The Villain's Counterattack

As Xianxian retreated, she heard the large group approaching. She easily pushed back Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, and Shang Xiuxun, who were severely depleted of their Qi but still incredibly motivated. She simply said, "You're quite good. You were able to force out the Heavenly Demon Twin Slash, one of the three most important treasures of my Yingui Sect. I'm very proud of that. I hope that next time we meet alone, you can still survive my attacks."

As he spoke, the whole person seemed to be flying low to the ground like a cloud, and in an instant he reached the top of the wall. When he looked again, he had disappeared. There were footsteps outside, and several soldiers rushed in. They were stunned to see the corpses lying all over the ground.

Shang Xiuxun, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling finally had time to check on everyone's situation. They found that there were almost no casualties among the people at Pegasus Ranch. Most of them were knocked down. Some of the three of them practiced the Xiao Wuxiang Gong, and some practiced the Changsheng Jue. It was not a big problem for them to break such means. Soon everyone stood up and looked at each other.

In a life-and-death battle, immobilizing an opponent is often ten or even a hundred times more difficult than killing him. But how come the evil witch from the Demon Sect was able to immobilize them so easily instead of killing them? What was the reason for this?

If you say she doesn't kill, the second of the Jingling City generals to be killed was Fang Zetao, the owner of the villa. But if you say she is cruel and murderous, she showed mercy to everyone in Pegasus Ranch. Now that you think about it carefully, it seems that she didn't do anything to Shang Xiuxun. Instead, Kou Xu and the other two suffered several heavy blows.

"The identity of this evil witch from the Demon Sect is probably not simple." Shang Xiuxun seemed to be thinking about something, and Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling hurriedly asked.

"Because she doesn't dare to kill my good fighters at Pegasus Ranch easily." Shang Xiuxun's words landed on everyone's lips, leaving everyone puzzled. The four major bandits dared to attack Pegasus Ranch, Wagang, Li clan, and Du Fuwei were all eyeing Pegasus Ranch, and even Chang Shumou and Hua Lingzi were not polite to Shang Xiuxun. Why was it different when they got this evil witch from the Demon Sect?

And from what the beautiful owner said, it was precisely because the identity of this demon woman was not simple that they were afraid of them and did not dare to kill them. If she was a simple person, they would not be so taboo.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling stared at Shang Xiuxun thoughtfully. The latter gave them a sidelong glance and said, "It wasn't my idiotic father. That demonic woman must have recognized my martial arts style and was afraid of injuring me and incurring the wrath of my master. That's why she didn't kill me and even spared the others on the ranch."

"After all, once there are casualties, enmity is inevitable. A life-and-death feud is not so easy to resolve. Although her Yingui Sect is strong, it cannot afford to provoke my master." Shang Xiuxun spoke with confidence, which attracted curious glances from Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and the people around who did not know the details.

Does the owner of Pegasus Ranch have a master?

How come they don’t know anything?

Only Shang He and Shang Peng seemed to be lost in thought, as if she had said this a few times several years ago when the owner was still young, but the characters she described looked more like gods than humans, so they subconsciously thought they were Lu Miaozi in disguise. But now it seems that this is not the case.

However, there were so many outsiders here that it was difficult to ask directly. Seeing this, Feng Ge took the initiative to change the subject and hurriedly asked the soldier who had entered what had happened. The soldier was also embarrassed. Upon hearing this, he hurriedly raised the letter in his hand and said in a trembling voice, "A carrier pigeon has come from the ranch. The four major bandits have attacked the ranch for the second time. They are cooperating with the Jianghuai Army to attack Jingling."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Liang Zhi rushed forward to take the letter and handed it to Shang Xiuxun.

Pegasus Ranch is their foundation, Jingling is just an ally, so the choice is self-evident. Shang Xiuxun immediately decided to return to Pegasus Ranch, but when it came to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's turn, they were at a loss as to what to do for a moment.

Feng Ge was unwilling to let the two of them leave. Jingling was under siege and there were no masters in the city. It was very kind of Pegasus Ranch to come to their aid. Now they themselves were also besieged by the four major bandits and had to turn back. It was really helpless. However, Feng Ge saw clearly the heroic figures of Kou and Xu fighting the witch just now, so naturally he was unwilling to let them leave easily.

At this moment, a cough was heard, and a figure who should have been dead in the distance slowly stood up, patted the dust on his body, and walked over slowly. It was none other than Fang Zetao, the owner of Duba Mountain Villa. His face was ruddy, not to mention being seriously injured, there was not even a trace of blood.

Was this person faking his own death?

How powerful was that demonic witch? How could she not suffer any injuries from the sudden attack?

Shang Xiuxun, Kou Zhong, and Xu Ziling all cast surprised and suspicious glances at him. Fang Zetao (Sun Yuankai) gave a helpless smile and pointed to his chest, where a dagger had appeared. "I'm lucky to be alive. It's just that my martial arts skills are too poor. Even if I wasn't pierced through the heart, the impact alone would have severely injured him and made him unconscious."

"In the past, I was blinded by lust and bewitched by the demonic woman, wrongfully accusing you two. I apologize to you here. My crime is unforgivable, but the people of Jingling are innocent. The Jianghuai bandits are brutal and violent. If Jingling City falls, the people within will surely suffer. I beg you two to give me all I can to help. If Jingling City can be saved, I will give it to you two and lead the men who are willing to follow me, the foolish manor owner, back to take control of the manor."

There was a hint of desolation in Fang Zetao's words, and everyone was touched for a moment. They thought that such an ambitious hero who wanted to occupy a city and dominate a region had actually become a bear because of a woman.

Beauty is a disaster, the ancients were right, not to mention that the Yingui Sect's enchantress, Kankan, is no ordinary beauty. If he can really get his hands on her, it seems that even if he retires, it won't be a loss.

Haven’t you seen that in the original novel, Xu Ziling was willing to withdraw for Shi Feixuan, and even persuaded his brothers to withdraw from the competition together. However, Kankan is a top beauty who is in no way inferior to Shi Feixuan and Shi Qingxuan, so it’s not a loss no matter how you look at it.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were in a dilemma, but compared to Xu Ziling's hesitation, Kou Zhong was more excited. He had already decided to fight for the world. Pegasus Ranch had been stable for too long and was not a good choice, but it could be an ally. Jingling City had a good geographical location and could be used as a backup starting point.

Moreover, everything must have a beginning, otherwise it will ultimately be nothing but empty dreams. Fang Zetao then said, "If you two do not agree, the fall of Jingling is only a matter of time. For the sake of the people in the city, I have no choice but to open the city gates and surrender to Du Fuwei, sacrificing my life in exchange for the safety of the people in the city."

Shang Xiuxun, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling found it a little hard to accept his quick change of attitude. It only took him one hour to transform from a foolish man who was fond of talking and having sex into the righteous lord of a city. Isn't this a little too fast?

Is it true that if there is no woman in your heart, you will naturally become a god by drawing your sword?

Is a broken heart the secret to a person’s rapid growth?

Seeing that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had no choice but to agree to stay, Fang Zetao showed a bright smile on his face and said secretly: Now that we have the Son of Fortune, we will be safe in the short term.

During the one-hour battle between Shang Xiuxun, Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and others against Kankan, Sun Yuankai, who had basically accepted all of Fang Zetao's memories, had a lot of thoughts.

He chose the latter between surrendering to Du Fuwei and leaving with Pegasus Ranch, and winning over the two sons of destiny to defend Jingling to the death.

The reason for offering Jingling City was very simple. It was too far away from Chang'an. If he wanted to surrender to Li Shimin, he would not be able to continue to be the lord of Jingling City. Otherwise, if he was asked to defend this place as a nail for the Tang Dynasty to recover the south in the future, he would be in great trouble.

Only by following Li Shimin can we make better use of this successful person's resources to track down the whereabouts of Lin Bufan.

Lingnan is xenophobic and Liaodong is too far away. The first thing he has to do is to rush to Luoyang as soon as possible. Thinking of this, Fang Zetao couldn't contain his excitement. He carefully calculated the people he could use and found that they seemed to have become disloyal, and the only ones left were mediocre.

Alas, beauty can harm people.

Another feeling he had was that the Demon Sect was truly powerful. They only sent out a young demon girl to play with him in their hands. His own strength was still far behind.