By the stream.
Chu Feng fought alone along the stream, while Su Tiantian stood off to the side without stepping in to help.
Although she doted on the little rascal, she couldn’t spoil him too much. If the Sword Immortal of the cultivation world ended up trapped in her tender embrace someday, those human women might very well come looking for trouble with her.
Before they knew it, time flew by.
On a bluestone, Chu Feng sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, regulating his breathing. After continuously unleashing sword qi, even his abundant true qi needed replenishing.
Fifteen minutes later, he finished regulating his breathing. Just as he stood up and prepared to leave, three figures emerged from the mist behind him. They weren’t demonic shadows, because he sensed a familiar aura.
Chu Feng looked up and saw that it was Qian Shao and the other two.
“Why is it you!?”
Qian Shao’s exhausted face was filled with astonishment.
“Qian Shao, you know him?”
Yang Jie asked from beside him.
Know him? That was putting it mildly. Qian Shao was practically dying of envy over this guy. He was actually so close to that aloof fairy! Last time, Qian Shao had seen it with his own eyesโฆ.the aloof fairy had taken this brat by the hand and walked away with him.
Before Qian Shao could finish stewing in jealousy, his gaze moved past Chu Feng and landed on an enchanting beauty capable of bringing calamity with her looks.
Even as she simply stood there without moving, her seductive charm seemed entirely innate, as though, if she so wished, a mere lift of her eyes could captivate countless people.
“Hmph!”
A soft, indifferent snort exploded in the ears of Qian Shao and the other two. A terrifying chill instantly enveloped their bodies, frightening them into hurriedly lowering their heads. This… this woman was definitely not a student!
Su Tiantian was furious. Her perfectly good alone time with the little rascal had been ruined just like that by these three.
If not for those old fellows monitoring the canyon from the void, she could have disposed of these three irritating ants with a mere wave of her hand.
Chu Feng hadn’t expected to run into his classmates here either.
He casually replied, “I should be the one asking that. Why are you here?”
Qian Shao was about to get angry, but then he noticed that Chu Feng was completely unscathed. Not even the hem of his clothes was dirty. Compared to him, who had been fleeing for his life in such a sorry state, the difference was stark.
“Haha, we’re all classmates. There’s no need to make such a fuss and hurt our friendship.”
Qian Shao’s attitude abruptly changed as he spoke with a smile. His intentions were simple: he wanted to team up with Chu Feng. The two young men from earlier had abandoned the three of them today. If this continued, the three of them would have no choice but to crush their jade tokens and voluntarily forfeit.
Noticing the sudden change in Qian Shao’s attitude, Chu Feng looked at the three of them again.
Their clothes were torn, and there were wounds on their arms and faces. Naturally, he could guess what Qian Shao intended to do next.
He obviously wanted to rope Chu Feng into their team and have him help shoulder some of the pressure.
Sure enough, the next moment, Qian Shao spoke exactly as Chu Feng had expected.
“Classmate, how about we become friends? Your group seems rather small too, so why don’t we team up? There’s strength in numbers. Don’t worry, whoever kills a demon gets to keep its orb. We only need to make it to the Demon Suppression Tower. On top of that, I’ll pay you five thousand spirit stones.”
Qian Shao immediately took out a storage pouch and tossed it to Chu Feng.
Chu Feng caught the storage pouch and swept it with his divine sense. Whoa, there really were five thousand spirit stones inside.
Well, why not? All he had to do was escort them to the Demon Suppression Tower. Besides, there was no harm in making another friend. He couldn’t exactly spend all his time surrounded by big sisters and aunties, could he?
There was one other thing. With outsiders around, hopefully Sister Tiantian would restrain herself a little. Otherwise, with her constantly teasing him, the restless stirring of his little brother seriously interfered with traveling.
“Fine. We’ll do as you said. Once we reach the Demon Suppression Tower, our agreement is fulfilled.”
Chu Feng pocketed the spirit stones as he spoke.
However, how could Chu Feng’s little scheme possibly escape Su Tiantian’s notice?
“Little rascal, did you ever ask for this Empress’s opinion?”
Su Tiantian transmitted directly to him.
“Sister Tiantian, I just want to make a friend. Look, I don’t have a single friend around me. Just indulge me this once, please.”
Chu Feng pleaded.
Su Tiantian narrowed her beautiful eyes and stated her condition.
“Fine, I can agree. But while you’re teamed up with them, you’re not allowed to call me Sister Tiantian.”
“Huh? Then what should I call you?”
“Wife.”
“!!!”
Chu Feng froze in stunned disbelief. Given the intimate atmosphere last night, it was understandable for him to call Sister Tiantian his darling wife. It was just a bit of fun between the two of them.
But asking him to call Sister Tiantian his wife in front of outsiders…
“Sister Tiantian, I…”
He was just about to bargain with her when he heard Sister Tiantian’s voice transmission.
“Not willing?”
Su Tiantian gave him a half-smile.
Chu Feng gulped. In the end, he puffed out his chest before bowing his proud head to the forces of evil.
“W-Wife…”
“No. You have to say it out loud in front of them.”
Chu Feng’s lips twitched, but he finally spoke.
“Wife, what do you think?”
Su Tiantian’s red lips curled upward, her beautiful eyes brimming with amusement. “Mm~ This wife will follow whatever my husband decides~”
What!?
Hearing their exchange, Qian Shao and the other two nearly had their eyes pop out of their sockets.
Such an alluring, mature beauty was actually this brat’s Dao companion!?
Chu Feng looked at the overwhelming envy and jealousy in the eyes of Qian Shao and the other two and felt utterly dead inside. It was over. It wouldn’t be long before word of this spread everywhere.
When the time came, he could only hope his silver tongue would be nimble enough to firmly persuade Senior Sister Yuyan, the Saintess, and the others.
If that still wasn’t enough, he’d add his Eagle Finger Divine Art into the mix.
With those two ultimate moves combined, surely nothing could stand in his way.
And just like that, Chu Feng’s husband-and-wife team was officially formed!
***
Within the canyon, where streams murmured softly, a pitch-black tower rose from the ground. Looking upward, its peak was nowhere to be seen.
Even through the thick fog blanketing the canyon, its dark silhouette remained visible.
Once the tower’s shadow came into view, it meant the Demon Suppression Tower was already close.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sound of figures slicing through the air rang out as more than a dozen people landed on the ground. Gazing at the dark silhouette within the fog ahead, their eyes were filled with excitement.
“Haha, we really have Brother Yunxiao to thank this time. Without your efforts, we wouldn’t have gotten here so quickly.”
A young man spoke with a smile.
“Brother Pang Zhu, you’re giving Cao far too much credit. With Brother Pang’s strength, you could have reached this place even without me.”
“Ah, that’s certainly true, but the fact that we arrived so quickly is still thanks to Brother Yunxiao’s efforts.”
Cao Yunxiao smiled faintly and said nothing more. A couple of polite remarks were enough.
Behind the two of them stood more than a dozen figures, all with cultivation at the fourth rank or above, with even the weakest among them being at the mid-stage.
Pang Zhu glanced at the number of people behind him and said confidently, “With this many people, we definitely have enough to open the Demon Suppression Tower. I really don’t know what the elders were thinking, requiring at least fifteen people before the tower can be opened for us to enter and train.”
“Brother Pang Zhu, the elders are only considering our safety. The demons imprisoned inside are all vicious and ruthless. If the first team entered alone, they’d have a hard time dealing with the demons swarming them all at once. With multiple teams entering together, not only can we share the pressure, we can also help one another.”
Since one of Cao Yunxiao’s clan elders served as a teacher at the academy, he knew a little more about the situation.
“Haha! So that’s why. Still, we can be considered part of the leading group. The other teams have been left far behind us!”
Pang Zhu spoke with complete confidence.
“We still can’t let our guard down. Once we emerge from the mist, everyone will need to work together to resist the illusion. Only then will we truly reach the Demon Suppression Tower.”
Cao Yunxiao’s expression turned serious. The illusion was actually created by the excessively dense demonic qi. Although it wouldn’t cause any physical harm, it was an extreme test of one’s mental fortitude.
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