them to Xuan Su would both soothe her and repay her kindness, killing two birds with one stone. There was no reason not to give them to her.
"You're just giving them to me like this?"
With Xuan Su's discerning eye, she naturally had no trouble recognizing how precious the Yin Yang Pearls were. She looked at Ling Feng with wide eyes and asked in surprise.
He seemed to enjoy seeing these expressions that so rarely appeared on her face, and the urge to tease her rose again. Deliberately leaning closer, he asked with a wicked smile, "Then could you give me a little reward?"
"What reward do you want?"
At the sight of his roguishly handsome smile, Xuan Su's flushed cheeks grew even redder. She bashfully retreated a step or two, but still asked in a quiet voice.
Ling Feng was utterly delighted by her bashfulness. He deliberately moved closer again, offered his face, and pointed at his cheek with one finger. With a roguish grin, he said, "Give me a kiss."
"You!"
Xuan Su glared at him and spat in embarrassed indignation, "Lecher!"
With that, she refused to pay Ling Feng any further attention and darted away. She looked as though she were leaving in a huff, but it was more like a panicked escape.
Ling Feng laughed in amusement. "This woman really is interesting. There's plenty of fun to be had from now on..."
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