Chapter 216: I Hope You Know What You're Doing

Things like spear intent, sword intent, blade intent — they sound mysterious, and in truth, they really are mysterious.

Once the intent realm reaches minor completion, it grants the effect of seizing the initiative against an opponent; when spear intent reaches major completion, within a zhang's reach, none can stand against me.

The jianghu folk all had sharp eyes — they saw that before the Iron-Gall Dragon Spear could even get close, a pale purple 'qi' from the paper spear had already pierced through his chest.

They watched the Iron-Gall Dragon Spear fall, horror in every eye.

The whole area fell silent in an instant; over a hundred people stood, none speaking.

Only the young woman of the Qingcheng Sect watched the elegant young gentleman before her with burning eyes.

His vital qi had left his body a full two zhang away — though it hadn't reached the distance of a single 'reach,' this was unmistakably spear intent at major completion.

Even if it was only the initial stage of major completion, it was still major completion.

Especially this young hero — judging by his age, he shouldn't be past twenty-five.

A true heaven's favored.

After quite a while, Ji Feng finally spoke. His face solemn, he cupped his fist and asked: "Young hero Li, is this…"

"So it is Hero Ji — we meet again." Li Lin cupped his fist with spear in hand, smiling openly: "I never imagined that when we next met, it would be under circumstances like these."

"Didn't you say you had no interest in the Exquisite Jade Box?"

"I truly did not come for the Exquisite Jade Box — I came for something else." Li Lin explained with a smile: "It's just an unfortunate coincidence that our goals happen to overlap."

Ji Feng naturally didn't believe it. He sighed: "I never thought I'd be deceived by a young man like you."

He felt his sincerity had been utterly misplaced. A few days ago at the inn, he never should have given that young man a warning.

He never imagined that now they would become opponents.

Li Lin smiled without answering. He looked at the surrounding jianghu folk and said with a grin: "Once more — this place is off-limits. Please, give me some face."

The big-bearded man from the Black Blade Sect snorted: "A little brat without a single hair on his chin, and he dares talk big here."

Though he spoke those words, his body kept retreating.

The others were no fools either — to have cultivated spear intent to major completion at such a young age was something no ordinary person could achieve.

This group gradually retreated.

Jianghu folk were indeed greedy, but not stupid.

To face a master of spear intent at major completion head-on — they should first weigh their own worth.

Only they didn't retreat too far, just to what they considered a safe distance.

With that, the Qingcheng Sect was left 'exposed.'

Because the Qingcheng Sect did not retreat.

Li Lin smiled: "Hero Ji, give me some face."

Ji Feng looked behind him, then to either side.

At that moment, Ji Rongrong — dressed in black with her face covered — came to his side, tugged at his clothes, and whispered: "Eldest, just let it go."

Her eyes kept drifting to Li Lin's face across the way.

Ji Feng thought it over, and began retreating as well.

Ji Rongrong breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Li Lin as though seeking credit.

But Li Lin's gaze wasn't on her at all, and she felt a twinge of disappointment.

The Qingcheng Sect retreated too. With that, everyone had pulled back beyond Li Lin's warning line.

He cupped his fist and smiled: "Many thanks to all of you for giving me face. Green mountains never change, green waters flow on — should we meet again someday, I will certainly repay you all properly."

With that, Li Lin slowly retreated.

Just as Li Lin was about to vanish into the darkness, the big-bearded man from the Black Blade Sect suddenly said: "Just let him walk away like that? So what if his spear intent is at major completion? With so many of us, if we swarm him, how many can he handle!"

The moment those words left his mouth, he saw Li Lin plant the paper spear into the ground.

Then came the hand seals.

Li Lin's hand-seal speed now was extremely fast, and with the aid of the magical artifact 'Bone-Burning Wine,' it was almost equivalent to 'instant cast.'

A bolt of purple thunder struck down.

This bolt of lightning came far too quickly.

Though all the jianghu folk sensed the shift in qi, only a small number managed to dodge.

And among them was not the big-bearded man from the Black Blade Sect.

The purple heavenly thunder struck the big-bearded man — a boom — and the man was reduced to chunks.

Flying and splattering everywhere.

The essence of heavenly thunder is, in fact, a kind of energy 'bomb' — the stronger the spiritual power, the greater the destructive force.

It was no ordinary bolt of lightning.

The flying chunks of corpse made the jianghu folk cry out in succession, retreating even further.

Ji Feng looked at Li Lin, his eyes full of disbelief.

'Daoist Thunder Art!'

None of them dared step forward any longer. More and more people began to leave.

This muddy water was not something they could afford to wade into.

But just as these people were preparing to leave, another group came in from outside.

The black clothes on their bodies were already torn, and some of them had superficial wounds.

But… the expressions on these people's faces were all very calm.

They had even removed the black cloths from their faces and the wraps from their heads.

One bald head after another stood out especially in the darkness.

"Well met. If I am not mistaken, you must be County Lieutenant Li of the Southern Route Horse Soldier Command of Yulin County, my lord."

The one speaking was Great Master Master Kurong.

His white beard flowed gracefully; his left hand made a Buddhist greeting while his right held a golden tin staff, and he looked extremely kind.

If not for that stream of blood on his face.

Upon hearing these words, everyone was stunned.

Ji Feng's forehead was already streaming with cold sweat.

The position of County Commandant had already made them feel very uneasy.

Add to that the identity of 'Military Commissioner,' and it truly became life-threatening.

Afterward, even more people left.

This was someone they could not provoke.

The opponent's strength was too great; it would be hard to defeat him. Even if they could defeat him, killing a high official of the imperial court was no small matter.

If things went wrong, the imperial court might send a large army to besiege their sect or gang.

Liu Fang walked to Ji Feng's side and said, "Husband, we should leave; something is not right with this situation."

Ji Feng understood now and turned to leave.

But just as he turned, he heard screams coming from outside.

Immediately after, more Monks surrounded them from the roadside; those martial artists who had left earlier had their limbs broken outside the forest and were wailing in agony.

Ji Feng suddenly looked at Great Master Master Kurong: "What does your Shaolin Temple mean by this?"

"Excellent," Great Master Master Kurong smiled, "The Prince of Yue invites everyone to come to the city for a talk."

Ji Feng gritted his teeth: "Sorry, our Qingcheng Sect does not get involved in government affairs."

"Hahaha, how is that possible!" Great Master Master Kurong laughed, "The world is about to descend into chaos; everyone is a chess piece, either white or black. Do you still wish to become gray?"

Hearing these words, Ji Feng's face turned green.

At this moment, Great Master Master Kurong looked at Li Lin and said, "County Commandant Li, please come with us as well. The Prince of Yue actually wishes to meet you."

Li Lin was already on the 'watch' list of the Qin Wang's army.

After all... Li Lin had thwarted the Qin Wang's army's spy activities several times; how could the other side not care about such a person?

Li Lin said nothing.

His fingers twitched, and a heavenly thunderbolt struck down.

Great Master Master Kurong threw the red gemstone kasaya on his body over his head; the spinning kasaya blocked the purple heavenly thunderbolt.

Then the kasaya fell, and Great Master Master Kurong caught it, glanced at it, and was full of heartache.

Because on the kasaya, there was a small black hole.

It was clearly pierced through by the heavenly thunderbolt.

Li Lin understood that the other party's kasaya seemed to be a magical artifact.

"County Commandant Li, I have never liked to persuade people; I hope you will take care of yourself!"

(End of this chapter)