Chapter 32 Yanghua Cloud Sea (19)

The evening sky was tinged with a faint purple hue, and a gentle breeze blew by, causing the fox fur, sticky with blood, to tremble slightly.

The shattered body parts rapidly healed together, the head drooped eerily, and was then straightened by someone's hand.

A snow-white fox emerged from the corpse's abdominal cavity, twisting and transforming into a bewitching young man.

He raised his hand and placed it on the human figure pieced together from the corpse parts. The joints made a teeth-grinding creaking sound, and finally it turned into a handsome man.

“Master.” The man’s tone was extremely flat, without any inflection, like a puppet being controlled.

"Well done." A red glint flashed in Jiang Lin's eyes. "Jiang Gu loves to kill without mercy. Fortunately, I had foreseen this. If it weren't for you, we would not have escaped this calamity."

The man stared at him blankly and nodded stiffly.

Jiang Lin patted his head and laughed, "I still prefer your previous unruly self."

Unfortunately, the puppet had no soul; it just stiffly repeated the same action, and half of its head was rotten.

"It's alright, I'll fix you up." A sinister smile flashed across Jiang Lin's face. "Jiang Qi, we'll see."

——

A few days later.

Yang Huazong.

"Young master, young master? Young master, you're awake?" Xia Ling knelt by the bedside, so excited she was almost in tears.

Wei Feng groggily opened his eyes, "Xia Ling?"

"My lord, you're finally awake." Xia Ling quickly helped him up. "Young Master Xuan came to see you and just left. Tell me, how did you end up like this after just one trip?"

Wei Feng's abdomen was still throbbing slightly. He reached up to cover it, turned his head and looked around, "Where is my master?"

Seeing this, Xia Ling looked uneasy and hesitated to speak. Wei Feng frowned and said, "Speak quickly!"

“Elder Jiang killed an elder of the Criminal Law Hall and took you down the mountain without permission. He is currently under house arrest on Qingping Peak, awaiting his fate,” Xia Ling said.

"Dispose of him?! My master is none of their business!" Wei Feng was so angry that he jumped out of bed, which aggravated the wound on his stomach, and he gasped.

"Young master, please be careful, the medicine has just been applied." Xia Ling hurriedly went to help him.

Wei Feng impatiently pushed him away and angrily said, "He killed the elders of the Punishment Hall because they wanted to search my soul! If they don't take me with them, I'll lose my life. They all talk such high-sounding nonsense, confinement? Confine my ass!"

Enraged, Wei Feng ignored Xia Ling's attempts to stop him and flew straight to Qingping Peak on his sword.

Qingping Peak remained as quiet as ever. Before Wei Feng even entered the cave, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Master—Master!"

However, just as he was about to step into the cave, he was repelled by a magic array. Unconvinced, he crashed into it again, only to be bounced even further away.

"Master—" Wei Feng cried out anxiously, pounding fiercely on the spiritual energy shield of the magic array. "Master—"

Inside the cave, Jiang Gu had just finished repairing his somewhat damaged primordial spirit when he heard Wei Feng's roar coming from outside.

"..." He closed his eyes, pretending not to hear.

"Master, are you inside?! What right do they have to confine you?! Those elders of the Discipline Hall deserve to die a hundred thousand times over! Master—Master—Master—" Wei Feng's voice was hoarse from shouting, but he still relentlessly pounded on the protective barrier. "Master—Master—how are you?—Master—come out and see my master—"

The once sturdy protective shield suddenly collapsed, and Wei Feng was tricked inside, nearly falling to the ground. He quickly braced himself with his arm.

A snow-white hem swept past his eyes.

"What is it?" Jiang Gu's indifferent voice rang out above him.

Wei Feng quickly got up from the ground and looked anxiously at Jiang Gu, "Master, are you alright?"

"It's nothing." Jiang Gu found him extremely noisy.

However, Wei Feng didn't believe it and circled around him nervously. "Master, Jiang Lin said that more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators attacked you alone, and you fought Jiang Lin to the death to save me. How could you be alright?"

Jiang Gu was already seriously injured at the time, but he still managed to bring him back to Yanghua Sect.

“Wu Hezhi and Xie Fuxue, those old fogies, must have taken advantage of your serious injury!” Wei Feng thought he had found the truth and looked at Jiang Gu with anger and guilt. “I’m sorry, Master, it’s all my fault that you were dragged into this.”

"Are you done talking?" Jiang Gu asked.

"Ah...ah." Wei Feng touched the tip of his nose, cautiously observing his expression. "Master, are you angry?"

"No," Jiang Gu said. "You are still recovering from your serious injuries. Besides attending classes at Touchun Peak, you only need to study some basic techniques. I have had the books you wanted sent to Lianyun Peak."

Wei Feng was stunned, still unable to extricate himself from the memories of his life-and-death bond with Jiang Gu.

He returned safely from the Jiang family. Jiang Gu had no interest in his identity as the Divine Kite Shark; in fact, he had risked his life to protect him. Wei Feng was overjoyed and moved on his way there. In his imagination, he would rush up and hug Jiang Gu, and Jiang Gu would whisper a few words of comfort to him. The two of them, master and disciple, would then pour out their hearts to each other after surviving the ordeal...

Instead, Jiang Gu began assigning him homework with a blank expression.

"Master, I don't want to go to Touchun Peak for class. I want to stay with you." Wei Feng stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, looking at him expectantly. "Master, you can teach me yourself."

"..." Jiang Gu expressionlessly pulled the sleeve out of his hand.

Wei Feng in front of me has become somewhat strange.

Before this, Wei Feng had been very respectful to him, always addressing him as "Master" and "you." Even after he rescued him from the Discipline Hall, Wei Feng dared not overstep his bounds. But now he had become much more unrestrained, even taking it for granted to touch him inappropriately, acting warmly and caringly, like a little beast who had finally let down his guard and acknowledged his master.

Jiang Gu wanted to gain his trust, that's true, but this was a bit too clingy.

Wei Feng, however, thought he was just cold on the outside but warm on the inside. He persisted in sticking to him, his eyes filled with clear springs, and said with a smile, "Master, is it alright?"

"Stand up straight." Jiang Gu frowned slightly.

Wei Feng was practically pressed against him. Upon hearing this, he immediately straightened his back, looked at him obediently, and said in a serious tone, "Master, they don't teach me properly at all. Ten days of my study is not as good as half a day of your teaching."

Jiang Gu completely agreed with this point. The Yanghua Sect was a bunch of useless people who couldn't produce any useful talents. However, he still needed to use Wei Feng to lure out Qing Du and the people behind him, so he couldn't just keep them locked up in Qingping Peak.

“Starting tomorrow, I will go to Touchun Peak to teach basic skills,” Jiang Gu said. “You should attend classes on time.”

"Master, you're going to teach at Touchun Peak!?" Wei Feng asked in shock.

Most of the elders at Touchun Peak teach for ten days and then change teachers. Only rare courses like those taught by Shen Yuxin are taught by a fixed elder. However, basic techniques do not require a fixed elder.

“Your basic skills are too weak; I don’t trust anyone else to teach you,” Jiang Gu said.

“Master…” Wei Feng felt a bittersweet feeling well up in his heart, and his eyes instantly turned red.

A cold glint flashed in Jiang Gu's eyes. If this guy dared to cry again, he would gouge out his eyes.

Wei Feng managed not to cry, but his gaze towards Jiang Gu became even more determined. "I will definitely study hard!"

Jiang Gu remained noncommittal. He wasn't really doing this for Wei Feng. As Wei Feng said, he was surrounded by seven or eight Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and Jiang Lin had trampled half of his chest. In addition, he had been injured by Yao Li earlier, so his body was already at its limit.

He needed time to heal his injuries, but he also needed to quickly understand the entire Yanghua Sect, so teaching at Touchun Peak was the most suitable option for him.

"But Master, what should we do about the sect's confinement of you?" Wei Feng asked worriedly. "Will they allow you to teach at Touchun Peak?"

"Who said I was grounded?" Jiang Gu looked at him coldly. "So you're in such a hurry to rescue me?"

Wei Feng was stunned. "Huh?"

It took him half a day to return to Lianyun Peak and figure out the rumors, so he chased Xia Ling for half a mountain.

"That's what everyone outside is saying—Young Master, spare me!" Xia Ling was chased away, his wailing echoing all over the mountains and fields. "I shouldn't have believed the rumors, I was wrong, Young Master!"

"My master is so powerful, who would dare to confine him!" Wei Feng cursed angrily from behind. "Do you know how much face I've lost? My master looked at me like I was an idiot! You stop right there!"

On Qingping Peak, Jiang Gu finally got some peace and quiet after seeing Wei Feng off.

He looked down at the crimson inner core floating in his palm, and could vaguely feel the heat on it, as if it had just been pulled out of his flesh and blood.

Jiang Xiangyun's idea of ​​using the Fire-Separating Pill and the Crimson Beast to refine a natal magic weapon is a complete waste. Such a treasure is naturally meant for cultivation; he only needs to refine it in his dantian—

"Master, please open the door for me!" A lively voice interrupted his actions.

Jiang Gu clenched his fist and put away the Fire-Leaving Pill. He looked up and saw Wei Feng carrying a bundle, banging on the spiritual energy shield outside the protective formation like he was knocking on a door.

"Master, Master, are you there?" Wei Feng pressed his hands against the spiritual energy barrier and peered inside. He couldn't actually see anything clearly, but that didn't dampen his enthusiasm. "Master, Master, I've come to find you! It's me, Master, it's Wei Feng, Master?"

Jiang Gu took a deep breath, activated his spiritual energy shield, and asked in a cold and annoyed tone, "What is it?"

Wei Feng, carrying large and small bags, walked briskly inside, smiling brightly, and said, "Master, I'll stay in the cave with you!"

A crack appeared on Jiang Gu's otherwise unmoving face as he asked, doubting whether he had misheard, "What did you say?"

“Master, although this cave is simple, it is rich in spiritual energy. As your disciple, I cannot ask you to go to Lianyun Peak every day. Besides, we can go to Touchun Peak for classes together in the future. Master, I actually think this cave could be expanded a bit…” Wei Feng dragged several boxes in from outside, dusted off his hands, put his hands on his hips, and laughed, “Master, I’ll have someone make two beds in a few days. It will be more comfortable for meditation. What do you think?”

Jiang Gu twitched the corner of his mouth.

Before Wei Feng could even feel happy, he was thrown out of the cave along with his bundle and boxes. The spiritual energy shield thickened dozens of times, effectively blocking him from the outside.

"roll."