Chapter 39 Yanghua Cloud Sea (Twenty-Six)
When Jiang Gu forced his way through the acupoints in his body but still couldn't circulate his spiritual power, he finally understood why Wei Feng had gone to such lengths to trick him into coming to the Cloud Sea.
There is no spiritual power in it.
This means that whether it's him in the Nascent Soul stage or Wei Feng in the Qi Refining stage, they are now no different from ordinary people.
The dragon-locking chain briefly detached from his flesh, then relentlessly wrapped around him again, clinging to his bones like a malignant tumor.
The golden chains were intertwined, like snakes biting each other's tails. Jiang Gu was dragged forward out of the vortex. Wei Feng, who was hiding in the shadows, did not hesitate and activated the incantation. The Dragon-Locking Chains then tightly bound Jiang Gu's hands and feet.
A look of joy flashed across Wei Feng's face. He first cautiously threw the old pervert to the ground, and only after confirming that there was no spiritual energy fluctuation around him did he boldly approach with his sword in hand.
Jiang Gu lay motionless on the ground.
"Hey, you old pervert?" Wei Feng stretched out his foot and kicked his shin.
There was still no movement.
Wei Feng couldn't help but curl his lips into a smile. This Dragon-Locking Chain was his natal magic weapon left to him by his father, Wei Mingzhou. Normally, it would transform into flesh and blood and attach to his bones, so no one else could detect it. Moreover, the Dragon-Locking Chain was not driven by spiritual power, but relied on his essence blood. In other words, as long as he didn't die, he could still use it even in a place without spiritual power. The chain would firmly bind the opponent's soul, and even a Great Luo Golden Immortal would only have one way out in this situation: death.
This was his greatest source of confidence in luring the old pervert in.
Looking at his unconscious enemy, Wei Feng felt immense satisfaction. He pressed his longsword against the man's neck and said sternly, "Don't play dead! I know you're not unconscious!"
However, Jiang Gu on the ground did not move at all.
He looked at the other man with some suspicion, recalling his chest, which was now just bones, and a bold guess came to his mind—could this old pervert really be injured?
That's why he refused to enter the sea of clouds.
Wei Feng's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, immediately felt much relieved. If this old pervert had only lost his cultivation, he was confident he could kill him with the Dragon-Locking Chain. But if he was also seriously injured, then it would be as if the right time, place, and people had all come together.
"Get up!" He roughly slapped Jiang Gu's face with the blade of his sword. Seeing that Jiang Gu couldn't wake up, he simply poured a whole bottle of Qi-boosting pills down his throat.
Jiang Gu, who was lying on the ground, slowly opened his eyes.
Wei Feng instantly became alert, pressed the sword against his neck, and took a half step back. "Don't move!"
Jiang Gu coughed weakly twice, "I couldn't move to begin with."
"Who exactly are you!" Wei Feng gritted his teeth and said, "Why are you keeping such a close eye on me?"
"I was merely... fulfilling a request made by someone," Jiang Gu said in a low voice. "You know the Zhou family, right?"
“Of course I know, the second most powerful family on the Pingze Continent.” Wei Feng looked at him with suspicion. “Are you from the Zhou family?”
"My name is Zhou Huaiming, and I am the 326th generation disciple of the Zhou family," Jiang Gu said. "Because of my poor aptitude, I have been ostracized in the clan. I finally got the mission from the Divine Kite Shark, but I just want to earn a place in the clan."
Wei Feng said, "How do I know if what you're saying is true?"
Jiang Gu rolled up his sleeves, revealing the mark of the Zhou family's Azure Dragon pattern, and coughed weakly twice: "If you don't believe me, you can check. Zhou Xiuyuan of the Zhou family is my grandson. You can also ask your master Jiang Gu."
"You actually have a grandson!" Wei Feng stared at him in shock.
“I’m 630 years old this year, how can I not have grandchildren?” Jiang Gu’s eyebrows twitched slightly. “You’re so old, you should be my great-grandson.”
"You—" Wei Feng was choked by his words and had taken advantage of him. He was both angry and annoyed. "You old scoundrel, you're so old and you still want me to be your furnace!"
In his mind, this old pervert was practically the same as Jiang the Old Witch.
"So what? My Daoist partner died long ago." Jiang Gu said without changing his expression, "If you become my second wife, I will definitely not mistreat you."
"Are you out of your mind?! Who wants to be your second wife?!" Wei Feng was furious, his face turning red. He roared, "Take away that thing covering your face!"
Jiang Gu hesitated for a moment, and seeing that the sword was about to be pressed against his neck, he slowly took off the mask, revealing an ordinary young man's face, which was not considered good-looking among the handsome men and beautiful women in the cultivation world.
Wei Feng gasped, "How can you go out looking like that?"
"..." Jiang Gu suppressed the urge to strangle him, stiffly tugging at the corners of his mouth, "Weren't you clinging to me just now?"
Wei Feng's face turned pale and then flushed, and he said angrily, "I...I was affected by the transformation!"
"Then you'd better stay away from me." Jiang Gu stared at him with a half-smile.
"Enough nonsense! Stand up and come with me!" Wei Feng pressed the sword against his neck even closer.
Jiang Gu obediently stood up from the ground, but he was a head taller than Wei Feng, and it was not easy to exert force with the long sword tilted upwards. Jiang Gu glanced at him indifferently, silently mocking him.
"I'm not even seventeen yet! I'll grow taller!" Wei Feng gritted his teeth and said, "I've grown a lot this month alone!"
This old pervert used to be a head and a half taller than him, but he's grown very fast!
Jiang Gu chuckled, the Dragon-Locking Chain tightly binding his soul, the end of which was held in Wei Feng's hand. He still had an unused sword pressed against his neck. He walked forward unhurriedly, "You don't need to hold a sword against me. My primordial spirit is bound by your Dragon-Locking Chain. You can make my soul disappear at any time."
"What's it to you?" Wei Feng said irritably. "Who knows what kind of schemes you have up your sleeve?"
“You’ve controlled my soul, what other schemes could I possibly have?” Jiang Gu raised his hands, which were bound behind his back. “I’ve revealed my true identity.”
"You cunning old bastard, I don't believe you. Hurry up!" He shoved the other man's shoulder irritably, but ended up with a bloody hand, and paused in surprise.
This guy was always wearing black robes, so you couldn't tell if there was any blood on them. Wei Feng was immediately a little gloating. He hadn't forgotten the pain of having his scales plucked and his teeth broken by having his wing roots drained. The more seriously injured this pervert was, the more relieved he felt.
Jiang Gu staggered forward two steps, then said slowly, "What use am I to you?"
Wei Feng's heart skipped a beat. "Shut up and keep moving forward!"
“Otherwise, you would have made your move long ago,” Jiang Gu said. “It seems you don’t trust Qing Du, who is from your clan, or the mysterious man.”
Having his thoughts exposed, Wei Feng feigned composure and said, "I only trust myself. None of you can escape."
He would never let anyone else know his identity as the Divine Kite Shark; only his master needed to know.
Only his master would risk his life to protect him.
Wei Feng's answer surprised Jiang Gu somewhat. He glanced at the dragon-locking chain behind him and said, "You've already said that, do you still expect me to genuinely help you?"
Wei Feng was so focused on his ruthlessness that he didn't realize the problem at all. He grinned maliciously and said, "If I were in a good mood, I might spare your life."
Jiang Gu straightened up and said coldly, "I won't let you smell it, give up."
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Wei Feng said angrily, his face flushed red. "If you hadn't plucked my protective scale and taken my wing root blood, I wouldn't have... I wouldn't have treated you like that."
"Who else do you want to do that to?" Jiang Gu mocked. "At such a young age, you have no ambition and your mind is full of filthy things."
"You—" Wei Feng gripped his sword tightly, ready to strike him, but his legs were unexpectedly kicked aside, causing him to stumble.
Jiang Gu was pulled back by him and pressed him down to hide behind the bushes nearby. "Don't make a sound, someone's coming."
Wei Feng glared at him angrily and maliciously tugged at the chain. Jiang Gu looked at him without changing his expression, but his face turned a little paler.
"You'd better not get any ideas. This Dragon Chain is connected to my flesh and blood. If you try to break free, you'll definitely die." Wei Feng warned him in a low voice, but because they were so close, he was caught off guard by the scent on his body and his face turned red from his collarbone to his ears. "Stay away from me!"
Jiang Gu dodged to the side in disgust, but Wei Feng was still furious. How dare this widowed old man look down on him!
Jiang Gu's gaze was fixed on the mysterious man and Qing Du in the distance. "Your Dragon-Locking Chain is on me. How did you kill them?"
Wei Feng asked in surprise, "Why would I kill them?"
Jiang Gu looked at him as if he were an idiot, "Are you going to wait for them to strip you of your kite bloodline if you don't kill them?"
Wei Feng was stunned. "What do you mean?"
“When I was chasing Qingdu, I overheard their conversation. Once that mysterious person strips you of your kite bloodline, you'll have no choice but to obediently follow Qingdu back into the water and complete his ridiculous revenge plan,” Jiang Gu said.
“I won’t believe your side of the story.” Wei Feng pulled him back half a step. “All I need to do is trap them in the Yanghua Cloud Sea forever.”
"Idiot," Jiang Gu said with displeasure, "Is your brain filled with water?"
Wei Feng crossed his arms and stared at him. "Don't try to fool me. If you were capable of fighting them, you would have killed them long ago. Why would you have spared their lives until now? You used me to kill them, so who will I use to keep you in check?"
Jiang Gu was slightly surprised, "When did you suddenly develop some brains?"
"I'm naturally very smart! My master said I have exceptional comprehension!" Wei Feng grabbed his neck without any politeness, his scalding palm covering his warm skin, making him feel uncomfortable and want to pull back, but he instinctively squeezed even tighter, pretending to casually lean in and smell his scent.
Jiang Gu tilted his head slightly and leaned close to his ear, saying in a deep voice, "Does it smell good?"
Wei Feng was struck dumb, staring at him blankly for a long time before finally saying in a weak voice, "Shut up, go this way!"
Jiang Gu chuckled lightly, suppressing the murderous intent in his eyes.
Little beast.
——
Wei Feng seemed very familiar with the place. He led him through a maze of trees and brought him to a towering pavilion, where he pushed him inside.
Wei Feng looked at the Dragon Locking Chains extending from the flesh and blood of his shoulders and arms. The old pervert stood tall and walked steadily, as if the thing had no effect on him at all.
He clearly has no cultivation left.
The last time Wei Feng used this Dragon-Locking Chain, the opponent's cultivation was no less than Zhou Huaiming's. At that time, he was in so much pain that he cried and knelt at Wei Feng's feet begging for mercy. Of course, Wei Feng did not let him go in the end.
After all, killing someone with chains is much easier than killing someone with a sword.
If he hadn't been so scared when he was locked up in the Discipline Hall, his natal magic weapon would have been exposed to the public. Unlike here, where spiritual energy doesn't circulate at all, he would have been robbed in the end.
Thanks to his master...
Thinking of this, Wei Feng's eyes hardened further as he closed the door behind him. "Go into the magic array in the middle."
Jiang Gu remained noncommittal and stood in the middle of the magic circle. Wei Feng observed for a moment before they went in together. After reciting the command, the two of them instantly disappeared from the room.
The moment they disappeared, Qingdu and the mysterious man burst through the door, saying, "There's the young master's aura here."
“Follow them,” the mysterious man said.
Qingdu shook his head. "No, I don't know the password to the magic array, and we can't use our spiritual power here, so it will be difficult to catch up."
“I know.” The mysterious man extended a snow-white hand from his black robe, grasped his wrist, and disappeared into the magic circle as well.
Jiang Gu landed steadily on the ground. Wei Feng, who was behind him, stumbled forward and was about to fall flat on his face, but Jiang Gu lifted him up by using the back of his foot to brace his waist.
Wei Feng instinctively grabbed his arm, then released it as if he had been burned, and silently pushed him forward.
Jiang Gu turned his head and looked around at the surrounding environment. This place looked like the Purple Mansion left behind after the fall of some great power. Moreover, this person must have been very unrestrained. The various secret realms were shrunk by hundreds of times and randomly piled up next to the spiritual root, with a few caves and mansions mixed in between.
Wei Feng seemed very familiar with this place, and his expression grew increasingly serious.
As we all know, when a powerful cultivator dies, their Purple Mansion will fall from their body. Some die hastily, which will create a unique secret realm. Others know that their days are numbered and do not want their bodies to benefit others after they die, so they will add many restrictions, usually leaving them to their Daoist partners or descendants.
"Is this the Purple Mansion of Wei Mingzhou?" Jiang Gu turned to look at Wei Feng.
Wei Feng did not deny it, but his eyes were uncontrollably reddening, and his voice was slightly muffled, "Mind your own business."
Jiang Gu couldn't help but ask curiously, "You've never seen him since you were born, so why are you so concerned about him?"
“He’s my father, of course I care. Besides, this Purple Mansion was left to me by my father. I’ve saved my life by hiding here many times…” Wei Feng said, clenching the Dragon-Locking Chain in his hand. “This time will be the same.”
Jiang Gu ignored his threats and didn't act like a prisoner whose life was in his hands. Instead, he seemed to be leisurely strolling in his own backyard.
He quickly set his sights on two good spiritual veins and a mansion.
Wei Feng miraculously read the underlying meaning in his eyes, and immediately bristled, "Everything here is mine!"
The little beast still guards its food.
Jiang Gu nodded perfunctorily. "What do you need me to get for you?"
Wei Feng stared at him warily. "You really will help me?"
“If I don’t help, I’ll die. Of course, whatever you say goes,” Jiang Gu said without changing his expression.
He went through all that trouble to act with this kid for so long, just to see what good thing he was after.
Wei Feng said, "My father has been promoted to the Great Luo Realm. Before he died, he condensed his primordial spirit into a One Yuan Pill. This pill can temper the body and soul, making the cultivator's physique purer and cleaner, and easier to cultivate."
Jiang Gu narrowed his eyes slightly, "In other words, this Yuan Dan can cleanse a cultivator's excess spiritual roots."
He finally understood why Wei Feng had said he would definitely need this item, and it was clear that Wei Feng was eager to improve his cultivation and wanted to establish his foundation within two months, and this was the fastest way.
Wei Feng looked at him warily, "This Yuan Dan was left by my father, so naturally only I can use it."
Jiang Gu looked at him meaningfully, "Perhaps we can use them together."
"I would rather die than cultivate with you!"
"As long as you become my spirit pet."
Wei Feng's face was still flushed as he looked at Jiang Gu awkwardly, "What did you say?"
"What are you talking about now?" A hint of mockery flashed in Jiang Gu's eyes.
Wei Feng gritted his teeth fiercely, "Forget about it, your life is in my hands now."
"Hmm." Jiang Gu nodded.
"If you can really help me get it, I don't mind sharing some with you." Wei Feng tempted him with benefits, but in his heart he had already thought of more than a dozen ways for the other party to die.
"Okay." Jiang Gu nodded happily.
He soon realized why Wei Feng always needed help from others.
The arrays sealing the Yuan Dan were densely packed in front of him, many of which even Jiang Gu had never seen before, let alone Wei Feng. His blood pact could only make the arrays appear, but could not break them. With his incompetent brain, he would have a hard time breaking even one of them.
"Can you untie them all?" Wei Feng asked.
Jiang Gu shook his head. "I can only try my best."
Wei Feng's expression turned serious. "Alright, then you can begin solving it."
Jiang Gu shook his blood-soaked wrist. "Is this how you do it?"
"I advise you not to try anything funny." As Wei Feng spoke, he untied the dragon chains binding his arms and wrists, and then carefully wrapped them around his neck twice.
Jiang Gu rubbed his aching wrists, lowered his eyes to carefully study the complex magic arrays in front of him, and was about to begin when a furious shout suddenly came from afar, "Wei Feng, don't dispel it!"
Wei Feng turned around abruptly and saw Qing Du and the mysterious man.
“Wei Feng, this Yuan Dan is of great importance. If you use it, something terrible will happen. You must not!” the mysterious man said.
A hint of hesitation flashed across Wei Feng's face.
Jiang Gu scoffed: "So you can undo it and use it yourself, right?"
"Xiu is talking nonsense!" the mysterious man shouted. "You cowardly rat! Wei Feng, you must not let him bewitch your mind!"
"Who exactly are you?" Wei Feng recalled what the old pervert had said. If the other party really wanted to take his kite bloodline, he probably wasn't trustworthy. "Why should I believe what you say?"
The mysterious man's voice carried a hint of bitterness, "Your current dual spiritual roots of wind and fire are just right. If you were to forcibly change them to a single spiritual root, your Divine Kite Shark physique would be even more dangerous."
Wei Feng frowned and said, "What do you mean? Explain yourself!"
The mysterious person extended a snow-white hand from her robe, removed the veil from her face, revealing a face with skin as smooth as jade. She had bright eyes and white teeth, and her features even bore a resemblance to Wei Feng. "Wei Feng, I would never harm you."
Wei Feng stared at that face, utterly shocked. "You—"
“Wei Feng, I am Wei Mingzhou’s Daoist partner.” The woman revealed her true form, which immediately made her much shorter than Qing Du beside her.
Jiang Gu lowered his eyebrows slightly, clearly dissatisfied with the result.
"If you don't believe me, how could I have entered his Purple Mansion through the magic array?" The woman stared at him blankly, as if she were looking through him at someone else.
“My parents perished together!” Wei Feng took a step back, gripping the Dragon-Locking Chain tightly in his hand. “Don’t try to deceive me.”
“Wei Mingzhou risked his life to save me and our child.” A look of pain flashed across her beautiful face. “I was already at my limit at the time, so I had no choice but to hand the child over to Qi Fengyuan to take back to Yanghua Sect.”
"Then why have you ignored me all these years?!" Wei Feng stared intently at her and questioned her.
"I..." The other person seemed stumped by his question and couldn't answer for a long time.
"Sweet talk, you'd be better off believing me, your father, than believing her." Jiang Gu said coldly, arms crossed. "I advise you to get the Yuan Dan first."
Wei Feng looked at her and Qing Du, then at Jiang Gu, and was immediately at a loss as to who to believe. He took a few steps back and stood in front of the magic array.
The woman frowned and looked at Jiang Gu, "Who exactly are you?"
Jiang Gu smiled coldly, raised his hand and grabbed the Dragon Lock Chain around his neck, forcibly pulling it out of his soul. Before Wei Feng could react, the Dragon Lock Chain suddenly backfired and broke free of control. Jiang Gu flipped his wrist and instantly appeared behind him, the Dragon Lock Chain firmly wrapped around his limbs and neck.
Just as the woman and Qingdu were about to attack, Jiang Gu grabbed Wei Feng by the neck. His grip on Wei Feng's neck was nothing like the light choking he had done; his five fingers were incredibly strong, pressing deeply into the vital spot on Wei Feng's neck. With just a little force, he could crush Wei Feng's neck. The two people opposite him immediately dared not make a move.
“This is what strangulation looks like.” Jiang Gu twisted his arms behind his back, holding him tightly in his arms, and mocked, “Didn’t Jiang Gu teach you that you can’t trust any magic weapon that has passed through someone else’s hands?”
"This is impossible..." Wei Feng's face turned blue and purple from being pinched.
“There are many impossible things in the world.” Jiang Gu pressed down on his neck, making him rest his head on his shoulder, and looked at the nervous woman. “Since you say you are Wei Mingzhou’s Daoist partner, you must know how to break these formations, right?”
"Don't even think about it!" the woman said.
"Then I'll have no choice but to send you three to the underworld for a reunion." Jiang Gu tightened his fingers, and a sickening cracking sound came from his slender white neck. Wei Feng desperately pounded on his arm, but couldn't get him to loosen his grip even a little.
"Young Master!" Qingdu stepped forward in alarm.
"I promise you!" the woman said sharply, "Let go first!"
"That's more like it." Jiang Gu slightly loosened his grip, wiped away the blood from Wei Feng's mouth with his thumb, lowered his head slightly and whispered in his ear, "Stop dreaming."
The voice was extremely low. Wei Feng, who was struggling, suddenly stopped, gasping for breath, and grabbed Jiang Gu's wrist tightly, as if questioning why.
“She never said she was your mother from beginning to end,” Jiang Gu said.
Wei Feng loosened his grip on his wrist a little, and looked up at the two people opposite him. Qing Du even looked more nervous than the woman, and his heart sank.
A hint of interest flashed in Jiang Gu's eyes. "I'm actually quite curious now, what exactly are you?"
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