Chapter 15: Restoration (18+)
Heroic Chivalry: The Green Legend – Chapter Fifteen: Restoration
After achieving mastery in martial arts, I thought every day about what I would do the next time I saw Feng Tianhao. Kill him? Cripple him? Or, like he did to me, fuck his wife in front of him? I wanted to do all of these, but whenever I thought of the last one, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for his wife, Li Yingxue.
Li Yingxue married Feng Tianhao after his first wife died; they’ve been married for nearly five years. As the head of the Butian Pavilion, she is cold, strong, and decisive one of the ten great beauties of her time, just like Jingyi. Even now, she’s a beautiful noblewoman comparable to Jingyi. Feng Tianhao is now cunning and sinister, but Li Yingxue is fair and just. Without her, the martial world would be in chaos. If Feng Tianhao lost her, his evil nature would have long been exposed.
That’s what I used to think, but now, seeing Feng Tianhao, I was shocked. At this moment, seeing him, memories, guilt, and hatred welled up in my heart. Nostalgia, because we were once the best of friends, brothers in arms. Guilt, because I never considered why my closest friend would do such cruel things to my beloved wife. Hatred, for the evil power that had corrupted my best friend.
That’s right Feng Tianhao, my former friend and the man who brought me years of humiliation, has been controlled by an evil art, and for quite some time. The Feng Tianhao standing before me was shrouded in a sinister demonic aura. That aura didn’t belong to him and was at odds with his original cultivation. If I hadn’t practiced Qiankun Wuji Gong, I never would have noticed it.
Besides me, only Jingyi had noticed that the current martial alliance leader was under control she too had mastered a divine art. Jingyi’s expression was complicated; she had cursed this man countless times, but now, seeing he was merely a victim, she didn’t know how to react.
"My old friend, may I have a word with you?" Feng Tianhao asked heartily. He looked every bit the heroic martial artist, none of his usual cunning visible.
Many came out to meet him Li Hanbing, Ding Zaiyang, my cousin, even the injured Nangong Feihua. Behind Feng Tianhao were many followers; he was sure I wouldn’t expose him in front of so many, for Jingyi’s sake. But what he didn’t know was that Jingyi and I had already agreed privately to break the evil spell on him. After all, there are few in the world whose spiritual arts can rival Jingyi’s.
I kept a calm face and invited Feng Tianhao and his group into the manor. On the way, I kept thinking: when did Feng Tianhao fall under the spell? Recalling our meetings over the years, I realized his behavior changed about five years ago right when he married Li Yingxue.
A chill ran through me. Was this seemingly upright, strong woman actually from the demonic path? Or...? I quietly said to Feng Tianhao, "Feng Tianhao, I didn’t expect you to dare come."
"What’s there to fear? What’s done is done. I have to face it. Otherwise, with our strength, we’d only destroy each other. I believe there’s always a way to appease you," he replied.