Free Web NovelChapter 517: Chapter 514: Exposed
"This has nothing to do with you. You don’t need to apologize to me," Mo Qi said with a smile, looking at Gu Peng’s guilt-ridden face.
Seeing this, Gu Peng didn’t feel any better. In fact, an even heavier weight settled on his heart.
At that moment, He Jincheng’s appearance and furious roar drew everyone’s attention to Gu Peng.
Thus, Gu Peng’s location was exposed, right under He Jincheng’s nose.
"Die!"
He Jincheng took a single step, crossing several hundred meters in an instant. He appeared before Gu Peng, his hand reaching out to seize him.
Gu Peng only had a Vajra Realm Cultivation. How could he possibly block an attack from He Jincheng? The sheer pressure radiating from the man was enough to render Gu Peng immobile.
’It’s over!’
Just as Gu Peng despaired, a figure stepped in front of him. It was Mo Qi!
"Get lost!" Though Mo Qi moved second, he struck first, sending a kick flying toward He Jincheng.
He Jincheng was startled, but when he got a clear look at Mo Qi’s cultivation, he sneered with contempt. "A puny Vajra Realm cultivator. You’re courting death!"
He didn’t even bother to change his attack, ignoring Mo Qi and aiming straight for his head.
A person’s cultivation and power could be sealed, but the strength of their physical body could not.
So, although He Jincheng had suppressed his cultivation to the Peak of the Void Realm, his physical body still possessed the strength of an Immortal Body. He had absolutely no fear of Mo Qi’s attack.
Just when he thought he could annihilate Mo Qi with overwhelming force, Mo Qi’s leg suddenly shot upward with lightning speed, kicking him right in the face.
Meanwhile, his own fist was still some distance away from Mo Qi.
By the time He Jincheng realized what was happening, it was too late.
BAM!
With a dull thud, as the crowd watched with their jaws agape, He Jincheng was sent flying like a kite with a snapped string. He smashed through several large boulders before crashing heavily to the ground.
"Legs are longer than arms. You don’t even understand a simple principle like that, and you still have the nerve to fight?" Mo Qi sneered.
He Jincheng wasn’t injured. With Mo Qi’s current cultivation, he couldn’t harm an Immortal Body in the slightest, even if he went all out—not without the help of his Obsidian Kitchen Knife. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
"How dare you be so audacious!" He Jincheng scrambled to his feet, his rage boiling over.
Mo Qi’s attack hadn’t been strong enough to even cause him pain, but he—the revered Patriarch of the He Family, an Immortal Level expert—had just been sent flying by a mere Vajra Realm whelp.
What an utter humiliation!
Especially with the clear imprint of a shoe sole now decorating his face.
"I’ll kill you!"
He Jincheng moved to attack again, only to find that the onlookers had now stepped forward, blocking his path.
"Patriarch He, trying to kill someone over a simple disagreement... that’s not a good look," Dai Zhen said, leading the members of Tiejiang Fort to the front.
Although He Jincheng was furious, he was a Patriarch, after all.
The current situation was beyond his expectations, forcing him to calm down quickly.
"And who are you?" He Jincheng asked, suppressing his anger as he realized things were not so simple.
"Me? I’m Dai Zhen, the Young Master of Tiejiang Fort."
He Jincheng paused. Tiejiang Fort wasn’t part of Yunfeng City, but it was a powerful faction, much stronger than his He Family.
"Young Dai Zhen, the He Family and Tiejiang Fort have no quarrel with each other. Why are you obstructing me?" Given Dai Zhen’s status, He Jincheng couldn’t just attack him.
Dai Zhen gestured toward Mo Qi and Gu Peng with a smile. "It’s not me who wants to stop you. It’s that none of us here will allow you to harm them."
He Jincheng frowned. He now realized that it wasn’t just the people from Tiejiang Fort blocking his path, but also many familiar faces from Yunfeng City—all of them heirs to prominent families.
’Could he have some extraordinary background?’ He Jincheng wondered, his gaze falling on Mo Qi.
Mo Qi was currently disguised as Qian Duoduo, so He Jincheng didn’t recognize that he was, in fact, the very target of his trip.
"Can you tell me why?" He Jincheng asked, taking a deep breath.
"There’s no harm in telling you. He’s our savior—he saved all of us!" Dai Zhen didn’t hide the truth.
’Savior?’
He Jincheng instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
’As long as he doesn’t have a special background, as long as he isn’t someone the He Family can’t afford to offend, then nothing will stop me from finding the killer!’
’Besides, the ownership of the Desperate Mountain Range and the Earth-Level Fire Seed of Void Spirit Flame are also at stake.’
After weighing his options, He Jincheng made a decision.
"I can overlook this man’s offense." He glanced at Mo Qi, then pointed at Gu Peng. "But *he* must come with us!"
Dai Zhen was about to say something when He Jincheng cut him off. "My son, He Jinbo, was murdered, and Gu Peng is a witness. Young Dai Zhen, I’ve already given Tiejiang Fort face by not going after your savior. Don’t push your luck!"
Dai Zhen and everyone else fell silent.
After all, He Jincheng was an Immortal. Even with his cultivation suppressed, his combat prowess was still leagues beyond theirs.
If they provoked him, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Besides, their debt of gratitude was to Mo Qi; it had nothing to do with Gu Peng.
They were unwilling to offend He Jincheng—a man grieving the loss of his son and who could snap at any moment—all for Gu Peng’s sake.
Meanwhile, not far away, Qin Hai learned a shocking piece of news from Qin Xueyun.
"Are you certain this man is the one with a bounty on his head from the Master of the Doomed Mountain Range?" Qin Hai asked via voice transmission.
His tone was filled with skepticism, because Mo Qi’s current appearance and aura were completely different from those of the person described in the bounty.
Qin Xueyun replied, "Patriarch, I cannot be certain. However, the pig and the chicken with him are definitely the bounty target’s followers. Of that, I am sure."
"Furthermore, he appeared with Gu Peng, so I speculate there’s a ninety percent chance he is the one we’re looking for!"
Qin Hai smiled. "Excellent. As expected of the man wanted by the Master of the Doomed Mountain Range. His disguise is so good that even I can’t see through it!"
Qin Hai had no intention of telling He Jincheng about this. It was always more satisfying to keep a prize for oneself.
Just then, however, more experts began arriving from all directions.
"He Jincheng, since when do you have the right to boss around a member of my Gu Family?" a slightly stout old man said, appearing beside Gu Peng.
Overjoyed, Gu Peng knelt before the old man. "Gu Peng greets the Patriarch."
The old man merely gave a slight nod and paid Gu Peng no further mind.
He Jincheng looked at the old man. "Gu Weitian, my son is dead, and Gu Peng is a witness. You..."
"Enough, enough." The old man waved his hand impatiently. "Stop putting on an act in front of me. You think I don’t know what you’re really scheming?"
"Avenging your son is just a pretext. You’re really here to find the person with the bounty, aren’t you!"
The corner of He Jincheng’s eye twitched almost imperceptibly. Though his mind was in turmoil, his expression remained perfectly calm.
"I don’t know what you’re talking about."
The old man burst into laughter. "Hahaha! He Jincheng, oh, He Jincheng, you probably don’t know, do you? The news has already spread throughout the Desperate Mountain Range! Your son was killed by the person with the bounty on his head. Both Gu Peng and Qin Xueyun were eyewitnesses, and Gu Peng was taken hostage to act as a guide!"
