41: Chapter 41 Marquis Wu'an, Xie Miao (Two Chapters Combined)

"Very well."

Qin Xiaogan, who was following Feng Tao toward the city gate, had a slight glimmer in his eyes.

"What is it, Brother Qin?"

Xiaomai, who had been watching Qin Xiaogan the whole time, noticed his abnormality.

Qin Xiaogan looked at Xiaomai and said gently, "I'm just a little worried about Team Leader Xie."

Looking into Qin Xiaogan's deep eyes, Xiaomai's heart couldn't help but race.

A blush spread across her face: "O-okay."

The voice was as soft as the faint sound of a mosquito.

Feng Tao, who was moving rapidly in front, suddenly stopped.

Immediately after, she asked a passerby who was hurrying along the side of the road, "Friend, what are you all running from?"

The passerby said impatiently while running, "Don't waste my time."

Seeing that the passerby was about to leave.

Feng Tao said indifferently, "100,000 Great Zhou coins."

The passerby's figure stiffened, and he quickly turned around: "Sister, what do you want to ask? Go ahead."

"Why are you running?"

The passerby couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said, "Sigh, it's all because of that Young Master Li Qingfeng! I was originally a guard inside the city gate."

"Ever since he arrived, all the guards have been imprisoned by him. It was very difficult for me to escape."

Everyone frowned tightly.

Feng Tao handed the money to the passerby and asked, "Did you see a woman where you were imprisoned?"

The passerby took the money and replied, "There was indeed a woman, and she was quite pretty."

Everyone looked at each other and asked in unison, "What does she look like!"

The passerby was startled, then described the woman's appearance.

Xiaomai said indignantly, "It really was Young Master Li Qingfeng who captured Team Leader Xie."

Shi Dachun sneered, "I knew it was that bad egg."

Feng Tao took a deep breath and continued to ask, "Do you know what Young Master Li Qingfeng is doing at the city gate?"

The passerby's eyes were filled with fear, and he trembled as he said, "I heard... they are going to slaughter all the refugees to convert some kind of concoction."

Everyone's expression changed drastically.

Feng Tao quickly said, "Let's go!"

After speaking, Feng Tao turned into an afterimage and quickly dashed toward the city gate.

The others followed behind Feng Tao with grave expressions.

Qin Xiaogan turned his head and exchanged a look with the passerby.

The passerby suddenly clenched his right hand into a fist and placed it against his left chest.

Afterward, the passerby disappeared from where he stood.

Not long after, everyone arrived at the tall and imposing city gate with hurried steps.

Xiaomai looked at the tightly closed gate, a hint of confusion in her eyes.

Then she looked around carefully and couldn't help but mutter to herself, "What's going on? How come there isn't a single person here?"

Feng Tao snorted coldly, "The city gate has been sealed shut."

"Xiaomai and Xiaoqin will stay below to support us; the rest of you come with me to the city walls."

Qin Xiaogan suddenly said, "Sister Tao, can I go to the city walls with you all?"

Feng Tao frowned.

Qin Xiaogan explained, "My physique is special. If we encounter any danger, I can help you all."

Feng Tao scolded, "No! It's too dangerous."

Old Deng advised from the side, "Sister Tao, just take Xiaoqin with you. If you get cornered by an Awakened, Xiaoqin can at least stall for time."

Feng Tao hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, but Gan Xiaoqin, this time you must follow orders and not run around randomly."

Qin Xiaogan made an exaggerated gesture and said with a grin, "Yes, ma'am!"

Feng Tao smiled helplessly, "You kid..."

Afterward, Feng Tao turned to instruct Xiaomai, "Xiaomai, once we rescue Xie Xiyun, you are to bombard behind us to hinder the enemy."

Xiaomai's expression was grave, her eyes filled with seriousness, and she replied solemnly, "Yes!"

After speaking, Feng Tao signaled for everyone to climb the city walls.

As soon as the group reached the top of the city walls, they cast their gaze downward.

They were instantly deeply shocked by the sea of refugees below.

There were hundreds of thousands of refugees, crowded together densely.

Some were sitting directly on the ground, their faces full of confusion and exhaustion; others were covering their faces and weeping, their sorrowful cries echoing in the air.

Still others were tightly hugging their recently deceased loved ones, their bodies trembling from extreme pain.

Others were completely numb, as if they had lost all vitality, their bodies seemingly tightly entwined by deathly energy.

Feng Tao gritted her teeth and said word by word, "Why don't you open the gate!"

The others also had heavy expressions, their countenances exceptionally grave.

"Captain, the most urgent priority is to find Team Leader Xie first."

Shi Dachun's shrill voice Awakened everyone.

Feng Tao nodded slightly in agreement.

Immediately after, circles of strange and mysterious lines gradually appeared around her.

【Thread Seeking】

Feng Tao searched eagerly and carefully through those lines.

Not long after, Feng Tao frowned tightly: "How can she not be here?"

Qin Xiaogan asked in confusion, "Sister Tao, what's not here?"

Feng Tao replied, "Xi Yun's thread is not here."

Old Deng said in shock, "How can that be! Could that guard have been lying to us?"

Feng Tao shook her head, "Not necessarily. Perhaps Young Master Li Qingfeng erased her soul traces."

Just as everyone was at a loss, a familiar voice rang out.

"Isn't this the crazy woman? What wind blew you here?"

Young Master Li Qingfeng, with Jiang Sheng, looked at everyone playfully.

Everyone's expression changed.

Feng Tao frowned and said, "Young Master Li Qingfeng! Where did you hide Xie Xiyun?"

Young Master Li Qingfeng looked stunned: "Hide? Are you here to seek justice for my fiancée?"

Feng Tao said angrily, "Do you know what you are doing? I have already notified Marquis Wuan, and you'll get what's coming to you."

Young Master Li Qingfeng snorted coldly, "You don't need to worry about our family affairs."

"I believe Uncle Xie will also understand me."

Feng Tao's eyes suddenly narrowed.

At the same time, around her, powerful mental energy surged crazily like a tide, as if a fierce beast about to be released, ready to strike.

Young Master Li Qingfeng sneered, "You still want to fight? Jiang Sheng..."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Jiang Sheng appeared behind Feng Tao with incredible speed.

Everyone just wanted to warn Feng Tao.

But they only saw her like a kite with a broken string, instantly blasted away by a powerful force.

Shi Dachun roared, his body rapidly growing larger, and his massive fist smashed toward Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng's scarred face twitched fiercely, looking exceptionally ferocious.

Immediately after, he gathered a bit of power in his right hand and then violently punched forward.

The powerful fist wind was like a sharp blade, carrying unparalleled destructive power, directly tearing open Shi Dachun's massive body. Scarlet blood gushed out like a fountain, a shocking scene.

"Bang..."

Shi Dachun fell heavily to the ground like a heavy boulder, making a dull sound.

"Shi Dachun!!!"

And Feng Tao, who had just struggled to climb up from the ground, had her eyes wide open, her eyeballs seemingly about to pop out, her face full of ferocity.

Anger burned in her eyes, as if it were about to turn into tangible flames and gush out.

Jiang Sheng's lips curled up, and he quickly arrived beside Feng Tao.

Feng Tao's hands were wrapped in extremely powerful mental energy, and she slashed fiercely toward Jiang Sheng.

【Thousand Kills】

Jiang Sheng's eyebrows suddenly arched, and immediately his right hand shot out like lightning, accurately and forcefully gripping Feng Tao's slender throat.

"Mm... mm..."

Feng Tao's face turned pale, and she made muffled sounds in her mouth.

Her eyes stared fixedly at Jiang Sheng, as if she wanted to carve him into her memory.

Jiang Sheng frowned slightly.

Immediately after, his figure flashed, and he grabbed Feng Tao and arrived beside Young Master Li Qingfeng.

"Feng Tao, you are the same as Xie Xiyun, ungrateful."

Young Master Li Qingfeng's hand gently stroked Feng Tao's delicate, silky-smooth face and slowly said, "Go and become a concoction together with those people down below who are like mice."

After speaking, Young Master Li Qingfeng signaled for Jiang Sheng to throw Feng Tao down.

Jiang Sheng violently threw Feng Tao off the city wall.

Feng Tao's body fell rapidly in the air, her eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.

The refugees at the bottom of the city wall saw this scene and let out bursts of exclamation.

Feng Tao's body was like a falling meteor, smashing heavily toward the ground.

"Boom!"

An extremely loud and dull sound of impact, like a great bell, was deafening.

"Crack!!"

Immediately following that came the crisp sound of bones breaking.

Feng Tao's body presented a twisted and wretched state.

Her limbs hung at an unnatural angle, as if she had lost all strength and support.

Her originally black and shiny hair had become messy like grass, with a few strands sticking to her pale and bloodless cheeks.

Her eyes were tightly closed, and her lips were trembling slightly.

Her whole person looked extremely miserable and fragile, as if she were a broken, exquisite doll, making people feel pity and unbearable to look at.

Old Deng was full of astonishment, his eyes wide open.

He stood there dazed, motionless, and his back had unknowingly been soaked with sweat.

Young Master Li Qingfeng's expression was calm as water; he scanned the two of them, and then his gaze firmly locked onto Qin Xiaogan.

Immediately after, he hooked his right hand slightly and slowly spat out a few words: "You, come here."

Qin Xiaogan's expression was "panicked."

His body seemed to be trembling slightly, and then he walked over cautiously.

Young Master Li Qingfeng said playfully, "Kid, I remember you."

"Want to live?"

Qin Xiaogan tilted his head: "How should I live?"

Young Master Li Qingfeng pointed straight at Old Deng and said in a cold tone, "Kill him for me."

And the moment Old Deng heard this, his body trembled violently involuntarily, and his face turned pale as paper.

He begged for mercy: "Young Master Li, please spare me! I will do anything, just don't kill me."

Young Master Li Qingfeng ignored Old Deng and looked at Qin Xiaogan with great interest.

A smile slowly appeared on Qin Xiaogan's face.

Just at this moment, a huge vibration suddenly came from below the city wall, a vibration that seemed as if it were about to shake the earth, making people's hearts tremble.

"Young Master Li! Young Master Li! It's done!"

"Young Master Li, the converter installation is complete."

A burly middle-aged investigator ran up to the city wall, panting.

Young Master Li Qingfeng's expression turned joyful, and he quickly said, "Activate it now!"

The middle-aged investigator hesitated, "Young Master Li, really... do we have to do this?"

Young Master Li Qingfeng frowned, then suddenly raised his foot and kicked the investigator hard in the leg.

"Stop the damn nonsense and activate it for me immediately!"

The investigator climbed up from the ground, just about to convey the order through the communicator.

Qin Xiaogan suddenly said, "Time is almost up."

Young Master Li Qingfeng said in surprise, "What are you talking about, kid?"

Qin Xiaogan looked at Young Master Li Qingfeng calmly.

Young Master Li Qingfeng forced a weird smile on his face: "Kid, you must be tired of living. Jiang Sheng!"

Jiang Sheng appeared in front of Qin Xiaogan like a ghost, his figure so fast that it was almost impossible to catch.

Immediately after, he quickly raised his fist, which was as hard as steel, carrying an extremely fierce momentum, and smashed it toward Qin Xiaogan like a violent storm.

"Bang!!!"

Jiang Sheng's fist shadow smashed directly onto Qin Xiaogan's chest.

In the blink of an eye, Qin Xiaogan was knocked off the city wall, like a withered leaf, drifting and falling downward without any power to resist.

【Congratulations to the host for completing one hundred and ninety-seven deaths】

【Advancement Points: 40%】

Young Master Li Qingfeng said disdainfully, "Trash."

Jiang Sheng wiped his fist, which was stained with a little blood, unhurriedly.

Young Master Li Qingfeng shouted at the dumbfounded investigator, "What are you still standing there for?"

The middle-aged investigator then woke up from a dream and quickly began to contact his team members.

Meanwhile, outside the city.

Qin Xiaogan deliberately landed in front of the heavily injured and dying Feng Tao.

In Feng Tao's eyes, which were originally as dead as a stagnant pool, were now filled with astonishment and disbelief.

Blood spilled from the corners of Qin Xiaogan's mouth; he opened his mouth and said with difficulty, "Sister... Tao, Team Leader Xie... Team Leader Xie, she..."

Feng Tao used all her strength to force herself to prop up her precarious body.

She asked hurriedly, "Xi Yun... what happened to her!?"

Qin Xiaogan suddenly spat out a mouthful of dark, dirty blood, and his whole body trembled violently involuntarily.

Feng Tao gasped for air, and shouted anxiously, "Xiaoqin! Xiaoqin!"

Watching the scarlet blood flowing continuously from Qin Xiaogan's mouth, endless raging anger instantly burned in Feng Tao's eyes.

Afterward, her hands tremblingly took out the Dragon Ring from her bosom.

【Flashback】

Suddenly, the originally clear sky began to drizzle without warning, and the fine raindrops fell down like cow hair.

Just in this fine rain like light gauze, a blurry figure gradually emerged little by little from the depths of the rain curtain.

Soon, the figure appeared in front of Feng Tao.

Qin Xiaogan looked up.

This person wore a jade crown, was dressed in a dark purple brocade robe, had a wide fox-tail belt tied around his waist, and wore a pair of shiny black deer-skin boots on his feet.

This attire all indicated that this person's status was noble.

Feng Tao looked up at this tall figure and said hoarsely, "Your servant Feng Tao, greets Marquis Wuan!"

Marquis Wuan looked at Feng Tao's miserable appearance and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Afterward, he flicked his right hand gently.

The falling rain around Marquis Wuan all merged into Feng Tao's body.

Feng Tao's injuries actually recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Mmm~"

The feeling of comfort surging through her body like a tide strongly impacted Feng Tao's nerves, and she couldn't help but let out a moan.