Chapter 58: A Thousand Mountains, the Birds Have Flown Away

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"You are Xue Qinghe?"

In the backyard of the Crown Prince Mansion, to avoid the matter escalating, Ning Fengzhi simply had Gu Rong go out and lead Nan Feng in.

"In reply to the Elder, I am indeed Xue Qinghe."

Meeting Nan Feng's scrutinizing gaze, Xue Qinghe felt a shiver run down her spine.

This guy knew her identity, and because of the Transformed Spirit Beast incident a few years ago, he had almost fallen out with her grandfather; who knew if he might actually have a mental lapse and report her! "Doesn't look like it?" Nan Feng raised his eyebrows, his face showing suspicion.

Xue Qinghe's heart tightened, "What does the Elder mean?"

"Why do I feel like you look so much like an old acquaintance of mine?" Nan Feng stood up and placed his hand on Xue Qinghe's shoulder.

"Qianxue?"

"……"

Xue Qinghe's expression stiffened.

Damn it! It's over!

This bastard really intends to mess with her!

Just as Qian Renxue prepared to put up a desperate fight and escape his clutches, she noticed Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong casting strange looks at her.

Qian Renxue was stunned; she turned her head to look at Nan Feng, only to find him currently eyeing her backside.

Qian Renxue felt a surge of shame and anger, "Nan……"

Slap! "Quite perky." Nan Feng clapped his hands and returned to his seat.

"Qianxue is truly the number one perky backside in Tiandou."

"You……" Qian Renxue remained frozen in place.

She had grown up to this age! This was the first time someone had dared to slap her backside!! "Where were we just now?" Nan Feng looked at Ning Fengzhi.

"We were saying that Qinghe looks like an old acquaintance of yours," Ning Fengzhi said.

"Oh, right, an old acquaintance." Nan Feng paused.

"She is not Xue Qinghe."

"……"

Qian Renxue's eyes narrowed, and she secretly circulated her soul power, preparing to flee the scene.

"Not Xue Qinghe?" Ning Fengzhi looked puzzled.

"Then who is he?"

"Sect Master Ning is unaware." Nan Feng let out a long sigh.

"She looks exactly like my long-lost younger sister, who shares neither the same father nor the same mother!"

"……"

Long-lost, neither the same father nor the same mother, younger sister? How the hell do you have the nerve to string those three things together?

Qian Renxue couldn't help but want to explode.

This bastard was just here to toy with her!!

"Oh? Is that really the case?" Ning Fengzhi wore a half-believing expression.

"Nan Feng Elder actually has a younger sister who looks like Qinghe?"

"Indeed," Nan Feng sighed.

"That year, the snow was heavy, the wind was even heavier, and I don't know which heartless wretch threw her into the snow, and I happened to see it."

"Sect Master Ning also knows that I, as a person, have never been able to stand such things, so……"

"I, the hell, just turned around and left!"

"？？？"

The air suddenly went quiet; not to mention Qian Renxue, even Ning Fengzhi, who was full of confidence and prepared to continue following Nan Feng's nonsense, was left speechless.

No, I can't respond to this!! "You really left? No way, right?" Gu Rong was somewhat skeptical.

"You didn't leave anything behind?"

"Hey! Brother Gu really understands me!" Nan Feng exclaimed.

"How could I just walk away? Wouldn't that be too much of a bastard move?"

Ning Fengzhi hesitated for a moment, "May I ask…… what did Nan Feng Elder leave for that child?"

"I left her three words!" Nan Feng said earnestly.

"……" The air felt as if it had been frozen by a sudden cold front; Ning Fengzhi, who considered his own bullshitting skills to be masterful, had lost count of how many times he had been choked up by Nan Feng! Can you please act like a human being?!

The snow was heavy, the wind was heavy, and you, you bastard, left someone three words?!

"Which three words?" Gu Rong asked curiously.

Nan Feng looked at the gnashing-teeth Qian Renxue.

"Qian——Ren——Xue!"

"……" Qian Renxue.

F***!!!

I'll fight you to the death!!! "Do these three words have any meaning?" Gu Rong asked again.

He had also realized that when talking to Nan Feng, one shouldn't use any logic; just go along with what he says.

There was no need for that scheming, backstabbing nonsense, because this guy was most likely just spouting gibberish, and after he finished, he probably forgot what he had just said himself! "Of course there is meaning." Nan Feng picked up his teacup and took a light sip.

"'A thousand mountains, the birds have flown away; ten thousand paths, the human tracks are gone.' This 'Qian' is taken from that."

A thousand mountains, the birds have flown away? Ning Fengzhi and his companion looked puzzled.

What meaning does this have? Only Qian Renxue's eyes turned cold.

The Qian Family has lived for generations on the sacred mountain that enshrines the Angel God, and in the past, they were even called "birdmen" by some idiots because of their Six-Winged Angel Spirit.

"A thousand mountains, bird flights vanish"? Is this a curse for her Qian Family to have no descendants? "Nan Feng Elder, this is again..."

"Don't ask me what this sentence means, think about it yourself." Nan Feng interrupted Ning Fengzhi's question.

"As for this 'Ren'."

"The sea accepts hundreds of rivers, its capacity is great; the cliff stands a thousand fathoms high, it is strong because it has no desires."

"The sea can accommodate hundreds and thousands of rivers because it has a broad capacity; the reason a thousand-fathom cliff can stand tall is because it has no worldly desires."

"If the sea does not accommodate, the water with nowhere to go will backflow onto the land, causing floods and devastating the living."

"If a high mountain has desires, even a cliff that has stood for ten million years will fall apart, with rolling stones and shattered rocks heading toward the mundane world, destroying itself and destroying others."

"Don't you all agree?"

"..."

Ning Fengzhi and the others did not reply.

Could this madman actually say such profound words?

Qian Renxue's gaze also became complex.

She felt that this guy seemed to be mocking the Qian Family, standing tall on the continent for twenty thousand years while watching from the sidelines, just because they had no interest in the mundane world.

But after the Two Great Empires appeared, the Qian Family ran out; they had desires, they had a possessive desire for the mundane world, interfering in the war between the Two Great Empires, preventing Star Luo from annexing Tiandou, because only if these Two Great Empires continued to fight would the Spirit Hall, standing in the middle doing nothing, appear even greater.

However, this high mountain that has stood for ten thousand years, now that it has greed for the mundane world, can it continue to stand tall...

"As for this final 'Xue'..." Nan Feng paused.

"That snow filling the sky, auspicious snow promises a good harvest, after all."

"What do you all think of these three words of mine?"

"Good!" Gu Rong was still very supportive.

Although this guy spouts nonsense every time he opens his mouth, one has to admit that today's words were indeed quite profound!

Slap! Nan Feng quietly came behind Xue Qinghe, raised his hand, and slapped that Tiandou's number one firm butt again, "What does the Crown Prince think?"

Xue Qinghe took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, "Good! Nan Feng Elder speaks well!"

Just you wait, you bastard!! You like spanking, right? I'll hang you up and whip you!

"Really good?" Nan Feng raised an eyebrow.

"Why do you look a bit reluctant?"

"If you're reluctant, just say it directly; it's not like I won't let you speak."

"..."

"Is that true?"

Nan Feng narrowed his eyes, "You dare to try?"

"..." Qian Renxue.

F***!!!

(End of chapter)