Chapter 621: The Race
Chapter 621: The Race
Zhao Geng Nian stared at the body of JunGe DaLu with his soulless-looking eyes.
It wasn’t enough.
They would have to pay for it!
Anger from within rose again when he thought about Xiao Feng’s death.
He turned around and glanced in the direction of Hong Feng City.
All of them shall pay for what they’ve done.
Thoughts about slaughtering everyone in the city came up in his mind.
He held the handle of his sword tightly for a moment before loosening his grip again.
No.
Zhao Geng Nian stopped himself and he tried to calm his thoughts.
It would become his heart demon if he kept going.
And after hundreds of years for him to get to his current cultivation level at Soul Formation Level, he wasn’t going to waste all of the efforts he had put in so far.
He turned his focus onto investigating who the culprit was.
Zhao Geng Nian closed his eyes and he unleashed his Spiritual Sense into the surroundings.
However, there wasn’t too much of a trace left.
When he got to the place where Xiao Feng had died, he couldn’t sense anything that was of much use other than two darkened spots.
Zhao Geng Nian frowned and he thought about asking for help from the Artifacts and Formation Array Peak Lord, to see if they had any means to figure out who was the one that killed Xiao Feng.
But he had to wait first.
There were other matters for him to take care of first.
All of the sects, clans and families who had sent men into the mountains to deal with, and also, there would be the Crimson Wolf Lord that would be coming for him soon.
Zhao Geng Nian glanced up at the dark sky with the moon that had just risen into the sky.
A breeze blew through the forest but it was hot and stuffy, carrying with it the smell of blood and gore that was strewn all over the forest.
...
When Lee He Song and the guards got back to the mansion, everyone else in the mansion was glad to see them again.
The other guards didn’t say much other than checking on the wounds of their compatriots.
Lee He Song was met with the concerned looks of Xue Cong and the others.
Zhi Yong came up to him and patted Lee He Song’s back, "Master Lee, me happy see you again."
"If you had hit me harder, my bones might have shattered." Lee He Song chuckled and teased Zhi Yong.
Zhi Yong thought that Lee He Song was serious, and he scratched the back of his head, lowered it and said, "Me sorry, Master Lee."
"Master Lee was only joking." Lin Xuan Qi came out from the mansion as if he had never left and shook his head at Zhi Yong.
"Really?" Zhi Yong glanced at Lin Xuan Qi and asked.
"Of course." Lin Xuan Qi said and glanced at Lee He Song, "I’m so glad that everyone is safe."
"Me too." Lee He Song sighed and nodded in agreement.
"We better get back into the mansion and have a good rest for the night." Lin Xuan Qi glanced at the empty street leading to the mansion and said.
Xue Cong agreed and said, "I’ve asked Xiu to inform the kitchen to get dinner ready.
"I think it should be ready now."
The thought of a warm meal was welcoming for the guards and Lee He Song and they didn’t wait.
All of them moved into the mansion for their dinner.
A meal which many of those who had perished in the forest would not have the chance to enjoy anymore.
"At least we are back in time for dinner." Lee He Song chuckled and said.
Lin Xuan Qi nodded silently to it.
They headed for the dining hall and had a sumptuous dinner.
Even the guards who went with Lee He Song had the same dishes in their dining area.
It was the least that Xue Cong could arrange for them after they had shown such loyalty to the Lin Clan.
"Come with me." Lin Xuan Qi said to Lee He Song and Zhi Yong when they were done with dinner.
The three of them went to the lab as usual while Xue Cong and the others managed the servants and other matters of the mansion.
"What should we do next, Master Lin?" Lee He Song asked after the doors to the lab were closed.
Lin Xuan Qi shook his head and let out a sigh.
He had also witnessed what Zhao Geng Nian did while he came back to the city together with Lee He Song and the guards.
There was no way that Zhao Geng Nian would let go, from the looks of it.
He had to make sure that he was capable of retaliating against Zhao Geng Nian before it was too late.
The construction of the Shopping Mall, which was still in progress, would have to be accelerated and made operational as soon as possible.
Thankfully, it wasn’t too far off from completion.
And in the meantime, he could only continue with his cultivation while trying to be like a normal businessman.
"Tomorrow, see what the other sects, clans and families are up to.
"After so many of their men and women have perished, they wouldn’t sit around and be quiet about it.
"Let me know and we shall do the same." Lin Xuan Qi glanced at Lee He Song and said.
No one knew what exactly happened in the mountains and he could use it to his advantage, feigning that he had suffered losses from it too.
"It shall be done, Master Lin." Lee He Song said and nodded his head at him.
Lin Xuan Qi sighed and said, "Meanwhile, we will have to try and ascend to the next level as soon as possible."
The three of them sat in lotus position and they continued with their cultivation even though it had been a long day for them.
It was a race against time for Lin Xuan Qi and he didn’t want to lose it.
Everything he had worked so hard for was precious to him.
The moments he spent with Xue Cong, Yue Jie, Yue Xin and Liu Shi Shi together with Sima Long, Lee He Song and Zhi Yong were invaluable and he wasn’t about to let go so easily.