Stepping out cheerfully and returning with grumbles, the Su sisters found it quite peculiar.
“What’s wrong?” Su Jinxiu was the first to greet him.
“What else? I ran into a madwoman. If it weren’t for this dragon robe, I’d have been done for today!”
“What? That hateful woman attacked you? How dare she? I’m going to find her.”
Su Huamei’s anger flared instantly. With a raised eyebrow and sleeves rolled up, she was about to storm off to pick a fight.
It was too disrespectful. She had just warned the other party, and they dared to lay hands on her man.
“Wait, wait…” Liu Nanfeng quickly held her back.
“I haven’t even finished speaking, who are you going to find?”
“Of course, Han Xiangning,” Su Huamei said indignantly.
Fortunately, Su Jinxiu had informed Liu Nanfeng earlier that evening, or he wouldn’t have known who Han Xiangning was.
“It wasn’t her, it was Ao Jiangyue,” Liu Nanfeng quickly explained.
“Ao Jiangyue?”
The two sisters exclaimed in unison, though Su Jinxiu’s tone carried a hint of realization.
“That madwoman asked me where the Dragon Gate was. Who knows where the Dragon Gate is,” Liu Nanfeng grumbled.
“Are you hurt?” Su Jinxiu stepped forward to check.
“Fortunately, I was alert, and fortunately, I had the dragon robe. Otherwise, I would have been killed by her today.”
Liu Nanfeng still felt a lingering fear when he thought about it.
“And that Dragon Gate… Dragon Gate…” Liu Nanfeng suddenly remembered that the mother of the little koi had achieved ascension by leaping through the Dragon Gate, transforming from a fish into a dragon.
“She’s a dragon herself, yet she’s asking me where the Dragon Gate is. Such an unreasonable woman. And she called me Feng Zhirun, clearly mistaking me for someone else,” Liu Nanfeng muttered with displeasure.
Su Huamei and Su Jinxiu exchanged a surprised glance.
Su Jinxiu, in particular, wore a puzzled expression.
Ao Jiangyue looking for Liu Nanfeng regarding the Dragon Gate was something she hadn’t anticipated.
“As far as I know, with Ao Jiangyue’s strength, how did you return unharmed? Even with the dragon robe, it shouldn’t have offered much protection,” Su Huamei asked, puzzled.
“It should be Little Koi’s mother…”
Liu Nanfeng recounted what had happened, and the Su sisters also felt a pang of fear.
“It’s good you’re not hurt. Hubby, rest for a while and have some water.”
Su Jinxiu pulled Liu Nanfeng to sit down and poured him a cup of water.
“Uh… I’m fine,” Liu Nanfeng said.
His mood had completely settled by then.
“You’re fine this time, but what about next time?” Su Jinxiu said.
Then she got up and walked towards the room.
But she quickly reappeared, having changed her clothes.
She wore a red gauze dress, a phoenix hairpin on her head, and held twin bone swords.
“Sister, would you like to accompany me?” Su Jinxiu asked with a gentle smile.
“It is only right.”
In front of Liu Nanfeng, Su Huamei transformed, changing into a green gauze dress, her hair styled in a flying chignon, her hands adorned with flowing sleeves.
“What are you two doing?” Liu Nanfeng asked, dumbfounded.
“Hubby was bullied outside, and if we don’t do anything, everyone will think we’re easy to bully,” Su Jinxiu said calmly.
“But… Ao Jiangyue has over two thousand years of cultivation. You two…”
Frankly, Liu Nanfeng didn’t believe they could defeat Ao Jiangyue, given the significant disparity in cultivation.
“Hubby, do you remember what I said? Cultivation doesn’t equal power. Although my sister and I don’t have deep cultivation, we still have some skill.”
Su Jinxiu’s words indicated her confidence in their strength.
However, Liu Nanfeng remained apprehensive, recalling how a mountain god with seventeen hundred years of cultivation had once pursued them relentlessly.
“But…”
Liu Nanfeng tried to speak again, but Su Jinxiu interrupted him directly.
“Hubby, you don’t need to wait for us. Get some rest early.”
Seeing this, Liu Nanfeng couldn’t say more. He knew Su Jinxiu well; despite her gentle demeanor, once she set her mind on something, nothing could sway her.
“Then you two be careful… Forget it, I’ll go with you.”
“What are you going for? To cause trouble?” Su Huamei shot him a look.
“Uh…” Those words were quite cutting.
“Alright then, you two be careful. If you can’t win, run,” Liu Nanfeng advised.
“Okay, Hubby,” Su Jinxiu replied gently.
Su Huamei, however, pouted discontentedly, feeling that Liu Nanfeng’s suggestion to retreat was a sign of him looking down on them.
Watching the two sisters leave, Liu Nanfeng slumped down, feeling a mixture of unease and bewilderment.
Unease stemmed from worry for the Su sisters’ safety.
Bewilderment arose from his own perceived lack of strength.
At that moment, Mo Yu, the cat, appeared from somewhere, meowed, and jumped onto Liu Nanfeng’s lap, settling down comfortably.
Liu Nanfeng absently stroked it.
Then, he summoned Guanshanhai.
After a moment’s thought, he took out his phone, left a message, placed the phone on the table, and then, with a thought, entered the scroll.
Liu Nanfeng had always immersed his consciousness in the scroll, never his physical body, fearing he wouldn’t be able to return.
But he could no longer bear to experience that feeling of despair and powerlessness.
So, he took a gamble and entered the scroll directly. Since the scroll enhanced the abilities of the butterfly demons and water ghosts, he wanted to see if it would have the same effect on him.
Liu Nanfeng’s body materialized near the water ghost’s pool. The water ghost immediately sensed him and emerged from the water.
Upon seeing Liu Nanfeng, it greeted him with obvious joy.
However, Liu Nanfeng was oblivious, his attention captivated by the world around him.
Entering with consciousness versus entering with the physical body was an entirely different experience.
He took a deep breath, feeling something surge into his core, purifying his entire being and invigorating his spirit.
He swung his fist, creating a whistling sound as it cut through the air.
With a thought, the short sword he kept in the flowerbed appeared in his hand. Liu Nanfeng drew the sword and swung it, instantly sending a beam of sword energy forward that gouged a deep trench in the ground. Liu Nanfeng himself was startled, and the water ghost stopped in its tracks, too frightened to approach.
“Is the power this great?” Liu Nanfeng wondered in surprise.
But immense power within the scroll was useless if it didn’t translate outside. He sheathed the sword and took another deep breath, carefully sensing his body. Indeed, his physical strength seemed to have increased.
Could this be the legendary Yuan Qi? Liu Nanfeng speculated.
He looked around and saw the water ghost, Liu Yuancai, standing frozen. He beckoned to him.
Liu Yuancai cautiously approached.
The water pool, the orchard, the flowerbed—it covered approximately ten square kilometers. Beyond that, a dense fog obscured everything.
At that moment, the butterfly demon also noticed Liu Nanfeng and flapped its wings towards him. Liu Nanfeng was surprised. When he first saw it, it was only the size of a baby’s palm, but now it had grown to about one and a half meters. While it seemed small when viewed from outside the scroll, appearing like a mere dot of ink, entering the scroll and seeing it directly was quite awe-inspiring.
Did this space have such a significant effect on demons?
Liu Nanfeng looked at Liu Yuancai, who was walking towards him, and faintly felt that his strength had also increased considerably.
If this was indeed the case, what would happen if he brought the Su sisters into the scroll?
PS: More to come.