Chapter 421 Dong Xiao Awakens

Zhong Cai's lips twitched.

Therefore, the owner of that broken finger was an avatar of the Palace Master Jinzong, who was originally a guardian of the child's gourd dwelling.

Since joining the Temple of War God, the brat has only participated in this one secret realm event, and he's already lost his protective trump card.

...Is this the power of the protagonist?

That's terrifying!

As for the fact that the Crimson Fire Phoenix inherited the Golden Fire Phoenix's legacy, that's not surprising at all.

The protagonist's contracted rare beast!

Without external interference, it's a foregone conclusion that it will be its own—unless there's an even better stroke of luck.

Zhong Cai turned her head and looked at Wu Dongxiao, who was still lying flat and fast asleep, a hint of sympathy flashing in her eyes.

The kid is still sleeping.

After a guardian is lost, the sect will certainly allocate resources to help the hall master reassemble a new avatar, which will then be handed over to the talented disciple as a guardian again. However, before that, the talented disciple will not have a new guardian to protect him.

If it were other top geniuses, even if they lost their protectors, it wouldn't be a big problem. After all, although they have experienced many ups and downs, they often don't need protectors at the Nirvana level.

But it's different for the kids.

Given the protagonist's tendency to cause trouble, without a protector, he'll likely face a series of life-threatening dangers.

And the kid himself should know this too.

Therefore, after he wakes up, the first thing he will probably have to do is apologize to the Palace Master Jinzong and send the resources he has found there, hoping that the Palace Master Jinzong will help him condense a new protector as soon as possible.

That expense is definitely not small.

I'm afraid even one or two level-eight resources wouldn't be enough to handle it...

·

Perhaps sensing that Zhong Cai was whispering about him in his mind, Wu Dongxiao woke up at that moment.

Xuan Bing immediately noticed and quickly moved over, crouching down beside the bed to ask, "Junior brother, how are you?"

The moment Wu Dongxiao saw his senior brother, he instinctively smiled and said cheerfully, "I'm perfectly fine!"

Seeing his nonchalant expression, Xuan Bing sighed helplessly, "You're not much better off; it was Junior Brother Zhong who saved you."

Wu Dongxiao then realized that his Uncle Zhong and his younger uncle were standing not far away watching him.

He quickly stood up and bowed, showing great resilience.

Zhong Cai sat down next to him, patted Wu Dongxiao on the shoulder with a smile, and teased, "When you came out, you looked like a broken porcelain figurine. You almost scared your senior brother to death."

Wu Dongxiao scratched his head, and after imagining it for a moment, it seemed quite frightening. He then gave his senior brother an apologetic look.

Xuan Bing shook his head: "It's good that you're alright."

Zhong Cai raised her eyebrows, pointed to a corner, and said, "Look, the culprit your senior brother stopped."

Xuan Bing quickly replied, "It was Junior Brother Wu who caught it himself."

Wu Dongxiao immediately thanked him, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, Uncle."

Zhong Cai asked with a grin, "Then why didn't you thank your senior brother?"

Wu Dongxiao said frankly, "When I was training with my senior brother, he worried about me a hundred and eighty times. I can't thank him enough, so I simply won't thank him."

Zhong Cai burst out laughing and said to Xuan Bing, "This kid is ungrateful. Senior Brother Xuan can give him a good beating to teach him a lesson."

Xuan Bing chuckled and simply shook his head.

Zhong Cai then feigned a sigh and said, "It seems that the task of beating him up will have to be left to Old Wu."

Wu Shaogan naturally nodded in agreement.

Wu Dongxiao was a bit flustered. After thinking for a moment, he tentatively asked, "I've just recovered from a serious illness, should we wait a while before calling..."

Zhong Cai glanced at him subtly—was there something wrong with this kid's head? He was just being polite, being a parent.

but……

Zhong Cai said gently, "If you want to be beaten this time, it's not that I can't grant your wish."

Wu Dongxiao immediately fell silent.

Zhong Cai then remembered the guy in the corner and said, "What do you want to do with him?"

Wu Dongxiao also looked over, his brows furrowed.

Upon seeing this guy, he was reminded of the time when he could have gotten out smoothly, but he almost lost his life because of it.

His senior brother was almost implicated because of him!

And his Nirvana Protector! Because of this, he's gone! He's going to suffer a huge loss!

He came to the secret cave with great confidence to get treasures, but when he left, he was not cool at all and looked quite disheveled. He must have disappointed his two uncles!

All the dissatisfaction came together and turned into a raging fire of anger.

Seeing that the man was still unconscious, Wu Dongxiao strode over and kicked him hard!

The cultivator in the corner was suddenly jolted awake by a sharp pain.

Still not satisfied, Wu Dongxiao stomped on the cultivator several more times, finally landing on his head, sending him face-first to the ground, his face covered in bruises.

This scene seemed to be a replay of the past.

·

Xuan Bing paused.

Logically speaking, Junior Brother and Junior Brother Wu are the ones with a deep blood relationship, but most of the time, Junior Brother only looks similar to Junior Brother Wu, but his behavior is more like Junior Brother Zhong.

Putting everything else aside, the series of stomps, like stepping on a crawling insect, were exactly the same as Junior Brother Zhong's! Even the angle at which the cultivator's head turned after the final stomp on his head was so similar!

That's a bit outrageous.

In fact, the junior brother did not spend a very long time with his two uncles. Even when they spent a little more time together, he was often on the road to being scolded (when learning alchemy from Junior Brother Zhong) and beaten (when sparring with Junior Brother Wu).

But perhaps fate is just that magical?

The junior brother not only inherited Junior Brother Zhong's skills in alchemy, but also looked up to Junior Brother Wu in martial arts.

They do have a deep connection with the Feifeng Mountain lineage, but in reality, they are quite different in many ways.

However, Xuan Bing didn't care.

Anyway, he and his master have nothing in common.

·

Regardless of Xuan Bing's thoughts, the cultivator being trampled suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye that the one trampling him was actually Wu Dongxiao, and a flash of hatred appeared in his eyes—several times deeper than the hatred he had felt for Zhong Cai before.

Wu Dongxiao kicked him in the face, knocking out several of his teeth.

That cultivator was truly stubborn. Even at this point, he still glared at Wu Dongxiao with resentment, his eyes filled with unwillingness—it was obvious that he was unwilling to have failed to kill Wu Dongxiao under those circumstances!

He thought, "This is such a great opportunity!"

He searched for Wu Dongxiao in the secret realm for a long time without success, but he found him at the critical moment when the secret realm was about to collapse. Wasn't this an opportunity given to him by heaven?

How could Wu Dongxiao be so lucky to be alive!

Why isn't he dead!

Wu Dongxiao didn't care about the other party's sinister and twisted gaze. After all, he had encountered such a gaze at least 70 or 80% of the time during his past training. He was already numb to it and it wouldn't affect his mentality at all.

He simply followed procedure and asked, "Who are you? What do you want to do to me?"

The cultivator being stepped on let out a cold laugh, then closed his eyes and pretended not to hear.

Wu Dongxiao went through the motions again: "If you don't talk, I'll kill you."

The cultivator remained silent.

...This "interrogation" process was almost identical to Zhong Cai's.

The situation seems to have reached a stalemate.

Zhong Cai leaned against Wu Shaogan and casually said, "Dong Xiao, if you really won't tell, then you might as well kill him."

Wu Dongxiao pondered, "I haven't found out his background yet, but I am a disciple of the War God Temple. He dared to attack me, and it seems he has no respect for the War God Temple. If I rashly kill him, what if the people behind him come after the War God Temple? Wouldn't that bring trouble to my sect?"

Zhong Cai chuckled and said, "You said it yourself, you have the War God Hall behind you. At worst, it's just two level nine forces fighting each other. Who are we in the War God Hall afraid of? Isn't the purpose of a sect to protect its disciples? Besides, it wasn't you who started this trouble. You were almost killed and we can't even get revenge. What's the point of us joining a level nine force?"

Wu Dongxiao scratched his face.

The cultivator still being trampled under his feet had his pupils contract, and a hint of panic quietly appeared on his face.

In fact, his reluctance to speak stemmed from a gradual realization that came to him from a state of mental confusion. He felt that if he remained silent, Wu Dongxiao and the others, unaware of his background, might hesitate to act rashly…

But unexpectedly, this man surnamed Zhong actually said such a thing!

At that moment, the cultivator opened his mouth as if to speak, but then he suddenly realized, could the Temple of War really be afraid of his so-called background?

He was well aware that the forces behind him were far from being a match for the Temple of War.

Only now did the cultivator slowly begin to feel a genuine sense of regret.

How could he have been so bewitched as to attack a disciple of the Temple of War...?

·

However, before the cultivator could figure out how to speak to save his life, Wu Dongxiao had already picked him up and thrown him onto the table next to him.

Wu Dongxiao said naturally, "I used to learn a secret technique, it's quite wicked, that can search for information contained in a soul. Since he won't tell me, I'll search his soul, and then I'll find out and tell Uncle Zhong about it as a joke."

Zhong Cai chuckled and said, "Then hurry up and go."

Xuan Bing felt slightly helpless.

Wu Shaogan nodded approvingly, then looked tenderly at Zhong Cai, picking up a tuft of his hair and playing with it between his fingers.

Everyone watched as Wu Dongxiao operated the system.

Upon hearing these words, the cultivator who was lying disheveled on the table immediately leaped up, ready to escape!

Wu Dongxiao had anticipated this, and with a slap, he pressed the cultivator down onto the table again, unable to break free at all.

This cultivator refused to accept his fate.

However, he had to admit it.

As Wu Dongxiao's palm was about to press on his forehead, his expression grew increasingly frightened, and he finally lost his composure and begged for mercy.

Unfortunately, Wu Dongxiao completely ignored him.

Before the cultivator could even finish his first "Spare me," a strange energy burst forth from Wu Dongxiao's palm, penetrating directly into the cultivator's Dao Palace and capturing his primordial soul.

The cultivator felt an extremely terrifying pain emanating from his primordial soul. In an instant, all the past events seemed to flash rapidly through his mind, and after each scene flashed by, these scenes would become a blank.

In the end, the cultivator's consciousness became completely blurred, and he remembered nothing.

·

From Zhong Cai's and the others' perspective, it was only for less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea that Wu Dongxiao pressed down on the cultivator's palm, and the cultivator's expression went blank, and he was completely unable to react, as if he had become mentally impaired.

Zhong Cai said, "Don't leave him alive."

Wu Dongxiao naturally understood and had no intention of humiliating him. He simply struck out with another palm, smashing the cultivator's brains to pieces, and then gestured to the Crimson Fire Phoenix, which had transformed into a golden-red fur ball and was hopping around beside him.

The Crimson Fire Phoenix skillfully spat out a mouthful of blazing fire, which landed on the cultivator's corpse.

The cultivator turned to ashes, leaving behind only a few mustard seed bags and mustard seed rings.

Wu Dongxiao quickly went over and picked them up, giving one to Zhong Wufu and the other to Xuan Bing.

They all happily accepted it.

Zhong Cai, resting her chin on her hand, asked, "So what did you see?"

Wu Dongxiao said, "This guy is indeed jealous."

Then, he picked and chose from everything he saw and pointed out the key points.

·

This cultivator was named Qiu Yang, and he was the great-grandson of a rogue cultivator.

The loose cultivator Qiu Meng's cultivation level is at the peak of the Spirit Transformation stage. I am considered quite young among loose cultivators at the Spirit Transformation stage, and I have a good chance of achieving Nirvana.

A rogue cultivator achieving Nirvana is already quite remarkable.

Qiu Meng did not want to be a rogue cultivator. He wanted to establish his own family power. In order to obtain better territory, it would be best to try when his strength reached a higher level. Before that, he should make more preparations.

Therefore, Qiu Meng married and took concubines early on, hoping to have more children.

When it comes to family power, population is of course the most important factor.

However, Qiu Meng was not very lucky and had great difficulty having children. Most of his wives and concubines failed to give birth to any children. Only two concubines gave birth to a son and a daughter, respectively.

Apart from them, there wasn't a single seedling left.

Qiu Meng carefully nurtured them as they grew up. He was especially pleased when his children got married and took wives. He thought that he might have married and taken concubines a little late, so the chances of his wives and concubines bearing him offspring were not high. But he still had his children. As long as they were also focused on strengthening their clan and creating a family that could stand for generations, his wish would be fulfilled.

But who would have thought that his children would also have difficulty conceiving?

The hardship was bad enough, but to make matters worse, the woman his son married was actually an undercover agent sent by his enemy. She not only deceived his son's feelings but also killed him!

At this time, his son had not yet had any offspring.

His daughter didn't marry the wrong person, but even though she really wanted to have more children, she had to carry them herself... After the baby was born, she couldn't immediately prepare for another pregnancy; she still needed to recuperate...

Therefore, Qiu Meng's daughter was assassinated and killed when she went out to gain experience after giving birth to two children.

Qiu Meng killed his daughter's husband with a single blow, sending him to stay with his daughter.

At this point, Qiu Meng had only two grandsons left.

One of his grandsons died in an accident.

Thus, Qiu Yang was left as the sole heir of the Qiu Alliance.

Qiu Meng wanted to expand his family, so he had to let his only son marry many wives and concubines and have more children.

Qiu Yang was very lecherous, which actually pleased Qiu Meng—who else would he have children with if he wasn't lecherous?

Qiu Meng doted on Qiu Yang in every way.

He was very worried that not only would he fail to establish a family, but even his only son would die!

Therefore, whether Qiu Yang goes out or not, he always carries many kinds of defensive items, as well as powerful offensive artifacts obtained by the Qiu Alliance.

Over time, Qiu Yang became arrogant and unrestrained, acting with almost no taboos. He lorded over Qiu Alliance in its territory, and no one dared to provoke him.

·

After hearing Qiu Yang's background, Zhong Cai couldn't help but ask, "That's it? Doesn't he have any other powerful backers? Doesn't the Qiu Alliance have any major forces that appreciate him?"

Wu Shaogan spoke up at the opportune moment: "How exactly?"

Wu Dongxiao continued, "Indeed, this is the only one. The place where Qiu Yang acts arrogantly is a small domain, so with his grandfather, a peak Spirit Transformation cultivator, protecting him, he can do whatever he wants."

·

Qiu Yang was fond of beautiful women, but he had very high standards. He could easily have casual affairs, but there was no one he truly loved and wanted to marry.

Naturally, there were no children.

Qiu Meng was very unhappy about this and directly arranged for Qiu Yang to take in many concubines.

Qiu Yang wasn't very interested in those ordinary beauties in his eyes, so he simply went out to gain experience and prepare to hunt for women.

During this experience, he met the Meng sisters.

He first met the younger sister, then the older sister, and from then on, he fell deeply in love with the older sister.

After Qiu Meng learned about Meng Feiqing's identity, he was quite satisfied with this granddaughter-in-law and let Qiu Yang pursue her.

Qiu Yang's initial attempts to get close to Meng Feiyan failed, but he did not give up. He continued to fawn over Meng Feiyan from time to time, thereby learning some information about Meng Feiqing.

Because Meng Feiqing had a powerful background and could not be forcibly taken, Qiu Yang became obsessed with not being able to obtain her.

This time, the secret cave was an extraordinary adventure.

A rogue cultivator who obtained the token sought out Qiu Meng. After Qiu Meng helped him out, he obtained a spot in exchange for it, which he then gave to his beloved grandson, Qiu Yang.

When Qiu Yang arrived here, he discovered that it was the domain where his beloved's sect was located. He was in a great mood and became much more restrained, trying to show some manners. At the same time, whenever he had free time, he would try to get closer to the Meng sisters.

But to his surprise, not long after, he discovered that the Meng sisters were both interested in an inconspicuous guy!

This "insignificant" statement was, of course, uttered by Qiu Yang through gritted teeth.

He knew perfectly well that it was Wu Dongxiao's appearance that truly attracted women, while he himself was the one who was utterly ordinary.

Qiu Yang was jealous of Wu Dongxiao, which is why he slandered him so much.

When Wu Dongxiao treated the Meng sisters that way, Qiu Yang felt even more disgusted with him. However, he discovered that because of that battle, the Meng sisters actually became more and more interested in Wu Dongxiao. In their eyes, there was an admiration for a man like Wu Dongxiao that they themselves were unaware of.

Qiu Yang became even more jealous.

Deep down, he harbored an ambition: after winning over Meng Feiqing, he also wanted to make Meng Feiyan his bedmate.

He deeply admired Meng Feiqing, but Meng Feiyan was also a stunning beauty. If he could win over these two sisters, his life would be complete...

Therefore, Qiu Yang convinced himself that he was targeting Wu Dongxiao to avenge the Meng sisters, but he knew the real reason very well: he was jealous!

If Wu Dongxiao hadn't died... Qiu Yang understood that he would probably never have been able to win the heart of his beloved.

But once Wu Dongxiao is dead... he'll be able to win over those two beauties sooner or later!

·

One wrong step leads to another. Qiu Yang, relying on his abundant treasures, tried to fight Wu Dongxiao head-on in order to kill him. In the end, Wu Dongxiao survived, while Qiu Yang turned to ashes.

Despite Qiu Meng's best efforts, he still lost his lineage and will likely never have the chance to establish a large family lineage in the future.

In his last moments of consciousness, Qiu Yang was filled with remorse.

If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have done it...

It's a pity that he was blinded by jealousy and lost his mind. They were just two beauties, not worth his life at all!

Qiu Yang knew very well that his grandfather had always acted alone, his heart was full of bloodline descendants, and he had no support at all!

This time, I'm afraid he's the one who's dragged my grandfather down with him.

I hope my grandfather is alright, and I don't need to seek revenge for him.

...This was probably the last bit of kindness in Qiu Yang's heart.

·

After hearing the whole "story", Zhong Cai stroked his chin and smiled, "So, the only enemy that came into contact with Qiu Yang is the Qiu Alliance."

Qiu Meng is currently at the peak of the Spirit Transformation stage, and at most he will reach Nirvana in the future.

Even if Wu Dongxiao were to deal with such an enemy on his own, it shouldn't be a big problem.

They won't die.

They probably won't suffer too much damage... right?

Xuan Bing cautioned, "The Qiu Alliance is stronger than you and me. Be extra careful when you go out to train in the future."

Wu Dongxiao said, "Don't worry, senior brother. I extracted a lot of information from my primordial spirit. I only mentioned the important parts just now. I remember all the details. No matter what Qiu Meng's reaction is in the future, I can handle it."

Xuan Bing nodded slightly.

He certainly trusted Wu Dongxiao.

Zhong Cai patted Wu Dongxiao on the shoulder and said with a smile, "So, after you go back, hurry up and go see Palace Master Jinzong."

Wu Dongxiao thought of the accompanying protectors... and nodded solemnly.

"Uncle Zhong, don't worry. I've obtained a lot of resources this time, which should allow Lord Jinzong to use them as soon as possible."

Zhong Cai smiled and patted him again, saying, "It's good that you know what's going on."

Wu Dongxiao smiled.

He was very happy about the concern shown by his two family members and a fellow student.

...Although my uncle didn't show any obvious signs, he and Uncle Zhong were one. Since Uncle Zhong showed concern, he was giving the same concern to my uncle as well.

Wu Dongxiao felt much more at ease.

He had already put aside the matter of Qiu Yang.

Anyway, it's not the first time.

You'll get used to it.

·

After a moment of excitement, Wu Dongxiao suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "Oh, right! Uncle Zhong and Uncle Xiao, I brought you gifts this time!"

Zhong Cai immediately raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

Wu Dongxiao chuckled, immediately opened the mustard seed bag, took out several boxes from it, and gently pushed them, causing them to float in front of Zhong Cai.

Zhong Cai flicked his finger, opening all the boxes.

In an instant, a rich medicinal fragrance wafted out, and within this fragrance, there was also a strong aura of fire.

A rare medicine with fire attribute!

Zhong Cai examined it carefully.

They were all level seven, and there was even one level eight plant.

Zhong Cai raised her eyebrows even higher: "You gave it all to me for free?"

Wu Dongxiao said solemnly, "It's free."

Zhong Cai didn't stand on ceremony and put them all away.

Before Wu Dongxiao had finished taking them all, he took out another treasure—

In an instant, the entire cabin seemed to be engulfed in a sea of ​​fire, with waves of heat surging through it.