Liu Lei gasped for air, the recent pain had made him feel like death was preferable, and he still felt lingering fear just thinking about it, unwilling to experience it again!
"Wu Qiang, I thought a strong cultivator at the Lingwu Realm should have some dignity, but who knew he would be such a despicable and shameless scoundrel!" The mere thought of that person made Liu Lei grit his teeth in hatred.
If not for today's coercion, he would have truly wanted to retaliate against Yang Feilong. But the outcome of such retaliation would surely be a significant loss for his side, as the information was lopsided, and he had far underestimated Yang Feilong.
Even now, the thought of Yang Feilong's cultivation possibly being at the peak of the Lingwu Realm filled Liu Lei with a sense of absurdity.
It was because of the other party's young age!
"What should I do? What in the world should I do?" Liu Lei gritted his teeth. He was different from Wu Qiang; the latter harbored a deep-seated hatred for Yang Feilong. While Liu Lei also had a grievance, it wasn't as profound, merely a dispute over a potential girlfriend. He had backed down when facing Wu Lang before, and now he couldn't contend with Yang Feilong, so he also wanted to retreat.
If he hadn't been poisoned, he would have abandoned everything without hesitation. As for losing face today, so be it; he hadn't been in such a situation before. Compared to losing his life, it was nothing.
Li Feng thought Liu Lei was brainless, but in reality, it wasn't that Liu Lei lacked sense; he was just not as intelligent.
"It seems I can only seek help from Yang Feilong! Yang Feilong could even resolve the poison that afflicted Elder Li's grandfather; the poison on me might be insignificant to him! But why would he help me? Should I sell him the intelligence about Wu Qiang?" Liu Lei muttered to himself, pondering. "This won't do. If he gets this intelligence, what if he doesn't detoxify me?"
The thought gave Liu Lei a headache. Agreeing to Wu Qiang's demands would also be difficult, though not impossible. After all, he was the sole legitimate heir of his family. As long as he pleaded, his grandfather would surely help him!
But, as he had worried earlier, if he failed to kill Yang Feilong, he would have planted a disaster for his family, a disaster that could lead to total annihilation!
"It seems I have no choice but to humble myself before Yang Feilong, and offer a reward he cannot refuse!" Liu Lei recalled how he had previously harbored a burning hatred for Yang Feilong, and now he had to capitulate. He felt his face flush with shame and immense frustration.
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Li Family.
A courtyard, this was a room for hosting distinguished guests. Yang Feilong was staying here. The night was already very deep.
But at this moment, the courtyard gate was knocked.
Yang Feilong's brow twitched. He extended his divine sense and saw that the person standing outside the courtyard gate was Li Yufei.
He walked out of the house, opened the courtyard gate, and smiled, "Looking at you, it seems something is up?"
"Liu Lei called me!" Li Yufei said to Yang Feilong, her voice serious.
"He called you? It seems he's still not giving up!" Yang Feilong chuckled. "Are you perhaps worried about my safety? Didn't you witness my strength today? What are you still worried about?"
Hearing Yang Feilong's words, Li Yufei looked at him with a peculiar expression and said, "You've guessed wrong. He's not persistent in his pursuit; he wants to surrender to you."
"Surrender to me?" Yang Feilong blinked. "That doesn't sound like his style. I thought he wanted to kill me!"
Alright, at first, Liu Lei did have that thought, but later, the course of events changed, and he altered his plan.
"He asked you to call him back!" Li Yufei said. "It seems he wants to discuss a deal with you."
"More capitulation, and now a deal? What is he trying to do?" Yang Feilong frowned.
"You can find out by calling him. He didn't tell me, though. But judging by his tone, he seems to have run into trouble, and only you can solve it!" Li Yufei said.
"Then I'll ask!" Yang Feilong pondered, unable to figure out the nature of the deal he wanted to make. He took Li Yufei's phone.
"His number is at the top of the call history. He must have gotten my number from my brother!" Li Yufei explained deliberately.
"I trust you!" Yang Feilong gave Li Yufei a meaningful smile.
Seeing Yang Feilong's gaze, Li Yufei's face flushed slightly.
Then, he dialed Liu Lei's number. Without avoiding Li Yufei, through a brief conversation, Yang Feilong learned about Liu Lei's situation.
"You're saying someone poisoned you and threatened you, making your grandfather and him join forces to ambush me?" Yang Feilong's eyes narrowed slightly upon hearing this.
Li Yufei, eavesdropping, turned pale at this point.
Someone wanted to kill Yang Feilong?
Although Yang Feilong was powerful and could defeat her grandfather, her grandfather wasn't invincible. There were many people stronger than him. As for Elder Liu, while he might be weaker than her grandfather and not necessarily Yang Feilong's match, what if there were two such experts? If some slightly weaker helpers were also deployed, Yang Feilong could truly be in mortal danger!
The ambush was clearly aimed at Yang Feilong. How could she not worry?
Especially considering this had originated because of her, she worried even more.
"You're saying that person believes my cultivation has reached the peak of the Lingwu Realm?" Yang Feilong couldn't help but gasp upon hearing this. Those who knew his cultivation was this strong were probably only the Lin family of Qinglan City.
It was because the four Lingwu Realm experts sent by the Lin family, including one at the peak of the Lingwu Realm, had all fallen. It was understandable that they believed he possessed at least the strength of the peak Lingwu Realm!
Yang Feilong wasn't afraid of the Lin family because he was alone. Although the Lin family had high-end combat power that could threaten his life, he was unafraid of cultivators in the Yuanwu Realm even when going all out. However, he worried that the Lin family might vent their anger on Li Yufei's family. Li Yufei's family couldn't contend with the Wu family, let alone the even more formidable Lin family!
"This Lin family, it seems I need to teach them a lesson at some point. Otherwise, even if they don't take it out on the Li family, what if they investigate my situation and then target those close to me?" The thought sparked a killing intent within Yang Feilong.
But at this moment, fearing that Yang Feilong wouldn't trust him, Liu Lei revealed his trump card: "To be honest, the person who poisoned me is Wu Qiang from the Wu family!"
"Wu Qiang from the Wu family?" Yang Feilong was quite surprised to hear this.
Liu Lei continued, "You might not know the Wu family. Let me tell you, although the Wu family isn't the absolute top family in Qinglan City, they are among the second tier. However, the Wu family was annihilated, and almost all their members were killed. But there was someone named Wu Qiang who happened to be out of Qinglan City at the time and luckily escaped. Wu Qiang is the younger brother of the Wu family patriarch. He's forty-three years old, relatively young, but his cultivation has reached the peak of the Lingwu Realm. He is the second strongest expert of the Wu family!"
Actually, Yang Feilong was already quite familiar with Wu Qiang, as Han Yun had specifically educated him on Wu Qiang's details at the time.