Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

"senior!"

Li Zhong, accompanied by two escorts, reported to Chen Jie. Chen Jie glanced at Li Zhong but said nothing. He knew Li Zhong a little about him, as he had been working with the salt caravan for days and, as the old master's eldest disciple, had been responsible for most of the inspection work.

Li Zhong was somewhat familiar with Chen Jie, but the familiarity back then was different from the familiarity now. At this moment, Chen Jie did not suppress the power within him, and standing there, he was like a tiger or leopard, filling Li Zhong with fear.

Chen Jie didn't seem to have any other reaction to this. He glanced at Li Zhong and said, "Go tie up that guy on the ground and throw him into the carriage."

"Yes."

Li Zhong immediately clasped his hands in agreement and then led his men to tie up Jiang Feng, who was still struggling.

"do not move!"

Jiang Feng wasn't very well-behaved and kept fidgeting, which angered Li Zhong so much that he hit him on the head, and Jiang Feng instantly passed out. He was shocked and wondered if he had been hurt. He looked up at Chen Jie, only to find that Chen Jie didn't seem to care.

Only then did he feel relieved. He tied Jiang Feng up and threw him onto the carriage. Li Zhong then looked at Chen Jie, who waved him off, telling him to rest and that he didn't need to do the rest.

He immediately withdrew, and at this moment Chen Jie looked at the Little Immortal Venerable.

At this moment, Xiao Xianzun was clearly a little afraid of Chen Jie. At first, she thought Chen Jie was a good person like a chivalrous hero, but later, Chen Jie's methods towards Jiang Feng made her feel that the Chen Jie in front of her was very scary.

He was definitely not the kind of good person she imagined.

Chen Jie looked at the Little Immortal Venerable and said, "Why do you feel that my methods are ruthless? You can't quite accept it?"

"No, no."

"Hehe, you don't need to deny it. I understand your thoughts. But I want to ask you, what would have happened if I had lost the battle just now? Would that guy who keeps saying he's an immortal have let me go?"

"he……"

The little immortal wanted to say no, but then he fell silent, remembering his situation just now.

Chen Jie then said, "To be merciful to the enemy is to be the greatest cruelty to oneself."

Little Immortal was stunned by Chen Jie's words and fell into deep thought. Mercy to the enemy is the greatest cruelty to oneself. She didn't know that she had thought of this, and her face was very ugly at this moment.

Chen Jie ignored her and went to the side, telling Li Zhong to prepare to leave.

Li Zhong quickly got ready, and the group mounted their horses. Chen Jie saw that the little immortal was still in a daze, so he called out, "If you don't want the pursuers to catch you, come with me."

He tossed her a riding whip and left her a horse.

Chen Jie didn't wait for him and immediately spurred his horse to gallop away. When the little immortal saw Chen Jie had gone far away, he didn't dare to delay and chased after him.

The convoy left quickly, and not long after they left, a group of people dressed in similar clothes to Jiang Feng suddenly appeared and came to see the corpses of the Fairy Guardians on the ground.

The leader's face darkened as he said, "It seems the mission has failed. There was a master among them. Look at the wounds of the Azure Phoenix Army soldiers. They died from having their internal organs shattered by a violent palm strike. They must have encountered someone with powerful palm strikes."

"Who could have unleashed such a powerful palm strike?"

Upon hearing this, the leader said, "There are not many people who can have such powerful palm strikes. It is said that among ordinary people, there are only a few martial arts that can have such powerful palm strikes: the Tathagata Palm of Shaolin and the Eighteen Palms of Dragon Capturing, which is known as the number one external martial art."

"Eighteen Dragon-Capturing Palms..."

Upon hearing this, the guards fell into deep thought. Did the little immortal know such a powerful mortal expert?

……

Chen Jie no longer cared what the guards thought. They had now reached a quiet grove of trees. It was already dark, and traveling any further would be dangerous, so they decided to set up camp there.

With the horses tied to a tree, Li Zhong volunteered to go hunting with one of his men, leaving another to tend the fire.

Chen Jie sat by the fire to warm himself, and soon Li Zhong and the others returned.

At this moment, Li Zhong was carrying two fat rabbits in his hand, and his assistant behind him was carrying a pheasant, both of which had already been cleaned. Li Zhong said, "Senior, we only managed to hunt these few animals in a hurry. Please make do with them."

Seeing this, Chen Jie waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite. This is the middle of nowhere, so we can just make do with what we have."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhong said, "Alright, if you have no dietary restrictions, I'll get started."

"Just roast these two rabbits. I'll make beggar's chicken for you with this pheasant. Oh, and there's a river over there. I'll catch a couple of fish for you later."

Chen Jie said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Li Zhongdao said, "It's no trouble at all. It's my honor to have the opportunity to serve such a esteemed person as you."

Chen Jie smiled but didn't say anything.

Li Zhong was very efficient. Soon, he had two rabbits roasting and beggar's chicken thrown into the fire. He even took the time to catch a few fish from the river, sticking them into the fire with branches to cook them.

Chen Jie sat by the fire, watching the blazing flames, but his eyes were fixed on the lonely little immortal not far away. The little fellow had been deep in thought the whole way.

It looks painful, and that's to be expected. After all, Chen Jie's words represent a change in her values. Fortunately, he is only ten years old, which is the perfect age to help her establish her values.

Of course, Chen Jie just sat there warming himself by the fire.

The meat was cooked quickly. Chen Jie stared at the sizzling, oily roasted rabbit, his eyes flickering. He kept staring at the fire. As the aroma wafted over, the little immortal twitched his nose. He hadn't eaten or drunk anything the whole way.

After a fierce battle, this little immortal was already starving.

However, he couldn't speak up because of her status as a little immortal. At this moment, Li Zhong looked at the food in front of him. The rabbit was already roasted. He sprinkled on various seasonings, and the aroma of the rabbit immediately wafted out.

Seeing this, Chen Jie invited everyone to eat.

Li Zhong and the others didn't dare to stand on ceremony and started eating. Chen Jie took a roasted rabbit, slowly walked to the Little Immortal Venerable, sat down, tore off a rabbit leg, and handed it to him.

"You must be hungry."

The little immortal looked at the rabbit leg in front of him, swallowed hard, and neither spoke nor ate it.

Seeing this, Chen Jie looked at her and said, "I'm not eating, I'll eat."

Chen Jie placed the rabbit leg in front of her and then began eating the rabbit in his hand.

Seeing Chen Jie eating with such relish, the Little Immortal Venerable couldn't resist any longer. He rushed over, grabbed a rabbit leg, and began to devour it.

Chen Jie ignored her and continued eating.

After eating for a while, the little immortal said, "Well, although I feel that what you said is very true, I still think I can't do it."

Chen Jie took a bite of rabbit meat and said, "What are you saying?"

The little immortal suddenly looked up and said, "You forgot?"

Chen Jie said, "I talk a lot every day, who can remember it all?"

"You say that being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to yourself."

"Oh, I remember now, what's the problem?" Chen Jie asked in return. Upon hearing this, the little immortal said, "No, no problem, but I can't do it."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "If you can't do it, you can't do it. But you must understand the principle: you can't point fingers at others when they are doing things. You can be kind, but you can't demand kindness from others. Do you understand?"

The little immortal didn't say anything upon hearing this, but judging from her expression, she must have taken it to heart.

Chen Jie ignored her and continued eating the rabbit meat. At this moment, the little immortal couldn't help but ask Chen Jie, "Don't you want to know where I came from, why I was being chased, and where I'm going?"

"What do you want to tell me?"

The little immortal was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "Don't want to?"

Chen Jie said, "If you don't want me to ask, then I won't."

"Aren't you curious?"

The young immortal looked at Chen Jie, who said, "At my age, I'm rarely curious about things anymore."

The little immortal felt as if he had punched cotton, and for a moment he didn't know how to exert his strength. He could only frown and look at Chen Jie, who then beckoned and said, "Li Zhong."

"senior."

Li Zhong responded, and Chen Jie said, "Let's see if the beggar's chicken is ready yet. Let's try your cooking."

"Hey~"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhong immediately pulled the beggar's chicken, which had been burned to a pulp, out of the fire and used a wooden stick to break up the mud.

clap clap!

Open the box and you'll find beggar's chicken wrapped in large leaves.

"Senior, please have a taste."

As she spoke, she placed the beggar's chicken in front of Chen Jie as if presenting a treasure. Upon smelling the aroma, the little immortal's eyes lit up; she seemed to have never smelled such a fragrant chicken before.

The little immortal's appetite was whetted, and Chen Jie said, "Try it. Li Zhong is quite confident in his cooking skills."

Li Zhong looked at the little immortal and said, "Little..."

The little immortal looked at Li Zhong and said, "My name is Heng Qing."

"Huh?" Li Zhong was taken aback, then said, "That's a rather unusual surname."

Chen Jie murmured, "Heng, Jiang, the three ancient surnames."

Li Zhongdao: "The three ancient surnames?"

The little immortal was also surprised; Chen Jie really knew a lot.

Li Zhong looked at Chen Jie with curiosity and asked, "Senior, what are the three ancient surnames?"

Chen Jie said, "Oh, the so-called surname, actually, what you and I are are clan names, not surnames. The real surnames are those with the radical for woman, which are the surnames passed down from ancient times."

"Among so many surnames, the three oldest are Ji, Jiang, and Heng."

"Among them, the Ji surname is also known as the ancestor of all surnames. This surname was obtained from the Yellow Emperor. Later, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, fifty-three vassal states with the surname Ji were enfeoffed. Later, four hundred and eleven common surnames such as Zhou, Wu, Zheng, and Wang were derived from this surname."

"The second is the Jiang surname. The Jiang surname originated from Shennong Yandi, because Yandi's tribe was famous for its long-term activities along the Jiang River. Later, it was passed down to Jiang Ziya of the Zhou Dynasty, who was enfeoffed as the State of Qi. After that, 102 surnames such as Lü, Xu, Xie, Gao, and Cui Shang were derived from it."

"Finally, there is this one, which originated from Fuxi, making it even more ancient and mysterious."

Chen Jie looked at the little immortal and said, "This surname is not common nowadays. It seems that your origin is really mysterious."

Upon hearing this, the little immortal said, "Well, now you want to know my origins, right?"

Seeing how eager she was to speak, Chen Jie became even less anxious. Chen Jiu Si was quite experienced in manipulating people's hearts.

At this point, he said, "I don't want to know."

The little immortal, while gnawing on a beggar's chicken leg, said, "Alright, alright, I'll tell you my origins."

Chen Jie and Li Zhong exchanged a glance, neither of them showing any emotion. Although Li Zhong was honest and kind, he was not stupid. Moreover, he had traveled all over the country with his master and had seen many people and things. Naturally, he could see at a glance that Chen Jie's actions today were actually a way of training the hawk.

Eagles are hard to find in their wild nature, so to train an eagle, one must be patient and not let the eagle see one's intentions.

Chen Jie said he didn't care, and it was precisely because of this attitude that Little Immortal Venerable Heng Qing let down her initial guard, and she wanted to tell her own experience.

Of course, if Chen Jie showed that he really wanted to know, it would contradict the persona he initially established. But if he showed that he didn't want to know, he was afraid that the fish would get away and the person wouldn't tell him anymore.

Therefore, Chen Jie needed a mouth substitute at this time, which was also the intention behind Chen Jie's glance to Li Zhong.

Li Zhong understood immediately. He knew that if he did well, he would definitely leave a good impression on his senior. If his senior showed him anything, it would be enough for him to make rapid progress.

Having figured this out, Li Zhong said, "Miss Hengqing, where did you come from? Stop keeping me in suspense, you're really driving me crazy."

Hengqing glanced at Li Zhong and saw that he was impatient and wanted to express himself, but when she looked at Chen Jie, she found that Chen Jie was very calm, not saying much, as if nothing had happened.

Hengqing was also angry, thinking that this old man was really boring and didn't want to listen to anything. Li Zhong was much better.

Thinking of this, Heng Qing said, "Brother Li Zhong, let me tell you, but don't tell anyone else that I am an immortal."

Li Zhong was startled and immediately frowned, asking, "What kind of immortal technique is this?"

Heng Qing asked, "Do you know about Kunlun Wonderland?"

Li Zhongdao said, "I've heard of that, but aren't those just myths?"

Hengqing said, "Hey, this isn't a myth. The fairyland really exists. I came from the fairyland."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhong looked at Heng Qing and asked, "What's it like inside that fairyland?"

Heng Qing said, "It's a fairyland. The spiritual energy inside is much richer than outside, but of course it can't compare to Shanggu. We live there and are called the Immortal Clan."

"What's the difference between immortals and ordinary people?"

Li Zhong asked, and Heng Qing thought about it and said, "The difference is huge. The biggest difference is that we, the Immortal Clan, are born with the strength of your Willow Tendon Realm and Iron Bone Realm. When we reach adulthood, we can reach the Transformation Realm. If we cultivate in addition, the weakest of our clansmen can reach the Wolf Smoke Realm."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhong looked at Heng Qing and asked, "How many people do you have?"

Heng Qing said, "Our three major surnames, Heng, Ji, and Jiang, together number about a thousand people."

Upon hearing this number, Li Zhong was greatly surprised, meaning that there were at least a thousand experts with strength above the Wolf Smoke Realm in that fairyland.

Chen Jie breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. A thousand people? That's easy to handle. Even if they're all experts, the outside world can handle that number.

Thinking this, Li Zhong asked again, "Since your group is so powerful, why were you being hunted down?" (End of Chapter)