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CHAPTER 141: So Delicately Weak to Bully?

"Little Sister!"

Guan Xi Lin called out in shock. As he was tangled up with a few men and was not able to follow, Guan Xi Lin's face became panicked and he shouted: "Let her go right now!"

The other black robed men moved to block his way forward. Seeing that the leader of the black robed men had already disappeared, the panicked expression upon Guan Xi Lin's face then faded away and his sharp gaze swept over the rest of the black robed men as he said with a sneer: "With just the few of you here and you really think you can stop me? You should weigh yourselves properly and see whether you're hefty enough first."

Immediately after his voice fell, the figure of Guan Xi Lin immediately struck like a demon, a thick and powerful mystical aura surging out from his entire body, imbuing terrifying power into his body. Where his punches passed, a malevolent edge formed in the resulting stream of air, shocking the several black robed men to quickly turn pale.

"Damn it!"

They wanted to retreat backwards, but their speed was too slow against Guan Xi Lin and they saw the one of the two men up front being struck upon the chest by his punch. The loud crack of bones breaking immediately sounded where his entire person was sent flying before he fell to the ground to twitch once and breathed his last.

The other one had his neck gripped in Guan Xi Lin's hand, his body held up above the ground as he struggled. Another crack sounded and the man had not even been able to cry out at all before his neck was snapped off.

"Disperse! Quickly disperse!"

One of the men shouted with his face turned ashen, not daring to continue to battle and had turned around wanting to leave.

"Since you've come, you really think you'll be able to leave?"

Guan Xi Lin said with a sneer, and made quick work of the remaining few of them. Looking at the several dead bodies scattered across the courtyard, he turned his head around to say to Leng Shuang who was guarding the Old Patriarch in the room: "Leng Shuang, I'll leave this place to you while I'll follow them to go take a look."

"Alright." Leng Shuang opened the door and gazed at the blood stained courtyard, her eyes not even blinking.

On the other side, the leader of the black robed men brought Feng Jiu to come to another manor. Once they went inside, seven or eight other black robed men walked out to meet them. One of the men among them saw that the leader had returned alone and he thought it strange.

"Why are you the only one here? Where are the rest?"

"That Guan Xi Lin is more powerful than I thought and the others must have been killed by him now. But it's fine as I've managed to bring this woman back." The leader who had captured Feng Jiu pushed her a step forward and then saw her stumble and fall to the ground.

"You..... Who are you people? Why did you bring me here?" Feng Jiu spoke in a slightly trembling voice, her eyes filled with terror and panic as she looked at the group of men around her.

"Having lost several of our brothers just to capture this woman. I really don't know what's so special about her." One of the black robed men said as he stared at Feng Jiu on the ground, sizing her up.

Yet another black robed man then said with a evil laugh: "Rip her veil off to have a look at her real countenance! We haven't even seen the woman face yet! I would really like to know just how ravishing she really is."

He was just about to act on it when a middle aged man came walking out from further inside. When they saw him, the black robed men in the courtyard immediately became highly respectful.

"Greetings to Left Protector."

Feng Jiu lifted her panicked eyes to look in the direction of the person approaching. When she saw that middle aged man, she quickly lowered her head, a chilling murder creeping into her half lowered eyes as the corners of her mouth curled up in an arc.

[An old acquaintance!]

Although this face of hers was disfigured by Su Ruo Yun, but this middle aged man had played a big part as well. She hadn't expected that they would meet on this day. Truly a case of one wouldn't know where to look even after wearing out shoes of steel, and then it suddenly just falls right into your lap.

The middle aged man's gaze fell upon Feng Jiu on the ground who had her head lowered and measured her up. Looking at the woman, he suddenly seemed to find her slightly familiar and his brows furrowed up together as he said in a low voice: "Take that face veil off her!"

CHAPTER 142: You're Not Dead?

"Yes!"

The black robed man acknowledged. He had already wanted to snatch that veil off to see the real face beneath and now, he was finally given the opportunity to do that.

Watching the black robed man striding over to her, Feng Jiu's hand pressed against her calf without anyone noticing as she turned to stare at the man, her gaze fixed upon him. Her eyes then arced slightly, like they were smiling faintly.

Seeing that, the middle aged man's brows furrowed up further as he thought that the girl was rather strange and he was just about to sound out a word of caution when he saw the girl who had been sitting upon the ground suddenly jump up with a leap as the cold gleam of a dagger spun within her hand. In the very next moment, the sharp point of the dagger edged with chilling murder was thrust straight towards the black robed man.

"Look out!"

A sharp shout rang out and the black robed men around immediately reacted but they only saw the body of the black robed man who was in a half crouch as he reached out to tug the face veil off the girl suddenly stiffened, before he fell to the ground with a groan.

'Thump."

"You..... You!"

The black robed man who had captured and brought her here stared with his eyes wide, completely stunned as he looked at the abrupt and complete change in the aura of the girl.

The delicate demeanor was now replaced with a cold chill. They wasn't a single trace of mystical aura from her body before but right at that moment, she stood there in her spot, a mystical aura so thick it was visible to the eye, a mystical aura that was more intense than any of theirs there!

Those eyes that had earlier been filled with terror was at that moment slightly narrowed, shining with an undisguised sinister glint. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he really would not be able to believe that the girl before his eyes now was the very same weak and frail person from earlier!

Feng Jiu just stood there, her hand toying with the exquisite and sharp dagger, her half narrowed eyes gazing over the several black robed men around her before finally falling upon the figure of the middle aged man.

"I had not thought that I would come to see an old familiar face. What a surprise this is!"

Hearing those words, the middle aged man's voice lowered and a glint flashed within his eyes as he inquired: "Old familiar face? Since we're on familiar terms, why would your esteemed self need to wear a veil and not dare to show your face?"

"Ha ha....."

Feng Jiu laughed lightly, her laughter like silver bells, highly pleasing to the ears. On this quiet and tranquil night, it sounded extra clearly.

The laughter then stopped and her voice that was seven parts nonchalance and three parts arrogance said: "It isn't that I do not dare show my face, but it's just that none of you are fit to even lay eyes upon my countenance.

She swept her gaze around the courtyard and said: "I assume that this place isn't the real hideout right? I am really curious just how much powers Su Ruo Yun has hidden behind her."

When he heard those words, the middle aged man's gaze shrank and a wild storm seemed to rise up within his heart, driving him to fall back a step. His sharp and vicious gaze stared fixedly at her like he was trying to see the face through that face veil.

"It's you? You're not dead?"

Only a few people knew of this matter and could this girl here really be that Feng Qing Ge? It must be true as he had found that figure and her eyes rather familiar looking and it had turned out to be the very same girl that they had presumed to be dead!

But, in these few short months, how had she managed to bring about such a great change?

That terrifying and devilishly bloodthirsty aura shrouding her entire body, and that confident arrogance emanating from her demeanor. If she had not said those words, he wouldn't have been able to guess her identity at all, and not be able to recognize the girl to be that Feng Qing Ge.....

"If I had died, how will I then be able to come seek revenge against all of you?"

Under the veil, the ends of her mouth hooked up slightly, her gaze staring at him as she approached him a step at a time: "Maybe, you can just try and see if you will be able to escape from me today?"

CHAPTER 143: Leave Some Alive

Hearing those words, the middle aged man tilted his head back and laughed: "Ha ha ha ha! What a joke! You think you will be be able to keep me here? You're being way too naive!"

His gaze fixed maliciously upon her, his face filled with a vicious expression as he pulled out a sword by his hip with one hand and said sinisterly: "Escape? Just you alone will not suffice to scare me enough to run away! On the contrary, you will not be so lucky this time round."

"Little Sister! I'm here to help!"

Following on the trail of secret signs Feng Jiu had left behind, Guan Xi Lin had pursued after them and had leapt up to stand upon the circumference wall to stare at the people down below in the courtyard. After weighing the situation a moment he then said: "You take care of that old one there and leave the rest of them to me."

The moment his voice fell, he leapt from the wall and with a flick of his sword, malevolent sword energy immediately shot towards the black robed men within the courtyard.

Seeing that Guan Xi Lin had caught up with them, the ends of her lips beneath her veil curled up and not forgetting to remind him, she said: "Big Brother, this time, do remember to leave a few of them alive for me! Don't kill them all!"

"No problem!"

Guan Xi Lin threw his reply in the direction of Feng Jiu, his voice brimming with battlelust. The sword gripped in his hand was initially aimed at the back robed man's throat but he changed its trajectory when he heard Feng Jiu's words and turned it to strike towards the man's body instead.

"He dares to chase me all the way here? Ha! My brothers! Have him killed!"

The black robed man saw Guan Xi Lin charging towards him with a sword in hand and he immediately gave a loud shout. The men surrounding them immediately acknowledged as eight long swords swiftly closed in a circle around Guan Xi Lin, trapping him in the middle with their sword tips all thrusting straight towards him.

The mystical energies within the bodies of the black robed men surged, their intense bloodlust suffocating, as sword energy shot out from their sword tips, whistling loudly through the air within the courtyard. With eight against one, no matter how one looked at the odds, the winner side was already highly apparent. Hence, the middle aged man merely cast a quick glance over to that side and paid them no further attention but instead focused his malicious gaze upon the woman in front of him.

Feng Jiu turned to gaze very briefly once towards Guan Xi Lin's direction but was not worried that he would be killed by those black robed men. Afterall, he had not cultivated all this while in vain.

Her gaze fell on the middle aged man that stood before her and at the same time, she summoned up the mystical energy within and imbued it into the dagger clasped in her hand. The next moment, her body lashed out towards the target in front fiercely in an instant, the sharp edge of the dagger in her hand forming into an malevolent energy blade as it cut through the air to clash against the opponent's sword.

'Clang!'

The middle aged man blocked her attack with the sword in his hand and said with a sneer: "Challenging me? You're still not up to the mark!" He summoned his strength and turned the sword in his hand to slash down at her.

'Swoosh! Whoosh!'

Feng Jiu turned her body to the side and pushed her stride forward at the same time, the dagger in her hand swishing through his collar and digging into flesh underneath, and the scent of blood immediately wafted into the air.

She heard him grunt once and his sword came slashing at her. She blocked it with her dagger and lifted her foot to kick out. As his eyes filled with astonishment, a foot imbued with the strength of mystical power landed upon his chest which ferociously sent him flying.

"Ugh!"

As he grunted and his body fell back in retreat, he felt his blood within his chest surging and rush up his throat, to spurt out from his mouth.

"Pu!"

When he steadied himself and lifted his eyes to look up, his eyes were filled with shock and incredulity as he gazed at the girl who delivered such vicious strikes before he asked with an uncertain voice: "Are you really Feng Qing Ge?"

[If she was Feng Qing Ge, how could she possibly gain such skills within just a few short months? If she was not Feng Qing Ge, how was it possible that her body and mannerisms be so similar? Could she have stumbled upon a fortuitous encounter in these past few months?]

When that thought came into his mind, his eyes flashed with a bright glint.

[A fortuitous encounter!]

[If she had had a fortuitous encounter, then there must be a secret upon her very being!]

CHAPTER 144: Begging to Tell It To Me

Seeing the sinister glint in his eyes, Feng Jiu sneered: "You will soon know if I am the real Qing Ge."

The moment her voice trailed off, the pace of her movements suddenly increased, as if at the speed of light, the speed seemed to have increased phenomenally by several times from before! It caused the already shocked middle aged man to be unable to react in time and by the time he recovered from the shock, he only felt a cold sensation pricking into his neck.

"So? Didn't I say that you won't be able to escape from here?"

The voice was gentle as it sounded out from behind him. His body stiffened and his eyes went wide as his face was highly incredulous while he said: "How, how is it possible....."

He was afterall a Martial Master at the peak levels, so how could he be restrained by her in just a mere instant? !

However, the sharp pain he was feeling upon his neck and that faint stench of blood reflected the cold truth of the situation he was in. He had fallen, fallen under the hands of a woman he had regarded with utter contempt, and what's more, this woman was really Feng Qing Ge!

"Tsk tsk... I had thought that you would have killed yourself with poison the moment you were caught but it seems that you cherish your own life a lot more than I thought."

Listening to her voice that was absolutely dripping with sarcasm, the middle aged man's body stiffened slightly as he closed his eyes in resignation. "What do you want?"

She was right, he didn't want to die. With his cultivation having already reached the realm of a Martial Master in the peak levels, why would he choose to kill himself? Although he knew he wouldn't come to any good end in her hands, but he still could not make himself really take his own life.

"Arrrgh.....!"

Several screams floated in from the other side. When he opened his eyes to look, he saw all the other black robed men had been taken down and were all unconscious with their mouth hanging open unshut, which obviously told him that the man had dislocated their jaws.

Seeing that, his eyes dimmed and his heart sank to the bottom of a gorge.

[They had completely underestimated the enemy. The two people they had thought would be easy prey had instead made more than ten of them all fall here in this place. How are they going to inform the Mistress about the situation?]

"I've told all of you that your fists are not as tough as mine and none of you believed me!"

Guan Xi Lin lifted a foot and kicked at the few people at his feet before he walked over to Feng Jiu and said with a grinning smirk: "Little Jiu, I've pulled out all their jaws and knocked them unconscious."

Feng Jiu glanced over at the whole lot of them and said coldly: "Maim their cultivation completely."

"Sure!"

He turned around without another word and completely mained all their cultivation. In an instant, all those people who had been knocked unconscious had their consciousness knocked back into them as excruciating pain took hold while all their cultivation faded off from their bodies. But with their jaws dislocated, they could not utter any sound and their bodies could only merely convulse limply upon the ground.

Having seen the entire bunch of men having their cultivation maimed in just a blink of an eye, the middle aged man's face turned pale, completely devoid of any colour, a look of panic quickly filling his eyes.

Decades of hard work and dedication poured into his cultivation, how could he be willing to forgo it all?

"Tell me what I want to know, and I can let you have a quick and easy death."

Hearing the voice sounding out from behind him, the middle aged man eyes steeled and he clenched his jaw tight as he spat: "Kill me as you wish! You will never be able to pry anything out of my mouth!"

"Is that so?"

The corners of Feng Jiu's lips curled up and she suddenly lashed out with a kick of her foot and his knees immediately buckled causing him to fall onto his knees while she pushed her mystical power through a hand to seal up his cultivation, while at the same moment, she forced a pill right into his mouth.

"Hmph! Is there a need to feed me poison? Kill me if you want as I will never utter a single word to plead for mercy!"

The middle aged man said as he snorted coldly. The pill that dissolved as soon as it went into his mouth could only be poison that would burn through his stomach without even needing to think about it. He may not have had the courage to commit suicide and dying in her hands might be rather regretful but he would never show her the slight tinge of fear!

After having sealed his cultivation, she walked to the front from behind him as she toyed with the dagger in her hand, the faint smile in her eyes sparkling strangely.

"No, you will tell me, and you will even be begging to tell it to me."

CHAPTER 145: The Best Drug

When he saw the strange glint in her eyes, the middle aged man's heart skipped a beat and a wave of uneasiness washed over him.

"Big Brother, have a look around and see if there's a dungeon or something like that here." Feng Jiu asked, her eyes narrowed in smiles as an excited gleam shone within her eyes.

"Okay." Although Guan Xi Lin had no idea what she was up to, but he still carried out her words to the letter and quickly searched one round through the residence which wasn't considered to be too big.

"What are you up to exactly?"

"You will soon find out." Feng Jiu replied with a soft laugh. A short while later, she saw Guan Xi Lin coming back.

"Little Jiu, there's no dungeon in here but there is a metal cage which looks like it's meant for locking people in."

"Throw them all into the cage then." She said and gestured for the middle aged man to be thrown in first. Following that, she stuffed a pill each into the mouths of all the other black robed men and having them all dragged to the back.

Throwing them all into the cage and locking it up, Feng Jiu dragged a chair over and found herself a spot fully intending to enjoy a good show. Thereafter, she seemed to look like she just remembered something as she looked at the convenient brother she acquired and she blinked her eyes: "Big Brother, are you going to watch too?"

"Watch what?"

Guan Xi Lin looked at her in puzzlement. He only saw that she had the men all locked up inside the cage and had moved a chair in to sit down to watch them and he had absolutely no idea what she was watching them for.

Hearing his reply, Feng Jiu coughed lightly and gave an awkward laugh as she said: "It's nothing really. Big Brother, help me stand guard in the outer yard, in case more of their people come here." She had better send him away from here or it would only taint his pure and innocent soul.

"Alright, you be careful in here. If anything crops up, just call out to me." He then nodded to her without suspecting anything as he walked out, to come to the outer courtyard.

Seeing that, she then turned her head around to look at the middle aged man in the cage with a wicked smile and said: "It's still not too late for you to talk now. I've said it, I can let you have an easy death."

The moment her voice dropped, she swept her gaze across the group of black robed men who were slowly coming awake. As their jaws had been pulled out they were unable to close their mouths. But as they had had a moment's rest, the strength was returning back to their bodies. However, with their cultivation maimed, they were all merely ordinary people now.

A sudden hot flush that surged through his body startled him, especially when he saw the bunch of black robed men were tugging at their own clothes with their eyes glazed over, his face immediately changed and he was suddenly screaming silently.

"You...! You actually drugged us with aphrodisiac!"

There was no doubt but absolute certainty of what she had fed them. The hot flush coursing through one's body was no lie and the behaviour and mannerisms of those men could not possibly be faked. But, he had never ever expected that she was actually capable of dreaming up with a method like this!

It must be known that they were all men!!

"Let me out! Let me out quickly!"

When he saw the several men started pulling on each other robes, and one of them already hugging his thigh and pulling at his pants, his face immediately turned deathly pale and drained of all colour, unable to hide the expression of utter panic any longer which showed unbridled upon his face.

"Not to worry, I only gave you a small dose of it. What all the others took were extra heavy doses."

Her eyes flashed with a glint of sinister humour as she said highly casually: "There's only one way for you to get out of there. Obediently tell me what I want to know and you do not need to be wrecked and ruined by those men. Otherwise, heh heh....."

"Argh! Get away from me!"

One of the men pounced onto him shocking him into letting out a shrill scream and he lifted a foot to kick him away. His hands gripped the bars of the iron cage tightly as he shouted panickedly: "Let me out! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything you want to know!"

CHAPTER 146: Poison Clan Territory

Hearing that, her lips curled up slightly as she approached the cage with a smile. "Speak! What kind of forces does she have under her hands? Tell me all that you know and you'd better not try any tricks or the consequences shall be highly severe"

"Let me out first! Or else kill these other men and I'll talk!" He screamed as he kick off a man who was hugging on his thigh before running away to another side of the cage.

Feng Jiu crossed her arms together as an eyebrow on her face lifted, her gaze tinged with a highly teasing glint: "It will take only a little while more for the drug to fully take effect. If you want to dawdle, I wouldn't mind watching a good show."

Pure lunacy!

He cursed in his heart but did not dare to drag any longer and had no choice but to spill everything he knew.....

"Poison Clan?"

She murmured the name softly and a cold glint flashed across her eyes while the corners of the mouth under the veil curled into a her lips curved up into an evil arc.

"Let me out quick! Quickly..... Ugh!"

He was shouting in panic but his voice had suddenly stopped abruptly. He suddenly fell limply to the ground as his entire body was drained of all strength. Several of the other men saw it and rushed over to pounce on him, one pulling at his pants and another tugging at his robe.....

Feng Jiu's eyes filled with a chill as she glanced at the cage and said in a highly casual tone: "Against my enemies, I have never ever been merciful. Since you do not have the courage to kill yourself, I'll then help you. You will not have any strength to even put up a struggle so just have fun playing with them."

The moment her voice faded off, she immediately turned around to walk out. At the very moment her body turned, from behind her she could hear the sounds of heavy grunting.....

When Guan Xi Lin who was standing guard outside heard the sound of heavy grunts coming from inside, he was surprised for a moment and puzzlement rose within his eyes. He was just about to go in and check when he saw Feng Jiu walking out and he immediately went towards her in approach.

"Little Jiu, all those people have been dealt with?"

"Yup! All done. Let's go!" She replied with a wide smile as she nodded her head in affirmation.

"But why am I still able to hear them still alive and they still seem to be making loud grunts!" He was feeling rather confused and he wanted to go inside to take a look but was pulled by Feng Jiu further outside.

"There's no need to bother about those people anymore. I've fed them poison and they will not live till tomorrow. Didn't you say that you wanted to accumulate more actual battle experience? Come, I'll bring you to a place." As she spoke, she continued to drag and pull Guan Xi Lin out from the place.

When he heard her words, his eyes lit up and he asked quickly: "Is it their old nest? You've managed to get that out of them?"

"That's right, It's their nest I'm talking about. Let's eradicate this nest of theirs overnight!" This force that Su Ruo Yun nurtured and built up, Feng Jiu wanted to completely obliterate it within one night!

The Poison Clan's fame had only risen in recent years and were most well known for their skill in poison where they also took on assassination missions. No one usually dared to mess with the people in the Poison Clan because of the fact that regardless how highly skilled one was, when pitted against those skilled in the use of poisons one would often find themselves already dead from being poisoned before they realize anything amiss.

Hence, even if there were people knew where the Poison Clan's were located, nobody had dared to think of destroying the Poison Clan. But alas, this time they had incurred the wrath of Feng Jiu and moreover the head of the Poison Clan was Su Ruo Yun. With such an opportunity for revenge presented before her eyes, she would naturally not let it slip.

Within the deep darkness of the night, two figures passed through the forest. Under the night sky, Feng Jiu and Guan Xi Lin moved silently and quickly.

Suddenly, Guan Xi Lin reached out his hand and tugged at Feng Jiu as he said in a low voice: "Little Jiu, look at this." Guan Xi Lin was pointing at a stone tablet among the trees.

"Poison Clan Territory. Death to intruders?"

Feng Jiu read it out and a sinister smile came onto her lips as her eyes narrowed.

CHAPTER 147: Setting the Mountaintop Ablaze

"Little Jiu, is this Poison Clan that woman's nest?"

Guan Xi Lin asked in a whisper, feeling a little incredulous. It must be known that the Poison Clan held power comparable to a medium grade Family Clan in the Cloudy Moon City and no one had been able to uncover who the mastermind hidden behind them was. It was unimaginable that it was actually Su Ruo Yun who stole Little Jiu's identity.

"That's right." She replied as she pulled out a bottle and poured out two pills. "Eat it. It's an antitoxin pill."

Hearing that, Guan Xi Lin took one and swallowed it before he asked rather worriedly: "How are we going to annihilate this Poison Clan? I heard that the Poison Clan has quite a number of members and they're all skilled in poison. Will just the two of us be able to do it?"

Feng Jiu swallowed the other pill and then said: "We don't need to do it directly. We'll just have to attack poison with poison. Let's go."

That night, was destined to be a sleepless night.

In the Feng Residence, Su Ruo Yun was still happily awaiting the good news she expected to receive tomorrow after daybreak. However, when dawn came and went but she still did not see anyone coming to report to her, like a rock that sunk into the sea, she did not hear even a peep.

From morning till afternoon she waited but there was still no news and finally unable to wait any longer, she made an excuse to go out and she went towards a house in the south of the city.

'Knock knock.'

Two knocks sounded on the door and she looked left and right as she stood outside the door. Having waited for a while and when there was still no one coming to open the door, the ominous feeling within her heart then began to grow stronger, driving her to just leap over the outer wall to go inside.

It would have been better if she had not come in. Upon entering and seeing the scene within the cage in the courtyard behind, she could not help but gasp in horror.

"Argh!"

That unsightly scene made her face immediately turn a highly ugly shade. Especially when she saw that the middle aged man was also within that cage, it shocked her even more greatly.

His powers were equivalent to the main pillar of strength of a medium ranged Family Clan and he had always stayed close by her side to make it easier to issue orders to him. For one who held powers of a Martial Master at the peak levels, he was not a person that anyone would be able to kill easily. Seeing the highly humiliating manner that he had died, it both shocked and infuriated her greatly!

"Could this be done by Guan Xi Lin and his sister? According to investigations, that Guan Xi Lin was not even at the level of a Martial Master, how could he possibly be able to lock the Left Protector who was a peaking Martial Master in the cage?"

She mumbled softly to herself, unable to calm her heart after witnessing that scene and then decided that she needed to link up to the people in the Poison Clan to ask them about the situation.

Hence, just as she was turning around to leave, she set the house ablaze.

Once outside and as she walked along the street, she recalled the horrendous sight she had witnessed just now and she felt absolutely disgusted. Killing someone was merely causing their head to drop to the ground and even she herself was unable to dream up such a cruel and terrifying way to punish someone.

"Have you heard? The Poison Clan was completely obliterated by someone last night! It was said that a blaze had wiped out everything on the mountaintop and it was only this morning that the fire was put out. Many people went to see and they said that everything was razed to the ground."

"Wah! Really? Who did it? The Poison Clan held as much power as a mid ranged Family Clan and they have already been established for years! How could they possibly be annihilated within just one night?"

Hearing the hushed whispers that reached her ears, Su Ruo Yun's heart sank. She turned her head back to look at the several people at the roadside tea stall and went striding over to them. She clamped her hand onto the shoulder of one of the men and said in a chillingly menacing voice.

"What did all of you just say? Repeat it one more time!"

"Oww! My shoulder....." The middle aged man whose shoulder was caught in her hand's grip immediately broke out in cold sweat, his face suddenly pale.

The two other men at the side saw it and immediately said quickly: "Miss, let go of him. We'll tell you everything. The Poison Clan was annihilated last night and the mountaintop was razed with no single survivor. This matter has spread throughout the entire city and you can just ask anyone. They will tell you the same thing."

CHAPTER 148: The Poison Clan Gets Annihilated

When she heard those words, Su Ruo Yun felt as she was trapped within a frozen glacier, her entire body turning chill. She fell back a few steps in a stagger, unable to accept that the news was fact.

"No.... Impossible..... It's not possible....."

The middle aged man heaved a sigh as he massaged his painful shoulders from being grabbed and snapped begrudgingly: "What do you mean it's impossible? I even went over this morning to take a look and the entire mountaintop was completely razed! There wasn't a single survivor at all!"

"That's right, everyone's talking about it since morning and several Family Clans in the city had sent people to go verify it, but till now, no one has said a word about the culprit who could have been responsible for annihilating them!"

"That cannot be possible! I do not believe it!"

Su Ruo Yun cried out loudly as she swung a cold and highly vicious gaze upon the men before she immediately went away with wide strides.

[She has to go see! She must see it with her own eyes! She will never believe that all her years of hard work had gone under the torch in just one night!

"Has that woman gone loony? Those people from the Poison Clan aren't doing people any good anyway and they're better off dead. What is she getting so riled up for?"

"Don't bother about her. She's just a crazy woman, she grabbed me so hard that my shoulder is still hurting!"

The middle aged man rubbed at his shoulder as he spoke to say: "However, to be able to destroy such a powerful nefarious force in just one single night is simply too incredible! What do you say? Do you think this could be related to the Ghost Doctor.....?" His voice trailed off without finishing the sentence significantly softer, his tone tinged with a high degree of wariness.

"Why would you say that? Why would the Ghost Doctor go annihilate the Poison Clan for no reason?"

"Well, aren't poisons and healing mutually antagonistic? What's so surprising about him annihilating the Poison Clan? Then again, if it wasn't the Ghost Doctor who did it, who else would possess such capability? Only the Ghost Doctor possesses the capability to achieve such a feat, annihilating a powerful clan within just one night. wouldn't you agree?"

Hearing those words, the other men similarly lowered their voices in caution: "You mean to say that the destruction of the Xu Family was the deed of the Ghost Doctor and the annihilation of the Poison Clan was also the work of the Ghost Doctor? I'd say this to you now, it's best for you not to speak so carelessly. Pray mind that loose tongues bring disaster..... And afterall, nobody saw anything, isn't that right?"

When they heard the often said "loose tongues bring disaster", the men exchanged knowing glances and did not bring up that topic anymore, but parted ways to return back to their homes after finishing a few cups of tea.

When Su Ruo Yun arrived at the mountaintop that had been completely razed to the ground, all the nosy parkers who had been here to pry and watch the show had already dispersed. Her eyes were red as she stared at the badly charred and bare mountaintop and an unstoppable rage surged upon her heart which caused her to spurt out a whole mouthful of blood, making her fall to the ground.

"How could this...how could this be..."

She muttered in a whisper to herself listlessly, her entire being looking like she had lost her soul. This was the place where she had devoted all her heart and soul into while sparing no effort, a force she had everything intention of building up and expanding. But before her eyes, it had all been laid to waste in just one night.....

The surging blood and rage made her heart wince with pain and she sat there upon the ground for a long while before she stood up, her listless eyes suddenly rekindled with a cruel and vicious gleam, her hands clenching up tightly into fists.

"I will definitely not let any of you off for this! Definitely not!"

Her jaws clenched tight, she turned around resolutely to leave. The Poison Clan was no more, then she would just bring the Feng Guards over! The Feng Guards are the main pillar of strength of the Feng Residence, a force that even the ruler of the Sun Glory Country was fearful of!

She would only need to take over the Feng Guards by becoming the Feng Lord. By then, it would be needless to mention just that sibling pair, even if she wanted to obliterate a medium sized Family Clan, it would only be a matter of giving the order!

She had wanted to wait for a period of time before this as the real Feng Qing Ge in the past had rarely come in contact with the Feng Guards and the only form of interaction they had was only with the one or two Feng Guards sent over to protect her. As for all the other guards, they had not even met a single time.

But now, she wanted to be the Feng Lord! She must get her hands on that force!

CHAPTER 149: Elite Masters

-Two days later-

Feng Jiu was supporting her Grandfather as they walked within the courtyard and she asked: "Grandfather, how are you feeling? Are you now better?"

"Heh heh, I'm much better, though if you give me a few sips of wine, I think I won't even need you to hold me and your Grandfather will be able to shoot forward like an arrow and maybe even fly!" The Old Patriarch said with his eyes narrowed in smile, his entire being regaining back his vigor after having rested and nursed for two days here.

But, having gone without drink for the past few days and his body recovered, his craving was acting up a little.

"Not just yet. Wait a few more days and you can drink however much you want then." She told him as she helped him over to sit down at the stone table in the courtyard, and poured out a cup of water for him instead.

"Little Feng, when are we going home? Continuing to stay out here is not going to solve anything and that insidious Su Ruo Yun has not been dealt with yet. On top of that, that blunderer father of yours is still being led around by the nose without realizing what is going on at all!"

He shook his head sighed heavily before he said: "Speaking of your father, he's actually rather pitiful, not knowing a single thing."

She had already told him everything that had transpired in the past and he couldn't help but feel grateful that she was still alive and fortunate that he had been able to run into her in the streets and had been able to recognize her. But, he would never have thought that the malicious woman back home would actually be that genteel Su Ruo Yun at Little Feng side who had been as close as a sister to her.

One cannot fully read another's heart, you really can't judge a book by its cover!

"Once Grandfather is feeling better, we can then go back anytime." She said with a light laugh, thinking it was about time to return to the Feng Residence.

The Old Patriarch was ecstatic when he heard that and he patted her on her hand and said repeated three times," Good, good, good."

"Little Jiu."

Guan Xi Lin entered the courtyard with hurried steps looking rather flustered and when he saw the old man beside her, he immediately greeted: "Grandfather."

Due to his relationship with Feng Jiu, and when the old man heard how he had self exiled himself from the Guan Family, he had let Guan Xi Lin address him as Grandfather as well even saying when he got back to the Feng Residence, he would ask Feng Xiao to take him in as his godson.

Seeing his face filled with anxiety and worry, Feng Jiu immediately asked: "Big Brother, what's wrong?"

"Grandfather, Little Jiu, something has happened to the Feng Family! You've better hurry back to the Feng Residence now!"

When the old Patriarch heard that, he asked rather worriedly: "What happened?"

"I've just returned from outside and I've heard that because of Grandfather's disappearance, Father has been wrought with worry and he has fallen ill and is bedridden. It seems he is also going to hand over the command of the Feng Guards to Su Ruo Yun to allow her to fully take charge of locating Grandfather. Quite a number of people from the Family Clan in the city had been invited to go over for the announcement ceremony today at noon, to tell everyone that the Lord of the Feng Family's Guards will be her daughter. But the problem is that Father does not know that the Feng Qing Ge in the manor is an imposter! If the Feng Guards are handed over to her, then that will really be big trouble!"

Although he was not part of the Feng Family, but he was still aware that the powers of the Feng Guards was something even the Imperial Family were wary of. If such a force were to fall into the hands of that venomous scorpion of a woman, what could be worse?

"This Su Ruo Yun! Such an ungrateful wench!"

The old Patriarch cursed out in rage: "Your father has always been as strong as a bull! How could it be possible that he will fall sick from anxiety the moment I went missing? That thankless wench must have used poison to harm people once again!"

Hearing those words, Feng Jiu could not help it but the corner of her mouth twitched. [Strong as a bull? Her Grandfather's description couldn't have been more apt.]

"But Grandfather, how is it that even the Imperial Family are fearful of our Feng Guards? On the night when I went there to bring you out, I had thought that the Feng Guards standing at the door were not that great at all!"

"That's because you've yet to come across the Elite Masters among our Feng Guards!"

The old Patriarch stood up and with one hand behind his back and the other stroking his beard, he said: "The Feng Guards of our Feng Family are differentiated by ranks. The team forming up the Elite Masters is the trump card of our Feng Family."

CHAPTER 150: The Mysterious Feng Guards

"But I do not seem to recall having seen those Feng Guards in our Feng Residence." From memory, she had not seen any of that group of Feng Guards of the Feng Family but just that team of Feng Guards by Grandfather's and Father's side protecting them.

"You will definitely come across the Feng Family's Guards in the future but now, we'd better go back home first. Otherwise, once this matter blows up, it might become too difficult to contain." The Old Patriarch said in a deep voice and then turned to look at Guan Xi Lin beside them. "Xi Lin, go prepare the carriage now as we already do not have much time till noon and we need to hurry back to stop them."

"Right away." Guan Xi Lin acknowledged, immediately walking outside.

At that moment, Leng Shuang came in holding snacks in her hands and said: "Old Master, Young Miss, have some snacks! Mother Qing just made them."

Feng Jiu smiled and then said: " We're going back to the Feng Residence. Bring the snacks along and we'll just eat them on the carriage." Towards the situation the Feng Family was facing, she was not as worried as the Old Patriarch was as with just Su Ruo Yun alone, she wouldn't be able to kick up too big a ruckus.

And within the Feng Residence, due to the news that was sent out, various Family Heads within the city were arriving one after another. They sat together and discussed in hushed whispers. From what they think, Feng Qing Ge was still too young and she might not be able to exert control over the Feng Guards to become the Feng Lord.

But no one had expected that the Feng Family would have so many things happen to them recently. First, the Old Patriarch had been afflicted with the Demons of Lunacy and was even abducted with his whereabouts still unknown. Then, barely two days later, General Feng himself had also fallen and the only person who could make decisions in the Feng Residence was only Feng Qing Ge. But everyone there did not think highly of the kind of powers she possessed.

Although Feng Qing Ge was the most precious pearl of a daughter of Feng Xiao's, but compared to her powers and capabilities, her peerlessly beautiful countenance was what made people talked about in relish instead. Afterall, with all of them being residents in the Cloudy Moon City, they naturally knew the kind of level Feng Qing Ge's cultivation was at.

In fact, with the level of cultivation Feng Qing Ge possessed, it wasn't even comparable to most of the children from medium ranged families. But she had the advantage of having a proud son of Heaven as a fiancee and the strong backing of the Feng Residence behind her, hence, the level of her cultivation was not what everyone else paid much attention to.

Under a pavilion in the backyard, there were eight men in brocaded robes, some seated, some standing, and some leaning against the pavilion with their arms folded across their chests as they chatted.

"Does any of you think the Old Master will return today?"

"The one who spoke was a young man dressed in a blue robe. He was seated at the table with his chin supported with one hand as he asked the others.

A stern faced man in a black robe lifted his tea and sipped a mouthful as he said in a deep voice: "The news had all been released out. He will definitely return."

"There seems to be quite a number of people who turned up. I heard the people from below reporting that even the old Emperor himself had come." Leaning against the outside of the pavilion, a man with his arms folded across his chest quipped nonchalantly.

A white robed man who held a folding fan in his hand then asked: "But, is it really fine for us to not reveal the information we hold? Will we be going overboard like this?"

"In what way? The Family Head had not asked us to look into it at all and we knew about it all due to investigations we did on our own. That doesn't count as withholding information." The man who spoke had an eyebrow lifted, his tone indicating that it was highly natural and was only to be expected.

Another one of the men could not help himself but laugh out loud to say: "It was lucky for us that those old fogeys are in secluded cultivation, otherwise, if they were to see us not lifting a finger to deal with the trouble, I think we will all be put another session of drills."

"Speaking of that, just who is that girl with the Old Master that even we were unable to dig up her real identity? That is really rather strange."

CHAPTER 151: Peak Level Martial Masters

Hearing that, the several people fell silent. The eight of them were not anyone else but the very eight Team Leaders of the eight Elite Masters teams of the Feng Guards.

To these men who had been practising cultivation behind closed doors, the happenings at the Feng Residence if not for reports from the Feng Guards which told them, they would not have known anything about it. And after finding out about the recent incidents that had occurred in the Feng Residence recently, they had then taken up investigations into the matter.

Especially about the incident where they were told that the Old Patriarch had been afflicted with the demons of lunacy and abducted. They had not expected that the person that the Family Head who brought all the guards inside and outside of the manor to search for but still failed would actually be taken by a young woman and he was actually recuperating within a courtyard outside.

They had tried to get nearer to observe but the moment they got closer, they had been detected. They really didn't know whether it was just that the young woman was too sharp or that their abilities at hiding their presence was just lacking.

They had initially wanted to bring the Old Patriarch back but after they saw that the Old Master was highly jovial when with the young woman, and that the young woman would help the Old Master to move around within the courtyard without the Old Master displaying the slightest sign that he was afflicted with the demons of lunacy, the group of leaders quickly dropped the idea.

Although they did not know who that young lady was, but her high concern for the Old Master's wellbeing could not be faked. Since it was ascertained that she harboured no ill intentions towards the Old Master, they left them well alone.

"Sigh, you guys tell me, that young woman's face had been so badly disfigured, why did it seem like she didn't really care much about it?" The blue robed man asked in curiosity. When he first saw that disfigured face, he had been rudely shocked.

Afterall, that was a young lady and seeing her face so badly disfigured that he could not bear to see it any longer, he felt that the lady was rather pitiful.

"There wasn't any mystical power on that young lady's body and I think she is just a regular person. Whereas for that Guan Xi Lin, his aura was rock solid stable, that one's somebody."

The black robed man lowered his voice and said, hesitating a moment as his eyes narrowed: "Have all of you seen the Family Head's daughter today? What do all of you think?"

"Nothing much to look at. To become the Lord of the Feng Guards, she's not good enough."

"Mmm. Her powers aren't outstanding but her looks are rather exceptional."

"Seeing a prissy and dainty little girl becoming the Lord of the Feng Guards? Tsk, that, I'm not too keen to see."

"Haiz! It's the first time seeing her and I must say I'm disappointed."

"I don't think much of it either."

"She won't be able to make us submit."

"We don't have much of a choice in this you know? Who asked our Family Head to only have just that one and only daughter! ?"

After hearing his comrades words one after another, the black robed man stood up and said: "No, she is not that simple."

"Huh? How?" The other seven immediately asked in unison, feeling rather puzzled why the black robed man would say such a thing. None of them had seen anything special about that Feng Qing Ge afterall.

"Instinct."

"Tsk!"

The others scoffed to say: "Didn't feel anything."

His gaze then turned and all the others looked in the same direction as one of them said with a laugh: "It's always said do not talk about people in the day and to not talk about ghosts at night. Look, once we mention that person, she appears."

Not too far away, a figure dressed in a colourful and resplendent dress was walking towards them with two servant girls following behind her. When she saw the group of several young men with their outstanding looks and highly imposing demeanor, some standing some sitting, under the pavilion, a brief glint immediately passed through her eyes.

These eight men, were the eight Team Leaders of the Feng Guards' Elite Masters teams. The powers of these eight men had already reached the peak level of a Martial Master.

It must be known that the Old Patriarch had practised his cultivation his whole life and he had only achieved the powerful eighth stage of the initial level of a Martial Sovereign.

As for Feng Xiao, he had only just broken into the realm of a Martial Sovereign a few years ago and had now only managed the mystical initial level at the second stage.

In time to come, these eight men would definitely rise into the realms of a Martial Sovereign and by that time.....

CHAPTER 152: Feng Jiu Returns Home

The man in blue robes saw her standing outside the pavilion to look at them without saying a word and his eyebrow lifted as he asked: "Does the Young Miss need something from us?"

Su Ruo Yun recovered her senses and her gaze swept over the faces of the eight men as she asked in a gentle and demure tone: "What are your names?"

"Our names?"

He walked closer in approach and leaned against the pavilion to say: "The several old men above our heads had left instructions that our names are to be revealed to our Lord, hence, before the Young Miss becomes our Lord, we wouldn't mind if the Young Miss can assign numbers upon us to be used as our names in an order you deem fit."

Another man who came walking up from behind him had his arms folded across his chest as he glanced at the man beside him before he looked at the people outside with a slight look of lazy nonchalance upon his face and said: "She is still not our Lord yet! So she can't give us any orders. Giving us numbers as our names will still not let her mobilize us."

"Young Miss, although we are part of the Feng Guards, we still have not acknowledged you as our Lord. Whether you are able to make us acknowledge you will depend on your capabilities." Another man said as he came walking up, his tone distinctly unfriendly.

Afterall, although they were also Feng Guards, but towards people who were not their Lord, they did not need to be too courteous.

Upon hearing those words, Su Ruo Yun was not angry. She instead revealed a smile and glanced at them as she said confidently: "All of you will submit to me." The moment her voice fell, she turned around and went walking towards to front courtyard.

From what she could see, the real Feng Qing Ge was already dead and having the Feng Guards fall into her hands was just a matter of time. She did not believe that with what she was capable of, she would be unable to make them submit!

When she came closer to them, a black robed man walked up and swept his gaze the two men at his side while saying: "You guys shouldn't overdo it. She is afterall the Lord's daughter, and the Lord we would soon pledge loyalty to."

"Chey! How do you know that she had that capability to make us call her Lord of our own accord?" The highly nonchalant man said indignantly, obviously not thinking much of her.

"But do not forget how the few old men have been supporting us."

Hearing that, the several men fell silent, and no one said another word.

After awhile, the black robed man then said: "It's about time, let's go out front to take a look!"

"Might as well." Several of the men acknowledged and they made their way together to the front courtyard.

At that same moment in the direction towards the Feng Residence, the common citizens were gathered upon the main street as the Emperor was passing through and they followed behind the contingent to watch, gawking in awe at the resplendent troop of soldiers making their way towards the Feng Residence. And upon the Emperor's Dragon Carriage, the ruler sat imposingly dressed in his magnificent golden Dragon Robe, while at the edge on one side, dressed in a purple robe and exuding a highly noble air, was Murong Yi Xuan who followed after upon a stallion.

Upon hearing that the country's ruler had come, the various Family Heads within the Feng Residence were rather surprised. The Feng Residence announcing Feng Qing Ge as the Lord of the Fengs would usually not require the ruler to personally attend but he had still come. What that was supposed to signify was rather intriguing.

Even so, everyone still went outside to receive him. That was afterall the ruler of the Sun Glory Country and he was a highly powerful exponent himself. Hence, all the people did not dare to show any form of disrespect.

As the person holding the highest authourity in the Feng Residence, Su Ruo Yun walked out from within the crowd and prostrated herself before the Dragon Carriage to say: "Your lady subject Feng Qing Ge respectfully welcomes the ruler's esteemed presence."

"We all welcome the ruler." All the various Family Heads chorused in unison, bowing respectfully.

"Mm." From upon the Dragon Carriage, a deep voice sounded and the ruler dressed in his golden Dragon Robe stepped down from above, his sharp gaze imbued with his imposing aura sweeping over the people gathered briefly before he opened his stride to walk inside.

After he went in, everyone immediately heaved a sigh of relief and exchanged glances with other. Just as they were about to follow behind to go in, they saw a horse carriage slowly coming to a stop before the front gates of the Feng Residence.....

CHAPTER 153: The Old Patriarch Returns!

[Isn't everyone who is supposed to attend already present? Why is there another carriage coming? Who else is there?]

While everyone else was feeling rather puzzled, their steps going inside stopped momentarily as people gazed at the highly unremarkable carriage that had stopped right in front of the gates.

Murong Yi Xuan who was about to step inside had stopped in his tracks as well when he saw the horse carriage. He not only found that the horse carriage looked rather familiar, but thought he recognised the girl in black driving it as well. [Wasn't she with that lady the last time.....]

"Little Jiu, let me help you." Dressed in all black, Guan Xi Lin leapt out from the carriage and reached his hand out to the person coming out behind him.

The words Little Jiu caused Murong Yi Xuan's heart to skip a beat and his eyes showed a trace of surprise, his feet rooted to the ground. He stood there stunned as he simply gazed fixedly at the person coming out from the carriage.

At this time, Su Ruo Yun did not see the person stepping off from the carriage as the ruler had already gone inside and she needed to go up front in escort. Hence, she had not only failed to see that Guan Xi Lin and Feng Jiu had come, but also missed seeing the last person to come down from the carriage. Otherwise, she would surely have turned pale from terror.

"Hey! Isn't that Old Patriarch Feng there?"

When the various Family Heads saw the young man and woman helping the elderly man down from the carriage, they immediately realized that it was the old Patriarch who had gone missing from the Feng Residence!

And, seeing that sharp demeanor, he didn't look in the slightest like someone who was afflicted with the demons of lunacy! At that moment, everyone started to go forward and crowd around him.

"Old Patriarch Feng! You've finally come back!"

"Old Patriarch Feng, during this period that you were not here at the manor, General Feng had fallen ill from worry!"

"Old Patriarch Feng, just where have you been all this while?"

Everyone crowded around the old man and shot their questions at him incessantly, their voices highly tinged with concern. As everyone who came today were all only from the bigger clans and more prestigious families in the Cloudy Moon City, not a single person from the medium sized families was seen. Hence, every single one found Guan Xi Lin and Feng Lin highly unfamiliar and no one was able to recognize them.

"Haha, I've caused everyone much worry, but this old man is fine." Old Patriarch Feng said with a laugh, nodding his head at each and everyone in appreciation.

"Grandfather Feng." Murong Yi Xuan came walking over and seeing that the Old Patriarch's spirits had recovered rather well, he could not help but feel slightly puzzled. [Why is he with Guan Xi Lin and his sister?]

His gaze shifted and his probing line of sight finally fell upon Feng Jiu.

When the Old Patriarch Feng saw him, he said in a highly amicable tone: "Oh! It's Yi Xuan! You came here today as well? This old man heard that the ruler had come?" When he saw the young man looking intently at his Little Feng, the smile on his face deepened further.

This two people here, was a very well matched couple no matter which way you looked at them. A pity, Little Feng's face.....

When the guards in the Feng Residence saw that the person who stepped out from the carriage was actually their very own Old Patriarch Feng, they ran inside almost flying as they shouted out excitedly: "It's the Old Patriarch! Old Patriarch Feng is back! The Old Patriarch Feng has returned....."

"Grandfather, let's go inside!"

Feng Jiu didn't even look at Murong Yi Xuan once but just supported her Grandfather to walk on inside. Guan Xi Lin followed on the Old Patriarch right while Leng Shuang trailed close behind Feng Jiu.

"Wha..what?...What did you say?!"

Su Ruo Yun was entertaining the ruler who was seated in the main seat in the hall when she was suddenly shocked to turn completely pale after hearing what a guard had told her and her body began to tremble uncontrollably as she asked: "Who did you say came back? Who?"

"It's the Old Patriarch! Old Patriarch Feng is back!" The guard replied, greatly delighted.

The ruler who was seated as he sipped at his tea noticed her strange reaction and his eyebrow tilted up slightly, feeling a little astonished at the panic and fear under her reaction.

[Having one's own Grandfather back, shouldn't she be feeling happy about it? Why is she reacting in this way?]

CHAPTER 154: Who Are You?

"The Old Master is back? Where?"

Hearing that voice, the ruler turned his head to look in the direction that the voice had sounded from. With that one glance, his face showed great surprise. It had only been a few days but Feng Xiao had actually been reduced to such a weak and frail state? He could not even walk on his own and had to depend on others to support him?

"My Lord, you should sit down here first. The Old Master is already at the door and he will come in shortly." A man dressed in a white robe who was holding a folding fan in his hand said gently as he helped Feng Xiao sit down before his own gaze looked outside into the courtyard.

The ruler, Murong Bo looked at the outstanding man standing beside Feng Xiao, his sharp black irises glinting deep in thought, a very brief glance that swept past the two men unnoticed as his gaze turned away from them.

When Su Ruo Yun saw the several Feng Guards standing guard beside Feng Xiao, she gritted her teeth tightly. These men had not only disregarded her, they had even brought Feng Xiao out here on their own accord. Damn them all! She had originally intended to just let Feng Xiao show up for a brief moment before sending him back in case anyone notices anything suspect about his condition but now.....

Just at that moment, Feng Jiu came in helping the Old Master along, with a mass of people behind them.

When she saw Feng Jiu beside the Old Master, Su Ruo Yun let out a gasp and said: "Why is it you! How could you be here! ?"

[This woman! She had not forgotten that the poison she had employed had been countered by this very woman! This woman, her identity highly strange and mysterious, had today even appeared right here in the Feng Residence, and right before her eyes! Did that woman really think she would do nothing to her?]

"Guards! Capture that woman immediately!" She screamed out loudly, immediately wanting the Feng Guards to capture Feng Jiu.

However, nobody moved. Because they didn't dare. Even an idiot could see that the lady with the veil was holding their own Old Master to support him as he walked! Capture that lady? They have not yet become that tired of living.

Feng Jiu did not say a word but merely looked at Su Ruo Yun with a faint smile in her eyes.

Old Patriarch Feng at that moment called out in a deep booming voice, hollering: "Feng Guards hear me!"

The eight men looking like refined and dignified Young Masters standing beside Feng Qiao immediately took a step forward all at the same time, their step steady and demeanor imposing. They stood in one straight row, their actions uniform as they clasped their hand over their fists in greeting, the resounding clap imbued with the strong aura of robust mystical power flowed out in deference towards the Old Patriarch.

"Your subordinate greets the Old Master!"

With just those few words, they sent tremors into the hearts of everyone present. After the eight men proffered their greeting, they stood ramrod straight, the earlier languid nonchalance that hung upon their bodies immediately disappearing without a trace right at that moment.

The stern faces exuded an absorbing kind of sobriety, the aura felt from their bodies harsh and chilling, like those of steely warriors who just stepped off from a battlefield. That completely synchronized movements, their heroic stance and demeanor, made everyone's eyes light up, their hearts to tremble.

They were the Feng Guards! The team of Elite Masters that drove fear and terror into the hearts of the armies within their neighbouring countries! In this troop, every single one of them were men just as steely and hardy, all of them outstanding men of talent!

"Seize her this instant!"

The Old Patriarch's finger was pointed right at the ashen faced Su Ruo Yun, his penetrating gaze so filled with rage they could kill. That woman could very well die a hundred deaths and it would still not be enough.

"Father!"

Su Ruo Yun managed to regain her senses under the sudden shock and her first instinct was to see Feng Xiao's protection. Because, against the Old Patriarch, only Feng Xiao would be able to protect her against him.

But, she was doomed to be disappointed.

Because Feng Xiao was at that moment staring in startled astonishment at the graceful young lady wearing a face veil and a full white dress. A startling thought had suddenly risen within his mind, and he opened his mouth to say in a stutter.

"Who..... Who are you?"

CHAPTER 155: Identity Exposed

The eight men acknowledged with deep voices and two among them stepped forward and held down Su Ruo Yun by twisting her arms behind her, pushing her to come before the Old Patriarch.

Everyone present were first shocked that the Old Patriarch had ordered the Feng Guards to arrest his own granddaughter and then became puzzled by Feng Xiao's reaction after that. Hence, they all then turned their probing gazes upon that lady in a white dress, trying to guess at her identity.

Murong Yi Xuan looked at the Feng Qing Ge who had been arrested and was being held down before the Old Patriarch. His brows pinched up together slightly and he had wanted to speak when he heard Feng Xiao ask him these words which made him just turn his gaze upon the young lady in the white dress.

[I'm thinking you would like to know as well, just who is she?]

Feng Jiu looked at Feng Xiao whose eyes had turned red rimmed from intense emotions and she sighed in her heart before she said: "You've guessed it, haven't you?"

He was not that dense afterall. After having so many things happen in the Feng Residence and seeing that the Old Patriarch had now returned here together with this young lady, if he still was not able to realize anything, he wouldn't be the highly famed and well known High General Feng.

"You are my daughter Qing Ge!"

His voice was highly choked as he reached his hand out to grasp at Feng Jiu's hand to say: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..... Father actually failed to realize the person by my side was an imposter....." When he recalled back what the Old Master had said that day, remembered the rage he had felt, and was now looking at that face wearing a face veil over it, his heart wrenched up in pain and he suddenly could not stop himself from crying out in a loud wail.

"I'm sorry..... it's all Father's fault..... all my fault....."

An awe inspiring and revered High General actually bawling like a child with tears flowing down his face was a sight that quickly stunned everyone in shock.

[What did he just say? That young lady wearing a face veil was his daughter Qing Ge? Then who is that one being held down there?]

"Uncle Xiao, who did you say she was?"

Murong Yi Xuan's voice was tinged with an irrepressible tremble as he stared at the young lady in the white dress in a daze, thinking it rather incredulous but feeling excited and delighted at the same time. His heart was thumping wildly, the overall feeling, just indescribable.

"Woo hoo..... my daughter..... my poor daughter....."

Overcome with guilt that wrenched his heart, Feng Xiao was still wailing as he cried. But as his body was still weak and it could not bear up under that kind of shock, while he continued to cry, he suddenly fainted, losing consciousness.

"The two of you, send my Father back to his room." Feng Jiu said softly to several Feng Guards standing at the side who were staring wide eyed at her.

"Yes."

Several voices acknowledged instinctively and the few of them suddenly found themselves startled a moment before turning their heads to look at each other as they felt the situation to be rather strange. But two of them still came forward and carried Feng Xiao inside.

At that moment, Old Patriarch Feng, though an elderly man, said in a booming voice imbued with his mystical power in announcement: "Before everyone present here today, this old man shall now tell you more about all of this."

He paused a moment to point his finger at Su Ruo Yun and said: "She, is not my granddaughter Feng Qing Ge! She is just an orphan girl, named Su Ruo Yun, that my granddaughter had picked up from the streets when she was very young! My granddaughter had treated the girl to be just like a sister to her but this girl had instead attempted to murder my granddaughter! She had then assumed my granddaughter's identity, seizing everything my granddaughter had! When this was discovered by this old man, this girl had then used poison to try to harm me. This woman here, is a vicious and venomous wench, heartless and malicious!"

Hearing this words, everyone was in an uproar. Many of them gasped loudly in horror, thinning the entire incident just too incredulous and frightening. The woman had even assumed another person's identity! If no one had discovered it, wouldn't the entire Feng Residence end up in her hands?

"Ha ha ha ha ha..... Ha ha ha ha ha!"

The sudden loud laughter startled everyone there, and everyone's eyes turned to look at the woman who was now looking a little crazy.

CHAPTER 156: Nowhere to Hide

Having come to this, there was no way things could be turned around anymore and she had no need of hiding anything.

Till that moment, she finally realized the reason why when she had seen her on the streets the last time, she had found this girl to be a sore sight.

She also finally knew the reason why not only all those assassins she had sent to kill her had failed but even the force she painstakingly built up had also been destroyed as well.

[It all due to her! She had not died all this time!]

She knew very well how capable Feng Qing Ge was. With her abilities, it was impossible that she would be able to annihilate her entire Poison Clan in just one night, and it was even more ridiculous to believe that she would be able to rescue the Old Patriarch from under her nose! The only thing she was certain of now was that she had someone else behind her!

"Why don't you remove the face veil off your face? Aren't you Feng Qing Ge? Can't you remove that face veil now?"

She stared tauntingly at Feng Jiu, her gaze highly arrogant and vicious. "Let everyone here see whether that face under the veil is that of Feng Qing Ge!"

Feng Jiu looked at Su Ruo Yun, her eyes shining with a chilly glint. She ignored Su Ruo Yun's words and said to the Old Patriarch: "Grandfather, you have just barely recovered and you must not get too agitated. Why don't you go inside first? Just leave this to me to deal with."

"Little Feng....." The Old Patriarch was feeling a little worried that she would not be able to handle it.

"It's alright, I'll be fine here." She said with a light smile, telling the old man not to worry. She summoned the steward thereafter and asked him to help the Old Master inside.

When everyone there saw what she was doing, they became highly curious. [What was she intending to do? Why did she not want the Old Patriarch around?]

Murong Yi Xuan stared at her, feeling rather complicated in his heart, but he had not been able to find the right opportunity to speak.

The ruler Murong Bo had really been completely disregarded by people today. What to do? Who was the one who made everyone's eyes and attention to be all focused upon the pair of real and fake Feng Qing Ge?

"I want the two of you to bring her outside in front of the Feng Residence's main doors" Feng Jiu said as her gaze swept over the bodies of the two men who were holding on to Su Ruo Yun, before turning herself around to walk outside herself.

At that moment, the two men gave each other a look and then dragged their prisoner outside.

Before the Feng Residence's main doors, Feng Jiu had made the Feng Guards bring her a chair and she sat right upon it. Surrounding the sides were gathered the various Family Heads who had followed behind to watch and their respective guards who were waiting by the doors. Even Murong Bo had his interest piqued and he had followed behind as well, where he sat down upon the chair his attendants had carried in, his gaze tinged with interest as he looked at the graceful and unruffled Feng Jiu.

"Having carried my face around for so long, don't you find it tiring?"

She held her chin in one hand, her legs folded in and crossed as she sat upon the chair. It was such an ungraceful position but it somehow made everyone feel that it just looked highly nonchalant and natural.

"I had tired of it from long ago! Seeing this face everyday had made me feel so disgusted with it!" Su Ruo Yun spat out spitefully, the disdain in her voice obvious as she struggled. "Let go of me!"

With those two Feng Guards holding her, she had naturally not been able to break free.

"Release her. She won't be able to escape." Feng Jiu said, gesturing for the two men to release her.

Once free, Su Ruo Yun immediately tore the mask on her face off, and throwing the mask onto the ground heavily, to reveal her original countenance. A delicate beauty.

A pity, although the countenance was delicately beautiful, her heart was venomous as a viper.

One of the Family Heads among the people gathered exclaimed: "Such amazing skill in disguising herself! That mask actually extends past her neckline and goes behind the ears, it's little wonder people had not been able to see through it."

Murong Yi Xuan's gaze was looking slightly startled as he looked at Su Ruo Yun, never having thought that it would be her.....

It might be because she detected Murong Yi Xuan's gaze upon her, Su Ruo Yun felt shameful and humiliated for the first time. She didn't dare to even look in his direction once, afraid of seeing the gaze she could not bear to see.

Watching it all, the corners of Feng Jiu's mouth curled up slightly, and the vermillion lips under the veil parted slightly.....

CHAPTER 157: Off with the Tongue

"You tell me, how should I pay you back for everything?"

"Ha! A person who lost all her mystical cultivation and had her countenance completely ruined, why would you still want to live? You should just die in that state!" Su Ruo Yun scorned in a highly cold tone of ridicule, her gaze looking mockingly at that veiled face and that pair of eyes shone with venom as they then turned to look at Murong Yi Xuan.

"You didn't know that, did you? I destroyed her cultivation meridian with poison and her face, was slashed up by me. That face was turned into a bloody mess with its flesh turned outwards in flaps. She had looked more frightening than a hideous witch. And..... ha ha ha ha....."

She suddenly let out a low laugh, her gazes looking almost maniacal: "And I had then sold her to a brothel. I wonder how many men had had fun with her already... ARGH!"

Her voice had barely just dropped when an anguished scream sounded. Feng Jiu who had been seated had suddenly pulled out the sword at her hip and with a few wide steps, she had come before Su Ruo Yun. With a flick of her sword's tip, she had cut off the woman's tongue.

"One can never find ivory in a dog's mouth, you might as well not have a tongue."

The crowd gasped silently, taken aback by Su Ruo Yun's words and by Feng Jiu's sudden strike. They had not even notice how she had moved but only saw that bloodied section of a tongue dropped upon the ground and Su Ruo Yun's mouth immediately filling up with unstoppable blood.

When the eight Feng Guards saw that, their eyes lit up with a light.

They saw Feng Jiu standing there erect, a sword gripped in her hand, it's point dripping with blood, the white dress fluttering slightly under the passing breeze. The cold and languid demeanor exuding from her was delightful for them to see, especially that clean and highly precise strike, which just drove excitement into their hearts.

They all had to admit, even if her countenance had been destroyed, that air and bearing around that figure was not something that most people could match up to.

If a person like this became their Lord, they wouldn't really think it unacceptable.

Murong Yi Xuan's eyes went wide with shock as he stared at the lady in the white dress who had moved so viciously and swiftly, his heart startled.

[That's..... that's really Qing Ge? She's really that same gentle and demure lady that would lean and snuggle up at his side?]

"ARH!"

Without her tongue and her mouth filled up with blood pouring out, she was not able to speak, but only to make sharp pointed cries like this.

She leapt at Feng Jiu in front of her like she had gone mad, but before Su Ruo Yun could even get close to her, she saw Feng Jiu's eyes suddenly narrowing and a wicked glint appeared within them. The next moment, she saw the sword in Feng Jiu's hand thrust right towards her, and she felt the rush of the sword's Qi brushing past her. Immediately after that, she heard the splitting and tearing sounds of her clothes.

"Arh..... Arh arh....."

Su Ruo Yun let out a scream as her clothes fell to the ground in tiny pieces. Feeling the sudden chill on her body, she clasped her arms over her body, wanting to cover her uncovered and exposed dignity, her ears hearing the sharp intakes of breaths and uncouth sounding heavy breathing all around her, making her feel so ashamed that she yearned for a hole to open up in the ground for her to hide in.

The Family Heads surrounding them were all men in their middle ages and although they had dutiful wives and beautiful concubines back home, seeing a beautiful young woman standing stark naked right before their eyes they knew they were not supposed to stare at, they found that they could not shift their gazes away at all.

Some of them cleared their throats awkwardly, their old faces flushed slightly red, but their gazes remained gawking relentlessly at the snow white skin upon that shapely body. At that moment, everyone finally knew why Feng Qing Ge wanted the Old Patriarch to retire back into his room first. She must have intended to put on this heart pumping and highly erotic show right from the start for everyone to see.

It must be said, that it was a truly vicious move. Killing someone is merely having someone's head touch the ground but this young lady really knew how to torment people. And the highest form of torture was obviously to torment a person's heart. This hand that she played was done truly beautifully, making Su Ruo Yun feel worse than death instead of just killing her.

Afterall, standing under the open sky completely naked without a single form of covering to suffer utter humiliation under the piercing gazes of all those men, that kind of ruin that wrecked at a woman's heart was not something any young lady would be able to endure.

CHAPTER 158: Wretchedly Pathetic

The sword in Feng Jiu's hand flipped and she held it behind her. She stood right before Su Ruo Yun and looked at that ashen faced woman whose entire body was shivering as she asked in a lazy tone: "Haven't you been just too shameless? I think it might be better for you if you don't wear anything. Isn't it?"

Seeing that scene before them, the usually nonchalant one who was a little playful among the eight Feng Guards gulped heavily subconsciously and with his eyes alight, he said in praise: "Woohoo! This move by the Young Miss is executed just so beautifully. What a benefit for everyone! Heh heh. Those shapely curves on that body looks much better than most and the skin is rather fair as well. Merely killing her off would have been such a waste."

Hearing that, Feng Jiu could not help but laugh and glanced at that man to say: "You like it? Why don't I gift her to you?"

Hearing that, the man was startled and he immediately waved his hands before him while he said: "No need, no need. I need to remain chaste for my wife to be."

Murong Yi Xuan watched the trembling heap that was Su Ruo Yun before his eyes, his eyes looking a little pained as he turned his gaze to look at Feng Jiu.

"Qing Ge. Enough."

Feng Jiu's gaze turned, her clear eyes rippling strongly with smiles as she asked: "Enough? I haven't even done anything to her yet! How can it be enough?" At the moment she spoke, the sword in her hand flipped once more that slashed straight towards the tightly curled up Su Ruo Yun, drawing a bloody line upon her body.

"Argh....."

"Qing Ge....."

"Shut up!" She shouted, her gaze cold as she stared at him. "This matter is the concern of the Feng Residence and I wish that Your Highness the Third Prince would not interfere."

The moment her voice fell, the sword in her hand was thrust straight towards Su Ruo Yun's thigh. With a swish, a anguished cry sounded and red blood spilled upon the ground.

"All these, are what I am returning to you!"

Everything she was doing here was what she seeked to claim for Feng Qing Ge! She had promised that she would make Su Ruo Yun pay back in folds!

The curled up Su Ruo Yun had after hearing Murong Yi Xuan's words, suddenly had her eyes flare slightly, and she barely dragged out a smile that was uglier than her crying. She lowered her head and she reached her hand into her hair, her eyes suddenly filling up with venom.

"Hyaa!"

She endured the burning pain on her thigh and shot to her feet to pounce towards Feng Jiu, a dark purple hairpin appearing in her hand as she thrust it straight at Feng Jiu, looking like she was all preparing to bring her enemy down into Hell together with herself.

"Look out!"

Murong Yi Xuan quickly snapped to his senses and shot to stand in front of Feng Jiu to shield her, instinctively executing a strike of his palm to send Su Ruo Yun flying.

'Woosh!'

'Bam!'

Su Ruo Yun vomited out a mouthful of blood as she fell in a wretched heap onto the ground, her eyes staring at Murong Yi Xuan while barely alive, that were filled with a kind of liberation. For this man, she had ultimately come to no good end, and he had never once truly given her a place in his heart.

She raised up a hand and right before Murong Yi Xuan's stunned gaze, she struck herself on her Heavenly Spirit meridian. With a loud crack, Su Ruo Yun had ended her own pathetic life.....

Feng Jiu threw a glance at the back of Murong Yi Xuan before her and then turned to the eight Feng Guards to say: "Dispose of her corpse." It had been too easy for Su Ruo Yun. She had not toyed with her enough and she had already died.

Only then, did she turn herself towards the various Family Heads and the ruler, Murong Bo, who had been sitting there to watch the show to say in a raised voice: "I have neglected all our esteemed guests today and I beg for you to not take offence. After my father's health recovers, we will definitely hold a banquet for our guests by way of an apology from us."

"Ha ha, Young Miss Feng is being too harsh with yourself. The Feng Residence having been haunted by several incidents recently have been known by all of us. Hence, there is no need to concern yourself about any neglect or not."

"That's right, Young Miss Feng. Since the venomous woman has been dealt with, you should quickly go take a look at your father. We'll all just take our leave from here, and come pay a visit on another day.:

Everyone spoke up in turns, clasping their fists to take their leave, to depart from the place one after another.

Murong Yi Xuan looked at Feng Jiu and was about to say something when he saw her turn, to walk off abruptly into the residence....

CHAPTER 159: The Ghost Doctor's Identity

He had just wanted to follow behind when he saw Leng Shuang suddenly blocking his way forward in front of him.

"Your Highness Third Prince, the Feng Residence still has a lot of matters to handle today and it might not be convenient for us to entertain you today. Maybe you should leave as well."

After giving Murong Yi Xuan another glance, Leng Shuang stepped away to follow behind Feng Jiu inside the manor, not giving any more attention to the Third Prince standing there flabbergasted.

Instead, the eight Feng Guards looked on with interest. For according to their knowledge, this Murong Yi Xuan was their Young Miss' fiance and from what they were seeing before their eyes, they were all guessing that might no longer be the case for much longer.

"The few of you over there come here and dispose of this corpse!" One of the Feng Guards ordered several of the regular guards at the side to clean up the place before striding with wide steps inside.

"Yi Xuan." Murong Bo who was already on his Imperial Chariot called out.

"Father." Murong Yi Xuan came before his father, lowering his eyes as he addressed the ruler.

"Return to the palace with me. I have things to talk to you about." Murong Bo said as he looked at his most outstanding son, knowing for sure his son's cultivation will definitely reach higher levels than he himself could and hence, he had always held the greatest expectations for Murong Yi Xuan from a very young age.

"Yes Father." Murong Yi Xuan acknowledged and immediately flipped himself up upon his horse. He cast his glance towards the Feng Residence one more time before he left following behind the Imperial Chariot.

- In the Feng Residence -

The Old Patriarch with Feng Jiu and Guan Xi Lin were in Feng Xiao's room and at that moment, after the middle aged healer took Feng Xiao's pulse, he shook his head and said with a sigh: "Old Master, Young Miss, the Lord's has suffered too hard a hit and my skills are inadequate. I'm afraid I'm unable to do anything."

Upon hearing that, the Old Patriarch's brows furrowed up tightly together, his face darkened and the worry in his eyes was unmistakable.

"Go outside first." Feng Jiu indicated, asking the healer to go out of the room.

"Yes, Young Miss." The middle aged healer sighed inwardly, bowing to take his leave before he walked out.

"Grandfather, you do not need to worry. Father will be fine." Feng Jiu said comfortingly as she moved to come stand beside the Old Patriarch. She then went to sit by the bed and placed her hand upon Feng Xiao's wrist to take his pulse.

"Little Feng, you....."

The Old Patriarch could not help but be taken aback upon seeing her seemingly familiar and experienced movements of her hands. Recalling that she had been the one nursing his condition the past few days, the Old Patriarch's heart suddenly rose with certain suspicions.

After taking Feng Xiao's pulse, Feng Jiu opened her array of silver needles and then turned her head to look towards the Old Patriarch with a smile upon her face before she asked: "I'm sure Grandfather has heard of the Ghost Doctor?"

"I have. It is said that even a person when a person has one foot set inside the doors of Hell, the Ghost Doctor would still be able to save him....."

The Old Patriarch's voice paused a moment. Like he had suddenly realized something, his eyes then widened in incredulity and shock as he said in almost a whisper: "Little Feng, you..... You mean to say....."

"Mm. Exactly what grandfather is thinking." Feng Jiu told her grandfather with a wink. "Keep it a secret."

The Old Patriarch's eyes were still wide with astonishment, his heart filled both delight and shock, thinking everything he was hearing to be unimaginable and too unbelievable.....

[The Ghost Doctor?]

[His own granddaughter is the mysterious and revered Ghost Doctor! ? What is happening here! ? Can this really be true?]

"Xi Lin, is what she is saying really the truth?" The Old Patriarch slid over to stand beside Guan Xi Lin, and grabbed at the young man's arm to ask.

"Heh heh, Grandfather, it's true. Come, let help you over there to take a seat first while I tell you the whole story." Guan Xi Lin said with a grin, as he helped the Old Patriarch to go sit down beside the table in the other part of the room before he told the old man everything about it.

Meanwhile, on the inside of the room, Feng Jiu began using her silver needles to treat her father's condition. It was just several minutes later that Feng Jiu then kept her things away and walked out to the outer portion of the room when she saw the Old Patriarch staring at her with his eyes shining. That eyes from that gaze looked just like two glowing magical artifacts that just made her hair stand.

"Grandfather, are you alright?"

"Little Feng, you've really kept your Grandfather in the dark too much!"

"Haha, I just haven't found the right opportunity to tell you that's all." She laughed a little sheepishly, slightly embarrassed, as she had actually not intended to tell them about it.

CHAPTER 160: Handing Over the Feng Command Token

The Old Patriarch readjusted his composure and then said with a highly serious expression: "Rest assured. Grandfather will help you keep the secret."

He knew very clearly, how big of a ruckus it would cause if her identity as the Ghost Doctor was leaked. To the people out there, most of them thought that the Ghost Doctor was someone from another country and if they realized that the Ghost Doctor was actually the Young Miss of the Feng Residence, grave danger would definitely follow after.

"And about you and Yi Xuan....."

He might already be old, but he was not yet dotty. Hence he had naturally noticed the cold manner she had shown towards Murong Yi Xuan. [This little lass had always stuck very close to that man before, but now..... sigh!]

Hearing that, Feng Jiu's eyes flashed as she said: "About that betrothal, find some time and have it annulled!"

"Annulled? Are you being serious?"

The Old Patriarch was taken aback and he went on to say: "Although that child Yi Xuan is a prince, but we watched him grow up from a kid. No matter from which perspective one looked at him, no one in the Sun Glory Country can compare to him. Do you really want to annul the engagement?"

"Mm. Break it off." Feng Jiu reiterated, her tone firm.

Hearing his granddaughter's words, the Old Patriarch saw that it was helpless to force her any further and he said: "Since you are decided, Grandfather will then go to the palace and discuss about it with the ruler one of these days."

"Alright." Feng Jiu nodded in agreement.

At that moment, the voice of Leng Shuang who had been standing guard outside sounded: "Mistress, the eight Feng Guards are waiting outside in the courtyard and they requested to see the Old Master and the Mistress."

The people in the room exchanged glances and they stepped outside together.

The room doors opened and they saw the eight men whom some were standing and some were leaning immediately moving speedily to form up in a neat row, to offer their greeting respectfully with a bow. "Your subordinate greets the Old Master and Young Miss!"

"What is the matter?" The Old Patriarch asked, his gaze sweeping over all eight men.

"Your subordinates here would only like to inquire if Old Master has any instructions for us. Would you need us to remain here or do you want us to go back?" A man dressed in a full black robe asked, his gaze looking straight at the Old Patriarch.

The Old Patriarch stole a brief glance at Feng Jiu and paused a short moment before he said to the men: "All of you remain here."

"Yes, Old Master." The men acknowledged, and they turned their gazes upon Feng Jiu, their eyes blatantly probing and measuring her up, undisguised and unashamedly.

Feng Jiu cast a glance over them and turned to say to the Old Patriarch: "Grandfather, I need to go find the steward to talk to him about something. Father will be fine here with Big Brother guarding him. Why don't you go get yourself some rest?"

"Alright, I will. You go ahead then." The Old Patriarch said. Seeing Feng Jiu opening up her stride to walk away, he suddenly thought of something and called out to Feng Jiu in a hurry. "Little Feng, wait a moment."

Having already taken two steps out, Feng Jiu turned around to look at her grandfather and saw him pulling out a command token as he brought it over to her.

"This is the Feng Command Token. Seeing the token is as good as seeing the Lord himself. Not only will one be able to mobilize the Feng Guards, the holder of the token will be able to deploy the Feng Family's soldiers as well. I will now hand this Feng Command Token to you. Make good use of it."

Watching the scene before them, the eight men had strange expressions on their faces. They had never expected the Old Master to hand out the Feng Command Token so easily, so assuredly handing the entire Feng Family into the hands of the Young Miss!

Feng Jiu was a little surprised herself and she asked: "Why is this thing with Grandfather? Shouldn't it be with Father?"

"Haha, the one your father has is just a puny grandson of this. This one in Grandfather's hand is the real deal, and it's much more useful." The Old Patriarch said gleefully as he stroked at his beard.

Hearing her grandfather's words, Feng Jiu clicked her tongue out of the corner of her mouth and said: "With this in your hands, would Grandfather then have to be so worried about the Feng Guards falling into the claws of that Su Ruo Yun?"

"Haha, that grandson is still a treasure afterall, and of course it must not fall into the hands of an outsider. Moreover, although the command token can mobilize the Feng Guards, what's more important is who the Feng Guards themselves recognize as their real Lord." He said with a meaningful glance thrown towards the eight men, his eyes lighting up with a wise glint.

He strongly believed, with the Feng Family's proud Little Feng's capabilities, she would definitely be able to make all of them submit to her willingly of their own accord!