Hei Feng watched Jia’s furious expression and deliberately took a step back. "Since you're so dissatisfied with me, then..."
"I am dissatisfied with you! Why? Your position is higher than mine, why? I have to listen to you and take care of Mu Anxiao. Hei Feng, I hate you." Jia clenched his fists and interrupted.
Hei Feng: "I know you hate me, and I also know that you only agreed to take care of Mu Anxiao for your own sake. As the saying goes, there's no such thing as a free lunch. You're just trying to use Mu Anxiao to surpass me. Tell me," he smiled, "am I right?"
"That's right, that's exactly what I thought." Jia said righteously.
Hei Feng: "Since you want to surpass me so badly, I'll give you a big task."
"What?" Jia was startled.
Hei Feng stopped playing around, spread out his hands, conjured a piece of paper, and handed it to Jia.
Jia froze, then looked up at Hei Feng, and after taking the paper, asked, "What does this mean?"
"Your mission is to find her accomplice." Hei Feng completely exposed the woman.
Hearing this, the woman shouted, "I don't have an accomplice."
"..." Hei Feng snorted coldly and turned to the woman. "Gu Qin, I don't think you need to hide it any longer."
The woman's name was Gu Qin. Hei Feng had already learned all about her before Jia and the others arrived, and he knew everything about her. He had kept it to himself because he didn't want to discourage Jia.
Of course, he had thought that Jia, through a year of tempering, would have figured some things out.
Who knew that Jia hated him even more than a year ago?
Since that was the case, he felt it was time to use some means to make Jia see reality. And the first step was to make Jia understand that his current task was not so easy.
Just as Hei Feng expected, Jia was stunned again the moment Hei Feng casually revealed the woman's name.
Lou Yi admired Hei Feng even more.
The woman looked surprised. "How do you know my name?" she asked, her eyes wide.
Hei Feng: "I can find out anyone I want to know. Of course, if you hadn't hurt Mu Anxiao, I wouldn't have bothered with you. Think about it," he said, "you've touched my bottom line."
"Mu Anxiao is your bottom line?" Gu Qin was surprised.
"Yes, and his too." Hei Feng knew Jia had boasted a lot to Gu Qin, so he deliberately did not expose Jia's lie.
Jia glared at Hei Feng.
Gu Qin was stunned.
Then, Hei Feng stepped forward, tugged the glowing rope a couple of times, and said, "Picking up ready-made things, are we?" He looked at Jia.
Hearing this, Jia became angry. "Time is short, we..."
"No matter who captured the demon soul, the one who binds it in the end must be a silver rope. Don't you know this?" Hei Feng interrupted.
Jia showed disdain. "Only you know so much." Saying this, he glared fiercely at Hei Feng.
Hei Feng frowned and said, "Let's not talk about that for now. Can you untie this glowing rope or not?"
"Aren't you very powerful? You untie it." Jia raised his chin.
Hei Feng looked down at Jia's inexplicably smug expression, sighed, and turned to Lou Yi.
Lou Yi honestly replied, "We can't untie it."
"I knew it." Hei Feng said, then stared at Gu Qin's face for a few seconds. "In that case, you can take her away."
Jia sneered. "That's exactly what I intended." With that, he stepped around Hei Feng and walked in front of Lou Yi.
Lou Yi looked down at Jia, then quickly looked up at Hei Feng and asked, "Why?"
"I was supposed to watch her for you. Since you can't untie this rope on her, then take her."
"You can't untie it?" Lou Yi asked, really not wanting to take Gu Qin with him.
Hei Feng: "I can."
"You can, then you keep her here." Lou Yi said with a sly grin.
Hei Feng smiled at Lou Yi's fawning expression, then looked down at Jia. "If he asks me, I'll keep her."
Hearing this, Jia turned to look at the presumptuous Hei Feng, clenching his fists. "You wish."
"You're so unwilling to ask me? Fine, then you can take her. But," Hei Feng said, "if she escapes, you'll be in trouble too."
"Why?" Jia lost his reason with Hei Feng.
Hei Feng: "You ask why? She's yours, and if she escapes in the end, you'll have to bear the consequences."
"I... you mean, what kind of trouble?" Jia's tone softened.
Hei Feng crossed his arms. "Turn back into a soul spirit. Not only that," he said, looking down at the bulging-eyed soul spirit emerging from the ground, smiling, "you'll become like him." He pointed at the soul spirit.
At the same time, Jia and Lou Yi looked at the fearsome-looking soul spirit and swallowed.
The soul spirit glanced at them with disdain before leaving.
Jia and Lou Yi exchanged a look without speaking.
Hei Feng: "It seems he, like you, has a bad temper." He said, a smile curling his lips.
"I would never lose her." Saying this, Jia turned to Lou Yi. "Keep a tight hold of her. If anything happens to me, it won't do you any good either."
"You're done for. I can just go back to my master." Lou Yi said calmly.
Jia froze.
Hei Feng glanced at Lou Yi, who had already secured his retreat, and then looked at Jia. "Ask me, and I'll keep her. Not only that, I'll also provide you with information."
Provide information?
This was undoubtedly good news for Jia. He swallowed, his heart moved.
Lou Yi looked down at Jia's hesitant expression, then at Hei Feng, who was about to lose patience. He said, "Boss, just agree. If she really gets lost, you'll have to turn into that ugly thing."
"..." Jia lowered his gaze.
The moment Lou Yi said this, the soul spirit emerged from the ground and grabbed Lou Yi's feet.
Immediately, Lou Yi felt something was wrong. He looked down and saw the soul spirit glaring at him with its big, round eyes. Not only that, but the soul spirit also opened its cavernous mouth.
Seeing this, Lou Yi, terrified, quickly apologized. "I was wrong, I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about him." He pointed at Jia.
Hearing this, the soul spirit showed a smiling expression, then withdrew its hand and left.
Lou Yi breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Jia, who had luckily noticed nothing. He deliberately said, "Boss, I suggest you listen to him, otherwise, you'll regret it."
"..." Jia listened to Lou Yi's words, sighed softly, then turned back to Hei Feng. "What you said is the truth."
"Smart people listen to advice. Fools always think others are trying to harm them. You," Hei Feng said, "are you a smart person or a fool?"
"Of course, I'm a smart person." Jia mustered his courage and said, "I'll listen to you."
"Very good." Hei Feng was satisfied with this answer and nodded.
Jia: "You must provide me with information."
"I will, but you'll have to communicate with me telepathically." Hei Feng pointed to Jia's chest.
Jia: "Okay, I promise." Saying this, he stepped forward and raised his hand.
Hei Feng's lips curved as he high-fived Jia. "Done. You can talk to me anytime." Saying this, he lowered his hand.
Jia looked down at his palm and said, "I will surpass you." After saying that, he turned his back.