Chapter 86

Ji Tang looked at Su Jinzhou's back with complicated eyes, "Why did the Immortal Venerable seek out the Nightmare Valley?"

This is what she heard from Su Jinzhou. The Nightmare Clan has not appeared in the world for hundreds of years. Since the Nightmare Clan has chosen to hide from the world, why is he looking for them?

The boat was silent all night long.

Ji Tang was helpless. It was too difficult to get the answer from him.

After the auction ended, everyone left through the teleportation array.

The narrow path was instantly packed with monks. They had not forgotten the Immortal Master and knew that they had to leave space for him, so all the monks squeezed to both sides of the brick wall. The poor juniors with low cultivation were squeezed close to the wall, looking really embarrassed.

Jitang took advantage of Su Jinzhou's light and was the first to walk out of the narrow path.

She looked unhappy. Once the auction was over, it meant that she could be taken away by Su Jinzhou for interrogation at any time.

Come to think of it, a rookie in the enlightenment stage used a mid-level spell to defeat a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage. Anyone who heard this would find it unbelievable and beyond their comprehension.

She was just thinking about how to answer when Sang Niao and his disciples caught up with her.

"Immortal Lord!"

Su Jinzhou stopped, turned slightly and looked at her.

Sang Niao first took a quick look at Ji Tang, and seemed to be still in shock from the Flame Dragon Technique he had just used.

She quickly withdrew her gaze and looked up at Su Jinzhou. Before she spoke, she suddenly saw the plain hairpin worn on Su Jinzhou's hair crown.

"This hairpin..."

Su Jinzhou didn't say anything.

Sang Niao's smile was somewhat forced. "Immortal Venerable, am I mistaken because of my poor eyesight, or is it..."

Su Jinzhou said calmly: "You are not mistaken, this is my hairpin."

Sang Niao forced a smile, "Congratulations, Immortal Venerable, for finally finding this hairpin."

After she said that, she seemed to suddenly remember something and took out a magpie hairpin from her storage bag. As Su Jinzhou lowered his eyes to look at her, she gently pushed the hairpin into her hair.

"Before, Niaoniao didn't dare to wear it out, fearing that it would upset the Immortal Lord. Now that the Immortal Lord has found the hairpin, Niaoniao can wear it in her hair."

The more Jitang looked at the hairpin, the more familiar it seemed to him.

This magpie hairpin is finely crafted, with the magpie's feathers clearly visible, its eyeballs inlaid with pearls, and the tassels on the bird's tail gently swaying as she slowly pushes it in, making the magpie look lifelike.

When she looked closely, she found a trace of nightmare on the hairpin. Wasn't it her nightmare?

Memories of the past suddenly appeared in my mind.

"Do you have any family, little brother?"

"Yes, I have a sister. She wrote to me earlier saying that they are getting married this year. I also want to ask for leave from Zhenren and go back for a few days."

"It's a gift for your sister, but isn't it a little cold? With this trace of nightmare aura, I can recognize the hairpin. As long as your sister lives, I will do something for her as long as she asks for something."

This is really...

Ji Tang moved to Ning Qiyao's side, "Isn't your master's surname Sang?"

Ning Qiyao shrank his shoulders, a little afraid of her.

Ji Tang's defeat of Sang Niao left a great psychological shadow on the two young disciples. They saw that Ji Tang no longer had the arrogance and domineering spirit he had before, and they all looked wilted, like eggplants hit by frost.

Jitang didn't hear anything, so he said in a heavier tone, "I'm asking you?"

Ning Qiyao shuddered violently, and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito, "Master, your surname isn't Sang...it's Gu."

Gu Sangniao.

Ji Tang's heart was in turmoil.

This turned out to be her junior brother’s biological sister!

She now looked at Gu Sangniao seriously, and saw a bit of Gu Yan's shadow on her gentle and beautiful face.

Her lips resemble his, and her submissive demeanor is also like his.

So that’s how it is. It turns out there is this kind of relationship.

Jitang's gaze moved from Gu Sangniao's face to the magpie hairpin in her hair, and he felt complicated for a moment.

She also said that she wanted to complete a task for Gu Sangniao, but now, not only did she not do the task, but she was defeated first.

Ji Tang calculated Gu Sangniao's age and was shocked when he saw the result. He said in astonishment, "She's already over 2,800 years old?!"

The color on Ning Qiyao's face faded away completely, "You, you, you..."

Gu Sangniao hated it most when people mentioned her age. It was like throwing a spark into a pile of explosives. Not only would it ignite immediately, it would definitely cause the sky to collapse and the earth to shake!

Ji Tang immediately followed up with another sentence: "You're such a grown-up and have only just reached the late Nascent Soul stage? What were you doing before that?"

Ning Qiyao's upper and lower lips were shaking so much that they hurt, but in the end he didn't close them.

If age is her master's biggest weakness, then cultivation is the second. Ji Tang hit the nail on the head with both of his words. It was like he was poking at her master's lungs and he wouldn't stop until he broke it!

Even if Gu Sangniao improved slowly, her hearing was at the late Nascent Soul stage. It was easy for her to hear what people around her were saying. She even felt that they were being too noisy!

The expression she had finally adjusted was ruined in a second.

When Jitang heard the noise, he looked up and saw Gu Sangniao pulling out the long sword from his waist and coming over to fight.

Her nightmare energy was completely depleted, so she had no energy left to fight. Although she could have easily dealt with Sang Niao by using her soul power, she didn't want to use it because Su Jinzhou would have noticed.

Jitang thought about this and decided to find another way. She did not retreat, and she was confident.

The more this happened, the more alert and hesitant Gu Sangniao became.

Ji Tang took this opportunity to say, "Xian Zun, the hairpin on her head also has the aura of Yan Zun!"

Gu Sangniao paused and subconsciously reached for the hairpin.

Su Jinzhou's eyes, as indifferent as water, then looked towards Gu Sangniao's head.

It's not that he can't see it, but he knows the origin of the magpie hairpin, so he won't take it.

Jitang knew that he wouldn't take it, so he said that.

Gu Sangniao wanted to pull out the hairpin with disgust, but when her hand grasped the bird feathers of the magpie hairpin, she stopped abruptly.

She looked at Su Jinzhou and saw that his eyes were fixed on her hair, not even a glance from the corner of his eye. She couldn't help but bite her lower lip, her eyelids trembling slightly, and she pushed the hairpin in the opposite direction, pushing it into her hair until it reached the bottom.

Gu Sangniao pointed the tip of her sword at the ground, and Jitang knew that this fight could not start.

Gu Sangniao said her intention: "Immortal Venerable, the Spring Flower Banquet is just around the corner. This Spring Flower Banquet is hosted by the Suxuan Sect. I want to take my disciples to the Suxuan Sect in advance to stay for two days. It is also a good opportunity to pay my respects to my brother."

Su Jinzhou: "Gu Yan has gone out to travel and has not returned yet."

Gu Sang Niao seemed not to understand the meaning of Su Jinzhou's words. "I talked to my brother a while ago, and he said he would be back before the Spring Flower Banquet. Niao Niao wanted to go back with the Immortal Venerable and stay on my brother's rocky peak."

She lowered her head and waited patiently for Su Jinzhou's response.

After a while, Su Jinzhou finally said, "Okay."

Gu Sangniao's face suddenly lit up with joy. She quickly put away her sword and bowed, "Thank you, Immortal Venerable!"

With Gu Sangniao joining in halfway, Su Jinzhou changed his route. Instead of returning to the inn, he directly tore open a space crack and took a few people back to Su Xuanzong.

Ji Tang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With Gu Sangniao around, Su Jinzhou didn't have time to bother her, and she could live in peace for a while longer.

Su Jinzhou placed the people at the outer door, and the space crack vibrated and opened a gap. After the three figures were ejected, the crack closed in an instant, and when it opened again, they had already arrived at Qianli Yanbo.

Ji Tang was then bounced out of the crack, and Su Jinzhou slowly walked out behind her.

She heard someone behind her say, "Follow me in."

Jitang: “…”

It's too early to relax, you can't escape it! You can't escape it at all.

Ji Tang followed Su Jinzhou into the cave for cultivation. The interior was simply decorated. It did not look like a place for immortals to cultivate, but rather like an abandoned cave that had been left unused for hundreds of years.

Su Jinzhou sat down beside the stone table, his long sleeves fluttering, and moved the stone bench on the other side under the stone table.

Just as Ji Tang was about to sit down, he exerted force on his legs, took a horse stance on the spot and stood up again.

Su Jinzhou: "Tell me about it."

Ji Tang said sincerely: "Immortal Lord, I lied."

She lowered her head, looking as if admitting her mistake. After a long while, she didn't hear Su Jinzhou speak. She waited patiently for a moment, but finally couldn't help it and raised her eyes to look forward, just in time to meet Su Jinzhou's cold gaze. She hurriedly looked away and looked at the ground, "I reached the late stage of enlightenment in the outer sect, I-"

Su Jinzhou: "You have some opportunities in Zhiyuan Mountain."

Ji Tang: "The Immortal Lord already knows..." He even asked the outer disciples, which showed that he really wanted to get to the bottom of the matter from her.

This statement may be enough to fool the younger generation in the outer sect, but it will never fool the Immortal Lord.

Furthermore, she didn't want to lie to her senior brother, so she said, "I used to have a high level of cultivation, but in a battle, my foundation was damaged. My soul was severely damaged, and only a few fragments of my golden elixir remained. So now, judging by my cultivation level, I'm only at the opening stage."

Su Jinzhou even survived the thunder tribulation of ascension. This sentence is enough to explain why she was able to advance from the early stage of consecration to the late stage of consecration in one night.

It wasn't chance at all, but she had already gone through these levels, so if she did it again, her improvement speed would naturally be very fast.

The only thing Su Jinzhou couldn't have guessed was that her golden elixir, of which only a few fragments remained, was actually a Nightmare Soul Pill. Her ability to reach the late stage in one night wasn't due to Qianli Yanbo's abundant and rich spiritual energy, but rather because she had entered Su Jinzhou's dream.

Su Jinzhou asked in a deep voice, "Are you from the Nightmare Clan?"

Ji Tang heard his tone and thought that he must have believed it. She continued, "No, I'm from the Nine Nether Abyss."

Ji Tang keenly felt that Su Jinzhou's breath was disordered.

He was slightly impatient, "Tiaotiao Village?"

Ji Tang shook his head. "You are joking, Immortal Venerable. There is no such thing as Tiao Tiao Village. The area within a thousand miles of Jiu Ming Yuan is covered with forest. There are no villages, let alone living people."

Su Jinzhou couldn't help but tense his back until it could no longer be straightened. "Why are you in the Nine Nether Abyss?"

Ji Tang: "I am from the Nightmare Clan, and Nightmare Lord is also from the Nightmare Clan. Is it strange that I am in the Nine Nether Abyss? Or does the Immortal Lord think that the Nine Nether Abyss can only have Nightmare Lord? As long as Nightmare Lord agrees, anyone can live in the Nine Nether Abyss, right?"

Su Jinzhou's hands on the stone table curled up slightly.

He hesitated for a moment, a rare moment. "How long have you been in the Nine Nether Abyss?"

Ji Tang said vaguely: "I can't remember clearly."

His voice became increasingly difficult. "When did the famous and upright sects all march towards the Nine Nether Abyss?"

Ji Tang lowered her eyes, and she couldn't tell the truth at all.

The person behind the black-clothed believers is still hiding in the dark. She didn't tell Su Jinzhou before, and she won't tell him now. After he recovers, he still has to overcome the tribulation and ascend to heaven. There is no need for him to know about these dark whirlpools.

Ji Tang said: "I don't know. I left the Nine Nether Abyss a long time ago and wandered around in the world of cultivation."

Su Jinzhou: "She..."

After these words, the cave fell into a long silence.

After a long time, he finally spoke, but he didn't ask the question he hadn't finished before, but rather, "What is your purpose in coming to Qianli Yanbo?"

Ji Tang gritted his teeth secretly and said against his will: "For the magic weapon of Nightmare Lord."

Su Jinzhou seemed extremely tired, and he waved his hand to let her go out.

Before leaving, Ji Tang looked at Su Jinzhou. When he came out of the cave, worry gradually appeared in his eyes.

She was in no position to care about him now.

Ji Tang couldn't help but look back. The entrance of the cave was sealed with a thick layer of spiritual power. The spiritual power created ripples, blurring everything in the cave.

She seemed to see Su Jinzhou's black clothes and the silver lines on the clothes in the vague ripples. After a moment, she suddenly realized that it was the night and the moonlight that had spread from time to time, cold and lonely.