Chapter 69: The Riddle Finally Appears

This restaurant was bustling with people, and it was the time when business was booming. The threshold was almost trampled, and it was very lively.

But the two people in the corner were silent, like two silent reefs in the center of the flowing water.

Finally.

It was Gu Jun who spoke first, breaking this strange silence.

"Are you surprised? There are still kind people in the Profound Heaven Sect. It's like an iron tree blooming after a thousand years. It's unheard of."

A strange smile appeared on Gu Jun's face:

"Did you despise me in your heart when you heard my words about eliminating demons and defending the Dao just now? Did you wish you could spit on my face and tell me to shut my mouth?

Clearly, there are demonic acts of seizing and plundering everywhere in our own sect. Yan Feichen covers the sky with one hand, acts domineering and arrogant, and treats human life like grass; the sect master doesn't care at all, just letting him act; Yuanji Venerable is opportunistic and profit-seeking; I am even a clay statue in a temple, only accepting incense but doing no real work...

He looked at Chen Hang and said:

"Are you thinking this way?"

"The disciple dare not."

Chen Hang stood up and bowed again.

"You don't have to pretend in front of me. There are only the two of us here. These are all facts. What is there to say?

Now I will teach you another truth: a person must be adaptable and act according to circumstances.

Because Refiner Jiang Gulian's young son died in the blood sacrifice method of the demonic path, he has always hated the various left-handed techniques of the demonic sect. My words just now were specifically for him to hear, to let people pass it on, to let him know that you are not of the demonic true qi foundation, but from the Profound Sect, and can be safely accepted as a disciple!"

Gu Jun raised his old eyes, suddenly changed the subject, and said:

"Do you still remember? Before the news of your widowed mother's death was deliberately spread to Xiao Ganshan by Yan Ping, although you were depressed, you were quite interested in the immortal Dao. Once, you didn't know whether you were alive or dead, and you actually stopped the sect master's carriage when he went out, asking him for advice on what Daoist books to read if you wanted to prove embryonic breathing...

At that time, Yan Feichen was so angry that his face turned blue. If Yan Zhen hadn't tried her best to persuade him, he would have wanted to whip you to death in public. You may have forgotten, but I remember it very deeply, and I still remember it in my heart, because you were so bold at that moment, and you really didn't know whether you were alive or dead!"

Chen Hang's eyes moved slightly.

He didn't speak.

"Unfortunately, your heart for the Dao only lasted for that moment. Since Yan Ping spread the news of your widowed mother's death to Xiao Ganshan, you have become a dog with its spine removed, only knowing how to moan sadly."

Gu Jun sneered and continued:

"If Yan Zhen hadn't used her divine sense to monitor you day and night, could you, Chen Hang, still sit here and talk to me? I'm afraid you would have committed suicide long ago, and now you don't know where you have reincarnated. It's ridiculous!"

"But why does the elder want to help me now?"

Chen Hang's voice was as calm as a flat lake, saying: "In the past, I have never received such favor from the elder."

"Why? Because the Profound Heaven Sect owes you after all, because you are not what you used to be, and because I want you to remember my favor and owe me a big favor! This is the truth!"

Gu Jun said expressionlessly:

"If you were the same as before, I would naturally not look at you highly! Even if I have such a compassionate heart, what does the life or death of a mortal have to do with me? Why should I go against Yan Feichen for you and bring disaster to my family? But you are different now. Zhou Xingling was carefully trained by Refiner Jiang Gulian since he was a child. He is a high disciple of a Cave-Mystic Refiner. Even he praises you highly!"

He looked directly at Chen Hang, his eyes revealing a trace of essence:

"How many days has it been since Yan Zhen died? You have broken through embryonic breathing and Qi Cultivation! With such talent, even Refiner Jiang Gulian would be moved, not to mention me. With a great opportunity in front of me, how can I not place a bet early?"

"So that's it. How does the elder want me to repay this favor?"

Chen Hang laughed.

"If you really survive from the Earth Abyss and join Refiner Jiang Gulian's sect, one hundred years—"

Gu Jun stretched out ten fingers and said slowly:

"I want you to protect my clansmen for a hundred years, so that they can enjoy wealth in the mortal world without the suffering of freezing, hunger, and swords. If there are any who are successful, you must also introduce them to the immortal Dao. How about it, are you willing?"

Chen Hang pondered for a moment and did not rush to answer.

"The reason you are still alive is that no matter how domineering Yan Feichen is, he dare not openly disobey the sect master and ruin the sect master's great matter of sending people into the Earth Abyss to search for treasures. But what about after you come out of the Earth Abyss?"

Gu Jun said faintly:

"But what about after you come out of the Earth Abyss? The sect master will no longer care about you! You have no relatives or friends with this person. Even if he is at odds with Yan Feichen, he will never turn against him early for a small pawn like you and make the situation tense."

"But how does the elder know that I can survive from the Earth Abyss?"

Chen Hang's voice paused, pondered for half a moment, and said in his mouth: "Also, it's just protecting the clansmen for a hundred years. The elder should also have many disciples and old friends, why entrust this task to a common disciple like me?"

"If you die in the Earth Abyss, everything will naturally end, and everything will be empty words. Today, just assume I came for nothing. As for why I entrust it to you..."

Gu Jun said leisurely:

"Do you think what you did in Yangshan hasn't spread? Even someone like Xu Zhi, who is timid and cowardly, you are not willing to deceive, and you even shared the spoils with him. I also know your temperament. Since you have such talent, if I don't entrust my afterlife to you, who else can I give it to?"

Yangshan...

Spoils?

Hearing these words, Chen Hang couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

After removing the Yangshan Daoist, he obtained the Thunder Fire Thunder Pearl, which was already a big bargain. But in Gu Jun's mouth, it seemed as if he had given up a lot of gains and suffered a loss.

And at this time, Gu Jun had already said everything he had to say, and naturally had no intention of chatting with Chen Hang again.

He took out a crane feather token the size of a palm from his sleeve, placed it on the table, greeted the bartender to settle the bill, and wanted to get up.

"Elder, forgive the disciple for being presumptuous, I really have one more word, I have to say it."

Chen Hang suddenly called him to stop, his eyes rarely revealing a trace of solemnity, and bowed.

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong Xu Zhi."

He said: "At the beginning, was it really because he was afraid of fighting that he was expelled from the sect by the elder?"

"……"

Gu Jun stopped, and did not answer.

After a long time, he slowly turned his body, and the light in his eyes was as sharp as a knife, cutting people's muscles and bones.

"Do you dare to mention this in front of me, are you not afraid of death?"

"The elder still needs the disciple to leave a useful body." Chen Hang bowed again, his expression unchanged: "Forgive the disciple for being presumptuous, but Xiao Xiao Shixiong Xu Zhi treated me as a friend after all, and the disciple has no other thoughts, just wanting to know the truth."

"Know the truth? I'm afraid you want to wash away his grievances for him."

Gu Jun sneered when he heard this: "Whether it's fear of fighting, so what? It's been so many years, what's there to say!"

"My only son is dead. I am a human after all, not a clay statue, nor a Bodhisattva!"

As soon as the words fell, his figure disappeared in an instant, and a yellow light circled in the clouds, and he didn't know where he went.

And Chen Hang slowly raised his head, took the crane feather on the table into his hand, sat down again, and was speechless for a while.

From beginning to end.

Both of them tacitly did not mention the Earth Abyss, let alone asking the sect master to entrust him to avoid the trip to the Earth Abyss.

Whether it was Gu Jun or Chen Hang, they knew that this was no different from a daydream.

Since he had received the talisman decree and taken the wealth earned by selling his life, with Ai Jian's temperament of treating disciples like slaves and horses, he would never allow him to go back on his word.

Not to mention that Refiner Jiang Gulian was only watching now and had not yet decided that he must accept him as a disciple.

Even if this refiner really had to have him, Ai Jian would definitely not let him go, and he might even feel that this was damaging his own face, making him even more angry.

It was just a Cave-Mystic Refiner. Thirty years ago, when he founded the sect at Xiao Ganshan, he didn't know how many heads he had killed, and his sword had not been stained with the blood of Cave-Mystic Refiners.

……

"Even if I survive the Earth Abyss, I'm afraid I will fail this good intention..."

Chen Hang shook his head, put the crane feather in his sleeve, and didn't look at it much.

Cultivation path: Dharma, Companions, Land, Wealth.

In his previous life, he had no choice and entered the wrong sect. Now that he has lived a second life and has lessons from the past, he will naturally not repeat the same mistakes.

Even if White Crane Cave is brotherly and friendly, and the atmosphere is good, in the end, he cannot become a Golden Core True Person, let alone any Primordial Spirit Return to Emptiness Dao.

If this sect is really discussed, it is not even as good as the Profound Heaven Sect where he is now. After all, Ai Jian's killing power is extraordinary, suppressing several surrounding families until they have to bow their heads.

Even those Profound Heaven Sect disciples who were regarded as slaves by their own sect master were more arrogant than other disciples when they went out.

"To join a major sect, at least it must be a sect with a Primordial Spirit True Person. After calculating, the only one suitable for me is the Flower God Mansion in the Southern Domain..."

Chen Hang sighed in his heart.

Then he looked at the landscape screen on the left.

His voice was faint, saying:

"Senior Sister, have you heard enough? If you have, come out."

Behind the screen, Qingzhi suddenly said "Ah."

Then, in the noisy sound of cups and chopsticks colliding, Wei Lingjiang lowered her head and walked out step by step.

A rosy color appeared on the girl's pure and fair cheeks, and for a moment, it was like clouds, with a unique bright color.

"This small cup fell off the table by itself, it's not Qingzhi's fault!"

Behind the screen, Qingzhi was still arguing with the waiter who came to hear the news:

"I didn't touch it, it hit my hand, look—"

Wei Lingjiang felt a headache, hurriedly turned around and covered Qingzhi's mouth, and apologized to the waiter, before dragging the piglet-like girl over.

When she turned her head, she met Chen Hang's gaze, and subconsciously turned her head away in a panic.

"You..."

Wei Lingjiang's voice was rarely stuttering: "When did you, um, is..."

"Not long after Senior Sister came, I knew."

Chen Hang's tone was still as usual: "Qingzhi's smacking sound was too loud, I knew it by the sound."

"Is that so? I smack my mouth when I eat?"

Qingzhi poked a big head out from behind Wei Lingjiang, very puzzled: "But why don't I feel it?"

"None of your business!"

Wei Lingjiang pressed the head back and explained awkwardly: "I... I didn't want to eavesdrop, I just, I just..."

I just worry about your life and death, afraid that you will really have an accident, so I came here specifically?

Wei Lingjiang flashed this sentence for no reason.

She was startled and shook her head hard, as if to drive this sentence out of her mind.

"I didn't want to eavesdrop, I just happened to come here to eat... I didn't expect you to be here too, really, what a coincidence..."

Wei Lingjiang said dryly, and by the end, even she felt it was clumsy and ridiculous, so she stopped.

"Is that so?"

In the dim light under the eaves, Chen Hang's figure also seemed to be flickering.

He raised his dark, deep eyes, looked at Wei Lingjiang quietly, and after a long time, turned his eyes to the window, a strange smile floating on his lips.

"It's indeed a coincidence." He said.

"You..."

Wei Lingjiang became more and more at a loss, and the atmosphere became more awkward.

She pursed her lips lightly. Thinking of the conversation between the old man and Chen Hang just now, a sense of pity arose in her heart for no reason. In her originally shy and urgent gaze, there was more of an indescribable strangeness.

Even she couldn't tell what kind of mood this was. Was it the unbearable feeling when seeing a wet, pitiful puppy in the rain, or did it carry some other meaning?

Wei Lingjiang couldn't tell.

"Is Senior Sister pitying me? There's no need."

Wei Lingjiang was suddenly startled, only to see Chen Hang turn his eyes and look at her gaze faintly:

"Yan Zhen is dead now, I am already a free body, and I am still alive, can cultivate Qi, can practice, this has already exceeded the vast majority of people in the world. Senior Sister, you should put away the intolerance on your face."

Wei Lingjiang was a little astonished.

A few steps away, there was only a sense of detachment in that person's eyes, without joy or sorrow.

The little bit of emotion he inadvertently revealed just now was like the receding tide, all collected inside...

"The sky is getting dark, I won't stay long, goodbye."

Chen Hang bowed slightly, and the sound of footsteps went further and further away.

Wei Lingjiang was stunned in place for a while, until Qingzhi pulled her sleeve hard, and she suddenly came back to her senses.

"This person's temper is smelly and hard, soft and hard, I don't think you can take him down, Miss."

Qingzhi whispered: "My suggestion is to punch him unconscious, cook the raw rice into cooked rice, and then everything will be easy to handle!"

Wei Lingjiang did not answer this nonsense, just frowned and stayed silent for a long time, before sneering and turning to leave.

"Miss, Miss! Wait for me!"

Qingzhi shouted a few times, opened her short legs and wanted to chase, but before she ran a few steps, she was blocked by a few waiters.

"We haven't paid yet?!" Qingzhi was anxious.

"You stay here and wash the dishes to pay off the debt."

Wei Lingjiang didn't look back, her voice faint.

"What?!"

……

……

A few days later.

Red Leaf Island, in the side room.

The whole room was filled with the clear sound of cranes crying and clouds hissing. Suddenly, Chen Hang stopped his Energy Cultivation movement, thoughtfully took out a wooden box from his Universe bag, and held it in his palm.

"It seems that the fire of the seal pill is enough, and it can be taken."

At this moment, on the wooden box, the blood-red jade chain that bound the box had fallen off, and even the color had dimmed a lot.

The Crane Fetus Pill in the box was constantly colliding and jumping, as if it couldn't wait to break a big hole and fly out.

Chen Hang just uncovered the box lid and pinched the pill, the size of a silkworm bean, with his fingertips. The sound of cranes crying in the air became clearer, one cry higher than the other.

"I heard that this pill is the most suitable external medicine for Qi Cultivators. Just one pill contains endless essence?"

Chen Hang just appreciated it for half a moment, then held the Golden Cicada and entered the True Yizhen Yizhen Fa Jie.

His mental state sat cross-legged at will, swallowed the Crane Fetus Pill into his belly, and for a time, it seemed that there was endless essence about to explode in his body, and his eyes couldn't help but emit bright divine light, and the whole sky was filled with strange fragrance.

But only after half a quarter of an hour.

Chen Hang stopped his practice suddenly, his eyes full of surprise and uncertainty.

"This is... Heavenly Demon!"

At this time, his body had uncontrollably grown a layer of dense gray-black scales, his form had grown three or five times larger out of thin air, countless white bone spurs pierced through his body, turning on his back, weaving into a pair of huge bone wings!

Great destruction, great collapse, great sinking, great reduction!

There were countless voices roaring and laughing in his mind, wanting to arouse his various jealous desires, driving him to kill and plunder all things in the world!

At this time, Chen Hang remembered what Luo Zhang, a Daoist from Daojun Fu Yu Lake, had said when giving the pill.

"This pill is the private collection of Cave Master Huaiwu, and it was specially ordered by him to be transferred to us by Luo Zhang. This person, actually so... is he actually involved with Heavenly Demons?"

At the thought of this.

Chen Hang's face changed suddenly:

"Not good, Senior Sister!"

He hurriedly withdrew from the True Yizhen Yizhen Fa Jie, and couldn't care about the Crane Fetus Pill still held in his palm, and pushed the door out suddenly.

At this time.

The door next door was also suddenly pushed open, and Wei Lingjiang ran out in a hurry.

Their eyes met, and they only looked at each other for a moment, then almost simultaneously looked away. Silent.

For a time.

There was only silence in the field...

……

……

And at this time.

In Daojun Fu Yu Lake.

The young man selling White Sand Spirit Fish was shaking the oar, and just as he was about to sail further, suddenly, in a fish bucket in the cabin, a large golden-bearded carp laughed:

"Daoist Lord, you cunning old thief, with all your painstaking calculations, you have finally succeeded this time!"

"Nonsense, what is this? I only used two parts of my strength!"

Before the young man could be surprised, he saw an old man with white hair holding a pipe stepping on the water.

He grinned, revealing a mouth full of big yellow teeth.

"With me personally taking action to layout. In these nine states and four seas, there are very few things that cannot be done!"

Two-in-one. ===== CHAPTER 70 =====