#414 - No one can force you

Qin Yuan harbored extreme hatred for Jun Wuxie before him.

This detestable brat actually intended to ruin the marriage alliance between their Hunter Guild and the Yunling Nan family.

He reached out and pushed, only to feel as if his palm had struck a mountain wall, the target remaining completely still.

He instantly felt his face losing prestige, and anger flared in his heart, his palm erupting with true energy.

With a boom.

Jun Wuxie remained unmoved, while Qin Yuan himself was shaken back several steps.

His face flushed red, and his eyes burned with fury.

"Boy, you are being presumptuous!"

He was uncontrollably enraged, feeling that all the gazes directed at him were filled with mockery, his face burning.

"Qin Yuan, you should calm down for a while. Considering you are Ke Qing's elder, I won't hold it against you."

Jun Wuxie spoke indifferently, the fingers of his right hand, hanging at his waist, twitched slightly.

Instantly, a golden blood energy appeared out of nowhere above Qin Yuan, cascading down like a waterfall, compressing the very space around it.

Qin Yuan was about to berate him, but as soon as he opened his mouth, before he could even utter a sound, his body trembled violently.

The blood energy crashed down, engulfing him, like Mount Tai pressing down.

His body staggered, and he fell forward.

"You!"

Qin Yuan roared angrily, desperately trying to stand upright, but his waist was bent into a bow shape under the suppression of the blood energy.

His legs trembled violently, his knees buckling, and despite exerting all his strength, he could not support himself. He was pressed down from the air to the ground, one knee heavily impacting the hard bluestone street, smashing a deep pit into the stone.

"Jun Wuxie! You dare to run wild on the territory of my Hunter Guild!"

The others roared and stepped forward, appearing ready to attack.

Jun Wuxie did not look at them, and his right hand, hanging at his waist, vibrated slightly.

Rumble!

Streams of golden blood energy crashed down from the sky, like golden waterfalls, engulfing the others. They were all impacted and fell to the ground, their waists bent, their knees on the ground, unable to move.

"Jun Wuxie! Insolent brat!"

Qin Yuan and the others used all their strength to barely raise their heads, uttering angry and humiliated roars.

"Wuxie, they…"

Qin Keqing looked at him with some embarrassment.

Although Qin Yuan was not a good person and had been pressuring her, he was, after all, a member of her clan. Being pressed to his knees in public like this would damage the reputation of the Hunter Guild.

"You should care more about yourself than others." Jun Wuxie walked closer, looking into her eyes, and said, "Do you really want to accept the family's arrangements and not fight for yourself anymore?"

"I want to fight, I want to resist, but what can I do?" Qin Keqing's eyes were filled with tears, and she sobbed, "No one in the family supports me. Father and mother are gone, and my brother is gone! I originally thought that my only close relative in this world would dote on me and care for me, but now even he treats me as a bargaining chip for the family's benefit!"

"Even if your grandfather agrees to this marriage, you can still resist. If you don't want to, you shouldn't give up. Back then, you suffered from an incurable disease, such a hopeless situation, but you still persevered, and didn't you eventually find hope?"

"It's different…" Qin Keqing cried, shaking her head vigorously, choking with sobs, "At that time, I at least had a sense of belonging in my heart, and I had relatives supporting me, and I had hope. But now, what can I look forward to? Even my only close relative treats me as a pawn…"

"You still have friends, and you still have me. As long as you don't want to marry, I won't stand by and watch those people push you into the abyss."

Qin Keqing was stunned, looking at him with teary eyes, and after a long while, she said, "Are you really willing to help me?"

"Of course!"

Jun Wuxie nodded.

"But, if that's the case, it will bring you a lot of trouble. You will face the Nan family and my family's animosity…"

"So what?" Jun Wuxie said nonchalantly, "Don't I have enough enemies already? I don't care about having two more. Besides, the Yunling Nan family and I are already mortal enemies. It's just that your Hunter Guild will become another opponent."

"But…"

"No buts." Jun Wuxie interrupted her, saying, "I don't care about having a few more enemies, that's my attitude! Now, you just need to make your decision, whether to resist to the end?"

Qin Keqing's red lips trembled a few times, and looking at Jun Wuxie's firm eyes, she nodded heavily.

"Okay, I'll take you away. From now on, as long as you don't want to, no one can force you!"

Jun Wuxie said, grabbing Qin Keqing's hand and returning to the carriage.

"Stop!"

Just as he was about to help Qin Keqing into the carriage, an angry shout, like a thunderclap, made people's eardrums ache.

An old man in dark brocade robes descended from the sky, standing in the high air, his eyes sharp, looking down coldly.

"Grandfather…"

Qin Keqing's delicate body trembled, looking at that familiar face, but feeling so strange.

This was her only close relative in the world.

He should have been her haven, her solid backing.

But now, he had become one of those who were forcing her!

"Ke Qing, you unfilial descendant, what are you doing?" The old man's face was full of anger, and he scolded loudly, "Do you know what kind of impact your actions will have on the Hunter Guild?"

"Grandfather, I'm sorry, Ke Qing doesn't want to be engaged to Nan Huang, please don't force Ke Qing! You are Ke Qing's only close relative, why do you have to force me together with them?"

Qin Keqing sobbed uncontrollably.

"Don't cry." Jun Wuxie pulled her into his arms, gently patting her back, and said, "I said no one can force you."

"Boy, let go of her!"

The old man's anger flared when he saw this scene.

Everyone here quietly watched this scene.

Qin Zheng had arrived, the previous Guild Master of the Hunter Guild, a strongman of the Saint Realm!

"Is she your Qin family's private property?"

Jun Wuxie released Qin Keqing, helping her into the carriage.

Immediately, he rose into the air, looking coldly at Qin Zheng.

"She is my Qin Zheng's granddaughter, and I naturally have the right to control her wrongdoings! You are an outsider, what right do you have to interfere?"

"True, Ke Qing is your granddaughter, but she is also a person with independent thought, not a tool for your family to seek development and sacrifice!" Jun Wuxie's words were sharp and impolite, "The Hunter Guild, such a large force, with millions of men, are they all cowards and good-for-nothings?"

"What did you say?"

Qin Zheng's eyes burst with cold light, and murderous intent soared into the sky.

People's hearts trembled, their legs weakened, and the pressure of the Saint Realm strongman made their hearts crack and their souls tremble.

Jun Wuxie was not affected by the Saint Realm pressure at all. He sneered, "Am I wrong? Could it be that your Hunter Guild has been passed down through the ages by sacrificing women?"

"You shut up, impudent brat, simply outrageous!"

Qin Zheng's beard trembled with anger.

"What's wrong, did I hit a sore spot?" Jun Wuxie sneered, "The men of your Hunter Guild are really promising. They don't have the ability themselves, so they came up with a good idea, sending their own women to others in order to seek development. I have to say, I really admire you. Aren't you ashamed?"

"You…"

"What about me?" Jun Wuxie roared, "Ke Qing was secretly plotted against in the family when she was young, and her parents also died because of it. Her brother died accidentally, leaving only you, such a close relative! All her affection is pinned on you! What I didn't expect was that you actually just treated her as a bargaining chip for the family's marriage alliance! You keep saying that you are her grandfather, but ask yourself, do you deserve it?"

Do you deserve it?

The three words exploded in Qin Zheng's ears like thunder.

The muscles on his face twitched fiercely a few times, and his eyes flickered uncertainly.

He took a deep breath and said, "Boy, I don't want to listen to your eloquent words today. Quickly hand over Ke Qing. We will solve our own family's affairs ourselves, and we won't allow you to interfere!"

"What if I don't?"

Jun Wuxie landed on the roof of the carriage, flicking his sleeve and saying, "Today, unless Ke Qing herself is willing, no one can take her away!"

"Do you think you can stop me? You're overestimating yourself!"

Qin Zheng stepped forward, the heavens and earth resonating, and a terrifying aura enveloped dozens of miles, making hundreds of thousands of people unable to move under his aura.

"You want to fight me, then you can try. Your Hunter Guild is probably going to be exterminated!"

Jun Wuxie stood still, calm and composed.

As soon as these words came out, many people changed color.

Qin Zheng suddenly stopped, his face gloomy.

People thought of the Martial Saint behind him.

When the Martial Saint came to this city, he suppressed the entire Hunter Guild, and even the strongmen of the Saint Realm were kneeling on the ground.

That person wasn't easy to talk to!

The Open Heaven Sword Sect was a bloody example!

At this time, Jun Wuxie spoke again, saying, "Ke Qing is indeed a member of your Hunter Guild. I do things one thing at a time. Don't you want to marry the Nan family? When that Nan Huang comes out of seclusion, on the day you set for the marriage, I will personally send Ke Qing back, and then we can properly resolve this matter!"

After he finished speaking, he ignored everyone's shock, and ignored Qin Zheng and the others' angry and helpless expressions, and drove the carriage away.

Before long, he arrived at Xiao Tianming's private residence.

He found Ji Beilan in the dungeon there.

"Brother-in-law?"

In the dim dungeon, Ji Beilan was lying inside, covered in blood. The moment he saw Jun Wuxie, he excitedly crawled up, pulling on his wounds, and wincing in pain.

The prison cell was made of special metal, with runes engraved on it, and it was very strong.

But in front of Jun Wuxie, it was just rotten wood.

He waved his hand and blasted open the prison door, coming to Ji Beilan's side.

"My grudges with Xiao Tianming have implicated you. Fortunately, you're okay, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain it to your imperial sister."

He checked Ji Beilan's injuries. Although they were not light, they had not damaged his foundation.

Ling Fei took action to treat Ji Beilan.

Half a day later, Ji Beilan's injuries were basically healed. He swept away his weakened state and was full of energy.

"Brother-in-law, you're too great! You always descend from the sky when I'm at my most desperate. I admire you so much!"

Ji Beilan hugged Jun Wuxie like a child.

"Alright, enough of that, you're being clingy. Stay away from me."

Jun Wuxie pushed him away with obvious distaste, his eyes sweeping over him intentionally.

"Brother-in-law, is there something wrong with me? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Ji Beilan touched his face and carefully checked himself, looking blank.

"No, I just wanted to make sure you were completely healed, and that Xiao Tianming didn't leave any hidden tricks on you."

"Don't worry, I'm very well now!"

Ji Beilan patted his chest.

"Well, in that case, let's go."

"Brother-in-law, where are we going?"

"Jubao Trading Company. We'll be staying in Donghuang Ancient City for a few days, and we should be able to buy a lot of good things here."

"That won't work." Ji Beilan's smile faded, and he said worriedly, "The situation in Great Zhou is tense right now. I've been away for so many days, and my father must be very worried. He's handling state affairs alone, and he must be exhausted. As the Crown Prince, I have to return as soon as possible, so I won't be lingering here with you, brother-in-law."

"Alright, then be careful yourself."

Jun Wuxie nodded.

"Then I'm leaving."

Ji Beilan left in a hurry.

Jun Wuxie watched his departing back, stroking his chin.

At this moment, Ji Beilan suddenly returned, smiling awkwardly, "Hehe, that, brother-in-law, I don't have any spirit crystals to activate the teleportation array."

Jun Wuxie took out a high-grade spirit crystal for him, weighing dozens of pounds.

"Wow, brother-in-law is so generous, haha!"

His eyes lit up with excitement, and he disappeared like the wind after taking the spirit crystal.

Jun Wuxie stood in the prison corridor, silently watching the direction Ji Beilan disappeared in for a long time.

"Wuxie, what are you thinking about?"

Qin Keqing asked softly.

"Is it really as I guessed?"

He muttered to himself, then strode away.