Qin Shan''s murder had completely eroded Qin Feng''s confidence. Now, as he caught Xu Nian''s gaze, his eyes were filled with nothing but fear.

    However, after taking a glance at him, Xu Nian turned around and chuckled, "I won''t kill you!"

    Qin Feng was slightly startled, clearly not expecting Xu Nian to spare him.

    "Why... why not?" Qin Feng asked somewhat puzzled.

    "First, you never bullied me in the past, and second, I''m leaving you alive so you can deliver a message to the Qin Family," Xu Nian spoke seriously.

    "What message?" Qin Feng instinctively inquired.

    "I want you to tell the Family Head Qin that if a single hair on my mother''s head is missing, the day I, Xu Nian, knock on their door will be the day the Qin Family is annihilated," Xu Nian said, word by word.

    Qin Feng''s body jolted violently, a strong chill shooting up his spine to the top of his skull.

    What a domineering statement about annihilating the Qin Family.

    Had it been anyone else, Qin Feng would have scoffed at their arrogance, but for some reason, he felt it was only natural coming from the young man before him.

    When Qin Feng looked at the young man again, he found that he had disappeared without a trace. Glancing at the corpses of his three companions lying beside him, his heart was flooded with a myriad of emotions.

    Five of them had set out to kill one person, confident of victory, but now it seemed that they had lost miserably.

    ...

    Shortly after leaving Qin Feng, Xu Nian stopped in his tracks, for someone had blocked his path.

    This person was none other than the woman he had seen by the waterfall that day.

    At this moment, the woman was glaring at Xu Nian with fury, obviously having waited for him for a long time.

    "Uh... sorry!" Xu Nian stammered, looking at the angry and delicate face before him, at a loss for what to say.No?v(el)B\\jnn

    After all, he was in the wrong; he had stolen someone else''s clothes and seen her naked body.

    "Is sorry supposed to be enough? You scoundrel, I''m going to kill you today," the stunning woman huffed coldly, and then a sharp sword appeared in her hand and she lunged at Xu Nian.

    Xu Nian was shocked and hastily dodged.

    Fortunately, he didn''t lose his reason and quickly drew his long sword, pointing it at the beauty''s neck beneath him.

    Chen Yao never imagined she would end up pinned beneath this young man, the ambiguous posture and bodily contact making her face flush with embarrassment.

    "What do you say? Do you submit now?" Xu Nian asked with a cold smile as he looked at the beauty beneath him.

    Admittedly, he was no match for Chen Yao, but with Xu Yu by his side, teaming up to deal with her was much easier.

    "Hmph, you can kill or skin me, as you wish. However, if you kill me, you won''t survive either." Chen Yao glared at Xu Nian with unyielding eyes, still unwilling to concede.

    Xu Nian''s head ached; this girl was truly stubborn.

    He felt no choice but to say, "Actually, I didn''t mean to steal your clothes on purpose. Here, I''m returning your Hundred Treasure Bag, but the Jade Dragon Marrow inside has been used by me. If I ever have the chance in the future, I will definitely repay you."

    After speaking, Xu Nian took the Hundred Treasure Bag from his waist and placed it beside Chen Yao.

    Chen Yao wore a complex expression, her face a mix of emotions.

    Seeing this, Xu Nian instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

    However, Chen Yao''s next words left Xu Nian nearly choking.

    "I, Chen Yao, keep my word. You''ve won against me, so I am at your mercy. Whatever you wish to do with me, just proceed," Chen Yao declared with a resolute glint in her eyes, and tightly closed them.

    Xu Nian was stunned, he really hadn''t expected the woman before him to be so true to her promise.

    But as he saw Chen Yao''s trembling eyelashes, he knew just how conflicted and frightened the woman before him was. He feared that if he truly did something to her now, she would lose all will to live afterward.

    Enough, enough!

    Suppressing the impulse in his heart, Xu Nian pinched her face fiercely before rising to his feet.

    Chen Yao had waited with trepidation, not expecting to be pinched on the face by Xu Nian. She opened her eyes in disbelief, only to find that Xu Nian had already risen and leapt onto the back of the eagle, soaring away.

    Chen Yao watched the young man sitting on the back of the mighty eagle, her eyes filled with complicated emotions.

    Yes, she had been braced for death a moment ago.

    If Xu Nian had indeed touched her, she was absolutely determined to take both of them to their doom in the final moment of their bliss.