Chapter 288 A Love Tribulation That's Hard to Overcome (Part 11)

Yaoshuo Immortal Palace.

Ling Yin looked at Jiang Gu, who was bowing with practiced ease, and exchanged a glance with Yao Shuo beside him. He then asked, "Yao Yan, have you really regained your memories?"

"Yes." Jiang Gu nodded. "It was my oversight that made my mother and father worry."

Ling Yin secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "You caused such a big commotion at the River of Forgetfulness, it turns out it was just to retrieve the Immortal Bone. I thought—"

She didn't continue speaking.

Jiang Gu said, “It is extremely difficult for filthy beings to take human form. The way to quickly pass the tribulation in the lower realm is very dangerous. Although my disciple was unlucky, he has now achieved enlightenment. I understand my mother’s worries, but I can handle such things myself in the future.”

Ling Yin was now certain that he had indeed regained his memories. If Yao Yan wasn't her own son, she would have kicked anyone else out long ago if they had spoken to her like that.

Yao Shuo slowly spoke: "So you went down to the mortal realm to undergo your love tribulation in order to find your disciple?"

“I descended to the mortal realm to bring back the Chaos Core and, incidentally, to help him overcome his emotional tribulation,” Yao Shuo said. “He was sabotaged during his ascension, which caused him to fail. As his master, it is only natural that I must bring him back.”

"Yaoyan, are you blaming me and your father?" Ling Yin frowned slightly.

“Mother, that’s not what I meant,” Jiang Gu said. “I will have Wei Feng go to Yuan Yao Palace to erase his memories, retrieve his immortal bones, and enter the immortal register. He will officially become my personal disciple and become a disciple of Hong Chen Immortal Venerable.”

"No." Ling Yin interrupted him.

Yao Shuo said, "Why don't you just form a celestial contract with him directly, like your mother and I, and officially become Daoist partners in the Upper Realm?"

Ling Yin turned to look at Yao Shuo with disapproval.

Jiang Gu was taken aback: "Why?"

"It's just that you two seem so sincere." Yao Shuo patted Ling Yin's hand, signaling her to calm down. "We'll give you some time to think it over. As for the Chaos Core in his body, Immortal Tiao Xu has already found a way to deal with it."

Jiang Gu paused slightly, then said, "I will consider it. Father, Mother, I will take my leave."

As Jiang Gu emerged from the Yaoshuo Immortal Palace, he suddenly clutched his chest, a sharp pain spreading through his limbs and bones, yet he could not pinpoint the source of the pain.

He frowned, searching his memories of the lower realm, and then found the root cause—Wei Feng was afraid of pain, so he would use an array to transfer the pain to himself to prevent Wei Feng from crying and making a fuss.

Jiang Gu remained silent for a moment, feeling that he had spoiled his little disciple too much when he was in the lower realm, and that the disciple was unruly.

He wouldn't indulge Wei Feng like he did in the lower realm. He tried to find a way to break the formation, only to discover that his memory of breaking formations was blank.

"..." Jiang Gu chuckled. He really had fallen into a demonic trap while trying to overcome his emotional tribulation. Did he think that erasing his memories would solve everything?

He tried to forcefully dispel the formation, but another wave of intense pain came from his shoulders, thighs, back, and especially his heart. The pain varied in intensity and was continuous, clearly indicating that Wei Feng was doing something.

He simply blocked out his own pain and went alone to the Yaoyan Immortal Palace in the Sixteenth Heaven.

"Immortal Lord!" Lin Feng and Ping Ming greeted him.

Jiang Gu said, "Thank you for your hard work during this time."

Lin Feng could tell at a glance that Jiang Gu had regained his memory, and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "This is our duty."

Pingming asked, "Immortal Lord, what should be done with Wei Feng? Should he be given a position in the palace, or should his memories be erased and he be sent to the Nine Provinces?"

“He will remain in the palace, and I will personally arrange his position,” Jiang Gu said. “He will be my disciple in the future. Lin Feng, send someone to arrange the apprenticeship ceremony and send invitations to the Three Realms and Nine Provinces. Ping Ming, go and prepare the formation for fusing the immortal bones.”

"Yes," the two replied.

But Lin Feng hesitated: "Immortal Lord, are you really planning to take him as your disciple? What about the High God and His Highness...?"

“The grand ceremony can’t be prepared in a year or two, I will persuade them,” Jiang Gu said. “Now that Tiandao has just taken office, Ziguang and Fengji will bring people to help me and give me the official duties accumulated over the past hundred years. All matters in the palace must be arranged within three months.”

Yao Yan was always decisive and efficient. The entire Immortal Palace in the Sixteenth Heaven was in a flurry of activity, and other Heavens and the Three Realms and Nine Provinces were also forced to submit their case files and handle their affairs, creating a scene of bustling activity.

Three days later.

"Immortal Lord Yaoyan, please have mercy! Immortals are meant to be carefree and happy. Are you going to exhaust everyone in the palace as soon as you get back?" Ziguang said weakly.

“I wasted too much time in the lower realm, turning what was originally a ten-year plan into a hundred years,” Jiang Gu said. “We need to hurry.”

“This is a tribulation of love. Some ordinary immortal lords can survive for thousands of years. Can’t you leave others a way out?” Zi Guang sighed and handed the processed dossier to the attendant beside him. “By the way, your little filth has entered the Demon Forest. Does he have a Chaos Core on him? Aren’t you going to bring him back?”

“He has three Soul-Binding Nails inside him, and his Chaos Core is temporarily sealed. There won't be any problems,” Jiang Gu said confidently. He stacked the completed case files aside, paused for a moment, and then spoke, “You said he went into the Demon Forest?”

"And we brought that carefree beast with us," Ziguang said. "But many of these filthy creatures live in the Demon Forest, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Jiang Gu didn't speak, but continued to handle official business, but inexplicably remembered the pain that had spread to his body.

Three whole days have passed, and Wei Feng hasn't even seen a trace of the ghost pattern.

Whether in the upper or lower realms, in his mind, Wei Feng would have relentlessly clung to him, given his personality. The little filthy creature he had previously raised also loved to sneak into the Immortal Palace, and there were even spirit clouds prepared for Wei Feng in the side hall... but it was better if he didn't come.

The intimate interactions in the mortal realm made him quite embarrassed. Although he had promised his little apprentice that he would go down to the mortal realm to bring him back, in order to save time and effort, he simply used some means to make that fool Yong'an arrange Wei Feng as the object of his love tribulation. However, his plan should not have included these romantic entanglements—he had better means to overcome his love tribulation.

However, some mistakes did happen, leading to the current situation.

He didn't have many memories of the lower realm, but they were vivid and intense, not to mention those scenes that were too erotic for him... However, he never shied away from the issue.

"Hey, why are you getting distracted for no reason?" Ziguang suddenly looked up and asked him.

“Go see my apprentice,” Jiang Gu said.

Zi Guang teased, "Is he your little Daoist partner?"

Jiang Gu said with a solemn expression, "I must have tampered with my memories, but I can't find out why."

"Let me see." Zi Guang sent a wisp of immortal spirit over, but it was unceremoniously bounced back by Jiang Gu's immortal spirit. He said with a toothache, "Your bad habit hasn't changed even after you passed the tribulation of love. I'm not going to touch you anyway."

"I'll handle it myself." Jiang Gu went to the Demon Forest while reviewing official documents, searching for Wei Feng.

Finally, he found Wei Feng and Feng Wuyou in a secluded corner of the Demon Forest.

Wei Feng brutally dissected the monster's inner core with a knife, wiped it clean, cut it in half, and shared it with Feng Wuyou.

Feng Wuyou carefully wiped the blood off the food before taking a bite: "You really aren't going to go find Jiang Gu?"

“He is Yao Yan, not my master.” Wei Feng swallowed the inner core, half of his face splattered with blood. He narrowed his eyes and said, “He says three days, so who does he think he is? It’s not too late for me to go in thirty days.”

Feng Wuyou asked admiringly, "Can you really wait thirty days?"

Wei Feng said seriously, "I'm mainly worried about my master."

Feng Wuyou asked, "Have we killed too many demons?"

"Not much." The ghostly patterns behind Wei Feng devoured the enormous creature completely. He smacked his lips listlessly. "I'm starving right now. I need to completely melt the Chaos Core even faster."

His ghostly markings were busy digesting the demons, and he planned to use some of his purple light immortal power to kill another demon, but the moment he released his immortal power, it was blocked by someone with a light touch.

"Who?!" Wei Feng immediately became alert.

Jiang Gu slowly appeared.

"Master—" Wei Feng called out subconsciously, but then stopped abruptly. His gaze toward Jiang Gu was filled with hostility. He narrowed his eyes, let out a cold snort from his nose, and mocked in Jiang Gu's uniquely indifferent tone: "Immortal Lord Yaoyan."

"..." Jiang Gu looked at him calmly, "Why did you use your immortal power without permission?"

"Mind your own business." Wei Feng grabbed the blood-stained Mo Dao. "Feng Wuyou, let's go."

Feng Wuyou tried desperately to signal to him, but Wei Feng remained unmoved.

Jiang Gu said, "Come back to the Immortal Palace with me to refine your immortal bones and restore your memories."

Wei Feng's anger flared up instantly, and he sneered, "You think you can just smelt it like that? Who do you think you are? I only listen to my master."

"The apprenticeship ceremony will be held in seven months, and your immortal status will be registered under my name," Jiang Gu said. "No matter what I asked you to do before I regained my memories, do not do it again."

This condescending, commanding tone, though Jiang Gu often used in the past, inexplicably stirred Wei Feng's rebellious spirit when it came from his mouth now.

Wei Feng smirked and said, "I won't, it's none of your business."

“Wei Feng.” Jiang Gu frowned.

"You immortals all call me 'filthy,' so don't call me by my name," Wei Feng said with a grin. "Immortal Lord Yaoyan, you're so smart, you can stop me from doing whatever I want."

Looking at his unruly appearance, Jiang Gu said calmly, "Refine your immortal bones and erase your memories of the lower realm. You will still be my disciple."

"What, do you think it's shameful to be slept with by an filthy creature?" Wei Feng stared at him, his smile not reaching his eyes.

Jiang Gu looked at the filthy creature covered in thorns in front of him. It was completely different from the little apprentice he remembered who only cried and clung to him. It was also somewhat different from Wei Feng in the lower realm, who was obsessed with him, loved to cry and make a fuss, yet was incredibly docile. However, he couldn't quite put his finger on what was different.

He doesn't seem to be afraid of himself at all.

He was neither afraid of his overwhelming power nor of him abandoning him, and he made no attempt to hide his hostility towards him.

"Wei Feng," Jiang Gu warned him in a low voice, "Jiang Gu and I are the same person. You don't need to force us apart. I won't hurt you."

Wei Feng gripped the Mo Dao in his hand, slowly but firmly holding it horizontally in front of him, and laughed: "Immortal Lord, Jiang Gu will not let me erase my memories of the lower realm."

The three Soul-Binding Nails inside his body were shattered, and chaotic energy surged into the sky. Ghost patterns exploded everywhere, forcing Jiang Gu back several feet.

The divine unicorn's appearance was ferocious. Wei Feng stood on the writhing ghost patterns and for the first time truly pointed his fangs at Jiang Gu.

"The only way to make me forget Jiang Gu is if I die."