Chapter 24 Yanghua Cloud Sea (XI)

The feathers at the base of the bird's wing are fine and soft, carrying a warm body temperature. Jiang Gu touched the connection between his shoulder blade and wing, pondering what the dark figure meant by wanting the bloodline of the kite bird.

He first took away the Fire-Separating Pill to remove Wei Feng's wings, and the other party's plan naturally failed. If the bird bloodline in Wei Feng's body can be separated, does that mean that the mermaid bloodline can also be separated?

Wei Feng was completely unaware of these cruel and terrifying thoughts. Trembling, he clutched Jiang Gu's sleeve tightly, his eyes red and on the verge of tears, "Master...Master, these are my wings..."

A fine, itchy sensation spread from the base of his wings, yet it couldn't quite reach him. He desperately wanted to do something to calm the surging restlessness. Wei Feng was almost driven mad by this strange feeling. He gritted his teeth, trying to clear his head, his breath scalding hot. "Master... stop touching me."

Jiang Gu glanced at him indifferently, then mercifully released his hand. "Did you grow this yourself?"

Wei Feng nodded blankly, his mind completely blank. His cold yet concerned voice became somewhat indistinct. His cool fingers left his wings. He suddenly wanted his master to touch his wings again, but instinctively felt that he shouldn't let anyone else touch them, because the wings of a kite...

Before he could even figure it out, he was lying on Jiang Gu's back.

Jiang Gu didn't ask any more questions, and silently carried him step by step out of the cave.

The cave was dark, and outside it was pouring rain. The air was damp and sticky. His broken and reattached bones hurt a lot, and the base of his wings was burning and itchy. His hands were still trembling because he had gripped the sword too tightly earlier.

But Jiang Gu had broad shoulders and a steady gait. Wei Feng wrapped his arms around his neck and could feel the warmth emanating from his clothes. He lowered his head and smelled a very faint scent of blood on Jiang Gu, which gave him a sense of peace he had never felt before.

The rich and gentle spiritual energy kept the rain out, and Wei Feng's consciousness gradually became heavy and blurred, but he didn't want to fall asleep, so he stammered, "Master."

"Mm," Jiang Gu replied patiently.

"My wings... itch." Wei Feng couldn't stay awake any longer and slowly closed his eyes, his voice heavy with sleepiness. "Master, are my wings... ugly?"

“Not ugly,” Jiang Gu said.

Wei Feng couldn't help but chuckle, then mumbled, "Master, I..."

Jiang Gu waited for a moment, but there was no further news. He only heard long and even breathing. He lifted the person up and sealed Wei Feng's five senses.

The thick, crimson blood from the wing roots filled half a small porcelain bottle.

The gruesome wound on the side of the neck began to heal slowly after coming into contact with fresh blood, and the bluish-black toxins gradually disappeared.

It seems the ancient records are correct.

Jiang Gu glanced at Wei Feng, who was lying on the bed. Although his five senses were blocked, his body still convulsed in pain because his wing roots were too sensitive. Blood dripped onto his feathers, which was quite shocking.

With the wound healing, Jiang Gu was in a fairly good mood. He used his spiritual power to envelop Wei Feng's wound from which blood had been drawn. Seeing that Wei Feng could not feel any pain, he simply used his own spiritual power to guide Wei Feng's own spiritual power to circulate through his meridians, removing some stubborn hidden injuries.

This was no easy task for someone whose meridians had been stagnant for many years. After the ordeal, Wei Feng was deathly pale, looking as if he had just been pulled out of the water. He curled up beside him, sobbing unconsciously, calling out "Master" over and over again.

Jiang Gu stared at him silently for a moment, then pulled out his sleeve.

——

When Wei Feng woke up, every bone in his body ached, especially his shoulder blades, which felt as if they had been hooked and suspended by hooks all night. He even suspected that his bones had shattered.

"Young Master, it's nothing serious." The physician who had been helping him recover was somewhat helpless, but he was used to this young master being delicate and unable to withstand even the slightest pain. He half-coaxed and half-advised, "The meridians in your body are much clearer now. We tried many methods before but couldn't relieve the problem. Now is the perfect time for cultivation..."

Wei Feng had no interest in listening to his rambling.

When he woke up, his wings were gone. He vaguely remembered that Jiang Gu had found him last night and carried him back from the rain. His master had even touched the base of his wings...

Thinking of this, his ears felt faintly hot, and even the pain in his shoulder blades subsided. Ignoring the nagging medical doctor, he looked at the bright daylight outside and raised his voice to call out, "Xia Ling! Xia Ling!"

Xia Ling hurriedly pushed open the door and entered, "Young Master."

"Has Master arrived?" Wei Feng grinned as he climbed out of bed.

Xia Ling said, "Elder Jiang went to Touchun Peak after seeing you off. He said that he would be holding an elders' meeting at Touchun Peak today. You just need to finish reading the rest of the book."

"Oh." Wei Feng was a little disappointed. He sat on the bed listlessly, yawned, lay down, hugged the blanket, and closed his eyes in one smooth motion.

Xia Ling waited for a while and when he showed no sign of getting up, she couldn't help but call out to him, "Young Master, Elder Jiang said you can start reading as soon as you get up."

"Sleep for another hour." Wei Feng buried his face in the blanket. "You have no idea what I went through."

He didn't say what had happened to him, and then there was no more movement from under the covers.

“…Young Master.” Xia Ling sighed helplessly, “You should at least finish reading your book before you go to sleep.”

He had no time to sleep after finishing the book. That old pervert would definitely not let it go, and he also needed to think about how to explain the wings to his master.

Wei Feng pondered for a while, then fell into a deep sleep.

Forget it, let's talk about it when you wake up.

He hasn't had a full night's sleep in half his life.

When I woke up again, it was already completely dark outside.

Wei Feng looked at the black-clad man exuding a chilling aura in front of him, and his wings, which had disappeared, reappeared in fright. Having become accustomed to the pain, he did not notice the wound at the base of his wings. He just forced a smile and turned to run away, crying out, "Master, save me—uh!"

The old pervert grabbed his ankle and dragged him back, covering his mouth and cutting off his hope of being rescued. In the blink of an eye, it was that damned Yun Chi again.

Wei Feng endured an incredibly miserable night.

The old pervert didn't utter a word, but he didn't give him a chance to catch his breath. He swam around and fled in the water of the Cloud Pool, getting stabbed countless times. By the time he crawled out of the Cloud Pool covered in blood, it was already broad daylight.

Water droplets slid down his nose, and Wei Feng looked around the familiar room in a daze. Xia Ling's urgent voice rang out from outside the door: "Young Master, it's Mao Shi (5-7 AM)."

Wei Feng blinked his sore eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "I—"

"Elder Jiang has arrived," Xia Ling said. "He said he wants to check your homework from yesterday."

Wei Feng was a little late. It took him some effort to retract the wings on his back. He didn't even notice that the wings seemed to have grown a bit larger. Finally, dragging his tired body, he stood in front of Jiang Gu guiltily.

Naturally, he couldn't perform a single spell, because he spent the entire day sleeping yesterday, and that old pervert chased him all night, not even giving him half an hour to catch up on his lessons.

"Master, I'm sorry..." Wei Feng whispered.

Jiang Gu glanced at him coldly, neither scolding him nor saying anything extra, only saying, "You didn't learn this for me."

Wei Feng's guilt reached its peak.

He practiced with extra diligence that day. After Jiang Gu left, he studied for another half an hour by himself. As a result, he was dragged into the Cloud Pool Illusionary Realm by that old pervert before he could even swallow the Bigu Pill.

This went on for more than ten days. Wei Feng spent his days frantically studying the basic techniques of cultivation, but he never found an opportunity to explain the matter of wings to Jiang Gu. Jiang Gu never asked him about it either. As night fell, that old pervert would appear like a ghost in the illusion to hunt him down. Wei Feng had lost count of how many times he had almost died under his sword. He even learned to sleep with his eyes half open because of this, as he had been unknowingly dragged into the Cloud Pool and nearly drowned several times in his sleep.

That morning, Wei Feng learned to fly out of the Cloud Pool for the first time using his wings, successfully escaping the pervert's pursuit. Just as he emerged from the illusion, he heard faint thunder.

The thunder sounded familiar. As he tilted his head back, pondering the reason, a bolt of lightning struck him directly on the forehead.

His habit of being hunted down these past few days allowed him to nimbly dodge the fatal blow. He instinctively used the tribulation-crossing technique he had learned before, and the heavenly lightning disappeared in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Meanwhile, the dual spiritual roots of wind and fire within his body were faintly burning hot and had thickened slightly. A barrier had appeared in his dantian, and the sea of ​​consciousness above, which was the size of a fingernail, had grown to the size of a palm.

"Young Master, why are there so many tribulation lightning bolts all of a sudden—" Xia Ling hurriedly pushed the door open and paused when she saw his black and tattered clothes.

"Xia Ling, I've broken through! Qi Refining Level 5!" Wei Feng exclaimed in surprise. "I withstood the tribulation lightning myself, without using any magic treasures or taking any pills! Xia Ling, I actually broke through to Qi Refining Level 5 directly on my own!!"

A look of disbelief flashed in Xia Ling's eyes.

Although Wei Feng had previously reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, he had actually reached that level by piling up pills and using countless rare and precious materials. Every time he broke through, he had to use many magical treasures to block the lightning. Even though the tribulation lightning was extremely weak, Wei Feng would still be so frightened that he would cry and howl for a long time.

However, those few bolts of tribulation lightning were powerful and dense, and even included a few purple clouds.

It is important to know that the heavier the tribulation lightning, the stronger the person undergoing the tribulation. When undergoing the same tribulation to break through, some strong people can draw eighty-one bolts of heavenly lightning, while others can only draw a few dozen. Even if their cultivation levels are the same after breaking through, their true strength is worlds apart.

But Wei Feng had only been reading books and practicing the most basic techniques during this time, so how could he have encountered such a powerful lightning tribulation?

What Xia Ling didn't know was that Wei Feng wasn't just being forced to read books by Jiang Gu. Every time he learned a basic technique, he practiced it hundreds or even thousands of times. Afterward, Jiang Gu would personally test him, not missing even the smallest details, until Wei Feng could make the technique an instinctive reaction. Not to mention that at night, Jiang Gu would simulate various situations in actual combat based on the techniques he learned during the day, basically opening up all his blocked meridians. If he couldn't break through a few levels of Qi Refining in ten days, Jiang Gu might as well quit.

"I have to go tell Master right away!" Wei Feng hurriedly went to find new clothes. Before Xia Ling could stop him, he grabbed the clothes, jumped onto his flying sword, and sped out of Lianyun Peak.

Xia Ling was both amused and exasperated, and called out from behind him, "Young Master, slow down! Don't disturb Elder Jiang's peaceful sleep in the middle of the night!"

Wei Feng paid no attention to any of this. He felt an unprecedented abundance of spiritual energy within his body and wished he could fly to Jiang Gu's side immediately to tell him the good news.

at the same time.

A main hall in Yanghua Sect.

"The tribulation lightning from Lianyun Peak?"

"It looks quite big."

"It's a tribulation lightning strike for the Qi Refining stage, and it looks like it's at least at the eighth level of Qi Refining."

"Strange, Jiang Gu has only been teaching that kid how to control a sword these past few days, and has spent the rest of his time reading in his room. How could he break through like that?"

"Heh, probably just some pills he took. The Jiang family certainly doesn't lack them."

"Hahaha, you're joking."

Ruan Keji frowned. "However, this tribulation lightning is powerful and robust, not like something produced by taking drugs."

The expressions of the two elders beside him also turned serious. "Could it be that Jiang Gu is really going to teach him everything he knows? Wei Feng has already broken through in just half a month."

"He has too many hidden injuries in his meridians. Even if he breaks through, they will all be hidden dangers. What's the use of going through the great tribulation with a life-or-death struggle?"

“It seems we all underestimated Elder Jiang,” Ruan Keji said thoughtfully. “However, Wei Feng has also reached the sixth level of Qi Refining by taking drugs. Let’s not act rashly for now and test him first.”

An elder with a mustache across from them squinted and smiled, "That's easy to say. Aren't all the new disciples supposed to go to Touchun Peak for classes? Wei Feng is only at the Qi Refining stage, so according to the rules, he should also go to class."

According to the consistent rule of Yanghua Sect, before the disciples reach the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, they must spend five days every ten days at Touchun Peak to listen to the elders' teachings and learn some basic knowledge. After that, they will go to some small secret realms for training. The teaching elders and the team leaders are rotated by the elders of each peak, which saves a lot of time in the early stages of training disciples.

"...Originally, it was supposed to be your turn to teach this period, but Elder Jiang has some matters to attend to in the clan these past few days. You could exchange your teaching time at Touchun Peak with another elder. I'll arrange this for you." Xie Fuxue stood in Jiang Gu's simple cave dwelling, showing no sign of neglect, and said politely, "It just so happens that Wei Feng should also be going to Touchun Peak with the new disciples. This child is used to being spoiled; skipping classes and causing trouble was commonplace for him. I thought that with Elder Jiang here, he would be able to concentrate on his studies, but you've been gone for so many days..."

Jie Fuxue silently broke out in a cold sweat. With the Jiang family's grand meeting approaching, she was naturally happy to see Jiang Gu leave, but she was afraid that Jiang Gu would take Wei Feng with him and leave directly.

If she hadn't kept an eye on Qingping Peak, she wouldn't have been able to catch him in the middle of the night.

Jiang Gu said, "It's alright. Since all the elders have taken such good care of Wei Feng, I'm sure I can study in peace at Tou Chun Feng even if I leave him."

Xie Fuxue breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Elder Jiang is right."

Jiang Gu nodded slightly.

He should have set off yesterday, but after discovering that Wei Feng was about to break through, he stayed an extra day in Yunchi to guide him through the breakthrough. However, he was blocked by Xie Fuxue as soon as he returned to Qingping Peak.

He was impatient, but he didn't show it. It was obvious what these people were up to, and taking Wei Feng with them was the safest thing to do.

However, neither he nor Wei Feng needed to be cautious.

After seeing Xie Fuxue off, Jiang Gu glanced at the teleportation talisman flashing in the jade pendant and entered the teleportation array.

"Master!" Wei Feng excitedly ran into the cave, but only saw the faint glow left by the dissipating magic array. His cultivation level was too low to distinguish the residual spiritual energy of such a high-level teleportation array. Still with an excited smile on his face, he searched around the cave. "Master, I've broken through! Fifth level of Qi Refining! Master, are you there? Master!"

The cave was completely silent; no one answered.

“Master…” Wei Feng sat listlessly on the meditation cushion Jiang Gu was sitting on, his cheeks flushed with excitement, and wings uncontrollably emerged from behind his shoulder blades, casting two huge shadows.

Those wings, taller than a person, almost completely enveloped him. The silver-blue feathers shimmered in the darkness. Wei Feng unconsciously flapped his wings a few times, and his whole body floated into the air.

He was startled and turned to look at his suddenly enlarged wings. An indescribable heat came from his lower abdomen, and the base of his wings was frighteningly hot. He couldn't help but reach out and scratch, but it didn't help.

I want my master to... touch me.

Just like that stormy night, it would be best to pinch the base of his wings again.

The aura of his master still lingered here, and he still had to tell his master the good news of his breakthrough... Wei Feng paced around the cave anxiously for a moment.

Inside the teleportation array, Jiang Gu clutched his burning neck. Caught off guard, he was enveloped by a strange yet scalding breath. That breath anxiously and eagerly brushed against every part of his body, wanting to intimately and aggrievedly burrow into his clothes.

What is that?

Jiang Gu frowned, reached out and gathered the aura, then crushed it mercilessly.

Wei Feng, huddled in the cave, let out a low whimper. His bird-like vertical pupils searched anxiously in the darkness, finally finding their target again.

Jiang Gu was enveloped by that aura again, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He vaguely sensed that it should belong to some kind of spirit beast, somewhat like the plea when forming a master-servant contract, but with some subtle differences.

However, he already had enough spirit beasts, and their aura wasn't strong enough.

He crushed the aura again and stepped out of the teleportation array, but unexpectedly, the beast seemed to be enraged after being rejected. It aggressively burrowed into his front and sleeves and stuck to him without any obstruction. Jiang Gu's face immediately turned cold, and he prepared to directly devour the other party's primordial spirit along with the aura.

"Jiang Qi! What beastly thing have you done now?!" A shocked voice rang out in front of him.

Jiang Gu looked at him coldly, "Do you want to die?"

The other person exaggeratedly pinched their nose, pointed at him, and said, "A spirit beast is courting you! Damn it, it's the kind of bird I hate the most! You didn't bite its wing, did you!?"

"…………" Jiang Gu's expression went blank for a moment, which was rare.

Inside the cave, Wei Feng, having found the person, hummed contentedly twice and licked the other's fingers with his breath in a flattering manner.

The tattered ancient book lying on the table was blown about by the wind, and the pages that were stuck together suddenly separated, revealing the hidden text that followed.

'The saliva of a kite is highly poisonous; blood from its wing roots can be used as an antidote.'

Note: Blood from the wing root of male kites is mostly used for mating; blood from the wing root of female kites is considered the best antidote.