Chapter 233

"Evil people will be punished by heaven..."

Zheng Feng was slightly startled, a bitter, self-deprecating look appearing on his angry face, and he murmured:

"Will such a thing really happen..."

He had imagined countless times what it would be like if he saw this vicious woman, Jiang Chuxue, again.

As a result, reality gave him a heavy blow.

The gap between the two had become even larger.

This gap was so large that his heart felt vaguely cold, and he even gave birth to a trace of irrepressible despair.

Jiang Ye stretched out his thin, withered palm and patted Zheng Feng's shoulder, smiling faintly:

"It will happen; believe in this old man's judgment."

Having said that, he withdrew his hand, stepped onto the winding mountain path with his hands behind his back, his gait as calm as if nothing had just happened.

"Let's go, it's time to go back."

He knew the damage Jiang Chuxue had caused Zheng Feng was simply too deep.

Some wounds could not be healed by words.

He also had no way to give Zheng Feng more comfort.

Only when Zheng Feng saw with his own eyes that mountain that had been pressing on his heart for many years collapse with a crash.

Would the resentment and unwillingness he had accumulated for so many years have a chance to be truly released.

And this day would not be far off.

"Elder Jiang..."

Zheng Feng looked at that calm back that was still unhurried, a look of deep admiration revealing itself in his reddened eyes.

In his impression, Elder Jiang seemed to always be this calm, as if the sky could not surprise him.

Even when facing the sharp, cold pressure from Jiang Chuxue just now, the expression on that aged face had not changed in the slightest from beginning to end.

If he could also have this kind of cultivation of spirit, he wouldn't be so angry and pathetic when seeing Jiang Chuxue.

He took a deep breath, nodded heavily, and followed Jiang Ye onto the mountain path.

When they returned to the Tianyun Peak courtyard, the sky had completely darkened.

Jiang Ye sat cross-legged beside the Green Flame herb field, took the bright red wedding invitation from his sleeve, and examined it for a moment by the moonlight.

On it were printed two names side by side—Jiang Chuxue, Zheng Lin.

"Zheng Lin..."

Jiang Ye pondered for a moment.

He had heard the name Zheng Lin more than once from Lü Ming these past few days.

Fourth on the True Transmission Ranking, a Primordial True Transmission of Spirit Ox Peak.

The Upper Sect's True Transmission Ranking had an age limit; only disciples under forty were qualified to be on the list.

A Primordial martial artist under forty—this talent was enough to look down on the heroes across the entire Linzhou.

As expected of the heaven-favored son the Zheng family had poured all its efforts into cultivating for the last hundred years.

"I just don't know if this heaven-favored son can withstand the pressure."

Jiang Ye didn't know what he had thought of, but the smile at the corner of his mouth became harder to hold back.

A moment later, he casually tucked the wedding invitation into his sleeve, slowly closed his eyes, and began to temper his Earth-element True Divine Qi.

Spirit Ox Peak.

Inside a spacious and luxurious courtyard.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Blade light broke through the air, and a crimson long blade drew sharp arcs under the moonlight.

The person wielding the blade was dressed in a luxurious training outfit, his appearance one or two parts similar to Zheng Feng's, but he was older, his features more aggressive, and a daunting sharpness condensed between his brows.

What he was performing was the "Spirit Ox Shaking Mountain Blade."

Every blade strike was as heavy as if dragging a mountain, and wherever the blade intent reached, a series of dull sonic booms erupted in the air.

In the center of the courtyard sat a piece of black iron stone half a person high, harder than refined steel; ordinary blades couldn't even leave a mark when striking it.

Zheng Lin swung his blade abruptly, without pouring in a single bit of True Divine Qi, yet just by the blade intent passing over, a blade mark several inches deep appeared on the black iron stone.

Just at this moment.

A burst of light footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

"Brother Lin, your blade art has improved again."

Zheng Lin didn't need to turn his head to know who had come.

He sheathed his blade, casually placed the long blade on the weapon rack, a smile appearing on his face, and turned to welcome the person at the door.

A moment later, a graceful figure stepped into the courtyard.

The person who had come was none other than Jiang Chuxue.

"You just ascended to True Transmission, and it's your busiest time; it's rare that you have time to come over."

Zheng Lin looked at the cold, exquisite face before him, a flash of undisguised heat crossing the bottom of his eyes:

"Stay here and rest tonight!"

A smile of unknown meaning appeared on Jiang Chuxue's slightly sharp, pretty face, her tone carrying a just-right reserve:

"Brother Lin, our wedding is only three months away; we've waited all these years, so there's no need to rush for this moment."

"I want to give you the most perfect version of myself, without reservation, on that day!"

She was a very clear-headed woman.

Facing a young master like Zheng Lin who had seen all kinds of beauties, the more conservative she acted, the more she could keep his appetite whetted.

Moreover, the talent she possessed was also a capital that could not be underestimated.

Because of this, she had been like a fish in water in the Zheng family for all these years, yet she was still a virgin.

Sure enough, Zheng Lin was not displeased by her refusal; instead, he laughed loudly:

"Chuxue, it's because of this that I like you so much!"

"In this chaotic world, a girl as pure and conservative as you is truly as precious as a pearl..."

Seeing that he was in high spirits, Jiang Chuxue lowered her voice somewhat mysteriously: "Brother Lin, for the wedding three months from now, I have prepared a special surprise for you!"

"Oh? A special surprise..."

Zheng Lin's brows arched, his smile deepening: "Then I am looking forward to it even more."

Seven days later.

Tianyun Peak, Eastern Peak.

Jiang Ye, sitting cross-legged beside the Green Flame herb field, had the dense Heaven and Earth spiritual energy around his body dyed with a layer of earthy-yellow light at some unknown time.

The light was not eye-piercing, but deep and heavy, making him look like a mountain rock that had remained unmoved after a thousand years of wind and rain.

Suddenly, the rhythm of Jiang Ye's breathing changed slightly.

He no longer swallowed and spat out Heaven and Earth spiritual energy evenly, but pressed all the energy he inhaled into that earthy-yellow pill, giving it no room to breathe or renew.

This pressure lasted for a full incense stick's time.

Boom—!!!

Jiang Ye opened his eyes abruptly, a flash of brilliance as thick as a mountain crossing his aged eyes.

At the same time, the earthy-yellow light around his body surged suddenly, illuminating the entire Green Flame herb field as if it were dusk.

A heavy, deep aura permeated the air, making people's chests feel slightly stifled.

Within his dantian, that Earth-element pill had completely transformed.

The originally loose true qi light had been compressed to the extreme, replaced by a layer of restrained and heavy earthy-yellow divine qi glow, which slowly circulated like magma surging deep within the earth, steady and unshakable.

Earth-element True Divine Qi, achieved.

With this, he had obtained four of the Five Elements True Divine Qi.

Jiang Ye stood up slowly, and the deep momentum emitted from his body actually caused the entire patch of Green Flame grass to lie flat, as if pressed down gently by an invisible palm.

He opened his left hand, and the earthy-yellow True Divine Qi surged out from his palm.

It covered his thin, withered palm and half of his forearm, refined and thick as if he had put on a layer of armor cast from metal and stone; just looking at it from afar gave one a sense of powerlessness, as if it were impossible to break through.

His right fingertips condensed sharp, eye-piercing Metal-element true qi, then he stabbed out abruptly; the golden-white true qi turned into a sharp ray and slammed fiercely against the layer of earthy-yellow True Divine Qi on his left hand.

Bang!

A light ring.

It actually didn't break the defense.

Jiang Ye nodded with satisfaction.

With his current physical strength, the ape-form true intent "Old Bear Embracing Simplicity" plus the perfected "Vajra Body Refining Technique," and then adding this layer of Earth-element True Divine Qi, his defensive power was probably far beyond the imagination of ordinary Divine Qi Realm martial artists.

"Calculating the time, it's just right to go down the mountain to pick up the weapon!"

He withdrew his True Divine Qi, tidied his robes, and walked slowly toward the outside of the courtyard.