Chapter 46 Hostages
Jin Renfeng was naturally willing to help with such a simple task as before. He could easily deal with dozens of opponents. But now he was a little afraid to take the risk and do justice.
Reason told him that the best way was to stay away from such troubles as much as possible.
"I'm always cautious. Things like this don't have much impact on me. It's better not to cause trouble."
Jin Renfeng wanted to protect himself, which was his traditional conservative character.
Yu Tiecheng and him were just casual acquaintances, so they had no relationship. Even if he saved him, the other party would not bring him any benefit.
The most important thing is that he has no confidence in dealing with the combat power of the hundreds of people in the Demon Cult.
Now that he had just entered the martial arts world, he had no idea of his own strength. He had fought against hundreds of members of the Demon Cult, but he was not sure he could escape unscathed.
In this case, standing aside is the wisest decision.
The rationality and caution in his heart made Jin Renfeng think this way.
However, the feeling of injustice in his heart grew stronger and stronger, making him unable to sleep all night.
. . . . . .
The next day, a large number of cult members had already gathered in a valley east of Xiangyang City.
Many members of the Sun and Moon Sect dressed in black and red guarded the valley tightly.
Surrounded by the crowd, two figures stood quietly in the center, looking at the entrance of the valley.
"Master Jiang, it's almost noon, why hasn't Yu Tiecheng come yet?"
A big man in black looked impatient.
"Are you kidding me?"
Jiang Feichen, who was dressed in black, bowed quickly and said,
"Master Xiang, it is indeed set for noon. Yu Tiecheng's entire family is in our hands, and he will definitely not dare to miss the time."
"It's still some time before noon, why not wait a little longer."
The man in black nodded.
"In that case, let's wait."
Seeing that the other party agreed, Jiang Feichen secretly wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.
The man in front of him was his immediate superior, Xue Gang, the incense master of the Xuanwu Hall of the Sun Moon Sect.
He had a hot temper and would either beat or scold his subordinates if they showed any disobedience.
Therefore, Jiang Feichen did not dare to neglect the other party at all.
As noon was approaching, Jiang Feichen hurriedly looked towards the valley entrance.
The reality did not disappoint his expectations.
At the entrance of the valley, two figures walked in one after the other.
The man in front was tied up. It was Bao Qingsheng, the leader of the Jiangxi Red Banner.
"Sir, they are coming!" Jiang Feichen reminded.
"Okay!" Xue Gang shouted and strode towards the two figures.
On the other side, Yu Tiecheng was leading Bao Qingsheng with a rope, holding a package in his hand, and walking towards the valley step by step.
A big man in black was approaching him, which made him involuntarily become alert.
"Did you bring the things?" Xue Gang went straight to the point.
"I have brought the items." Yu Tiecheng responded.
"Take it out and let me see whether it's real or fake!" The big man in black stepped forward and pressed towards Yu Tiecheng with a domineering aura.
"Stop!" Seeing that the man in black was about to get within two feet of him, Yu Tiecheng shouted and raised the bag in his hands.
"If you come one step closer, I will smash this mutton-fat jade Guanyin in my hand into pieces."
Xue Gang paused and stopped moving forward.
He didn't care about anything else, but he cared about the treasure very much.
After all, that is an important treasure that determines whether he can win the favor of the leader.
"I want to see my family first!"
Yu Tiecheng shouted angrily, but his hands remained in the same position.
Xue Gang looked grim. He didn't expect that he would be caught by this little escort leader.
"Someone, bring those members of the Yu family here." He gave an order.
Following a burst of busy footsteps, a group of ragged men, women, old and young were escorted in front of Yu Tiecheng.
Those people had various wounds on their bodies, were handcuffed and shackled, and looked pale and thin, like prisoners.
"To become a talent? To become a virtuous person?" Yu Tiecheng asked with a trembling voice.
Seeing his family members unrecognizable, he was a little bit incredulous.
"Dad?" A man in the crowd raised his head and saw Yu Tiecheng not far away.
After confirming that the man was indeed his father, he shouted excitedly,
"Dad, come and save my son! He was beaten so badly by them!"
When others saw Yu Tiecheng, they immediately cried for help.
"Grandpa! Save your grandson!"
"Dad, save me! I don't want to stay here anymore!"
Seeing that the Yu family was making a lot of noise, several black-clad members of the sect swung their whips and hit the hostages, making them wail in pain and leaving several bloody wounds on their bodies.
"What are you shouting for?"
"Stay still, if you cause any trouble to the incense master, nine lives of yours will not be enough to compensate you."
"Stop!" Seeing his family being bullied, Yu Tiecheng's eyes were bloodshot.
However, the man in black ignored Yu Tiecheng's roar and just kept swinging the whip.
"Enough, is this how you treat my family? Don't you want this Jade Guanyin anymore?" Yu Tiecheng asked.
Jiang Feichen stepped forward and smiled sinisterly.
"I still want the Jade Guanyin, but I hope you won't play tricks on me anymore and just hand it over to me honestly."
Then he waved his hand and stopped the torture by the black-clad followers.
Yu Tiecheng had a puzzled look on his face. He opened the bundle, revealing a flawless white jade Guanyin.
The jade statue was made entirely of mutton-fat white jade, and it shone with a warm and precious light under the sunlight.
"Let my family go first. I will stay here alone, and this Jade Guanyin can't run away!" Yu Tiecheng gestured.
"That won't do!" Jiang Feichen shook his head. "If you let your family go, you won't have any ties. If you break the jade, we won't be able to punish you."
"If you don't release my family, you will never get this treasure." Yu Tiecheng shouted.
Jiang Feichen said calmly, "In this case, let me tell you a rule. I will release half of the people first, and you hand over the Jade Guanyin to us. Then I will release the other half of the people, and you hand over Brother Bao to us. How do you think?"
"In this way, at least we won't worry about you breaking the Jade Guanyin."
"No! Now that the Jade Guanyin is in your hands, if you go back on your word, how can I resist? You must let my family go first." Yu Tiecheng looked determined.
"If you don't accept my toast, I'll punish you!" The big man in black was anxious, "If you want to change it, just change it. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
"Since you won't hand it over, Jiang Feichen!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"Have your men pick a hostage and nail him to a tree. If he doesn't hand him over within a quarter of an hour, I'll add another nail. I'll see whether he will hand him over or not!"
Xue Gang had a gloomy expression and fierce eyes.
"Yes!" Jiang Feichen responded.
Then he walked slowly into the crowd of hostages and looked left and right.
The hostages avoided looking.
"Wait, stop!" Yu Tiecheng shouted in a hurry.
However, Jiang Feichen ignored it.
"Well, it's you!" Jiang Feichen pointed casually, and it turned out to be the man who had shouted for help earlier.
"No! Don't choose me!" the man dodged again and again.
However, two men in black walked straight up to him, grabbed his arms, and took him aside as if he were carrying cattle or sheep.
(End of this chapter)
