Chapter 176 - Evanescence: The Prideful Son of Heaven (1/2)

Qin Fen took the nutrient solution and gave it to Xing Wuyi. The disdainful gaze of the comet level expert seeped with ridicule, as he assumed that Qin Fen didn’t understand what the nutrient solution was.

Xing Wuyi pushed the offered nutrient solution back to Qin Fen. His tone revealed quite the fatigue. “This is some good stuff. This is a high-grade nutrient solution. It can alleviate the body’s fatigue.”

Qin Fen didn’t decline this time around, but neither did he want to bicker with the meteor level expert who knew what it really was. He stuffed the nutrient solution into the pocket of his military uniform.

Such an action grew the gazes of ridicule of several people. It was as if they were saying, you really are a country bumpkin who lacks experience.

Qin Fen wasn’t in the mood to bicker with the arrogant and lofty experts about possessing true knowledge. The near-complete depletion of true energy could not be restored by a bottle of nutrient solution. Enzo Rota’s Super Berserker Pill and Super Armor Pill had such tyrannical side effects. Only those who ate these pills for themselves would know of these side effects.

The vehicle’s journey was smooth from beginning to end. It took approximately half an hour before it began to slow to a stop.

The door to the vehicle opened, and Qin Fen walked out, carrying Du Zhanpeng. He was given a fright when he saw where they were.

What a large house! It clearly had the appearance of a civilian residence, yet there was even a gatehouse at the entrance. It seeped with a faint air akin to that of a lookout post outside the entrance to a military camp. There were even soldiers, wearing the common uniform of the Army, standing in front of the entrance. These people were in charge of guard work.

Qin Fen studied the new guards a few times. Though they clearly wore the common military uniform of the Army, their bodies exuded faintly with powerful auras. Their strengths were probably in the realm of the comet level.

Door guards? And they didn’t even have any military ranking emblems on their uniforms, even though the uniforms were that of the Army. They were comet level martial artists as well? A series of puzzling questions flashed in Qin Fen’s mind. This couldn’t be Du Hen’s residence, right?

They made their way past the courtyard and approached the large villa doors of the two-story building. Du Hen’s held a wisteria walking stick in his hand as he sat on a chair, carved out of wood, in the middle of the room.

He gently raised his hand when he saw Qin Fen, pointing the walking stick at the Du Zhanpeng in Qin Fen’s hands. “Carry Pengster away.”

There was a seasoned soldier with the martial artist strength of the comet level standing beside Qin Fen. He reached out with both arms.

Qin Fen looked at Du Zhanpeng, who was against his chest. The deathly-white face was the same as usual, and the ice-cold body never showed any signs of taking a turn for the better all this time.

“Give him to me. You have done your best already.”

The seasoned soldier spoke, but this time the lofty and arrogant air was no longer contained within his voice. Instead, his voice revealed a hint of sorrow.

Qin Fen gently sighed. Since Du Zhangpeng was the child of the Du Family, the Du Family really did have the authority to take him. They were his family, after all.

“If it is possible….” Qin Fen spoke to the seasoned soldier, who was carrying Du Zhangpeng away. “Still ask for a doctor. Perhaps a miracle may truly occur.”

A faint tremble ran through the seasoned soldier’s body. The footsteps he strode out with stopped for that one moment before quickly leaving the hall.

“Sit.”

Du Hen’s expression was just as dignified and imposing as it was from the very beginning. There was a difference, however. A haggard pain from mourning over his grandchild was seen on his forehead. The haggardness faintly gathered there, not dispersing.

Very casually, the wisteria cane lightly knocked against the ground with a single strike. His commanding words made it very hard to refuse him.

Qin Fen was far too tired. He strove, never giving up, on the entire journey. This caused his mind, true energy, and even body to be sent to their limits. Overdrafting all his strength past their limits like this had never appeared even in the two weeks of training. He immediately sunk into the sofa.

“What sort of desires did Pengster possess before he left?”

“He hoped that Du Peng….”

“Don’t talk about him.” Du Hen raised his wisteria cane, gently swaying it. “Talk about other things.”

Qin Fen looked at Du Hen, unable to understand. Was this old man not the Viper King who was the most proficient in planning? Even if he didn’t feel even an ounce of love toward Du Peng, his own bloodline, he should know that it is very likely that Du Zhanpeng’s death was real. Du Peng could allow the Du Family to continue on, for he too was one of their offspring. Why was Du Hen so stubborn? Why did intense malice flash in his eyes when he heard Du Peng’s name?

After a short period of silence, Qin Fen shook his head, feeling very tired. “There is nothing else.”

Du Hen was stunned at first before his lips lifted into a faint smile. His eyes flickered faintly with the misty waters of tears.

He placed down the wisteria cane in his hands, and his two hands gently clapped in applause.

There was only the sound of Du Hen clapping in this peaceful hall.

Clap… clap…

“Good… good…. it really is good….” Du Hen’s voice, which was full of grief, seeped with faint pride. “No wonder he is the grandchild who I, Du Hen, looked heavily upon. He was even able to trick me.”

Killing intent filled the air fo the hall in a split second. The ice-cold killing intent had only one source: Du Hen’s body.

The eyes of the Viper King were filled with fury. He was merely sitting, and his feet weren’t even lifted, but Qin Fen could feel his own sofa trembling.

It wasn’t that the sofa itself was trembling, but rather that the ground within a five meters radius of Du Hen was trembling.

In this instance, countless cracks emerged in the perfectly polished marble tiles.

“It’s a pity… a real pity….” Du Hen shook his head over and over. “It’s a pity that my grandchild, he who is this intelligent, did the most stupid thing of all. Du Peng’s aptitude is limited. At most, he can only become an expert in his future growth. It is impossible for him to become a commander, and it is even more impossible for him to become an apex expert. I should have known… I should have known… I should have known to kill Du Peng earlier on.”