Chapter 434: Chapter 152 Filial Piety
One breath, ten breaths...
A cup of tea, a quarter of an hour!
Eyes are the most direct means of communication. Generally speaking, a prolonged gaze means either wishing to kill each other with one’s eyes or the opposite, wanting to devour each other with their gazes.
Jiang Li, at this moment, also revealed an extremely strong aggressiveness, a major departure from his usual style.
Towards Tianxuan, Jiang Li was meek, but towards Gongsun Yuanxi, he launched a powerful attack!
The cold temperature and the gradually rising rhythm of breathing turned the exhaled air into a faint mist that hit their faces, bringing a sensation of moisture and making them aware of the warmth on their faces.
Their cheeks were heating up.
The icy moisture made both of them conscious of the heat on their faces.
The white mist slightly blurred their vision, also bringing an indefinable, indistinct romantic ambiguity. Their gazes intertwined like strands of red thread.
’This fairy’s aggressiveness is so strong, more than ten times stronger than that of my senior sister. If my senior sister is a cat, then she is a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the kind with an attack power of three thousand.’
To Jiang Li’s surprise, he felt he was about to lose his composure. With the physique of his physical body, even after another quarter of an hour, his eyes would definitely not feel sore, but he couldn’t suppress the warmth on his face.
Even the Wise Man’s Mental State couldn’t calm Jiang Li’s emotions at the moment, after all, without certain desires, one wouldn’t truly become stone.
As for using Qi to suppress it, that would definitely not deceive the other party.
If the gaze continued, Jiang Li’s face would turn red.
’Should I retreat?’ Jiang Li entertained the impractical thought.
However, before he could act on his thought, Gongsun Yuanxi suddenly stepped back.
The warming atmosphere rapidly cooled. Gongsun Yuanxi secretly controlled her blood and Qi, maintaining a dignified and composed expression, but her gaze couldn’t help but lower slightly.
Just now, Jiang Li’s eyes seemed to burn with flames, a sight that Tianxuan had never seen before, as if he wanted to devour someone.
Before such a gaze, Gongsun Yuanxi felt an unprecedented weakness and a desire to retreat in her heart, a feeling she had never experienced before.
’Rebel!’ Gongsun Yuanxi cursed quietly in her heart.
Whereas Jiang Li pretended as if nothing had happened and chuckled lightly, "Why did Mistress retreat? Could it be fear?"
After discarding the teacher-disciple relationship, Gongsun Yuanxi removed her mask, and so did Jiang Li.
Without restraints, they were simply a man and a woman, neither weaker than the other.
Gongsun Yuanxi might have an attack power of three thousand, but her defensive strength was slightly inferior—probably around twenty-five hundred. Under Jiang Li’s offensive, she finally showed signs of faltering and took the initiative to cede ground.
Of course, she would never admit it.
"Afraid?"
Gongsun Yuanxi’s gaze met Jiang Li’s again, with an expression as if nothing mattered, "I couldn’t help but want to see the look of fear on your face."
She flicked her horsetail whisk, seamlessly steering the conversation back to the original topic, "Because next, we’ll be entering Wushan, before it reappears in the mortal world."
Wushan was hidden in the past, existing in another realm. Apart from specific times, it did not appear in the mortal world. And those particular times were entirely up to the Great Venerable. In other words, unless the Great Venerable agreed, no one could enter or leave Wushan.
But now, Gongsun Yuanxi spoke of entering Wushan without the Great Venerable’s consent.
"You’re planning to sneak into Wushan?" Jiang Li’s expression became serious.
"With your help."
Gongsun Yuanxi replied, "You can see Wushan, I am certain that I haven’t misjudged, which is why I’ve taught you the Space Shifting Technique."
"You said it was Master who told you to pass it on..."
"Do you believe everything I say?" Gongsun Yuanxi said with a sly smile.
She was Jiang Li’s teacher, whether she had said those words or not, it was up to her to decide.
"We can’t wait for the Great Venerable, that troublemaker, to feel good one day and unseal the Emperor Dao Fruit. We must attack proactively," said Gongsun Yuanxi, "Therefore, I assumed this identity to come here to investigate. Alas, the technique of the Great Venerable is truly unfathomable, even having witnessed Wushan revealing itself to the world no less than ten times, I still couldn’t find a clue. Just when I thought this time would be fruitless as well..."
Just at that moment, a handsome man showed a hint of something, which Gongsun Yuanxi detected.
Therefore, Gongsun Yuanxi taught Jiang Li the Cosmic Dao Technique, trying to enable him to see Wushan more clearly so as to come and go as he pleased.
"It has always been said that only the Great Venerable could freely enter and leave Wushan, but now it seems that this is not necessarily the case. Besides the Great Venerable, there are others who can enter and leave Wushan, eliminating the problem of these people being turned away when the Great Venerable is not around."
Gongsun Yuanxi turned around to look outside the cliff and said slowly, "Those... people from the Feng family."
And as for Jiang Li, in some sense, he was also a person from the Feng family, though not of pure lineage.
Jiang Li listened in silence, his mind a maelstrom of emotions.
’Has she discovered it?’
Discovered that he was related to the Feng family?
If that were the case, then Feng Manlou would have been exposed as well.
Of course, it was also possible that it was Feng Manlou who had been exposed first, leading Gongsun Yuanxi to connect the dots upon detecting the clue and to guess that Jiang Li could enter and leave Wushan.
There was no helping it, who would have thought that the Great Venerable would be so reckless lately, even revealing his connection with the Book of Luo.
Putting himself in her shoes, if Jiang Li were Tianxuan, he would now be suspicious of Feng Manlou, who shared the same surname, and even Feng Ziyang. He would keep a close watch on anyone with the surname Feng.
Although not all descendants of Fuxi bear the surname Feng, with such matters, there was a preference for erring on the side of caution, even if it meant making a mistake.
"Do you wish to enter Wushan to find the method to unseal the Emperor?" Jiang Li’s voice grew more profound, "Within Wushan lurks a dragon’s den and a tiger’s lair."
"It is we who must enter Wushan," Gongsun Yuanxi corrected, "Without your help, this poor Daoist cannot enter Wushan. In the past few days, I have also sent messages to your master, and your master has agreed. However, if you are unwilling, I will not force you."
She looked at Jiang Li again, their eyes meeting, her gaze no longer seductive but calm as a mirror, as if reflecting Jiang Li’s thoughts.
"Then let us go," Jiang Li replied quickly, so swiftly that it took but three short breaths of time.
"Truly?"
Gongsun Yuanxi looked deeply into Jiang Li’s eyes, "You do realize that although I am confident of retreating in one piece, there are no certainties in this world. The Great Venerable holds the Book of Luo River Map, not only being the number one Magic Practitioner in the world but possibly also the foremost Yi Dao expert of this era. Even with your master personally intervening to conceal us, there is no guarantee that he won’t notice us."
Jiang Li laughed. He looked at Gongsun Yuanxi and said, "If we fail, then I, your humble nephew, will have to accompany you, Mistress, to the Netherworld."
Upon hearing his words, Gongsun Yuanxi laughed as well, like fireworks at midnight, brilliant and dazzling.
"I haven’t complained about you, yet you’re the first to voice grievances," she retorted with a smile, "Considering the filial piety you have for your master, I assure you, you’ll come out whole and unscathed."
Afterward, Jiang Li and Gongsun Yuanxi watched the night together for a while before returning to the Retreat Room. They took out paper and ink and began to write a letter.
[Dear Brother Man Lou,
I have been separated from my elder brother for many days and miss you dearly. I wonder if you are still in Divine Capital? If you are in good health?...]
According to what Gongsun Yuanxi said, it would be best if Jiang Li spent another two days studying the Wind Queen’s Strange Gate to enhance his sensitivity to Wushan. Furthermore, he should also write a letter to Divine Capital to seek his master’s opinion.
Gongsun Yuanxi had her own ways to ensure that Jiang Li’s letter reached its destination promptly.
However, in Jiang Li’s view, this was not only covering for her identity but also a test for someone.
After all, that someone had now been exposed.
So, Jiang Li put pen to paper and wrote this letter, ensuring his trip to Wushan was insured.
The gist of it was - Feng Man Lou, you wouldn’t want to suffer Heaven’s Punishment, right?
Although Jiang Li trusted Tianxuan’s competence, knowing she wouldn’t act without assurance, one can never be too careful with some matters.
After finishing the letter to Feng Man Lou, Jiang Li sealed it and took out another piece of writing paper.
’This time, I’m truly risking my life to accompany my master. There probably aren’t many disciples as filial as me in this world.’