Chapter 315 Mountains and Seas Meet (Part 8)

Jiang Gu didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

Of course, he never expected to be kissed by a winged merman underwater—although the other party only appeared for a moment, he still recognized that the other party was Wei Feng.

Wei Feng's intimate gesture was somewhat presumptuous, but since he had helped find the remnant soul, Jiang Gu had mixed feelings about his audacity.

But they did not resist.

The warmth of the touch still lingered on his lips. Jiang Gu frowned and handed the box to Jiang Xiangyun.

"You found it so quickly?" Jiang Xiangyun was somewhat surprised.

“Someone helped,” Jiang Gu answered truthfully.

The waves crashed against the rocks, and the salty sea breeze ruffled their clothes. Jiang Xiangyun nodded upon hearing this and signaled to the others still underwater to come ashore.

Lu Liyu looked at the luminous pearl in Jiang Gu's hand with great interest: "Seventh brother, what kind of good thing is this?"

He deliberately reached out to take it, but Jiang Gu immediately put the luminous pearl away and looked at him expressionlessly.

Lu Liyu put her arm around Jiang Xiangyun's shoulder and laughed, "Could it be a token of love from so-and-so?"

"Alright, we should go." Jiang Xiangyun nudged him with her elbow and pulled him away to thank the Ning family.

Because the process of retrieving the soul went exceptionally smoothly, they quickly set off and left the Abandoned Barrier City.

On the day of departure, spring rain was falling. Jiang Gu carried Chi Xue, with a small red puppet sitting on his shoulder and a transparent jade pendant hanging from his waist. Inside the jade pendant, two small fish swam happily. He boarded the ship before Jiang Xiangyun and Lu Liyu and went to the deck at the back.

“Although this kid is a bit cold-hearted now, he’s much more interesting than Jiang Gu.” Lu Liyu watched him sit on the deck, create a spiritual energy shield to let his little pets out to play, and hold a feather and a luminous pearl in his hand, seemingly refining something, completely oblivious to the rain falling from the sky.

"Seventh Brother was also very playful when he was young. He and Jiang Lin got into a lot of trouble together. However, they had no teachers or relatives to protect them, and no magical treasures or cultivation techniques to rely on. After suffering a few hardships, they became much more restrained," Jiang Xiangyun said. "Do you know what it was like when I first met him?"

Lu Liyu guessed, "Given Jiang Gu's personality, he's either killing someone or cultivating."

"You're wrong," Jiang Xiangyun said with a smile. "He's planting flowers with Jiang Lin."

*

That was when Jiang Xiangyun had just established his path through killing, and his bloodlust was at its peak.

He had just crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, his body radiating a murderous aura. He stumbled back to the Jiang family's territory, which was far from the main Jiang family home. It was a remote mountain, but very close to the Jiang family's clan school. Some orphans would be assigned to live in groups on the mountain. The mountain was barren of spiritual energy, and Jiang Xiangyun thought there was no one there.

He wandered aimlessly through the woods when he heard two clear voices.

"...These seeds were left by Sect Leader Song." The slender-faced boy was digging a hole with a sword sheath. His clothes and face were covered in mud. Jiang Xiangyun could tell at a glance that he was a half-demon cultivator, and he looked like a little red-haired fox.

Another handsome young man, who was putting seeds into the pit, asked, "Song Ping's things are hard to take. What did you promise to help him with?"

"He wanted some of my blood to take back and study, but I only gave him a tiny bit." Jiang Lin rubbed his nose. "This flower is a Purple Spirit Flower; it's so beautiful when it blooms."

"It won't increase your cultivation level," Jiang Gu said coldly.

"But it looks good," Jiang Lin said with a smile. "You should put in a few more; what if one doesn't grow?"

“As long as we add more spiritual energy, they will definitely grow. We can plant a large area here at fixed intervals.” Jiang Gu reached out and covered the soil with soil. “We’ll see them in the spring.”

Jiang Lin said, "When the flowers bloom, I want to transform back into my original form and sleep here."

“Jiang Li and the others will lock you in a cage if they see this,” Jiang Gu frowned. “Never mind, I’ll just watch you from the side.”

Jiang Lin laughed and said, "That's quite loyal."

Jiang Gu gave a cold snort, patted the dirt off his robe, and continued digging the hole for him.

These purple spirit flowers are only pretty and have no other use, but the two boys are planting them with great enthusiasm. Jiang Xiangyun's murderous nature has not subsided. If he were to return to the Jiang family and encounter those troublesome people, he would probably go on a killing spree. Crushing these two little brats in front of him would be a piece of cake. He concealed his figure, sat on a tree branch, and watched the two little brats plant the purple spirit flowers all night.

As dawn broke, Jiang Gu and Jiang Lin were already asleep, nestled on the back of a snow beast. The little fox still had its tail sticking out. The snow beast opened its eyes, hid the little fox's tail, and let its fluffy tail cover the two of them, rising and falling with their breath.

Jiang Xiangyun watched with utter boredom, wavering between killing them and letting them go. He knew he was on the verge of going mad.

When he looked up again, the snow beast was missing a person.

His gaze sharpened, and he lowered his head, unexpectedly meeting the boy's indifferent gaze.

His concealment skills were superb; the other party should not have been able to see him, but it seemed that they had sensed his presence, after all, the bloody smell on his body was very obvious.

Jiang Gu took out a bottle of hemostatic pills from his sleeve, placed it under the tree, then turned and walked towards the snow beast, shaking Jiang Lin, who was still sleeping, awake.

"Jiang Lin, wake up, it's time to go to class."

Jiang Lin stretched lazily, refusing to get up, and finally turned into a little fox dangling on his shoulder. Jiang Gu hugged the half-asleep snow beast, carried the sulking little fox, jumped onto his flying sword, and hurriedly went to class.

Jiang Xiangyun looked down at the small porcelain bottle on the ground. It was the lowest grade hemostatic pill. The mountain they were assigned to was remote and desolate, and the houses were dilapidated. Even that so-called sect leader bullied them. The blood of a half-demon could only be exchanged for some useless flower seeds. The two children were having a really hard time.

However, it still took them a whole night to plant a large patch of purple spirit flowers.

Unfortunately, their cultivation levels were insufficient, and they failed to realize that the flower seeds had already lost their vitality, so their efforts were in vain.

Presumably busy mocking the two fools, the surging killing intent in his chest slowly subsided. Jiang Xiangyun jumped down from the tree, put the bottle of low-grade hemostatic pills into his sleeve, and sprinkled the pure spiritual energy in his dantian onto the withered flower seeds. Watching the seeds sprout green shoots and break through the soil, he leisurely left, dragging his bloodstained Xuan Yang Halberd.

Behind us, the mountains and fields were covered with purple spirit flowers.

He was eager to see what kind of expression the aloof boy would have when he saw this flower.

Although he would most likely just nod indifferently when his companions exclaimed in surprise, and agree with a "That looks good."

*

"I saw him again much later, in the Jiang family's register of names. He, a person with four spiritual roots, was listed there. I heard that he cultivated the ruthless path with ruthlessness and decisiveness, and was very powerful," Jiang Xiangyun said. "It surprised me greatly."

"Because of that bottle of hemostatic pills?" Lu Liyu raised an eyebrow.

“It’s the lowest grade, but I guess it’s one of the few ‘good’ things he has,” Jiang Xiangyun said with a smile. “However, that bottle of hemostatic pills did save my life, otherwise I would have definitely gone mad that day.”

"My seventh brother is a very interesting person."

On the deck, Jiang Gu finally refined the feather into a red rope, then threaded it through the luminous pearl to make an earring, which he then placed in a wooden box.

The little red puppet ran over, indicating that it wanted to take a look.

So Jiang Gu put the wooden box on the ground. The little puppet stood on tiptoe and peered over the edge of the box, while Chi Xue also came over to smell it. The two little things looked at him with great confusion.

Jiang Gu closed the box and said in a low voice, "Never mind, this was originally his."

He still wanted to choose something else as a return gift.

For three months on their return journey, Wei Feng did not reappear.

Jiang Gu returned to the courtyard where "he" had once lived.

He was very familiar with every path and room in the courtyard, and even vaguely knew which room Wei Feng had stayed in, and that the other party seemed to have caused quite a bit of trouble here.

But those memories were like a thick veil; the more he tried to see them clearly, the more blurred they became, as if something was preventing him from recalling them.

Over the past ten years, his master has spoken very little to him. He can feel his master's concern for him, but he seems to be restrained by something. Every now and then, he saves people, which is more like an exchange to stay in the cultivation world. Considering the cause and effect... if he really ascends to the mortal world and then descends again, it must be as Jiang Xiangyun said, that something important must have happened.

Unfortunately, people in the lower realm are unaware of what happens in the upper realm, and Master has now completely disappeared. The only one who probably knows the truth is that boy in red.

But for three whole months, there was no word from them.

Summer has arrived, and the trees in the courtyard are lush and green, with the spring water gurgling. Several beautiful spirit beasts are lying or reclining in the courtyard, and the little snow beast and the little puppet are chasing butterflies in the courtyard. Many guesses flashed through his mind, all about Wei Feng, and suddenly the boy's bright smiling face appeared before his eyes.

He paused for a moment, then instinctively drew his sword, only to have it easily caught by his opponent.

Wei Feng hung upside down in front of the window, the silver bell between his ponytail and red hair tie swaying gently. He moved the sword tip away, then smiled at Jiang Gu and said, "Did I scare you?"

Jiang Gu twirled his sword and sheathed it, saying coldly, "No."

Wei Feng climbed through the window, dusted off his sleeves, and placed the things he was carrying on the table.

Jiang Gu glanced at him, then fixed his gaze on him: "What are you doing here?"

“Longyun City recently launched some delicious pastries. They’re sweet and sour when frozen with an ice-freezing talisman, so I thought I’d bring you some.” He didn’t treat himself like an outsider at all. He untied the paper bag and beckoned Jiang Gu, “Come and have a taste. I’ve been running all this way. I’ve never thought teleportation arrays were this slow before.”

Jiang Gu glanced at him, and Wei Feng grabbed his wrist and pulled him to the table: "Hurry up, these talismans will dissolve quickly once they are torn apart."

Jiang Gu released some spiritual energy to confirm that there was nothing else before taking the spoon offered to him and taking a bite.

Wei Feng looked at him with a smile: "Is it delicious?"

"It's alright." Under his expectant gaze, Jiang Gu took another bite before putting down the spoon.

It's a bit too sweet.

"You don't like sweets, so this might be a bit too sweet. I just thought you might not have tried it before, so I bought one for you to try." Wei Feng picked up the spoon he had used and quickly ate the rest of the food.

"Was that divine kite shark at the bottom of the sea that day you?" Advisor Jiang asked.

Wei Feng looked up at him and smiled: "What do you think?"

Jiang Gu looked at him expressionlessly: "Since the Divine Kite Shark is yourself, why did you go to such lengths to ask me to find it?"

“If it weren’t for that, I’m afraid you would be even more wary of me.” Wei Feng touched his nose. “It was just a temporary excuse.”

Jiang Gu paused slightly before voicing the question that had been troubling him for the past three months: "Then—why did you kiss me?"

Wei Feng's fair and handsome face slowly flushed red under his indifferent gaze.

There's no particular reason, it's just that I couldn't resist.

That's all.

But Jiang Gu's expression was too serious. Wei Feng racked his brains, stared at him for a long time, then leaned over the table next to him and kissed away the ice stain on the corner of his mouth.

A hint of surprise appeared in Jiang Gu's eyes.

Wei Feng smiled brightly: "Maybe this will help you remember faster."