Chapter 113 Playing with your life: Next time you want to play with your life, first see if you're qualified...
The two fell rapidly in front of the city wall, their clothes fluttering in the wind. Feng Tan held Xiao Liling's arms and pressed her down, clearly intending to use her as a human cushion.
Xiao Liling trembled with horror. Through her chaotic, dancing hair, she saw Feng Tan smile at her again, then reach out and pull out her hairpin, forcefully stabbing it into her chest, right in front of her heart.
Feng Tan's murderous intent enveloped Xiao Liling completely. Warm blood splattered from her chest, staining her eyes crimson. Hatred burned in Feng Tan's eyes, and she poured all her strength into the fingers holding Xiao Liling's hairpin. She could feel the depth to which it pierced the flesh of the person in front of her.
That's not enough; there's a chance of survival if the needle hasn't been inserted into the heart.
If it weren't for Xiao Liling's interference, the gentleman would still be alive, and their progress wouldn't have been stalled.
Xiao Liling deserves to die!
In the face of life and death, Xiao Liling's fingers gripped the hairpin inserted into her chest tightly, refusing to let go, as she poured all her strength into fighting against Feng Tan.
Feng Tan is too crazy, absolutely too crazy! She never imagined that someone whose lightness skill had been crippled would do something so resolute and insane in order to seek revenge!
Their eyes met sharply. Xiao Liling's fingers, which were gripping Feng Tan's, turned pale as she tried to provoke her, "Feng Tan, if it's a matter of killing with a hairpin, your husband's death won't be as comfortable as mine!"
Yes, Feng Youming suffered multiple knife wounds, the wounds were bleeding and the bone was exposed. A long knife pierced through her back and stood tightly in front of Feng Tan. She died in great pain.
Unable to withstand such provocation, Feng Tan thought that the person least worthy of mentioning Feng Youming was Xiao Liling. She pushed the hairpin in against Xiao Liling's force, until it touched her beating heart.
Her brows and eyes were filled with a ruthless intent, and her eyes seemed to burn with flames, redder than blood. "A worthless person with a worthless life deserves to be smashed to pieces and have their internal organs burst out."
The silver hairpin touched her heart, and Xiao Liling coughed up blood. The threat of death loomed over her, and she had no way to escape.
Suddenly, she felt a lightness on her body, along with the silver hairpin that was stuck in her chest and about to pierce her heart, which was pulled out. In her falling vision, she saw Feng Tan being pulled into Xiao Yinshi's arms by the waist. The protective layer containing true energy caused a thin line of blood to flow from the corner of Xiao Yinshi's lips.
Contrary to expectations, Xiao Liling was crushed to pieces; instead, she fell into a large, pre-prepared net. The cotton cloth was subjected to a strong impact, causing the soldiers stretched around her to sway slightly.
She pressed her fingers against the bleeding wound on her chest and turned her head to look in Feng Tan's direction.
On the other side, Feng Tan angrily shoved the hairpin at Xiao Yin. She was just a hairpin away from avenging her master, but this bastard intercepted her halfway.
Xiao Yinshi was clearly furious. His face was as cold as ice. He snatched Feng Tan's hairpin and threw it aside. He then pinned Feng Tan to the city wall and said, "Feng Tan, do you not know how to spell the word 'fear'?"
He looked like he was at his last gasp, and some more blood welled up from his lips, but this did not diminish his ferocious and terrifying appearance, which was even more terrifying than before. "From now on, my enemies will be right at my doorstep. What method can't I use to kill them?!"
Ha, he's blaming her for risking her life? Where does he get the nerve?
The anger in Feng Tan's eyes was also fierce. When she shoved Xiao Yin, he was easy to push today and took a few steps back with Feng Tan's force.
Feng Tan raised his face slightly, his gaze meeting his. He didn't even bother to utter a curse word to him, and turned to walk back to the city gate.
“Feng Tan,” Xiao Liling stood up, her lips deathly pale, the blood on her chest staining her pink palace dress, “Do you hate me that much?”
She walked up to Feng Tan, lowered her voice, and said with a hint of provocation, "After the Empress's investiture ceremony next month and I have the Phoenix Seal in my hands, I will send the Imperial Guards to guard the palace. You will have no chance."
Feng Tan's eyelashes were covered with water droplets formed from thin snow, adding to her already aloof temperament. The raging fire in her eyes had cooled down. She slowly walked up to Xiao Liling, looked at her still-trembling eyes with disdain, and whispered in her ear, "I will kill you."
Xiao Liling's heart clenched under Feng Tan's imposing aura. Even though she knew that Feng Tan's martial arts had been crippled, she still felt a sense of fear.
The wind picked up again, and Feng Tan's departing figure was slender and straight, like a proud bamboo in spring. After enduring the harsh winter blizzard, it has regained its vitality. The speed at which she has grown in the struggle is astonishing.
As Xiao Yinshi watched her figure, the anger that had just arisen between his sharp brows and eyes had somehow weakened by more than half, but the fierceness in his eyes had turned into a deeper coldness.
Another feeling of being unable to control things arose.
But clearly, he had driven away her family and friends.
The Dahuang convoy hasn't gone far yet. Are we going to wipe them out completely and eliminate any future trouble?
He vaguely considered the series of possibilities that this might trigger. The situation in Huachao was not yet stable, and now was indeed not the best time to provoke war between the two countries.
Several feet away, Feng Tan seemed to sense something, turned to look at Xiao Yinshi, and said in a cold voice, "Xiao Yinshi, if you dare to let them lie dead all over the place, then I have nothing left to worry about."
Feng Tan almost forgot that this man was a complete madman; what wouldn't he do? The murderous intent emanating from his body gradually subsided, but the piercing sharpness in his eyes didn't diminish in the slightest.
Xiao Yinshi gestured to Zhu Qi to close the city gate, then strode onto the royal carriage with thirty-two riders waiting nearby. He lifted the curtain and said to Feng Tan, "What, do you want me to invite you?"
Feng Tan pursed her lips, looked at the Rakshasa Army surrounding her, and slowly stepped onto the carriage.
Traveling slowly in the heavy snow, Feng Tan had just entered when Xiao Yinshi grabbed his arm and pulled him down to sit in front of him.
Xiao Yinshi lowered his eyelashes and looked at Feng Tan, "Feng Tan, when you're flirting with other women, think about your situation."
Feng Tan's resentment hadn't subsided. She didn't want to cause trouble, but trouble always seemed to find her. She had reached her limit with Xiao Yinshi's behavior. However, speaking out would affect Jin'an's safety, so she suppressed her anger and kept quiet.
There was warm water prepared in advance in a copper basin beside the bed. Xiao Yinshi looked at her for a while, picked up a white cloth and wiped the blood splattered on Feng Tan's face, and said: "There are twelve checkpoints in total from the inner palace to the city gate. The most difficult one is how to get out of the bedchamber. You knocked out the palace maid who came to serve you and changed into her clothes. You also seriously injured the leader of the Luosha Army guarding you before you were able to leave the palace. So there is an inside agent of yours in the palace."
Xiao Yinshi stared intently at Feng Tan's face, noticing her slightly trembling pupils, and chuckled softly, "What are you trembling about?"
After speaking, the man fell silent, leaving only a warm cloth to gently wipe his face. Feng Tan was filled with suspicion and unease by his words. She grasped his arm and pulled it away from her face, denying, "No."
“No,” Xiao Yinshi scoffed, his dark eyes filled with blatant disbelief. “Whether it’s there or not doesn’t matter; killing it is no big deal.”
Feng Tan's pupils dilated sharply, and he asked, "Who do you want to kill?"
Xiao Yinshi said, "Ineffective supervision is a crime of dereliction of duty, and all those involved will be punished without exception."
The memory of brains splattering everywhere beneath the Golden Terrace was still vivid in Xiao Yinshi's mind; he didn't care how much bloodshed he had committed. She jumped off the city wall, and he had held back his anger then; now he was punishing her in this way.
The two locked eyes. Feng Tan stared intently at Xiao Yin, unable to comprehend how anyone in this world could be so ruthless.
He is completely devoid of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, yet he is utterly devoid of the five poisons: greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and doubt.
Her unwavering exploration of his appearance was so captivating that Xiao Yinshi's movements as he wiped Feng Tan's cheeks gradually softened, and a desire to devour her slowly grew within him.
Feng Tan asked, "Why are you so bad?"
Feng Tan is surrounded by sincere and selfless friendships, family ties, and teacher-student relationships. She grew up surrounded by love, so she never tries to persuade others to be good because she has never experienced their suffering. When she tried to see through Xiao Yin, she discovered that this person might not have experienced repeated ups and downs, and was born to be the most wicked.
His wicked nature was innate.
The man was unusually stunned, then smiled mischievously, pulled on Feng Tan's sash and ripped it open, replying simply, "I would rather betray the world."
Feng Tan grasped his fingers and said firmly, "You can't kill them."
Xiao Yinshi pulled her by her sash and pinned her to the bed, sneering, "Whoever is capable of letting you go or taking you away, then they cannot be allowed to live."
"And what right do you have to negotiate with me, Feng Tan?"
Feng Tan's face turned completely pale. Her plan with Arslan could not be thwarted halfway. Arslan could not die, and it seemed that she no longer had any means to restrain Xiao Yinshi.
The carriage was moving slowly, and it would take about three or four quarters of an hour to reach the palace. Feng Tan was quickly thinking about how to find a way to save Arslan's life. In the dim light, the blood at the corner of Xiao Yinshi's mouth had dried, and his features looked extremely aggressive.
She suddenly realized that this man was at his limit, and even the strongest body could not withstand his torment. She just wondered how much internal strength he still had.
Will he use up all his internal energy, just like when he defended the sea area of Linzhang, as he fell from the city tower while holding someone?
Seeing her face drained of blood in an instant from fright, Xiao Yinshi tore off Feng Tan's sash and threw it aside. He peeled open Feng Tan's outer garment with his long fingers, leaned down and kissed her shoulder. "Let's have a go. You'll have more time to come up with ideas, if you can think even when you're impaled."
Feng Tan took out a sniper rifle and charged to strike Xiao Yinshi's head. Xiao Yinshi grabbed her wrist and deftly dodged, the rifle hitting the car wall with a bang.
Xiao Yinshi used Feng Tan's sash to tightly bind the person's hands together, the curve of his thin lips surging, "Next time you try to risk your life, first see if you're qualified."
Just looking at that face made Xiao Yinshi incredibly aroused. His kiss lingered on Feng Tan's lips, the same lips from which her restrained yet beautiful moans had come when their hips collided a few days ago.
Xiao Yinshi's kisses were always persistent, a passionate entanglement of lips and tongues. Feng Tan frowned as she endured his nibbling and licking in her mouth. The resistance Xiao Yinshi had anticipated didn't occur; his eyes darkened further. In her submission, she displayed a gentle and yielding demeanor. Was it because she knew resistance was futile?
He glanced up at Feng Tan, then kissed her neck, tracing its contours, and placed his hand on the back of her neck to help her tilt her head back higher.
Within moments, Xiao Yinshi's body, which was covering Feng Tan, gradually went limp and powerless. Suddenly realizing something was wrong, he bit Feng Tan's cheek, causing a trickle of blood to seep from her face. The next instant, he was heavily pinned down by Feng Tan, a short, sharp knife held across his neck, and a cloth was viciously stuffed into his mouth.
Feng Tan finally exhaled a long, relaxed breath, and answered his question about whether he was qualified to risk his life in a low, sarcastic tone, "Yes, of course I am, how could I not be qualified?"
Author's note: I was so tired I didn't want to move a finger, but when I came online and saw everyone was still waiting for updates, my leave turned into gritting my teeth and finishing!
After being exploited in various ways, Atan was on high alert, determined to rise up and sing her own song!
(I'll just flip through a little bit today, and then do a big flip when the time is right.)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
