Junior Brother Pays Respect to You: Chapter 34 - Yet Another Twist
Chapter 34: Yet Another Twist
Qin Su’s reply left Qin Zheng at a loss for words—it felt like he was choking on something.
There was something ambiguous about those words, wasn’t there?
Qin Zheng frowned and shook off the strange thoughts in his head.
Then a possibility occurred to him.
It was probably related to that strange ability Qin Su had—to sense him at any moment.
It had to be because of that ability!
However, just as Qin Zheng and Qin Su were finally starting to relax, a disturbance suddenly came from deeper within the forest.
Qin Zheng tilted his head and listened carefully—it sounded like a fight, with the occasional crash of falling trees.
He glanced at Qin Su and tilted his head slightly, silently asking if they should go check it out.
Seeing that Qin Su didn’t object, Qin Zheng immediately turned and ran toward the source of the sound.
As soon as he ran, Qin Su followed.
For this kind of short-distance travel, Qin Zheng could still manage easily on his own.
The two of them ran one after the other, weaving past large trees. The sounds of fighting became clearer and clearer, standing out sharply in the otherwise quiet forest.
The crashing of trees came one after another.
Qin Zheng recalled that all their sect's disciples had gone down the mountain—could it be that his fellow disciples had also encountered a powerful demon?
Finally, as Qin Zheng rounded another tree, the scene ahead unfolded before his eyes.
Before him was a clearing made messy by the ongoing battle. In the center of the clearing, a man and a woman were engaged in a fierce fight.
Several trees had already fallen around them, making it obvious they’d been fighting for a while.
Suddenly, a round patch of ground caught Qin Zheng’s attention.
Its surface was dark gray, flowing like water—it looked extremely familiar.
Qin Zheng pointed at the familiar-looking circle on the ground and asked Qin Su uncertainly, “Is that the same kind of barrier we accidentally encountered back at Tianque Sect?”
Qin Zheng didn’t know much about barriers, so he couldn’t judge for himself.
Qin Su followed his pointing finger and looked, then nodded. “Yes, it has the same function.”
Qin Zheng looked at the two people still locked in battle and said, “Could they have come out of it?”
He looked up at the two fighting in midair, and something about the man’s back seemed familiar.
“Let’s wait and see.”
Qin Su said calmly from behind him.
Qin Zheng also thought it best not to intervene for now.
The two of them stood together, heads tilted back, watching the increasingly intense battle. The man and woman seemed so focused on fighting that they didn’t even notice the spectators nearby.
Eventually, they both landed on the ground after finishing a round of attacks and faced each other in a standoff.
At that moment, the man happened to be facing Qin Zheng directly.
Qin Zheng’s gaze passed over the man’s face—and suddenly froze.
He quickly looked again, eyes wide.
Wei Feiluan!
No wonder that silhouette had seemed familiar earlier—
Wasn’t that the same outfit he’d seen at the restaurant earlier? The same outfit from twenty years ago, when this man lured him away from his parents!
It was like finding something without even searching—what a stroke of luck.
So it really was him back in Xuanpu Town!
Seeing the man he wanted to kill most standing right in front of him, Qin Zheng felt a surge of emotion in his chest. If circumstances allowed, he would have pulled out his sword and cut this liar down on the spot.
Perhaps feeling the strain, both Wei Feiluan and the woman had stopped attacking and were simply staring each other down.
Wei Feiluan finally noticed the two new arrivals out of the corner of his eye and took a closer look.
With just one glance, he was stunned. That slightly older man looked familiar, especially the brows and eyes. And once he saw their Tianque Sect uniforms, he suddenly realized something.
That uniform confirmed it—this man had to be him. He didn’t expect such a coincidence in the world.
Come to think of it, it had been more than twenty years since he infiltrated Tianque Sect.
Wei Feiluan glanced at the woman who matched him in strength, then at the two spectators.
He hadn’t expected such bad luck—to run into such a formidable character.
That man’s physical condition clearly made him unfit to fight, but the younger man beside him looked extraordinary.
If he could get that one to join his side, they’d be able to overpower the woman.
Qin Zheng noticed that after glancing at him, Wei Feiluan’s gaze shifted to Qin Su, and he immediately became suspicious: This man was definitely about to pull something again.
Sure enough, Wei Feiluan shouted toward Qin Su: “Hey, young man over there, come help me fight this demon! We’re on the same side. I’m an old acquaintance of your Tianque Sect’s head, Qing Yuan!”
The woman who was fighting Wei Feiluan snorted disdainfully when she saw him trying to recruit help.
She hadn’t expected that after just sealing off one shameless man, another even more shameless one would appear.
While no one was paying attention, Qin Zheng tugged on Qin Su’s sleeve and whispered, “I’m sure that guy is lying. Why don’t we help the woman? She doesn’t look like a bad person.”
Qin Su glanced down at the hand tugging his sleeve, then silently nodded. “Mm.”
Seeing that Qin Su agreed, Qin Zheng quickly added, “Give him a good beating—don’t hold back! But don’t kill him either.”
Because killing him was something he wanted to do himself!
Wei Feiluan hadn’t expected them to side with the woman and yelled angrily: “You brats have no sense at all!”
Qin Zheng didn’t want to reveal that he recognized the man, so he responded with conviction: “You’re a human and she’s a demon, which means all the recently broken seals around Mount Yujing were probably your doing, right?”
“Our master—Tianque Sect’s sect leader—said that capturing you is the key to solving the whole problem.”
“Since you claim to know our sect leader, why don’t you come back with us to Tianque Sect and explain everything properly to him?”
“If there’s something you can’t say out in the open, I’m sure our master will be understanding—since you two are old friends.”
Wei Feiluan stared at the roguish-looking young man in silence.
He couldn’t shake the feeling that this guy was worlds apart from the person he once knew.
Could reincarnation really change someone’s entire personality?
“Enough with the nonsense!” the woman snapped, clearly impatient. Seeing Wei Feiluan slip up repeatedly, she launched another direct attack.
Qin Su immediately stepped forward to assist.
Now it was two against one—and Wei Feiluan quickly fell into a disadvantage.
Qin Zheng stood by and watched, silently cheering on their success, already daydreaming about how he would carve the man into pieces later.
But then a thought struck him—one that made his expression shift.
If it took both Qin Su and the woman fighting together to gain the upper hand, didn’t that mean Wei Feiluan was an extremely powerful cultivator?
If he was a full-fledged cultivator… then why would someone like that go after a mortal child? What kind of grudge would justify that?
Originally, Wei Feiluan had been on the defensive but still holding on.
But suddenly, as if he sensed something, he turned his head toward the forest behind him.
That moment of distraction left him completely exposed—his two opponents seized the opportunity and struck hard.
Wei Feiluan dropped to the ground, glanced at the two before him, then looked toward the forest. After weighing his options, he turned and leapt into the depths of the forest, disappearing from sight.
Qin Zheng was about to chase after him when the woman beside them blocked their path.
“Don’t go after him. Even if you catch up, you won’t be able to beat him.”
Qin Zheng gave the woman a puzzled look.
She narrowed her eyes and stared off in the direction Wei Feiluan had fled. “He’s a rogue immortal. You two aren’t strong enough to take him down.”
Qin Su, who rarely spoke unless necessary, suddenly asked, “Why did he unseal you?”
The woman shook her head. “I don’t know. But it seemed like he was looking for something and accidentally broke the wrong seal.” Then she turned and looked toward the barrier gate not far away. “He seems to be searching for something extremely powerful—something that was sealed by Yu Jingchen.”
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Wei Feiluan ran through the forest for a while before the familiar presence he had been chasing suddenly vanished again.
At the same time, he recalled the young man who had helped the demon fight him.
The aura on that boy…
No. No way!
Wei Feiluan shook his head hard. It must have just been a coincidence. He was probably just imagining things from obsessing over it day and night. There was no way something like that could really happen!
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