Grudge Breaker

Chapter 383 The Uninvited Guest (Part 1)
"General Hua, there are some things it's better not to know."

"Thank you for saving me, but now you've been hurt because of me, I'm so sorry..."

The more Song Weichen spoke, the heavier her guilt became, so heavy that she dared not meet Hua Zhezhan's gaze, so heavy that she only wanted to flee in panic—hoping that Hua Zhezhan would never know that she was the White Robe.

She tugged at Gu Cangyue's sleeve.

"……let's go."

"Okay, it's up to you."

Gu Cangyue's doting tone could smack even from a distance of several meters, and Hua Zhezhan immediately overturned his previous guess: the two of them could definitely not be siblings!

"Crack."

Just then, a small object fell beside her, making a soft sound. Hua Zhezhan looked closely and saw that it was an extremely exquisite glass medicine bottle, clearly an item from the upper realm.

"Take your medicine, heal your injuries, and make sure tonight's events never happened."

"Yes, thank you for your consideration, Divine Lord. This humble general will respectfully see off Divine Lord Cangyue."

Hua Zhezhan knelt on one knee and bowed his head in respect. After a long while, he stood up from the rocky beach and looked in the direction where the two had disappeared with an extremely complicated expression.

"General Hua..."

Recalling Song Weichen's hasty address to her after Gu Cangyue appeared, Hua Zhezhan's lips curled into a strange smile—the information that she was the Great General of the Upper Realm's border defense had not been disclosed to the sorcerers participating in this test. The Si Chen Manor only said that she was the Supervisor Hua from the Realm Lord's Mansion. If that girl was really a sorcerer who considered herself a nobody with no magical power, how would she know that she was General Hua?
"hehe."

Hua Zhe let out a soft laugh—of course she knew who she was.

Along the way, not only was Song Weichen worried that his disguise would be exposed, but Hua Zhezhan also had a very hard time acting.

"Song Weichen, this is called 'the more you talk, the more mistakes you make'."

"However... I didn't know that you and Lord Cangyue had such a relationship."

In the darkness, a figure shot off like an arrow toward the direction where the Rank A sorcerer had been discovered earlier.
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From last night until now, from the Corpse Demon King to the Ghost Bride, to Hua Zhezhan and the Class A sorcerer, every step has been incredibly dangerous. Only when Gu Cangyue appeared did Song Weichen's tense nerves finally relax completely. As soon as he relaxed, he felt weak all over, his consciousness wavered, and he almost fainted while nestled in Gu Cangyue's arms.

"That bastard surnamed Mo deliberately hid from you, making me search for you everywhere!"

While cursing, Gu Cangyue gently pressed her face against Song Weichen.

Why are you so cold?

"Weiwei? Weiwei!"

Realizing something was wrong with her, he quickly channeled his magic into Song Weichen's heart meridian and used his own magic to raise his body temperature so she could feel warmer.

After about the time it takes to drink two cups of tea, Song Weichen woke up and opened his eyes to see Gu Cangyue's eyes, which were as bright as a galaxy—yes, a galaxy… Oh no, there's a galaxy in the sky too! It's so late! The meeting time with Bing Tuozi has passed, and he's probably going crazy with worry!
"Cangyue, hurry! Take me somewhere."

Based on the location that Mo Tingfeng had projected into her mind using his magic, she directed Gu Cangyue to the agreed-upon location.

Sure enough, when they were still fifteen or sixteen miles from their camp, the two ran into Mo Tingfeng, who was urgently searching for them.

"slight!"

Seeing the little girl weakly leaning in Gu Cangyue's arms, Mo Tingfeng's heart clenched.

In this godforsaken place, he was constantly distracted during the time she wasn't around. He both hoped she would use the Name Summoning Technique and feared she might encounter a danger that forced her to use it. Finally, the appointed time to meet arrived, but she never showed up. A hundred terrible possibilities ran through Mo Tingfeng's mind, leaving him no time to consider anything else. He hurriedly arranged for a Vengeance Breaker to search for her, and fortunately, he was the first to encounter her.

"I'm fine, let's go into the cave and talk."

Song Weichen looked listless; without the support of her puppet energy, her vitality was greatly reduced.

Although Gu Cangyue was angry at Mo Tingfeng for deliberately concealing Song Weichen's whereabouts, she knew rationally that he had to do so. So she didn't stop, but glared at him fiercely, picked up Song Weichen and flashed into the camp.

Mo Tingfeng followed closely behind into the cave, and the arrangements he made are not mentioned here.
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"You are hurt?"

As soon as she got close, Song Weichen smelled the strong stench of blood on Mo Tingfeng, and her eyes betrayed her worry.

Mo Tingfeng didn't answer directly, but anxiously checked Song Weichen's pulse, "Weiwei, how are you? Are you in danger? Why didn't you call me?"

"I……"

Song Weichen originally wanted to confess about her ghost husband Li Kan first to get leniency, but after glancing at Gu Cangyue and Mo Tingfeng repeatedly, she decided not to bring it up for now.

"I encountered the Lord of the Corpse, and the woman in a wedding dress at the entrance of Goddess Peak. They dragged me into a strange field where summoning and sealing were ineffective. Fortunately, I managed to escape, but unfortunately, I used up all my puppet energy."

"Later, I met Hua Zhezhan. She was going to take me to the supervision office, but on the way, we encountered a black-clad man of the Earth Rank A who intended to kill me. At the critical moment, Lao Shu lent a helping hand—it's hard to say whether he's friend or foe, but the black-clad man is definitely up to no good! After that, Xiao Huahua began to suspect my identity, but fortunately, Cang Yue appeared in time."

Song Weichen quickly dismissed the dangers she had experienced with a few words, and looked at Mo Tingfeng with worry again.
Tell me the truth, how serious is your injury?

In front of Gu Cangyue, Song Weichen made no attempt to hide her almost obsessive concern for him. Mo Tingfeng felt that it was childish of him to think about these things at this moment, but at the same time, he was in an indescribably good mood.

“I’m not worried about Weiwei, it’s just a scratch.”

Seeing that Song Weichen did not believe him, Mo Tingfeng got up, took off his outer armor and threw it aside before sitting down next to her again.

"Smell it again."

He tried to lean closer, but was stopped by the icy longsword that sprang from Gu Cangyue's palm.

"Try moving one inch closer to her?"

"Cang Yue, what did you promise me just now?"

Song Weichen frowned.
"This journey is dangerous; we must unite."

"Weiwei! You're showing favoritism! That guy surnamed Mo is clearly using this as an excuse to get closer to you!"

Gu Cangyue's mouth was like a pufferfish, but he still reluctantly put away his ice sword and stood aside—he hated Shu Xuelong for interfering even more, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to leave Song Weichen for so long because of the problem with the auxiliary primordial spirit, and he wouldn't have been able to let Mo Tingfeng take advantage of the situation.

After Mo Tingfeng removed his outer armor, the smell of blood was indeed greatly reduced. Song Weichen then pulled him to look at him from all angles, and only after confirming that there were no obvious wounds did she feel relieved.

He gave her a reassuring smile, and deliberately downplayed the dangers of the night:

"On our way to meet Madam Jing, we were attacked by ferocious beasts. Almost every one of them had B-level combat power. We fought several battles, and it's inevitable that we're covered in blood. But don't worry, everyone is fine, at most with minor injuries."

"A ferocious beast...attack?"

Song Weichen was too exhausted. Seeing that Mo Tingfeng was safe, his mind immediately went on strike.

She painstakingly recalled the time she had been separated from Mo Tingfeng. Aside from that "Deer-like Beast," she didn't seem to have encountered any other strange beasts, and besides, the Deer-like Beast wasn't particularly fierce. So—the fierce ones were all encountered by Bing Tuozi and the others? Was this just bad luck, or should they blame themselves for not paying attention?

"What did you do that made the ferocious beast chase and beat you up? Did someone accidentally step on its eggs, or did you disturb its lair?"

……

Song Weichen's thought process was hopeless, but fortunately, Mo Tingfeng was used to it... used to it... He covered her with a cloak and then handed her a hot soup containing a remedy to restore her energy.
"Drink it, close your eyes and rest. Don't think about anything. I and Cangyue will take care of everything."

He then gestured to Gu Cangyue with his eyes, "Let's talk in private." The two walked to a simple wooden table a few feet away and sat down. From an angle where Song Weichen couldn't see, Mo Tingfeng's expression became extremely serious.
"It was the work of a Beast Tamer. Possessing such terrifying beast-taming skills, yet never revealing them in the martial world, and knowing everything about the Vengeful Spirit Master's plans..."

"I'm afraid that an uninvited guest has arrived at Goddess Peak, one that we haven't yet noticed."

"A beast tamer?" Gu Cangyue's expression turned serious. "Do you think this was done by one person, or by a group?"

"We encountered four ferocious beasts, including the Qiongqi and Xiangliu. To control such divine beasts, a beast tamer's magical power must be at the A or near-A level. There are nine beast tamers with this level of power recorded in the Sleeping Realm. Five of them are guarding the formation in the Upper Realm, two are in seclusion, and one was controlled by a divine beast in his attempt to control it and has not yet awakened."

"Isn't that clear now?"

Gu Cangyue raised an eyebrow.

"Only one person remains; the answer is obvious."

Mo Tingfeng shook his head.
"The truth is, the remaining one died eight hundred years ago."

“That man was Jing Lan’s biological father and Ruan Xingxuan’s grandfather whom she had never met—Jing Zheng.”