#9 - Sure enough, he didn't kill it.

The pale moonlight squeezed through the dark clouds, once again showering the earth.

The surroundings were silent, everyone speechless at Wei Changtian's "choose your own happiness" maneuver.

On one side was his own life, on the other the life of the woman who deeply loved him.

The difficulty of this choice was no less than the classic "who do you save, me or your mom?" death question from his previous life.

"…"

Xiao Feng gritted his teeth, staring intently at Wei Changtian, the hatred in his eyes growing stronger.

The sound of his teeth grinding was somewhat grating as he remained silent for a long time.

It was Lu Jingyao, who had just recovered from her shock, who rushed to speak in a flustered voice:

"Young Master Xiao! Don't worry about me!"

"If you hadn't saved me that time, I'm afraid I would have died long ago!"

"Being able to see you in the Wei family today, I, I am already content and have no regrets!"

"Just consider that Yao'er is returning this life to you, Young Master..."

The fear of death is human instinct, no one is truly unafraid of death.

Lu Jingyao was the same, her voice trembling with fear.

But she still resolutely raised her head to take one last look at Xiao Feng, and then suddenly reached out to snatch the long sword from Wei Changtian's hand.

Clearly, this foolish woman was afraid that Xiao Feng would be put in a difficult position, so she was preparing to end her own life.

Sigh.

Wei Changtian sighed inwardly, slightly dodging, causing Lu Jingyao to miss and fall awkwardly to the ground with a "thump".

Two alert guards in plain clothes immediately stepped forward to hold her down, while Wei Changtian turned his gaze to Xiao Feng.

"My patience is limited, I'll give you three more breaths.

"If you still don't have an answer after three breaths, then neither of you will live."

"Three, two..."

"Do you keep your word?"

Xiao Feng suddenly raised his head, his face gloomy.

Wei Changtian smiled lightly: "Of course."

"Alright..."

Xiao Feng took a deep breath, not daring to look at Lu Jingyao, and lowered his head, squeezing out a few words from between his teeth with difficulty.

"Yao'er, I'm sorry..."

"..."

Lu Jingyao's face instantly turned pale, feeling as if all the strength in her body had suddenly been drained away, not knowing whether she should cry or laugh at this moment.

This result was indeed "in line with her wishes", but...

Lu Jingyao was not surprised that Xiao Feng would make such a choice, because just when she had failed to snatch the sword, she had clearly seen a fleeting hint of disappointment in Xiao Feng's eyes.

An unprecedented sense of despair surged into her heart.

At this moment, she finally understood the true meaning of the saying, "I offered my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the gutter."

She closed her eyes, no longer looking at Xiao Feng.

Something in her heart seemed to have shattered...

On the other side, Xiao Feng was also too ashamed to say any more harsh words like "I will definitely avenge you", but slowly propped himself up from the ground, dragging his heavily injured body step by step towards the outside of the Wei residence with unparalleled loneliness.

He walked very slowly, seemingly defenseless against the crowd behind him... in fact, he simply had no ability to defend himself.

Now, to save his life, he could only hope that Wei Changtian would keep his promise.

"Son! Are you really going to let him go?"

Qin Caizhen on the side was a little anxious.

"Of course."

Wei Changtian smiled slightly, thinking, 'Would I have to be out of my mind to let Xiao Feng go?'

Going back on one's word and being untrustworthy is what makes a good villain.

He turned his head to look at Wei Xianzheng, and said seriously: "I always keep my word! Right, Dad?"

The tone of the word "I" was very heavy, and Wei Xianzheng, being a villain himself, understood the meaning immediately, and laughed loudly:

"Heh heh heh heh!"

"Xiao Feng! Although my son has let you go, I never said I would let you go!"

"Prepare to die!"

"Whoosh!"

An invisible palm wind roared towards the staggering figure, and in the next second, it was estimated that there would be a bloody explosion.

Looking at this scene, the thoughts in the minds of everyone present were different at this moment.

Xiao Feng: Damn it! If I had known this would happen, I might as well have acted more righteously just now!

Wei Changtian: I finally got to hear what the villain's exclusive laughter, "Heh heh," sounds like!

Wei Xianzheng: Changtian didn't waver, good! He has some of my demeanor from back then!

Qin Caizhen: Hmph! My husband actually said I'm old! How annoying!

The Plainclothes Guards: Commander is so shameless!

Lu Jingyao: Heartache to the point of being unable to breathe...

"Bang!!"

Regardless of whether the crowd was happy or sad at this time, the void palm with the power of the Third Rank Realm would not change because of this, and in the blink of an eye, it slammed fiercely on Xiao Feng's back.

It's over.

Wei Changtian breathed a sigh of relief, but the next thing that happened made his eyes widen instantly.

The bloody scene that was expected did not appear, a ball of green light that appeared out of nowhere suddenly enveloped Xiao Feng's entire body at the last moment, also dissipating Wei Xianzheng's palm into nothingness.

Everyone opened their mouths wide, staring blankly at this strange scene they had never seen before.

"Swish! Swish swish swish!"

Before Wei Xianzheng could give the order, several Plainclothes Guards pushed off the ground and rushed towards that side.

However, before they could run halfway, the ball of green light suddenly disappeared.

The place was empty, and there was no sign of Xiao Feng.

...

Inside a certain secret room.

Wei Changtian sat beside a wooden table, a bright night pearl hanging on the wall, in front of him were two halves of broken jade, the cracks of which could be pieced together perfectly.

"Changtian, tomorrow I will order people to search through the various ancient books in the department to see if we can find any clues about this thing."

Wei Xianzheng frowned tightly, and it seemed that he could not recognize what this jade pendant was.

Not only could it automatically protect its owner and block an attack from the Third Rank Realm, but it could even perform "Great Qiankun Shift", this was simply a legendary immortal's treasure!

Fortunately, judging from Xiao Feng's reaction, he should not know that this thing was so awesome, it was probably obtained by chance.

"It's okay, son, that Xiao Feng has already been hit by mother's Remnant Blossom Palm. Even if he escapes temporarily, if there is no first-class Danxin Saint Hand to treat him immediately, he will still die."

"And even if he is lucky enough to survive, it will only be a matter of time before he lingers on for a few more days, and he will eventually die from the dissipation of his cultivation."

Qin Caizhen saw that Wei Changtian had been wearing a bitter face, so she softly comforted him with a few words.

However, the husband and wife did not know that Wei Changtian was not worried about not being able to kill Xiao Feng, nor was he worried about what this jade pendant was.

At this time, his mind was full of one question - where did this jade pendant come from?

If he remembered correctly, Xiao Feng should not have obtained his first life-saving item until the middle of the novel, and it was still a Ruyi Iron Scepter.

As for this unremarkable jade pendant... he did not remember it appearing until the end of the novel!

Could it be that he had forgotten? After all, when reading web novels, he would read ten lines at a glance, and it was normal to not remember some details clearly.

Or... had his "abnormal" behavior already produced a butterfly effect?

It seemed that only these two explanations were possible.

After pondering for a long time, Wei Changtian then raised his head to look at Wei Xianzheng and Qin Caizhen.

In any case, chasing and killing Xiao Feng was still the top priority at present.

Dead or alive, they had to see the body!

For this reason, he did not mind continuing to reveal a little bit of the plot in advance.

"Dad, do you still remember the salt smuggling case handled by the Hualing Guard three years ago? For this, an entire family was exterminated."

"This..."

Wei Xianzheng was stunned, not understanding what his son was saying, and he did not remember such a small case as "salt smuggling".

The Suspended Mirror Division's Three Guards and Three Departments handled so many cases and killed so many people every year, how could he, as the top leader, remember them all.

"Why are you asking this? What does it have to do with Xiao Feng?"

"That family's surname was Xiao."

Wei Changtian paused, and in the surprised gazes of Wei Xianzheng and Qin Caizhen, he replied in a deep voice: "When the Hualing Guard raided the house back then, Xiao Feng happened to be traveling outside..."