Chapter 96: Breaking the Engagement

Bang—

The second jade box was shattered by Du Fei’s strike, revealing a purple pill that emitted a faint lightning glow in front of him.

"This is the Purple Lightning Pill... No, this pill is of much higher quality than the Purple Lightning Pill!"

Staring at the pill in his hand, which was faintly glowing with purple lightning, Du Fei felt a slight joy.

He originally thought he had lost the Purple Lightning Pill, but unexpectedly, he now had something even better.

"Xiao Bai, do you know what this is?" After staring at the pill floating in his palm for a moment, Du Fei asked calmly.

Beep—

"System search in progress—System search complete, loading data—"

"True Lightning Pill, a fifth-grade pill, refined using Nine Heavens Lightning and rare herbs. The refining process and formula are unknown. If forcibly destroyed, the material components can be obtained and analyzed, with a very low chance of obtaining the formula. Do you want to destroy the pill...?"

"Nonsense! Definitely not!" Du Fei slightly curled his lips. He didn’t expect this unreliable system to have this capability now.

As if sensing Du Fei’s thoughts, Xiao Bai’s mechanical voice sounded again: "As the owner grows, the system occasionally undergoes spontaneous repairs, but the process is extremely slow. If the owner wants to speed up the repair, they need to find the lost system fragments!"

"Uh—"

Hearing this, Du Fei was momentarily stunned and then let out a bitter laugh. Who knows what these lost system fragments are? Even if he wanted to find them, he wouldn’t know where to start!

Ignoring the unreliable system, Du Fei quickly found a porcelain bottle, placed the pill inside, and stored it in his storage ring. After a moment of hesitation, he also used his true qi to destroy Gu Yun’s storage ring.

No matter what, it wouldn’t be good for others to know that Gu Yun’s belongings had fallen into his hands.

If someone from the Junwu Sect came to claim them, with his current strength, he would have to obediently return the items.

Du Fei naturally didn’t want that.

"Xiao Bai, record this in the system—"

Casually pulling out the ancient scroll, Du Fei gave a low command.

Following his order, Xiao Bai seemed to respond, and a mysterious stream of information instantly flowed into Du Fei’s mind.

After a moment, it seemed the information had been recorded by the system. Du Fei was reluctant to discard the scroll and carefully put it away before continuing calmly, "Xiao Bai, is there any new pill suitable for me to use now?"

"Blood Circulation Powder, a ninth-grade pill, can treat most injuries and speed up the recovery of the owner’s current injuries. It is recommended to refine it. The required herbs are as follows..."

After quickly noting down the required items, Du Fei slowly straightened his back and couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh.

It seemed that in the remaining month, he wouldn’t have a moment’s rest. Not only did he need to heal his injuries, but he also had to refine pills and find time to practice the new martial techniques he had acquired. As for the True Lightning Pill, if he could use the mixed pill method to refine it into his body, it would likely greatly increase his strength.

Various thoughts swirled in his mind, making Du Fei let out a bitter laugh. After a moment, he gently rubbed his slightly stiff face and slowly stood up.

Next, he probably needed to visit the Bu Yue Auction House.

"Who’s there!?"

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly frowned and said calmly.

What he had just done was somewhat underhanded, but he didn’t expect someone in the Du family to dare spy on him.

"This is how you treat your fiancée?" Just as Du Fei was about to search, a light laugh suddenly came, and a purple figure, like a butterfly, slowly floated into the courtyard.

After scanning the figure for a moment, Du Fei frowned slightly and said, "Du Qian? When did you come?"

"Um, probably when you were staring at a pile of gold coins..." The girl smiled faintly and said.

Hearing this, Du Fei’s face twitched.

Seeing Du Fei’s expression change, Du Qian smiled again and said, "Don’t worry, I have no interest in your things. Actually, you were quite careless. If I hadn’t helped you deal with a few people just now, many more would have known by now."

Hearing this, Du Fei was slightly stunned. After a moment, a sense of melancholy rose in his heart.

Xiao Ai usually handled these matters for him, and he had become accustomed to it. But he hadn’t expected that just one day after Xiao Ai left, he would be in such a state.

Thinking of this, Du Fei felt a surge of anger. He waved his hand and struck a boulder in the courtyard. After a moment, several fine cracks appeared on the boulder, and it quickly shattered.

Under Du Qian’s calm gaze, after throwing this punch, Du Fei slowly exhaled and scanned her with a calm look before saying, "Thank you, Cousin Du Qian. However, I don’t think you appeared here for no reason, right?"

"Smart! I love smart people. Talking to fools is too tiring..." Du Qian smiled faintly, "I came today to discuss something with you... and this matter will benefit both of us. I don’t think you will refuse."

"What is it?" Du Fei’s expression remained unchanged as he asked.

Du Qian walked around the courtyard for a moment before saying, "If I’m not mistaken, my father and grandfather are probably discussing our marriage right now... but I don’t really want to marry you, so I came to discuss it with you."

Hearing this, Du Fei was taken aback and laughed, "You don’t want to marry me, yet you come to discuss it with me. What kind of thing is this?"

Du Qian said calmly, "I think you understand. The family wants us to get married quickly, mostly because they see your potential and want to bind you to the Du family... but I don’t think you have the interest either. And I, while I think you’re not bad, I’m not very interested in marrying you like this... after all, I don’t like sharing a man with other women. Do you understand what I mean?"

Du Fei frowned, "Your point is, if I marry you, I can’t have any other women!?"

"No! I want you to firmly refuse!" Du Qian’s expression changed, "I’m different from you. I grew up in the family and can’t directly refuse... so it’s best if you refuse. This aligns with both our interests, don’t you think?"

"What’s in it for me?" After a moment of hesitation, Du Fei suddenly smiled faintly.

"Benefit?" Du Qian’s face changed, looking incredulous.

"Of course!" Du Fei nodded, "This marriage was arranged by my father. I can’t just give it up... besides, Miss Du Qian, you’re quite beautiful... I’m a man... hehe..."

"Shameless! Pervert! Freak!" Du Qian’s face changed, and she hissed.

"I’m your fiancé, you know that, right?" Du Fei smiled faintly, "So, if you want me to break the engagement, you need to give me some benefits, right? If not, you can refuse it yourself."

"Fine... tell me what you want..." After taking a deep breath, Du Qian said softly.

"Sleep with me for one night..."

"Get lost!" Du Qian hissed. After a moment, seeing Du Fei’s half-smiling, half-serious expression, she seemed to realize something and stomped her foot, "You, Du Fei! Do you believe I’ll kill you!"

"Tsk tsk! Murdering your husband—this shout will make our Du family quite lively!" Du Fei smiled faintly and made a gesture as if shouting loudly.

"You—scoundrel—" Du Qian stomped her foot again and sighed after a moment, "It seems I have to give you some benefits for you to agree..."

"So... please!" Du Fei smiled and innocently spread his hands.

Seeing this, Du Qian sighed again and said, "If I’m not mistaken, Long Aotian has a deep blood feud with your family, right?"

Hearing this, Du Fei’s pupils constricted and he said calmly after a moment, "Go on."

"The Long family of Yunshui was originally just one of the five major families in Yunshui... but a few years ago, Long Aotian became a disciple of a powerful figure in the Junwu Sect... although no one knows who his master is, his status in the Junwu Sect is said to be on par with their young master... From this, you can see that challenging Long Aotian is equivalent to challenging the entire Junwu Sect... and your family’s blood feud is likely also related to the Junwu Sect! The Du family of Yunshui probably knows this, but they won’t do much for a traitor who left the family..."

Du Fei’s pupils constricted again and he said calmly after a moment, "What else?"

"If my information is correct, Long Aotian’s master can only be one of three people: the head of the Junwu Sect, Jun Rufei; the grand elder of the Junwu Sect, Wu Xinyu; or the former head of the Junwu Sect, who is said to still be alive... Apart from these three, he couldn’t have such a high status... and the black-clothed person who massacred your entire family is likely one of these three..."

After finishing, Du Fei’s face turned cold, and he slowly inhaled, saying calmly, "Good information, saving me the trouble of investigating... First, destroy the Long family, then the Junwu Sect... It seems my path of revenge will be a long one..."

After a moment of thought, Du Fei smiled faintly, "Since that’s the case, I agree... Marriage and having children are not things to be done now..."

Hearing this, Du Qian’s face also changed slightly, and after a moment, she smiled faintly, "In that case, you are the Du Fei in my heart... If you abandoned everything for a bit of lust, I, Du Qian, would be the first to look down on you!"

With that, Du Qian’s figure flickered and disappeared from the courtyard, leaving Du Fei alone, frowning slightly...

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