Chapter 74: Ghost’s Sorrow Sikong Wei

Even if Li Baobao were beaten to death, she would never have possessed the wild imagination to think that Lei Qing and the Ice Sword Saint were actually involved with each other.

Seeing his dejected expression, so different from usual, she inexplicably felt a little uncomfortable. She had truly thought that Lei Qing was like those brainless idiots, desperately worshipping the Ice Sword Saint and viewing her as a Goddess. She couldn’t help but shake her head and say, “Alright, alright, I was wrong. I believe in you. Sooner or later, you will become a Sword Saint.”

“Are you kidding? Do you really think I can become a Sword Saint?” Lei Qing shook his head and chuckled, “In this life, I would be very satisfied just to become a Gold-rank expert. Sword Saint… heh, our Lei Family hasn’t had a Sword Saint for six hundred years. Among the disciples of the Lei Family throughout history, there have been many more excellent than me. Just talking about our generation, Big Sister, Second Brother, Fifth Brother, and my sister Thirteen all have outstanding aptitudes. If a Sword Saint is really going to emerge from our generation, Big Sister and Second Brother have the best chance. As for me, I am far behind them.”

“You shouldn’t say that. I believe that as long as you work hard, you will definitely achieve something and succeed.” Li Baobao frowned slightly and said, “Just like your Old Ancestor, the Heavenly Thunder Sword Saint. He came from a common background and his martial arts were ordinary. He fought east and west for the Emperor of Tianlan, constantly breaking through during the war, and finally established an eternal reputation and founded the Lei Family. Also, your family’s Lei Ji Sword Saint, who served the king and pacified the feudal lords eight hundred years ago, was praised by the Emperor of Tianlan as the Nation-Protecting Sword Saint. I believe you will become a great Sword Saint just like your two Old Ancestor Sword Saints.”

“Okay, I will definitely become a Sword Saint.” Lei Qing was encouraged by her words, and fighting spirit burned passionately in his chest, “I want the entire Pan-Continent to praise the mighty name of the Jade-Faced Sword Saint Lei Qing. When I stomp my foot, rivers will change course, and heaven and earth will change color.”

Li Baobao’s face darkened. Would you die if you didn’t mention the words ‘Jade-Faced’? However, these words were spoken with quite imposing manner, full of a man’s heroic spirit. For a moment, Li Baobao’s expression also softened a little.

“Baobao, thank you for your encouragement.” Lei Qing placed his thieving hand on her shoulder with deep affection, “At this moment, I seem to have an illusion, as if you are the most important person in my life.”

Li Baobao was stunned, her heart pounding like a deer. She felt dizzy and wobbly. Her pretty face was flushed with shyness, and in her panic, there was a hidden trace of joy. She asked in disbelief, He… is he confessing his love to me? What should I do? How should I answer him?

Should I reject him? Wouldn’t it be too cruel if I rejected him? He just established his life’s goal and confidence. But if I agree to him? No, no, that would make me look too frivolous. Hmph, who am I, Li Baobao? How could I be won over by a small confession from you… but…

As for that fiancé she hadn’t seen twice in her life, he had long been thrown to the back of her mind.

Just as Li Baobao was lost in wild thoughts, her heart in turmoil.

Lei Qing patted her shoulder gently twice and said solemnly, “To express my gratitude and respect for you, when I become a Sword Saint, I will reserve a spot for a concubine for you, if you aren’t looking too old by then.”

Li Baobao was dumbfounded. Tears welled up in her beautiful eyes, and her delicate body trembled with agitation. She said to Lei Qing full of gratitude, “I am truly, so moved. Thank you, Great Sword Saint Lei, for the bestowal.”

“No need to be polite. Who am I, Lei Qing, to be a man who knows how to repay kindness and values deep affection.” Lei Qing said modestly.

“I’m going to kill you.” Li Baobao shouted excitedly, reaching out to snatch the Treasure Sword Lian Zhan. Her delicate body trembled, and her face was flushed, “How can there be a shameless, despicable, obscene, and self-righteous stinky man like you in this world.”

“Haha. I just saw you were getting so worked up, so I was teasing you.” Lei Qing took a step back and flew backwards, laughing very happily, “Don’t get excited; excitement is bad for your health.”

“You, you deceived my feelings, and you tell me not to get excited? Lei Qing, you scum, just go die. Living in this world, you are just a disaster.” Li Baobao stomped her feet in shame. Just now, she had been coaxed by him to the point where she was almost willing to bear his children, and now he tells her not to get excited? She bared her claws and charged at Lei Qing.

“Lei Qing, you bully my Miss like this, I, Xiangling, won’t let you off either.” Li Xiangling also joined the fight.

For a moment, in the small room, fist energy flew wildly, leg winds crisscrossed, and bangs and crashes created a chaotic mess.

The bandits looked at each other. What exactly did their Boss do to wrong Miss Li? To actually make Miss Li this angry? Deceived her feelings? Uh, could it be that Boss Lei played with her body and deceived her feelings, and then acted like a beast by abandoning her after having his way, refusing to admit it?

What a scum. Miss Li didn’t scold him wrong; he is indeed a scum.

“Haha, so what if I’m a scum? Miss Li, come bite me.” Lei Qing’s arrogant laughter rang out in the room, “And Xiangling, don’t you join in the blind fuss, or don’t blame me for showing no mercy.”

However, the Boss is indeed worthy of being the Boss. Even when being a scum, he does it with such righteousness and matter-of-factness. Brothers following him really have a future, a future. Only a talent like our Boss could pull off the act of abandoning a fairy-like noble lady like Miss Li after having his way.

Bangs and crashes, the sounds of fighting became more and more intense. The bandits were also afraid of being caught in the crossfire, so they retreated without any loyalty one by one. Anyway, their Boss was strong enough to handle those two women.

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Another month passed in a flash.

After some careful calculations, the once lively Fierce Tiger Ridge was already completely empty of people. Lei Qing had let his underlings take apart anything valuable to sell.

And at this moment, only Lei Qing remained, holding the Treasure Sword Lian Zhan. He sat on the parapet wall of Fierce Tiger Ridge with his legs crossed, leisurely drinking wine.

Unknowingly, hundreds of Iron-Armored Personal Guards had surrounded Fierce Tiger Ridge tightly. The leader rode a strong, tall black horse, covered in a suit of black full-body iron armor. He wore a bronze mask with a green face and ferocious fangs. His whole body emitted a trembling, gloomy cold air, as if telling the living to stay away.

Several people surrounded him like stars surrounding the moon, each emitting a powerful Fighting Qi aura. They were even not inferior to Lei Qing’s aura.

The Li Chamber of Commerce was indeed not to be underestimated. Relying on a merchant group to become one of the eighteen top forces in the Free Alliance. Without corresponding military power to deter the heroes, they would just be a fat sheep in the eyes of various strong experts.

But in fact, it was not so. The Li Chamber of Commerce not only possessed its own armed organization, but it was also very powerful, enough to deter all kinds of greedy ambitious figures.

Among them, the Li Iron-Armored Personal Guards were the best of the Li Family’s armed organizations. The entire army had only one thousand five hundred people, yet it was one of the strong armies famous throughout the world. It made anyone dare not covet the Li Chamber of Commerce. Due to the high requirements, their formation was smaller than ordinary armies; a squad had only fifty people, led by at least a High-stage Bronze expert.

Usually, they carried out tasks by the squad. But today, a whole regiment, hundreds of men and horses, had come. This was nine times more than last time.

The leading ghost-faced black-armored knight looked coldly at Lei Qing sitting on the city wall and said indifferently, “Are you the one who calls himself ‘Young General’, Lei Qing? Ranked ninth among the young generation of the Lei Family in the Tianlan Empire? In reality, the boss of a gang of rabble?”

Young General wasn’t a title I gave myself, but something your Miss forced on me. But at this moment, Lei Qing smiled and cupped his hands from a distance, saying, “Well said, well said. Seeing you hiding your head and tail, wearing a ghost mask, you must be the famous Second Regiment Commander of the Li Family Personal Guards, Ghost’s Sorrow Sikong Wei, Commander Sikong?”

“Hmph, you are a noble descendant of the Tianlan Empire. Running to our Free Alliance’s land, do you want to betray your country, or do you want to invade?” Ghost’s Sorrow Sikong Wei started putting hats on Lei Qing’s head as soon as they met.

“Please, it’s called the Free Alliance. If you don’t let people come and go freely, what kind of Free Alliance is it? Selling dog meat while hanging a sheep’s head? Sikong Wei, are you here just to bicker?” Lei Qing certainly knew that the other party had found out his background in a short time. He could be even more certain that they knew he had offended Yu Shanshan and fled here.

Too lazy to waste words with him, he said directly, “Sikong Wei, did you bring your Miss’s ransom?”

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