Zhou Yanling stared, wide-eyed, as the figure of her father descended from the air, blood pouring out of the fatal wound in his chest. His eyes had already rolled up into their sockets and his body ceased to emit life. Zhou Guan's lifeless body collided with the ground and made a large thud sound. 

"NO!"

Zhou Yanling sprinted to her father's body, tears soaking the entirety of her face. Her originally pretty face was now stained with tears and made her look rather pitiful. She shook the body of her father multiple times and called out his name, but the body would not respond. It was but a corpse, devoid of life and ceasing to speak. As seconds passed, Zhou Yanling gradually realized the truth...that her father was never waking up again.

"Father, father you can't just die. Yes yes, father you must wake up. You're an almighty expert of the Truth Realm and the one that your daughter admires the most. Right right, it's impossible for you to be killed."

Zhou Yanling was growing crazier and crazier by the minute, still unable to register the reality. Feng Yun stared at the two with indifference and whispered,

"This is merely karma. You offended me and tried to kill me yet you never expected retaliation. Foolish thoughts. When you commit something against someone, you must be prepared for the person to do the same to you."

Zhou Yanling heard the words, despite being so far away and looked up from the corpse. As her eyes made contact with the young handsome figure, rage manifested itself on her face.

"YOU! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU KILLED MY FATHER! DIE!"

Zhou Yanling charged forward, all of her Yuan Energy circulating through her body. She was going to use all of her power in order to kill Feng Yun. She had completely lost all of her sanity. Zhou Yanling had forgotten that she was much weaker than Feng Yun and that he could easily destroy her with a casual fist.

"Truly...stupid. It seems that karma really doesn't plan to let you go!"

Feng Yun's figure instantly disappeared, reappearing a few feet away from the charging Zhou Yanling. In his hand, a great concentration of Yuan Energy manifested itself, crackling like exploding thunder. 

"Raiding Thunder Palm!"

His fist that was like lightning crashed into the Yuan Energy punch that Zhou Yanling threw, completely dispersing the energy and inflicting heavy injuries on her. Zhou Yanling coughed out several mouthfuls of blood as her energy completely disappeared. She dropped to one knee, clutching her stomach in pain. Her beautiful countenance now seemed very pale due to her massive loss of blood. She was just barely holding on to her life.

"I say this again and again but you people never...fucking...learn!"

Feng Yun sighed and walked right up to her, his palm grasping towards her neck. He held her up in the air, his indifferent gaze penetrating through her heart. Blood leaked out of the corner of her mouth and fear was the only thing dominating her emotions at that point. However, she wasn't going to let him see that and instead she defiantly said,

"Do it! Kill me! Or do you not have the guts to?! Haha, you truly are weak. What, can you not kill a girl? How pathetic! If you leave me alive, I will find you in the future and kill you!" Zhou Yanling was truly mad, and her taunts came out like shrieks. Feng Yun placed one of his fingers to his ear to block the horrid sound.

"Kill him, haha, you must be absolutely out of your mind, stupid girl. Your highest potential is only reaching the mid stages of the Truth or Tyrant Realm! You have absolutely no chance! Haha!" Warden chimed in and his voice came out as a sneer and complete lack of regard for Zhou Yanling.

"Zhou Yanling, your blood is not worthy of staining my hands. Claim that you will reach my level one day all you want, but you know the truth. You will never be worthy! Consider my letting you go as mercy...if you survive in the future." With that, Feng Yun delivered a hard and quick slap to her face, the impact sending her flying a few meters. 

[NOTE: That's right people! Bitch slap!!!]

Zhou Yanling lay on the ground, gasping for air and touching her red cheek that was sore from the pain. In her eyes, rage and regret was the only emotion. If only she had never offended this person, perhaps her life would be better? Sadly, she chose to go down the path of arrogance and overconfidence and instead brought calamity upon herself.

Feng Yun turned around and looked at Qiang Lu, who nodded at him with approval. It took a lot of confidence to leave someone alive despite them having wanted to kill you. He showed mercy even when Zhou Yanling and her clansmen had attempted to kill him. The fact that he didn't slaughter them was because he was not one to wantonly slaughter people. He knew when to draw the line.

"Qiang Lu, the Zhou Clan itself can be left alone, they did not offend me. However, that City Lord is a bit different. He supported Zhou Guan when he tried to kill me and sought to conspire with the rival sect of my own sect!" Qiang Lu's eyebrows furrowed slightly when he heard what Feng Yun had said.

"City Lord, you say? Kid, I'm afraid I cannot kill him." Feng Yun stayed calm and waited for the man to follow up with an explanation. He most likely had a good reason for this judgement.

"The City Lords of a country are heavily valued by the king of a country. They are all handpicked by him personally. If I were to kill this Du Gu Yang, then I would be offending the Dynasty Emperor. Though my strength ranks at the top ten of all the Bloodfiends on the continent, offending Xu Qinzheng isn't something I want to do." Feng Yun nodded his head at this.

It was certainly reasonable that the Xu Dynasty Emperor would protect his City Lords. After all, the City Lords governed the cities in which the king owned. The City Lords were the commanders of the armies in which an Asura controlled. If a City Lord were to die, then the overall strength of the country would definitely drop. That was why the Asuras of the countries placed so much importance upon them.

"I see." Feng Yun then smiled broadly. "Then what if the person that the City Lord offends is from one of the three most powerful sects in the country?"

Qiang Lu continued to stare at him with his expression not changing. He had already guessed that Feng Yun was from an extremely powerful sect but he hadn't known which one until this conflict had started. He had already seen the soul bone artifact that Feng Yun had displayed and most of his techniques.

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"From the techniques that you have already shown, I would guess that you are from the Tyrant Thunder God Dragon Clan. Furthermore you possess a very pure blood lineage so your status in the clan certainly isn't small. However, the Dynasty Emperor will still provide absolute protection towards his City Lords."

"I understand." Feng Yun had a slightly crestfallen expression and a wry smile. "It seems that his life shall be spared."

"Well, not entirely." Qiang Lu let out a ferocious and evil smile. "I only said that we aren't allowed to kill him. However, the Xu Emperor won't care if you give him a bit of punishment to keep his attitude in check." 

Du Gu Yang had a triumphant expression before when he heard that Qiang Lu could not kill him, but as soon as he heard the next words, his face turned snow white pale. 

He wasn't even given the chance to run before Qiang Lu backhanded him across the face, the impact causing Du Gu Yang's body to descend from the air at an extremely fast pace. His body crashed through numerous buildings before landing in a pile of rubble and stopping. The man had become unconscious from the attack. 

The eyes of the audiences had grown wider than their eye sockets. The powerful City Lord of Azure Sky City had actually been slapped through his entire city!

Simply too badass!

Feng Yun raised his eyebrows in surprise, but a smile then made its way onto his face. He was satisfied with this much. At least then, Du Gu Yang would know that there are certain people that he shouldn't offend.

Du Gu Chen on the ground stared at the figure of his father, shock present on his face, and omnipresent fear clear as day. His envy and jealousy of Feng Yun instantly disappeared as he realized that such a person is much too powerful to offend. After all, he took care of his father easily!

Qiang Lu stared at the twitching body of Du Gu Yang, before descending from the air to meet Feng Yun. The old man seemed very gentle and kind now that his deathly aura had vanished. Feng Yun merely stood there, waiting for the man to reach him. When they were finally face to face, Feng Yun asked,

"The Holy Imprint, why'd you place it on me?"

"Isn't the reason quite simple? You helped me sell that artifact and your talent is quite recognizable. I guess it would be correct to say that I wanted you to owe me, in case I need your help later." Qiang Lu was extremely honest, so honest that even Feng Yun was surprised. Most people would cover up their intentions with flowery words and flattery but Qiang Lu did no such thing. He directly stated his intentions without a single lie. Feng Yun was deeply impressed and smiled.

"I see. Then, one day I shall repay this debt of saving my life. Although, I, Feng Yun do not like having to owe others, I will honor your wish."

"Thank you, but that's not all I came for." Feng Yun looked up at him in surprise. What else did he want from him?

"I would like for you to become my disciple," Qiang Lu stretched out a hand towards Feng Yun. "How is it? Would you like to?"

Feng Yun was incredibly shocked, and smiled sheepishly. Although Qiang Lu was an almighty figure capable of sundering the skies, Feng Yun already had a master that he was loyal to. He would not betray Dai Tian under any circumstance. The person whom he chose to call 'Master' is someone that he would cherish for the rest of his life. It would not be right if he decided to become another cultivator's disciple.

The crowd in comparison, grew excited. Bloodfiend Red Sun was actually offering for Feng Yun to become his disciple! Qiang Lu had never taken in any disciple before and now that he did, it would surely cause a large commotion. The crowd completely expected Feng Yun to reply 'yes' without hesitation. 

"Senior Qiang, I'm afraid that I will have to decline."

WHATTTTTT?!!!!!

A large burst of commotion erupted upon hearing the boy's words. Who would actually reject Bloodfiend Red Sun's invitation? A person who would do such a thing was surely an idiot, no? Qiang Lu was taken aback but decided to hear the reason. He gestured for Feng Yun to continue speaking.

"Senior, I already have a person whom I deeply revere and would not hesitate to call 'Master'. If I decided to call anyone else by that title, wouldn't I be betraying him?" Qiang Lu nodded his head and smiled approvingly.

"Indeed, betraying your master is the most shameless thing a cultivator can do. You are truly mature, to actually think about your master instead of unhesitatingly accepting my invitation. However, I must ask, who is this master of your that you so deeply revere?" Feng Yun looked up and smiled at the old man.

"My master's name is Dai Tian."

BANG!!!

Qiang Lu's face paled and he sank to one knee upon hearing the name. He almost felt like coughing out a mouthful of blood. Dai Tian? He had actually tried to steal that person's disciple? How foolish of him! To Qiang Lu, Dai Tian was like an all powerful existence who couldn't be reached through ordinary means.

"Dai Tian...Dai Tian you say? Your master...is actually him?"

"Yes, Senior Qiang knows him?" Qiang Lu gaped at Feng Yun as if he was stupid. 

"Know him? Dai Tian is far above me in terms of strength and although he disappeared into seclusion a long time ago, his power was already considered legendary at the time! I can't imagine to what level he has cultivated to now! Anyways, forget about my invitation kid! With Dai Tian for a master, you don't need an old man like this."

The crowd was quite confused. Dai Tian? Who was this person that could make even an all powerful experts such as Bloodfiend Red Sun want to kneel down besides the Asuras? 

It was understandable that they would not know however. Dai Tian had been in seclusion for thousands of years and although his exploits were incredible, very few knew that he was still alive.

After saying those words, Qiang Lu gave a small smile to Feng Yun and leaped off the ground, hovering as he moved away from the battleground. Feng Yun saw him off, his eyebrows raised after having exchanged a conversation with Qiang Lu.

"Master, it seems that your power is far beyond what I thought it to be. You can make even Qiang Lu kneel! I truly look forward to receiving your teachings."