Chapter 134: 181, 182. Fusion on Yaochi Peak, A-Ting's Blind Date (Please Subscribe)

Su Keshi was not difficult to interrogate; Song Cheng simply appeared before him, unlocked his shackles, gave him time to recover, and then defeated him effortlessly at his peak moment, causing Su Keshi to collapse.

Even though he had been captured before, he had merely felt that the opposition was numerous and powerful, and that he had not been able to display his full strength, but now that he had been defeated like a clown, how could he accept it?

Song Cheng looked down at this former member of the Su Family.

If he remembered correctly, this Su Keshi's original data should have been "440~880," a standard "Mysterious Grade Ding Quality."

But now, it had abruptly changed to "740~1180," and this was even while he had not fully digested the Flat Peach.

This data had directly reached "Mysterious Grade Grade C."

However, Su Keshi had not crossed the "Reappearance Tribulation" at all; how was this achieved?

And what was Su Keshi's current state? Song Cheng was extremely curious.

He tilted his head and glanced at the dark curtain behind him.

The curtain separated this temporary dwelling.

On the pear-wood side table on the other side of the dwelling sat a Jade Casket.

There were five caskets in total, each containing a Flat Peach.

Even though the lids were tightly sealed, they still could not mask that faint, lingering peach fragrance that seemed capable of penetrating walls.

The fragrance was very alluring; even Song Cheng found it hard to control himself, let alone Su Mengzhen, who was lying on a gold-inlaid square table nearby, looking at those Jade Caskets with longing eyes.

Su Mengzhen was like an ordinary greedy girl, her hands folded, her chin resting on the back of her hands, her eyes moist, and one could vaguely hear the sound of her swallowing saliva.

If it weren't for her self-control, and if it weren't for Song Cheng still being here, the Su Family head would have long since stepped forward to start "eating peaches."

"I lost, but only because my luck was poor. If I could have had a little more time to digest these Flat Peaches, in time, I might not have been unable to defeat you."

Su Keshi sat on the ground, disheveled and dejected.

He had already been beaten into fear by Song Cheng.

Whenever he tried to lash out, Song Cheng would simply slap him flat.

How could he play like this? Suddenly, he remembered something, and his eyes burned with fervor: "Song Cheng, you are a person of the Tower; I know you are extraordinary. Why don't I follow you? From now on, I will only take orders from you..."

Su Keshi completely disregarded that the family head was on the other side of the curtain, directly expressing his loyalty.

However, Song Cheng only looked coldly at the 【Favorability: 30】 flickering above his head, continuing to ponder.

Su Keshi continued to smile.

Song Cheng suddenly smiled as well and said, "Alright, but if you follow me, you must be loyal. Even if I want to become the Su Family head, you must help me."

Su Keshi said, "Don't talk about becoming the Su Family head; even if you want to take that slut Su Mengzhen, I will help..."

Bang!!

Before the words had finished, a large dark red hand directly crushed him.

His Soul also shattered inch by inch, the gloom on its surface pulverized one by one, and the Soul inside was pulled by a strange force, like noodles being kneaded and stretched, and in a moment of carelessness, it was torn into two halves.

Su Keshi, vanished into thin air.

And before he vanished, his favorability remained at 30, very stable, without the slightest change.

Song Cheng already had a certain guess; he stood up abruptly and said to the outside, "Come here!!"

The voice went out, and the air in the room went quiet.

Su Mengzhen realized what had happened and said blankly, "Why did you suddenly kill him? Just because he insulted me?"

Song Cheng nodded and said, "Only I may insult you; others are not allowed."

Su Mengzhen was suddenly speechless, gently biting her lip, her eyes becoming even more moist. If it could be said that her feelings for Song Cheng had always been very, very complicated—both to bind this terrifying powerhouse for the sake of the family and her own stimulation and greed—then now, a kind of emotion she herself could not explain or clarify was clearly beginning to emerge.

As a noble family head, especially one who had experienced the destruction of her homeland, walked through the chaos of lost paths, and seen the tragic deaths of her relatives, her temperament was actually quite mature and stable.

The more mature a person is, the less likely they are to believe in childish love.

Yet, the sweet words of the man before her made her heart suddenly tremble.

"You were too reckless," Su Mengzhen said, though her heart was moved, "He could have just cursed; you should have kept him. After all, he was the first person to eat a Flat Peach; he might still have secrets he hadn't explained clearly."

And just at this moment, a pseudo-Xuan Realm medicine-man walked in from outside; it was an elite of the Yin Gui Society who had gone to the Yunhe with Song Cheng.

Song Cheng looked at the disciple and suddenly said, "I remember you are from the Tiangang Battalion."

"Yes, Sir. I am Zheng Gong, and I have listened to Mr. Song's teachings." The man in the blue shirt with a hawk-like nose had a fierce temperament, but he was very respectful in front of Song Cheng.

Song Cheng glanced at the Flat Peaches on the table and suddenly said, "There is an opportunity; see for yourself if you want it."

Having said that, he added, "I am not ordering you, but eating this Flat Peach can increase your lifespan and strength, yet it may also carry great danger. I am not sure, so I want to use someone for an experiment. You choose for yourself... If you don't want to take this risk, then walk out and call someone else in."

The man with the blue shirt and hawk-like nose named Zheng Gong was stunned, then revealed a look of deep thought.

The Flat Peaches placed on the table were things the whole world coveted, yet now they were placed before him.

If he left, he would miss out on such a treasure forever.

Eat, or not eat?

Su Mengzhen was also somewhat stunned to see this situation, but she was sensible enough not to ask questions at this time, instead observing quietly and waiting for the result.

Zheng Gong hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, "Sir, may I ask what the danger is?"

Song Cheng looked at him steadily and said softly, "You know about the Tianjuan Secret Medicine, right?"

Zheng Gong said, "I know! It is precisely because of the secret medicine gifted by you, Sir, that we were able to break through to this realm!"

"We will therefore be completely loyal to you, Sir."

"Even if you asked me to die right now, I would not have any hesitation. Yet, even so, you still gave me a choice. I am deeply grateful."

Song Cheng said, "I suspect this Flat Peach might be a secret medicine of an existence in a higher realm... If you eat it, there are three possibilities."

"One, you are safe and sound, your lifespan increases, and your realm improves; two, the other party's power overwhelms my power, and you transform into one of their people;"

"Three, the two powers conflict, and you will die directly."

Zheng Gong said, "In the second case, will you kill me, Sir?"

Song Cheng said, "Naturally."

Su Mengzhen's beautiful eyes flickered, and Song Cheng's judgment also set her mind racing.

Zheng Gong sniffed, looked at the Flat Peach on the table again, and suddenly made a judgment.

"Wealth and honor are sought amidst danger; I am willing to take the medicine."

Song Cheng said, "Go fetch one and eat it."

"Yes, sir!" Zheng Gong walked away respectfully, took a Jade Casket, then took out a peach, stared at it blankly for a moment, and immediately began to devour it ravenously, until not even the peach pit remained, chewed into fragments by his hard teeth and swallowed into his mouth.

Song Cheng watched this man quietly.

The reason he was suspicious was, first, because Su Keshi's "favorability" was very strange.

Because once he agreed to the other party, the other party's favorability should have increased.

Since it did not increase, then everything was a pretense.

Secondly, the Flat Peach was a product of a place with extremely dense Yang energy, and the essence of the aristocratic family member material in the secret medicine was also dense Yang energy.

However, even with these two points, the possibility that "the Flat Peach is the secret medicine" was still very, very low, so low that a normal person might ignore it directly.

But Song Cheng did not ignore it.

He would rather have a fake Xuan Realm expert test the medicine, and would rather waste a Flat Peach.

The reason it was a fake Xuan Realm was that he felt this Flat Peach was of a very high level, and perhaps only someone with a higher realm would show obvious effects after consuming it.

A look of joy and delight appeared on Zheng Gong's face.

But the data expressed his changes at this moment more intuitively.

His "strength data" began to rise directly, while his "favorability" plummeted, and after only a moment, it became "30."

30, which was very likely the attitude of their true master toward Song Cheng.

"Master, I feel very comfortable; there should be no problem." Zheng Gong fed back the result.

Song Cheng replied, "Then digest it slowly, and tell me when you are done."

"Yes, Master!" The blue-robed, eagle-nosed man continued to lie.

Seeing this scene, Su Mengzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and after the man left the room, she said with heartache, "You wasted a peach."

Song Cheng said, "It wasn't wasted."

Su Mengzhen:???

Song Cheng said, "The Flat Peach cannot be eaten; there is truly a problem."

Su Mengzhen realized, "You discovered the problem?"

"A big problem," Song Cheng said. "I know a Contemplation Secret Method, so I knew that the moment Zheng Gong ate the Flat Peach, he betrayed me."

Su Mengzhen: The room suddenly became quiet.

The sister-in-law also did not know what to say.

Should she say, "We searched for the Flat Peach for so long, only to find it cannot be eaten," or mention the "Contemplation Secret Method"? However, the words "secret medicine of a higher-realm existence" had already shocked her.

"What do we do now?" the Su Family head asked.

Song Cheng did not answer; he was also pondering.

The more he pondered, the more ideas rushed into his mind, and those many clues began to outline and link infinitely, transforming into a complete, real event.

Since the "Flat Peach" was a higher-level secret medicine, then "Su Keshi finding the Flat Peach and then fleeing south" must have hidden the will of that existence. And at the same time, the Yunhe happened to have an incident at this moment.

Everything seemed to be hinting: someone wanted them to leave Jilei Mountain and Yaochi Peak.

And there, a major event was bound to happen.

There were two questions:

One, since the other party's level was far higher than his, why did they still want to find a way to make him leave?

Two, what did the other party want to do? Honestly, although he had not been able to come into contact with a higher-level world until now, he did not want to take the initiative to contact it, so what was his best course of action now? Song Cheng closed his eyes and pondered for a moment.

Suddenly he said, "Sister Su."

Su Mengzhen giggled, and knowing that Song Cheng had an idea, she looked up at him.

Song Cheng said, "Tomorrow you help me kill Zheng Gong; remember to use your full strength, do not hold back. Afterward, I will reprimand you and question why you killed him.

You just say you were jealous that he ate the Flat Peach.

We will have an argument, you will leave in anger, and then return, disguise yourself as me, and head west alone.

I will let the medicine-men follow your command.

And I will go to Jilei Mountain once more."

Su Mengzhen did not ask things like "how to disguise."

To tell the truth, as one of the few people in the aristocratic families who had survived the Reappearance Tribulation, it was easy for her to adjust her voice to another person's.

As for appearance, she had a clear grasp of Song Cheng's body, as she had touched it many times herself, so she would deliberately shape herself, bind her chest, and dress up... If it were summer, this would not work, but it was only March, and everyone was still wearing warm robes, so it was much easier.

That day, Song Cheng chatted cordially with Zheng Gong, even saying, "Since he has eaten the Flat Peach and his strength has greatly increased, from now on we can address each other as brothers, and there is no need to call me sir or master anymore."

Zheng Gong's favorability did not increase at all.

The next day, Su Mengzhen attacked directly, severely wounding Zheng Gong with a sneak attack, after which the two chased and ran.

After traveling dozens of miles, Su Mengzhen killed Zheng Gong in a flower and tree forest.

Afterward, Su Mengzhen and Song Cheng had a big argument, she left in anger, then returned, and disguised herself as Song Cheng to continue the original Yunhe journey.

As for Song Cheng, after hesitating, he handed the remaining four peaches to Su Mengzhen, letting her use death-row prisoners as an experiment to see what would happen if ordinary people ate these peaches.

As for him, he wrapped himself in a cloak, put on a face-covering bamboo hat, and headed quickly toward Jilei Mountain.

He had always known that this world hid very deep secrets, and although he did not know where those secrets were, he often used the "former Pavilion Master Tie" as a warning to constantly remind himself.

Pavilion Master Tie, as the master of the Mountain River Martial Arts Pavilion, dominated one side, but that was only because the aristocratic families had not stepped forward.

Yet Pavilion Master Tie never knew of the existence of the aristocratic families.

He, Song Cheng, now dominated the Great Shang, but that was only because the forces hidden even deeper had not yet appeared.

However, he did not belittle himself.

Just as children of great families mostly need to sleep in an Ice Coffin, those stronger existences must surely live "more harshly." On this trip, he would just take a look.

But all of the above was still his speculation.

As for the true situation, he would have to return to Jilei Mountain to know.

While feeling nervous, he also had a bit of hope.

Because when Su Mengzhen killed Zheng Gong, he saw Zheng Gong's Soul turn into a ghost.

This meant that there existed in the world a method to "truly transform ordinary people into ghosts," and everything existed within "one person attains the Dao, and their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

Everything existed within "becoming stronger."

Jilei Mountain. Half a month ago, it was still scorching summer here, but now it seemed like autumn had arrived, permeated with all sorts of desolation and bleakness.

The mountain peaks that were originally emitting bursts of purple light had all become dim and desolate. The demonic beasts seemed to have lost their restraints and began to run in all directions, and the imperial court had already learned of this, dispatching troops to various places to intercept them, so as not to harm innocent commoners.

With the demonic beasts gone, the rumbling thunderous sounds that originally echoed in the valleys due to the trampling of beast hooves were also gone.

Quiet, cold, no longer like before.

"What caused all this to change?"

Revisiting the old place, Song Cheng couldn't help but think this as he walked to the entrance.

After walking a few more steps, he heard a rustling sound from a patch of weeds in the forest, and immediately after, a rabbit jumped out.

That rabbit's data was "620~1245," which was exactly A Ting's Saint Heavenly Buddha Rabbit.

This rabbit was left behind on purpose when she came here to play last time.

The Saint Heavenly Buddha Rabbit called out: "Daddy."

Song Cheng smiled and responded.

The rabbit approached, rubbed against his leg, then jumped seven feet high, landing directly on Song Cheng's shoulder, and then said: "I'll be with Daddy."

Song Cheng nodded.

The little darling was equivalent to a complete information network, able to help him understand many things in real-time; having such a Saint Heavenly Buddha Rabbit perched on his shoulder was just right at a time like this.

However, he did not ask the question, "Is there anything wrong with Jilei Mountain?"

Because, right now, everything about Jilei Mountain was wrong.

Everything had changed.

And the core of the problem was clearly at Yaochi Peak.

Song Cheng moved his body, spent some time leaping, and arrived at a mountain peak a hundred miles away from Yaochi Peak, then expanded his Hundred Dharma Forms, his perception also spreading out over a hundred miles.

An ant in that distant place was, to him, as if it were right before his eyes.

At such a distance, everything in the distance was reflected directly into his eyes.

Everything at Yaochi Peak was invisible; what remained was a mass of red and black mixed mist, spanning between the cold and desolate mountains, looking like two fish chasing each other in mating.

All living creatures in the surroundings had disappeared; even the secret agents stationed there and the army stationed by the imperial court were all gone. Suddenly, Song Cheng's pupils constricted.

He saw several "0~0" data points on the ground that seemed to have inadvertently stepped into that range, and were directly pulled up, flying into that massive vortex.

Song Cheng stared at it for a long while.

He saw that in the vortex, one presented a blood-red question mark, while the other emitted terrifying data of "3810~6170 (7620)."

And he looked at his own again.

It was only "2629~5783."

This data was the result of him gathering secret arts from all over the world, reinforcing his Qi Realm Mysterious Turtle to perfection, then cultivating the techniques and combat arts of the four great families—the Yu Prefecture Zhao Family, Fengzhou Cui Family, Donghai Zhou Qi Family, and Jiangnan Xiao Family—all to the Mysterious Grade Grade B Completion, plus the techniques he could only use with the "Three Phases Power."

It is worth mentioning that although the strongest members of the Zhao, Cui, and Qi families had not yet crossed the Reappearance Tribulation, they already possessed Mysterious Grade Grade B techniques, which in itself was a secret.

Yet, Song Cheng, who had cultivated so many techniques and possessed the "Three Phases Power," only had 5783 in power.

But the Jilei Mountain before his eyes had directly produced 7620 in power.

This made Song Cheng's expression tighten involuntarily.

And the blood-red question mark on the other side was also extremely familiar to him.

The Ghost Taboo, after all. Although he could not see that ghost's strength, that blood-colored question mark exuded a feeling that made his heart palpitate; there was no doubt that the power of this Taboo was also far above his own.

How did two such terrifying existences end up fighting each other? "Daddy, I've looked over there; as long as you fly over, you will lose contact."

Song Cheng said: "It will lose contact because whether it is the body or the Soul, I'm afraid they have both been drawn into it. Taboo imprisoning the Soul, Yang land destroying the body; the motive is unclear."

He watched for a while longer, but still couldn't see any clues.

But that didn't matter; he had plenty of patience.

Thus, Song Cheng began to boil water and cook, preparing to stay here for a few days.

And hard work pays off; half a month later, he saw those two auras beginning to permeate each other. Although the extent of the permeation was extremely small, so small that it was hard to notice, there was a feeling that they were vaguely about to merge together.

Song Cheng thought of the fusion of ghosts again, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, realizing something: perhaps this was a higher-level fusion. Since the fusion of the Double Ghost required more than ten years, and this had not yet formed a ghost at the level of the "Four Fierce Lands."

Then the kind of fusion he was seeing before his eyes was likely to be estimated on a basis of decades, or perhaps even more.

In that case, continuing to wait here didn't have much meaning.

Thinking of this, Song Cheng put down the Saint Heavenly Buddha Rabbit and said: "A Ting, I'm going home first; you can guard here and pay attention to the situation."

"Okay, Daddy." The rabbit answered very obediently.

Anyway, A Ting was "one person eats their fill, the whole family is not hungry."

Once she was full, all the rabbits, pigeons, sparrows, and owls would not be hungry either.

Song Cheng took one last deep look at the distant Yaochi Peak, and a strong sense of urgency arose in his heart. Regardless, he had to accelerate the formation of the "Four Fierce Lands."

Returning to the Imperial Capital, the matter of the Yunhe was also resolved.

Yan Muyi and the Demon-Subduing Daoist had released the pieced-together "Four Ghosts" in advance, causing them to collide with the "Drowned Ghost."

And Song Cheng's 【Taboo】 column, "Drowned Ghost, Ghost Hair, Burned Ghost, Ghost Hand's blessing," also began to undergo subtle distortions, as if they were about to change toward a new direction.

Under the urging of An Chenyu, a group of heroes, including Yan Rugui of the Yan family and Zhao Shenxiu of the Zhao Family, came one after another to the "mysterious Song Prince Mansion" to meet the Prince of Song.

Regarding the arrival of these young men, Song Cheng was not stingy, and he gave them guidance one by one.

Nowadays, his martial path is the Perfect Martial Dao, and in the Profound Dao, he is a peerless monster who has cultivated the techniques of four schools alone.

The bottleneck problems of these young men were, to him, like a professor reviewing elementary school problems.

In a few quick strokes, he could help these young heroes solve them.

The heroes respectfully addressed him as "Sir" one by one, while behind the tiled flower-patterned lattice window to the side, An Chenyu was "escorting" A Ting to watch from the back, occasionally saying things like "this child is not bad."

However, compared to An Chenyu's enthusiasm, A Ting was terrifyingly cold; from beginning to end, she kept a straight face, wearing an expression that said "I am not interested in the living" or "If you like me, can you peel off your skin and give it to me?"

Seeing that the number of visitors was approaching one hundred, An Chenyu's initial patience was exhausted, and one evening, she stood with her hands on her hips and said angrily: "You are already seventeen! Look at Ling Xue next door? She is a year younger than you, and she is already married to your younger brother."

A Ting was also stubborn, saying: "If I don't like them, I don't like them. I don't want to either; can such things be forced?"

An Chenyu said: "You are resisting from the bottom of your heart. Look at your father; isn't your father a man too? Mother married him and is very happy."

A Ting remained silent, looking as if she were in a bad mood.

An Chenyu said angrily: "Tell me, is there any other child in the world as abnormal as you?"

A Ting said: "That is also who you gave birth to!"

An Chenyu was stunned for a moment, then immediately shouted: "Song Cheng, are you going to manage your daughter or not?"

Song Cheng scratched his head in embarrassment.

To tell the truth, he had been troubled by a problem recently.

If A Ting was born to him and the "Drowned Ghost, Human Skin Ghost," then not only did she have the "Ghost Style Curse" of the "Great Dark Heaven" in her body, but she also had "Ghost Hand, Burned Ghost, Ghost Hair," and it looked like four more peeks or blessings were going to be added.

Xiao Yu'er also said that after passing the Reappearance Tribulation, she wanted to have a child with him.

Then... what would that child be like? Song Cheng had a massive headache.

Hearing An Chenyu's questioning at this moment, he said: "An Jie, A Ting is actually considered normal... perhaps there are children in this world ten or a hundred times more abnormal than her?"

An Chenyu was hurt, and with her hands on her hips, she said: "Little Song, you are actually teaming up with your daughter to anger me? If you have the ability, find one; find such a child and show me."

(End of this chapter)