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"Good, good, good. With these words from you, I am relieved." Looking at Huang Shan who was kneeling down on one knee and uttering some words, Lin Qing could not help but let out a long laugh.

After a long time, Lin Qing's laughter gradually stopped. She looked deeply into Wen Xueqi's eyes as she carefully held her in her arms and coldly looked at Huang Shan, saying, "Even if you die, you cannot let Wen Xueqi suffer even the slightest bit of injury. Otherwise, even if you enter hell, I will not let you go!"

Lin Qing's voice was gloomy and cold, with an indescribable coldness.

"Okay."

Huang Shan knelt to the side and solemnly replied.

"Okay." Lin Qing said again, "Okay." Just now, she handed Wen Xueqi to Huang Shan and turned her head away, refusing to look back.

With a wave of her hand, Lin Qing gripped the treasured sword that Wen Xueqi had used before. It was as if she could still sense Wen Xueqi's aura, and her heart was filled with complex emotions.

Huang Shan glanced at Lin Qing again before leading his men to break out of the encirclement.

After all, they had already advanced quite a distance after breaking through the previous encirclement. In addition to the fact that the main army had yet to arrive, the Tiger Gang members had also broken through a gap. It was this gap that allowed them to break out.

After Huang Shan and the others left, only Lin Qing's figure and the fifty odd members of the Tiger Gang remained. These fifty plus disciples were willing to stay behind.

Amongst them, there were criminals who had committed all sorts of crimes, local thugs who had cheated and extorted them, chivalrous heroes, and even tavern's shopkeepers. The only similarity was that they were all members of the Tiger Gang, and most of them were elites among the elites of the gang. Most of them were elders of the Tiger Gang.

Looking at these people, Lin Qing gently closed her eyes. After a while, it would be difficult for her to see a few familiar faces. Most of them would be killed in this battle.

However, they still remained. That was the cruel reality. There was nothing sad about it, because their statuses meant that they would end up like that.

There were very few people in the world who would want to end up like this, but there were still people who chose this way. It was because there was no other way.

In order to survive, in order to live better, they had given up their previous good status as peasants, craftsmen, servants, apprentices, and so on. Instead, they had chosen to become a fighter, and for one reason only, they had lived better.

Because of this, they became cold-blooded, heartless, and inhumane. They also had no reason to obtain forgiveness for the crimes they committed. This was because they were always on the dark side. If there was white, there would naturally be black as well.

There was no need to explain, because that itself was something that others despised. Even within them, they felt inferior because of their status. They felt that it was not good, but very few people gave up on that status.

Shifting from black to white was never as simple as one imagined. The moment one entered the martial arts world, the body would be forced to change; this was not a lie.

Although there were some among them who could leave the Tiger Gang, they still chose to stay. That was because, in the past, this place gave them hope that the people behind them could live a better life.

Today, the reason why they did not leave was mostly because of gratitude. They did not have the heart to see the gangs that they had stayed in for so many years being annihilated so easily. So, they chose to cut off the back, and chose this road of not returning.

"Do you regret it?" Lin Qing looked at a robust youth beside her and asked indifferently.

The robust youth glanced at Lin Qing, then looked at the boundless sky before lowering his head in silence. He muttered, "Is there a chance for regret?"

Lin Qing fell silent. That's right, was there a chance for her to regret it? If they had not chosen this path back then, they might have died earlier than they did now. Or perhaps, they might still be suppressed and living a lowly life.

"In the next life, if you have a good family, you will also have a different choice." Lin Qing mumbled.

The burly man smiled miserably as he clenched his fists. His veins were about to pop out as he said in a low voice, "If I was strong enough, I would break this cruel rule so that people like me wouldn't be suppressed like this."

"If you had the strength, I'm afraid you would not remember what you just said." Lin Qing faintly said.

Not forgetting first was never as simple as one imagined. There were too many temptations in the world that tested and bewitched people, making them forget their original appearances.

The brawny man fell silent. In the end, he did not say anything, thinking that even he himself did not know whether he would still be able to remember these words when he was strong enough.

The time it took to think was always short. The troops led by Yun Hai Sheng soon pressed down on them.

At first glance, there seemed to be a huge pressure on the area, but with a glance, it looked like there were more than one thousand and five hundred people with blades and arrows, ready to be shot at at any moment.

Lin Qing and the rest of the fifty or so people were blocking in front of them like mantises. They didn't know their own limits and would be crushed by the rolling wheels until nothing was left.

Looking at these people, Yun Hai Sheng led a dozen or so constables forward and arrived not far from Lin Qing. He stared coldly at Lin Qing, at this formidable figure who, despite being young, was in charge of a gang.

Looking at Lin Qing's expression, Yun Hai couldn't help but secretly praise him as a "young hero".

If his men had such heroes, Yun Hai would probably wake up laughing.

There were always some people in this world who were destined not to be ordinary, just like Lin Qing. Perhaps Lin Qing was ordinary before, but that lightning bolt that descended from the heavy rain was bound to change Lin Qing's fate.

"I didn't expect that Helmsman Lin Qing would stay behind to cut off the line. This really surprises me." Yun Hai looked at Lin Qing, as if trying to find something from her body.

"I don't want to either. It's just that, Fellow Yun, I'm afraid you won't give me this opportunity, right?" Lin Qing faintly said with an indescribable emotion in her voice.

Yun Hai was silent for a moment, then he looked at Lin Qing and continued, "I am Chu, and I wish to recruit talented people. If Branch Lord Lin is willing to abandon his current status and give up on the dark and light, then I am also not willing to make things difficult for you."

"It's a pity, I, Lin Dong, have never abandoned my heart of darkness, have no loyalty to the Chu Country, and it's even more impossible for me to be under your command." Lin Qing glanced at the sky, then glanced at the Yellow Mountain and the rest that had already retreated far away before she muttered to herself.