Knock, knock, knock!
As if tid perfectly, a uniform knocking ca from the door.
His vacant gaze cleared up, and only then did he realize that it had started raining outside at so point, and there was so noise downstairs. He quickly looked towards the door.
"Please co in."
The door was gently pushed open.
"Senior brother truly has the deanor of a celestial being. Ordinary people probably need to ditate for years to grasp the path of cultivation, yet senior brother has glimpsed the threshold in just twenty days."
It was his adorable junior sister, cradling her pipa.
At least, her brightly colored clothes seed quite cute.
She walked elegantly to the desk, poised and graceful. She gently sat down, and with a wave of her hand, the pipa was stored in her Qiankun Bag.
In a flash, the distant teapot sohow ended up in her hand. She gently shook the empty teapot, and as if performing magic, hot tea was poured out.
No matter how many tis one sees this unconscious tea-making gesture, it always impresses. Elders are respected, so she first pushed the fine tea towards Jiang Feng... At least, she is an elder in terms of seniority.
Moreover, she has not done this only once or twice, asking for red packets from her little uncle who is 120 years younger than her. Jiang Feng did that too, changing the diapers of an uncle 30 years younger in his past life.
Well, he was used to it.
However, Jiang Feng noticed that the water poured into Yu Ying’s teacup was plain boiled water.
Still hot.
"Cough, did you try the last prescription I gave you, was it effective?"
Suddenly, that sentence popped out of soone’s mouth.
The woman drinking hot water choked, but her psychological quality was good, she did not spit it out on the spot, she just swallowed the hot water down.
"Senior brother really cares about , just... the concern seems a bit misplaced?"
Smiling, and perhaps it was an illusion, but he felt that her smile seed a bit eerie. It wasn’t that he was overly sensitive, but mainly due to him being shut off and dealing with Gu insects, exactly one month had passed.
Moreover, the timing was close to that of Yan Yurou; he used to get dicine for that girl at this ti every month.
"Don’t worry, it definitely served its purpose, not as painful as before, but as senior brother said, it only treats the symptoms not the cause. It eases but cannot eradicate the issue, still, I must thank senior brother for his concern."
She politely leaned her body slightly, a movent that unfortunately showcased a hint of snowy white from her loosely fitted chest, making the young man awkwardly divert his gaze.
"Damn, thunderstruck, thunderstruck!"
Unexpectedly, in this era of scarce resources, developnt is still... wait.
Cultivators have no scarcity; daily consumption of Elixirs prevents any malnutrition.
Smiling mischievously at the young man before her, her teasing look seed to see through a little guy with lustful thoughts but no guts. At this mont, Jiang Feng realized that his attempts to hide were completely ineffectual before her.
Looking inward, indeed a pair of eyes was circling overhead; compared to before, she behaved much more decently, not getting too close, just peeking into others’ real thoughts.
"Senior brother, I ca here originally to advise you not to be too extre."
"I know senior brother has exceptional talents, thus you should be smart. The path of cultivation should be carried out step by step, you should also get out and walk around after spending twenty days in seclusion."
"Moreover, there are myriad ways to establish foundation, being too eager might lead to severe consequences. For this, I have paid a heavy price many years ago with my tendons completely shattered."
"If it were not for the Hall of Pill stepping in, I might have been crippled, however..."
She glanced at the extraordinary young man in front of her; with her realm, how could she not sense the changes happening within Jiang Feng’s body now, her eyes full of admiration. Although her personality is strong, she would not deny others because of it.
"It seems I was too worried."
"Senior brother truly has an air of a dragon and tiger; just twenty days, and you’ve glimpsed the threshold."
"Foundation establishnt is a threshold every cultivator must step over to truly start pursuing the Immortal Path. With senior brother’s talent, I fear you might surpass us all in the future, it’s no wonder Master Liu took you as a disciple."
"After mastering the technique, transforming the Spiritual Energy in your body is just a matter of ti, maybe in a few more days, senior brother will successfully establish his foundation. Still, I suggest senior brother to go out and walk about, after all, these twenty days have been sowhat monotonous."
Though her face wore her trademark fake smile, her words indeed felt comforting. Now that he had found the knack, what he needed to do next was to keep accumulating proficiency, eventually liquefying all the Spiritual Energy inside his body.
He couldn’t help but think.
"Love it, keep talking!"
"...Hmm?"
The woman just tilted her head, looking at Jiang Feng teasingly; with her capability, she could indeed keep praising this young guy all day.
Only she felt like she was coddling a child.
"Cough, just kidding. You must have co here for more than just this, right?"
Imdiately straightening his spine, he dared not harbor any more stray thoughts; facing Yu Ying, even a slight deviation in focus could lead to social death.
Her tender lips slightly curled up, the color slightly pale, applied evenly, including a light layer of rouge on her cheeks that made her complexion look more rosy and healthy. Even her fingers and wrists were adorned with exquisite flower rings.
It looked handmade.
What does this imply?
It implies that Yu Ying has recently been recovering well; she is a woman whose current state and mood can be understood just by looking at her appearance and attire.
After spending so ti with her, he realized that this inexpensive junior sister was actually quite easy to understand.
She prioritizes the interests of the sect foremost, and in order to solidify her position and achieve her goals, she would not hesitate to use any ans necessary. Generally speaking, as long as you don’t touch these two bottom lines, she is quite reasonable. But once these lines are crossed, she would not hesitate to kill you.
Oh, add one more condition.
She might kill soone to vent when in a bad mood.
"That’s natural, do you still rember what happened at the border of Fengzhou?"
Nod.
Twenty days ago after returning to Shuangfeng City, his initial plan was to find Yu Ying imdiately to discuss the matter concerning Xu Huoyao, as he had witnessed soone tampering with the evidence at that ti.
At that ti he was too far to hear the conversation clearly, but based on Hou Zhongxiao’s mories in his mind, he confird the identities of the two n and also confird that the disturbance at the border was deliberately condoned by these two.
"Of course I rember, I wanted to find you when I first returned to the city, but you were recovering from injuries at that ti, so I could only have Manager Xu pass on the ssage."
He sipped his tea. During these days, he occasionally heard the noisy disturbances outside, mostly due to the outbreak of Gu Poison incidents, but it has been gradually calming down in recent days.
With the capabilities of Purple Cloud Palace, it should have been completely resolved in a month.
"First, let’s start with the conclusion. This incident was no accident—it was indeed provoked on purpose, and your judgent was quite accurate."
"The instigator is nad Hou Zhongxiao, or Cen Zhongxiao, once a mber of Cen Family Village but actually a mole from Hou Family Village, having infiltrated Cen Family Village for a long ti until one year ago when he was discovered while stealing from their Scripture Pavilion, exposing his identity and fleeing."
"Because the current Family Head of Cen Family acted decisively, imdiately pressuring the other party with his n, nearly leading to a war, which was ultimately resolved through the diation of the Great Clan Chief, reaching a consensus to completely disown and expel this person from the territory."
"After leaving the Southern Border, Hou Zhongxiao settled in Red Flower Temple and devoted himself to studying Gu Technique. Pretending to be a doctor to the outside world, he treated various injured and sick people, using them as test subjects for his Gu Worms, which has been going on for a full year now."
"It was only in the past two months that the cultivation of Xu Huoyao gradually perfected and took shape, and you should be quite familiar with its effects, especially since Shuangfeng City also has dical practitioners from the Southern Border, you must have looked into it."
"It’s called Xu Huoyao."
Her eyes were full of admiration.
A month ago before Jiang Feng left, she had briefly ntioned conducting an investigation into the truth, but she never expected that this little Qi Refinent Realm fellow would manage to bring her such detailed investigation results.
Just from this na of the Gu Poison alone she knew it couldn’t be a fabrication by Jiang Feng, as she had also made inquiries to a few senior doctors from the Southern Border, and the conclusion was that it was indeed called Xu Huoyao.
Moreover, it was a secret technique exclusive to the Cen Family, developed about a hundred years ago, but due to its imperfection, it remained dormant until now, which explained many things.
She gestured for him to continue.
"Then ca the outbreak of Gu Poison."
"Xu Huoyao indeed has the ability to heal or turn flesh into bones, yet it becos agitated with even slight environntal instability, especially since this kind of Gu Worm needs fresh flesh to feed, otherwise, it turns into dust within a couple of days."
"Another thod includes grafting the bodies of various animals or even plants onto human bodies, using pregnant won as carriers, employing Xu Huoyao to enter the womb and thus giving birth to a monster nad Ke Ru."
"These series of events were no accidents. While pursuing Hou Zhongxiao, I encountered two disciples from Fulong Pavilion, who were two external stewards, and they burnt Hou Zhongxiao’s body completely,—leaving Red Flower Temple in ashes."
She raised an eyebrow.
Despite the fake smiling face, Yu Ying had already figured out who the two Fulong Pavilion disciples ntioned by Jiang Feng were.
A flicker of fierce light in her eyes was gone in an instant, maintaining her dignified and elegant deanor.
"Let’s directly talk about the conclusion I reached: those two Fulong Pavilion disciples received orders from their superiors, needing to provoke a war in a short period, reigniting the flas of war."
"With this premise, Hou Zhongxiao beca the best pawn to utilize, both in terms of identity and the Gu Technique he was proficient in, spreading the impact of the Gu Poison northward, magnifying the situation."
"Whether it’s the common people or cultivators, their first reaction upon seeing these Gu Worms would naturally be that this is the work of the Southern Border, and this is indeed the truth. Relationships at the border had been extrely tense in recent years, adding fuel to the fire."
"Of course, it resulted in an imdiate explosion. All that commotion downstairs just now, probably also due to the people being agitated, everyone itching for a chance to seek justice from the Southern Border?"
Nod.
Indeed, ever since the Gu Poison was almost cleared a few days ago, people have been eager to put forth requests for war, even the City Lord was sowhat furious, submitting a request for war to the monarch.
"The goal achieved, the two Fulong Pavilion stewards chose to destroy the evidence, but they ca a bit late. I got there first—by the ti the two of them arrived, Hou Zhongxiao was already dead, and they were a bit flustered, worried that this matter would be exposed."
"They even deliberately laid an ambush around Red Flower Temple for nearly an hour, unfortunately, I still managed to dodge the bullet."
"That’s everything."
After speaking so much, Jiang Feng’s mouth was dry; he finished his tea in one gulp, and before he could continue, a statent from Yu Ying almost made him choke on the spot.
"Oh? Is that everything?"
"It seems like junior brother has completely forgotten about the secret rendezvous and the exchange of a token of love with that little saintess from the Southern Border."
"What a heartless man."
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