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Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Past and Present Lives
Of course, there are also dealings such as the black market, which are all shady activities.
And Yang Min, he works in this field, specifically taking on bounties, this line of work is called Bounty Hunters.
This line of work, it’s easy to offend enemies, so changing appearances is their habitual disguise.
Now, seeing an old friend once again, Lin Feng felt an extraordinary surge of emotions.
"What’s going on, that feeling from yesterday is back again."
Yang Min whispered, looking back at his surroundings. It was dawn, and within the entire Imperial City, aside from a few vendors setting up their morning stalls, there was no one else, nor was anyone following them.
"Not good, why are there suddenly so many more guards at the city gate, and on the city tower too?"
The leader whispered immediately, and the other two also looked there, indeed, what used to be groups of eight had now turned into groups of twenty-four, each armed with swords and armor.
"Damn it, it wasn’t like this when we entered yesterday."
Yang Min cursed.
Lin Feng could vaguely hear what they were saying, and a strange expression appeared on his face. It couldn’t be because he killed that doorman, that they increased the security, could it?
"What can we do, with so many people patrolling here, with our movement technique, we will definitely be discovered. Even if it’s easy to get out, it will also be difficult to get in!"
"That’s right, you know last time we killed a County Lord, plus three government officials, now there’s probably a poster up as well, if these guards catch us, it would delay our entry into the Divine Wind Camp selection!"
The leader said.
Yang Min was at a loss for a moment.
"If you guys want to leave the city, I know a way out."
Just then, a voice suddenly rang out, startling all three of them.
Who?
The three immediately turned their heads and saw a strange young man walking towards them, all three immediately tensed up, ready to attack at any moment.
Lin Feng had been paying attention to Yang Min all along, only now noticing the other two men, who bore some resemblance to Yang Min, probably related by blood. Seeing Lin Feng, the three seemed very nervous.
"Is it you?"
Yang Min thought of something, and immediately whispered.
"Have you been following me all along?"
Lin Feng neither confirmed nor denied, "If you want to leave the city, follow me, otherwise later, there will be more gate guards, and you’ll have no chance at all."
Yang Min let out a cold laugh upon hearing this: "Who said we wanted to leave? We’re just out for a stroll."
Lin Feng chuckled inwardly, this Yang Min, still as cautious as ever, seeing everyone as a potential bad guy.
"Don’t worry, if you’re going to kill someone named Black Tornado, I won’t tell anyone, and I’m not in the same business as you. You can be completely at ease, I won’t compete with you for spoils."
Lin Feng smiled faintly, these were naturally the things that the previous life’s Yang Min had told him.
When the other party spoke of these matters, they were as proud as could be.
"How do you know?"
However, Lin Feng’s words had startled Yang Min and the other two, this matter was only known to the heavens, the earth, and perhaps the three of them. When did this stranger find out?
Could it be that one of them accidentally talked in their sleep last night, allowing him to overhear it?
"Who exactly are you?"
Yang Min frowned and said.
Lin Feng smiled lightly: "Alright, you’ll find out who I am later. Just know that I mean no harm to you. If you want to leave the city, follow me and stop dilly-dallying. This is not like you."
After Lin Feng finished speaking, he glanced at Yang Min and then turned and swiftly left. He said "not like you," not "not like you all," which made Yang Min fall into contemplation; he felt as if the other party was specifically talking about him, as if they were quite familiar.
"What a joke, who is this kid, I don’t even know."
Yang Min felt torn inside.
"Can this person be trusted?"
Another person asked.
"I don’t know, unsolicited kindness is either treachery or theft." Someone shook their head and said, after which everyone’s gaze fell on Yang Min.
"Little sister, what do you think? You always have the most ideas and are the smartest, your older and second brothers always listen to you."
Yang Min instinctively wanted to retort with "Trust him, my foot," but the words just wouldn’t come out because this guy was too eerie, seeming to know her very well.
"Let’s just follow and see; even if there’s a catch, the three of us, are we afraid of just him?"
"Alright, let’s listen to you, little sister."
When Yang Min and her two brothers returned to the old woman’s courtyard, they were all stunned; it turned out Lin Feng had led them back the same way.
Before they could ask, Lin Feng said: "The exit is under my cottage’s bed plank; the secret passage leads directly outside the city. Believe it or not, of course, I have no interest in what you do next."
Lin Feng then sat down on a large stone under an osmanthus tree in the courtyard and began to meditate with his eyes closed.
Yang Min saw Lin Feng’s enigmatic behavior and scoffed. He wasn’t much older, yet trying to act so experienced.
"Let’s go in and take a look, I don’t believe there’s any sort of complex Eight Diagrams that could wipe me out instantly."
Yang Min took the lead into the cottage; there were no traps inside, and they smoothly found the passage. After a moment’s hesitation, all three dove in and soon all was quiet.
When they successfully reached outside the city, the three were somewhat dazed, seemingly not expecting it to go so smoothly.
"That young man didn’t lie to us."
"But what’s his purpose in doing this?"
Seeing her older and second brothers confused, Yang Min was also perplexed but she didn’t want to think too much about it. "Alright, since we’re out, let’s not worry about it too much. Let’s complete our mission first and then we can come back and ask that kid for clarity."
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Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes, slightly shaking his head. The reason he did this was because, in his previous life, during a difficult mission, Yang Min tried to save him and got her arm crushed by a trap.
Back then, Lin Feng also asked her why she saved him, knowing that they were not very close and, being both from Divine Wind Camp, were competitors; one fewer person meant one fewer rival. However, Yang Min just smiled faintly: "I couldn’t help but treat you as my family, and it’s normal to sacrifice something for family."
At that time, Lin Feng was silent and afterward, because Yang Min lost an arm, she couldn’t complete the assessment in Divine Wind Camp and was directly eliminated. Lin Feng, having successfully graduated from Divine Wind Camp, went to find her, but by the time he reached the address she left, it was already empty.
This matter had always been a regret in Lin Feng’s heart, an incomplete sentence.
He hadn’t expected that in this lifetime, he and Yang Min would meet so soon.
"Yang Min, in the previous life, you helped me; this life, I repay you." 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝖔𝔪
