Chapter 74 Youthful Spring Robes (Twenty)
In the luxurious room, four people dressed in black robes sat or stood in complete silence.
All that remained was the crunching sound of people eating snacks.
Wei Feng was indeed a little hungry. This pastry was much more exquisite than the one from Shangqiaofang, and it was full of spiritual energy. He finished it quickly and naturally waited for Jiang Gu to feed him a second piece.
Jiang Gu silently stared at him for two seconds, then directly shoved the plate of snacks into his arms.
Wei Feng was flattered and began to eat with great satisfaction.
Jiang Gu watched him eat his snacks quietly. Qu Fengyu, who was next to him, almost leaned into Wu Hezhi's arms and said softly, "Husband, this room is so beautiful. When we get back, shall we change the tomb to this style?"
Wu Hezhi lowered his head and touched the golden nanmu wood armrest, then said seriously, "I probably can't afford it."
"...It's alright, we can paint the wood." Qu Fengyu said with a sigh, "It's good to be rich; even flying boats can fly here."
She said those words with genuine feeling.
Outside the cabin, the young man watched the actions of the group reflected in the water mirror and smiled.
Ren Bo, who was standing nearby, said, "Young master, there is nothing wrong with the aptitude of these ghost cultivators. Moreover, we did not detect any living beings just now. Judging from their naive and unsophisticated appearance, they are not like Jiang Gu's style."
“The biggest problem is that there are no problems.” The young man stroked his chin, looking at Jiang Guhua’s ghost cultivator with interest. “Keep a close eye on this person.”
"Yes," Ren Bo replied.
The airship sped across the sea. Wei Feng closed the window tightly, yawned slowly, and fell asleep leaning on Jiang Gu's shoulder.
Meanwhile, Wu Hezhi also fell asleep, while Qu Fengyu meditated beside him.
Jiang Gu raised his hand and touched Wei Feng's face, seemingly unintentionally tapping his brow. The next instant, their consciousnesses appeared in Wei Feng's sea of consciousness.
At the same time, Wu Hezhi and Qu Fengyu's divine senses appeared before them simultaneously.
It was not a pleasant experience for unfamiliar consciousness to enter the sea of consciousness. It would be fine if it was just Jiang Gu, but Qu Fengyu and Wu Hezhi were no different from intruders to Wei Feng. He instinctively wanted to expel them, but Jiang Gu held him back.
"It's not convenient to talk outside," Jiang Gu said. "I'll have to make do for now."
These words sounded very respectable, and Wei Feng found them extremely pleasing. He nodded solemnly in the same manner, "It's alright."
Qu Fengyu couldn't bear to watch any longer, but there was no better way under the circumstances, so he quickly said, "The Lin family's group has come with ill intentions and they won't let us go."
Jiang Gu nodded slightly. "Lin Feibai is waiting for us to slip up on our own."
"With over twenty experts at the Mahayana stage, we have no chance of escape." Wu Hezhi coughed twice and continued, "The Lin family's way of doing things is truly a consistent pattern of being obsessed with saving face. If it were the Jiang or Zhou family, they would have made their move long ago."
Wei Feng was completely confused. "What Lin family? And who is Lin Feibai?"
“The flying boat and sail flags just now both had the Lin family’s white tiger emblem. That young master is only in his early twenties but has already reached the Mahayana cultivation level, and he has so many Mahayana cultivators as bodyguards. He’s incredibly extravagant. It’s undoubtedly Lin Feibai, the young master of the Lin family.” Qu Fengyu was the only one of the three who was willing to patiently explain to him, but he couldn’t help feeling helpless. “What were you looking at on the deck just now?”
“Look at my master,” Wei Feng said confidently.
Wu Hezhi couldn't help but chuckle, but was glared at fiercely by Qu Fengyu next to him. He immediately stopped laughing, looked at Wei Feng disapprovingly, and lectured him: "When you are in danger, you must observe your surroundings immediately."
"Oh." Wei Feng had no liking for this sect leader and his cheap uncle-in-law, but gave a cold reply out of respect for Qu Fengyu.
"This is just the Lin family." Qu Fengyu's expression was not good. She was now tied to Jiang Gu and there was no way to escape. "Not to mention the Linglong Sect and the Jiang and Zhou families. I heard that Jiang Xiangyun, the eldest son of the Jiang family, has two True Immortal Realm experts by his side."
Although there is only one level difference between the True Immortal Realm and the Mahayana Realm, they are worlds apart. There has always been a saying in the cultivation world that "one True Immortal is worth a hundred Mahayana Realm cultivators." This is a slight exaggeration, but it is not wrong. There is an insurmountable chasm between the True Immortal Realm and the Mahayana Realm.
“Lin Feibai is smart, so it’s not surprising that he found his way here,” Jiang Gu said calmly. “Just leave him here.”
Qu Fengyu and Wu Hezhi looked at each other, feeling that Jiang Gu had gone mad!
Qu Fengyu and Jiang Gu were only at the Refinement stage, Wu Hezhi was at the Nascent Soul stage but was already terminally ill, and Wei Feng's late Foundation Establishment stage cultivation was almost negligible. The four of them combined were only two and a half at the Refinement stage. How could they possibly be a match for more than twenty Mahayana stage cultivators!
Wei Feng, however, had unconditional confidence in Jiang Gu, "That's right! They're just a few Mahayana-level trash, Master will definitely wipe them out without leaving a single piece of armor!"
Qu Fengyu wished she could sew his mouth shut.
Wu Hezhi coughed even more violently, feeling that it would be better to die from this illness, rather than to die a terrible death following Jiang Gu.
"I'd appreciate it if you two could cover for me later," Jiang Ke said irritably.
Qu Fengyu immediately sensed something was wrong. "Wait! You haven't said what you plan to do yet!"
However, before she could finish speaking, Jiang Gu dragged Wei Feng's primordial spirit and instantly turned into smoke, disappearing into the sea of consciousness.
Qu Fengyu and Wu Hezhi looked at each other in bewilderment. After a long while, Wu Hezhi finally managed to speak with difficulty: "Just now...did he swallow Wei Feng's primordial spirit?"
"Yes." Qu Fengyu's gaze was somewhat dazed. He belatedly realized what was happening and burst out cursing, "That heartless bastard! I knew that getting involved with him would never bring any good!"
——
Meanwhile, on the seabed.
Jiang Gu threw Wei Feng's primordial spirit out and stuffed it into a small wooden puppet. Wei Feng was already used to the puppet and felt no discomfort. Jiang Gu also possessed another puppet and stuck a talisman on the two of them. The two small wooden puppets, originally the size of a palm, transformed into their original shapes and appearances.
"Master, won't we be discovered if we do this?" Wei Feng asked through the soundproof barrier.
“No, the wood of Genshan can conceal all auras,” Jiang Gu said. “If one’s primordial spirit enters the wood, it will not appear as a living thing to a cultivator.”
Wei Feng immediately felt relieved. "Then what are we doing at the bottom of the sea? Are we just going to run away?"
Jiang Gu turned to look at him, "Aren't you going to care about Qu Fengyu anymore?"
Wei Feng was taken aback by his question. "Master, you definitely won't ignore this. She has a Ganoderma lucidum that can cleanse the marrow and a treasure-filled spiritual realm. It would be such a waste to lose it."
He seemed to have unknowingly picked up some of Jiang Gu's "bad habits," exhibiting Jiang Gu's ruthless, unethical, and profit-driven style.
Jiang Gu chuckled and pulled him along as they swam forward.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Gu finally stopped, and Wei Feng slowly landed on the sand and rocks on the seabed.
The seawater in the far south was crystal clear, and the luminous pearl was even brighter in it than on land. In front of them was a huge, heavy boulder, shaped like a tortoise shell, lying on the seabed. It was covered with slippery seaweed and held by hundreds of chains and countless talismans, as if something was being suppressed inside.
Seemingly sensing Jiang Gu's arrival, the chains on the boulder began to tremble slightly, and the yellow talismans floating in the water also rustled.
Wei Feng sensed a very faint aura, seemingly belonging to the same kind—but he couldn't tell which bloodline it was.
He tried to sense Jiang Gu's emotions, and he seemed a little happy.
Wei Feng unconsciously frowned.
Jiang Gu formed a hand seal and created an array. The chains on the boulder trembled even more violently, and the yellow talisman began to burn slowly in the water. Then, countless fine cracks appeared on the surface of the boulder. With a cracking sound, a snow-white bone claw emerged from the crack. As the bone claw came into contact with the array, flesh and fur began to grow rapidly. After about half an hour, Wei Feng finally saw the full appearance of the thing.
It resembled the Wutuo he found in the back mountain, but not entirely. It was a terrestrial spirit beast about three zhang long and one zhang wide, with soft, fluffy red fur all over its body, long and powerful limbs, but its furry claws were all white as if it had come from the snow. It had narrow, square purple eyes, a perfectly sized muzzle, and a sharp jaw... It was majestic yet extremely beautiful, like an elegant and noble mythical beast from ancient books.
"Red Snow," Jiang Gu called out to it.
Upon hearing the sound, the spirit beast gently swayed its tail, walked unhurriedly to Jiang Gu's side, shrunk its size, rubbed its nose against Jiang Gu's face, and then calmly sat down beside him, using its tail to loosely encircle him.
Wei Feng's gaze darkened as he watched Jiang Gu casually place his hand on Chi Xue's head.
He remembered that Jiang Gu's natal sword was called "Red Snow".
Jiang Gu didn't pay attention to him, but stared coldly at the cracked boulder. Then a human-shaped skeleton crawled out of it, and as flesh and blood grew out, it transformed into a handsome young man.
But when he spoke, his voice was old and his eyes were full of resentment, "You little brat from the Jiang family, you still dare to release me?"
"How could I not dare?" Jiang Gu's voice was cold.
Enraged, the other man slammed his hand down, shattering the boulder into pieces. Countless chains wrapped around it slowly emerged, disappearing into the man's limbs and bones, sealing his meridians completely.
"I only killed your spirit pet, yet you retaliated with such a vicious and insidious method. Aren't you afraid of the Zhou family investigating?" the other party said viciously.
"You've been imprisoned here for ten years, yet not a single member of the Zhou family has noticed," Jiang Gu smiled slightly. "Guess who's been impersonating Zhou Huaiming all these years?"
Upon hearing the name "Zhou Huaiming," Wei Feng's spirits jolted, and he withdrew his attention from the spirit beast. He looked at the completely unfamiliar young man, then at Jiang Gu, and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
Zhou Huaiming's eyes widened in fury as he frantically yanked at the chains binding his body, roaring, "Shameless brat! How dare you impersonate me! So that's why you dug up my Yuan Dan and root bone that day! Jiang Gu! You deserve to die!!!"
Jiang Gu casually pinched Chi Xue's ear and said nonchalantly, "Senior Zhou, there's no need to be so angry. I've come today to return your Yuan Dan and root bone to you."
Zhou Huaiming was caught off guard and paused for a moment, then sneered, "I killed your beloved spirit pet, so you devised a plan to suppress my and that beast's corpses together at the bottom of the sea. This beast can't live without me or this formation now. If you return your Yuan Dan and root bones, this mere formation won't be able to do anything to me! You beast will be completely dead."
He didn't believe it, but he couldn't help but test Jiang Gu's attitude.
Jiang Gu pinched Chi Xue's soft ear, and Chi Xue tilted her head and gently rubbed her cheek against his.
“You’re a dead beast anyway.” Jiang Gu stared at Zhou Huaiming expressionlessly. “I just can’t kill you, so I’m using it to keep you here.”
Wei Feng felt a mix of emotions, realizing that he was no different from Chi Xue—but there was a difference: he wasn't as good-looking as Chi Xue.
Jiang Gu would never pat his head so gently.
Zhou Huaiming stared at Jiang Gu with suspicion, "You really want to pay me back?"
"Suppressing you for ten years is enough to offset Chi Xue's life." Jiang Gu raised his hand, and a ball of azure spiritual mist appeared in his palm.
Upon seeing his own Yuan Dan root bone, Zhou Huaiming instantly went berserk. The iron chains rattled and the seabed trembled, and his angry roar was deafening.
Jiang Gu remained unmoved, and even Chi Xue beside him was unusually calm. Wei Feng was so frightened that he wanted to grab Jiang Gu's sleeve, but the cold and noble spirit beast turned around and gave him a cold and indifferent look.
The beautiful, snow-white long tail lashed mercilessly across the back of his hand.
Wei Feng instinctively pulled his hand back in pain, looked up at Jiang Gu who hadn't turned around, silently pursed his lips, hid his swollen hand behind his back, and quietly took half a step back.
He could sense that his master liked Chixue very much.
So this is what Master's affection feels like.
So it turns out that Master... never liked him.
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