Fantasy, starting with a treasure bowl

"Brother Lu, I have no way to repay your life-saving grace this time. Please accept my bow!"

Taking a deep breath, Kong Yi disregarded his unhealed injuries and immediately made a move to kneel down and kowtow to Lu Feng.

He owed the bandits of Qingtianzhai a considerable favor when they robbed his goods in the Yellow Wind Desert. Now, considering the life-saving grace from the Burial Valley, he can hardly repay it!

"Brother Lu Feng, thank you for saving my brother. I really don't know what I would have done without you..."

Beside her, Kong Yan also knelt down obediently, her pretty face full of respect and excitement.

"Brother Kong Yi, Little Swallow, you're really flattering me!..."

Seeing the siblings Kong Yi and Kong Yan kneeling and kowtowing to him, Lu Feng smiled awkwardly and gestured for them to stand up. "Actually, I just happened to see the mission commissioned by Falling Star Academy, which is why I offered my help. You two don't need to perform such a grand ceremony."

"Now that Zhao Yihu and the others are dead, I just hope Brother Kong Yi won't forget that entrusted task..."

Lu Feng touched his nose, his tone suggestive.

"Brother Lu, please rest assured! Although Father is now dead and the Kong family no longer exists, Kong Yi is not one to break his promises. The task entrusted to him in the past is still valid!"

Having also discerned the implied meaning in Lu Feng's words, Kong Yi immediately stood up and bowed respectfully.

When he commissioned Falling Star Academy, he offered an astronomical reward: anyone who could resolve the Kong family crisis would receive a reward of up to 200,000 contribution points.

As for this point, not only did Lu Feng remember it clearly, but Kong Yi, the person who made the request, also naturally did not forget it.

"Brother Lu Feng, are you alright? How serious are your injuries...?"

"By the way, Brother Lu Feng, are you going back to Falling Star Academy soon?"

Kong Yan dusted herself off and quickly came over, then gently hugged Lu Feng's arm. Tears welled up in her beautiful eyes, as if she was reluctant to let him go.

Seeing this, Kong Yi couldn't help but shake his head and sigh silently.

He understood his sister's thoughts and feelings perfectly well, but Lu Feng was no ordinary person and they were ultimately not on the same path. As for Kong Yan's admiration and worship of Lu Feng, it would eventually become nothing more than a passing cloud.

"Yes, I'm fine."

In response to Kong Yan's concern, Lu Feng simply nodded, then added, "However, before leaving, I still have to deal with one who slipped through the net..."

"A fish that slipped through the net?"

"Brother Lu Feng, you mean...."

Upon hearing this, both Kong Yi and Kong Yan, the siblings, were taken aback, seemingly not quite understanding the meaning behind the other's words.

Swish!

Just as the two were wondering what was going on, they saw Lu Feng's figure flash and disappear from the spot.

"ah...!"

The next moment, a sharp, piercing scream came from afar, and then Lu Feng's figure reappeared. At this moment, his right hand was tightly gripping the neck of a young man in brocade robes, and his face remained expressionless.

"You...! Let go, let me go...!"

The young man in brocade robes had a flushed face and was struggling incessantly with his limbs, as if Lu Feng was tightly gripping his neck and he was having trouble breathing.

However, under the absolute suppression of strength, even though the young man in brocade robes used all his skills, he still could not break free from Lu Feng's grasp.

After all, he was merely a fourth-level martial artist in the Qi Opening Realm, while Lu Feng was a tenth-level Qi Opening Realm expert with one foot already in the Spirit Soul Realm. The difference in their strength was enormous!

"Kong Dingnan...!"

"That bastard is still alive?!"

Upon seeing this, the Kong siblings beside them also narrowed their eyes and then showed anger.

After all, it was Kong Dingnan, that traitor who betrayed the Kong family, who was wiped out in the past. If it weren't for Kong Dingnan, the Kong family might have had a chance to survive!

"Behave yourself, or don't blame me for killing you in a heartbeat...!"

Seeing Kong Dingnan still struggling and thrashing about, Lu Feng frowned slightly and released a wisp of killing intent.

Although the opponent's feigning death technique was quite remarkable, and he also knew some methods of holding his breath, these trivial tricks could not fool Gu Canyang, an old monster who had lived for tens of thousands of years.

With Gu Canyang's reminder, Lu Feng easily pulled out Kong Dingnan, who was pretending to be dead, from the pile of corpses.

"No, don't kill me!"

Sensing the terrifying killing intent emanating from Lu Feng, Kong Dingnan turned deathly pale and dared not resist in the slightest.

After all, even veteran Spirit Soul Realm experts like Zhao Yihu, the leader of the Star-type branch of the Wusheng Sect, and Jiang Qingtian, the leader of Qingtian Village, have died at Lu Feng's hands. How much less could he, a mere fourth-level Opening Meridian Realm nobody?

"Brother Kong Yi, Little Swallow, I'll leave this person to you to handle. After all, this is a family matter for your Kong family, and it's not appropriate for me, as an outsider, to interfere..."

With another flick of his wrist, Lu Feng tossed Kong Dingnan in front of the furious Kong siblings, grinning.

"Big brother, little sister, I'm sorry... I was wrong!"

Seeing Kong Yi and Kong Yan staring at him angrily, Kong Dingnan trembled with fear and immediately knelt down, his former arrogance gone. "I... I shouldn't have betrayed you and the Kong family! It's all my fault for being short-sighted. I'm not human, I'm guilty...!"

"Please, give me one last chance to atone for my sins, spare my worthless life...!"

"Second brother, no... Kong Dingnan."

Faced with Kong Dingnan's kneeling pleas for mercy, Kong Yi frowned slightly, then coldly said, "Do you know why Father insisted on stripping you of your heirship despite the opposition of all the elders?"

"What?"

When Kong Yi suddenly brought up the past, Kong Dingnan was also taken aback and looked surprised.

"Kong Dingnan, compared to me, your so-called elder brother, you were indeed more qualified to inherit the position of head of the Kong family back then, but..."

Kong Yi then changed the subject, his tone low and somber, "Back then, you were impetuous and acted too rashly. If you had directly inherited the position of Kong family head, I'm afraid you would have led the Kong family astray. Father took this into consideration, which is why he temporarily entrusted the succession to me..."

"What did you say?! Could it be that that old fellow Kong Youde was just...?!"

Seemingly realizing something, Kong Dingnan's eyes widened, a hint of disbelief appearing on his face.

"That's right. You not only failed your father's expectations, but you even went so far as to collude with foreign enemies to destroy the Kong family. Your sins are so grave that you can never atone for them, even in your next life..."

"Therefore, even if I can forgive you, my father and all the deceased members of the Kong family will never forgive you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Yi struck out with another palm, violently shattering Kong Dingnan's heart meridian, showing no mercy whatsoever.

Pfft...!

With his heart meridian shattered, Kong Dingnan vomited blood continuously, and then his body collapsed to the ground again, completely lifeless!

"Hmph! That bastard died just like that, it's too easy for him!"

Seeing Kong Yi shatter Kong Dingnan's heart meridian with a single palm strike, Kong Yan beside him clenched her fists tightly, then spat out a mouthful of saliva, seemingly still feeling unsatisfied.

"Brother Lu, there is a treasure that our Kong family has cherished for generations inside this storage ring. Once you return to Falling Star Academy and hand this treasure over to Elder Yuan Tiangang of the Martial Hall, this mission will be considered complete."

After dealing with Kong Dingnan, Kong Yi turned around again, then took out a low-level storage ring from his pocket and handed it to Lu Feng opposite him, as if he had been prepared for this.

"I see, then thank you very much, Brother Kong Yi."

Lu Feng reached out and accepted the storage ring. Although he didn't know what the treasure inside was, which was worth as much as 200,000 contribution points, he figured that given Kong Yi's personality, he probably wouldn't lie to him.

Moreover, since Falling Star Academy accepted Kong Yi's commission and offered rewards far exceeding those of ordinary four-star missions, it must have been based on some unfounded rumor.

...

One month later

Cangmang Mountain, Baiqiu Peak, Martial Arts Hall entrance

This place is not only the Martial Hall, one of the five major halls of Falling Star Academy, but also the teaching location of Yuan Tiangang, one of the Seven Sons of Falling Star and the elder of the Martial Hall.

As for the Martial Arts Hall, in addition to teaching martial arts, it is occasionally open to some disciples from the West Courtyard and above, so that they can practice martial arts and spar with each other to improve their skills and strength.

In addition, the rewards for most academy missions are also settled in the Martial Hall, and are uniformly handled by Elder Yuan Tiangang of the Martial Hall.

"Student Lu Feng greets Elder Yuan."

Upon entering the martial arts hall, Lu Feng found an elderly man with white hair sitting cross-legged with his back to him. Lu Feng bowed respectfully, his face showing a hint of excitement.

After all, the commission order from the former young master of the Kong family was worth as much as 200,000 contribution points, far exceeding that of an ordinary four-star mission.

Therefore, after successfully resolving the Kong family crisis, Lu Feng naturally rushed back to Falling Star Academy to receive his reward without even taking a breath.

"So you're Lu Feng, kid?"

In response to Lu Feng's bow, Yuan Tiangang snorted coldly, then slowly stood up and turned around. His aged face was full of indifference, as if he did not welcome the former.