Chapter 821: Reunion

Chu Feng admitted that the young Daoist was talented; he almost ruined him, even tricking him into shedding tears. He should have been gratified to have such a rebellious son... but he wasn't!

With his eyes teary from his son's antics, Chu Feng's cheeks burned. He truly wanted to beat this son senseless!

"Boundless Revered Celestial, Dad, we need to talk. What you're doing isn't right. You didn't raise me, yet you hit me as soon as we meet? What kind of behavior is that? And here I was, even hesitating to immediately tell my mom to marry someone else sooner."

"Rebellious son!" Chu Feng hit him again.

They returned to the stone grinding disc area. Chu Feng snatched the young Daoist's spatial bracelet and collected all the rocks the young Daoist had carved with inscriptions.

"What do you want to do?!" The young Daoist bristled.

"Didn't you describe all these? Saying your mother was calling out the name of the Great Dream Pure Land and muttering my name in her last moments? I'll show these to her."

"No!" The young Daoist leaped up as if his tail had been stepped on. These were all his own fabrications, implicating others without cause. If exposed now, he wouldn't just be beaten by Chu Feng, but would face a furious beating from Qin Luoyin, Ying Zhexian, and Ouyang Feng.

This was because what he had written was too outrageous.

For example, in his description, Ying Zhexian's hair turned white as snow at the end, her love profound, but her character introverted. In her final moments, she said nothing, merely staring blankly into the distance.

"Excellent, very well written." Chu Feng read them all, nodding in satisfaction, saying they perfectly matched Ying Zhexian's character.

"Boundless Revered Celestial, Dad, that's not fair! You want to use my writing to flirt with my mom and Fairy Ying. This... no way! I'll take all the blame, and you'll reap all the benefits!"

The young Daoist was furious. The more he thought about it, the more he realized how shameless his father was. This was clearly an attempt to charm the fairies, yet his father wouldn't even need to say much; just presenting a few stone tablets would suffice, making him appear profound and dignified.

He stomped his feet, wondering why he hadn't thought of this earlier. It was a complete scam, and he had scammed himself.

The young Daoist cried out, "Boundless Revered Celestial, Dad, you can't be this deceptive! I'll be beaten to death! Forget about Second Aunt Ying, that uncle alone, consumed by jealousy, could skin me alive!"

"What did you say? The second son of the Ying family still harbors feelings for his sister?" Chu Feng asked.

"Yes, he often celebrates alone, saying you're never coming back, wishing you a good journey, and burning spirit money for you during holidays!" The young Daoist said, blinking his large eyes, trying to shift the blame.

"When you were carving, you mentioned Immortal Mountain. Have those people really arrived?" Chu Feng asked, sounding skeptical.

"They really have! The Demon Ancestor's Cauldron opened a path for them. These people are truly sinister; we never expected to encounter them. Frankly, they're quite formidable. They've been accumulating power and biding their time to claim dominance, keeping themselves hidden. No one else knows about them except for our accidental meeting."

However, according to the young Daoist, those people weren't truly peaceful. At the very least, Yaoyao had intervened, plundering the Marquis Lingwei's residence, stealing all the divine beast blood, and emptying the treasury of all its rare treasures.

Marquis Lingwei nearly went mad. It was an absolute disgrace, and he still didn't know who was responsible, only suspecting it was a shameless general from the Moon Goddess lineage.

"Staying so low-key, not revealing their identities—they must have grand ambitions, perhaps to project themselves across the heavens from here?" Chu Feng suspected Yaoyao was desperate to frantically improve herself.

"By the way, why do you always gloss over Immortal Mountain without going into detail whenever you mention it?" Chu Feng asked, puzzled. The people from Immortal Mountain were so powerful, especially Yaoyao, who dared to plunder their enemy, Marquis Lingwei, yet the young Daoist hardly mentioned her.

"Well, they prefer to be low-key, and I don't like to gossip about others," the young Daoist said solemnly, though his expression was somewhat unnatural.

"Tell me, what's really going on?" Chu Feng pressed him.

The young Daoist squirmed, then revealed the hidden truth.

The first time he met Yaoyao, he recognized her extraordinary nature and immediately tried to get close to her, calling her "Auntie." As a result, he was so thoroughly beaten that he couldn't take care of himself for half a month.

Chu Feng was speechless. No wonder the young Daoist seemed so wary and reluctant to mention Yaoyao; he had been beaten into submission and was terrified of her.

The young Daoist was still indignant. "I kindly showed her enough respect, placing her above Second Aunt Ying Zhexian and honoring her as 'Auntie,' but the outcome... well, the more I say, the more tears flow."

"You fool," Chu Feng lectured his son. "In the past, not only did her strength surpass all races, but she was also known as the most beautiful woman under the starry sky. When you open your mouth and call her 'Auntie,' isn't that easily misunderstood? You're clearly making her sound old! You should have just called her 'Mom,' or 'Mother Dear!'"

The young Daoist looked at him with a scornful expression. "Dad, I've just realized how shameless you are! You wouldn't dare get close to her yourself, would you? You want to use me, your humble Daoist, to explore, to scout, to help you flirt, and to take the blame for you!"

"Nonsense! Wasn't I just trying to educate you seriously because you suffered a loss?" Chu Feng retorted righteously, urging the young Daoist to try it next time.

"Next time, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of myself for a month!"

As they traveled away from the area, Chu Feng asked the young Daoist about their experiences over the past year.

"This past year, we've suffered greatly. We've been chickens and ducks, adrift and wandering, experiencing the helplessness and desolation of half a lifetime of struggle."

"Speak plainly!"

"Simply put, it was pretty miserable at first. We were often hunted, and our souls frequently hid inside roosters or wild ducks to escape powerful enemies. This was common. We endured great hardship, clinging to our longing for a good life, and made it through." The young Daoist gloated, making Chu Feng want to kick him.

The Four-Winged Flying Rhinoceros followed them, acting as a docile mount, having already been subdued by the young Daoist.

Soon after, on the desolate plain, the young Daoist summoned a fiery red bird with brilliant, eye-catching wings. It was undoubtedly another prop, prepared for Chu Feng.

Chu Feng's expression darkened, and he felt like hitting him again.

Ten days later, Chu Feng and his companions approached the temporary dwelling place of Qin Luoyin, Ouyang Feng, and Ying Zhexian. It wasn't the Ferocious Beast Plateau, but rather in this very wilderness.

Moreover, this area bordered the abyss.

In this world, there were two dominant forces: the deities on the Ferocious Beast Plateau, and the divine beasts within the abyss. Conflicts between them were frequent.

"Lately, we've been keeping a low profile, living in seclusion, caught between these two major powers," the young Daoist explained.

The wilderness stretched boundlessly, a vast expanse.

"Daoist Jinlin, Buddhist Son Shihong, the Eclosion Divine Body, the Young Master of the White Phoenix Clan, the Golden Sky Spider, and a group of others are also active in this area. We occasionally run into them."

The young Daoist informed him that those from the same universe were all struggling. A year had passed, and many had transformed into light rain, returning to the Great Dream Pure Land along the vortex.

The remaining individuals were hiding and accumulating strength.

"Those who survived are not simple. They might have established connections with the divine beast lineage, and some have even exchanged our realm's breathing techniques and profound arts for divine beast blood."

"Recently, we've been preparing to move, no longer staying here, because Yaoyao's mother might be arriving. We strongly suspect she intends to plunder the divine beast offspring, and this area will likely descend into chaos."

Chu Feng was speechless upon hearing this.

According to the young Daoist, Yaoyao's mental power was rapidly improving. Her last feat involved successfully passing five lightning tribulations consecutively, equaling the record of all past deities.

And this was achieved without a physical body, truly defying the heavens.

Chu Feng's brows furrowed deeply upon hearing this. He was now wary of forbidden techniques, especially the young Daoist's rock inscriptions, which filled him with dread.

Although it was all a self-directed drama by the young Daoist, the boy hadn't written randomly. His anxieties were woven into the text, and the strange substances in old age made both father and son shudder with unease.

Even though the recent events were just a farce, they had deeply moved Chu Feng's soul!

Even after obtaining the Little Six Paths Time Art, he was now hesitant about whether to continue practicing it.

Chu Feng said gravely, "Everyone is practicing forbidden techniques now, and their strength is rapidly increasing. But aren't you afraid that the terrifying old age of those gods will befall us too?"

"Yes, we are worried. This past year, we've been very cautious and haven't dared to use forbidden techniques much. Based on our deductions, improving some strength here shouldn't be an issue, as long as we don't get too deeply involved. Also, for the past year, we've been exploring the depths of the abyss, preparing to tell my... dear mother Yaoyao that if her strength is sufficient, she can act and harvest divine medicines!"

The divine medicines of this world were undoubtedly extraordinarily potent. With abundant yang energy, their medicinal properties were fierce and domineering, easily surpassing those of the Netherworld by an entire level.

"But what about Yaoyao, if she's practicing forbidden techniques so frantically?" Chu Feng worried. He knew Yaoyao wanted to increase her strength as quickly as possible to return to her own universe and fight against those who could project across the heavens.

"There's a legend here in the abyss: countless ages ago, the supreme divine beast leader among the divine beasts left behind a cluster of nine-colored blood, capable of purifying all gray substances."

This legend tempted the deities of the Ferocious Beast Plateau, who had launched many attacks in the past, but all to no avail.

"We've arrived!"

The journey was smooth. They reached their destination, an area of hills not far from the abyss, where people from the Ferocious Beast Plateau rarely ventured.

"Oh, is that a human, or a ghost?" Just as they approached the area, a black swan leaped up. It had originally been pretending to be graceful, strolling leisurely with a swan-like gait, but now its black feathers bristled all over. Flapping its wings, it became quite agitated upon seeing Chu Feng.

At its startled cry, the other individuals also appeared.

"Dad, you're back! You look well. My mom has missed you terribly!" The most enthusiastic was the young Daoist's true form, a soul light, beaming with smiles and uttering saccharine words, clearly trying to drag his mother into the situation to deflect the overwhelming punishment he expected.

He was clearly very guilty. Seeing Chu Feng return with his own golden fledgling form, he instinctively stuck out his rear, ready to flee at any moment.

"Son, come here! Your father has missed you dearly!" Chu Feng ran forward, wishing he could immediately grab his true form and beat him soundly.

"Dad, wait a moment! I'll go dig up a great medicine for you; it's growing right behind the mountain. See you later!" The young Daoist was incredibly slick, turning and running immediately.

However, with a whoosh, Ying Zhexian instantly pinned him down with her five-colored divine light.

The young Daoist immediately shrieked, "Mom, help!"

Then, Chu Feng stepped forward, arms outstretched, walking towards the Ying sisters and Qin Luoyin. Ying Wudi was also there.

Ying Wudi's eyes glowed green, and his expression was unfriendly as he watched Chu Feng.

"Brother-in-law, please step aside!" Chu Feng unceremoniously pushed him to the side.

Ying Wudi was speechless. He felt completely overlooked.

"Brother-in-law, you're finally back! We all thought something happened to you. My brother often burned spirit money for you, saying he hoped you'd be comfortable down there," the silver-haired loli said.

Then, she leaped up and gave Chu Feng a warm hug.

Beside them, Ying Wudi's face turned green. Wasn't one sister enough? Now his younger sister was also clinging to Chu Feng, the great demon, making his eyes glow with a greasy green light and radiating murderous intent.

"It's so good to see you all!" Chu Feng said, filled with emotion. Remembering the young Daoist's inscriptions, he felt deeply moved. At the very least, in that moment, he had experienced the pain of separation and death, along with endless sorrow, sadness, and regret.

Then, with brazen thick skin, he walked directly forward, intending to give Ying Zhexian and Qin Luoyin warm hugs as well.

The two women glanced sideways and quickly backed away.

Ying Wudi, however, decisively cut in front of them, glaring at him.

"Hey, Chu Feng, abandoning your friends for pretty faces, what good stuff did you bring back?" Ouyang Feng asked.

"What I brought back is too earth-shattering; we might not dare to practice it. However, I do have some small gifts for you."

With that, Chu Feng began taking out the inscribed rocks from his spatial bracelet, presenting them one by one privately, accompanied by conversation.

"Ah..." The young Daoist saw this and immediately let out a miserable shriek.