Chapter 31 A Human Cushion!

The deep courtyard with high walls that Li Yan and Luo Qi built to protect their privacy when they arrived in Jiangnan City, had now become a natural barrier to the outside world.

For many people, this was still a quiet and peaceful morning, but for the Li family, this was undoubtedly a nightmare.

The attack of a killer was something that they had never considered before.

Who would have thought that the original good-for-nothing youngster would actually provoke a killer like Crow to attack him—his excuse being his right hand giving his left hand a gold coin to buy Li Muyang’s life.

When there was danger, Li Sinian would always stand in front of Li Muyang.

In her mind, Li Muyang was thin and weak. He needed to be protected and taken care of like in childhood.

“To make a deal?” Crow looked at the little girl, who was pretending to be calm. He had an extremely absurd feeling and said, “Little girl, do you know what you are doing? Do you want to make a deal with a killer? If a killer can casually make a deal, can he still be a killer?”

“I’ll give you the ‘Qi-breaking Technique’,” Li Sinian said in a crisp voice.

Just then, when she had used that punch, the killer had looked bewildered.

She remembered his expression, so she concluded that the kung fu taught by her master might be very powerful.

Li Sinian was smart and calm.

If other little girls encountered such a thing, they would have hidden behind their parents, crying or directly falling to the ground.

However, Li Sinian wanted to make a deal with a killer in place of her parents or brother.

“Sinian… ” Li Yan shouted anxiously. He knew how much the yellow-robed Taoist loved Li Sinian. He also knew that the Taoist gave Li Sinian an ancient yellow book before he left and repeatedly told her to keep it well and not to lose it or let it be known by the outside world.

Now his daughter wanted to make an exchange with it. Wouldn’t it violate the kindness of the person who had given her the book?

However, his daughter was going to exchange this secret manuscript for his son’s life. Therefore, he couldn’t say anything to stop her.

Li Sinian stared at killer Crow without blinking, while explaining to her father, “Father, I remember my master’s words, but now is a critical moment, and I can’t care so much. I will naturally explain this to my master later. If there is a punishment, I will take it.”

Seeing that Crow was silent and motionless, Li Sinian wanted to try again. “You only want to kill my brother, but look at him. He is weak and sick, and he looks so dark. He was struck by lightning when he was born, and now he is still dizzy and can’t do anything. Is it worthwhile for you to personally kill such a good-for-nothing? If your peers knew what you are doing, wouldn’t you be laughed at?” she asked.

“The rich, the generals of the empire, the women and children, as well as the girls from noble families—as long as someone is willing to pay, we can kill anyone. As for whether he is a good-for-nothing or not…” Crow glanced at Li Muyang, and said with a cold smile, “Little girl, I’m afraid you still don’t know what kind of monster you are protecting behind you.”

Of course, Li Sinian did not know what kind of monster Li Muyang was. She was sure that he was a weak nerd who had no ability to protect himself.

“There’s no one who bought my brother’s life, is there?”

“He ruined my plan. I have to kill him.”

“Let go of my brother, and I will give you the ‘Qi-breaking Technique’. As for the gold coin your right hand gave your left hand, no one will know.”

Crow was indeed very interested in the “Qi-breaking Technique”. It was a Taoist secret manuscript and an extremely high-grade Dharma treasure. Other than the Tao Master and the Seven Immortals roaming outside, it was likely that no one else could have such a treasure.

Immortal Ziyang was one of the Seven Immortals. Many years ago, he had reached the Vicissitude Realm. He could live or die as he wished. Crow didn’t dare to provoke the Taoist Ziyang, but he still had the courage to bully one of his disciples.

The person he wanted to kill was Li Muyang, not his disciple, Li Sinian.

“After killing you, I’ll still be able to obtain the ‘Qi-breaking Technique’,” Crow sneered.

“You won’t get anything if you kill me,” Li Sinian said. “The ‘Qi-breaking Technique’ is in my mind.”

“Are you making fun of me?” Crow’s face became severe. He could see that this little girl was very smart and slippery. Were the children now so early-maturing? Were they so skilled in business negotiations? Now they were talking about murder. Was the school teaching this kind of thing? If that was the case, the killing school that he graduated from must be greatly affected.

The empire’s economy was depressed, filled with different types of competition, including the killing business.

Crow was very worried about his own alma mater. The year when he entered the school, it was written on the front of the school door: “I am proud of the school today, and the school will be ashamed of me tomorrow”. He remembered it in his heart, and he was eager to become famous so that the school would be ashamed of his excellent performance in killing.

“I only hope that the university will survive and will not easily close,” He prayed silently in his heart.

“I hope you can answer me as soon as possible. Otherwise, you won’t be able to get anything when Sister Xiaoxin comes. I’ll give you the ‘Qi-breaking Technique’, and you can pretend that you were never here today. What do you think?”

Crow stared at Li Muyang coldly and said, “Li Muyang, do you really want a girl to stand up for you?”

Li Muyang patted his sister’s shoulder and said in a hoarse voice, “Sinian, let me deal with it.”

“Brother…” Li Sinian screamed, “Don’t force yourself. Don’t you know your body? He is deliberately luring you out to kill you with one blow. Don’t listen to him, just stand behind me. If he dares to touch a hair, I’ll fight him to death!”

“Sinian…”

“Shut up.”

“…”

“What a weak and incompetent man.” Crow curled his lips.

“It’s my son. You cannot make such a personal remark about him,” Li Yan grunted. This man, who rarely talked, rushed over with the long spear in his hand.

As the father and the only adult man in the family, he had the responsibility to stand up for his wife and his children.

He pushed forward his spear, causing the wind and thunder to move.

Crow stood still and sneered, “The Heavenly King Spear of the Lu Family is so famous and has defeated countless strong enemies. It is known as the best spear. It’s a pity that you’ve only learned a little about it.”

Crack!

Crow’s hand stretched out of the black robe.

The long spear, as if it had eyes, came into Crow’s hand.

“You can’t even trigger the wind and thunder, but you want to hurt me with such a Heavenly King Spear? The seven-year-old child of the Lu Family is hundreds of times stronger than you, right?” Crow stretched out his hand to hold the long spear. “It seems that you are just a lackey of the Lu Family,” he said sarcastically.

Crow thought about it seriously and said, “Interesting, interesting. I just randomly found an ordinary family to seek revenge. I can’t believe it has something to do with the Lu family of the empire.”

Li Yan’s face turned purple as he desperately urged his True Qi to resist, trying to take back the long spear from Crow’s hand.

Unfortunately, as Crow had said, he knew only little about the Heavenly King Spear and that indeed he couldn’t beat the children of the Lu family. As a servant, how could he have the opportunity to know the exquisite meaning of the Heavenly King Spear?

When he was working as a driver for the lady Gongsun Yu, he saw Lu Qingming of the Lu Family practicing in the yard, and he tried to remember the scene in his mind.

“Do you want to take it back?” Crow smiled. The hand holding the long spear jerked forward and lifted Li Yan and his spear into the air.

“Let go of my father!” Li Muyang was extremely angry and ran toward the killer Crow with a loud roar.

“You’re finally acting like a man—here you are.”

Crow flicked his finger gently and smashed Li Yan’s body into Li Muyang.

“Be careful, Elder Brother…” Li Sinian reminded him as she ran.

She was well aware of Crow’s strength. Don’t underestimate the force of the push. If it was not handled properly, Li Muyang’s emaciated bones might be smashed into pieces.

As if he didn’t hear it, Li Muyang jumped up high and held Li Yan’s body in his arms.

Their bodies rolled and flew backward in the air, shooting toward the wall.

“Muyang…” Li Yan said anxiously.

He knew that his son was in poor health. If Li Muyang took the blow behind Li Yan and let Li Yan’s huge body crash into his body, he might lose his life.

Although they were in the air, Li Yan still wanted to forcibly switch places.

He grabbed Li Muyang’s body and tried to pull him to the front, placing his body against the wall and making a human cushion for his son.

But he failed.

Li Muyang held his father’s body tightly from behind, as if he was holding the most precious thing in the world.

“Muyang…” Li Yan tried to exert more strength.

Bang···

Li Muyang’s body hit the thick bluestone of the wall, while Li Yan’s body hit heavily upon Li Muyang’s chest.

Dust flew in the air, and the grass and trees on the wall crashed down.

At the place where Li Muyang’s body hit, a huge human-shaped indentation appeared.

Crack, crack—!

One crack after another appeared over the entire bluestone wall.

“Muyang…” Luo Qi gave out a plaintive cry and rushed toward the direction in which Li Muyang fell.

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“Brother…” Li Sinian also changed the direction of the attack and went to check on Li Muyang’s situation.

Li Yan’s eyes were blood red, filled with tears.

He remained as he landed after falling to the ground and did not dare to move, let alone turn around.

He was afraid that when he turned around, what he saw would be that his son had been crushed into a meat pie.