C997 The Road to Escape

At dawn, a figure was moving through the woods at high speed, not stopping even when he hit a branch. It was Qing Feng.

Qing Feng chose to use himself as bait to lure the assassin away. At first, the assassin returned. He knew that the assassin was going back to check if there was anyone else around, but fortunately, he had told Zi Lan not to come out.

Only when the assassin caught up with him did he heave a sigh of relief. He knew that he had achieved his goal. The other party did not discover Zi Lan's existence and thought that he was the only one.

But the man was fast enough to catch up with him, and yet he did not do so, as if he were a cat playing with a mouse, and began to play a game of cat-and-mouse with him.

Although he knew what was on his mind, Qing Feng did not stop running. He knew that the further he lured this assassin, the safer Zi Lan would be.

When he rushed out, he had already made up his mind to die. He told Zi Lan that he would only comfort her until dawn. Facing the pursuit of a cultivator, Qing Feng did not believe that he would be able to return alive.

He did not think that he would have to separate from Zi Lan the moment he left the village. He kept telling him that Zi Lan was his younger sister, and he had also thought about how to take care of Zi Lan after he left the village. Now that he had encountered such a situation, he would no longer be able to take care of Zi Lan in the future.

"Zi Lan, you have no choice but to walk your own path in the future. I can only accompany you until here." Qing Feng said in his heart.

His speed became faster and faster, and the assassin behind him was still following him at a moderate pace.

At this moment, Qing Feng wanted to run faster, so he didn't notice that there was a hole under his feet. He accidentally stepped on nothing and fell down to the ground.

"Bang!"

His face made contact with the ground, causing Qing Feng's face to hurt, but he did not dare to stop, so he wanted to get up and continue running.

However, the assassin seemed to be tired of the game of cat and mouse, so he came directly to him.

"Shua!"

The assassin's back was to the sun, and when Qing Feng looked up, he only felt a sharp pain in his eyes. Because of the light, he couldn't see the assassin's face clearly.

But from the blood stains on the man's robe, it was obvious that he was not a simple man, especially when the corners of his mouth were raised in a teasing way. Qing Feng felt that he was at the end of his life.

"Are you still going to run?" The assassin walked up to Qing Feng and stepped on his chest. Then, he stepped on him and asked in a teasing tone.

With his chest being stepped on, Qing Feng felt it difficult to breathe. He wanted to fight back, but he couldn't move at all. At last, he gave up and ran for the whole night. His legs felt as heavy as water, and he had no strength left.

At least Zi Lan was safe, he thought.

Seeing that Qing Feng did not answer his question, the assassin gradually exerted force under his feet, as if he wanted to stomp Qing Feng into the soil.

Qing Feng felt a sharp pain in his chest, but he could only endure the pain. He couldn't put up any resistance.

"Hum." He couldn't help but groan in pain.

When the assassin saw that Qing Feng had such backbone, his brows slightly raised. However, he wouldn't let Qing Feng go just because of this. One had to know that last night, he had killed two people from the Jiang Family Chamber of Commerce, and he had even chosen to betray the Jiang Family Chamber of Commerce for that thing.

"Hand it to me," the killer said to Cool Breeze, holding out his hand.

"What?" Qing Feng did not want to die in such a humiliating manner. His eyes revealed a stubborn look as he spoke.

"The thing that the dead man gave you doesn't belong to you. Hurry up and give it to me!" Hearing what Qing Feng said, the assassin revealed a dissatisfied expression.

Sure enough, the assassin came for the red gemstone. The gemstone clearly didn't belong to him, but he was willing to throw his life away for the thing that a dead man gave him.

"Are you talking about this?" Qing Feng took out the red gem from his pocket.

"Yes, that's what I'm talking about." The assassin immediately let go of Qing Feng's hand when he saw what he was holding. He squatted down and tried to grab the gem from Qing Feng's hand.

But Qingfeng put away the red gem again, as if he was playing with the assassin.

Seeing Qingfeng playing with him, the assassin's face immediately turned cold and his eyes revealed a fierce light.

"Give it to me!" The assassin stared at Qing Feng and said in a dangerous tone.

Seeing the man's expression, Qing Feng knew that the red gemstone seemed to be very important to him. Something that could make a cultivator so concerned must be a treasure, but he didn't find anything special about the red gemstone.

Apart from the bright red exterior and the warm nature, Qing Feng didn't think that this stone was of any use.

"Do you really want it that much?" Qing Feng squinted his eyes and said.

The assassin's patience was almost at its limit. If he wasn't worried that he would damage that thing, he would have killed Qing Feng right now.

"If you don't want to die, then hurry up and give it to me!" The assassin threatened Qing Feng.

"Hehehe, it seems like you really want it. Since you want this stone so much, fine, I'll give it to you then." Qing Feng laughed coldly. He did not know what the use of this red gemstone was.

However, he did not want to die so mysteriously. Even if there was a chance to live, he would grab it.

After saying that, Qing Feng threw the red gemstone to the side.

"You!" The assassin's face darkened when he saw Qing Feng throw the gem away.

But he still went straight to the place where the gemstone was thrown.

In his mind, Qing Feng couldn't run at all, and he already thought about it. When he got back the gemstone, he would kill him.

The killer rushed at the jewel, and Qing Feng, who had recovered his strength by lying on the ground for a while, scrambled to his feet and ran north.

The assassin knew that Qing Feng was running away, but to him, the gem was the most important thing.

He picked up the thing he had dropped and held it in his hand with a smile on his face. After making sure that the stone was intact, he put the red gemstone away and turned his head to look at Qing Feng's retreating back with a savage smile on his face.

After that, he directly chased after him. This time, he was going to kill Qing Feng.

In his opinion, everyone who knew about this had already been killed by him. As long as he killed Qing Feng again, no one would know that he had taken away the things from the Jiang Family Chamber of Commerce. At that time, as long as he left this place and changed his identity to live, no one would be able to find him.

"Hohoho," the killer sneered, feeling that his plan was perfect.