Transmigration: The Peerless Immortal Husband

Gu Yao and Chi Changye walked through the academy, with students passing by them both on the ground and in the air. Unlike the worried expressions they had seen earlier, these students now seemed more excited, moving quickly. From their direction, it was clear they were heading outside the academy.

As soon as the two entered the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce, Zhou Li appeared and led them upstairs. As they walked, he said, “I really don’t understand these people in the academy. The news about the Shi family’s treasure is spreading everywhere now. You can see how many people are rushing out, huh? Tsk, they’re all trying to find the treasure.”

Gu Yao was stunned: “Are they willing to risk their lives for a treasure? Treasures are not that easy to get.”

Zhou Li agreed: “Yes, but not many think like that. They believe that maybe the treasure will choose its destined owner. Perhaps they think they are the chosen ones. Taking a chance is better than doing nothing. And now, it’s not just our Tianfu Academy involved—other sects and forces are getting involved too. In contrast, those who wiped out the Shi family seem insignificant.”

“You’ve come,” Jiang Yan smiled as he looked at them. “Are you interested in joining this trip?”

Just a moment ago, they had been talking about how reckless the students and cultivators outside were, and now Brother Jiang was asking if they wanted to risk their lives for a treasure?

Seeing Gu Yao widen his eyes, Jiang Yan gently explained, “According to reliable sources, Sister Shi has appeared. So, our main mission this time is to find Sister Shi and uncover the forces that destroyed the Shi family. These forces are hidden behind the scenes, and we must be cautious.”

Gu Yao looked at Chi Changye, who nodded: “Alright, I’ll protect Xiao Yao.” He turned to Gu Yao and added, “Think of it as an opportunity for a trial run. It will benefit your cultivation.”

“Alright, I’ll follow Brother Ye’s advice.”

“Then it’s settled. We need to set off as soon as possible,” Jiang Yan smiled.

Gu Yao and Chi Changye checked with Tian Feirong and the chubby boy. The latter two, feeling they might slow them down, voluntarily stayed behind to watch over the academy’s assets. However, Tian Feirong mentioned that if they happened to run into Tian Feiyang outside, he wanted Gu Yao to deliver something to her older brother. Of course, Gu Yao had no reason to refuse.

That same day, the two of them boarded Jiang Yan’s flying magical tool, accompanied by Teacher Fang and several other experienced senior students whose strength was not to be underestimated. With such a group, even if they encountered a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, they would still have a chance to fight.

Thus, Gu Yao relaxed his mind. As Chi Changye had said, this trip could be seen as an opportunity for a trial run, to broaden his horizons. Cultivation was not something one could achieve by simply staying indoors.

“The latest news is that Shi family’s patriarch, who escaped, is heading to the Shi family’s ancestral land. The people behind this have also followed to pursue Sister Shi. If this event hadn’t been exposed, we wouldn’t have known that the Shi family even had an ancestral land. It’s clear that the Shi family had quite a bit of history. It’s a pity for the Shi City Merchant Association; originally, the people inside had connections with the external cultivators, and now, with most of the Shi family members dead or wounded, the enormous assets left behind have become highly coveted. In just a few days, the massive Shi City Merchant Association has collapsed. Many of the shops have already replaced their old signboards.”

“Do you know who has taken over the Shi City Merchant Association from Shifang City?”

“Who took it over?” Gu Yao asked, curious. “The merchant association’s storefronts alone are worth quite a lot of spirit stones, not to mention the rare treasures inside…” As he spoke, a thought crossed his mind, and he wondered who might have gotten their hands on it.

Sure enough, the senior brother who was explaining confirmed his guess: “It’s now in the hands of the City Lord’s Manor. Tsk, I suspect…”

The rest of the words were swallowed back, and he made a “shut up” gesture. Gu Yao blinked at Chi Changye, signaling that he meant to ask if the City Lord’s Manor of Shifang City had a hand in this matter, or perhaps several hands involved?

Shi Family’s Ancestral Land.

The group traveled by flying magical tool, still quite far from the ground. A cultivator above them threw down a heavy object with a “thud” that landed on the ground. The heavy object emitted a pained groan, clearly a person.

The person struggled to move on the ground, but their spiritual energy had been blocked, and their meridians were severed. They couldn’t move much. Soon, another person landed in front of them.

The person struggled to lift their head, and upon seeing who stood before them, they let out a muffled noise. Their eyes blazed with hatred, but the cultivator in front of them was unbothered. Instead, he crouched down, patted the person’s shoulder, and sent a surge of spiritual power into them. The person, who had only been able to make muffled sounds, suddenly shouted angrily, “Sun Fengzhi, you vile scoundrel, you ungrateful, treacherous bastard! My father will never forgive you! He’ll chop you into a thousand pieces and make you beg for death!”

“Ha ha, cousin Yanyan, do you still think you’re the little princess of the Shi City Merchant Association? Don’t you know that the Shi City Merchant Association is gone? Almost all your Shi family is dead, and your father is the only one left, fleeing without caring about you or the Shi family. Even though you’re in our hands, look at your precious father. Has he come to save you? Ha ha, cousin Yanyan, do you know? Right now, you’re worse than a dog!” Sun Fengzhi finished speaking, then stepped on Shi Yanyan’s wrist, grinding it underfoot mercilessly. The sound of bones breaking echoed, and Shi Yanyan let out a piercing scream before losing consciousness.

Sun Fengzhi showed no pity. He turned and shouted into the open area, “Uncle, seeing cousin Yanyan like this, don’t you feel any pain? Why aren’t you coming out?”

He called out several times, but there was no response from the empty area. A cultivator fully cloaked in black robes walked up beside Sun Fengzhi. Sun Fengzhi immediately stepped back a few paces, bowed respectfully, and licked his dry lips. “It seems that Shi Jingcheng outwardly doted on his daughter, but in reality, Shi Yanyan was someone he could abandon at any time. I really overestimated Shi Jingcheng.”

The black-robed cultivator’s voice was hoarse: “No defense. Shi Jingcheng, you can indeed watch your daughter suffer humiliation, but we’ve chased you all the way here. Do you really think we don’t know the secrets your Shi family has been guarding for years? Furthermore, with the Shi bloodline in our hands, we can still act without you, Shi Jingcheng.”

Still, there was no movement ahead. The black-robed cultivator snorted coldly, then waved his hand to command, “Let the blood flow.” A cultivator stepped forward, grabbed Shi Yanyan’s arm, and was about to cut it open with a knife.

Suddenly, the space in front fluctuated, and a figure finally appeared. “Wait!”

Sun Fengzhi smiled proudly: “As expected, the senior was right. Without Shi Jingcheng, using Shi Yanyan’s blood still works.”

“Sun Fengzhi!” Shi Jingcheng, though in his middle years, appeared disheveled from days of fleeing. At this moment, he glared viciously at Sun Fengzhi, never expecting to be betrayed by the Sun family. Seeing his disfigured daughter, a flash of pain crossed his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by hatred. “My Shi family has treated your Sun family well, and you actually colluded with outsiders to destroy my entire clan. What benefit does this bring to your Sun family?”

Sun Fengzhi dismissed him, saying, “What you call ‘not treating us poorly’ is nothing more than making my Sun family your slaves and servants, isn’t it? Your precious daughter, how many times has she ordered me around? I, Sun Fengzhi, have decent talent, yet your Shi family would rather nurture people inferior to me. Instead, you threw me next to your precious daughter to clean up after her, this is what your Shi family calls ‘not treating us poorly’? Since you wouldn’t give it to me, I’ll just take it myself.”

“What’s the use of all this talk, Uncle? Are you trying to delay time? Or should we just open your Shi family’s secret land and let the senior take a look?” Sun Fengzhi said maliciously.

Shi Jingcheng was so angry he almost spat blood. He hated Sun Fengzhi, hated the Sun family, and hated the people around him. If it hadn’t been for someone close to him leaking the information, the Sun family would never have discovered the Shi family’s hidden ancestral land. But now, forced into a corner, he had no choice but to compromise with the enemy. “I can open the secret land, but I need Sun Fengzhi as a hostage in exchange for my daughter.”

Sun Fengzhi shuddered, quickly turning to the black-robed cultivator and whispering, “Don’t listen to his nonsense, senior! He’s just trying to get back at me.”

“Senior, if you fulfill just one of my requests, I will willingly offer the secret land to you,” Shi Jingcheng said with a sinister, eerie smile.

“Senior… ah!” Sun Fengzhi tried to continue persuading, but before he could say more, the black-robed cultivator slapped him from behind, sending him flying toward Shi Jingcheng. Shi Jingcheng stretched out his hand like a claw and grabbed Sun Fengzhi’s arm, directly tearing it off at the shoulder with immense force. Sun Fengzhi screamed in agony, enduring pain as intense as Shi Yanyan’s, but was fully conscious throughout.

Afterward, Shi Jingcheng didn’t even glance at his daughter, who was still held in the air. He used the secret technique passed down from the Shi family’s ancestors to open the secret land. In the blink of an eye, all the people outside vanished, leaving only a severed arm and pools of blood on the ground.

About half an hour later, another flying artifact arrived. Jiang Yan sniffed the air several times and said, “This should be the place. Senior Fang, let’s land.”

Gu Yao twitched his lips slightly. This nose of his is quite extraordinary. Could it be that they found this place thanks to Jiang Yan’s keen sense of smell?

When they landed, they saw a severed arm on the ground, clearly torn off by brute force. There was also blood splattered around, and from the condition of the bloodstains and the severed arm, it was evident that those people had not left long ago.

Jiang Yan spread out his hand, and a butterfly with translucent wings flew out from his palm. As it flew, colorful light spots descended, and the butterfly’s beauty was almost eerie under the refracted light.

“This is a Crystal Butterfly, excellent at tracking, but they are very difficult to hatch,” Shi Changye quietly explained to Gu Yao. He realized that both the Crystal Butterfly and the Ghost Mist Worm they had encountered earlier were extremely rare in his previous continent.

“So it’s called a Crystal Butterfly. The name is quite fitting and it’s really beautiful,” Gu Yao complimented.

The Crystal Butterfly flew in a circle in front of Jiang Yan, scattering a layer of crystal dust before flying ahead. Jiang Yan reminded, “Follow me.”

If the previous group had stayed here, they would have discovered that the path the Crystal Butterfly was leading them on was the same route they had taken to enter the secret land.