It wasn't that Zhu Wu's talent was particularly outstanding, so much so that it could attract the attention of Hui Ying and Mo Shuxin.
On the contrary, the reason they were familiar with Zhu Wu was that he was good friends with several of the prodigies in this batch of Shenqi Academy, and they had also heard of his unlucky fate.
"I'll go now." Hui Ying didn't linger, greeted them, and left in a hurry.
At the same time, at the entrance of the main peak.
Luo Feihua had just emerged from a trial secret realm when she saw a figure walking out hastily. The figure seemed to be trying to avoid attracting attention, appearing somewhat furtive. She immediately walked over, only to find it was an acquaintance.
"Zhu Xiaowu?" Luo Feihua slapped him heartily on the shoulder, "Where are you off to, you rascal?"
She subtly surveyed the other person.
She had always remembered the strangeness about Zhu Wu when they saw Bai Shengyi and Wu Ya off. However, since no issues had arisen for such a long time, she had let it go.
Yet, seeing Zhu Wu like this today, that feeling of unease resurfaced.
Her gaze swept over Zhu Wu's robes and shoes… Luo Feihua suddenly spotted white mud on the soles of his shoes, and her eyes flickered.
This white mud, wasn't it unique to Peak Master Pu's cave dwelling?
She vaguely recalled her sister Luo Feiying gossiping that this white mud was a special material for drawing talismans, found only at the Talisman Peak in the entire Shenqi Academy. Peak Master Pu had even fought the former Peak Master of Talisman Peak for this spot.
"Could it be that Peak Master Pu has awakened from his seclusion and assigned you some devilish tasks again?"
Since Pu Weiming became the peak master, the disciples of Talisman Peak had a harder and harder time.
Therefore, Zhu Wu didn't notice Luo Feihua's abnormality.
Anxious to leave, he had to shake his head obediently according to his previous persona when he heard Luo Feihua's words: "It's not Peak Master Pu, it's my master who arranged for me to run an errand outside."
Luo Feihua's suspicion grew.
However, she smiled and said, "What is it? Do you need my help?"
Zhu Wu instinctively wanted to refuse, but thinking of something, he changed his mind and scratched his head sheepishly, "Feihua, thank you. I need to go to Suixia City."
"Why are you being so polite with me?" Luo Feihua waved her hand, summoned her flying sword, and asked Zhu Wu, "Can you ride your sword there directly?"
Zhu Wu had originally prepared a Liuxian Boat for himself, but it was obviously inconvenient to bring it out at this moment.
"Yes, Feihua, I'll lead the way." With that, he walked to the front, and a mocking smile gradually appeared on his honest and docile face.
Coincidentally, a Luo family member had delivered herself to his doorstep. If he could swap the Luo family's spirit-attuned physique for his own, perhaps his unlucky constitution could be changed?
Zhu Wu became lost in his own fantasies, completely unaware that Luo Feihua, following behind him, was tapping on her communication talisman with one hand and stroking the little fox in her embrace with the other, her gaze fixed on him.
To quickly apprehend the person, Talisman Peak had not concealed Zhu Wu's actions. Thus, as soon as Luo Feihua asked her sister, she immediately knew what had happened.
She quietly sent her location to the academy.
Zhu Wu forged ahead, suddenly feeling that the road was too quiet. Had Luo Feihua sensed something was amiss and fled?
He immediately turned his head, only to meet Luo Feihua's smiling gaze.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Zhu Wu suppressed his unease and hesitantly tested, "Feihua, why aren't you asking why I'm going to Suixia City?"
This was completely different from Luo Feihua's usual behavior.
"But this isn't the road to Suixia City," Luo Feihua's smiling voice drifted over.
"Screeeech—"
A tearing and scraping sound came from the air. Zhu Wu abruptly stopped his flying sword and turned to stare at her, "You knew all along?"
Luo Feihua's lips drooped slightly. Her eyes, usually filled with lively smiles, looked at him with complexity, "Know what? Know you have ill intentions? Or know that you harmed Peak Master Pu?"
"As expected, you know everything." Zhu Wu decided to stop pretending. "But it's too late. Feihua, I didn't want to implicate you, but you insisted on following. Since that's the case, let me borrow your Luo family physique! I heard that the Luo family can learn beast taming arts precisely because of your unique physique."
At this point, Zhu Wu paused, his gaze revealing deep jealousy and resentment.
"I don't know why, but why do your Luo family members have such good luck from birth that others can't catch up no matter how hard they try? No, not just you, but Ximen Hongchun, Chen Qiyang, Chu Tianle, Feng Wuya, Xun Meng, Bai Shengyi, which one of them wasn't born with good fortune!"
Luo Feihua was almost infuriated by Zhu Wu's words!
She had never known that Zhu Wu harbored such thoughts about them!
Others might not know the effort and heart they poured behind the scenes, but did Zhu Wu, who was in frequent contact with them, not know either?
No.
Looking at Zhu Wu's possessed state, Luo Feihua suddenly understood.
Perhaps Zhu Wu wasn't unaware; he simply saw what he wanted to see.
"But it doesn't matter, soon, I will have it too."
Zhu Wu gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot with jealousy and hatred. He shouted towards the distance, "My lord, you said you would help me as long as I listened to you. What are you hesitating for now?"
"Hehehe..."娇笑声 echoed around them, reverberating in the air, with a feigned coquettish shyness that sent chills down one's spine.
Luo Feihua pressed down the baring-toothed little fox in her embrace and said calmly, "An old woman who doesn't even dare to show her face, Zhu Wu, are you sure she can help you?"
"Little girl, who are you calling an old woman!" The person behind them was clearly angered. A palm strike, carrying countless spiritual energy arrows, rushed towards Luo Feihua, intending to teach her a harsh lesson.
Sensing the opponent's cultivation far exceeding her own, Luo Feihua frowned slightly, but her hands were not panicked. She summoned her contracted spirit beast and charged forward.
"The little girl has some skills." Madam Huiling slowly emerged from the shadows, her black clothes enveloping her entire body, making her appearance indiscernible.
Zhu Wu walked to her side, "My lord, please finish quickly. I'm worried people from the academy will catch up."
"What, were you discovered when you left?" Madam Huiling asked displeasedly.
Zhu Wu sensed the oppressive aura and quickly shook his head, "How could that be!" As he spoke, he handed something to the other party, "This is what the Zhu family wanted previously. I searched for it in the academy for two to three years to finally find it."
"The Record of Heavenly Talisman Pupils' Suns." Madam Huiling enunciated the name word by word, her lips curling slightly. "So that's how it is! The Zhu family of Nanding..."
Before she could finish, she reached out to take the ancient book. However, as soon as she touched it, a crystalline snowflake shot through the air!
Madam Huiling didn't pay it much attention and casually waved her hand to scatter the snowflake.
As her finger touched the snowflake, the crystalline luster beneath it refracted the icy chill of a long sword!
"Wuji Canghan Sword?" Madam Huiling's voice cracked. She instinctively retreated rapidly.