Chapter 175 Did I Make a Mistake?

"I know you must find this hard to understand, so let me ask you this: if I wanted to kill you, would you just obediently wait to die?"

"Of course not! I'm not an idiot!"

"There you go. Even you know you shouldn't just obediently wait to die, so why should I sit here and wait for my demise? Right now, your Dragon King and I are effectively in a battle. Since he is attacking me, I will naturally fight back. Isn't that normal?" Jiang Chenfeng asked.

"This..."

Luo Chanyi's mind was a chaotic mess.

She shook her head vigorously and gritted her teeth. "I don't understand what you're saying. I only know that you harmed the Dragon King, and I must take revenge for him!"

Jiang Chenfeng sighed and said, "If I didn't harm him, he would have taken my life! Why don't you understand? Is it only acceptable for him to target me, but not for me to fight back?"

"This..."

"The duel between Lin Tian and me is not fair! He has the Seven Great Assassins helping him, as well as junior brothers, uncles, and so on, helping him every few days! But I only have myself. I can only rely on my brain to counter him, so this duel was never fair from the beginning!"

Luo Chanyi snorted coldly and said, "The Dragon King is the Son of Destiny. The fact that so many people are willing to risk their lives for him is a testament to his own ability and charisma! If you had the ability, you could also find so many people to help you, but you simply can't!"

"You don't have that kind of charisma, and you can't make others willing to die for you. That's your own problem. How can you have the nerve to talk about an unfair duel?"

Jiang Chenfeng gave a cold smile, clapped his hands, and retorted mockingly, "What a great 'charisma'! You might as well call it the protagonists halo; that would be much more convincing to me!"

"Furthermore, the capable and charismatic Dragon King you speak of, even with your help and that of several other famous assassins, still couldn't gain even the slightest advantage over me, Jiang Chenfeng. Don't you find that strange?"

"Your Dragon King is the one with the truly perfect starting hand. Although on the surface I am the young master of the richest man in yun province, everyone knows that not only are my connections inferior to his, but even the wealth that seemingly crushes him is actually far inferior to his!"

"You could say that at the very beginning of this world, only my mom and dad were truly good to me; everyone else hated me and wished I would die! Even though I was in such a disadvantageous position, your Dragon King still couldn't kill me and couldn't gain any advantage over me. Don't you want to ask why?"

"Why?"

Jiang Chenfeng sneered, "Naturally, it's because I'm smarter than him! Your Dragon King crushes me in almost every aspect. It's like two martial artists, where he is several major realms ahead of me. Killing me should be as easy as flipping his hand."

"And I only used my brain to save my own life, while also fighting back! Yet you ran up to me and told me I couldn't fight back against your Dragon King, or you'd kill me!"

"Is this fair? If you had even a shred of justice, you wouldn't be aiding the villain and helping him do such things! Are you really the kind of accomplice who cannot distinguish right from wrong, only knowing how to help a wicked person harm a good one?"

"This..."

Luo Chanyi was stunned where she stood.

Now she was truly confused.

Although her mind was a bit dizzy.

But she vaguely started to realize something.

It seemed that what Jiang Chenfeng said made some sense!

Seeing that Luo Chanyi had been swayed, Jiang Chenfeng struck while the iron was hot and continued, "If he were truly capable, no matter how smart I was, I would definitely have been murdered by him!"

"If I were killed by him, who would stand up for me? Who would hold a sword to his throat for my sake and do something like this?"

"Would you? If you wouldn't, then by what right do you demand that I cannot resist and must let your Dragon King slaughter me? Do I, Jiang Chenfeng, really deserve to die? Is my, Jiang Chenfeng's, life not a life?"

Resounding!

Forceful and powerful!

His words were deafening, leaving Luo Chanyi stuttering and stammering, "You... I... He..."

"What about him? He wanted to take my life and seize my Jiang Family's assets. In the end, because I was clever and quick-witted, he didn't succeed, and yet you still think it's my fault? Is there any justice or law left in this world?"

"Bu-but..."

"But what? Do you still not understand, or are you pretending not to? Cicada Garment, if you truly have even a shred of justice left in your heart, you should go back immediately and tell Lin Tian to leave Yun Province and start over in another province. I, Jiang Chenfeng, will absolutely not allow him to annex our Jiang Family!"

"Oh!"

Luo Chanyi felt that what Jiang Chenfeng said made sense.

It was clearly the Dragon King's lack of ability that he failed to defeat Jiang Chenfeng head-on!

Does Jiang Chenfeng really have to just take the beating without fighting back?

"It's good that you understand! He doesn't have the ability to defeat me head-on, so he sent you to scheme against me. I won't blame you for anything, because you are also just following orders, but I must let you know what you are doing right now!"

"I know now! I shouldn't be doing this; it's immoral! If the Dragon King defeats you head-on, then that's just because your own abilities were lacking."

"Correct! If I were defeated head-on by Lin Tian, I would be willing to let him dispose of me! But if I were killed by you like this, I would certainly be resentful! And you, being used by him, must not feel good either, right?"

"Yes! My behavior is dishonorable..."

"Since you understand everything, hurry up and put your sword away. If others see it, it might cause a misunderstanding!"

Luo Chanyi slowly retracted her longsword.

But she kept feeling... that she had fallen for his trap!

It felt like something wasn't quite right?

But she really couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong.

When she came here, she was still full of killing intent.

Thinking of the Dragon King's miserable state, she had wanted to hack Jiang Chenfeng into ten thousand pieces.

But after listening to Jiang Chenfeng's words, she felt a bit guilty instead.

Did she really do something wrong?

Danger averted!

Jiang Chenfeng let out a genuine sigh of relief.

He was afraid that Luo Chanyi would realize the truth and continue to attack him, so he quickly reached out and hugged her.

"Cicada Garment, I hope you understand one thing: all of this was caused by your Dragon King! As long as he doesn't want to annex our families, I won't have any issues with him. All the conflicts and contradictions between us are in his hands to decide!"

"As long as he is willing, we can shake hands and make peace tomorrow, and become true, intimate friends!"