Chapter 131 Yin-Yang White Bones (Part 1)
The White Bone Gate of Heguan City is still bustling with people.
Bai Yi idly glanced at the cultivators coming and going in the hall, but his spirits lifted when he caught sight of a familiar figure. He smiled and waved at him, "Brother Gu!"
Wei Feng had originally intended to drag Jiang Gu to another counter, but Jiang Gu went over there as soon as he heard the sound, instantly ruining his plan.
He didn't know how this woman and Jiang Gu had developed a relationship during the month he was asleep, but Jiang Gu was so convinced that he would make a deal with her.
"How did you get so badly injured after just a few days?" Bai Yi had a pair of eyes that could see through the primordial spirit, so he immediately noticed the injuries on Jiang Gu's primordial spirit.
"Something unexpected happened." Jiang Gu handed her the two storage bags.
Seeing his coldness, Bai Yi didn't press further. He opened the storage bag to check the contents: "Three lovebirds and three Sumeru Hearts. These Sumeru Hearts are notoriously rare in the Ten Thousand Buddha Tomb of the Wind and Moon Secret Realm. Brother Gu, did you perhaps run into the Bodhi Tree Spirit?"
"Yes." Jiang Gu didn't try to hide anything; judging from Bai Yi's tone, it seemed to be common knowledge.
“But he shouldn’t be injured so badly. Hou Wenxin is known for his compassion. Although you usually can’t get the Sumeru Heart and the Relic from him, it shouldn’t be life-threatening.” Bai Yi took out a jade tablet and drew two talismans on it as he spoke. “Ah, I found it. Three Biyi Lingyin Birds can be exchanged for a pair of Biluo Bracelets. Sumeru Heart… I’ve got it. A Gouchen Hairpin. Both of these are Heaven-rank magic treasures. Brother Gu, are you planning to exchange them for something else?”
"The original is fine," Jiang Gu said.
So Bai Yi took the two items out of the cabinet behind him and handed them to Jiang Gu.
The pair of Azure Sky wristbands were entirely silver, each wristband adorned with a translucent emerald gemstone. The wristbands were also exquisitely crafted, and the right wristband even featured a ring engraved with an antique pattern connected by a silver chain. They were incredibly luxurious and dazzling, illuminating half of the cabinet.
"This Azure Sky Bracelet is famously beautiful and gorgeous. Which female cultivator is Brother Gu planning to give it to?" Bai Yi asked with a smile, but couldn't help feeling a little jealous.
"These are for my apprentice." Jiang Gu tossed the pair of flamboyant wristbands to Wei Feng.
Wei Feng had been waiting eagerly nearby. He immediately took the ring and equipped it to himself. The ring could adjust its size and fit perfectly on his right middle finger. He tugged at the strap and said, "Master, it's not easy to tie with one hand."
This wasn't the first time Jiang Gu had tied a wristband for him. Back when Wei Feng had just become his apprentice and the two weren't very familiar with each other, he shamelessly begged Jiang Gu to tie it for him. This time, Jiang Gu naturally tied it smoothly.
Wei Feng's wrist bones were slender and fair, even more beautiful than the wrist guards. The pale blue veins radiated warmth through the thin skin. Jiang Gu's fingertips lingered on them for a moment before moving away.
Wei Feng admired his new wristband with delight. He was handsome and fair-skinned, dressed in a luxurious red robe adorned with gold and jade, looking every bit like a pampered young master from a noble family. His smile was flamboyant and enthusiastic, revealing two sharp little tiger teeth. "Master, does it look good?"
"Hmm." Jiang Gu lowered his eyes.
It is indeed beautiful.
I really need to fix this hoarse voice.
He spent a fortune to buy the man back, only to find that the bastard had been tortured beyond recognition. Jiang Gu found it hard to describe his anger, but now that Wei Feng had finally been tamed and looked somewhat human, he felt a rare sense of relief.
It's definitely easier to raise your own apprentices.
Bai Yi, who was standing nearby, saw the master and disciple talking as if no one else was around, and deliberately coughed a few times to get their attention. "Brother Gu, you are really good to your disciple."
"Hmm." Jiang Gu was in a rare good mood and accepted the compliment.
He is indeed very good at training apprentices; he is a rare and excellent master.
"..." Bai Yi was momentarily speechless. She looked at Wei Feng with a critical eye, her eyes stinging at his filthy primordial spirit. Then she turned to Jiang Gu, "Brother Gu, there's news about the person you asked me to inquire about before. It's just that this rogue cultivator has a strange temper and is difficult to deal with, and you're seriously injured now..."
"It's alright." Jiang Gu handed her another storage bag.
This time, Bai Yi didn't open it. Instead, he carefully put it in his sleeve and gave him a jade pendant, saying, "When you see him, just tell him my name."
"Thank you." Jiang Gu took the jade pendant and left White Bone Palace with Wei Feng.
"Master, who is she talking about? And what did you give her?" Wei Feng asked, chasing after him.
Jiang Gu did not answer him, but instead carried him onto the flying sword. Several hours later, they had arrived at a deep mountain thousands of miles away from Liheguan City.
This place had already been transformed into a cave dwelling, and the restrictions on it were clearly Jiang Gu's doing. It was obviously a place that Jiang Gu had prepared long ago. Once inside the cave dwelling, all the herbs, beast pills, spirit stones, talismans, and other items needed for cultivation were readily available. In the very center stood a huge three-legged cauldron, and the true fire beneath it was constantly baking the cauldron under the blessing of the array.
Wei Feng's eyes revealed shock.
In other words, while Jiang Gu was fighting and escaping in the Wind and Moon Secret Realm, he was still maintaining the operation of so many formations with his spiritual power from tens of thousands of miles away. This is something that a cultivator in the Mahayana stage could not do—his master is simply not human!
"Master, you are too—" Before he could finish his praise, Jiang Gu, who was walking in front of him, suddenly spat out a mouthful of foul blood.
"Master!" Wei Feng quickly caught the person.
Jiang Gu calmly wiped the blood off his face, pushed away the arm that was supporting him, sat cross-legged on the futon, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's nothing. You were also seriously injured this time. Heal yourself first."
He was already at his limit, but he forced himself to come here. The excruciating pain at the cut on his primordial spirit made him somewhat delirious, to the point that he even allowed himself to touch Wei Feng's waist and hands... It was utterly ridiculous.
He closed his eyes and carefully examined the injuries to his primordial spirit and his Dao heart in his dantian. Fortunately, the poison Jin Yingxiu had given him only affected his primordial spirit and had not yet affected his Dao heart and dantian. He took out the black jade bracelet and began to heal his primordial spirit. Soon, his consciousness sank into his sea of consciousness.
Wei Feng noticed that he had entered a meditative state, hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed almost imperceptibly, complaining softly, "I can help you much faster than that broken bracelet."
Unfortunately, Jiang Gu would not agree to have a spiritual connection with him.
He can't resort to force.
Wei Feng lamented to himself for a long time, then hastily replenished his primordial spirit and left his spiritual power for Jiang Gu to protect him.
His primordial spirit still possesses self-healing abilities, though they have become much slower. Moreover, whenever he heals himself, both his spiritual energy and evil energy are immediately depleted. To replenish them, a massive amount of spirit stones and magical artifacts are required. By now, the supply of spirit stones and magical artifacts is no longer commensurate with his healing abilities. Although this was intentional on his part, he is actually considered one of the marginalized spirit pets in the pavilion. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to secure the opportunity to be released to the outside world.
Those scum never treated him like a human being. They chained him up, fed him raw meat, and used him as a tool for killing. Only his master treated him like a human being and stubbornly insisted on raising him back to be the pampered and noble young master of Yanghua Sect...
Wei Feng gazed at Jiang Gu with tender and focused eyes, a smile playing on his lips.
But his smile soon faded.
Half a month later, after finishing his treatment, Jiang Gu opened his eyes and said the first thing: "Let's destroy all your cultivation."
"What?" Wei Feng's smile froze instantly. He suspected he had accidentally gone mad with demonic possession. "Master, whose cultivation are you saying should be crippled?"
"You." Jiang Gu looked at him coldly.
Wei Feng was extremely familiar with that look. Long ago, when Jiang Gu took his Fire-Separating Pill, severed his kite wings, and nearly killed him several times, he had that same cold look in his eyes. Even though he now knew that Jiang Gu would not harm him, hearing those words from Jiang Gu's mouth still filled him with a sense of horror.
Because he knew that Jiang Gu must have already made up his mind before saying that, and whether he agreed or not, he wouldn't change Jiang Gu's mind.
He chuckled dryly twice: "Master, there's no need for that. Although my cultivation is higher than yours, it's not like I'm completely ruined. Please leave me some."
At worst, he can just stay at the same Mahayana stage as his master.
Jiang Gu looked at him with a grin, but his eyes were full of confusion and helplessness, and even a little bit of fear. Logically speaking, this should not be the case. If Wei Feng did not want to, he could have resisted or escaped with his cultivation level. But Wei Feng seemed to have no such intentions at all. It seemed that he would accept whatever Jiang Gu did to him. He just looked a little... sad.
I thought I was going to be hurt again, but I could comfort myself by saying that it was my master, so it was okay.
Jiang Gu, unusually patient enough to figure out his thoughts, said disdainfully, "Idiot."
They won't even bother to use their rusty brains.
Wei Feng's eyes reddened as she asked him, "Does it hurt?"
“Of course it hurts.” Jiang Gu felt a dull ache in his chest and rarely spoke up to explain, “Now that your heart has been ripped out and your dantian has been removed, you have no spiritual root or dantian. Right now, you’re only relying on the chaotic spiritual energy circulating in Ghost Face White Eyes’ sea of consciousness. Why do you think your spiritual energy is being consumed so quickly? Without a dantian and spiritual root, you can’t absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. And the chaotic spiritual energy in the magic artifacts and spirit stones, after being absorbed, will all rush into your meridians. Every time you circulate your energy and activate the evil spiritual energy, you are consuming your own flesh and blood and lifespan. If this continues, I’m afraid you won’t even live for ten years.”
"Only ten years?" Wei Feng was stunned. He clearly knew that his path was wrong, but he only had a vague understanding of it. No one had ever told him this before. After all, it was just the lifespan of an animal. No wonder Jin Yingxiu and the others always mocked him for being a half-true immortal...
He looked down at the hole in his abdomen that Jiang Gu had patched up, pursed his lips, and whispered, "Master, I don't want to die so soon."
“Then let’s cripple our cultivation and start over,” Jiang Gu said coldly.
Wei Feng frowned. "No, there are people watching you everywhere. If I lose my cultivation, Master—"
"I won't die." Jiang Gu said calmly, "I've lived just fine all these years without you. Who gave you the confidence to protect me?"
If anyone else had said this, Wei Feng would have certainly called him arrogant and conceited, but Jiang Gu's words only made him submit. Even so, he was still uneasy. He tried to persuade Jiang Gu, "No, I want to keep my cultivation by your side. Besides, my Yuan Dan has definitely been refined by someone and I don't know where it is. It's too early to ruin my cultivation now. Let's talk about it after I find my Yuan Dan, Master."
"So you have to wait until your body is so sick and beyond saving before you cripple it?" Jiang Gu scoffed.
Although Jiang Gu was usually taciturn, his words always hit the nail on the head. Wei Feng couldn't win the argument, nor did he dare to fight back. He was so anxious that his eyes reddened, and he raised his voice, saying, "I said no, and that's final! Just give up on that idea! It's only ten years. At worst, I'll protect you for ten years and then die to accompany you as a ghost cultivator!"
Jiang Gu looked at him with interest and said slowly, "Ghost cultivator? With your broken and tattered primordial spirit, I'm afraid you won't even be able to gather it together after death."
Wei Feng was speechless, both angry and anxious. He even burst into tears, his voice hoarse with rage, "Jiang Gu!"
"..." Jiang Gu originally only wanted to tease him, but he didn't expect to make him cry. He calmly looked away and said, "I have my own way."
Wei Feng gritted his teeth, holding back tears, and glared at him while breathing heavily. His drooping eyes were pitifully red, and he said in a choked voice, "What can you do?"
Without the Yuan Dan, everything is in vain.
Jiang Gu flipped his wrist, and a translucent, reddish Yuan Dan appeared in his palm. He looked at Wei Feng expressionlessly and said in a cold voice, "Call me Master and I'll give it to you, how about it?"
Wei Feng was stunned.
The tears that had been welling up in her eyes fell to the ground with a soft thud.
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