Chapter 61: Qin Feng Dies

Qin Feng’s roar was powered by his blood and qi, making it incredibly loud. Nearly half the county town heard it.

But how could Li Lin still remain where he was? Using the differences in terrain between the buildings, he directly found a blind spot where nobody could discover him and entered a stealth state once more.

Then he bent over and left, changing positions.

Qin Feng swept his gaze around the surroundings. Not seeing anyone, he was about to begin searching when Ding Junhui and Wang Tianyou tangled with him again.

The three men immediately fell back into fierce combat.

Meanwhile, Li Lin took advantage of the opportunity to crouch at a suitable location. Looking over the battlefield, he began rapidly forming hand seals.

The intense fluctuations of energy immediately drew the attention of almost everyone on the battlefield.

Qin Feng looked in a certain direction and snorted.

With a palm strike through the air, he forced Wang Tianyou back several steps, then prepared himself to dodge.

“You bastard, how can you use such despicable tricks again and again?”

Qin Feng burst into laughter. He felt he could easily evade such an obvious Falling Lightning Incantation attack.

Then a bolt of dry lightning, half cyan and half red, descended.

Qin Feng was just about to leap backward to dodge when his expression suddenly changed.

He violently turned his head and discovered that one of the skilled fighters he had brought from home had been struck by the lightning. His clothes exploded apart, and he collapsed to the ground, charred black all over.

Only then did he understand Li Lin’s intentions.

The other party intended to weaken the strength on his side.

“You bastard, if you’ve got the guts, come at me!” Qin Feng roared.

He had already spotted Li Lin and was about to charge over, but the attacks from Ding Junhui and Wang Tianyou suddenly became even fiercer.

Naturally, the two of them could see what Li Lin was planning and cooperated accordingly.

At the same time, with his opponent killed by lightning, this skilled fighter from the Ding family was freed up and joined the siege against Qin Feng.

In an instant, it became three heroes battling Lü Bu.

Li Lin hid behind another obstacle, then emerged while crouching low. More than a dozen breaths later, another bolt of lightning descended.

Yet another expert of the Qin family fell.

The Falling Lightning Incantation truly had little effect on Qin Feng, but for those “experts” whose strength was neither high nor low, it was a death warrant.

With two people falling in succession, Qin Feng grew anxious. Even worse, another skilled fighter from the Ding family joined the effort to eliminate him.

“Find that bastard!” Qin Feng roared.

Unfortunately, making that decision now was too late. As another Falling Lightning Incantation descended, the Qin family lost yet another “expert.”

Now five people were besieging him.

Qin Feng was beaten back repeatedly, no longer displaying the ease and composure he had shown before.

More than a dozen breaths later, the fourth bolt of lightning descended.

Nearly all of the Qin family’s experts died miserably. Only a few lucky survivors remained, still resisting stubbornly.

Li Lin shouted, “Brothers, I’ve done all I can. The rest is up to you!”

After speaking, his figure vanished from the rooftop.

One of the Wang family’s experts who had just freed up his hands picked up the copper wire net that had fallen earlier and shouted, “Everyone, restrict his movement. Don’t let him escape!”

The people besieging Qin Feng immediately understood what they needed to do. Almost simultaneously, they unleashed their strongest killing moves.

Qin Feng’s blood and qi surged. He barely blocked the attacks of three people, but two others found openings and slashed him with a sword across the back and struck him with a palm.

Blood sprayed from his mouth as he staggered forward two steps.

Then a huge net descended over his head.

He could no longer evade it.

The copper wire net wrapped around his body. Several iron hooks along the edges dug into his flesh, causing blood to pour out.

Qin Feng let out a crazed scream and exerted strength with both hands, trying to tear apart the copper wire net.

But the thing had been specifically designed to deal with experts. Before he could rip it apart, the attacks of all five people landed on him simultaneously.

Four weapons and a pair of bare palms struck together. Qin Feng spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body was almost no longer recognizable.

His eyes were filled with disbelief, because he had never imagined that he would die today.

Nor that he would die so cleanly and easily.

He clearly still had decades of wealth and luxury ahead of him...

But no matter how unwilling he was to accept it, he still collapsed.

“You will... die too. Someone will... avenge me!”

After speaking those words, Qin Feng closed his eyes.

Wang Tianyou looked at the now lifeless Qin Feng and let out a sigh of relief.

“This time we truly owe thanks to your friend,” Ding Junhui said as he walked over, lingering fear still visible on his face. “I never imagined that old dog of the Qin family would be this strong.”

“I didn’t expect it either.” Wang Tianyou also looked shaken. “The Qin family only established a firm foothold here within the last twenty years or so. I thought they weren’t anything special and only brought a few family guards with me. In the end... I almost suffered a disastrous defeat.”

“No matter what, Qin Feng is dead now,” Ding Junhui said. “How should the Qin family be dealt with next?”

“I’ll go to the county yamen and have a proper talk with the county magistrate,” Wang Tianyou said. “As for the remaining matters of the Qin family, I’ll leave them to you. Also, whatever gains you obtain from the Qin family must be divided into three shares. One for you, one for me, and one for him. Understood?”

“Naturally.” Ding Junhui laughed. “Our Ding family has always handled matters fairly. Don’t worry.”

The two sides separated and went about their respective tasks.

At this time, Li Lin had returned to the attic of the Spring House and was sitting cross-legged, resting.

After casting five Falling Lightning Incantations in succession, the yin energy within his body had nearly been exhausted. If he did not recuperate, it could affect both his dantian and his heart meridians.

About six shichen later, Li Lin finally opened his eyes.

He took out several paper figurines and sent them to find Wang Tianyou.

Very quickly, the paper figurines transmitted some “activity” back to him.

Because the paper figurines were under his control, he could sense the location of every one of them.

After the time it took to burn one stick of incense, he arrived at the entrance of the Qin residence.

Wang Tianyou was standing there. Upon seeing Li Lin arrive, he immediately waved him over.

After the two entered the Qin residence, the main gate was immediately shut.

Walking ahead, Wang Tianyou led him to the hall beyond the fourth gateway, where a large quantity of wealth had been piled up.

Gold, silver, medicinal materials, and bolts of cloth!

To Spirit Hunters, these things were merely icing on the cake. The truly valuable items were the six secret manuals placed on the table.

“There happen to be six manuals. How about each person chooses two?” Ding Junhui said with a smile.

Wang Tianyou nodded.

But Li Lin said, “Why not make several copies of all six manuals? Then wouldn’t all three of us have all six manuals?”

Wang Tianyou and Ding Junhui looked at each other.

In the end, Wang Tianyou lowered his voice and said, “According to the rules of the martial world, handwritten copies of secret manuals aren’t made when dividing spoils.”

Oh.

So there was actually such a strange rule?

It seemed the mentality of protecting “exclusive skills” was to blame.

The birth of a strange rule generally had some strange cause behind it. Li Lin did not wish to challenge such a rule, so he nodded and said, “Then I’ll follow your lead.”

Wang Tianyou said, “Brother Li contributed the most this time, so you should choose first.”

Without Li Lin, he would already be dead.

Ding Junhui had no objections either. A Spirit Hunter capable of using the Falling Lightning Incantation so skillfully was someone the Ding family was willing to befriend.

Li Lin did not stand on ceremony. He walked over, examined the covers of the manuals for a while, and took the Nourishing Nature Scripture and a manual called Obscure Character Formula.

As for the gold, silver, and treasures, he took none of them. Instead, he selected three pieces of women’s gold jewelry. At a glance, they appeared to be products of the imperial palace, exquisitely crafted.

“Can I take these three items?” Li Lin asked.

“No problem.”

“Of course.”

Both Wang Tianyou and Ding Junhui waved their hands dismissively.

Li Lin glanced at the sky and said, “Then I’ll go rest first. Until we meet again, gentlemen.”

The two cupped their fists toward Li Lin and escorted him to the gate.

Afterward, the gate closed, and the atmosphere within the Qin residence instantly became heavy.

Both Wang Tianyou and Ding Junhui had cold cruelty in their eyes.