Martial King's Retired Life

It was fleeting, but Ming Feizhen sensed someone spying on them just before; however, he didn’t find the person hiding in the shadow when he landed on a building far from Dongpo. The presence he picked up on was barely noticeable, but it seemed as though the individual didn’t try to deliberately conceal their appearance. Instead, their presence just seemed to be that faint. Nobody on the radar resembled that presence, though. Suddenly, Ming Feizhen looked up to the peak of a tree to spot a silhouette rise from it.

Black crows…

The individual tied a thread to the feet of several alerted birds in order to bounce up. Every time Ming Feizhen landed after a jump, he noticed the distance between them increased over a dozen metres. The last place he landed was a residential zone one kilometre from Dongpo.

As soon as he pushed the door open, Ming Feizhen reached in and aimed a palm strike at the individual’s shoulder. Smiling, he asked, “Did you enjoy peeking, brother?”

Nobody else would’ve smiled if they saw the individual inside, considering his height and muscular build, not to mention the violence he oozed from behind his mask. His mask was just a plain iron mask that wouldn’t even have scared a kid, but it gave off the vibe of a metal helmet of a deadly warrior on him. Despite not doing anything in particular, he was able to emanate violence, the type that would’ve crushed the building with a single wave of his hand. Perhaps he was too large for the building.

He unleashed a palm strike at Ming Feizhen, which Ming Feizhen met with his own. No colourful energy blasts or the sort were generated, yet the shockwave destroyed the building.

Ming Feizhen was surprised the individual was able to produce that amount of force instantaneously without looking as if he was even trying. In contrast, Ming Feizhen went backwards notwithstanding the momentum he had from entering the building.

Ever since leaving the bamboo forest, Ming Feizhen’s biggest challenges were Pangu and Mr. An, but not even Mr. An seemed to have internal energy more potent than the foe before him. Ignoring the unique ability to control birds, Ming Feizhen never imagined he’d encounter an adept of this level in the capital.

Even though Ming Feizhen’s strike sent the unperturbed man through multiple buildings, Ming Feizhen saw nothing to celebrate about. Instead, he felt apprehensive.

Considering the man’s level, he shouldn’t have been sent reeling. The man simply used Ming Feizhen’s strike as leverage to launch himself away and had no qualms wrecking the buildings in order to have the initiative if Ming Feizhen chased him down. Indeed, he managed to make Ming Feizhen hesitant for a second.

Ming Feizhen pulled his hood down lower and then gave pursued the man, but he was unable to cut the latter off. The man was capable enough to hold his own against Ming Feizhen in a fair fight, so he had no reason to flee unless engaging Ming Feizhen wasn’t part of the plan. Ming Feizhen chose to not hold back. Therefore, if it was an intelligence-gathering contest, Ming Feizhen already gave up his advantage.

Though his qingong ability was inferior to Ming Feizhen’s, he was unpredictable since he had no qualms ploughing through structures to flee. Still, that wasn’t an issue as long as Ming Feizhen boosted his auditory system. The problem was that the mayhem prompted the covert Emperor’s Entourage agents in the capital to mobilise. Although Ming Feizhen and Feng Jiutian’s matter could’ve been hidden from the agents, it was impossible to hide the mayhem the man caused. In turn, they would’ve found out Ming Feizhen was at Dongpo. They might not have spotted him exit Dongpo, but it was no self-evident that he managed to stealthily evade their surveillance. To make matters more complicated, they would undoubtedly launch an in-depth investigation into what prompted the fiasco. If Ming Feizhen caught up to the man and engaged him, it would’ve only been a matter of time before Ye Yun made an appearance.

While Ming Feizhen was contemplating how to deal with the dilemma, the man continued fleeing. Fortunately, Ming Feizhen had managed to prove two things. Firstly, Feng Clan didn’t have the means to create a mutant. Secondly, they wouldn’t have dared to hire Valley of Villains. Unfortunately, that rendered the link between Feng Clan and the two matters blurry. Not only was Feng Clan involved with something, but it also cost them the phoenix roar that they had just managed to reacquire.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Some incredibly capable group was rigging strings behind the scenes to incite one major event after another, but they never showed themselves or left any traces pointing to them. Ming Feizhen suspected that whoever managed to keep a pulse on Feng Jiutian for three long years had to be part of said group. It was a surprise to run into one of the masterminds, though.

It was certain that he hadn’t been constantly keeping tabs on Feng Jiutian, which meant that he was given the task more recently in order to see what the rich young master was up to. Of course, they might have been planning to just give Feng Clan a “pleasant” surprise, such as sending them the corpse of their successor, as a warning to not cross a boundary. Most likely, they didn’t expect to run into Ming Feizhen just as he didn’t expect to run into them.

All in all, nevertheless, Ming Feizhen was glad that nothing bad had happened so far. If Emperor’s Entourage found Elise at Dongpo, too, he would have had an even tougher time trying to justify himself. All he could conclude at this point was that the bugger was more conniving than he had seen thus far.

Ming Feizhen rushed back to Dongpo before Emperor’s Entourage’s agents arrived, picked Elise up onto his shoulder in spite of her displeasure and left a crow with Feng Jiutian.

“Clean this place up already. People are coming. If they ask about me, cover for me. By the way, if the bird dies, I’ll take your lives. Both of you,” Ming Feizhen threatened.

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