Chapter 573: A Well-Told Story

"Are you the granddaughter of the Medicine King, Xue Muchen?"

Xue Muchen's reputation was indeed quite resounding thirty years ago; even today, there are still many who remember it.

As the leader of the Xinghai Gang, Li Zehai was naturally no stranger to this name, and he knew what such a person signified.

This identity took Li Zehai by great surprise; it turned out that he had never known Lu Feiyan's true identity from the very beginning, and that ever since they had met, he had only been an outsider.

But how could the granddaughter of Xue Muchen fall into a life of vice, and how could she suffer such humiliation?

"That's right, I am the granddaughter of Xue Muchen. I was originally surnamed Xue, but after entering the Brothel, to avoid bringing shame upon my family, I changed my name to Lu Feiyan. However, I have no intention of changing it back."

"I will keep this name in mind forever; it is my shame, and also a spur to my progress!"

"Lu Feiyan, turn back!" Sighing, Li Zehai could clearly feel his life force rapidly slipping away.

Perhaps it was because the words of one about to die are kind, or perhaps it was because he realized the woman before him had two completely different faces, and that one of those faces had always cared for him.

So, at this final moment of his life, Li Zehai hoped she would not continue down this path. If it were before, there might have been a possibility of success, but now, Xichuan had gained someone capable of suppressing everything.

"Lu Feiyan, with Shen Yu in Xichuan, you cannot succeed!"

"Turn back? Even a person as wicked as you would ask someone to turn back, but I cannot turn back, and I must not turn back. Even if Shen Yu stands in my way, I will cross over him!"

Taking a deep breath, there was not a trace of emotion on Lu Feiyan's face, like an ice sculpture that would never have any emotional fluctuations.

"Li Zehai, have you ever seen your loved ones die miserably before your eyes? Have you ever been humiliated and tortured by enemies using various methods unbearable to ordinary people? Have you ever knelt humbly beside your enemies, begging bitterly, wagging your tail and begging for pity under their feet?"

"I have experienced it, and it is precisely because I have experienced it that I understand how pathetic the weak are!"

Beside Li Zehai, she just watched him like this, with only unwillingness and ambition burning in her cold eyes.

"Grandfather didn't want me to take risks, which is why he sealed my memories. He couldn't let anyone know that I had any connection to him."

"Grandfather knew how dangerous the things he was doing now were; once discovered, it would inevitably cause the entire martial arts world to rise up and attack him."

"When Grandfather has everything prepared, when everything is accomplished, that will be the moment I share in his success!"

"But, the sudden awakening of my memories now means that Grandfather is dead. The moment my memories awakened, I knew he had failed, and only in such a situation would I have awakened!"

Speaking of this, a look of sorrow appeared on Lu Feiyan's face, but it quickly faded. As for tears, she had long since shed them all; she could not, and did not need to, shed another drop.

Since she had decided to do it, wasn't it perfectly normal to have sacrifices!

"Grandfather is dead, my last relative is gone, and from now on I live only for myself!"

"I will inherit everything of his, seize all power, and from this point on, look down upon the world, with none daring to disobey!"

"Li Zehai, let's start with you!"

Raising her hand, preparing to strike down heavily, Li Zehai would be the beginning of her killing, and also the beginning of her path to the peak.

"Don't kill him!" Suddenly, Lu Feiyan's expression changed, revealing a look of panic mixed with a hint of pleading.

"Cowardice! Such a person will only hinder our progress. Grandfather has already sacrificed his life for us; are you going to let everything fall apart for the sake of a man!"

Her expression turned cold and stern once more, and Lu Feiyan's hand struck Li Zehai heavily. After one palm strike, Li Zehai merely twitched once, and then he was completely silent.

"No!" Looking at Li Zehai as if he were right before her, Lu Feiyan's face was full of grief, and tears fell onto the ground drop by drop, like her heart, which was riddled with holes at this moment.

Zehai was dead, Grandfather was dead, all her support was dead; at this moment, Lu Feiyan's sky was gray.

But the next moment, Lu Feiyan casually wiped the tears from her face, and her whole person became cold and terrifying.

That cowardly Lu Feiyan's will had completely collapsed the moment Li Zehai died, and her heart had died along with him. From then on, this body belonged basically only to her.

This is for the best; the cowardly and incompetent side would only hold her back and hinder her success!

Casting her gaze toward the remaining few, the killing intent on Lu Feiyan's face was not hidden in the slightest. Not one of the people here could be left alive; nothing about her could be allowed to spread.

"Miss Lu, I have also experienced what you have experienced!"

As Lu Feiyan walked toward him, the Xinghai Gang's Deputy Gang Leader, Mo Li, suddenly spoke, his face also filled with desolation.

"Miss, do you know what 'renting a wife' means? You wouldn't know. So-called 'renting a wife' is to rent out one's own wife to work like an ox or a horse for others, letting others do as they please with her!"

"Back then, in order to protect my daughter, I personally rented out my wife, with whom I had shared life and death, to someone else. Do you know what kind of humiliation this is for a man?"

"At the time, she cried heart-rendingly when she left, begging me not to do it. But I had no choice; I had to protect my daughter."

"Even now, I still remember those desperate eyes of hers when she left. If it weren't for my daughter, I might have just ended my life right then and there!"

"But in less than a month, a mere month, I received the news that my wife had committed suicide because she could not bear the humiliation!"

"I heard that when she committed suicide, there wasn't a single piece of good flesh left on her body; she had been tortured until she couldn't take it anymore, and that's why she killed herself!"

"And not only did they refuse to pay compensation, but they instead said my beloved wife's suicide had caused them losses and demanded I pay, otherwise they would take my daughter to settle the debt."

He revealed a trace of bitterness, along with deep-seated hatred. Everything from back then was the straw that broke him. The reason he had become what he was now was, in no small part, the fault of this World.

"My wife died, and yet they wanted me to pay compensation; what kind of logic is that?"

"But I couldn't afford to offend these people. I begged them, I knelt down and begged them bitterly, but they wouldn't agree; they just wouldn't agree. They were determined to have my daughter!"

"I couldn't let them succeed, so I hardened my heart, raised my blade, and killed them. Since then, I have been a fugitive!"

"But Miss Lu, do you know? When I returned, my daughter had already entered the Brothel and become a famous courtesan there, selling smiles by day and singing sad songs by night!"

"And she sold herself voluntarily, just to be able to survive. Her poor mother had told her before she left that no matter what, she had to live on well."

"Although human life is like grass, one must still strive to live on; this is what her mother told her, and it has always been kept in her heart. So she had to live, she had to have food to eat!"

"It is my incompetence as a father, I am incompetent, I wish I could kill everyone!"

"So you are also a person of bitter fate!" Quietly listening to Mo Li's story, Lu Feiyan's expression still did not change in the slightest, but there was a bit more sympathy in her eyes.

"That's right, I am a person of bitter fate just like you. We should support each other, we should take revenge on the World!"

"No, you are wrong. I don't need to support anyone!" Looking at him coldly, Lu Feiyan reached out her hand toward him, and terrifying power condensed instantly.

"Since you are also a person of bitter fate, then go die. This world is too bitter; let me send you on your way personally, help you find release, no need to thank me!"

"What? Wait a minute!" As soon as Lu Feiyan's words fell, Mo Li was left not knowing how to respond.

He had gone to such great lengths to say all that, wasn't it just in the hope that they would sympathize with each other and that she would spare him for the sake of their shared misery?

He had truly bared his heart, bringing up all his past sorrows, and was almost in tears, yet she still wanted to kill him; she really had no sympathy at all.

I want to live, I don't want to die, Big Sister!

"Are you finished? Once you're finished, go die. I said it before, everyone here must die; no one can be an exception."

"Also, your story was told well, but there is no sorrow in your eyes!"