Chapter 125: Morning Cultivation and Hidden Schemes

The reason the gu worms lost contact traced back to events a few days prior.

Deep within the Great Qian Dynasty, where the Tianyuan Sword Sect was stationed, lay a sparsely populated western region. Nestled among the mountains was Ping’an County.

Ye Feng sat cross-legged on a green stone amidst the thicket, a faint cyan spiritual energy vortex swirling around her.

As the first ray of dawn rose, she drew the purple qi into her dantian. After cycling it through her meridians thirty-six times, she slowly exhaled.

The moment the turbid qi left her body, her eyes snapped open. A flicker of emerald light swirled within them.

She had been practicing a movement technique obtained from the sect’s藏经阁—the Azure Wood Phantom Body.

Now she had reached the second chapter!

The technique comprised eight chapters in total, spanning from the Qi Refinement stage all the way to the Mahayana stage.

It was an extremely complete, top-tier inheritance-level功法.

In any other sect, it could have served as a镇宗绝学.

Although the reward for Ye Feng’s first-place entry assessment granted her at most an婴变-level technique—already the limit—

well, she was the sect master’s disciple.

The elder of the藏经阁 had entered without a word, directly producing several techniques most suited for Ye Feng.

And all of them were top-tier techniques from the eighth floor of the藏经阁.

Chu the Sword Immortal’s greatness needed no elaboration.

At that moment, the bronze ring on her left index finger flickered faintly.

The two communicated through the ring in an extremely covert conversation.

[Ye Feng lass, your talent is truly terrifying. Your cultivation has just broken through, and now your movement technique has advanced again.]

[Haha, that’s not quite it. All credit goes to Sect Master Chu’s excellent guidance.]

[Hey, I’ve taught you for so long—has it all been for nothing? You only think about that master of yours!]

Indeed, during her time outside the sect, relying on the resources her master Leng Qingqiu had given her,

and the lucky encounters along the way—

such as plucking a rare flower from beneath a hot spring, or encountering a demon beast in a cave, killing it, and finding an unusual demon core in its belly—

encounters of this sort.

One could only say that between the rightful and the villainous children of fortune, when timing shifts, she had long since taken the wrong path.

It was simply too… intense.

Thanks to all this, Ye Feng’s cultivation had risen from the mid-Foundation Establishment stage when she entered the sect to the late-Foundation Establishment stage.

She had finally caught up to the cultivation level a protagonist ought to have at this point in the first playthrough of the game.

And then, a voice filled with vicissitudes rang out in Ye Feng’s mind.

It was Di Xiaoyao, who had recently awakened from recuperation with a part of his soul integrity restored.

Ye Feng naturally recounted her experiences over this period to him.

Di Xiaoyao initially felt something was off—very problematic.

A Mahayana-stage cultivator taking on a mere Foundation Establishment disciple as an apprentice?

Even if he could see that Ye Feng’s fortune was extraordinarily powerful, there was no need to get personally involved.

At least in his memory, before he ascended to the upper realm, those顶级大能 were all extremely aloof.

Even for a child of destiny, let alone a child of fortune, they would only send a subordinate to look after them.

Only when the child had developed to a sufficient level would they bestow benefits and accept them as a disciple.

After all, even Di Xiaoyao couldn’t guarantee that he could safeguard Ye Feng’s cultivation all the way to the Mahayana stage, or even to度过天劫 and ascend.

And those great powers had all genuinely reached the pinnacle.

Training disciples could be considered angel investing.

At that time, Di Xiaoyao couldn’t help shaking his head after hearing this, the beard on his soul form fluttering in anger.

“Ye Feng lass, how many times have I told you? The immortal cultivation world is full of deceit and treachery. Good people are as rare as返祖灵兽.

Moreover, you bear a great fortune. Someone of a lower level might not necessarily arouse my suspicion, but cultivators of Mahayana and Transcendence Tribulation stages—

it’s possible they truly have some means to observe fortune.”

Ye Feng, however, kept shaking her head, her gaze firm as she said:

“No, Senior Di, rest assured. Master is truly great. He is definitely not that kind of petty person.”

Di Xiaoyao sighed. Having just recovered, his formerly vigorous spirit seemed to instantly age.

“Alas, Ye Feng lass, you truly… are infatuated.”

[If that Chu what’s-his-name Sword Immortal has no issues, I’ll eat evil qi on the spot!]

But soon, Di Xiaoyao discovered that part of his soul had recovered, and that Ye Feng still had various pills in her possession.

Moreover, along the way, he heard people from all walks of life praising that Chu Sword Immortal.

He even heard rumors spread by情报贩子 that Chu Sword Immortal had severely wounded the Netherworld Sect with a single sword strike.

One must know that the orthodox and heterodox paths had complemented each other since ancient times.

No matter what kind of person that Chu Sword Immortal was, to do something that broke the balance for the common good—

having endured countless hardships and ultimately achieved invincibility at the Transcendence Tribulation stage, not corrupted or corroded, but willing to slay all injustices under heaven,

exterminate demons, defend the Dao, and protect the people—

his spirit and character were evident, truly inspiring admiration.

Di Xiaoyao gained a basic understanding of the so-called number one cultivator of the current age, and his opinion gradually changed.

Finally, when they arrived at their commission location, he said in a notably tsundere tone:

“After you complete this commission, let me carefully behold the grace of the number one cultivator of the age.”

“Doesn’t he want to talk to me about something? I’ll reluctantly chat with him, hmph.”

Ye Feng rolled her eyes, remarking that being tsundere was way out of style.

And she sighed that the law of fragrance is eternal.

She patted herself, stood up, and ended her morning essence cultivation.

She prepared to return to rendezvous with her companions.

“Senior Brother Ye!”

A crisp female voice came from behind.

Su Ling’er ran over carrying a food box, her goose-yellow skirt fluttering in the mountain breeze.

“I knew you were cultivating again without even eating breakfast.”

Ye Feng restrained her aura, her face cold as she took the food box:

“Thank you, Junior Sister.”

It wasn’t that she was cold or pretending.

Chatting with the delicate little junior sister was fine, but the key was that the other was also female.

People.

Ye Feng was a hundred percent certain that this woman, putting on a cute and coquettish voice, was a green tea b*tch.

Gu Changtian also came over at that moment. He glanced at Su Ling’er standing obediently beside him.

His gaze was fixed tightly on Ye Feng, and his heart felt extremely sour.

Clearly… before entering the sect, she had always been by his side.

Ever since Ye Feng stole the spotlight in the first assessment, and his own clan’s patriarch was stripped of his position and confined by Sect Master Chu,

Su Ling’er had grown increasingly cold toward him and gradually gravitated toward Ye Feng.

At the thought of this, Gu Changtian’s fists clenched tightly inside his sleeves.

But recalling recent events, he loosened his fists again.

Fortunately, those circumstances no longer existed.

Along the way, Gu Changtian had taken advantage of Ye Feng’s absences—when she went to investigate surrounding dangers

or accidentally fell into some place—

he secretly had deep exchanges with Su Ling’er, even using some special items to enhance himself.

She was soon moved by his sincerity and returned to his embrace.

Thus, he revealed to Su Ling’er the hidden purpose of this trip.

To his surprise, she not only agreed wholeheartedly but also disclosed an important discovery.

That ring on Ye Feng’s hand seemed to harbor a great secret!

Having already intended to teach Ye Feng a lesson, he began plotting how to seize the ring.

Gu Changtian looked at Ye Feng and said with a genuinely cheerful smile:

“Alright, Brother Ye. Yesterday, I gathered intelligence in the county and sensed something off about the Zhu family.”

“They happen to be shipping out a batch of goods today. Let’s go check it out quickly, or else we’ll have spent the night outside for nothing.”

Ye Feng nodded.

“Okay, I’ll go along with Brother Gu’s plan.”

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