"Alright." Wang Junyi agreed immediately.

After sparring with Su Changfeng, these people were already seriously injured, so even if Wang Junyi made a move, they had no way to resist.

Su Changfeng turned his back, and could only hear the screams rising and falling behind him.

Wang Junyi wasn’t stupid. He knew Su Changfeng didn’t want to expose his identity, so even his own trusted subordinates all died by his hand.

After handling these matters, Wang Junyi walked respectfully to stand behind Su Changfeng. Although he’d hated Su Changfeng before—after all, any man would find it hard to swallow the hatred of having his woman taken—things were different now. In the face of strength, a woman seemed utterly insignificant.

Wang Junyi wasn’t a smart man, but he at least understood such a simple truth: if he could grow stronger, what kind of woman couldn’t he have in the future? Why obsess over one Shen Rushuang?

"Who I really am, you don’t need to know. As for what level of strength I’ve reached now, it’s beyond your imagination, so for the time being you don’t need to know that either. Everything that just happened must be kept secret. You can’t tell anyone, not even your father. Otherwise, I won’t be so polite when I flatten the City Lord Mansion." Su Changfeng spoke blandly.

Wang Junyi naturally had no objections and hurriedly nodded. He had no reason to doubt Su Changfeng’s words. It was just a tiny City Lord Mansion—how could someone as powerful as Su Changfeng even spare it a glance?

"Master, shouldn’t I be serving you tea on my knees or something?" Wang Junyi scratched his head and said.

"Forget all that useless ceremony." Su Changfeng turned around, took a Red Fruit from his chest and said to Wang Junyi, "Eat this."

"Master, this is...?" Wang Junyi stared blankly at the Red Fruit in front of him.

Su Changfeng didn’t know exactly what this thing was either, but he was certain that after eating it, one’s strength could be greatly increased in a short period of time.

In fact, on the Tianyuan Continent there were also things like this, but very few people had seen them. The environment required for their growth was extremely special—only a Seventh-rank Expert dared to go there, and even then, they might not be able to find any.

Such things were called Fate Fruit, encounterable but not seekable. There was a rumor on the Tianyuan Continent that those powerful Primordial Masters generally broke through their bottlenecks only after eating Fate Fruit. So the value of Fate Fruit on the Tianyuan Continent far exceeded ordinary people’s imagination.

Wang Junyi hurriedly took it and stuffed it into his mouth. It was sweet and very juicy, and didn’t taste bad at all.

Su Changfeng added another instruction: "For now, our relationship cannot be made public. You’ll act just like before—hostile toward me. Remember, you absolutely cannot expose this."

Wang Junyi quickly nodded, patting his chest in assurance.

"Alright, you go back first." Su Changfeng said.

"Master, I’ll leave after you do. No matter what, you’re my master now." Wang Junyi said.

Su Changfeng lifted his foot and kicked him, saying irritably, "Why do you talk so damn much? I told you to go, so get lost already!"

Wang Junyi yelped, but didn’t dare disobey Ye Feng’s words again, and slunk off with his tail between his legs.

Watching Wang Junyi’s figure disappear, Su Changfeng understood that getting this guy to sincerely follow him wouldn’t be so easy. But when he woke up tomorrow and discovered his own strength had increased, he would definitely put his full trust in him. Once he subdued a disciple like this, it would be much more convenient to get things done in the future.

The news of Wang Junyi’s return to the city quickly reached the three great families.

"Miss, Wang Junyi has already returned, but there’s still no sign of Su Changfeng. If nothing unexpected happened, that guy is probably already dead." After receiving the news, the maid hurried over to report to Shen Rushuang.

Shen Rushuang wasn’t surprised by this result. Wang Junyi had taken over a dozen Second-Rank Experts with him to deal with Su Changfeng. Under those circumstances, Su Changfeng naturally only had a dead end.

"He brought this upon himself, it has nothing to do with us. But this also proves he isn’t from some great clan, otherwise he wouldn’t have been killed so easily by Wang Junyi." Shen Rushuang mused.

"Miss, you’re not planning to do anything?" the maid asked.

"Me? What would I do? Am I supposed to oppose Wang Junyi over a good-for-nothing? He has nothing to do with me. My goal has already been achieved, and I’ve learned everything I wanted to know. Even if he’s dead, I’ll just use the excuse of guarding his spirit tablet for three years. That way, Wang Junyi naturally won’t be able to say anything." Shen Rushuang said.

After hearing this, the maid suddenly understood. Right, Su Changfeng was already of no use to them. And this time he’d deliberately gone looking for death. Whether such trash lived or died, what difference did it make?

At this time, the other two families had also received the news at the first possible moment. When they heard Su Changfeng was dead, they were all very pleased. But before they could enjoy that feeling for long, a new message came.

Right after Wang Junyi returned to the city, Su Changfeng also walked back from outside the city safe and sound.

"How can that be? That piece of trash actually came back perfectly fine?" Patriarch Li wore a look of utter disbelief, as if completely unable to accept this outcome.

Everyone in Tianshui City knew how much Wang Junyi hated Su Changfeng. He had liked Shen Rushuang for many years, and ever since he learned she was going to get married, he’d thrown more than a few tantrums. The hatred of having his woman taken was right there in front of him—yet he hadn’t killed Su Changfeng? What the hell was that?

"Are you sure? Did you see wrong?" Patriarch Li asked again.

"There’s no mistake, that man was Su Changfeng." the messenger replied.

Patriarch Li sucked in a sharp breath and asked again, "What on earth is going on? Would Wang Junyi really be kind enough to let him go?"

At this moment, the same scene was playing out in the Wu Family.

After hearing about this, Patriarch Wu’s first reaction was that the information had to be wrong. But after repeated confirmation that the person was indeed Su Changfeng, who had returned without a scratch,

"Patriarch, there is something very strange though." a servant at his side suddenly spoke up.

"Oh?" Patriarch Wu looked at him with a face full of doubt.

"When Wang Junyi came back, he was alone. But he’d taken people with him when he left—more than a dozen Second-Rank Experts. Yet all of those people have disappeared." the servant said.

"That’s right, he did take people with him." Patriarch Wu frowned, unable to figure it out.

"Patriarch, do you think... do you think they might have been killed by Su Changfeng?" the servant asked hesitantly.

Patriarch Wu waved his hand dismissively, directly rejecting that guess. "Absolutely impossible. Su Changfeng is just a piece of trash. How could he possibly be a match for so many Second-Rank Experts?"

"Could it be that going out of the city was just a cover, and from the very beginning Wang Junyi didn’t plan to let them deal with Su Changfeng, but had them go do something else instead?" The servant frowned.

Patriarch Wu actually found this guess somewhat plausible. But given how simple-minded and muscle-headed Wang Junyi was, what kind of tricks could he possibly pull off?

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