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Those were his relatives" personal tags, after all. And there just would be some man-hating woman among the arrivals who would kick up a big fuss about that. And so accuse the Lin Family of being involved in the whole scheme.

Far better for everyone that no one else knew about the tags, was his opinion. So long as they were not seen, everyone would just believe their story, that those people hired by the Purple Serpent Sect had been faking the Lin Family name, to cause trouble for the Su Family.

As for the Snow Swallow Palace disciples that showed up, they were quickly pulled away by the Su Family to attend to their injuries. Apparently, a good number of them had received minor injuries during the fight.

As for the Li Changhai group, Lin Liushui was his usual charming self, a.s.suring everyone that no one had received any wounds of note, and soon had the whole family eating out of his hands, as he described all of the action to those who were stuck in the rear courtyards, and never got to see a thing.

The way that he painted the Su Patriarch as a dominant player had the latter beaming with pride before too long. Which made him even more popular than he had been prior to the confrontation. If that could even be possible.

Qin Feng, on the other hand, felt that his work was done, and quickly hid himself in his guest room to recuperate. He claimed that he had just obtained some insights during his battle and wanted to concentrate on his cultivation for a while. Naturally, no one dared to disturb him.

Well, it didn"t really take that long, to deal with the mild injuries that he had received from the fight. There was only a bit of internal bleeding and his qi channels had been a little shaken up. But he would recover from those in two or three days, he was certain.

What really bothered him was how they were going to deal with the other Snow Swallow Mountain forces that were going to arrive. Just how much of the situation were they going to share? This was far more complicated than what he had expected, when he head out there. And Lin Liushui just had to have pushed him into the main character"s role!

That was bothersome, to say the least!

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Three days later, Qin Feng revised that thought! What he had considered bothersome three days ago was only the tip of the iceberg, once the other Snow Swallow Palace people showed up!

And Elder Mu led a contingent of some twenty-odd disciples to reinforce the Su Family position. While that could not be said to be surprising, given how the girls who had showed up first had raised the alarm, it did make matters a little more complicated.

Qin Feng had not expected to be dealing with an Elder from the Palace.

After she had been briefed about what had happened, the Elder had sighed, and simply waved a hand at the young women who were gathered at her back. Most of them looked grateful for the trio"s a.s.sistance, but it was clear that there were two or three of them who had animosity in their glares. Something that annoyed Qin Feng somewhat. After all, hadn"t they gone through all that trouble, to break them free of the siege laid by the Purple Serpent Sect?

Why did they look as if they wanted to bite him to death?

Or was it just for the fact that they had missed a good fight?

"We should thank you for fending them off like that. And for discovering the involvement of the Purple Serpent Sect. We had just had news from the Palace, and Elder Wei had left for the Mountain together with five of our most senior disciples posted here. Hence, our strength here had been severely diminished. Your aid has been most appreciated, Young Master Qin. And Young Master Lin."

Lin Liushui dipped into a bow as soon as he heard that. And fanned himself with a confident smile as he straightened his back again. "Think nothing of it. We were pleased to be of a.s.sistance to you. Indeed, this is the second of your Snow Swallow Mountain outposts that we had rescued. There is another, in the villages to the South, that had been attacked as well.

"I take it that you had not heard of this?"

The middle-aged woman looked shocked to hear the news, and a murmuring arose among the women at her back. Qin Feng noted that even those who had been staring daggers at him earlier had retracted their claws in the gazes, and were wondering at the motivations of the Purple Serpent Sect.

"I will admit that I had not received any news of this. When did this take place? Are they out of danger now?"

Lin Liushui rea.s.sured them quickly. "We have settled them in one of your more fortified villages. The one that lies next to the forest there. They have also begun to set up traps, in case the Purple Serpent Sect returns. The one in charge, Ye Honghua, came with us to defend this place. Hence, we were able to arrive in such a timely fashion."

His statement was enough to put a blush on Ye Honghua"s face, who seemed a little nervous since she had been singled out for praise. But Elder Mu Xiuwen only chuckled and pointed a finger at her nose.

"I do not have to warn you about putting on airs. but that was well done, neice of mine. Now I have something to report to your mother. Luckily, it is nothing embarra.s.sing."

She laughed then, with a good number of the senior disciples joining in, and elbowing Ye Honghua. The relief was so obvious on the Disciple"s face, that even Li Changhai and Lin Liushui chuckled along with them.

Qin Feng, on the other hand, merely smiled. It was a good thing that she was related to Mu Xiuwen, he thought. He had spent a good bit of time on her, convincing her of his infatuation with Xu Yanzhi. If she, in turn, tells her aunt about that rumour ...

Lin Liushui"s next question, however, stopped him before he got any further.

"What do you think we should do now, Elder Mu? Do you need to report this back to the Snow Swallow Palace?"

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