Chapter 154: The Grudges of Two Marquises!

  Dou Hu's momentum rose, and Qin Zheng's heart was overjoyed.

  This is the expression of finding the tiger's tendency towards small circles and advancing.

  Once the Douhu stance truly reaches the level of Xiao Yuan's perfection, this reverse heavenly axe god martial skill will have a significant boost in terms of combat, cultivation, and perception of surrounding objects.

  Qin Zheng was overjoyed.

  He then fully devoted himself to it, striving to use his eyes as a springboard to help Dou Hu complete his ascension.

  The more I understand, the stronger the feeling becomes.

  At that time when the moon was in the middle of the sky, Qin Zheng suddenly realized that his eyes were like a tiger and had made some progress. The Tiger Fighting stance had reached a small round perfection, seemingly laying a good foundation.

  Just then, a call came from afar.

  Qin Zheng was startled awake from his meditation.

  "It's Tong Ning'er and them."

  This voice sounds familiar.

  Originally, the cultivation of Douhu's momentum did not need to be rushed, and this place was not suitable for long-term cultivation. He gave up his plan to continue cultivating, let alone when he came out to hunt for demons at dusk, the sun had not set yet, now it is already midnight, Tang Ning and others estimated that they were in danger.

  Qin Zheng immediately followed the sound and rushed over.

  From a distance, I saw Tang Ning'er, Yu Xiangxin and five or six others dispersing in all directions, calling out his name.

  I am here.

  Qin Zheng met up with them in the past.

  "Are you in danger?" Tang Ning'er asked abruptly.

  "Something's happened."

  Qin Zheng has gotten to know Tang Ning's personality over the past month. If he were to say that he forgot about the time, she would probably scold him all night long. He quickly came up with a nonsense excuse to get out of it.

  Fortunately, Tang Ning had always been careless and didn't suspect a thing.

  They then returned together.

  Yu Xiuqin secretly poked Qin Zheng's waist and winked at him, indicating that she had some doubts about what Qin Zheng said.

  Qin Zheng smiled at her and knew he couldn't deceive this little girl.

  As they arrived at the entrance of the small valley where they would spend the night, a bloody smell wafted out from inside.

  "Wait a minute."

  Qin Zheng stretched out his hand to stop everyone.

  "What's wrong?" Tang Ning'er asked.

  "There's a bloody smell." Qin Zheng narrowed his eyes and his face turned solemn.

  "Blood smell? Maybe it's the beast that was caught and used for barbecue, the blood flowed out after being killed." Tang Ning'er didn't mind, continuing to walk forward.

  Qin Zheng said in a low voice: "It's not a monster, it's human."

  Tang Ning'er burst out laughing, "Just by the smell, you can tell whether it's human blood or demon beast blood?"

  "What he said is right, it's human blood."

  The sound of laughter came from within the valley.

  Someone walked out from inside.

  At the same time, about twenty or thirty people emerged from the mouth of the valley and surrounded them.

  Under the moonlight, a young man of twenty-five or six years old walked out of the valley, wearing a brocade robe, holding a folding fan, and strolling out with a leisurely pace.

  "Big brother."

  Seeing this young man, Tang Ning'er was shocked and exclaimed.

  Qin Zheng's eyebrows rose slightly.

  Is this Tang Ning Er's older brother Tang Lian?

  In the past month of traveling together, Qin Zheng has come to understand Tang Ning's family background somewhat. He knows that she has an older brother named Tang Lian who is not capable and because he is too spoiled, he is disliked by Ningyuan Hou Tang Zan. In fact, even the title of Ningyuan Hou was passed down to Tang Ning instead of Tang Lian, causing a very tense relationship between the siblings.

  Never did Qin Zheng think that their sibling relationship would be so terrible.

  "Big brother, are you here to kill me?" After the initial shock, Tang Ning'er calmed down. Although she was a bit scatterbrained, she wasn't stupid.

  Tang Lian said coldly, "Ning Er, don't blame me for being ruthless, blame that heartless old man instead. I'm the older brother, I'm a man, and he actually passed down the Marquis title to you instead of me." His face twisted as he spoke, his eyes gleaming with malice, "I just want to do what I like, but he's trying to take away my Marquis title? How can I hold my head up in Da Tong Imperial City after that? I'll become a laughingstock. This is something I absolutely won't allow to happen."

  "Just because of this, you want to kill your own sister." Tang Ning Er said bitterly.

  "Kill you? You are my own sister, how can I kill you? However, I will capture you and imprison you, letting the old man think you're dead. This way, he'll have no choice but to pass the title down to me. Once I become the Ningyuan Marquis, I will naturally let you go, Ning'er, don't blame your brother, this is all forced by the old man." Tang Lian said.

  Tang Ning'er looked around and said: "The people you brought with you, where did they come from? I don't recognize any of them."

  Tang Lian burst out laughing and said: "You old thing is going too far, someone can't bear to watch it, so they specially sent someone to help me with a helping hand."

  "Who can be so kind-hearted? I remember you don't seem to have any true friends, Big Brother." Tang Ning'er said.

  Tang Lian's facial muscles twitched, and he coldly snorted: "How do you know I don't have true friends? The son of the Third Mountain Marquis, Cheng Da, is my good friend. It was him who sent people to help me."

  "What? The son of Sanshan Marquis, Cheng Da? Big brother, have you gone mad? Sanshan Marquis has always been eyeing our Ningyuan Marquis title, wanting to take it for himself and become a dual marquis, then strive to be promoted to king. You're actually colluding with them, this is simply plotting with the tiger to steal its skin." Tang Ning'er exclaimed.

  "You know what, San Shan Hou has promised that as long as I become Ning Yuan Hou, he will willingly listen to my orders and will not take away our Ning Yuan Hou position." Tang Lian said with a smirk.

  No sooner had he finished speaking than someone came out from behind him.

  He was a bald-headed man, and his head emitted a faint glow under the moonlight. "Tang Lian, you really are foolish. No wonder Duke Ningyuan Tang Zan would rather pass on the title of duke to your sister Tang Ning'er. Even our young master wants to kill both of you together here."

  "Good job!"

  Tang Lian saw the bald big man and immediately called out his identity. Listening to the bald big man Yao Cheng's words, he became even more pale, "Cheng Da, did he ask you to come and kill us siblings?"

  Yao Cheng's lips curled into a smile, which looked even more ferocious under the moonlight. "That's right, you siblings are dead. The old ghost of Ningyuan Hou has injuries on his body and is nearing his end. His injuries will erupt and he'll die soon. The title of Ningyuan Hou will definitely fall to our young master, and from then on, the Sanshan Hou Mansion will have two marquis titles."

  "Cheng Da, this despicable and shameless scoundrel, how could I have trusted him so much?" Tang Lian roared in anger.

  "Foolish." Yao Cheng sneered, "Who in the Imperial City of Datong doesn't know that the Marquis of Sanshan is bound to take your title as the Marquis of Ningyuan? You're still naive enough to think that the young marquis wants to help you. Haha, even a three-year-old child is smarter than you. Tang Lian, I think it's better if you just die yourself. If I were to take action, I'm afraid your foolish blood would stain my blade."

  "Despicable scoundrel, I'll fight you to the death!" Tang Lian's anger was burning fiercely, he drew out a long sword and was about to charge over to engage in a fierce battle.

  Yao Cheng looked at him with disdain, "Give you a chance to fight for your life."

  "I, I..."

  Tang Lian ran two steps, looked at Yao Cheng's majestic figure, thought of his strength, and was so scared that he threw away his long sword and ran behind Tang Ning'er, crying: "Ning'er save me."

  This scene unfolded before Qin's eyes.

  Seeing Tang Lian's performance, he could only shake his head in silence. This person is a rare talent, and may be even more formidable than Qin Yi.

  Qin Zheng sized up Yao Cheng and the others, their actual strength was still quite good. Among them, Yao Cheng's strength was the strongest, he was a mid-level cultivator in the Yi Wu realm, it could be said that if there was an opportunity, he would have the qualifications to contend for becoming a noble of the Da Tong Empire.

  Tang Ning'er helplessly glanced at Tang Lian, shook off his hand that was holding her arm, and walked forward to face Yao Cheng. "Your target is us siblings, please spare the others."

  "Master Xiao's order is to leave no one alive in the scene, so that you can tell your father, Ningyuan Hou, that you siblings killed each other, and only then can he die from relapsing into his old wound. Therefore, we cannot leave any survivors." Yao Cheng said with a smile.

  "How despicable!" Tang Ning Er said angrily.

  Yao Cheng burst out laughing and said, "Tang Ning'er, you're not stupid either. Instead of saying we're despicable, it's better to say that your big brother is too foolish." He crossed his arms over his chest, looking down at Tang Ning'er and the others, "Are you going to die by yourselves or do you want us to take action?"

  "I'd rather die with a few of you as company." Tang Ning'er drew out her sharp sword, "Everyone, since we're going to die anyway, let's take some of them down with us."

  Those who followed Tangning drew their swords, ready to fight to the death.

  Yao Cheng sneered and said: "You still want to pull people to fill your own gaps, you're overestimating yourselves." He waved his big hand, "Kill!"

  More than twenty people took action together.

  This group of people are not weak, all of them have the strength of at least the beginning of the Wu Jing boundary. They all launched a full-scale attack, with strong strength and an absolute advantage in numbers. In the midst of flashing knives and dancing swords, they surrounded Tang Ning Er and others.

  Tang Ning Er and others were powerless to resist.

  As for Tang Lian, he had already fallen to the ground in a faint, and was so scared that he wet his pants.

  "I'll go." Qin Zheng stopped Yu Xiu Xin who was about to take action.

  It's best if Yuxiu Xiang doesn't take action now.

  Although no one knows she is the third generation Linglong beast, it's still better not to leave any flaws.

  Qin Zheng's right hand waved casually.

  Whoosh!

  The Guardian Shield emitted a sharp whistling sound, and under the moonlight, it brought a streak of silver light chill, and in an instant, it flew around Tang Ning'er and others.

  In the blink of an eye, the Guardian Shield flew back into Qin Zheng's hands.

  Look again at those masters of the San Shan Hou Fu, each one holding high their knives, guns, swords and halberds, yet their bodies are motionless. Upon closer inspection, you will discover that on each of their throats there is a line of blood - their throats have been slit.

  A gust of wind blew by.

  Plop! Plop! Plop...

  These people all fell to the ground.

  "Shield of Protection!"

  "He is Qin Zheng, the real Tiger King Qin Zheng."

  "Qin Huwang, he is not a namesake, but a real person."

  Tang Ning Er and others were stunned, looking incredulously at the young man who walked slowly to the front, facing Yao Cheng.

  Yao Cheng's arrogance from earlier was gone, he too saw the Guardian Shield and heard Tang Ning Er and others' unbelievable screams, knowing that the young man in front of him was indeed the recently famous Tiger King Qin Zheng, scared to the point where he involuntarily took a step back.

  "You are Qin Hu Wang, our San Shan Hou Fu has no grievances or feud with you, please don't..." Yao Cheng swallowed his saliva, calmed himself down and tried to speak calmly.

  Before he could finish speaking, Qin Zheng shook his hand and threw out a Guardian Shield.

  Yao Cheng was so frightened that he quickly ducked and dodged, avoiding the Guardian Shield. Before he could even feel relieved, he felt a sharp whistling sound coming from behind him, accompanied by a cold wind that pierced his body.

  "Pffft!"

  The thin blades surrounding the Shield of Protection had two deep ones in his back heart.

  Yao Cheng let out a miserable cry and died on the spot.