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Chapter 10: The Mighty Dragon Overpowers the Local Snake:
“Master is right, we understand. The Lingyun Sect people must have been waiting for a long time.”
“Ah, yes, yes, I almost forgot.”
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Ye Fan was in turmoil.
He never expected Gu Feng to be doing so well in the Zhengyuan Sect.
The Gu Feng he remembered was just a spoiled brat.
“Ye Fan, your mindset isn’t right. Don’t let external things disturb your heart.” A gentle voice suddenly called out, bringing Ye Fan back to his senses. The cloudiness in his mind cleared up instantly.
Ye Fan touched the ring on his hand. “Yes, Senior Qianrou came from the Five Realms. With her guidance, I’m bound to surpass Gu Feng.”
Seeing Ye Fan regain his fighting spirit, Qianrou felt somewhat relieved.
She had been hunted down in the Five Realms, eventually leaving only her Nascent Soul and a fragment of her spirit to escape.
She had barely managed to survive inside Ye Fan’s ring.
Initially, she thought she would simply dissipate into the world, but she hadn’t anticipated Ye Fan’s remarkable talent.
Each day, he used his cultivation to nourish her, which allowed her to recover bit by bit. In gratitude for saving her life, Qianrou decided to repay him with her entire life.
Under her dedicated guidance, Ye Fan’s progress was rapid. However, she was curious about the person who had disturbed Ye Fan’s mind.
As Gu Feng led his junior brothers and sisters, he felt a scrutinizing gaze upon him.
Following the gaze, he noticed it came from Ye Fan’s ring.
Gu Feng chuckled softly and nodded slightly in Ye Fan’s direction.
Qianrou was startled.
Could he see her? That was impossible!
In the First Realm, the highest level was the Nascent Soul Realm. Even those close to making a breakthrough in that realm shouldn’t be able to see through her disguise.
Could it have been a coincidence?
Ye Fan was stunned. He thought Gu Feng was nodding at him—was this a provocation?
Earlier, outside the Zhengyuan Sect, Gu Feng hadn’t even given him a glance. What was this supposed to mean?
“Xiao Fan, do you know him?” Qianrou asked softly in Ye Fan’s mind.
“Yes,” Ye Fan didn’t really want to talk about Gu Feng with Qianrou. However, Gu Feng seemed to know of Qianrou’s existence.
According to the novel, she was the protagonist’s early-stage cheat. Before Ye Fan entered the Five Realms, Qianrou was an indispensable ally, but beyond that, she wouldn’t be as effective.
“Did Lingyun Sect only send you here?” Liu Fengyi spoke, causing the entire hall to fall silent. The eight disciples from Lingyun Sect stood together, with Ouyang Yuxiong stepping forward first.
Due to the interactions between the sects, the disciples addressed the elders of the other sects as uncles or senior uncles.
“Uncle, the demonic cultivators have recently become rampant, so the elders of our sect sent us directly, requesting that the brothers and sisters of Zhengyuan Sect look after us.” Ouyang Yuxiong replied.
Liu Fengyi’s expression darkened slightly. Ouyang Yuxiong’s words carried a double meaning. It was true that the demonic cultivators had become more aggressive and that the Lingyun Sect had been attacked.
On the surface, his words seemed polite, but they subtly implied that Zhengyuan Sect had not sent support, thus leaving them short-handed.
However, when the Zhengyuan Sect was attacked earlier, the Lingyun Sect also didn’t offer assistance. There was always rivalry between the sects, both openly and behind the scenes.
Liu Fengyi pretended not to understand the hidden message, chuckled a couple of times, and said, “In that case, you can join our disciples on this journey. Since the Lingyun Sect can’t spare the manpower, we’ll send two more elders.”
Gu Feng slightly tilted his head toward Liu Fengyi. This was different from the original plot.
According to the original novel, he hadn’t participated in this secret realm expedition but had heard about Ye Fan entering the secret realm and meeting the Demonic Sect’s Holy Maiden.
The idea of entering the secret realm together with the disciples of Zhengyuan Sect had never come up. It seemed he had indeed disrupted the plot.
Zhengyuan Sect sent out a flying boat, and the disciples of Lingyun Sect boarded it together with Gu Feng and his group.
“It will take half a month for the flying boat to reach the entrance to the secret realm. If you need anything, just let the attendants on board know,” said Liu Fengqing, the accompanying elder, before leaving.
Ling Xue stood at the back of the group, feeling that something was off.
Was this how things happened in her previous life?
She looked in Gu Feng’s direction, only to find him heading straight back to his room.
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Knock, knock, knock.
The sound of knocking came. Gu Feng opened his eyes.
“Come in.”
A sweep of his divine sense told him who it was.
“Fairy Ling Xue, what brings you here?” He waved his sleeve, and a futon appeared in front of him.
Gu Feng’s room was sparse, with nothing but a bed.
“Daoist Gu, do you believe in someone returning from the dead, with knowledge of the future?” Ling Xue stared intently into Gu Feng’s eyes.
Ever since she had returned to the past, everything had been playing out as it had before—except for Gu Feng.
From the moment he saw her, he had changed. Ling Xue couldn’t quite grasp what was bothering her.
Maybe it was just the discomfort of the situation. The person who had been behind her for a thousand years, always within reach whenever she turned around, no longer had her in his eyes.
“Are you talking about possessing one’s body?” Gu Feng allowed Ling Xue to examine him. He didn’t even show the slightest hint of emotion.
“It’s not about possessing a body; it’s about returning to the past, Daoist Gu…”
She wanted to say more but noticed that Gu Feng was looking at her with a faint smile.
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