Chapter 100
When Jitang woke up, he saw Su Jinzhou sitting at a table not far away drinking tea.
He lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. The white mist floating on the tea became thicker and then dissipated. Ji Tang did not break the silence for a while, and was lost in thought for a long time with sleepy eyes.
It wasn't until Su Jinzhou picked up the teacup that Ji Tang reminded him, "Brother, the tea is cold."
Su Jinzhou immediately turned his head to look at him, then smiled and said, "You're awake."
Ji Tang supported himself on the edge of the bed and stood up. "What are you thinking about? You didn't even notice the tea was cold."
Su Jinzhou poured out the cold tea and replaced it with a new cup. He took it to Jitang's bedside.
Ji Tang was thirsty, so he took it and drank it all in one gulp.
Su Jinzhou sat beside her and said, "Jitang."
"Hmm?" Jitang handed him the teacup.
"How about we be honest with each other?"
Ji Tang was stunned when he heard this, and his mind couldn't help but think of Su Jinzhou's dream.
Her expression was a little unnatural. "Frankly, frankly what?"
Did Senior Brother discover something? If Senior Brother really asked about the dream...
Ji Tang: "I'm not trying to hide it from you."
Su Jinzhou: "How much do you know about the black-clad believers?"
Ji Tang was dumbfounded: "...Ah?"
Su Jinzhou said, "Since you don't want to hide it from me, why don't you tell me everything you know about the Black-Clothed Followers?"
It turns out it wasn't a dream.
Ji Tang breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he couldn't help but perk up. "Brother, did you hear about the black-robed believers from Qiu Runfang?"
"Ji Tang," Su Jinzhou leaned slightly closer, his eyes staring straight into Ji Tang's, leaving her with nowhere to hide. "Are you planning to find out how much I know first, and then think of how to answer me?"
Ji Tang blinked, knowing what he was saying.
Su Jinzhou withdrew slightly, feeling helpless yet indulgent, "Before Qiu Runfang, I already knew about the black-clad believers."
Ji Tang's pupils suddenly shrank, "What did you say?"
Since Su Jinzhou said he would be honest, he would not hide it from her. "Chu Jinhuai told me about the Black-Clothed Believers. He has been investigating them and said he wanted to cooperate with me, but I didn't agree."
Ji Tang: "He is a person who puts his own interests first, so he cannot be trusted completely."
Su Jinzhou smiled, "I know."
"What did you find out?"
"There's not much to find out, and the black-clothed believers I've come into contact with are mostly small-time figures on the fringe. I haven't cooperated with Chu Jinhuai, so I'm not very well-informed." In addition, Ji Tang has been hiding in Jiu Mingyuan for many years since the incident with the Nightmare Clan. He has put all his thoughts on it, and he cares even less about the black-clothed believers.
He said, "It was only after the Dragon Lord was poisoned that I began to pay attention to the Black-Cloaked Followers, and I had a brief meeting with the master behind them."
Jitang was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
Su Jinzhou stroked his junior sister's head and said, "You've been hiding this from me, not mentioning the Black-Cloaked Followers. Now you want to act as Jiu Shuishen. Is this to investigate the person behind them?"
Ji Tang lowered his head under the pressure of the big hand and said, "Yes."
It turns out that Su Jinzhou had already come into contact with these things.
He still stepped into the black abyss and was sucked into the whirlpool.
"When did Senior Brother meet with the mastermind behind this? Did he come to see you?"
"Yes, I met him once when I was in the Fusion Stage and the Great Perfection Stage respectively. He came to persuade me to join his camp."
Ji Tang: "Even the words are the same..." She raised her eyes, "I've seen him before, and he said the same thing to me when we first met."
Su Jinzhou: "You were in the fusion stage then."
"yes."
Su Jinzhou reminded, "Do you still remember what level of cultivation Senior Sturgeon Shark King Beast had when he was poisoned?"
Ji Tang knew what he meant, "Fusion stage. Not only that, my stepmother was also in the fusion stage when she discovered the poisoning."
The two were silent for a moment.
Su Jinzhou: "His purpose is very clear. It seems that those with low cultivation levels are not worthy of his attention. Only cultivators who have reached the fusion stage will be noticed by him."
Ji Tang asked hurriedly, "I have been asleep for four hundred years, and I still don't know a lot about the world of cultivation. How many cultivators have reached the Fusion Stage now?"
Su Jinzhou: "There are only a few. As far as I know, there are only Chu Jinhuai, the young master of Dengtian City, Jiuxiao, the young master of the Tuowei Dragon Clan, and someone you are familiar with."
A smile flashed in Jitang's eyes, "Yes, I saw that brother has also reached the fusion stage."
Ji Tang: "So, in the past few hundred years, there have only been three people who have broken through to the Fusion Stage. That narrows the scope."
Su Jinzhou looked at her. She narrowed her eyes and smiled slyly. He asked with a smile, "What do you want to do?"
Ji Tang was calm and composed, "We don't have to do anything."
Su Jinzhou knew that Chu Jinhuai would come to him on his own initiative.
He didn't intend to let Jitang go. "Besides being in the Fusion Stage, why did you meet that person?"
Ji Tang said, "I want to know his identity, so I've done a lot of research. Qiu Runfang has already told you that there are different levels of Black-Cloaked Believers, right? She doesn't know much. A Level 5 Believer isn't even considered a core member. I once captured a Level 1 Believer and learned a lot from him, including the whereabouts of the mastermind behind the scenes. However, he's extremely cunning, and he has many burrows. He has many locations, so even though I've met him several times, I still don't know his details."
Su Jinzhou: "Have you ever fought with him?"
Ji Tang: "That guy always looked so confident, I couldn't get close to him at all. Sometimes he would disappear without a trace after just a few words. My cultivation level at that time was probably among the best in the entire cultivation world, right? But I was helpless against him. It wasn't until we actually fought that I realized how powerful he was."
That fight happened when Su Jinzhou was transcending the tribulation and ascending to heaven. Ji Tang avoided talking about it, saying only, "My primordial spirit was severely damaged, and the Nightmare Soul Pill shattered into pieces because of the fight with him. It was also then that I realized that the one fighting me was just one of his clones."
Su Jinzhou's expression was solemn. Compared to his clone, he was more concerned about something else. "Were you injured when you were going through the ascension thunder tribulation?"
Ji Tang nodded nonchalantly, "That's right," she smiled, "otherwise, it's only ninety-nine and eighty-one thunder tribulations, how could I not be able to overcome them? Not to mention those famous and upright sects that attacked the Nine Nether Abyss. If I were at my peak, what would they have to do with me!"
She smiled with conviction, brimming with confidence and assertiveness, her eyes gleaming. This was the Nightmare Lord Su Jinzhou knew, a man completely different from Jiu Shuishen's timidity. This was a man with a fierce edge that made one's heart beat faster and their blood boil.
Ji Tang changed the subject and said, "Brother, why didn't you survive the ascension thunder tribulation?"
Su Jinzhou's mind raced, and he asked her, "How do you know when I will transcend the tribulation?"
"..." Ji Tang paused for a moment, his voice already starting to lose confidence. "I woke up and went down the mountain as Jiu Shuishen. When I was staying at the inn, I heard people talking about you and learned that you didn't make it through the tribulation."
She didn't mention 'when', only the reason.
Did Su Jinzhou still not understand his junior sister? Seeing her like this, it seemed like she was hiding something. Since he hadn't explained why he couldn't transcend the tribulation, Su Jinzhou didn't delve into it any further.
That night, Su Jinzhou and Jitang told Huanmang about the black-clothed believers. The three of them were stable people. Su Jinzhou and Jitang had made plans to live in Qingmang Yanyue Mountain permanently, and were just waiting for Chu Jinhuai to come to them.
But there are still two people who have to be taken care of - Gu Yan and his sister.
When Su Jinzhou called people over, Ji Tang and Huan Mang were also there.
The first thing Gu Sangniao noticed when she came in was that Jitang was sitting between the Immortal Master and the Young Clan Leader. The two of them were vaguely protective of each other. The arrogant Young Clan Leader poured tea for her and smiled at her very intimately.
Not only that, the Immortal Venerable also personally placed the snacks on the table into the porcelain plate in front of Jitang. With a few gestures of his fingers, the spiritual power attached to it evenly divided the snacks into four pieces.
The more Gu Sangniao watched, the more frightened she became. The more she watched, the more she felt that these two extremely powerful men seemed to be... secretly competing for favor?
How could the Immortal Venerable and the Young Clan Leader go to such lengths? It's simply unbelievable!
Gu Sangniao covered herself with her long sleeves and pulled Gu Yan beside her.
Gu Yan was no less surprised than Gu Sangniao. He finally came to his senses and bowed, saying, "Senior Brother, Young Clan Leader."
He and Jiu Shuishen had met each other a few times at most, and his cultivation was far higher than hers, so it was impossible for him to perform a salute. At most, he would not get involved and pretend not to see anything even if he saw it.
Rather than guessing what kind of demons possessed his senior brother and the young patriarch, he would rather believe that they had other purposes.
Su Jinzhou: "I will stay in the mountains for the time being. What are your plans?"
Gu Yan: "My sister and I should return to the sect. There is less than a year left until the Ten Years Competition, so I should go back and make some preparations."
After staying at the boat for a while, he nodded.
After hearing what her brother had said, Gu Sangniao could only bow lightly. She bit her lip and said nothing, unable to hide her disappointment.
*
The brothers and sisters stayed in the mountains for more than two months.
It is the hottest season now, but there is still a cool breeze on the Qingmang Yanyue Mountain.
Before Jitang could wait for Chu Jinhuai, he first waited for the young master of the Tuowei Dragon Clan, Jiuxiao.
When she was still a child, she had seen Jiuxiao in the Cangxiao Realm of the Qingmang Dragon Clan. The next time she saw him, the Dragon Lord had been poisoned and he came to visit her.
The two of them were at most nodding acquaintances, and Jitang did not have a deep impression of him.
He also brought his sister Jiujun with him this time. Jitang reminisced for a while before extending his spiritual power behind him. He placed his hand on Su Jinzhou's back and asked, "Does Jiujun still like my brother?"
Here, she and Su Jinzhou have the highest level of cultivation, and no one can detect the power of her soul.
Su Jinzhou let her soul wrap around him like a tail, and his heart suddenly felt numb, followed by fine and dense ripples.
He quickly shifted his attention and followed Jitang's spirit to convey his voice, "I like it."
Jitang sighed: "Too infatuated."
Su Jinzhou's eyes curved slightly, "To say she's infatuated isn't quite accurate. Your brother is already with her."
"What?" Ji Tang suddenly opened his eyes wide and saw Su Jinzhou nodding with a smile.
"Then I'll have to call you sister-in-law from now on." Ji Tang shook his head secretly, "I slept so well that I really didn't know anything."
The smile on Su Jinzhou's face froze instantly. He used the back of his hand to follow the spiritual power that Ji Tang extended out, slowly moved it to her hand and gently patted it, silently comforting her.
Ji Tang's soul trembled slightly when the back of his hand rubbed against her. She quickly grabbed him with her backhand, "Brother, the power of the soul cannot be moved."
A look of triumph flashed across Su Jinzhou's eyes, but was quickly covered by a deep look. He said, "It's my fault, brother. I didn't notice it."
The two were talking quietly when Huan Mang had already finished reminiscing with Jiu Xiao and turned around.
"This is my...new sister, Jiu Shui Shen." Huan Mang still remembered what Su Jinzhou told him.
The nine eagle-like eyes swept over, sharp and scrutinizing.
Ji Tang complained to Su Jinzhou through the power of his soul, "That look looks so familiar."
Su Jinzhou: "When you first met, he looked at you the same way."
Ji Tang rolled his eyes, "You remember it so clearly!"
Of course he knew. Su Jinzhou just smiled and didn't answer.
At that time, he was already dissatisfied with the way Jiu Xiao looked at Ji Tang, and now he was even more displeased than before.
The spiritual power flowed, and a high-level ice spell, Freezing Thousands of Miles, was cast out from Su Jinzhou's hand.
This high-level spell can instantly freeze the target in a very short period of time, and the range is controlled by the caster.
Jiuxiao was talking to Huanmang one second ago, and the next second he was frozen into a statue.
Su Jinzhou looked at the statue and finally felt that it was not so annoying anymore.
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