Strike First, Wipe Out the Clan Later

Just as Chen Feng was considering how to increase his cultivation speed, he sensed someone calling for him outside the secret chamber.

Chen Feng had instructed them that, while he was cultivating, they were only to call for him if something serious happened.

When he emerged from the abandoned mine, Chen Feng immediately saw Wang Hu and Liu Qian standing at the entrance.

Neither of them looked pleased.

"What happened?" Chen Feng asked.

Liu Qian immediately said:

"Sect master, someone from the Jiang Household is here!"

"The Jiang Household?" Chen Feng immediately recalled that this was probably the Jiang Household of Liuyang Town.

After half a month, they had finally sent someone.

They had probably learned that Jiang Xiao had died at his hands.

After all, plenty of people had watched him kill Jiang Xiao. Though the news had been suppressed, it could not be kept under wraps for long.

"Who came?" Chen Feng asked.

Wang Hu immediately said:

"It's Jiang Chen, the young master of the Jiang Household. He's at the Ninth Layer of the Acquired Realm, and he brought a Xiantian expert and a group of Jiang Household experts with him."

Hearing that, Chen Feng understood that they had come with ill intentions.

"Come on, let's go meet them."

Before, Chen Feng might have been wary, but now he had reached the Second Layer of Qi Refining. Even facing a Xiantian expert put him under no pressure.

In the main hall of the Xingfeng Sect.

A young man in brocade robes sat in the hall, with a group of Jiang Household martial artists standing behind him.

"This Xingfeng Sect really is shabby. They've taken over Hengduan Mountain, yet their sect is so small."

Jiang Chen looked around the Xingfeng Sect's main hall, disdain showing on his face.

An old man beside him spoke up:

"Young master, you must not be careless. Anyone capable of killing He Sandao and taking over Black Wind Stronghold must be more than ordinary. The patriarch sent you here this time to gather information as well."

The old man was a clan elder of the Jiang Household, and his cultivation was at Mid Xiantian.

"I know," Jiang Chen replied indifferently.

Just then, Chen Feng entered the hall with Wang Hu and Liu Qian.

Jiang Chen merely glanced at them and did not rise to greet them.

Chen Feng, too, was sizing up Jiang Chen and the old man standing beside him.

His attention, however, was entirely on the old man beside Jiang Chen.

He could tell at a glance that the old man was at Mid Xiantian, the same realm as He Sandao.

"You're Chen Feng, sect master of the Xingfeng Sect?" Jiang Chen asked, staring at him.

He was quite surprised that the Xingfeng Sect's master was so young.

Chen Feng looked about the same age as him. As the young master of the Jiang Household, he was someone countless people in Liuyang Town looked up to.

Now, seeing that Chen Feng had become the master of a sect at such a young age made him somewhat uncomfortable.

Chen Feng smiled and said:

"That's right. What brings our friends from the Jiang Household here?"

Jiang Chen spoke coldly:

"My second uncle, Jiang Xiao, has been missing for over half a month. Some time ago, I heard he died at your hands, Sect Master Chen. Is that true?"

Jiang Chen's gaze was icy. Jiang Xiao was the second elder of the Jiang Household, though his cultivation was only at Early Innate.

But every Xiantian expert was precious to a major family like theirs.

"I don't know where you heard that rumor, Young Master Jiang. Our Xingfeng Sect only took over Hengduan Mountain recently. How could we possibly have killed Elder Jiang Xiao?"

Chen Feng simply denied it.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen was about to speak, but the clan elder beside him spoke first:

"Sect Master Chen, I heard you slew He Sandao half a month ago, and Elder Jiang Xiao happened to leave the Jiang Household half a month ago. Do you truly know nothing of this?"

Chen Feng smiled faintly:

"I did kill He Sandao, but I've never met Jiang Xiao. Besides, do you two really think I could deal with two Xiantian experts on my own?"

Jiang Chen sneered. "Of course you couldn't deal with two Xiantian experts on your own, but I've heard you possess an immortal's treasure. If you relied on it, that would be a different story."

At those words, the clan elder's expression changed slightly.

Chen Feng, meanwhile, narrowed his eyes.

By now, killing intent had arisen in his heart.

"That's only a rumor. How many years has it been since there was any news of an immortal in the Yue Kingdom? If I had obtained an immortal's treasure, how could I still be alive?" Chen Feng said self-deprecatingly.

"Hmph. Sect Master Chen, our Jiang Household will certainly get to the bottom of this. If we find out you were responsible, don't blame us for showing you no mercy."

With that, Jiang Chen stood up and left with his people.

He had chosen not to turn hostile toward Chen Feng on the spot.

Chen Feng watched them leave without saying a word.

Liu Qian spoke up:

"Sect master, I'm afraid the Jiang Household didn't come because of Jiang Xiao's death. They came because of the news that you possess an immortal's treasure."

Liu Qian was quite clever. He could tell at a glance that the two from the Jiang Household had come to probe them.

Chen Feng nodded.

"I know. A dead Xiantian expert wouldn't be enough to make the Jiang Household go to such lengths."

Chen Feng understood one principle: once a person was dead, they had no value.

The Xingfeng Sect was no weak force now. It simply wasn't worth it for the Jiang Household to seek revenge over Jiang Xiao alone.

They had clearly come for this so-called immortal's treasure.

The news had gotten out after all, but there was nothing to be done about it.

Before, people would have paid such news no mind. After all, it had been so many years since an immortal had appeared in the Yue Kingdom.

An immortal's treasure was even more unheard of.

But he had killed He Sandao and Jiang Xiao at such a young age.

It was hard not to wonder whether he really did possess an immortal's treasure.

"What do you plan to do, sect master?" Liu Qian was somewhat worried. The Jiang Household was a considerable power, and even He Sandao had always treated them with courtesy.

Wang Hu said from the side:

"Who cares about the Jiang Household? If they dare come for revenge, we'll just kill them!"

Wang Hu knew that Chen Feng was already an immortal.

A mere Jiang Household was nothing to worry about.

Chen Feng instructed them:

"Send people to keep an eye on the Jiang Household. Notify me if there's any unusual movement. I'm going into seclusion for a few days."

Chen Feng naturally would not sit and wait for death.

He would not spare anyone who posed a threat to him.

Since the Jiang Household intended to target him, he would strike first.

The Jiang Household had several Xiantian experts and hundreds of martial artists.

Although killing Xiantian experts was no great challenge once he entered the transcendent state, his fighting power only lasted a few minutes, so he was still somewhat uneasy.

He planned to get some modern equipment and equip Wang Hu and the others as well this time.

Since he was going to act, he had to make every possible preparation. Even a lion used its full strength to hunt a rabbit.

Only by wiping out the Jiang Household could he avoid leaving any future trouble behind.

There were benefits to wiping out the Jiang Household as well. A martial arts clan had far more wealth than Black Wind Stronghold.

Liu Qian noticed the cold look on Chen Feng's face and shuddered for no apparent reason.

Though he had spent only half a month with Chen Feng, Liu Qian felt tremendous pressure.

When he had followed He Sandao, he had been able to discern at least some of He Sandao's thoughts.

But after he began following Chen Feng, he found himself completely unable to guess what Chen Feng was thinking.

After giving Liu Qian and Wang Hu their instructions, Chen Feng returned to the secret chamber and went back to the modern world.

This time, Chen Feng planned to buy more equipment and put together a squad equipped with modern gear.

He would use modern weapons to deal with martial artists, stepping in as little as possible himself.