Could it be that I am the cruel villain?
Chapter 181 - 130 Exchanging Tokens 【4K】_2

Chapter 181: Chapter 130 Exchanging Tokens 【4K】_2

Jiang Feng did not answer immediately, but instead asked a question.

"What makes them come only now?"

"What do you mean by ’only now’? Isn’t it because they found out..." The voice suddenly stopped.

She was just naive and inexperienced, but that didn’t mean she was foolish.

Upon reflection, Xu Huoyao’s outbreak revealed suspicious points; she remembered that about a year ago, Hou Zhongxiao’s scandal was discovered by the family elders, who noticed traces and he hurriedly fled.

In the following days, under her father’s relentless pressure, the Great Clan Chief chose to spare Hou Zhongxiao’s life, but he was expelled from both families and banished from the Southern Border forever.

Especially since her father had made it clear that no power or family in the Southern Border was allowed to shelter him, otherwise, they would be considered as enemies to the Cen Family Village.

In other words.

Hou Zhongxiao had been lurking near Fengzhou for at least half a year.

So here comes the question.

How could these two not know about Hou Zhongxiao’s arrival?

If they were just two Foundation Establishment cultivators, she could understand their inability to oppose Hou Zhongxiao due to lack of strength. But one was at Lower Grade of Core Formation and the other at Mid Grade, both older and of higher realm than Hou Zhongxiao.

On what basis did you two fail to notice?

Even if you didn’t notice when he snuck in, or didn’t react in time, the man was spreading Gu Worms and distributing so-called Immortal Elixirs all over the place. That’s not a minor disturbance, is it?

Still no reaction, and not just for a day or two, but for more than half a year.

"They did it on purpose!?"

Killing intent flashed in her eyes.

It must be said, Cen Yueyue’s detestation of evil was somewhat similar to her father’s. Just as she intended to throw her flying swords and chase after justification, suddenly,

Her wrist was gripped tightly.

"You! Are you done yet, you little pervert!"

Jiang Feng had caught her again.

This was the third time.

The person only sighed, looking helpless as he said, "I tell you Miss Cen..."

"Call me by my name!"

Even at such a moment she had not forgotten about the issue with addresses, but strangely enough, she did not shake off Jiang Feng’s hand but waited for him to let go voluntarily.

"I’m saying, Yue Yue, what do you think would be the consequences if you chase after them now?"

"Now, you’ve just fought a tough battle and rushed here for such a long time, you’re physically exhausted. Did you really not see that they’ve been lying in wait here for so long just to lure the two of us out?"

"To destroy evidence. You don’t think I’m talking about them setting a fire to burn the mountains, do you? They intended to burn us, to eradicate our traces."

"You still want to go demand explanations, don’t you see, they deliberately let the Gu Worm matter escalate. After making a big issue, they came over to deal with Hou Zhongxiao. This way, even if someone holds them accountable, they can claim they have already dealt with the murderer."

"Do you understand now?"

Showing a look of frustration as if to express disappointment, this woman was actually quite smart, but she was too fond of throwing tantrums, or perhaps she hadn’t been seriously battered by society yet.

Pouting, the girl finally put the flying sword away but still seemed somewhat unconvinced.

"I’m not afraid of them. Even if I just fought a battle, the two of them together might not necessarily be able to defeat me. You underestimate me too much. Even if I really can’t beat them, escaping would at least be no problem."

The young man only grinned.

Suppressing the urge to kick her out of frustration, he then bent a finger to point at himself.

"...Ahem, sorry, I forgot about you."

Yes.

If you go up there to argue and end up fighting, that’s your problem; you’re high realm, even if you can’t win, you can still run. But what about me?

I’m just a Qi Refinement cultivator.

How would I escape if discovered? Should I stand still pretending to be a wooden figure? I’m helping you chase the traitor of your family, and you’re just ditching me after using me, huh?

"Use your brain, what do you think is their reason for doing this?"

Apparently sensing Jiang Feng’s clenched fist, the girl guiltily shifted her gaze away, mainly because she was used to going out with her male cousin and didn’t need to worry about such issues.

So she quickly diverted her attention.

Jiang Feng didn’t take it to heart, and without a second thought, he replied directly, "To start a war."

"To start a war?"

"Yes, to have a reason to start a war."

He casually tossed his Qiankun Bag over.

Before, he had blasted Hou Zhongxiao half-dead with a single Detonator, and Cen Yueyue had cooperatively dealt the killing blow while they were escaping, but Jiang Feng was quick to react.

His first instinct was to steal his own Soul Summoning Banner and the Qiankun Bag from his opponent’s waist.

Looting instinct.

Catching the unexpectedly light Qiankun Bag somewhat off-guard, she actually didn’t oppose Jiang Feng taking the spoils of war from Hou Zhongxiao, as this deed was essentially his effort, and she also didn’t care for the little belongings of Hou Zhongxiao.

"There hasn’t been a war here for twenty years, which has been tough for both parties."

After tossing the thing in his hand, the young man spoke.

"The power dynamics within Fengzhou are complex, you must have also seen how many forces violently clashed over a piece of fat meat."

"Purple Cloud Palace has absolute control over this piece of fat meat, thanks to the war twenty years ago when Purple Cloud Palace committed so many resources."

"But other sect powers naturally would not be content, they also need to occupy more resources, but Purple Cloud Palace already has the dominance here, they would not risk antagonizing it."

"So they can only set their sights elsewhere."

She silently nodded.

Cen Yueyue did not open the Qiankun Bag but listened intently to Jiang Feng’s analysis.