novelaction Chapter 1211 The fear of death is the best teacher in the world.
Chapter 1211 The fear of death is the best teacher in the world.
"boom!"
Just then, a tremendous roar resounded, and towering flames rose from the west. Even inside the city lord's mansion, one could clearly see the city walls, which were almost completely engulfed in flames.
That's a sign that the city walls have been breached.
It was also the flames that erupted from the self-destruction of all the divine power on the city wall. This wall of flames would temporarily incinerate all the invading evil demons, but it would also completely lose all its function after the flames subsided.
"How...how did they break through so quickly?"
"Why...why did this happen?"
"What should I do? What should I do next?"
"It's over..."
This sudden turn of events caused the group who had been vehemently criticizing Fei Boyuan to collapse to the ground, their faces filled with terror. The woman leading them remained relatively calm, but when she glanced at Fei Boyuan out of the corner of her eye, her expression suddenly tightened:
"Zhong Boyuan, what are you trying to do!"
Everyone was startled by her exclamation and turned to look. They saw Fei Boyuan approaching with a sinister grin, even pulling out a long knife. The person behind him had also pulled out a longbow.
He wants to kill someone!
They're going to kill us all!
This thought crossed everyone's mind, causing the city lord's concubines to instinctively back away.
"bell?"
Fei Boyuan still held the long sword, casually swinging it as if getting used to the weapon, while smiling and saying:
"Has Consort Chen forgotten that when you banished me from your home, you said I was just a useless person and gave me the surname Fei?"
"My name is Fei Boyuan now, and I've been called that for many years."
Zhong is the surname of the Duke of Wuwei. In Wuwei City, this surname represents nobility and supreme status. Fei Boyuan was once called Zhong Boyuan, but after being expelled from the family, he was no longer allowed to use the surname Zhong and changed it to Fei.
Watching him step forward, the woman called Consort Chen turned deathly pale and retreated hastily, shielding a four-year-old child behind her while trying to appear calm as she said:
"Boyuan, we're family, let's talk this out, you see..."
"Family? When I was stripped of my surname, you didn't seem to consider me family at all?"
“That’s…that’s…”
Watching Fei Boyuan approach step by step, still smiling, Consort Chen was already terrified. But then the little boy she was protecting poked his head out and cursed:
"You're a useless piece of trash whose divine path has been crippled, so naturally you should get out of Wuwei City and make way for me!"
As soon as these words came out.
Fei Boyuan's smile froze.
Consort Chen was startled and quickly covered her child's mouth to prevent him from further angering Fei Boyuan, while still trying to appear calm.
“Look at Boyuan, your younger brother is still young and doesn’t know any better. He said something wrong. I…I apologize to you…”
"My grudge cannot be resolved with a simple apology."
Fei Boyuan shook his head, his smile finally gone, replaced by a calm and serious expression: "From the day I was driven out of the city lord's mansion and stripped of my surname Zhong, I understood that the humiliation I suffered could only be repaid with blood."
These words made everyone's hearts skip a beat, especially those who were also hiding behind Consort Chen. However, they seemed oblivious to the current situation and instead shouted angrily:
"Zhong Boyuan, what are you trying to do!"
Are you threatening us now?
They all shouted at him, and one woman, slightly older than Fei Boyuan, looked particularly disgusted and arrogant.
“Zhong Boyuan, it’s not that I look down on you, but with your cowardly nature, what can you possibly accomplish?”
"What, you've come here with a knife, are you trying to kill us? Do you dare to lay a hand on us in the city lord's mansion? It's not that I look down on you, it's just that you don't dare."
She is Fei Boyuan's half-sister. When Fei Boyuan was still the future heir to the city lord, he treated her with great respect and had to be careful when interacting with her. Now that they meet again, he is even more outspoken.
Even when Fei Boyuan didn't dare to make a move after hearing what she said, she even comforted the others:
"Mother, Aunt, why are you afraid of him?"
"I know Zhong Boyuan's cowardly nature all too well. At most, he can only scare us. Even if we give him a knife, would he really dare to kill us?"
She spoke with absolute confidence, and the way she looked at Fei Boyuan was more like looking at a lowly insect that was used to being trampled under her feet.
Consort Chen hesitated to speak. She looked up and saw that Fei Boyuan, who had been looking serious, had actually stopped taking a step forward. Instead, the corners of his mouth turned up and he smiled, but there was a hint of amusement in his smile.
“Zhong Boyuan, I know you’re not doing well right now. How about this, I’ll give you a chance.”
"Oh? What opportunity?"
"There is chaos in the city now. You must immediately protect us as we travel to the tunnels and ensure our safety."
"I see... So what benefits are you planning to give me?" Fei Boyuan seemed to be weighing the pros and cons.
"Benefits?" The woman frowned, her eyes filled with undisguised disgust.
"You used to know how to help others selflessly, but now you dare to ask for benefits? Fine, I'll take pity on you. If you can ensure that we are unharmed, I can give you a thousand Yuan coins as a reward for your achievements."
Fei Boyuan shook his head and did not answer.
“Zhong Boyuan, don’t be greedy. I’ve heard that you’re just a lowly constable now, earning a thousand yuan. You might not even earn that much in two years. Now that the opportunity is here, don’t let yourself be fooled and miss out on this chance.”
“I used to think that although you were a bit bad, at least you had a brain. But now it seems…” Fei Boyuan laughed: “I may have overestimated you.”
The woman frowned immediately: "You..."
But before she could finish speaking, she suddenly widened her eyes.
His gaze instinctively fell downwards, only to find a steel knife piercing his abdomen. Intense pain, along with the blood, flowed out instantly from the knife.
With a slight shift of his gaze, he recognized the owner of the steel knife as Fei Boyuan.
She is incredible, unbelievable.
What is Fei Boyuan doing?
He... attacked himself?
Who gave him the guts?
But Fei Boyuan didn't explain to her. He just pulled back the long knife fiercely, then stabbed it back again, and this time, he stirred it vigorously.
My heart is breaking!
This pain finally brought the woman back to her senses. Her will to survive made her almost instinctively grasp Fei Boyuan's hand, trying to stop him from stirring it further, while frantically saying:
"Fei Boyuan, you...you stop! What are you doing? Do you really want to kill me? I'm your sister! You killed your mother, and now you want to kill your own sister. If you do this, Father will kill you..."
"Perfect timing, I wanted to kill him too. So... I'll kill you first, and make him hurry up and come find me."
Fei Boyuan grinned, revealing a cruel smile, and continued to stab her again and again, watching helplessly as the woman in front of him went from anger to astonishment to terror and finally to despair. Blood and foam kept spitting out of her mouth, and the life in her eyes was slowly being stripped away.
"He...he killed Ah Hui!"
“Run, run!”
"Zhong Boyuan has gone mad! He killed his sister, and he's going to kill us all!"
The woman's death instantly brought the city lord's family members, who hadn't yet grasped the situation, to their senses. They turned and ran, shouting loudly.
Just a pity.
"Phew~!"
"Shhhhhh!"
Arrows rained down from behind, each one aimed precisely at their backs, each one capable of easily claiming their lives.
It only takes a moment.
These family members of the city lord, who had long resided deep within the palace and wielded the greatest power and enjoyed the highest honors in Wuwei City, had all fallen, leaving only Consort Chen and her child behind her. Consort Chen did not run; her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground, lacking even the courage to escape, which ironically saved her life.
The child she was protecting behind her no longer had the courage to point at Fei Boyuan and curse him. He just desperately hid behind his mother, his face pale with fear.
But Fei Boyuan didn't seem to have any intention of letting him off the hook. He squatted down and looked directly at the child: "What did you call me just now?"
"bell……"
"Ok?"
"Brother! Brother! You're my brother!"
"That's right. The fear of death is the best teacher in the world, and it teaches everyone the same thing. It can teach me how to survive, and it can also teach you the most basic manners."
As he spoke, Fei Boyuan gently patted the child's cheek with the blood-stained longsword in his hand, leaving bloodstains on the child's tender face.
This scene terrified Consort Chen, yet she dared not make a move. But this was her child; she knew what the person before her was capable of, and though she was filled with fear, she could only suppress it.
“Boyuan, please…please let us go. I know you’re resentful about being expelled from the family, but…but that’s because you were crippled, yet you still held the position of the city lord’s heir, which is why you were expelled.”
"We were wrong, we know we were wrong, please...please forgive us, we'll never argue with you again."
“Your younger brother is still young, he doesn’t understand anything…”
She pleaded desperately, hoping to escape this calamity.
Just a pity.
Fei Boyuan's long knife ultimately took the lives of her and her child without mercy.
Raising his long sword, Fei Boyuan looked at the corpses lying scattered on the ground without any pleasure on his face. He simply turned around indifferently and headed towards the remaining people in the harem.
Since we've already taken action...
He had no intention of letting anyone live.