Xie Feng's gaze was absorbed in the crimson-red flames burning at several thousand degrees Celsius. Such a flame, capable of destroying everything in its path like an erupting volcano, could actually feel so warm and be so kind.
Not only Xie Feng, but Mu Wuying was also the same. She could feel how the flames caressed her skin gently and rolled over her with no intention of hurting her. It was like a curious infant wandering around with its parents, restless.
Even though he knew it, Xie Feng did not get carried away by the beautiful sight and surrounded himself and Mu Wuying with a small wind barrier. Although the barrier created by Xie Feng was put together with minimal effort and randomly, it was enough to resist a few of Yao Xiyu's attacks.... Of course, that was Xie Feng's estimation; as long as the patriarch of the Yao Family was only as strong as the flames he had poked earlier, then even if Yao Xiyu attacked several times he would not be able to do anything.
Swoosh!
After burning for about twenty seconds, the crimson flame that surrounded the room like a sea of fire, quickly receded like a tide drawn in as if it were seawater attracted by a vortex. The crimson flame began to enter the body of Yao Mei, who was still bedridden, and in less than three seconds the room was back to normal.
Mu Wuying and Xie Feng were silent.
Yao Mei's face had already fully recovered, her breathing had stabilized, and the occasional shaking of her body had completely stopped.
Instead of a haggard-looking girl who could die at any moment, there was now a beauty who, though immature, possessed a face so beautiful and a body so seductive that it could put grown women into shame.
"That's it?" Mu Wuying couldn't help but ask cautiously.
Xie Feng casually shrugged his shoulders and explained, "This girl should wake up any moment now. But to put your mind at ease, we can wait here until she opens her eyes."
At Xie Feng's proposal, Mu Wuying hesitated for a moment but finally shook her head, "I believe in you. Besides, it will be better for us to leave here. If what you said is true, then the patriarch of the Yao Family should be arriving any moment now and he might not come alone. You should know that Yao Mei's status in the Yao Family is special and delicate.... She is not only loved by her parents, but she is also the hope of her whole family.... But because of her attitude for the past ten years, things are somewhat complicated."
Indeed. With the power Yao Mei demonstrated at such a young age, a power capable of rivaling her own father, it was natural to expect that she would grow even more and become such a powerful existence that it would be difficult to estimate the extent of her power. Because of this, the Yao Family would naturally do everything possible to protect her and since Yao Xiyu had discovered that the barrier protecting his daughter's room was destroyed, it was natural for him to rush here at the first possible moment.
As for why Yao Mei was the way she was, Xie Feng neither knew nor cared. He had a family of his own.... Small, but a family he vowed to make happy by any means possible. Therefore, he had no reason or motive to think about other people's family problems.
Tap... Tap... Tap... Tap... Tap... Tap...
While Xie Feng and Mu Wuying were chatting, just as they were about to turn around and leave the same place they came from without arousing suspicion or disturbing, the sound of several hurried footsteps coming from the hallway in the direction of Yao Mei's room startled them both.
Mu Wuying looked at Xie Feng and her eyes shivered as she whispered, "And now, what should we do?"
Xie Feng couldn't help but laugh at her worried look and unconsciously patted her hair gently just like he was used to doing in the past. However, after realizing what he was doing, he stopped and comforted her, "Cough.... Well, don't worry. We'll be fine. You'll see."
Mu Wuying was so scared and worried that she couldn't even enjoy the caresses Xie Feng had given her. She wanted to say something about it, but just then, several people entered the room in a hurry.
A woman and a middle-aged man, a young man of about 25-26 years old entered the door while several armed guards surrounded the place, protecting the people inside the room.
The people who had arrived were Beiming Fei, Yao Xiyu, Yao Mei's parents, in addition to her big brother Yao Zenyu.
"Mei'er!" Beiming Fei cried out, completely ignoring her appearance, and ran to the bed where her daughter was lying.
"Wh-...." However, when she saw her daughter Yao Mei's current appearance, Beiming Fei gasped.
Yao Xiyu frowned at his wife's clearly surprised attitude and also approached while carefully inspecting the surroundings and making several signs to the armed bodyguards. Although everything seemed normal, he was the one who erected a defensive barrier that protected his daughter's room from intruders so he clearly felt that barrier being forcibly destroyed a minute ago.
But what frightened Yao Xiyu the most was the ease with which his barrier was destroyed and his defenses were broken through. If the person capable of doing that wanted to hurt his daughter Yao Mei, it would be difficult to protect her... Yao Xiyu was even prepared to make several sacrifices.... He could not let someone hurt his daughter.
"What's this all about..." Yao Xiyu muttered as he looked at his daughter in surprise. However, that surprise soon turned to euphoria and he quickly inspected her condition.
For every second that passed, Beiming Fei trembled in fright as she covered her mouth and sobbed silently, looking at her husband and anxiously awaiting news.
"Ha... Ha ha ha ha ha!" Yao Xiyu removed the hand he had on his daughter's forehead and began to laugh out loud. From anyone's point of view, it looked as if he had suddenly gone mad.
Beiming Fei's lips trembled, as if she wanted to say something. From her husband's laughter, she estimated that her daughter was fine.... But she was so scared that she didn't dare to ask.
After laughing hysterically for several seconds in succession, Yao Xiyu, with a big smile, looked at his wife and eldest son as he cheerfully said. "See? What did I tell you! Mei'er is perfectly fine! How can my daughter be defeated so easily? Even death must bow down to us!"
What Yao Xiyu didn't know was that while he was acting arrogantly, there were two people hiding in the corner of the room watching the scene in different moods.
Mu Wuying had covered her mouth with both hands as if she was afraid that the slightest sound would give them away. At the same time, as she observed the unfolding situation with her beautiful sky-blue eyes, she was incredibly shocked. Although she had already seen some of what Xie Feng could do with his skill, with each passing minute the surprises only grew more and more.
Weak? Are the skill users capable of controlling wind were the weakest?
All wind-type Espers were the weakest. This was something well known to all skill users and politicians or people with enough power to know about the existence of such people. Although wind Espers possessed high capabilities of espionage, tracking, and assassination, they were very weak as their physical and mental capabilities were no different from those of a normal person. They could not even stop bullets, so even a normal person with a gun was a dangerous threat to them.
So what about Xie Feng? Even without having seen him in action, forget about stopping bullets, Mu Wuying was sure that even an attack missile could not hurt him! Currently, except for a few elders of the Yang Family and Yang Tian, who was a genius that appeared once every few centuries, no one else in China had the ability to come out unscathed from an attack of such magnitude... But after seeing the ease with which Xie Feng did things and the skill with which he controlled the wind of the atmosphere, even a rain of missiles could not touch him.
If Xie Feng knew Mu Wuying's thoughts he would probably shock his head and feel offended. Missiles? Forget about missiles, the past Xie Feng was confident of surviving a nuclear bomb attack let alone the current Xie Feng who was tens of times more powerful!
While Mu Wuying was shocked, Xie Feng looked at Yao Xiyu. His currently golden eyes flashed coldly and a wind spear formed in his hands.
'Death must bow? Who says so? You?' Xie Feng sneered and his lips curved coldly.
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He pointed the spear at Yao Xiyu's heart and the elemental weapon elongated at his will, stopping just a few inches away.... Just a little more, and if Xie Feng wanted to, he could easily claim the life of one of the most powerful men in the world.
Yao Xiyu continued to grin from ear to ear, unaware that the scythe of death lay inches from his neck and that his life could end at any moment.
Just then, while everyone had different feelings such as surprise, hesitation, fear, etc.... The eyes of the sleeping beauty lying on the bed slowly opened, surprising everyone and stopping all movement.