Free Web NovelChapter 429: Chapter 429: Offer
To be honest, their mission was not to stay here but to reach the capital and investigate the plague.
Seeing their hesitation, General Zhang glanced at Li Feng with a meaningful smile.
"Our honored guests from the Azure Moon Sect deserve proper hospitality. It would be rude of this old man to make you leave without at least sharing a cup of wine. And while we eat and drink, I will have my subordinates carry out a thorough investigation into this incident."
Even after hearing this, Li Feng still hesitated for a moment.
After all, he didn’t really care about the plague itself as his main goal was to find Fen Ziyan and rush to the capital as quickly as possible.
He had already done more than enough by spending the entire day helping stabilize the fortress.
But just as he was about to refuse, he suddenly paused, as if hearing something.
Then he changed his mind.
He looked at General Zhang and nodded.
"If the General insists, then we won’t refuse. A little wine after battle sounds good."
Hearing this, General Zhang Kuo laughed loudly, his white beard shaking.
"Good! Very good! I’ll have my men prepare the main hall right away. Nothing fancy, but the wine will be strong and the meat roasted fresh! Consider it this old man’s personal thanks."
He turned and began giving orders to the nearby servant, his voice booming with renewed energy despite his injuries.
Li Feng glanced at Lan Suyao and Yue Lan with a calm smile.
"You two go ahead. I have somewhere to go for a bit."
Lan Suyao narrowed her eyes, clearly sensing something, but she simply scoffed.
"Is that so? Make sure to hurry up."
She then walked toward a nearby female servant and asked her something.
Meanwhile, Yue Lan simply looked at him with her golden eyes, a soft understanding smile hidden beneath her veil.
She gave a small nod.
"Be careful," she said gently.
Li Feng chuckled lightly.
"I’ll be back soon. Save some good wine for me."
With that, he turned and disappeared in a streak of light, flying out through the broken wall into the night.
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After seeing the two envoys being guided by a female servant toward the guest rooms, General Zhang Kuo’s eyes flickered with clear intention as he stared in the direction where Li Feng had disappeared.
Beside him stood a mature and beautiful woman dressed in luxurious robes.
He leaned closer and spoke to her in a low voice, continuing their conversation about Li Feng.
"So... what do you think? Is our daughter free these days?"
His wife raised an elegant eyebrow, immediately understanding the meaning behind his words.
"You’re thinking of matchmaking again?" she asked, her voice carrying a hint of amusement. "That young man is indeed extraordinary. Already a Middle-stage Foundation Establishment at such a young age, and the way he casually killed a silver-class assassin with one punch... even I was shocked when I heard it from you. If our daughter could marry someone like him, it would be a great fortune for our Zhang family."
General Zhang Kuo stroked his white beard, nodding slowly with a satisfied gleam in his eyes.
"Exactly, that boy is no ordinary genius. He has the backing of the Azure Moon Sect, immense personal strength, and a calm, decisive, and righteous temperament. If we can tie our family to him... our future would be secure for generations. Even if we can’t get him as a son-in-law, just having his child with our family’s bloodline would be worth it. That kind of talent and potential is rare."
Madam Zhang covered her mouth and laughed softly.
"Forget about that. With that girl’s fiery temper, she never wants to be under any man."
General Zhang Kuo sighed when he heard this.
He was already so old, and most of his children had their own families... except for his youngest daughter.
Just as he was lamenting the fate of being a worrywart father, a cold, clear voice suddenly sounded from beside him.
"By the way, I heard that you actually fell into a honey trap set by those assassins?... Would you mind explaining about that?"
General Zhang Kuo froze as cold sweat appear on his temple.
He slowly turned and saw his wife’s chilling expression as she stared up at him.
"Cough... cough... That... that was just a minor mistake in judgment. I... I let my guard down for a moment. It won’t happen again!"
Zhang Kuo truly was a loyal man as he had only taken a single wife despite his status and strength, and Madam Zhang knew it too after being with him for so many decades.
Which made her even more puzzled about how such a man could fall for a honey trap straight out of a book.
So after interrogating Zhang Kuo a bit more, Madam Zhang finally realized how this old coot had fallen.
"You old pervert! Do you think that I would even do such a slutty thing!?"
"Ah! Wife, please calm down your anger!"
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Outside the fortress, deep in the forest...
Li Feng landed silently in a small clearing where the trees had been devastated by the earlier battle.
He looked around and called out, ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
"Shadow! Come out!"
He had sensed its call earlier and rushed here.
Li Feng wasn’t sure why it didn’t just come straight to him and instead made him come all this way.
Soon, from behind a large tree, a tall shadowy figure peeked out.
The white skull mask appeared first, its slit eye sockets looking at Li Feng with a mix of caution and subtle excitement.
It looked like a child who had done something slightly naughty and was checking if its parent was angry.
Li Feng couldn’t help but smile faintly at the sight.
"Come here," he said, his voice gentler. "It’s okay. You did well. So why did you want me to come here?"
Shadow hesitated for a brief moment before stepping out fully.
Its tall, hunched figure moved with eerie silence as it approached Li Feng.
And Li Feng finally saw it.
Shadow was currently carrying a... woman?
"~~"
Li Feng gave a confused look as Shadow knelt down and offered the woman in its hands toward him like some sort of sacrifice.
"???"
