On the second day, Yang Kai was awakened by a series of knocks on the door. After getting up and opening the door, he found no one outside, but far away, a familiar figure was quickly running off.
It was Li Yuntian’s figure!
What’s this guy up to? Yang Kai was a bit puzzled. Just as he was confused, he noticed a letter on the ground at the door. He bent down to pick it up and, upon opening it, couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time.
The letter contained some words, and they were written in blood.
"Dear Senior Brother, it has been a long time since we last met, and I, your junior brother, miss you very much. I hereby invite you to meet me in the Black Wind Forest. I hope you will not hesitate to grant me this favor! Your junior brother, Su Mu, writes this."
The words were bright red, indeed written in blood, but it was unknown whether the blood was chicken blood or something else. Yang Kai guessed that Su Mu would not harm himself.
There was another line at the end, which was much more crude and direct compared to the refined words at the beginning.
"Come if you dare!"
These four words were written with great vigor, the brush strokes carrying a deep-seated resentment, full of provocation.
Yang Kai suspected that Su Mu was afraid his invitation would be ignored, so he added this line at the end. Young people were most susceptible to such provocations, and Su Mu had experienced it countless times, becoming very experienced in this regard.
Holding the blood letter and challenge in his hand, Yang Kai slowly shook his head.
Yang Kai didn’t take Su Mu’s provocation seriously. Perhaps Su Mu really resented him, but Yang Kai didn’t. Their mindsets and perspectives were different, and such minor conflicts were just like a touchstone for Yang Kai to test his cultivation.
Although their initial meeting with Su Mu had been unpleasant, and he had caused trouble for Yang Kai multiple times, after these days of interaction, Yang Kai found that Su Mu wasn’t inherently bad, just a bit spoiled.
If you treated such a person well, he would treat you well too. If you treated him badly, he would cling to you like a leech, making you extremely annoyed.
These days, Yang Kai hadn’t seen Su Mu and his group, who were probably hiding from him. Now, for some reason, they had regained confidence and sent a challenge.
Yang Kai originally didn’t want to bother with Su Mu, but while sweeping the floor, he carefully considered it and decided to go.
Su Mu was undoubtedly a true villain. He didn’t challenge according to the sect’s rules but sent a challenge letter instead, probably planning a group attack.
The chosen location was also telling. The Black Wind Forest was at the foot of Black Wind Mountain, a pine forest, an excellent place for ambushes.
Although their group was numerous, only Su Mu himself had reached the ninth level of the Body Tempering stage, Li Yuntian was at the seventh level, and the others were at the fifth or sixth levels. Yang Kai wasn’t sure if he could handle them, but he needed a proper battle to test his cultivation, different from the sparring with his sect brothers!
At this moment, Su Mu and his group were waiting on the inevitable path from Lingxiao Pavilion to the Black Wind Forest. They weren’t hiding but stood there boldly.
Thinking about the night when they were suddenly ambushed and fell unconscious, Su Mu’s face darkened. That night, the brothers who went to Yang Kai’s small house suddenly fainted, and everything happened so mysteriously.
They didn’t wake up until the next morning. Although it was summer and they wouldn’t feel cold sleeping outdoors, they couldn’t withstand the mosquitoes. When they woke up, each of them had hundreds of large bumps on their bodies, and they had lost a lot of blood to the mosquitoes.
After that, Su Mu and his group were bedridden for several days, extremely weak.
After they recovered, the brothers, led by Su Mu, left Lingxiao Pavilion. If they couldn’t provoke Yang Kai, they would at least avoid him.
It wasn’t until yesterday that Li Yuntian mastered a new martial technique, and Su Mu’s desire for revenge was rekindled. He then had Li Yuntian deliver a challenge letter, inviting Yang Kai to a battle in the Black Wind Forest.
The reason he didn’t challenge within the sect was that Su Mu didn’t have much faith in Li Yuntian. If Li Yuntian lost again, they would all rush in, disregarding the sect’s rules and any sense of righteousness, and beat Yang Kai into a pig’s head. He couldn’t bear the pent-up anger.
While he was thinking, Li Yuntian hurried over.
"Did you deliver it?" Su Mu asked, his eyes fierce.
"Yep."
"Good, wait for that bastard to come."
They waited and waited, but there was no sign of Yang Kai. Su Mu became impatient, pacing back and forth, muttering, "That bastard probably doesn’t have the guts to come."
Just as he said this, Li Yuntian suddenly said, "Young Master Su, someone is coming."
"Huh?" Su Mu’s spirits lifted, thinking Yang Kai had really come to his death, but upon closer inspection, the person wasn’t Yang Kai.
"Young Master Su, it’s the people from Fengyu Tower." Li Yuntian stared at the group approaching and said, "The one leading them seems to be Cheng Shaofeng!"
"Cheng Shaofeng?" Su Mu’s expression turned cold, and he looked up, indeed seeing Cheng Shaofeng leading a group of people approaching.
"Young Master Su, should we avoid them?" Li Yuntian hesitated, knowing that Su Mu and Cheng Shaofeng had many conflicts. As the leaders of their respective sects at the Body Tempering stage, they had clashed many times in recent years, with mixed results. If they met now, there would definitely be some friction.
"Why avoid them?" Su Mu snorted, "Does he have the right to make me move?"
Li Yuntian didn’t try to dissuade him, knowing that such matters were about face. How could someone as competitive as Young Master Su back down? However, the other side had many people, and if it came to a fight, they might be at a disadvantage.
As they spoke, Cheng Shaofeng had already seen Su Mu from a distance. His expression brightened, and he quickened his pace after telling the people behind him.
Before long, the two groups met. The road where Su Mu and his group were standing was the only path from Lingxiao Pavilion to the Black Wind Forest, but it was also the only path from Fengyu Tower to the Black Wind Forest. This was actually a four-way intersection, with one path leading to Lingxiao Pavilion, another to Fengyu Tower, and another to the Blood Battle Gang.
By blocking the road, Su Mu and his group were effectively blocking Cheng Shaofeng’s path.
"Who do we have here? It’s Su Mu!" Cheng Shaofeng walked up, looking at Su Mu with disdain, his voice somewhat sarcastic.
Su Mu rolled his eyes, standing straight like a spear, not even bothering to acknowledge him.
This disregard made Cheng Shaofeng slightly displeased.
"Hehehe, Little Brother Cheng, they’re ignoring you," a sweet, clear voice said, but it gave a sense of unrestrained behavior.
Su Mu followed the voice and saw a charming young woman step out from behind Cheng Shaofeng. She wore a loose top, revealing her fair shoulders, which gleamed like fine porcelain. Her skirt covered her shapely buttocks, exposing her long, white legs. Her feet, clad in wooden shoes, were small and delicate, with ten fingers that were crystal clear and smooth, very eye-catching.