I was reborn after cheating on the aloof and powerful man.

Chapter 214 Deserve a beating

A flash of white light appeared, and suddenly a group of people appeared out of thin air in the previously empty temple hall.

Holding a knife in one hand to steady himself, Cui Chou clutched the wound on his stomach with the other, his eyes sharp and filled with suspicion as he looked at the young official opposite him who was holding a golden mace.

Holding an iron pen, Dongfang Rui stood beside Yu Heng, his gaze suspiciously sweeping back and forth between Cui Chou and Yu Heng.

They were all colleagues in the court, and he did not know what grudge the two had against each other that made Yu Heng want to hurt Lord Cui as soon as he saw him.

A sudden burst of bright light had blinded him, and when he could see his surroundings again, he was shocked to find that they had returned to the main hall, and all three teleportation portals had disappeared.

This place is too strange. That fat man is so close. He really doesn't want to lose an ally and gain an enemy when surrounded by powerful foe.

Just as he was about to speak to ease the tension between the two, he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye and suddenly saw Miss Fei, whom he had been longing for, floating in mid-air inexplicably.

"Miss Fei, what's wrong with you?"

Fei Xi kept her eyes closed, holding a strange, glowing white ball in her arms, seemingly asleep and unresponsive.

Dongfang Rui's shout startled the two groups of people who were facing off on the other side.

Mu Qingfeng, holding the blood-covered La Pei in her arms, glared angrily at the fat man opposite her.

Hearing Dongfang Rui's shout, she turned to look in the direction of the sound.

Turning her head, she saw her senior sister floating in the air, unconscious.

Mu Qingfeng was instantly filled with anxiety. She put down La Pei and rushed to Fei Xi's side, calling out anxiously:

"Senior Sister! Senior Sister! Senior Sister, what's wrong?"

Ji Zhongxuan, standing beside her, was gazing at the restored mural, lost in thought.

Upon hearing Mu Qingfeng's voice, he looked up, and for the first time, a look of panic appeared on his usually arrogant face.

With a light touch of his toes, he leaped into the air, using his lightness skill to fly into the air, intending to bring Fei Xi down.

Just then, a vicious palm strike, as swift as a venomous snake, came hurtling towards the two of them.

The person who launched the sneak attack chose the perfect moment.

Ji Zhongxuan was holding the person in his arms and could not fight back. At this moment, he was suspended in mid-air and had no way to avoid it.

Upon seeing this, Mu Qingfeng, who was waiting for the two to come down, cried out in alarm, "No!"

At the same time, she leaped forward and flashed in front of the two, trying to block the fatal blow for them.

At this critical moment, a deep, angry voice, accompanied by the roar of a tiger through the mountains, resounded throughout the entire hall:

"Boss Qiu, don't try to stab me in the back again!"

The two palms struck each other, causing the heavens and earth to shake. In an instant, everyone in the hall was shaken back three steps by the force of the impact.

Seeing that his full-force palm strike was easily blocked by Elder Luo, Boss Qiu, who had failed in his sneak attack, showed no remorse for being caught doing something wrong. Instead, his face was full of anger as he angrily rebuked:

"Venerable Luo, this bastard seduced my beloved concubine, causing me to accidentally kill La'e. Since ancient times, the hatred of having one's wife stolen has been irreconcilable. Although I, Qiu Wandai, am but a merchant, I am also a man of blood. If I do not kill this bastard today, I swear I am not worthy of being called a man!"

Boss Qiu's stern words drew everyone's attention. Upon closer inspection, the dancer, covered in blood, lay alone on the ground. Her fragile beauty, like shattered glass, evoked pity and stirred a sense of unbearable sorrow in everyone present.

Then someone else looked at the person at the center of the conversation with a self-righteous and understanding gaze.

Ji Zhongxuan frowned, reached out and touched Fei Xi's forehead, completely ignoring the slanderous words directed at him.

Mu Qingfeng was tightly holding her senior sister's hand, anxiously inquiring about her condition from Ji Zhongxuan. However, after hearing Boss Qiu's slanderous words, the anger that had been temporarily forgotten upon seeing her senior sister erupted like a volcano:

"You despicable and shameless scoundrel! I was separated from my senior brother in the desolate mountains. You pretended to agree to take me to find him, but in reality you were plotting against me."

"Sister La Pei stopped you to save me, which allowed me to escape and find my senior brother."

"I rushed there with my senior brother to rescue Sister La Pei. Who knew you, you shameless bastard, would use Sister La Pei as bait to ambush us!"

"Now you dare to turn around and slander my senior brother? Grandpa Luo, help me kill this scoundrel and avenge Sister La Pei!"

As soon as Mu Qingfeng finished speaking, she immediately struck Boss Qiu with her palm.

Her palm strikes were fierce and unpredictable. Although her internal energy was slightly lacking, her aura was already quite powerful, which drew silent applause from the onlookers.

Upon hearing "Grandpa Luo" from the side, Luo Dalun suddenly became absent-minded for some reason. Seeing that the little girl had already made her move, he immediately came to his senses.

Fearing that the little girl might suffer, Luo Dalun immediately stepped forward to protect her.

Boss Qiu gave a wink, and three guards stepped forward to entangle Luo Dalun.

While effortlessly parrying Mu Qingfeng's palm strikes, Boss Qiu advised in a tone of disappointment and frustration:

"Young lady, I know you have feelings for your senior brother and have many misunderstandings about me. But you simply don't understand men's cunning."

“When my daughter La Pei was dancing before, your senior brother stared at her intently. Later, he even flirted with my daughter La Pei right in front of me. Back in the desolate mountain, I wanted to explain this to you, so I came close to you, but I never expected that it would cause you to misunderstand me.”

"You! You're talking nonsense! My senior brother would never peek at Sister La Pei!"

With a flick of her wrist, her palm strikes moved like a sudden storm. Mu Qingfeng had no intention of listening to the fat man's nonsense, and her palm strikes became even more fierce and powerful.

But Boss Qiu seemed to be able to predict Mu Qingfeng's moves, and he was able to dodge the palm strikes every time they landed.

He shifted his body and turned, dodging the palm strike once more. He shook his head, sighed, and said with pity:

“Young lady, you really don’t understand men. My La Pei may not be as beautiful as you, but men always fall in love with one after another. Even if he has a peerless beauty in his arms, he will still want to try the taste of other beauties.”

"To be honest, young lady, I have traveled all over the country and have seen a lot. But I have never seen anyone as beautiful as you in my life."

“You will surely have great fortune in the future, why waste your time on such a fickle and unfaithful person?”

Praised for her beauty, Mu Qingfeng showed no joy, but instead became furious, her face turning red. She was about to continue her rebuttal when a sudden thought struck her, as if she had remembered something:

“I don’t care what nonsense you’re spouting, my senior brother is definitely not a hypocritical and despicable person like you.”

"You've been wasting so much time talking to me, it's not just to make excuses for your heartless actions. What exactly are you trying to achieve by stalling for time like this?"

Mu Qingfeng's words instantly alerted everyone around her.

No one was stupid, and they quickly realized that the beautiful young girl was not exaggerating.

However, Yu Heng and Dongfang Rui tried to attack Boss Qiu, but were still unable to do so. Cui Chou, as if sensing something, reached into the brocade pouch in his bosom and opened the small medicine bottle inside.

Boss Qiu burst into laughter:

"You do indeed possess some of her intelligence from back then, it's just a pity!"

The moment the word "what a pity" was uttered, everyone in the hall except Boss Qiu collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Boss Qiu stood leisurely in the main hall, scrutinizing the terrified expressions on everyone's faces with an air of absolute confidence.

Among the crowd, the handsome young man whom he wanted to kill at first sight did not lie down like the others, but remained motionless in the posture of holding someone.

Boss Qiu's gaze fell on Fei Xi in the young man's arms, his expression hardening as he thought to himself, 'Business comes first!'

He walked toward Fei Xi with barely concealed joy, his gaze not so much on Fei Xi as on the glowing white ball in her arms.

He was just one step away from Fei Xi.

The person who was previously unconscious suddenly opened their eyes.

Boss Qiu's heart sank, sensing something was wrong, and he immediately pounced to snatch the ball.

With a shout of "Get out!", he was struck as if by a heavy blow, and was blown out of the main hall by a strange wave of air.

The person who woke up had an extremely cold gaze, as if he regarded everyone as strangers.

She walked straight past the crowd, her gaze falling on the mural on the wall.

Immediately, she gripped the ball of light tightly in her hand and hurled it forcefully at the mural.

The moment the sphere of light touched the mural, it was like fire meeting cloth; the flames roared and the entire mural on the wall instantly turned to ashes.

Suddenly, a deafening dragon's roar resounded through the sky.

A giant dragon, gleaming with silver light, roared out from the ashes of the mural.

The entire underground temple then shook violently, and the buildings inside began to collapse one by one.

Deep underground, a pair of eyes seemed to awaken suddenly and snap open.