"Kang Ping, I considered you a friend, yet I never expected you to conspire with the Cao family to sabotage me like this." While the four siblings looked on in confusion, the head of the Tang family turned his murderous gaze toward Kang Ping.
"Master Kang Ping, what exactly did you… what did you do to my father?"
Hearing these words, Tang Long and Tang Hu's expressions changed drastically. They could already tell from their father's words that something was terribly wrong. One after another, they drew their weapons and pointed them at Master Kang Ping.
At the same time, seemingly having sensed the commotion, a large group of half-ancestor-level guards from the Tang family rushed in, all drawing their Imperial weapons and aiming them at Kang Ping.
It was worth noting that the weapon wielded by Tang family's eldest son, Tang Long, was not an Imperial weapon — it was actually a half-completed Ancestral weapon.
Though its quality was not particularly outstanding — not even comparable to the Magma Emperor Sword that Chu Feng had forged himself — it was nonetheless a half-completed Ancestral weapon, and its might far surpassed that of an Imperial weapon.
"Hahaha, since you've already figured it out, there's no point in me hiding it anymore."
"The Cao family guessed long ago that if you wanted to heal your injuries, you would definitely come to me. So the Cao family got to me first."
"All I had to do was simply refuse to treat your wounds." Master Kang Ping said.
"Refuse to treat you? Was it really that simple?" Chu Feng laughed coldly. "You secretly tampered with things, putting the head of the Tang family into a deep coma and completely robbing him of his ability to fight."
"Moreover, you planted multiple poison formations at the injury sites inside his body. If anyone else tried to treat him and accidentally triggered those hidden poison formations, it would cause the Tang family head's poison to activate, killing him instantly."
"Earlier, you didn't want me to treat the Tang family head because, out of pride as a Dragon Pattern Spirit World Master, you felt that letting me take over the treatment would be an insult to your medical skills."
"As for when you eventually agreed to let me treat him — that was because you wanted to use my hand to kill the Tang family head. That way, you could also eliminate me, someone you couldn't stand. Killing two birds with one stone."
"But what you certainly never expected was that I saw through every single one of your schemes before I even touched the Tang family head. I had already planned in my mind exactly how to break through the hidden poison formations you'd set up, how to undo the tampering you'd done, and how to fully heal the Tang family head. And once all of that was done, one hour happened to be exactly right."
The moment these words left his lips, everyone present lit up with realization — none of them had expected that Chu Feng had seen through everything all along.
"Truly, I owe my life to young friend Chu Feng. Otherwise, this old man's life would have been ruined by your hands sooner or later." The head of the Tang family said with deep gratitude.
"You beast — if not for you, my plan would have succeeded!" Suddenly, a flash of cold killing intent appeared in Kang Ping's eyes, and he actually moved to attack Chu Feng.
Pfft —
Pfft —
However, before he had even truly struck, two bursts of blood erupted from his body.
It was Tang Long and Tang Hu — the two brothers had each driven their weapons through Kang Ping's body, pinning him against the wall.
"Hahaha — men die for wealth, birds die for food. Go ahead and do it." Kang Ping knew he had no chance of survival, so rather than beg for mercy, he burst into loud laughter.
"We respected you as our elder, yet you plotted to harm our father like this. Killing you alone is not enough to quell the hatred in our hearts."
"We need to torture you properly." As soon as Tang Long finished speaking, the half-completed Ancestral weapon in his hand trembled, and a strange force surged into Kang Ping's body. Kang Ping immediately began letting out heart-rending screams of agony.
"That's enough, Long'er. Though he was unrighteous toward me, I cannot be unrighteous toward him. For the sake of our many years of friendship, let him die quickly and cleanly." The head of the Tang family said.
"Tang Haichuan, save your hypocritical mercy! What you did back in the Ancient Beast's ruins — don't think I don't know about it. If it weren't for you, I would have—"
Boom —
Before Kang Ping could finish his sentence, his body exploded, instantly dissolving into a mist of blood.
He had been killed — not by the brothers Tang Long and Tang Hu, but by the head of the Tang family himself.
"Pushing your luck like always." After killing Kang Ping, the head of the Tang family spat out these words through gritted teeth.