Chapter 1691: Chapter 1691

Suddenly, a voice rang out, and Li Yifei’s muscles tensed up. He heard a tiny sound and hurried over. It was a corpse facing away from him, pressed against the stone wall, hunched over with several knives and swords embedded in it. Li Yifei hadn’t even noticed it earlier.

At this moment, a small sound came from beneath the corpse, and Li Yifei was immediately excited. It was a very faint, weak voice, but it was a child’s voice. Li Yifei was certain he wasn’t mistaken.

He rushed to the corpse, his hand already reached out, but he hesitated. The body was pierced with knives and swords. He was worried that those weapons had penetrated through the body, harming the child underneath.

This hesitation lasted less than a second before Li Yifei reached out and grabbed the corpse, carefully lifting it while tilting his head to observe the situation beneath.

The corpse was very light, seemingly less than a hundred pounds. Li Yifei felt it as soon as he touched it. To his shock, two seconds later, he saw clearly who the owner of the corpse was, and Li Yifei’s heart shrank.

The corpse was actually Master Void; he had already been dead for a while, the body had started to stiffen. When Li Yifei lifted it, the corpse still held that embracing posture.

Li Yifei saw the child beneath, who was still wrapped in swaddling clothes, with only a little face and neck exposed—both stained with blood, as were the blankets soaked in it. But the child was unharmed, despite the knives and swords having pierced through Master Void’s body.

Li Yifei felt conflicted; upon seeing this scene, he could suddenly analyze many things. The knives and swords surely weren’t Elder Feng’s but belonged to those slain around—the ones who assassinated Master Void. So, was Master Void not in league with them?

"Giggling!" The child saw Li Yifei and even let out a laugh, innocent and pure, unaware of the danger he had been in. Seeing his father brought a natural sense of closeness that made him laugh.

The laughter broke the silence below the cliff. Li Yifei placed Master Void’s corpse aside, ignoring it for the moment, and instead reached out to hold the child. He paused upon seeing the bloodstains on his hands, hurriedly wiped them on his clothes, and only then reached out again, one hand supporting the child’s neck, the other under the little behind, carefully lifting him.

Li Yifei was extremely careful and even tense, fearful that upon lifting the child, he might find him injured. But thankfully, the child was fine, apart from the bloodstains, without a single wound. Held in Li Yifei’s arms, the child didn’t cry, but stared wide-eyed, curiously watching Li Yifei.

"Hungry, aren’t you, son? Soon Dad will take you back to find Mom, and we’ll ask her for milk!" Li Yifei tugged on the blanket, gently wiping the blood off the child’s face.

The child’s mouth puckered, seemingly very hungry, with his little tongue curling out, yet he didn’t cry, exceptionally well-behaved.

Li Yifei spoke into the communication device, briefly describing the situation here. Murong Yuanqing was shocked and urgently asked Li Yifei to confirm it was Master Void. Li Yifei, holding the child, squatted and turned Master Void’s corpse over, pulled out the knives and swords, tossing them aside. Master Void’s eyes were open, but there wasn’t much indignation in his expression—more like he was just looking at the child from that previous angle.

"He’s dead, struck with penetrating wounds all over by swords and knives..." Li Yifei said.

On the phone, Murong Yuanqing’s gasp came through; Li Yifei couldn’t see his expression, but surely Murong Yuanqing wasn’t calm right now.

"I will come over as soon as possible, Yifei, be careful!" Murong Yuanqing said gravely. This time, the loss was significant; Yao Lingfu was critically injured, unconscious, her ordeal unknown. Old Feng, who chased after according to Li Yifei’s account, was also badly hurt and had fallen into a coma, while the long-suspected Master Void was now stabbed to death by those people. Follow current novels on 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱

Three top masters of Huaxia—one dead, two injured—such a loss was already extremely great. These people had spent their lives fighting for this country, and when old, deserved a good end, yet died here. Murong Yuanqing felt he was responsible for their fate.

Li Yifei also felt guilty, but at this moment, he couldn’t understand what truly happened, so he could only wait for them to wake up and reconstruct the circumstances.

Elder Feng’s injuries were lighter than Yao Lingfu’s; maybe he only fainted from exhaustion. After Li Yifei transferred his scarce True Qi to him, Elder Feng slowly regained consciousness. He opened his eyes, saw Li Yifei, and let out a long breath, croaking, "Good thing you’re here; this old man needs to sleep some more. Damn, I’m exhausted."

Li Yifei grinned, wanting to laugh, but before he could, Elder Feng tilted his head and truly fell asleep this time.

Luckily, Elder Feng was okay; his weakness notwithstanding, his bodily harm wasn’t severe.

Li Yifei sat down, holding the child. Despite being very hungry, the child didn’t cry, still well-behaved.

At this moment, Li Yifei, as a father, put aside chaotic possibilities, focused on the child’s safety, which to him, mattered more than anything else.

The first helicopter arrived, descending seven people. As they landed, they signaled to Li Yifei before dispersing four of them for perimeter defense, while the remaining three inspected the deceased.

Li Yifei remained still, holding the child, sitting beside Elder Feng.

Ten minutes later, Murong Yuanqing jumped down from the second helicopter, releasing his hold from ten meters high, landing on the ground. Murong Yuanqing rushed over, first checking Elder Feng to ensure he was okay, then hurried to Master Void’s corpse, momentarily unsure what to do.

Old friends of many years, Murong Yuanqing was really unwilling to believe Master Void was behind it all, and now that he was dead, killed by those swords and knives, at least some suspicion could be cleared.

"It was Master Void using his body to protect the child!" Li Yifei said, standing with the child and approaching Murong Yuanqing, having closed Master Void’s eyes himself. He’d spoken some words to Master Void’s corpse earlier, but alas, they went unheard.

Murong Yuanqing nodded heavily, slowly stood up, sighed, and said, "What we seek now is a peaceful end, but unfortunately, this old fellow couldn’t achieve that."