Chapter 126 Heartless Love (Twenty-One)
Jiang Gu ignored Wei Feng, as well as Hu Jingchen who was tugging at his sleeve, and instead looked at the figure that was gradually emerging from the flying dust.
That must be a Buddhist practitioner.
The other party was dressed in a yellow kasaya, holding a vajra staff, with a dot of vermilion between his eyebrows, and his sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes revealed a cold light, giving him the imposing aura of an angry Vajra.
But Jiang Gu's gaze fell on his feet. Beneath the swaying kasaya, white roots coiled and twisted, extending all the way into the monk's robe, exuding a bloodthirsty aura.
The other party was not a human cultivator, but rather seemed to be a demonic cultivator. However, Jiang Gu had never heard of a Buddhist cultivator falling into demonic ways. Moreover, although the bloodthirsty aura on the other party was strong, it was not filthy, and was even cleaner than the aura on Wei Feng's body—it was more like an illusion of some kind of energy gathering.
This reminded Jiang Gu of Song Sui.
The Buddhist cultivator's gaze swept over the three of them, and he said, "You human cultivators have offended my fallen kin; your sins are unforgivable."
Hu Jingchen, unable to contain his anger, retorted, "You monk, stop talking nonsense! These people have been dead for over a thousand years. The Wind and Moon Secret Realm has been around for so long, and countless cultivators have come to take the relics and the Sumeru Heart. Are you going to kill them all for the sake of dead people? You're just bullying the weak and fearing the strong!"
He spoke with conviction. Jiang Gu was probing the Buddhist cultivator's background, while Wei Feng beside him did not act rashly. He searched Hu Jingchen's body and, after confirming that the other party was just a minor cultivator at the Integration stage, secretly set up a teleportation array behind him, just in case they could escape at any time.
Noticing his movement, Jiang Gu turned his head and glanced at him with some surprise.
Wei Feng smiled at him with a smug yet reserved air.
During his years on the Moon Gazing Continent, he didn't spend all his time thinking about Jiang Gu.
The Buddhist cultivator was clearly enraged by Hu Jingchen's words. He let out a low roar and transformed into white tree roots, charging towards Jiang Gu and the others. Jiang Gu, whose primordial spirit was incomplete and who was inside a puppet, did not want to clash with the other party. He used his spiritual power to sever Hu Jingchen's sleeve that was holding him, and then turned around and took Wei Feng into the teleportation array.
"Senior!" Hu Jingchen followed closely behind and jumped into the teleportation array.
Before the enraged Buddhist cultivator illusion could even make a move, the other party had already fled. A moment of bewilderment appeared on his face. The white tree roots behind him, which had been hovering in mid-air for a long time, slowly burrowed into the ground. A huge magic circle emerged from the ground with him as the center, covering the entire Buddhist cultivator's tomb. He sat cross-legged in the center of the magic circle, his staff floating horizontally in front of him, chanting incantations. Golden Sanskrit characters then poured into the magic circle from all directions.
Inside the teleportation array, Jiang Gu and Wei Feng both heard the ancient and deep sound of a bell. The sound grew more and more rapid, and the teleportation array gradually became unstable.
“Master, he’s still following us.” Wei Feng turned to look at the somewhat disheveled boy, who was seriously injured, but he couldn’t feel any pity for him.
"Ignore him." Jiang Gu heard his telepathic message but didn't even turn his head. "His appearance at this time is too coincidental."
Upon hearing the word "coincidence," Wei Feng's gaze sharpened as he looked at Jiang Gu, seemingly wanting to speak but then stopping himself.
Jiang Gu noticed his gaze but did not respond.
Since he boarded the flying ship to the Moon Gazing Continent, one coincidence after another has occurred. First, there was Hu Jingchen, who looked just like Wei Feng when he was young. Then there was Xiao Qingyan, whose identity was shrouded in mystery and bore the same sealed scar. Next, there was the auction where Wei Feng was auctioned off, the Gouchen hairpin clearly written on the mission list, and the Wind and Moon Secret Realm that could turn people's love and hate upside down... It seemed that every step he took had been deliberately arranged in the dark. The other party seemed to have victory in hand and was not in a hurry to kill him. Instead, they patiently threw out bait little by little to test whether his reaction met their expectations.
It's extremely frustrating.
Whether it was seeing Wei Feng's injuries or the three-leaf bamboo shackles on his ankles, he almost lost his temper several times. However, with the enemy in the dark and him in the light, and the enemy being stronger and him weaker, he had no choice but to patiently lie low and wait for an opportunity.
He was usually very patient, after all, he had struggled for so many years in Pingze Continent and most of the time things had not gone smoothly. But this feeling of frustration made him feel more irritable than ever before after Wei Feng brought it up.
He had always been the dominant one in front of Wei Feng, and he would naturally protect him and handle everything with ease. Although he now had some clues, he felt somewhat... ashamed that he couldn't kill the other party and unlock Wei Feng's shackles immediately.
This is truly a novel experience.
Jiang Gu frowned slightly. He had never cared about saving face. In the cultivation world, the strong prey on the weak, and survival was the most important thing. He would do anything to survive, and he had done many things like playing along and being hypocritical. There were many times when he was not respectable, but he had never had this feeling of wanting to escape.
But it was just a desire; he would never allow himself to escape it.
"What do you think?" He turned his head and asked Wei Feng in a stiff tone.
Wei Feng looked at him somewhat flattered, and stammered a bit because he was too excited, "I... I think it is very likely that he deliberately came to approach us. After all, the Fengyue Secret Realm is so big. Of course, we cannot rule out that he happened to be here while doing a mission. But if he is also a cultivator from Pingze, why didn't he contact Yin Yang Qiankun Tower immediately, but instead came to the secret realm to do a mission?"
This was the first time Jiang Gu had asked him for his opinion like this. Wei Feng's face flushed slightly with excitement as he waited expectantly for Jiang Gu to speak.
"Hmm." Unfortunately, Jiang Gu's reaction was very indifferent.
Wei Feng thought he hadn't answered well, and his expectation was about to be dashed, when Jiang Gu said, "Well said."
Wei Feng's dimmed eyes instantly lit up, and he said excitedly, "Master, what should we do next? Should we follow the clues or lure the snake out? Or should I act as bait and fight this kid? Or catch him and interrogate him? I'm good at arbitrarily interrogating—"
He abruptly stopped mid-sentence, glancing nervously at Jiang Gu. Seeing that Jiang Gu remained expressionless, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "I'm very good at asking questions."
Jiang Gu's mind raced. He said, "No, keep him."
If his previous attitude towards Wei Feng had misled the other party, and Hu Jingchen was indeed let in by the other party to test his attitude towards Wei Feng, then it would be better to keep him.
Not only must he keep them, he must also protect them well, but—
A hint of disappointment flashed in Wei Feng's eyes. He glanced back at Hu Jingchen with a sour look and licked his sharp little tiger teeth.
He hadn't eaten a human in a long time.
"Wei Feng, do you know that love and hate are reversed in the Secret Realm of Love and Lust?" Jiang Gu asked.
Wei Feng froze, his eyes widening in confusion. "Huh?"
"...So you didn't know." Jiang Gu fell silent for a moment, looking strange.
He had previously thought that Wei Feng and he were tacitly pretending to be acting, but it turned out that the other party had no idea that the secret realm was strange. He even thought that this idiot had become cunning.
Wei Feng blushed slowly under Jiang Gu's cold and critical scrutiny, and stammered in defense of himself, "Master, I have Ghost Face and White Eyes. These secret realms and illusions of emotions and desires have no effect on me. Someone as strong as me can't detect them at all."
And he didn't forget to praise himself.
Seeing his flushed face, trying to explain while secretly gloating, Jiang Gu suppressed the urge to smile and explained, "I was putting on an act with him."
Wei Feng stared blankly at him.
Although he knew that his master was adept at manipulating people's hearts and had first-rate acting skills, after all, he had personally experienced it. He cried his heart out the night he learned that Jiang Gu was "Zhou Huaiming", and was then overjoyed by a birthday celebration. But when he heard Jiang Gu say it like this, he still felt incredulous.
Master! Explain it to him!
Wei Feng was so excited he almost jumped up, but then he remembered the composed and reliable image he had painstakingly built up in front of Jiang Gu, so he could only clear his throat and say, "Ah, okay."
He regretted it as soon as he finished speaking. Should he have replied with "okay"?
Does "行" sound a bit cold?
Was his tone calm and composed enough just now?
Seeing his tense face, Jiang Gu understood that this little rascal was indeed not very happy. However, he was just informing Wei Feng and didn't care much about his attitude.
So he turned around and pulled the lagging Hu Jingchen over. Hu Jingchen looked at him with surprise and delight, "Senior!"
"Keep up, the formation is unstable right now," Jiang Gu said coldly.
Hu Jingchen nodded hurriedly. Jiang Gu's presence gave him a great sense of security. He stood close to Jiang Gu, naturally pushing Wei Feng aside.
Wei Feng clicked his tongue in annoyance. Although he knew Jiang Gu was acting, after all, if the Secret Realm of Love and Hate could reverse love and hate, then the more his master cared about Hu Jingchen now, the more he wanted to make the person behind this brat think that Jiang Gu didn't actually care about him at all—wait a minute.
If Master said it was acting, then doesn't that mean Master didn't like Hu Jingchen at all in the secret realm, but in reality he does like him?
Wei Feng was stunned. After entering the secret realm, his master had been very gentle, considerate and attentive to him. But what was the reality?
Thinking about it carefully, doesn't that mean he and Hu Jingchen are practically no different?
Or is the master also acting? Could it be a play within a play?
So does Master like him or not?
When it came to anything related to Jiang Gu, Wei Feng's already not-so-good mind instantly became a complete mess. He raised his hand to hold his throbbing head, stared at the boy next to Jiang Gu with a sinister look, and tasted the blood in his mouth.
The teleportation array was eventually destroyed by the bell, and the three people were forced to land on the ground.
Golden Sanskrit characters floated on the semi-transparent spiritual energy shield in the air, indicating that they had not yet escaped the Buddhist cultivator's territory.
Since escape is impossible, we have to think of another way.
Jiang Gu glanced at the remaining ten hours, then looked up at Wei Feng, "Jing Chen and I will explore to the south. Wei Feng, you go to the north—"
He paused in his speech.
Because he clearly felt that another piece of his primordial spirit had been forcibly squeezed into the body of this puppet. The other party was dirty, like a clump of sticky black liquid, and turned into ghostly patterns that clung to his primordial spirit.
Although the mind is not in the sea of consciousness and the primordial spirit cannot communicate with it, one can still clearly feel temperature and sound.
Wei Feng's primordial spirit hugged him and rubbed against his clean and bright primordial spirit, his voice hoarse and deep: "Master, do you only like me?"
Jiang Gu looked at the filthy things that had silently merged into his primordial spirit, and laughed in extreme anger.
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