Chapter 60: The Little Paper Man Makes a Great Contribution

Qin Feng was very powerful; as the former steward of the Yang Fu, he had originally possessed a certain foundation in martial arts.

Later, when Lady Yang Yan became a Noble Consort, the entire Yang family moved to Jingcheng, while he stayed here and became the 'Qin Gate'.

The Yang family, grateful for Qin Feng's contributions back then, would occasionally 'distribute' gifts from Jingcheng.

Such as gold, silver, and treasures, superior medicinal herbs, and... various martial arts manuals collected within the palace, along with some spell manuals.

Although none were of the absolute top tier, the manuals stored in the imperial palace, even if not the very best, how bad could they possibly be!

Under the dual influence of superior medicinal herbs and decent martial arts manuals, Qin Feng's martial arts soared, and he even learned several spells.

Actually, he could have become a Spirit Hunter, but he disdained to do so.

A proper family head, becoming a Spirit Hunter?

He felt it would be a loss of face.

So when he saw the masked men leap down from both sides, he felt no panic; instead, he was quite excited.

"Thieves, I have finally waited for you."

Qin Feng laughed madly; he struck one masked man away with a palm, grabbed the copper wire net covering him with both hands, twisted forcefully, and sent the four masked men holding the net flying.

Hahaha!

Qin Feng threw the copper wire net to the ground, turned around, and struck another masked man who had approached him, sending him flying with blood in his mouth.

Just as he intended to kill a few more masked men with his palm, at that moment, the masked Ding Ding Junhui and Wang Wang Tianyou rushed in from the side.

Ding Ding Junhui wielded an iron staff, thin at the front and wide at the back, using mostly thrusting moves, and every move targeted the lower three paths.

Wang Wang Tianyou's soft sword danced into a ball of silver flowers.

Both were outstanding among the younger generation, with few rivals, yet even working together, they could only suppress Qin Feng for a short while.

Dodging the long staff thrusting at his lower body, Qin Feng looked around and shouted, "Where is the other hiding bastard? Why dare he not come out!"

Wang Wang Tianyou and Ding Ding Junhui said nothing, merely attacking with their heads down.

Although the Ding family brought more than twenty skilled fighters, and Wang Wang Tianyou along with three subordinates were also strong, Qin Feng's side had fewer than ten people; yet even under such advantageous conditions, they could not completely suppress the Qin family's counterattack.

It must be said, the experts of the Qin family were indeed very formidable.

Li Lin was behind the eaves, exposing only half his head to observe the situation below.

These people fought until sand and stones flew and flesh and blood scattered, with people occasionally screaming and falling to the ground.

He watched with his tongue clicking in amazement.

Although he had recently practiced his spear techniques quite well, compared to those who had long immersed themselves in martial skills, there was still a huge gap.

Not to mention confronting Qin Feng directly, even facing Wang Wang Tianyou's soft sword like a ball of silver flowers, even relying on the advantage of a long weapon, it would be hard for him to block it.

However, this was a rare opportunity to see how experts exchange blows and learn a thing or two.

He watched very intently, while slowly forming hand seals in his hands.

It was not that he did not want to form the seals quickly, but the faster the seals were formed, the more intense the Qi fluctuation, making it easier for enemies to sense.

After more than ten breaths, Li Lin finally succeeded in forming the seals without causing any Qi fluctuation.

Green-red lightning chains formed above the battlefield.

At the very instant before striking down, Qin Feng had already retreated violently, while Ding Ding Junhui and Wang Wang Tianyou also dodged backward.

The lightning struck the ground, nearly blinding everyone on the battlefield.

In everyone's eyes, the world went dark for an instant, then suddenly brightened for an instant, followed by dim vision again.

At the same time, a deafening thunderclap roared in their ears.

For true experts, the Qi fluctuation of a spell, even if hidden as much as possible, was still too obvious.

It was relatively easy to dodge.

Li Lin understood this was mainly because his spell had only been learned not long ago.

If given another two or three years, Qin Feng might not have been able to dodge this lightning bolt.

At this moment, Qin Feng covered his vision with his sleeve and shouted loudly, "Qin Liu! That bastard is nearby; find him."

His eyes were filled with bloodshot veins.

A middle-aged man wearing a Qin Fu Retainer's uniform jumped out from behind a tiled roof not far away; he saw Li Lin immediately.

There was no way; after using the spell, Li Lin had emerged from his stealth state.

Li Lin turned to leave, but the opponent's lightness skill was fast, and he caught up with him in no time.

Hearing the whistling sound coming from behind, Li Lin raised his spear and thrust.

The Return-of-the-Horse Spear!

The opponent seemed to have expected this move; the instant the spear tip rose, he had already stopped his steps.

The spear tip stopped in front of the opponent's nose; if he pushed the spear body forward just a bit more, he could wound the opponent.

But Li Lin's attack was now exhausted, so he immediately withdrew the spear to defend.

This person named Qin Liu, holding a short knife, immediately chased after the spear.

Under normal circumstances, when weapons clash, an inch longer means an inch stronger.

But some martial skills are specifically designed to use short weapons against long weapons.

This person was one of them.

Li Lin retracted his long spear very quickly, but the opponent's lightness skill was quite formidable, closing in directly to close quarters.

And the short knife in his hand slashed toward Li Lin's right hand.

Li Lin retreated two steps urgently; it was too late to thrust the long spear again, so he had to go with the momentum and place the long spear upright in front of his body.

The short knife struck the spear body, and at that moment, Li Lin suddenly flew backward, abandoning the long spear, while kicking the spear body with one leg.

The long spear slapped toward Qin Liu.

Qin Liu dodged the slap of the long spear, then looked at the unarmed Li Lin and smiled sinisterly.

But he hadn't expected Li Lin to suddenly raise his hand and throw out a handful of paper figures, at least a dozen of them.

After these pink paper figures hit the ground, they scurried forward, jumping or running, surrounding Qin Liu.

Qin Liu was so frightened he kept retreating.

Who knew if these paper figures were some sort of unorthodox evil technique?

Although these little paper figures couldn't run as fast as Qin Liu, they were very persistent, chasing him relentlessly.

Unable to bear it any longer, Qin Liu used his short blade to slash the dozen or so little paper figures into several pieces; for a moment, paper scraps danced before his eyes.

So weak!

Then he focused his gaze, only to find that Li Lin, who had been in front of him, was nowhere to be seen.

Even the red-tasseled spear that had fallen onto the roof over there was gone.

Qin Liu looked left and right; not finding Li Lin, he immediately headed toward the back of a nearby high flying eave, as that was the only place nearby where someone could possibly hide.

He leaped over from high up, saw no one behind the flying eave, and thus landed on the roof, intending to search again.

But immediately after, a stabbing pain came from his right kidney; his eyes turned bloodshot as if about to burst, and looking down, he discovered a short sword piercing out from the front of his right abdomen.

Under the intense pain, he didn't even have the strength to scream.

He could only barely turn his head, seeing Li Lin crouching behind the flying eave, smiling as he stabbed into his kidney.

There had clearly been no one there just a moment ago!

Qin Liu's body swayed twice, his eyes began to glaze over, and he muttered to himself, "Invisibility... technique!"

Then his entire body collapsed onto the tiled roof.

Li Lin exhaled a sigh of relief; this Qin Liu clearly lacked the keen intuition Qin Feng possessed, as well as the reaction speed to killing intent.

Otherwise, the one in trouble would only have been himself.

He was just lucky.

Grabbing Qin Liu's clothes, he immediately threw him off the roof.

At this moment, Qin Feng was pinning down Wang Wang Tianyou and Ding Ding Junhui; seeing a black shadow flying through the air, he instinctively dodged.

Then he looked and saw it was Qin Liu, dead with his eyes wide open.

He immediately abandoned Wang Wang Tianyou and Ding Ding Junhui, leaping onto the roof.

"Bastard, if you have the guts, come out and face me!"

(End of Chapter)