The incident occurred at Tianyi Pavilion.
Feng Tingliu led Yu Chi Feng there. When passing the outer courtyard, he also brought along Qin Qizhao who was practicing martial arts.
Tianyi Pavilion is very close to the Feng Mansion. As soon as they left the Feng Mansion, they saw a crowd of onlookers gathered at the entrance of Tianyi Pavilion.
"What happened?"
"The city lord is here." "Greetings, City Lord!"
When Feng Tingliu reached the outer edge of the crowd and casually said a word, the crowd automatically parted and bowed their heads to greet him.
Only then did Feng Tingliu see a man who was tied up and kneeling at the entrance of Tianyi Pavilion.
The man had obviously been beaten up. At the moment, his face was swollen and bruised, looking extremely disheveled.
And Xie Zicun and Xia Yi were standing on either side of him, preventing him from escaping.
Xie Zicun looked extremely sullen, like a spoiled purple eggplant.
"Brother Feng is here!" Seeing Feng Tingliu, Xia Yi hurriedly trotted over. "Brother Feng! I caught a rat! He was sneaking around in Tianyi Pavilion. I don't know what he was looking for!"
Xia Yi puffed out his chest proudly, as if waiting for Feng Tingliu to praise him.
But Feng Tingliu ignored him and walked straight past.
Xia Yi wasn't annoyed. Instead, he glanced and saw Qin Qizhao behind Feng Tingliu.
Qin Qizhao was thinking about what Xia Yi had just said. If, as Xia Yi said, the man was looking for the secrets of Liudu City in Tianyi Pavilion, then his purpose might be the same as Qin Qimu's.
Xia Yi, seeing his contemplative look, suddenly became curious and bounced over to ask:
"I haven't seen you! Who are you! Why are you following Brother Feng? Are you from the Feng Mansion?"
Xia Yi's series of questions confused Qin Qizhao. Looking at Xia Yi, who was a bit shorter than him, he thought Xia Yi was even younger than him.
Qin Qizhao asked in confusion, "Doesn't Liudu City not accept children?"
As soon as Xia Yi heard this, he got angry and rolled up the sleeves of his Taoist robe, ready to fight. "Alright! How dare you say I'm a child! I'll show you how powerful I am today, Taoist Priest!"
Just then, Yu Chi Feng passed by and walked between the two, separating them.
Yu Chi Feng glanced at them and suddenly felt that when the two were arguing, it was like two puppies fighting.
Yu Chi Feng didn't bother with them and stood behind Feng Tingliu.
"What's going on?" Feng Tingliu asked Xie Zicun.
"It's just as Xia Yi said. I found him acting suspiciously, so I asked what he was looking for. He couldn't answer and tried to run, but he was caught by Xia Yi who happened to pass by." Xie Zicun shrugged, glanced at Qin Qizhao beside him, sighed, and continued:
"You took away two of my men, and now this happened. Why am I always the one getting hurt?"
Feng Tingliu ignored Xie Zicun's complaint and turned to look at the man who was trembling and kneeling on the ground.
His crimson eyes narrowed slightly, carrying a terrifying chill as he looked down on the man.
"Tell me, what were you looking for?"
Upon hearing this, the man trembled all over, and the hair on his body stood on end. Even though Feng Tingliu didn't draw his blade, he could feel the murderous chill at his neck.
"I... I wasn't looking for anything. I just wanted to read some books..."
"Why would you need to be sneaky to read books?!" Xie Zicun scolded, as if venting all his resentment on him, and kicked him hard.
"Ouch!" The man wailed, lost his balance and fell to the ground. "I, I really didn't!"
Feng Tingliu was too lazy to talk to him. He raised his hand and beckoned to Xia Yi, saying coldly:
"Search."
"Okay!"
Xia Yi said something to the people beside him, then jumped forward, grabbed the man's clothes and searched. He almost stripped the man's inner clothing. No matter how the man dodged, he couldn't escape Xia Yi's hands.
In the end, Xia Yi found a piece of paper on him. The paper was torn from a certain book, and it depicted a map from Beiji City in the south to the territory of the Evil Cult in the north.
This map is not rare. Although the location of Liudu City is marked on it, there are no detailed buildings and distributions, and the same is true for the territory of the Evil Cult.
However, there are several marks made with red ink on this map.
"Brother Feng, look at these marks." Xia Yi unfolded the map and showed it to Feng Tingliu.
Feng Tingliu glanced at it and sneered.
Those marks were precisely the locations where the people of Liudu City patrolled and defended. Anyone in Liudu City could remember these locations with a little effort.
At the same time, a group of people squeezed in from the outer edge of the crowd. They had just been sent by Xia Yi to search the man's residence and also had some findings.
There was a detailed map of Liudu City in the man's house, but only half of it was drawn, with the locations of the Feng Mansion and Jianya Pool missing.
It seemed that he wanted to take a chance and see if there were relevant materials in Tianyi Pavilion.
"Well, who asked you to do this?" Feng Tingliu threw the map in his hand onto the man's face, making a crisp sound.
Seeing the conclusive evidence, the man could no longer deny and trembled with fear. He quickly twisted his bound body and crawled to Feng Tingliu's feet, shouting in terror:
"City Lord! I was momentarily possessed! Please spare me, City Lord! Spare me!"
Seeing that the man was about to touch Feng Tingliu, Yu Chi Feng hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed the rope that bound him, and pulled him away.
"Heh, momentarily possessed?" Feng Tingliu sneered and kicked out, hitting him right in the back of the head, surprising both him and Yu Chi Feng.
The man screamed in pain, rolled twice on the ground, and tears and snot flowed freely.
"Xia Yi."
Feng Tingliu called out, and Xia Yi immediately rushed over like a happy and unleashed puppy.
Xia Yi stepped on the man's head and pressed hard, with one hand on his thigh, looking down at the man's painful expression. He grinned like a little devil from hell.
"Speak the truth! If you tell the truth, I'll give you a quick death!"
"I don't know! I don't know who he is! He covered his face. He just said that if I could get the information of Liudu City, I could get money!"
"Brother Feng, he said he doesn't know." Xia Yi looked up at Feng Tingliu.
"Don't know? Then drag him down and beat him until he knows."
The man was dragged away by several people towards the direction of the dungeon. His legs kicked wildly, and he kept shouting for mercy, but no one paid attention to him.
"It seems that they are in a hurry to do something." Feng Tingliu frowned and crossed his arms, looking at the scattered map on the ground.
"Could it be the same people as before?" Yu Chi Feng walked forward and asked in a low voice.
"Well. Maybe." Feng Tingliu snorted coldly, turned around and was about to leave.
Seeing Feng Tingliu leave, the onlookers also dispersed.
Qin Qizhao stood in place for a while, then quickly ran towards Feng Tingliu.
"City Lord!"
Hearing Qin Qizhao's shout, Feng Tingliu stopped and turned around.
"What is it?"
"It's still the previous request. Please let me..."
"Wait."
Feng Tingliu interrupted him, glanced around, saw that there was no one else, and then spoke again: "Let's talk back at the Feng Mansion."
-
Yu Chi Feng placed a bowl of iced sweet soup by Feng Tingliu's hand. There were crushed ice floating in the bowl, which dispelled the summer heat.
Feng Tingliu picked up the porcelain bowl and drank it in one gulp. The cold water drove away the anger and restlessness that remained earlier.
Then, he looked at Qin Qizhao, who was standing in front of him with his head bowed, put down the porcelain bowl, and said coldly:
"I know what you want to say, and my answer is still the same. I don't allow it."
"But! The same thing has happened again! Only by letting me contact them can I know what they really want to do!" Qin Qizhao's tone was somewhat urgent. He rarely spoke so many words so excitedly that he became somewhat incoherent at the end.
Feng Tingliu remained silent, picked up the porcelain bowl and took another sip.
Although Yu Chi Feng had not heard the previous conversation, he could tell Qin Qizhao's intention from the words.
Yu Chi Feng was somewhat surprised. He thought that Feng Tingliu would do anything to achieve his goals, not only doing things himself but also including putting his subordinates in danger.
But now Feng Tingliu refused so firmly.
Feng Tingliu closed his eyes, leaned back in the chair, and after a while, he said slowly:
"I know what you are thinking. If it weren't you, Qin Qizhao, but someone else saying these words, I naturally wouldn't refuse. But you, Qin Qizhao, without martial arts to protect yourself, what qualifications do you have to act alone?"
Feng Tingliu's voice was cold, his tone was stern, and he was extremely serious.
He suddenly opened his eyes, and his crimson eyes were full of majesty. He spoke again:
"My subordinates should indeed risk their lives for me, but not for you to go and die in vain."
Qin Qizhao widened his eyes and looked directly at Feng Tingliu's eyes, and suddenly understood everything.
The man in front of him was indeed ruthless, but to be able to build Liudu City and make the people of Liudu City submit to him, such charisma was naturally indispensable.
"If I have the ability, you will agree, right?" Qin Qizhao did not give up and asked persistently.
"Yes." Feng Tingliu curved his lips in satisfaction with his question. "As long as you can withstand three moves from Yu Chi Feng, you will be qualified. How about it?"
Yu Chi Feng looked at them in confusion, not understanding why the focus was on him.
Qin Qizhao's eyes became more determined and he looked at Yu Chi Feng. "Just three moves?"
"Yes. Well, do you want to try now?" Feng Tingliu raised his eyebrows and said.
Yu Chi Feng was still confused, but Qin Qizhao nodded firmly.
-
At Jianya Pool, on the arena.
This time, Feng Tingliu sat on the chair that belonged exclusively to him beside the arena.
When the people of Jianya Pool saw Feng Tingliu arrive, they even set up an umbrella to shield him from the sun. Someone even poured tea and placed it by Feng Tingliu's hand.
But Feng Tingliu focused solely on the two people on the arena.
Yu Chi Feng and Qin Qizhao stood facing each other, both holding an unsharpened iron sword.
Yu Chi Feng tossed the sword in his hand and felt that it wasLight and not very handy.
But for Qin Qizhao on the opposite side, this was the first time he had held a sword. Even how to hold the sword made him struggle for a long time.
"You attack first." Yu Chi Feng held the sword and beckoned to Qin Qizhao.
Qin Qizhao held the sword with both hands, gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, raised the long sword and charged towards Yu Chi Feng.
"Yahh!"
Qin Qizhao's steps were heavy, and his moves were completely unstructured. He actually slashed directly at Yu Chi Feng's front.
Yu Chi Feng simply raised his long sword to block, and with a buzzing sound, he easily blocked Qin Qizhao.
Qin Qizhao's tiger's mouth was numbed by the force of the sword clash, but he held the sword even tighter and did not back down. He swept the long sword horizontally.
But even so, Yu Chi Feng could still easily parry.
Qin Qizhao's forehead was sweating. He didn't expect Yu Chi Feng's martial arts to be so powerful, or rather, he overestimated himself.
"It's my turn to attack."
Yu Chi Feng's long sword wrapped around Qin Qizhao's sword. With a strong swing, Qin Qizhao's sword actually flew out of his hand and landed on the ground.
Qin Qizhao was stunned in place. His hand that held the sword was shaking from the shock, and his palm was red.
Yu Chi Feng sighed in his heart. He didn't want the young man in front of him to lose too easily, for fear of damaging his self-confidence.
But Feng Tingliu was right. In the martial arts world, without martial arts to rely on, just relying on unstructured charging, it is seeking death.
Yu Chi Feng patted Qin Qizhao on the shoulder. "The city lord is right. You need to learn martial arts first before working for him."
Qin Qizhao lowered his head, bit his lower lip, and after a while, he suddenly looked up. His wolf cub-like eyes were even brighter than before.
"I understand. I will study hard and be able to withstand your three moves soon!"
Yu Chi Feng, seeing this, suddenly laughed. "Okay, I'll wait."
"Compared to you, I will definitely do more for the city lord!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Chi Feng was stunned and gave Qin Qizhao a hard pat on the back.
"Stupid kid, don't talk nonsense."
Why, would he do the same thing as himself and then also be kicked out of bed by Feng Tingliu?
Impossible!