Demon Wang’s Golden Favorite Fei

Chapter 170



Chapter 170 (Part 1) You are Yi Lian

“Never forgive you”. These words were like a bolt from the blue, frying Misha’s head and let his head make a ‘weng’ sound.

It turned out that she really had come…

Misha had fantasied many times about his reunion with Yi Lian. Whether it was crying tears of joy or feeling sad and sorrowful; all kind of scenes had played out many times in Misha’s head. The only thing Misha didn’t think of was that even til here, Yi Lian still hated him a lot.

Could it be that he didn’t pay enough by dying once?

“Where is she? I want to see her!” Misha didn’t believe the lady boss. He had to see Yi Lian and let her personally say this sentence to him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t believe it.

“Our miss doesn’t want to see you! Why would the newlywedded miss have the time to bother with you? You should save your time!”

The lady boss turned around and wanted to go back inside the restaurant, but Misha’s whip pierced the air and went straight at the back of her head. “Yanzhi!” The servant shouted but couldn’t move forward.

Just now, Misha had only used one third of his strength. Now, because of anger coupled with sadness, his strength rose to one hundred percent.

Sensing the difference in Misha, the lady boss dodged. ‘Pa’. The leather whip hit the wooden pillar in front of the restaurant. ‘Kacha’ sounded. The pillar snapped squarely in the middle. ‘Hong!’ The whole entrance was destroyed because of this one pillar. One by one, the walls of the restaurant collapsed. A moment later, this restaurant fell down in front of everyone.

“Misha, have you gone crazy?” Jia Lan screamed. He knew quite well how frightening Misha’s full strength was. What does he want to do now with such a murderous aura? Could it be that he wanted to kill all the people in front of them?

“Jia Lan, get out of my way!” He didn’t wait for Jia Lan to get close to him. A gust of white wind floated from Misha’s left sleeve. It hit Jia Lan, making him fall onto the ground.

“Yi Lian, I know you’re here! You’re definitely near! Yi Lian, if you don’t come out, I’ll kill all your subordinates until you’re willing to come out and see me!”

‘Pa!’

‘Pa!’

“Yi Lian, come out!”

His hands didn’t slack off when he shouted Yi Lian’s name. The whip in his hand flew towards the servant. The speed was so fast that no one was able to dodge it. The whip twined itself around the neck of the servant and pulled him over.

“This old lady will fight to death with you!”

Seeing her companion in danger, Yanzhi cut with her sword in Misha’s direction. It was just, she didn’t get close enough when that white wind faced the lady boss again. ‘Pu…’ Her chest received a shock. Yanzhi spurted out a mouthful of blood. Her body bucked like a kite without a rope.

“Be careful!” The dark man who was dealing with Xia Xue at a side flew forward and rescued Yanzhi who was about to hit the boulder. “Don’t mind me! Save him!”

At this point, Misha had already dragged the servant towards him.

‘Ka!’ Misha’s five fingers covered the top of the servant’s head. His face was full of murderous aura. “Yi Lian, I know you’re here! Usually, you’re the most reluctant to hurt the innocent. Now, your subordinate is in my hands. If you don’t come out, I will kill him! I will kill all of them! Yi Lian! Come out!”

Misha’s face was very beautiful, but his voice was hysterical. He looked anxiously around. He couldn’t guess where Yi Lian was hiding.

‘Ceng…’ Misha used the servant to threaten Yi Lian to come out. At this side, the dark man’s sword was on Xia Xue’s neck. Even Jin Yu was captured alive.

“Hey, your people are in my hands. Let him go! Otherwise, I will kill her!” The dark man’s sword was very close to Xia Xue’s neck. A moment later, there was a touch of blood on the blade.

“If you have the guts then kill me! Young master, Xia Xue is fine!” Xia Xue’s voice was still cold, but the sweat on her forehead couldn’t deceive anyone. It seemed that the drug in her body was now causing an effect.

After seeing the other party use Xia Xue to threaten him, Misha smiled. His child-like face had an innocent appearance. “Good! Kill her! If she’s dead, at worst, I’ll find another subordinate. There are so many disciples at Penglai Island. Will I not be able to find a well-behaved slave?”

Misha using ‘well-behaved slave’ to describe her made Xia Xue’s heart quiver a bit. Could it be that in his heart, her role had only been just that? Could it be that his heart really didn’t have her in it?

Don’t know if it was really the heart’s doing or the drug causing an effect; although it was already spring, but Xia Xue felt cold all over her body. She also began to tremble slightly. It seemed that she would die here today!

Misha refused to let the person go. The dark man’s sword entered a little more inside Xia Xue’s skin. The blood slowly flowed along the bright blade. After Misha saw this blood, he humphed coldly. A palm hit the servant’s right shoulder. ‘Kacha!’

Just with the sound, you would know that the shoulder of the servant had been broken by Misha, but he clenched his teeth and didn’t make a sound, making the people of Fo Sheng Men admire this person. However, no matter what, persisting like this wouldn’t be favourable to them.

“Lian Sheng, don’t commit more sins!”

At this time, a gentle and beautiful voice spread over. When Misha heard it, happiness filled him, “Yi Lian, is that you?! Yi Lian, you are here, right?!”

Misha turned the wheelchair anxiously. He wanted to clearly see where Yi Lian was. In the end, a hundred meters away on a huge rock at the waterfront, he saw Feng Qi Qi, who’s dressed in red.

“Yi Lian, Yi Lian!” Misha was very excited. He turned the wheelchair again and wanted to get close to Feng Qi Qi.

It’s now! The servant pulled the whip away from his neck. His left hand pulled out a dagger from his trouser and fiercely stabbed at Misha.

“Overconfident!” Misha raised his hand and sent the servant flying.

‘Poo…’ Although the servant was caught by the people of Fo Sheng Men, but his body had been subjected to serious internal injuries. “Quickly…leave quickly…,” The servant clenched his teeth and took deep breaths. “Let’s go!”

Although they didn’t know why the servant said this, but Feng Cang also told them to not continue fighting zealously. The dark man knocked out Jin Yu and Xia Xue and made them faint. With the others, he left the area.

At the scene, Jia Lan, Jin Yu and Xia Xue laid on the ground. Only Misha rotated the wheelchair and went forward with an excited face towards Feng Qi Qi. Only when Misha was ten meters away from Feng Qi Qi, did Feng Cang issue an order. Two rows of eagle troops appeared. In everyone’s left hand was a crossbow.

“Shoot…”

The moment Feng Cang opened his mouth, those black arrows flew like a black wind straight at Misha.

The sudden attack made Misha stunned for half a second before he regained his wits. Misha turned the wheelchair with his left hand and avoided the first lot of arrows. His right hand waved the leather whip that was like a black snake and hit the second lot of arrows onto the ground.

Those arrows forced Misha back to his original position. After he saw Feng Qi Qi and Feng Cang standing together, Misha thought about the ‘miss’ and ‘guye’1 that woman had talked about just now.

From the stature, with one glance Misha knew that Feng Qi Qi was a woman dressed like a man. So to speak, she was Yi Lian? Then who was the one next to her? The one who could dispatch the eagle troop was only Feng Cang. Was this person Feng Cang?!

“You…are Yi Lian?” Misha was clear that those arrows of just now didn’t want his life, but it was to not let him get close to Feng Qi Qi.

After a lapse of six years, seeing Yi Lian once again made Misha very excited. His lips trembled slightly. His throat was a bit dry. Although they were far apart, but Misha still saw Feng Qi Qi’s appearance clearly.

“You’ve changed…”

The change Misha was referring to was the appearance of Feng Qi Qi. Indeed, compared to the Yi Lian from the past life, Feng Qi Qi’s appearance was a lot different. If it wasn’t because Feng Qi Qi had taken the initiative to appear, even if she’d brushed past him, Misha still wouldn’t have been able to recognize her.

“Lian Sheng, long time no see.”

Compared to Misha’s excitement, Feng Qi Qi seemed very indifferent.

Misha was Lian Sheng. Although this had only been a guess, but now it was confirmed. Seeing that innocent face of Misha, Feng Qi Qi felt disgust. Such a cold, ruthless and thankless wretch had also time-travelled and he took up such a cute and innocent body. Really a waste!

“Yi Lian…,” Even though Misha was very excited, he could also hear the alienation in Feng Qi Qi’s voice. It seemed that the woman of before was right. The words she’d conveyed was Feng Qi Qi’s meaning. She must still hate him for the matters of the past. So, even if she’d found him, she’d still refuse to see him. Why? Why did they become like this in the past?!

“Yi Lian, you…still don’t want to forgive me?” Misha was eager to hear a ‘forgive’ from Feng Qi Qi, but he didn’t expect Feng Qi Qi’s next words would send him to the eighteenth level of hell.

“I will never forgive someone who’s ungrateful and also killed adoptive father!”

Will never forgive! These words were very cruel! How long is never (forever)? Could it be for all eternity? Misha though that Feng Qi Qi had resented him for killing her. He didn’t expect that she’d resented him for this. If he had known it would be like this, he wouldn’t have done anything to adoptive father. Yi Lian respected adoptive father a lot. Now, she must hate him very much!

But, he also had his difficulties, ah!

“Yi Lian, listen to my explanation. Adoptive father was accidentally killed by me! I didn’t do it on purpose! You have to believe me! Besides, I’ve also repaid back with a life. Yi Lian, I repaid a life and lost a pair of legs. I’ve received enough punishment! Yi Lian, forgive me, alright? We can be like how we were before, alright?”

Happy like in the past, good? Misha didn’t say this last sentence. He saw a deep ‘hatred’ from Feng Qi Qi’s face. That was a hatred like she wished to eat his meat and drink his blood.

“Yi Lian, I won’t ask for you to fall in love with me. I only want to go back with you to how we were in the past! Even if you don’t love me, but please let me stay at your side and let me take care of you forever, alright?”

Till now, Misha was still having such a fantastically beautiful dream, making Feng Qi Qi feel even more disgusted about Misha. Such a selfish person who’d killed adoptive father for his own desires was unforgivable!

“Lian Sheng, don’t dream anymore! Today is your day of death. Give your life!”

Feng Qi Qi jumped, but unexpectedly, she was pulled into Feng Cang’s embrace, “Wife, you’re pregnant. How can you still fight and kill?! You should let your husband do such a thing!”

Feng Cang didn’t care about the way Misha looked at Feng Qi Qi. Such an infatuation made him very unhappy. Not to mention that Feng Qi Qi was pregnant. How could he let her get angry? Hurting her body because of such a person like Misha really wasn’t worth it.

“Be good! Wait for this husband to take his head for you!” Unable to take Misha’s obsessed look any longer, Feng Cang deliberately irritated Misha.

As if she understood Feng Cang’s intention, Feng Qi Qi coordinated with him, “Husband, you’re the greatest! You’re the best!”

The intimate interaction between the two irritated Misha greatly. When the words ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ reached Misha’s ears, they completely angered him. Impossible! Yi Lian wouldn’t marry! She’d actually married Feng Cang and was expecting a child? Misha simply couldn’t accept this fact!

“Bastard, I want to kill you!” Misha screamed.

Not waiting for Misha to pull away from his anger, Feng Cang changed into a white wind and went straight at Misha.

‘Ping pang ping pang’. The sword in Feng Cang’s left hand and the leather whip in Misha’s right hand entangled in the air. Feng Cang’s sword cut iron like mud. In only a few strokes, Misha’s whip had been cut in three.

Seeing that Feng Cang had come at him with a sword in his left hand, Misha’s hands slammed onto the handles of the wheelchair. The handles were hollow. Ten plum darts flew at Feng Cang’s face.

‘Kuang, kuang, kuang!’ Feng Cang stepped onto the ground. His sword in his left hand turned into an illusionary huge mouth and swallowed the plum darts.

Fighting power with power. The plum darts fell onto the ground and made crispy sounds. With a ‘go’, the plum darts changed direction and went towards Misha.

Not good! Misha turned the wheelchair and turned around. ‘Ding, ding, ding….’ The plum darts were nailed onto the back of the wheelchair.

“Good skills!” Misha chuckled. He pulled out a nine-section whip from the right side of the wheelchair. Different from the leather whip, this nine-section whip was made from meteorite and was indestructible. And at every interface, there were two two-sided sharp daggers placed.

nine-section whip

From afar, Misha’s nine-section whip seemed like a bared fanged centipede and made ‘kaka’ sounds in the sky. It made people shudder.

Seeing the improved nine-section whip in Misha’s hand, Feng Qi Qi’s heart jumped to her throat. Misha always liked to transform weapons. She didn’t expect that he still had this habit. Presumably, this nine-section whip was not as simple as it seemed on the surface!

“Cang, be careful!”

The concern Feng Qi Qi showed to Feng Cang made Misha even more unhappy. In the past life, he had put in so much effort, but only got a ‘you’re my big brother’ from her. Now, she had fallen in love with another man. Not only had she married him, she was also expecting his child! How could this be?! He won’t allow it!

Thinking till here, the murderous aura on Misha’s body became more intense. He wouldn’t let Yi Lian go! Even if he let Yi Lian die once again in his arms, he didn’t want to see her laugh in another man’s arms!

“Feng Cang, go die!”

Seeing that Misha had recognized his identity, Feng Cang’s devilish beautifully face had a touch of an enchanting smile. Knowing that he was Feng Cang, he (M) certainly would be able to guess Feng Qi Qi’s current identity. He must kill Misha and wouldn’t let him have any chance to covet Feng Qi Qi.

1. Guye: son-in-law, used by wife’s family

Chapter 170 (Part 2) You are Yi Lian

The nine-section whip looked like a big centipede. It moved with an imposing manner towards Feng Cang.

When it nearly reached Feng Cang, Misha pushed the small button on the handle. A thick black smoke emanated from the nine-section whip.

Yi Lian, you want him to live, want to be sweet and happy together, I won’t allow it! In the past life, you belong to me. This life, you should also belong to me!

Misha was fast, but Feng Cang was faster. He had long known from Feng Qi Qi that Misha was a ‘treacherous & vile person’. Even when he’d ruined his whip, Feng Cang didn’t lower his guard.

The moment the black fog appeared, Feng Cang back-rolled and dodged the black mist that was coming at him. His body was like a dragon; he moved closer to the ground and then attacked Misha.

The black fog spread. The surrounding area was enveloped in a black smoke and wrapped around Feng Cang’s and Misha’s bodies, making the people on the outside unable to see what was happening inside.

“Cang! Cang…”

“Miss, the smoke is not poisonous!” Su Mei and Su Yue, one at the right and one at the left had their arms around Feng Qi Qi’s arms so that she didn’t feel worried.

From inside the black fog came the sounds of fighting. The collision of weapons became more and more intense. Feng Qi Qi also became more and more nervous. Although Feng Cang let her not be worried and told her that he would deal with everything, but now in front of her was a black fog. She couldn’t see what was happening inside. How could Feng Qi Qi not be worried?

“Feng Cang, I won’t let you get Yi Lian! She’s mine!”

Inside the black fog, Misha screamed. Since his legs were disabled, he had been looking for more suitable ways to fight. The wheelchair couldn’t replace his legs and couldn’t be as flexible as his legs. Therefore, he could only change to something else.

For example, lead the enemy into his own circle. Let him and the other party be enveloped in the black fog. This fog was made from special ingredients created by him. It could condense into small pieces in the air and let outsiders unable to clearly see the situation in the inside.

Even such a high skilled person like Feng Cang also needed time to adapt. He (M) didn’t need that. Because of his previous trainings, Misha already let himself be shrouded in this darkness. This blackness was his cover.

Without a healthy body, he had to use other ways to prevail over the enemy.

Like now, Feng Cang, who was in the black fog, couldn’t see anything, but he had already discovered Feng Cang’s position.

‘Ding, ding, ding…’ The daggers on the nine-section whip made crispy sounds in the air. That centipede-like nine-section whip quietly attacked the motionless Feng Cang.

Go to hell…Misha’s face revealed a cruel smile. Yi Lian is mine! No one could steal her! “Feng Cang! Go to hell!”

Seeing that the nine-section whip was about to be entangled on Feng Cang’s neck, the darkness on Misha’s face continued to expand. He wanted to cut off Feng Cang’s head!

‘Dang…’Just when Misha’s smile increased to the maximum, the sword in Feng Cang’s left hand blocked the attack of the nine-section whip. ‘Hualala!’ The nine-section whip wrapped around the sword like a snake. Because of the collision, the daggers on the interface made crispy sounds.

That his attack didn’t hurt Feng Cang made Misha surprised. Not waiting for him to understand, Feng Cang flew in the sky. His left hand rotated and let the nine-section whip be tightly wrapped on the sword, making Misha unable to retrieve the nine-section whip.

A wind condensed in Feng Cang’s right palm and attacked Misha. “Not good!” Misha was shocked. He couldn’t care any longer. His right hand let go of the nine-section whip. His hands slammed on the handle of the wheelchair. His body soared.

‘Boom!’ Feng Cang’s right palm crushed Misha’s wheelchair.

Without the wheelchair, Misha fell and rolled on the ground. He was in a very sorry state. “Young master!” At this moment, Xia Xue’s voice spread over. “Young master, climb on my back!”

Xia Xue reached out and carried Misha on her back. “Young master, use my weapon!”

Xia Xue’s sudden appearance was like a timely assistance on a rainy day, solving Misha’s crisis. Misha’s left hand held Xia Xue’s neck, but unexpectedly, he’d touched the wounds on Xia Xue’s neck, making her tremble in pain.

“I’m sorry…,” Misha hadn’t finished apologizing yet, when Feng Cang’s next round of attacks came.

‘Ping, ping, pang, pang,’ sword collided with sword and made some sparks.

Xia Xue carried Misha on her back and moved in the black fog. The two coordinated flawlessly. It was as if Xia Xue was Misha’s legs. She was able to escape danger with him and also deal with Feng Cang.

“Young master, hold well!” The pain on her neck stimulated Xia Xue. However, compared to her bleeding wounds, protecting Misha was Xia Xue’s most important task. Fortunately, when she and Misha were at Penglai Island, they once had many similar training sessions. Had to say, Misha was someone who prepared for a rainy day. He had put enough effort to overcome the shortcoming of not being able to move. Otherwise, now, without the wheelchair, he would’ve died at Feng Cang’s hand.

With Xia Xue, Misha was like a normal person. His left hand tightly held Xia Xue’s neck. The sword in his right hand pierced fiercely at Feng Cang’s key points.

Feng Cang had long known that Misha wasn’t easy to deal with. He (FC) didn’t think that he (M) had a lot of contingency plans. This pair of master and servant coordinated so well with each other, it seemed that they had done training in this area before. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have coordinated so well now.

“Misha, Misha…”

At a side, Jia Lan and Jin Yu, who’d fainted earlier, gradually woke up. Originally, Feng Qi Qi didn’t want to take the lives of the innocent. She only let Yanzhi add some drugs that would let people fall asleep in the dishes.

The fact that they woke up so quickly was because firstly, Misha had discovered that there was something fishy about the three men. They were in a hurry to leave and didn’t get to eat much. Secondly, it was because they had a strong resistance to these types of drugs. So, they woke up not long after.

When Jia Lan saw the black fog in the open space and heard the sounds of fighting from inside it, he was very worried. He was so anxious that he wanted to go inside and help Misha. However, he hadn’t taken a step inside yet, when two golden threads flew over and blocked the way in front of him.

“It’s you?!” Seeing Feng Qi Qi once again, Jia Lan was very surprised. “Why are you here?”

“I don’t need to explain to you why I am here. However, I need to remind you, this is a grudge between me and Lian Sheng. It’s better if you don’t intervene; otherwise, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

Feng Qi Qi’s words made Jia Lan understand everything thoroughly. With a face of disbelief, he said, “You…you’re the Yi Lian Misha was talking about? But aren’t you Bei Zhou’s princess Zhen Guo Feng Qi Qi? How could you be Yi Lian?”

Jia Lan had many questions, but Feng Qi Qi didn’t have time to explain so much to him.

“I don’t have time to discuss that with you! In short, don’t intervene in the fight between me and him!”

Feng Qi Qi not explaining made Jia Lan angry. “Can’t! I don’t care what is between you two, but Misha is my Penglai Island’s people. He’s my senior brother. I can’t not help him when he’s in trouble!”

“Jia Lan, don’t be someone who doesn’t know what’s good for you!” Feng Qi Qi was also annoyed. “Before, when you’d rescued Murong Qing Lian from my hand, I’d already warned you! Since you want to be like this, then don’t blame me for not having mercy!”

The two golden threads in Feng Qi Qi’s hands emitted a dazzling glow in the sunlight, making the other’s eyes blur in response. After a moment of hesitation, the golden thread was wrapped around Jia Lan tightly.

“Hey, release me!” Jia Lan struggled, but he simply couldn’t get rid of the golden threads.

“Don’t struggle! This is golden silk. You can’t break free!” Feng Qi Qi didn’t want to kill Jia Lan because she didn’t want to become enemies with Penglai Island. The fetal poison in Feng Cang came from Penglai. She happened to have helped Jia Lan and wanted to see if she could help Feng Cang.

Sure enough, the more strength Jia Lan used, the tighter the golden threads on his body became. In the end, he couldn’t move.

“Let go of our sir!” Jin Yu saw that Jia Lan was caught. He anxiously chopped at Feng Qi Qi, but Su Mei and Su Yue weren’t easy to deal with. The two fought with Jin Yu. It was just, Su Mei and Su Yue didn’t like to fight. The two were experts in poisons. They directly used poison. In a short time, they had dealt with Jin Yu and tied him up tightly.

“Feng Qi Qi, are you going to provoke Penglai Island and become enemies with Penglai Island?!”

Jin Yu was caught. Misha was in the black fog. He himself was tied. All this made Jia Lan couldn’t help but raise his tone and bring out Penglai Island.

“Ha…,” Feng Qi Qi laughed. She turned and looked at Jia Lan. “Hadn’t Penglai Island long been dissatisfied with our Bei Zhou? Otherwise, why would you instigate Xia Jin to send the army?! It was your Penglai Island that was heartless first!”

Jia Lan thought that Feng Qi Qi had misunderstood Misha and thought that he (M) sowed discord behind their back, making Xia Jin send the army. He immediately explained for Misha’s sake, “Misha didn’t do it! We only just found about this matter recently. Eldest senior and I are rushing back to resolve this matter. We also don’t want for a war to break! This was certainly done by second senior brother Duyi! You’ve misunderstood Misha!”

Feng Qi Qi didn’t expect that the words would actually reveal the one behind Dong Lu, “Duyi? You said that it was done by him? However, why would Xi Qi and the Jurchen tribe also send their armies? Could this also be done by Duyi?”

“We also don’t know about this. When we go back, it will become clear after an investigation. Duyi had long refused to accept Misha. He definitely took advantage of senior Misha’s absence this time to do such a thing! This truly has nothing to do with eldest senior brother! Don’t aim at Misha!”

Seeing Jia Lan’s expression that was anxious for Misha, Feng Qi Qi could determine that this person didn’t lie. Indeed, the matter of Dong Lu had nothing to do with Misha. It seemed that they should let someone go investigate this person called Duyi. Who was it that contacted everyone behind their backs and let Bei Zhou be attacked by enemies from three sides?

“Thank you for providing me with information! But the problem between me and Misha has nothing to do with Dong Lu sending the army! This is our private grudge. He must die today!”

While the two were talking, the black fog on the open space had almost disappeared. Xia Xue was piggybacking Misha. She was in a very sorry state. She was kneeling on the ground. Xia Xue took big mouthfuls of air. The hair on her forehead was messy. Misha was also not much better. Misha’s left shoulder had received a cut. The wound was very deep. The capped bone could be seen.

In contrast, Feng Cang stood at the other side. His left hand was still holding the sword in reverse. The blood on the edge of the sword dropped on the yellow land. In just a moment, it was absorbed by the soil and became a black area.

Compared to the sorry states of Misha and Xia Xue, Feng Cang’s white clothes were still spotless. If it wasn’t because the edge of the blade was still bleeding, others simply couldn’t see any traces of fighting on him.

“Yi Lian, your man is very good!” Misha endured the pain and looked at Feng Qi Qi.

Just now, he had heard the dialogue between Feng Qi Qi and Jia Lan. Feng Qi Qi…this was Yi Lian’s name of this life. Sure enough, the one who broke the seven-level pagoda was her! Feng Qi Qi was the person he had been looking for!

Feng Qi Qi didn’t look at Misha. Instead, she went to Feng Cang, “Cang, are you still alright?!”

“I’m very fine!” Feng Cang smiled gently, but inadvertently hid the slightly trembling right hand into his sleeve to not let Feng Qi Qi see it.

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