Chapter 316 Mountains and Seas Meet (Part 9)
Jiang Gu frowned: "That's not appropriate."
"Why is it inappropriate?" Wei Feng's smile deepened when he saw that Jiang Gu did not dodge. "You must have heard a lot about our past these days. When we were in the mortal realm, we were not only master and disciple, but also Daoist partners. Even after we ascended, we remained so. Jiang Gu, if you don't believe anything else, don't you know yourself? You didn't dodge when I kissed you."
If it were anyone else, even Jiang Gu in his current state, he probably would have already taken action, let alone done it again and again.
Jiang Gu said, "There will be no next time."
Wei Feng rested his chin on his hand and looked at him with a smile: "Master, you always said the same thing before, but whenever I kiss you again, you still won't do anything to me."
Jiang Gu felt the young man was being a bit presumptuous: "I am not your master."
Wei Feng paused for a moment, then smiled; "Then shall I call you Jiang Gu?"
"Whatever you want," Jiang Gu said. "Is there anything else?"
Wei Feng looked at him, nodded, then removed his wrist guards, rolled up his sleeves, revealing the young man's strong and slender arms, with shocking scars on them, as if struck by countless lightning bolts. He looked at Jiang Gu and said, "I came down from the upper realm and was seriously injured. No matter what method I use, it doesn't get better. I'm in so much pain every day and night that I can't sleep at all."
Jiang Gu frowned, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the hideous, still bleeding scar on his arm.
Seeing Wei Feng lower his head to undo his belt again, Jiang Gu quickly looked away and asked, "What are you doing?"
Wei Feng had already taken off his inner garment, revealing his back: "Master, there are many wounds on my back and chest as well. I am all alone, and there is no one to help me treat my wounds."
Jiang Gu hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at the boy. The boy's body was covered in crisscrossing charred wounds, but he smiled and said, "But these wounds are worth it for remembering you. If we had forgotten everything from our past lives like we did in the last one, who knows how many more years we would have wasted."
Looking at the boy's determined gaze, Jiang Gu did not refuse again, but said, "I have taught myself some medical skills on the island. If you don't mind, I will try my best to help you, as a thank you gift for the food you brought."
Wei Feng smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, Master."
Jiang Gu didn't correct him anymore. He took out some herbs and pills from his storage bag, made him sit back on the stool, and used a little spiritual energy to examine his injuries. He said, "If you are afraid of pain, you can block the sense of pain."
Wei Feng laughed and said, "I'm not afraid."
Jiang Gu nodded and examined each of the wounds on the boy's body. These wounds had indeed been there for several months and should have been treated by someone, but ordinary spiritual energy and pills were completely ineffective against them. The boy's spiritual energy was very thin, but his strength was extremely powerful. However, no matter how powerful he was, he could not heal himself.
Jiang Gu sensed that the aura on his primordial spirit was of the same origin as his own, so he tried to transfer some of the aura from his primordial core to his wound. The wound, which had been slow to heal, began to slowly grow new flesh.
Jiang Gu first treated the wounds on his chest and dantian, saying, "Unlike spiritual energy, the energy in my dantian is very small, only a tiny bit each day. If you want it to be completely healed, it will probably take some time. If you have other things to do, you can come to me again in a while, and I will gather the energy in the magic artifact."
"I have nothing to do," Wei Feng said with a smile.
Jiang Gu draped a coat over him and said, "Then you can stay with me for now—"
"Thank you, Master!" Wei Feng happily lay down on his bed.
Jiang Gu: "..."
This person is really pushing his luck.
Wei Feng had been exhausted and hadn't slept well for a while. Now that he was next to Jiang Gu, he finally felt at ease. With Jiang Gu's presence all around him, he wasn't worried about Jiang Gu leaving and fell into a deep sleep.
Jiang Gu was somewhat confused, but he didn't feel any resistance from the bottom of his heart. He looked at the boy's tired sleeping face and casually drew a calming talisman between his eyebrows.
After drawing the talisman, he was stunned for a moment—his master had never taught him how to use the talisman for calming the mind, and he had never learned it on his own.
But he just naturally and casually drew it on Wei Feng, and he knew that Wei Feng was afraid of pain, afraid of the dark, and timid. If he were injured this badly normally, he would definitely shed a few tears.
But he just smiles and says he's not afraid of pain.
Jiang Gu observed that Wei Feng's primordial spirit was asleep, and his body had also fallen into a deep sleep. Ordinary cultivators would only do this when they felt absolutely safe. At this time, their meridians were not circulating, and their bodies could not keep warm on their own. After thinking for a moment, he pulled the blanket over Wei Feng and covered him with it.
He closed the door and saw Jiang Xiangyun standing in the courtyard.
"Wei Feng is here?" Jiang Xiangyun noticed the abnormality of the barrier. After searching the Jiang family for a week without finding any strangers, he finally found Jiang Gu's place.
Jiang Gu nodded: "He was seriously injured and is resting."
"You remembered?" Jiang Xiangyun was somewhat surprised that he had asked someone to stay.
Jiang Gu shook his head: "But I feel at ease when I see him, and I subconsciously know a lot about him. I also don't want to see him get hurt. I think we have a deep connection."
Jiang Xiangyun laughed and said, "I thought you would give him a cold shoulder and send him away."
“He must have suffered a lot to come to me. Even if I can’t remember, I shouldn’t send him away,” Jiang Gu said. “He would be sad.”
Jiang Xiangyun looked at him with some surprise: "Your temperament has improved a lot recently."
"Maybe it's because I haven't seen him in a long time," Jiang Gu smiled.
Jiang Xiangyun said, "I found what you asked me to find before."
He took out a peach blossom branch from his sleeve and said, "The peach blossom branch you gave me in the Upper Realm protected Pingze Continent and many cultivators. After the chaotic energy disappeared, the peach blossom branch also disappeared. However, when Wen Hanjiu transformed into her true form and intertwined with this peach blossom branch, a peach sapling was left behind. Now, that place is a peach blossom forest."
"Wen Hanjiu." Jiang Gu felt the name was familiar. The moment he took the peach blossom, the image of the other person appeared in his mind, and he also saw the future, countless tens of thousands of years later, with the Vine Demon Rejuvenating Sword repairing the formation. He was somewhat stunned. "Is there someone by his side named Chang Ping'an?"
“That’s right. Back then, Chang Ping’an destroyed his cultivation and transformed into a mortal to stand in front of everyone. Because of his actions, many people were saved,” Jiang Xiangyun said.
“They still have many lifetimes of cultivation.” Jiang Gu looked at a small vine on the peach blossom branch. “This person and this vine will be the path of all living beings through countless lifetimes. When they achieve enlightenment in the future, they will have a connection with you in the upper realm.”
Jiang Xiangyun asked in surprise, "Wouldn't you be considered to have revealed a secret?"
“No,” Jiang Gu said calmly. “Your true form is a spiritual cloud from the upper realm. I recognized you the first time I saw you. Lu Liyu is your love tribulation.”
Jiang Xiangyun laughed and said, "He is my love tribulation? Your love tribulation was earth-shattering, but I didn't feel anything. Apart from the initial confrontation, we are still relatively peaceful now."
“It may not be just one lifetime,” Jiang Gu said. “You are not an immortal from the upper realm, but only a fragment of your primordial spirit. If you do not wish to return, you will stay with him forever.”
Jiang Xiangyun, having his feelings exposed, simply smiled knowingly.
Jiang Gu had already revealed his true identity when he gave him this peach blossom, and also given him a choice. If he wished, he could naturally ascend directly and return to his original immortal body, but he would have to sever all these worldly entanglements.
“Everyone cultivates their own path,” Jiang Xiangyun said. “I will always accompany him, going through all the karmic ties. If one day we can truly ascend together, it will have nothing to do with that Purple Light Immortal Lord and Fengji Immortal Lord.”
Jiang Gu nodded: "That's true."
Just as his master's primordial spirit split into two and each became its own master, the little snow beast, though of the same origin as Wei Feng, was no longer the same. The primordial spirit of an immortal lord from the upper realm, whether due to obsession or demonic obstacles, descended to the mortal realm as a human after many lifetimes. Perhaps they were willing to return to their original form, or perhaps they were unwilling to go back. Instead, they became new, independent individuals. This was their own choice, and even the original form could not forcibly interfere. It was impossible to say which was better, but it was each person's choice at that time and place.
“But this path will be much more difficult,” Jiang Gu said.
Jiang Xiangyun looked at Lu Liyu, who was walking leisurely towards the door, and said with a smile, "Seventh Brother, I must really be bewitched. Hearing you say that, I feel no regrets at all."
——
When Wei Feng woke up, there was a peach blossom bud on the vase by his bedside.
But it's already summer, so where did these peach blossoms from early spring come from?
As he was lost in thought, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside. The twilight was deepening behind the young man in white, bringing in a breeze that filled the room.
"You're awake." Jiang Gu walked up to him, and seeing him staring at him, asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
“I…” Wei Feng stared at him blankly, “My shoulder hurts.”
He felt that Jiang Gu in front of him was somewhat familiar, but he wasn't quite sure.
Jiang Gu placed a wisp of spiritual energy on the wound on Wei Feng's shoulder. The expected pain did not come for a while. Wei Feng suddenly looked up at Jiang Gu: "Master?!"
"I can only remember part of it." Jiang Gu reached out and pressed his shoulder. "You shouldn't let your emotions fluctuate too much."
Wei Feng looked at him with surprise: "What did you remember?"
"During the chaos within the Yanghua Sect, you stopped me from publicly revealing that the Divine Kite Shark Scales were on my body in order to save your own life," Jiang Gu said.
Wei Feng waited for a moment, but there was still no further news. He hesitated and asked, "That's it?"
Jiang Gu nodded.
Wei Feng: "..."
No wonder he felt there was a hint of hostility in Jiang Gu's gaze.
“Master, actually, many things happened afterward.” He tried to salvage some goodwill for himself. “Exposing your affair in public was a last resort.”
Jiang Gu suppressed a smile: "Is that so?"
Wei Feng stared at him and slowly narrowed his eyes: "Jiang Gu, you pause in the middle when you lie, have you forgotten that?"
Jiang Gu looked at him expressionlessly: "Unfounded speculation."
Wei Feng stared at him for a long time, and then, as if remembering something, his eyes suddenly reddened slightly.
Jiang Gu smiled and opened his arms to him.
Wei Feng's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled heavily.
The conversation before descending to the mortal realm still echoed in my ears:
'Master, this time it's my turn to go find you.'
'Yes. '
What if you forget me and don't recognize me?
'Then I'll wait until I remember.'
How long will it take?
'It won't be long. If you see a peach blossom beside you, I will return.'
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