My Brilliant CEO Wife

Chapter 1214 - 1217: If You Understand, Get Lost

"You have your own choice. Just follow what you really think inside. Everyone has their own pursuit, and even the Pavilion Master won't force you!"Having lived so many years, Elder Shangjian was as sly as an old fox. With one glance he saw the change in Gu Feng's eyes and expression, and spoke to him softly.

"Mr. Yun, I'm afraid this old man cannot accept. True, the terms you've offered are very tempting, and I also believe what you said is true, but I have my own principles. Ever since I was three, I've been a man of Mingjian Pavilion. Thirty years ago I learned the First Sword of the Heaven-Slaying Seven Swords, twenty-five years ago I learned the Second Sword of the Heaven-Slaying Seven Swords…"

Ten years ago, by sheer coincidence, I even learned the Third Sword of the Heaven-Slaying Seven Swords. The Pavilion Master then granted me the name Shangjian, and had me act in his stead, managing everything big and small in Mingjian Pavilion. I have always done my utmost, and never once done anything that would wrong Mingjian Pavilion!

Now that I've lost to you, Mr. Bai, then naturally I must also die for Mingjian Pavilion. So, kill me!"

Shangjian himself didn't know where that surge of strength came from, but he actually managed to slowly stand up. Those cloudy old eyes of his, when he spoke of learning the sword, once again emitted faint shafts of brilliance.

"Tsk tsk, I don't appreciate this so-called loyalty of yours. Do you know I really will kill you?" Yun Hao shook his head, not agreeing with the other party's decision.

Loyalty is something you talk about, sure—but it depends on the situation, and even more on the people involved.

Take him and Tank and Cold Face, for example. Between them they absolutely talked loyalty. But if it came to a life-and-death moment and one of them could live, they would definitely let that one live, and that person would absolutely have no hesitation, and run for his life.

Not because they were afraid of death, but because someone had to stay alive to avenge the brothers.

But look at Shangjian right now.

This "loyalty" of his wasn't about brotherhood at all—it was about his so-called dignity.

If you don't even have your life, what the hell use is dignity?

"All men must die; some deaths are weightier than Taishan, some lighter than a feather. I, Shangjian, do not fear death!" Hearing that Yun Hao was going to kill him, Shangjian instead puffed his chest out even straighter, looking every bit the heroic martyr seeking death.

Anyone who didn't know better would have thought this Shangjian was some kind of hero!

"Where's all this crap coming from? You think you're some hero or something?" Yun Hao let out a disdainful chuckle. As soon as his words fell, he raised his hand and slapped out, his palm landing squarely on Shangjian's chest.

For many people, Yun Hao's palm strike came far too suddenly—so sudden that before they could even react to what had happened, Shangjian was already dead.

Only, when Shangjian died his body didn't go flying. Instead, after Yun Hao's palm landed, his body turned into a puddle of mush, collapsing limply to the ground like a heap of rotten mud.

The dignified Second Elder of the number one Sect, Mingjian Pavilion, was thus smacked to death by a single palm from Yun Hao, leaving the onlookers all sighing in shock.

"And you? Do you want to die, or do you want to become strong from this day on?"

Yun Hao had no interest in responding to the crowd's shock. As if he had casually squashed an ant, he clapped his hands, then turned his head to look at Gu Feng at his side, who seemed scared stupid.

Kill him, fight him to the death!

Hearing what Yun Hao said to Gu Feng, everyone shouted loudly in their hearts, hoping Gu Feng would avenge Shangjian. Even if he couldn't beat Yun Hao, he should at least fight him with everything he had.

Gu Feng seemed to have just been wandering outside his body, and that one simple sentence from Yun Hao yanked his soul back into place.

Staring in shock at Shangjian, who had turned into a puddle of blood on the ground, Gu Feng unconsciously swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, the fat on his face twitching involuntarily.

"Master above, Gu Feng pays respects to Master!"

Thud!

Gu Feng decisively knelt to the ground. Under everyone's astonished gazes, he knelt before Yun Hao, knocked three extremely loud kowtows, and both his words and attitude were respectful to the extreme.

To the onlookers, Gu Feng's move was extremely shocking. But after the shock, it also felt perfectly reasonable, as if this was exactly the choice Gu Feng was supposed to make.

"Not bad, get up. From today on, you'll follow me." Yun Hao gave a faint nod, his expression without the slightest ripple, without any joy at having just subdued a powerful general.

Hearing Yun Hao's words, Gu Feng stood up as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders, and respectfully stood behind Yun Hao, truly like a servant.

Everyone watching felt as if they were dreaming at what had just happened before their eyes.

The companions around them had died one after another, and among the powerhouses of the three great Sects, only Sun Fei of the Celestial Saint Sect was left.

Of course Sun Fei had noticed this as well. Although he was the Second Elder of the Celestial Saint Sect, among those who had come this time, one could say that aside from Shangjian, he was the strongest.

But so what?

In front of a freak like Yun Hao, he still didn't have the slightest ability to resist.

"I'll give you the same chance. Acknowledge me as your master, and I'll spare your life." Yun Hao looked at Sun Fei in front of him and said blandly.

"This old slave Sun Fei pays respects to Master!"

Hearing Yun Hao's words, Sun Fei almost didn't hesitate at all. He directly knelt in front of Yun Hao, kowtowed three loud times with extreme devotion, and shouted loudly.

"Very good. Go stand with Gu Feng." Yun Hao nodded in satisfaction and gave Sun Fei an order.

Hearing Yun Hao's words, Sun Fei was of course overjoyed.

He didn't have to die—how could he not be happy?

Seeing that even Sun Fei had been subdued by Yun Hao, the last tiny spark of hope in everyone's hearts was instantly extinguished. One by one, they wilted like frost-bitten eggplants.

Yun Hao swept his eyes around the crowd and said loudly, "Go back and tell the Sect Leaders of your own Sects that within three days, they are to bring half of all the treasures in their Sects and personally deliver them to Piaomiao Palace. Otherwise, I'll go to their doors and collect in person!"

"Did you all hear clearly? If you did, then hurry up and get lost. Or do you still want to stay for dinner?" Seeing that everyone still stood there like a bunch of stunned chickens, Yun Hao grew impatient and added another line.

Whoosh!

As soon as Yun Hao's voice fell, everyone still alive turned around and ran—either up the mountain or down it—as if fleeing for their lives. They ran so fast that even the sprinters from Jamaica would probably be ashamed in front of them.

In the blink of an eye, the previously crowded area outside Piaomiao Palace's mountain gate now held only Yun Hao's people and a pile of mangled corpses.

"Tell your disciples to clean this up. It's way too dirty. Really ruins the image. What if it scares off the bosses coming over to deliver treasures?"

Yun Hao complained to Qing Luan, earning an eye-roll from her.

Only, when she saw Yun Hao raising his big hand, she instantly didn't dare voice the slightest objection.

However, it was already too late.