Chapter 598 - 597: Taking Her as a Maid

Chapter 598: Chapter 597: Taking Her as a Maid

A cold light flashed, and in the next instant, a dagger forged from Dark True Power appeared at Qin Feng’s neck.

Honglian’s expression changed drastically! A blood-red killing intent flared to life.

Qin Feng was her bottom line!

Qin Feng’s expression remained unchanged. As his gaze fell upon her, the dagger silently froze in place. An invisible force, visible only by its effects, pulsed out with Shi Tong at its center. Wherever it passed, even the air in the Void ceased to move.

Shi Tong gritted her teeth, desperately trying to circulate the True Power within her body. However, she couldn’t move so much as a muscle.

"You..." She stared at Qin Feng, utterly shocked.

’He could immobilize me with a single glance. How terrifying is that?’

"What’s this? We haven’t seen each other in a year, and the first thing you do is attack me?"

Qin Feng waved his great sleeve. The Void retreated, and rippling waves of force pushed Shi Tong’s helpless body back to its original spot.

"How can this be?" Shi Tong was in disbelief.

"Wait... you just said ’after a year’..." Her expression soured.

Seeing her expression, Qin Feng instantly knew what she was thinking and said, "You guessed correctly. It’s already been a year."

Shi Tong muttered blankly, "A year later... That means you kept me sealed for a whole year!"

’A whole year, and my Cultivation hasn’t advanced in the slightest!’

Shi Tong’s face went pale with rage. Cultivation in the Martial Dao was all about forging ahead courageously. How many years like this could one afford to lose in a lifetime!

After being sealed for a year, she had been left completely behind.

Qin Feng ignored Shi Tong’s expression and glanced over at Honglian. Seeing the murderous glint in the red-robed young woman’s beautiful eyes, he immediately spoke.

"This girl is a prodigy of the Dark Celestial Lion Race. She’s wild, untamable, and extremely ferocious. I captured her a year ago, but she refused to submit, so I kept her sealed in ice until now. After you take her as your maid, you must be careful in how you train her, or she might turn on you."

Honglian snorted. "Young Master, don’t you worry. This girl dared to be disrespectful to you. I will be sure to discipline her thoroughly and teach her the meaning of etiquette and her proper place!"

"Maid?" Shi Tong’s face contorted with rage. "You want to enslave me, the Saintess? Dream on!"

Dark Power steamed from her body, erupting in a violent surge.

Shi Tong knew she couldn’t defeat Qin Feng, nor could she escape. She was actually going to self-destruct!

Her temperament was truly that unyielding!

Honglian’s expression changed, and she moved to step forward and stop her.

Qin Feng stretched out a hand, stopping Honglian. She looked at her Young Master in confusion. ’This isn’t like him at all.’

A cold sneer appeared in Qin Feng’s eyes, showing no sense of urgency. "Go on, self-destruct. Feel free. But if you die, you’ll never be able to avenge that Brother Shi of yours!"

As expected, upon hearing the words "Brother Shi," Shi Tong halted the surging power within her.

The name Shi Wushuang was Shi Tong’s pressure point.

Shi Tong had a rebellious nature and feared nothing, but the only person she truly cared for was Shi Wushuang.

She clenched her jaw. "What about Brother Shi? What do you mean?"

Qin Feng said calmly, "My meaning is simple. If you die, your Brother Shi will have died for nothing. There will be no one left to avenge him."

"Brother Shi... is dead?" Shi Tong was stunned for a moment, then roared furiously. "That’s impossible! Brother Shi is an Emperor of the Golden Three-eyed Celestial Lion Clan and possesses the Eye of Taboo! With his bloodline, who could possibly kill him?"

Qin Feng shook his head. He condensed his memories of Shi Wushuang’s death on the Sea Soul Continent, projecting them as a series of light and shadow images in mid-air.

From Shi Wushuang’s first appearance to his encounter with Ye Ding, the entire scene of him being violently struck down by Ye Ding played out in the light of the Water Mirror.

Qin Feng made sure to emphasize the brutal and indignant nature of Shi Wushuang’s final moments.

The vividness of the scene overwhelmed Shi Tong. The face of the young woman in the black dress turned ashen. The images were so real that she could find no reason to doubt them.

’Brother Shi is dead!’

Her mind buzzed. Shi Tong’s lovely face grew desolate, and a dull, gray lifelessness filled her eyes.

Honglian watched the swaying, almost-collapsing Shi Tong with a cool gaze, but she felt a sliver of sympathy. ’If I were in her position,’ she thought, ’and heard that Qin Feng had died, I’d probably go mad!’

’But maybe that was too harsh a blow,’ Qin Feng mused. ’If she loses all hope and kills herself, won’t my efforts have backfired?’

Qin Feng had some misgivings, but he soon realized he had worried needlessly.

An intense hatred surfaced in her beautiful eyes. Shi Tong stood up and, in a few strides, came to stand before Qin Feng.

"Help me kill him. Kill that man, and I’m yours!"

She was tall with a stunningly curvaceous figure. Standing so close, even Qin Feng, with his heart of stone and will of iron, felt a stir within him.

Her beautiful eyes burned with a terrifying heat. Her hatred had become a raging flame, and its intensity shook the very gates of Qin Feng’s heart.

"I know you want me. Help me kill that man and avenge Brother Shi, and not only will my body be yours, but my heart will be, too!"

"Insolence!" Honglian’s brow furrowed. A blast of blood-red light enveloped Shi Tong, hoisting her into the air.

"Do you have any idea how many ways I have to force your obedience?"

Shi Tong’s expression was cold and detached. "Perhaps. But all you’d have then is an empty shell. Do you really have a need for an empty shell?"

Qin Feng’s expression shifted, and he shook his head at Honglian.

Honglian huffed, and with a wave of her great sleeve, she lowered Shi Tong to the ground.

Qin Feng slowly walked up to Shi Tong. "You are already just an empty shell. Regardless, I’ve decided to agree to your terms. Ye Ding is my mortal enemy as well. In the future, he and I are destined to fight a battle to the death. Either he dies, or I do!"

"However, killing him is not something that can happen right now. You need to understand that."

Shi Tong looked at Qin Feng intently. "I can wait."

Qin Feng nodded, a smile touching the depths of his eyes.

’Subduing Shi Tong is a cause for celebration.’

’Shi Tong has a rare Dark Constitution. Any sect would heavily invest in cultivating someone with her aptitude. As a Red Lotus Maid, her qualifications are just barely sufficient.’

’Next up is Shi Han!’ In truth, the person Qin Feng really wanted to bring to his side was Shi Tong’s older sister, Shi Han.

’Qin Feng greatly admired the Holy Daughter of Light, Shi Han, for both her disposition and her intellect.’

’This woman had plotted against me multiple times and managed to escape unscathed every time. She is blessed with both beauty and intelligence, and on top of that, she has a Light Divine Body.’

’Now that I have the younger sister, can the elder one be far behind?’

While Qin Feng was secluded on Heavenly Red Peak, cultivating, comprehending the Mystical Meanings of the Void Element, and training his new maid...

...the world outside the Star Sect was in an uproar.

When the news that Honglian had become Qin Feng’s maid spread, countless geniuses smashed whatever was in front of them in a fit of rage.

The entire All Stars Academy, and by extension the Star Sect itself, was rocked by the news.

The affair continued to escalate.

Finally, on the eve of the True Inheritance Ceremony, the situation reached its peak.

Many Martial Arts Giants were now prepared, determined to teach Qin Feng a harsh lesson at the True Inheritance Ceremony.

「Within the Star Sect, atop a Sky-reaching God Peak.」

Two young men stood with somber expressions. Before them, an ordinary-looking young man with a weathered face like a veteran soldier’s spoke calmly. "Dongfang Qingyun. Zhi Yao. You two are the Master’s most competent Inner Sect Disciples. This time, the Master is lending each of you a True Artifact. He hopes you will suppress Qin Feng and stop him from advancing to True Inheritance at all costs. Do not disappoint the Master!"