Ji Yunxi and the woman stared at each other from afar.
Feng Xingzhi quietly stepped forward and whispered, "She's figured it out."
Ji Yunxi nodded with a smile.
Du Tianchen was utterly confused. "Figured out what?"
Feng Xingzhi jerked his chin. "You felt the key yourself. Didn't you notice it was fake?"
Ji Yunxi was a bit curious and turned to look at Feng Xingzhi. He was usually mild - tempered. Why did he seem so irritated now?
Du Tianchen didn't pick up on the irritation and chuckled, "I thought it was real. When Miss Ji tossed it up, it gave me quite a scare."
"Don't worry. All the keys are safe."
The Scar - faced Man, having been beaten by Du Tianchen, returned to the thin man. The thin man had stopped screaming and was just glaring with blood - red eyes. "Big Brother, let's not act rashly. Look, that woman hasn't moved yet. I'm afraid the key is fake. Don't go up and fight them."
The Scar - faced Man was already scared. Hearing what the thin man said, it was a good excuse not to charge forward. So he quietly backed away and watched the others fight.
Du Tianchen saw many people around the formation had fallen. He felt a bit uncomfortable. "Is it really worth it to fight over a single key?"
Ji Yunxi chimed in, "A man will risk his life for wealth, just as a bird will for food. Where there's profit, there will be fighting. That's the way of the world."
"Don't the gods and Buddhas act like this?"
Gods?
Ji Yunxi's heart skipped a beat. It was as if something was hidden behind a fog.
"I'm just an ordinary person. Who knows what the gods and Buddhas will do?"
Feng Xingzhi watched them talking and felt annoyed. Although Du Tianchen's admiration for Ji Yunxi was mostly due to her strength, she was so charming that it was hard to say his admiration wouldn't turn into love.
He felt a sense of crisis and immediately stepped forward to hug Ji Yunxi. "Xixi."
"What's wrong?"
Feng Xingzhi opened his mouth. How could he say it? That he was jealous? That he didn't like seeing them talk?
Feng Xingzhi felt something was off about himself. He shook his head and said nothing.
Du Tianchen clicked his tongue twice. "This so - called noble lady is really ruthless. She knew the key was fake but still let them kill each other."
Ji Yunxi squinted. Who said she wasn't? She simply didn't care about these people's lives.
"But is she stupid? Wouldn't more people mean more strength against us?"
Ji Yunxi smiled. "Silly boy, she didn't come for the key at all. She just wants to use our hands to get rid of these people. And what a great opportunity for some people to take revenge in the chaos."
"Take revenge?"
"Right. I said whoever grabs it gets it. Why be so ruthless? Look at those who are so vicious. I bet they were just waiting for the chaos to take revenge."
Du Tianchen let out an "ah". He suddenly felt that people's hearts were so evil and wanted to go home...
Feng Xingzhi looked into the distance and said in a low voice, "It seems she's confident that she and her subordinates can defeat us. So be careful later."
Du Tianchen understood. "Okay, I got it."
Feng Xingzhi was speechless. He gave Du Tianchen a disdainful look. He wasn't talking to him. Why was this guy so familiar?
But now wasn't the time to be disdainful. They still hadn't realized the key was fake. Presumably, they would cause a stir once they found out.
So he suggested, "Young Master Du, you take Xixi away first."
Du Tianchen, who had no guile, immediately replied, "Sure! Sure!"
When Ji Yunxi heard what Feng Xingzhi said, she was immediately unhappy. And Du Tianchen was so oblivious. Her beautiful eyebrows and eyes immediately glared. "Fine! You go then. I'll stay with Azhi."
Only then did Du Tianchen really look at the two of them back and forth. He murmured, "If you're not going, then I'm not going either."
These words sounded extremely harsh to Feng Xingzhi. It was as if there was something between Du Tianchen and Ji Yunxi.
The look in his eyes towards Du Tianchen immediately changed, like the darkness before a storm, which scared Du Tianchen.
What was going on?
He didn't quite understand. When he first joined this group, he thought the two men had good personalities and weren't fierce. He was sure they wouldn't hurt him. Now it seemed he was too naive.
Du Tianchen didn't expect the man who was so gentle with Ji Yunxi to have such a side. He nervously tugged at Ji Yunxi's sleeve.
"He's so fierce."
Ji Yunxi couldn't stand anyone saying anything bad about Feng Xingzhi. She immediately shook off his hand. "Do you want to see if I'm fierce?"
"I... I don't dare... don't dare..."
He smiled timidly. Why did these two change their expressions so quickly and so similarly...
Wait, similarly?!
He turned his head in shock, his eyes scanning back and forth between the two.
Seeing Feng Xingzhi's hand on Ji Yunxi's shoulder, Du Tianchen finally realized something was wrong.
So Feng Xingzhi wasn't Ji Yunxi's brother?!
"You... You're not her brother?"
Feng Xingzhi frowned. "When did I say I was her brother?"
Only then did Du Tianchen realize that because Ji Yunxi and Feng Xingzhi both called Ji Yunyi the second brother, he had mistakenly thought Feng Xingzhi and Ji Yunxi were siblings. He was even curious if the Prince of Nanyan had left.
It turned out the prince hadn't left. He had just misjudged.
Du Tianchen was extremely embarrassed. Remembering that Ji Yunxi was already engaged to the Prince of Nanyan, and seeing how intimate they were, he suddenly felt like an outsider.
"I see. It was all my misunderstanding. I'm sorry. No wonder you two look so well - matched." Du Tianchen was an orphan and had learned to please others early on to make a living.
Sure enough, after this compliment, Feng Xingzhi's expression immediately softened, and he no longer glared at Du Tianchen fiercely.
On the other side, the crowd fought desperately. Finally, three people got the keys.
They laughed and ran towards Ji Yunxi, wanting to enter the formation and go to the next level. But as they ran, a spiritual power caught up with them. The leading woman waved her hand, and the three keys revealed their true forms.
What they held were just three stones.
The three men instantly froze in place. Then they realized they had been deceived.
Thinking of the almost - exhausting fight just now, they were so angry that their eyes turned red as they stared fixedly at Ji Yunxi.
Ji Yunxi remained calm, even with a hint of disdainful smile, as if mocking what they had just done.
"What? Done fighting?" Ji Yunxi's sweet voice came. "Who told you that you could snatch other people's things?"
They were stunned. Right, they had come to snatch things.
"Without a proper cause, all you get are stones."
"You!" They wanted to rush forward and kill Ji Yunxi, but they were helpless because they were already exhausted from the fight.
Not to mention killing Ji Yunxi, if she counterattacked, they might not even be able to save their own lives.