The place where we parked was a sheltered valley with a huge pool of water at the bottom.
At this moment, Duan Jinyan and two other men in black were sitting around a campfire by the pond, drying their wet clothes.
Upon seeing Duan Jinyan, a surge of anger welled up within me instantly.
When Duan Jinyan saw me, his expression turned somewhat ugly, and he questioned the leopard, "Who told you to bring them here?"
The leopard jumped out of the car and walked towards Duan Jinyan: "I met him during the evacuation. The little cub was in critical condition at the time. If I hadn't intervened, he would have died."
"You're breaking the rules!"
Duan Jinyan's face was somewhat gloomy: "You shouldn't have brought anyone up here without my orders, not a single person!"
"That's true, but I'm not a robot. If I see him in trouble, how could I just stand by and watch him die?"
The leopard walked to the campfire, pulled out a burning branch, and lit a cigarette: "It's true that I rescued him, but I didn't let him go. Instead, I brought him to you. What you do with him now is your problem! So that you won't regret it later and think I let him die!"
“If I hadn’t made a mistake before, I would have killed him already. I, Duan Jinyan, never regret my actions.”
Duan Jinyan looked coldly at Miao Xiaoxian and me: "These two know too much; keeping them around is just a burden."
Upon hearing Duan Jinyan speak, a man by the campfire swiftly drew his pistol, cocked it, and pointed it at my forehead.
"Hey! Don't do anything!"
Seeing the man's actions, Ma Gan immediately shouted, then stepped forward and said, "Boss Duan, I don't care what grudges you have with him, but he still owes me 30 million in rescue fees! You know the rules of our Rat Clan. If you kill this young man now, you'll ruin our reputation!"
Seeing this, the leopard chimed in, "To destroy the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace, Ping'an Village has lost hundreds of lives today. Although these people died voluntarily, it is still a significant blow to Ping'an Village! Now the entire village is grieving, and if that attracts those people, it will be bad."
At this moment, Miao Xiaoxian walked up to her side, holding a wax pill, and said, "If something happens to us, you won't survive either! This kind of Gu is called Hundred Feather Incense. Once it evaporates into the air, birds flying ten miles away will flock to this side, and you won't be able to hide your position!"
After listening to what the others said, Duan Jinyan glanced at me expressionlessly: "You're lucky. We've already gotten what we wanted, and there are pursuers blocking our way. Otherwise, we would have died a terrible death."
I glared at Duan Jinyan with a fierce look in my eyes: "Do you think I'm afraid of death, standing here like this?"
"Being fearless is indeed a good quality, but what good is it to a loser?"
Duan Jinyan added firewood to the campfire: "I've chased you all the way from the Far East to here. I think you should have realized that you are no match for me."
I cast a contemptuous glance at Duan Jinyan: "I never intended to compete with you. I only wanted to seek justice for the Duan family! You are not worthy to be my opponent, but merely my enemy!"
“An enemy? If you have the ability to take revenge on me, then you should call me an enemy. But right now, you feel more like a moth drawn to a flame.”
Duan Jinyan responded with the same disdainful smile, then waved lightly to the people around him: "You guys go to the evacuation point and wait for me, I have something to say to him."
Once Duan Jinyan spoke, Hua Bao and the others stood up in unison and walked out of the valley.
Seeing that everyone else had left, Ma Gan looked at Duan Jinyan and said, "Boss Duan, I have no interest in your feud, but I have to stay here. This kid still owes me money! Don't worry, I know the rules of the underworld. I'll keep my distance and won't listen to your conversation."
"what ever!"
After Duan Jinyan and the others stepped back, he turned his gaze to me: "Come and let's talk."
When I heard Duan Jinyan's words, I squinted at him and remained silent.
Seeing that I was standing still, Duan Jinyan gave me a mocking smile: "What, you don't even have the courage to face me, yet you dare to clamor for revenge?"
I knew Duan Jinyan was trying to provoke me, but after hesitating for a moment, I still walked towards him, saying to Miao Xiaoxian, "You stay here and wait for me, don't come any closer."
Miao Xiaoxian nodded, holding the wax pill: "Don't worry, if he dares to harm you, I guarantee he won't be able to leave these mountains."
The firewood crackled as it burned beside the pool of water in the valley, while the distant rumble of a landslide still echoed.
As I walked toward Duan Jinyan, I kept thinking about whether I could find an opportunity to subdue him.
Duan Jinyan seemed to be able to read my mind, and said in a relaxed manner, "Don't think about those things. I dared to let you come here, so I won't give you a chance to make a move. On the contrary, if I really wanted to do something to you, I wouldn't need to call you here at all."
"Whoosh!"
As Duan Jinyan spoke, he casually picked up a stone and threw it into the pool. Immediately afterward, a fish floated to the surface.
Seeing Duan Jinyan's move, my expression didn't change, but I was extremely shocked inside.
Among the many traditional Chinese martial arts, the "flying locust stone" technique is not considered a particularly complex skill, but Duan Jinyan's "throwing a stone to hit a fish" technique has a lot of intricacies involved.
Firstly, lake water refracts light, so the fish we see on the surface are in a slightly different position.
Furthermore, the lake water has resistance, and the fact that Duan Jinyan was able to hit a fish even when the stone was thrown into the water shows that his eyesight and wrist strength had reached a terrifying level.
Duan Jinyan turned his gaze back to me: "If there were a knife in front of you right now, would you kill me?"
I stared at Duan Jinyan and said, word by word, "Even without a knife, I still want to kill you!"
"Hehe, it seems I expressed myself incorrectly."
Duan Jinyan smiled and said, "If you were to kill me now, but the result would be that we would both perish, what would you choose?"
I was slightly taken aback when I heard Duan Jinyan's question.
Although I wanted to seek revenge on him, I had never considered taking his life before today.
Most importantly, I know very well that even if I really wanted to fight him to the death, I would have no chance of killing him in a one-on-one situation.
Thinking about this, a sense of defeat rose in my heart, and I did not answer his question.
"I called you over not so much to chat as to issue a warning."
Duan Jinyan looked me in the eyes and said very seriously, "Your behavior is about to cross my bottom line. If you continue to pester me, you will suffer a terrible fate."
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